*Official Match Thread* - Aston Villa v Manchester United 14/08/15

Schweinsteiger and Herrera should be starting every game. Class.

Important win, the away record killed Utd last year, dropping points to that awful Villa side would not have been a good sign.

Slightly better with Schweinsteiger and Herrera on but holy shit we are godawful to watch, 3 shots on target over 2 games, efficient dogshit. Full backs were good, defended well, Rooney had the worst match of his career.

Originally Posted by Tronics

Rooney always has these kind of games, where he looks unfit and off-form

What's the reason behind it? He's had a full pre-season ffs yet still looks short of match fitness/sharpness

Memphis looks like he's blowing out of his arse too

Rooney doesn't live right. Never has. That's why he needs games to stay fit.

Needs to take up yoga/stop smoking.

a smorgasbord of the finest footballing meats and optional luxury pickles.

louis van gaal's red army

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5TGMx_xkFs

Darmian is easily our best signing. Absolutely solid.

Stultifyingly dull.

This is our style now. Anyone who pays £40 to watch this week in week out wants their bumps feeling. Entertain me ffs.

That second half team is what I want to see. Swap Mata with pace and we're good to go. This team will click

Stuck with Rooney though

Top of the league Kit looks nice. That'll do. Easily pleased Reds.

Enjoyed the last half hour.

Schneiderlin, Schweini and Herrera could be destroying teams if they get enough playing time together. Lack of sharpness from Memph and Waz upfront will come in due time.

Mata was class as per.

id love to see us have a shot at some point in some game soon....big LvG will be loving it,his master gamble worked

At least the midfield looks sorted and I love the carrick/bastion half and half thing as it brings the best out of both players given there age

I'd not worry about a keeper as sergi look ok

So

RB sorted
LB sorted
Midfield sorted after 10 years

Get a CB and some class up front(x2) and this team looks like it's going places

there's absolutely no chance rooney will get dropped, can only hope he gets a serious injury.

Originally Posted by NegativeNorris

Worst 6 points we've ever won.

Januzaj been on the protein shakes?

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Darmian is easily our best signing. Absolutely solid.

Like Shaw last summer, 2 excellent full backs, want to see them given a little more attacking freedom but so solid defensively.

Still loyal to Raf though

Originally Posted by barrington avenue

id love to see us have a shot at some point in some game soon....big LvG will be loving it,his master gamble worked

He's not going to review the game tape and be happy with it is he? Another game, more information...

Top of the league, no goals conceded.

Originally Posted by Ethers

Rooney has put in the worst shift I've seen since that Scottish bin lorry driver thought he'd skip his medication. Abysmal.

Rooney was £#%&!ing awful - one of the worst performances I've seen him ever deliver. Utter shite. We need to buy a striker quickly because we can't rely on him anymore.

Loads of shite out there though - Memph deep was appalling but I'm not worried about that. A couple of sublime balls from mata but he was shite too.

I'm not that arsed tbh -two wins and playing shit will do for me. I really want Herrera to start though - it's a beyond a joke for him not to feature more prominently. Darmian and shaw were very decent

Originally Posted by Cream

Rooney doesn't live right. Never has. That's why he needs games to stay fit.

Needs to take up yoga/stop smoking.

It's his body type. Some are ectomorphs, some endomorphs. He happens to be a fatslobomorph.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Bloody hell. Two of the worst games i've seen us start the season with.

Did you miss our first two games last season, pol?

Wah wah shots wah wah.

When did shots on goal become the ultimate measure of how well you played btw?

We had more than 2 shots btw you oddballs.