Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [30th - 31st August 2014]
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omg Van Persie. He is dreadful so far.
He pannicked as other Burnley were pressing him.
For this system to work, we need players who are comfortable in possession - which Ashley Young isnt.
Same as Valencia on Ings really. Neither are penalties for me, just player using his strength and the other not.
Looking more like Engerlund every game
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The next biggest problem utd have apart from young, fletcher, val is that RVP and Rooney just don't seem to gel together and create chances. The chemistry is very bad.
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Using his strength? Is it ok to punch someone on the ball then? Is that just using your strength? Pushing someone over in the box is a clear penalty afaik 
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Well we can add Burnley to the list of teams that have outplayed us so far. This formation has to change. We simply don't have the players to do this at the moment. Switch to the formation I suggested earlier and we'd be giving ourselves a much better chance.
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A 6 pointer match if I ever saw one.
My hope is that he is using games against the weak teams in the PL to give the formation some match day testing but when it isn't working we need to change in the second half.
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Should have been a penalty to United. Valencia challenge was different, he used his body strength to shield the ball. The Burnley player literally just pushed Young.
Pretty abysmal half by United. Di Maria has been good although hasn't been on the ball enough. Seems to be able to drive forward and pick a pass unlike any other United player. Young, Valencia, Rooney, RVP and Mata have all been awful.
I think Jones is a decent CB though. With someone a bit more experience around him he could be great.
Pretty abysmal half by United. Di Maria has been good although hasn't been on the ball enough. Seems to be able to drive forward and pick a pass unlike any other United player. Young, Valencia, Rooney, RVP and Mata have all been awful.
I think Jones is a decent CB though. With someone a bit more experience around him he could be great.
Using his strength? Is it ok to punch someone on the ball then? Is that just using your strength? Pushing someone over in the box is a clear penalty afaik
So the Ings one is a pen too?
Have you come round that system is defunct then? You certainly need to change to a back 4 with an extra cm, United aren't controlling anything in the middle.