red till i die!! » Sun Feb 24, 2019 7:57 pm wrote:Really disappointed with that performance there todayThat is the worst Manure side in years and got even worse on the day but we showed no real intent at all to take the 3 points. It was all possession based stuff with the view of walking the ball into the net which played into their hands imo.
Milner is awful and well past it. Sure he will give 100% but that isn't good enough when you can't stay on your feet or cross a ball despite the numerous attempts to do so. Henderson did ok but deserved to be subbed because 95% of what he touches ends up with us further away from the opposition goal. He creates nothing and what is worse is that he wont even try to go past lads to make something happen. Far to often he kills our momentum which is why I think Klopp hauled him off. Pumping balls long for someone to get in behind I can understand but humping it to Mane while he is being marked by Smalling and Young is plain stupid.
All 3 up front were terrible. Bobby rolled his ankle completely over so had to depart which was unfortunate so early on. He may as well have stayed on because his replacement came on and did nothing at all. Forgot he was even on the field until he got clattered on the half way line about an hour later. It still puzzles me to this day how the fook Origi ever ended up here and still remains. Shaq was probably the only one that could have won that for us but not if he is playing so deep. Even late on we had a free kick where he could have put them under pressure only for Milner to step up instead. We created nothing and that shot we registered on target was a lame cushioned header straight into the hands of De - Gea. It shouldn't have even been registered as a shot. The only time we looked to open them up was when Matip ran past 3 of them only to be taken out of it by Herrera.
Fabinho MOTM by a mile and great to have a lad with so much composure when he is on the ball. Really starting to come into his own now.
It wasn't Mansour's chequebook that cost us there todayIt was just another big game that we didn't show up in and I don't know if it is the weight of the Venue or the season that got to them but its looking like the same auld story.
We struggled to create anything against West Ham and Leicester too, in our starting XI we only have 3 out and out offensive players, the rest are either primarily defenders or workhorses. Our forwards are getting a lot of stick but they need help, City's front 3 have 2 AM's behind them.
What I wouldn't give to have Phil back at the club now, this title is slipping away, everyone can see it. United were there for the taking there today, second half their midfield was MacTominay and Periera, 3 of their back 4 were Young, Smalling and Lindelof, hardly Japp Stam, Rio Ferdinand et al yet all we had to offer was longs balls/hit and hope.
We need to give our forwards some support.
