Matchnight thread: Doom, doom, anger, doom, little pea, team

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Have you bought a job lot of Gary Oldman gifs?

Yep, still got a few more to come

Rafa waving an imaginary card after Gomes' challenge. Classy.

Originally Posted by Liu Jian

This has been the case for over a year now. It's increasingly obvious that he isn't the midfielder to take us forward.

What is holding him back though? At his best he is an exceptional player, screens the back 4 well and has tremendous passing range, can keep it for long periods or can find dangerous probing passes. He still does a good defensive job, but that instinctive snappy pass that was his trademark is not there and he is just very hesitant on the ball.

Physically there should not be a problem, still in his prime, confidence has to be the issue.

On top form that midfield 3 that started the game should be capable of matching or bettering most teams, but Anderson is just slowly getting back to full match sharpness, Fletcher is showing signs of fatigue from the workload, and Carrick is mired in the footballing equivalent of existential angst.

After watching that I think I will stay on the boxing thread. Struggling to get any sense of optimism but suspect that I am hardly on my own there.

Originally Posted by Tiberian

What is holding him back though? At his best he is an exceptional player, screens the back 4 well and has tremendous passing range, can keep it for long periods or can find dangerous probing passes. He still does a good defensive job, but that instinctive snappy pass that was his trademark is not there and he is just very hesitant on the ball.

Physically there should not be a problem, still in his prime, confidence has to be the issue.

On top form that midfield 3 that started the game should be capable of matching or bettering most teams, but Anderson is just slowly getting back to full match sharpness, Fletcher is showing signs of fatigue from the workload, and Carrick is mired in the footballing equivalent of existential angst.

his best form was always with scholes, whose instinctive movement and ability to always be available might be a big miss for carrick.

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Rafa waving an imaginary card after Gomes' challenge. Classy.

A #@&%! of the highest order and that will never change.

Originally Posted by Tiberian

What is holding him back though?

his own game has disappeared. he's lost his identity. i can barely remember what his own game was tbh.

Originally Posted by Jethro

Positives - Anderson, Rafael, Evra, Nani

The rest ok, Carrick ok at a push. Dour performance, dour atmosphere. After Sunday I want to erase this week from my skull hole.

wtf, he had the touch of a rapist, piss poor

From what I saw that was par from the course for a Fergie tombola XI. Disjointed, appalling tempo, poor passing and a lack of composure in the attacking third.

Originally Posted by Whalefish

From what I saw that was par from the course for a Fergie tombola XI. Disjointed, appalling tempo, poor passing and a lack of composure in the attacking third.

and three points and comfortable progress from the group stage


i hate the champions league, it's £#%&!ing shite.


carling cup > champions league

Originally Posted by Whalefish

From what I saw that was par from the course for a Fergie tombola XI. Disjointed, appalling tempo, poor passing and a lack of composure in the attacking third.

a lack of united players more like. 4-5-1 at home to that lot. with two strikers on the bench. jesus...

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

a lack of united players more like. 4-5-1 at home to that lot. with two strikers on the bench. jesus...

We've bought some cheap shite in recent seasons, I didn't see anything promising in the Oblong cameo and whilst I felt sorry for Macheda (a bit) he doesn't do much for me.

Carrick was £#%&!.

Originally Posted by Wez

wtf, he had the touch of a rapist, piss poor

What do you mean, he made at least 5 complete passes back to Kuszczak

Originally Posted by Tiberian

What is holding him back though? At his best he is an exceptional player, screens the back 4 well and has tremendous passing range, can keep it for long periods or can find dangerous probing passes. He still does a good defensive job, but that instinctive snappy pass that was his trademark is not there and he is just very hesitant on the ball.

Physically there should not be a problem, still in his prime, confidence has to be the issue.

On top form that midfield 3 that started the game should be capable of matching or bettering most teams, but Anderson is just slowly getting back to full match sharpness, Fletcher is showing signs of fatigue from the workload, and Carrick is mired in the footballing equivalent of existential angst.

Can't take a game by the scruff of the neck. If he's not going to make aggressive passes, he's no use to the team - he's turned into a real fanny when confronted by physical players, and isn't the best at tracking runners. He does the odd bit of intercepting I guess. But he should be sold in January imo if two midfielders can be brought in.

Originally Posted by borsuk

carling cup > champions league

Certainly the group stage. It's shite.

Originally Posted by Whalefish

We've bought some cheap shite in recent seasons, I didn't see anything promising in the Oblong cameo and whilst I felt sorry for Macheda (a bit) he doesn't do much for me.

Carrick was £#%&!.

tend to agree on macheda

don 't know where carrick has gone

Originally Posted by Jethro

What do you mean, he made at least 5 complete passes back to Kuszczak

motm performance

Originally Posted by Whalefish

Certainly the group stage. It's shite.

Yea. Love the KO stages, great drama and very high quality. But the group stages are awful. At OT especially, the atmosphere is always at its worst for those games. Terrible.

Originally Posted by Whalefish

From what I saw that was par from the course for a Fergie tombola XI. Disjointed, appalling tempo, poor passing and a lack of composure in the attacking third.

It was dreadful to watch - so in the end, I didn't. Grand Designs in HD > Champs League Group Stages.

Can't believe I once actually paid real cash to watch similar matches.

Bonkers.

Originally Posted by Whalefish

From what I saw that was par from the course for a Fergie tombola XI. Disjointed, appalling tempo, poor passing and a lack of composure in the attacking third.

Shit, would have been the term i would have used.

Thankfully, the side we were playing were utter shit.

Evra was our most threatening player...

Nice goal by Nani, he had a good first half.

Other than that, it was a snoozefest.