New system

Originally Posted by rogieop

You look at the system we are playing now and he would have less chance of getting in to our team now than he did last year.

blimey, one PL game for 55 minutes and suddenly it's our system



Fergie wasn't criticised much for letting Pogba get away in the end, it was more how it got to that point that was so disappointing

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

blimey, one PL game for 55 minutes and suddenly it's our system

I think saf saying "the diamond is our new system" helps.

Originally Posted by believe

I think saf saying "the diamond is our new system" helps.

did he say that as he was telling valencia to warm up

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

did he say that as he was telling valencia to warm up

no, in the interview afterwards.

Originally Posted by believe

no, in the interview afterwards.

you little liar. i saw that interview.

if he can develop it in training to be effective on the counter then it will be a useful version of 4-5-1 to role out at appropriate times as the season goes on

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

you little liar. i saw that interview.

if he can develop it in training to be effective on the counter then it will be a useful version of 4-5-1 to role out at appropriate times as the season goes on

it was words to that effect.

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

you little liar. i saw that interview.

if he can develop it in training to be effective on the counter then it will be a useful version of 4-5-1 to role out at appropriate times as the season goes on

it's been used in three of the last four games, vs newcastle (league cup), cluj (cl) and newcastle (league). we'll see how it pans out but it looks like more than just an alternative, more like it may be the default formation.

it's not any version of 4-5-1 btw.

Originally Posted by borsuk

it's been used in three of the last four games, vs newcastle (league cup), cluj (cl) and newcastle (league). we'll see how it pans out but it looks like more than just an alternative, more like it may be the default formation.

it's not any version of 4-5-1 btw.

oh it most certainly is

and as for counting in the LC and CL group games? don't be silly.

Originally Posted by believe

it was words to that effect.

Yep he said something like "we'll stick with it and see how far it takes us"

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

oh it most certainly is

and as for counting in the LC and CL group games? don't be silly.

last time i checked they were games too. ones in which we tried the formation - a variation on 4-4-2, obviously - before using it in a more difficult game away at newcastle.

we had rvp and welbeck paired in attack with rooney deeper. god knows how you can suggest that was 4-5-1.

throb seething because we played some good stuff without any of his favourites in the side ...he's practically suicidal about Rooney looking sharp too.

poor old throb

Originally Posted by MJ Ramone

throb seething because we played some good stuff without any of his favourites in the side ...he's practically suicidal about Rooney looking sharp too.

poor old throb

I'm just imagining you when Cleverley scored. "But... but... he's got a shit website!"

Originally Posted by forwardirektion

Yep he said something like "we'll stick with it and see how far it takes us"

tbf he actually said United "played so well against cluj that we should find out how far we can go with [that diamond] system"

he changed it on 55 minutes


the key to any system is to carry a goal threat. at times United had a great attacking shape in that first 15 minutes, with the 3 forwards dropping off or pulling wide to allow midfielders to join in. But Rooney is not a midfielder, simple as that. Almost from the moment Evra made it 2-0 Newcastle took control of the pattern of the game and United became less and less of an attacking threat right up until Ferguson was forced to change it.

Originally Posted by MJ Ramone

throb seething because we played some good stuff without any of his favourites in the side ...he's practically suicidal about Rooney looking sharp too.

poor old throb

a very strange post if I may say so.

the team almost picks itself atm you clown.

Rooney looked a lot better at times but still hasn't scored this season.

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

a very strange post if I may say so.

the team almost picks itself atm you clown.

Rooney looked a lot better at times but still hasn't scored this season.

You haven't stopped whining about the formation/performance since sunday teatime ffs
Rooney missed a month of the campaign with injury & has been playing (as you keep pointing out) in midfield. I'm sure when he does start finding the net you'll have a few arguments up your sleeve as to why his goals weren't actually that good or that important or something in any case...

Originally Posted by borsuk

last time i checked they were games too. ones in which we tried the formation - a variation on 4-4-2, obviously - before using it in a more difficult game away at newcastle.

we had rvp and welbeck paired in attack with rooney deeper. god knows how you can suggest that was 4-5-1.

New to Throb?

Originally Posted by borsuk

last time i checked they were games too. ones in which we tried the formation - a variation on 4-4-2, obviously - before using it in a more difficult game away at newcastle.

we had rvp and welbeck paired in attack with rooney deeper. god knows how you can suggest that was 4-5-1.

Mostly, Welbeck was furthest forward throughout.

It's debatable whether it was Rooney or Van Persie whose attacking talents were most wasted on Sunday.

Last time I checked, everyone mostly dismissed the early rounds of the LC and the group phase of the CL against minnows most of the time.

Originally Posted by The Return of JC

New to Throb?

#48.

Originally Posted by andyroo

I'm just imagining you when Cleverley scored. "But... but... he's got a shit website!"

I've been talking up Cleverley as a player for ages. He always get's in my first choice 11 & is one of the main reasons I was so opposed to Scholes/Giggs getting so many starts so far this season.
Cleverley's understanding with Rooney in particular is the key to us playing good Football imo

However, his eagerness to become a Beckham'esque 'brand' over the Summer was nauseating enough for me to comment on.

Originally Posted by MJ Ramone

I've been talking up Cleverley as a player for ages. He always get's in my first choice 11 & is one of the main reasons I was so opposed to Scholes/Giggs getting so many starts so far this season.
Cleverley's understanding with Rooney in particular is the key to us playing good Football imo

However, his eagerness to become a Beckham'esque 'brand' over the Summer was nauseating enough for me to comment on.