Official: Manchester United v Crystal Palace match thread

We'd have been better off playing with 10 men than bringing Young on.

Get Pogba on the ball higher up the field and we'll win this.

Originally Posted by AK14

I’d take a 1-1 now.

Trouble is I can’t see us scoring and actually see them getting at least another goal.

We look terrible.

Yet again, same as against Wolves, the keeper has had nothing to do.

And we're at home against Palace ffs. Yet again we can't engineer a decent opportunity, mainly due to our painful lack of any kind of top class players but also due the fact our forwards are all playing their own game, there's no link up or cohesion.

It's gonna be a long £#%&!ing season this. Again.

Originally Posted by woody78

Predictable shite.

We have no idea how to play against teams.

Fixed for you pal.

Love ole but the more I watch us the more I think he’s way out of his depth..

Apologies - I went to the loo about 15 minutes in and missed most of the half.

Is Shaw off ffs?

11minutes extra time??

Originally Posted by Sparky***

alright maybe a bit longer. No need to be pedantic, you know what i'm saying.

I believe that you're saying the current team is absolutely £#%&!ing horrendous.

I concur.

Originally Posted by Lynn

Ashley Young.

Is no worse than Luke Shaw.

Seriously.

Shaw is quick (for an hour) and energetic (for an hour) but he gets caught out of position at the back and cant deliver on the overlap.

He's shit at both ends of the pitch and entirely unreliable.

We were all buzzing about a settled back five a few weeks ago, but we knew deep down that there were still question marks about Shaw.

He'll be sold in the summer and rightly so.

Originally Posted by Clownbones

Is no worse than Luke Shaw.

Seriously.

Shaw is quick (for an hour) and energetic (for an hour) but he gets caught out of position at the back and cant deliver on the overlap.

He's shit at both ends of the pitch and entirely unreliable.

We were all buzzing about a settled back five a few weeks ago, but we knew deep down that there were still question marks about Shaw.

He'll be sold in the summer and rightly so.

He’s not long ago signed a long term contract worth 150k a week pal, can’t see many clubs lining up to take him off our hands tbh.

Jose was right about him...

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

Started well but the injuries disrupted us and then the goal completely knocked our confidence
Very brittle team

Weak goal to concede

The big issue is we don’t have any creativity outside of Pogba
The Scottish Player has really had a poor start to the season. Just isn’t offering himself enough for passes and isn’t being forward thinking enough with his passes

As I said before the match it just isn’t the game for Lingard or James
Runners with little to no quality on the ball
We desperately need a couple of players to help Rashford and Martial in attack

All true.

infuriating.

There's no focal point to the attack.

You've got Shaw/Young on the left offering £#%&! all and James and Lingard on the right offering £#%&! all.

When he's fit i'd like to see Dalot either on the right or from left back. He might take on a player and cross the ball with reasonable accuracy.

That was awful from Maguire for the goal.. got to be covering and ready for the second ball not marking nobody 30 yards from the ball while the second forward strolls through, tbh.

Originally Posted by Cream

15:00 Saturday 24th August

TEAM NEWS
Manchester United's Diogo Dalot has been ruled out until after the international break next month due to injury. Who cares!

He joins fellow defenders and long-term absentees Eric Bailly and Timothy Fosu-Mensah on the sidelines.
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Crystal Palace remain without injured central defenders Mamadou Sakho and James Tomkins.

As a result, summer signing Gary Cahill could make his debut for Roy Hodgson's side.

Palace haven't beaten the Reds in something like 20 games. A premier league record. Pathetic!

Will we go with Perreira? I have no idea.

Originally Posted by armchair

infuriating.

Plenty of time to turn it round but incredibly soft goal to concede. Have to work much harder to open Palace up given they are so deep. Pedestrian build up play

Originally Posted by AK14

He’s not long ago signed a long term contract worth 150k a week pal, can’t see many clubs lining up to take him off our hands tbh.

Jose was right about him...

Contracts dont mean anything. It should be dictated by performance.

If we dont sell, itll be because we're fannies, rather than a contract thing.

lingard. what a nothing player. his only possible use is as part of a counter attack. against a team sitting deep he's rage inducing.

Originally Posted by dunk

That was awful from Maguire for the goal.. got to be covering and ready for the second ball not marking nobody 30 yards from the ball while the second forward strolls through, tbh.

Originally Posted by Buck

We'd have been better off playing with 10 men than bringing Young on.

Get Pogba on the ball higher up the field and we'll win this.

If we can see it why can’t Ole?

He' more likely to bring on another forward and leave Pogba deep. I just don’t understand the thinking in playing him so deep, especially at home against Crystal Palace?

Originally Posted by dunk

That was awful from Maguire for the goal.. got to be covering and ready for the second ball not marking nobody 30 yards from the ball while the second forward strolls through, tbh.

In fairness that was caused by Shaw
He came back on with a hamstring injury so I think Maguire was overcompensating covering his side

Originally Posted by Whip Hubley

thought you wouldn't be around today?

Originally Posted by AK14

If we can see it why can’t Ole?

He' more likely to bring on another forward and leave Pogba deep. I just don’t understand the thinking in playing him so deep, especially at home against Crystal Palace?

Because we’ve got nothing to lose by having an opinion.