Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [7th - 10th August 2015]

[Robbo]

it reached the edge of the area.

Middle is never good though right?

Need to see it again really, it didn't look too bad initially.

 

[shipinabottle]

Valencia comes on and we go to ****

 

[Shamikebab]

See if Spurs were 1-0 up there would be lots of comments about Fergie time blah, blah, blah.

 

[Nate75]

odd how Spurs came alive in the last minute or two.

Why wait until now to show some heart?

 

[shipinabottle]

We'll never win the league with Rooney as our strike force. He offers nothing. We were completely toothless upfront.

Nice defensive and midfield display.

 

[manic111]

This has been the worst game of Premier League football I've seen since last season. Crikey that was dull.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Awful game to start the season. United looked poor, Spurs looked far worse.

 

[fez]

Top of the league boys.

 

[FrankJH]

Very shakey last few minutes but overall a great result, the performance has a way to go though (as you would expect)

 

[The Running Man]

Romeo with some decent saves. Couple of bad passes in the first but seemed useful if needed this season!

 

[Robbo]

Excellent result, not great performance, but the former is what matters, especially for the first game.

Looking at some comments people were expecting us to win 4-1 or something, or it's no good.

 

[dacads]

Hmm not really convinced by Romero yet.

 

[Dimi]

Smalling MOTM, Darmian looked good.

United devoid of any ideas going forward, Spurs all that possession for nothing.

 

[Purdy]

Darmian looks good. Depay was somewhat interesting to watch.

Rest of the match was utter dog ****e after the goal

 

[Tute]

Not the best performance but how many times have United played badly and yet still ground out the three points?

 

[drunkenmaster]

Very shakey last few minutes but overall a great result, the performance has a way to go though (as you would expect)

The lack of Depay, almost no threat running at Spurs defence allowed them to push further and further forward. Seriously it was maybe 60 mins into the game when Rooney was standing in his own half during a counter attack waiting for a pass rather than running at the defence.

Depay should have stayed on with Rooney going off, either for a striker(not sure who was on the bench) or Depay moving forward.
Aside from Rooney Mata was also dead leaving Young as the only forward really running. Mata however was still trying but isn't fast and was less involved, he had moments where he was trying hard though unlike Rooney.

 

[Nate75]

yep as others have said.

It's getting the 3 points when not playing amazing well that wins titles.


In the bag tbh.

 

[RyanF]

Good to see United picking up where Chelsea left off, a fantastically dull performance.

 

[Robbo]

People probably wanted more than one shot on target from Manyoo .

No, they just wanted us to lose.

I do agree the league is pretty dull of late, so hopefully it picks up but that goes for the other teams too.

 

[FrankJH]

The lack of Depay, almost no threat running at Spurs defence allowed them to push further and further forward. Seriously it was maybe 60 mins into the game when Rooney was standing in his own half during a counter attack waiting for a pass rather than running at the defence.

Depay should have stayed on with Rooney going off, either for a striker(not sure who was on the bench) or Depay moving forward.
Aside from Rooney Mata was also dead leaving Young as the only forward really running. Mata however was still trying but isn't fast and was less involved, he had moments where he was trying hard though unlike Rooney.

and the lack of Herrera (with Depay wide) for the 1st hour could have put Utd clear well before the final whistle

Young did well, but think for the time being we should be 4-3-3 - central midfield was shakey for 1st 15 minutes and last 5-10 especially.