Van Gaal has to be sacked TONIGHT

Originally Posted by dunk

I was being sarcastic tbf.



Mata has never played RW tbh. He played him in central midfield and the much vaunted number 10 role earlier in the season, and he was lost as the opposition wandered through the middle of the pitch with ease.

he certainly didn't play RW on sunday

not sure a number 10's role is to protect the midfield either. maybe that's the Rooney version of it you're thinking of?

Originally Posted by Semantic Lisp

he certainly didn't play RW on sunday

not sure a number 10's role is to protect the midfield either. maybe that's the Rooney version of it you're thinking of?

It's not, but applying a little pressure and pressing and retaining the ball/being available to receive passes is too, all of which he struggled with, probably as a result of the people around him, but that was as much a part of the point of him not being suitable as anything else.

So he didn't play on the right on Sunday then?

Originally Posted by dunk

So he didn't play on the right on Sunday then?

He played as a Wide Inside Right. It's a completely different position to a Right Winger.

Originally Posted by Neo

He played as a Wide Inside Right. It's a completely different position to a Right Winger.

Right, whatever. He played on the right.

Originally Posted by dunk

Right, whatever. He played on the right.

He played on the right
He played on the wide inside right
That boy Juan Mata
Makes Dunk talk some shite

Originally Posted by Switching Off

He played on the right
He played on the wide inside right
That boy Juan Mata
Makes Dunk talk some shite

Him playing on the right/inside right, whatever, proves what I was saying about him all along tbh.

Originally Posted by Switching Off

He played on the right
He played on the wide inside right
That boy Juan Mata
Makes Dunk talk some shite

ffs

Originally Posted by Switching Off

He played on the right
He played on the wide inside right
That boy Juan Mata
Makes Dunk talk some shite

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Bastard.

If Mata is going to be playing inside right from now on, it will help us immensely to have a right back who overlaps on a consistant basis. We are getting overloads on the left, but not the right.

Originally Posted by utd99

If Mata is going to be playing inside right from now on, it will help us immensely to have a right back who overlaps on a consistant basis. We are getting overloads on the left, but not the right.

Lopsided defences are nothing new, 2008 we had Wes at right back, Hardgreaves shuffled over & we used to overload down the left a fair bit.

Symmetry is overrated in football.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Seems like Saffers isn't the only one who could do with Rafabz turning up to face the music and take some heat off

Looks like the Liverpool win has taken it's toll on Rafabz...

Stay strong big man... "when you walk through a storm..."

Originally Posted by utd99

If Mata is going to be playing inside right from now on, it will help us immensely to have a right back who overlaps on a consistant basis. We are getting overloads on the left, but not the right.

I think you mean right wing fella.

Originally Posted by Baron

Lopsided defences are nothing new, 2008 we had Wes at right back, Hardgreaves shuffled over & we used to overload down the left a fair bit.

Symmetry is overrated in football.

Evra just bombing on whenever he fancied, Wes staying deeper to compensate

£#%&!ing loved Evra

Bloody loved Wes. Recall him bizarrely charging up field to score the opener as we ruined the scouse at OT during the run in Did a pretty good impression of a right back when he put in that cross for Ronnie in Moscow too iirc.

Think he played the most minutes in 07/08, his only injury free season. What could have been

Originally Posted by dunk

Because he was duty bound to give Falcao and RvP a run in the team and couldn't drop Rooney, so had to find a place for him. It's really not difficult to understand. He painted himself into a corner by unbalancing the attack with the signing of Falcao (which most had their dicks out over ) and had to try and find a spot for them all. They've had enough rope to hang themselves and now he has chance to do what works. He's done the same with Mata, picking him and watching him be anonymous/a liability in his preferred position, taken him out, reinvented him and found a spot for him and the necessary players to support him. It's called good management

According to the original stories we weren't going to see Falcao until Christmas. RVP being shit may have necessitated rushing him in. Herrera not being a good boy gave Van Gaal a scapegoat to allow Rooney to move back. Van Persie being his favourite is a clear issue and we'll see what he does when the guy's fit again.

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Bloody loved Wes. Recall him bizarrely charging up field to score the opener as we ruined the scouse at OT during the run in Did a pretty good impression of a right back when he put in that cross for Ronnie in Moscow too iirc.

Think he played the most minutes in 07/08, his only injury free season. What could have been

£#%&!ing great player. Damn his dodgy knees

Originally Posted by dunk

I was being sarcastic tbf.

I did not get that.

I do not appreciate sarcasm.

Originally Posted by jem

I did not get that.

I do not appreciate sarcasm.

Probably why I did it tbh.

Originally Posted by marlo

we've only just started playing good football.

how about the period in which we were stinking up the place and he was leaving herrera and mata on the bench and playing rooney in midfield and di maria upfront?

i hope you haven't forgotten that.

when deployed properly you've seen the squad is not as 'shit' and it has been suggested when trying to justify van gals mis management of it.

mata and herrara are two of our best players and were left on the bench while adnan and rvp stunk up the place.
a cynic would say that its a injury to the teachers pet that has helped us start playing good football.

is that an apology thank you its been noted .........MATE

Surprised lazlo is attacking baron considering he was even more negative about sunday than most of #the24

On the question of us making top 4:

Originally Posted by Lazlo Panaflex

No.

Originally Posted by Lazlo Panaflex

We will lose on Sunday though. I know this as pre-fact.

Where's the loyalty, laz?

Originally Posted by saffers

Surprised lazlo is attacking baron considering he was even more negative about sunday than most of #the24

On the question of us making top 4:




Where's the loyalty, laz?