PAID: AZ Alkmaar v Manchester United: Official Match Thread

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Why do those young strikers at Arsenal have no problem tearing poorer teams apart?

Good coaching.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Can you give us a clue?

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

That can’t be his actual words

Fergie has lied worse than that...what do expect him to say ?

Has anyone in our squad ever met a backwards pass they didn’t love?

Rashford should try hitting free kicks along the ground; that way they might only go ten feet over.

Still, at least we won the ‘kicking the ball out of play’ stakes.

Total fear, zero confidence, hapless throughout.

Originally Posted by Vedder

He’s got to go now, it’s beyond a £#%&!ing joke tbh.

Drawing 0-0, away from home in the EL with a team of reserves and kids is 'beyond a joke'?

Mardarse United fans on the prowl.

Originally Posted by AK14

https://twitter.com/utdreport/status...113326080?s=21

Decent point away from home, but what game was he watching

That can't be a genuine quote, surely?

Originally Posted by dunk

Drawing 0-0, away from home in the EL with a team of reserves and kids is 'beyond a joke'?

Mardarse United fans on the prowl.

Vedder is in the top 5 hysterics on here tbf. Not just Utd in fairness, check any Wales thread

Originally Posted by Albert Tatlock

Fergie has lied worse than that...what do expect him to say ?

How about

“Tough match, difficult pitch. We didn’t play well but coming away with a draw from possibly the toughest match in our group is a decent result”

Doesn’t have to tell the truth about how awful we were but just don’t talk utter shite about a good performance and should have got 3 points
Treat us fans with a bit more respect than to come out with such utter tripe and expect us to buy it

Originally Posted by Ethers

Vedder is in the top 5 hysterics on here tbf. Not just Utd in fairness, check any Wales thread

Didn't see last 10 minutes of the first half or any of the second, but clear as day you're creating absolutely nothing when your 2 senior men in midfield are completely and utterly shot, anonymous and can't trap or pass a ball.

Garner needs to play in these games, just ditch Matic and Mata at a care home in Holland somewhere ffs.

Originally Posted by dunk

Drawing 0-0, away from home in the EL with a team of reserves and kids is 'beyond a joke'?

There was nothing to like about that performance. We didn’t have a single shot on target, and the amount of time it was taking us to even look forwards from midfield made it look like they had 20 players.

We should have been able to field a third team and play better than that.

Enjoyed that.

Originally Posted by utd99

There was nothing to like about that performance. We didn’t have a single shot on target, and the amount of time it was taking us to even look forwards from midfield made it look like they had 20 players.

We should have been able to field a third team and play better than that.

Originally Posted by dunk

Didn't see last 10 minutes of the first half or any of the second, but clear as day you're creating absolutely nothing when your 2 senior men in midfield are completely and utterly shot, anonymous and can't trap or pass a ball.

Garner needs to play in these games, just ditch Matic and Mata at a care home in Holland somewhere ffs.

Freds head is scrambled. Matics freefall from a good CM to a £#%&!ing joke is unparalleled.

Originally Posted by barkabal

Freds head is scrambled. Matics freefall from a good CM to a £#%&!ing joke is unparalleled.

Sanchez begs to differ on the free fall champion claim..

Originally Posted by dunk

I’m not disagreeing that our midfield are woeful, but there were plenty of moments for the others to do something/anything of note but they didn’t. At this point I’d take a good performance and a defeat than watch more of that garbage.

Originally Posted by utd99

I’m not disagreeing that our midfield are woeful, but there were plenty of moments for the others to do something/anything of note but they didn’t. At this point I’d take a good performance and a defeat than watch more of that garbage.

The kids are too young and inexperienced. The comparison with Arsenal was made earlier, I think they’re all older, more developed and have had loans in the case of Reiss Nelson and I think Martinelli. It’s painful, but we’re watching the beginnings of the education for Chong, Gomes, Greenwood, Williams and Garner, when he finally appears. Far too early for the 4/5 of them imo. But we’re a bit out of options.

Think James Garner must be recording a Bear Grylls series or something

Originally Posted by dunk

The kids are too young and inexperienced. The comparison with Arsenal was made earlier, I think they’re all older, more developed and have had loans in the case of Reiss Nelson and I think Martinelli. It’s painful, but we’re watching the beginnings of the education for Chong, Gomes, Greenwood, Williams and Garner, when he finally appears. Far too early for the 4/5 of them imo. But we’re a bit out of options.

We just look like we haven’t got a clue what to do in most situations, even ones that have a bit of promise about them. The midfield seems perfectly happy to make backwards and sideways passes to players out wide who’re in worse positions than they are, then that player has to check back and it’s rinse and repeat. Good, confident players want the ball - we treat it like a hot potato. Here you do something, here you do something, etc etc.

I’m dog tired of trying to explain it. I’d just love to see some hope.

Originally Posted by AK14

Actually though Brandon Williams looked decent tbh...

I don’t think he’s going to be a great player but could turn out to be a useful one.

The new Borthwick-Jackson

Originally Posted by Mr Kaboom

The new Borthwick-Jackson

Could do with his whipped in crosses from the left tbf.