Manchester United v Manchester City - 3:30pm 29/10/23 - Official Match Thread

consistent half time subs are quite worrying tbh.

Erik. Admire his balls

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

We did ok there imo.

We’re never going toe to toe with them and we’ve got in behind them a few times. Got to take your chances and we haven’t done that.

The penalty is a penalty, but it’s not a clear and obvious error that VAR should be playing on a loop 48 thousand times. If that’s the standard, then ok, but we all know we’ll see the same or worse not given or even looked at in the future.

Crucial we got in at 1-0.

This was never going to be pretty and we just need to keep hanging in there at 1-0 and take any chances we get.

If the penalty is one then you should expect a penalty or two given in every game on a set piece through shirt pulls and impeding.

Clearly they’re never given, but if you’re going to give them them let’s have some consistency. The bigger annoying thing is that it’s only ever us those are given against.

Where is the consistency and equal play if no other team has that given against them .

Probably because Amrabat is likely to ‘do a Casemiro’.

Defence is a mess as predicted but more concerning is everybody's legs going to jelly when we get a half chance. Wolves beat this lot - think we can at least try and get something with some early subs.

Mount for Amrambat hardly screams “let’s go for it” does it

Originally Posted by Patty_b

The problem is the rank inconsistencies. If the ref gave it in real time I'd think it's soft but it wouldn't get overturned. That's fair.

But the fact that VAR went back to review it on its own accord means it should now do it on every set piece in every game and award penalties for something like that. But they don't and they won't. So why the £#%&! have they done it there? That's where it takes the utter piss for me. That borders on looking for reasons to award a penalty.

It's this gimp on VAR

Originally Posted by Dasilvatwins

If the penalty is one then you should expect a penalty or two given in every game on a set piece through shirt pulls and impeding.

Clearly they’re never given, but if you’re going to give them them let’s have some consistency. The bigger annoying thing is that it’s only ever us those are given against.

Where is the consistency and equal play if no other team has that given against them .

Exactly. and they won’t.

Originally Posted by Jethro

Erik. Admire his balls

Amrabats on a yellow , probably give more energy. He needs to take a risk to win the game. Not a bad shout . Could back fire but £#%&! if, take risks to win rather than wait and hope for an opportunity

@#%&! operating var never fails to £#%&! us over.


Mount coming on?

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

Exactly. and they won’t.

Ergo if it’s not given to anyone else then it’s not a penalty

mount , The Scottish Player, Bruno and Eriksen with rashford and Hojlund up top.

wow

Originally Posted by believe

Mount for Amrambat hardly screams “let’s go for it” does it

Agree.

I was hoping for Garnacho for Onana tbh.

Come on!!! We’ll be a different side this half with Mount on. Equally as shit, but different.

Originally Posted by marlo

mount , The Scottish Player, Bruno and Eriksen with rashford and Hojlund up top.

wow

Picking the players he has available.

Wow.

Lindelof just doesn’t have a clue where Foden is does he. Hasn’t picked him up all day

Originally Posted by Jethro

Picking the players he has available.

Wow.

Originally Posted by elhombre

i'm actually bored watching us.

We're just not very good.

It's as simple as that.

We’re bang average unfortunately. Thought we’d kick on after last season but we’ve gone significantly backwards.

We’ve been massively unlucky with injuries but that alone doesn’t explain how shit we’ve been.

We don’t score goals. Always a slight issue when you want to win football matches and be entertaining.

So easy

Originally Posted by atticusgrinch

It's this gimp on VAR

Yeah. He hates us.

I don’t like how the VAR official is telling what to give as the ref is watching the footage. Let him make his own decision.

Game over.