OFFICIAL: Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United|Premier League|04.05.2018|20:00

I still can’t believe we lost.

Originally Posted by General

I still can’t believe we lost.

well thankfully so did the Vermin and Spurs so we got off lightly.....not that excuses Friday's shit show by any means

Originally Posted by General

I still can’t believe we lost.

Watched us recently, pal?

Originally Posted by utd99

The rest of the world has finally caught up to what we’ve been watching week in and week out for years. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pro less comfortable with a football than Smalling - though in fairness, Valencia does body shift thing too, but that’s more to accomodate his atrophied left than his overall technique. Smalling just wants no part of possession.

Tbf Southgate has him figured. Probably won't even go to the World Cup. Quite respect that tbh.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Tbf Southgate has him figured. Probably won't even go to the World Cup. Quite respect that tbh.

In this day and age you can’t have a player who can’t play football
Even the goalkeeper has to play these days

Need a whole new back 4

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

In this day and age you can’t have a player who can’t play football
Even the goalkeeper has to play these days

Need a whole new back 4

we've got five centre-halves...six if you include Blind which I don't

Originally Posted by £#%&! KFC

we've got five centre-halves...six if you include Blind which I don't

Smalling, Jones, Lindelof and Rojo are simply not good enough for an elite level club
Bailly potentially is but he’s still raw as £#%&! and has much to prove

Originally Posted by f*** KFC

we've got five centre-halves...six if you include Blind which I don't

Blind is better than most if not all of them tbf.

Needs to play for a team who want to pass the ball though.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Blind is better than most if not all of them tbf.

Needs to play for a team who want to pass the ball though.

No point having passers if no-one is in space to receive the ball tbf

Originally Posted by Chris Quayd

No point having passers if no-one is in space to receive the ball tbf

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

In this day and age you can’t have a player who can’t play football
Even the goalkeeper has to play these days

Need a whole new back 4

Yeah, let’s get @#%&!s like John Stones in who can pass the ball but ultimately lose it more than Smalling & then can’t defend.

Originally Posted by Kangared

Yeah, let’s get @#%&!s like John Stones in who can pass the ball but ultimately lose it more than Smalling & then can’t defend.

I’d have stones tomorrow tbh

As it is I’d be happy with Alderweireld in, Rojo and one of Smalling or Jones out.

Originally Posted by AK14

I’d have stones tomorrow tbh

As it is I’d be happy with Alderweireld in, Rojo and one of Smalling or Jones out.

Would you trust Stones to be one & one against any decent striker ? After Matic Smalling has been Utd’s best outfield player this season . Rojo can go, bring Tuanzebe back. We have far bigger deficiencies in other areas that need addressing .

Originally Posted by Kangared

Yeah, let’s get @#%&!s like John Stones in who can pass the ball but ultimately lose it more than Smalling & then can’t defend.

Yeah because John Stones was exactly what I was thinking of

Look at the best clubs in Europe, do you think any of them would have defenders as bad on the ball as Smalling or even Jones in their squad never mind their team

Originally Posted by Kangared

Would you trust Stones to be one & one against any decent striker ? After Matic Smalling has been Utd’s best outfield player this season . Rojo can go, bring Tuanzebe back. We have far bigger deficiencies in other areas that need addressing .

I think he’ll get better, especially when playing with a player like bailey who likes to play on the front foot. Not going to happen though obvs

I’d have a couple of full backs and a midfielder above a centre back, but there’s no way Smallings good enough to be a starter if we want to improve imo and would need upgrading eventually.

Originally Posted by AK14

I think he’ll get better, especially when playing with a player like bailey who likes to play on the front foot. Not going to happen though obvs

I’d have a couple of full backs and a midfielder above a centre back, but there’s no way Smallings good enough to be a starter if we want to improve imo and would need upgrading eventually.

Disagree.
Smalling’s 1st priority is to defend & he has done that excellently this season . As long as he can pass it to the likes of Matic & Pogba or back to David then that’s all that he needs to be able to do, I don’t give a £#%&! if he does a triple pirouette while doing it

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

Yeah because John Stones was exactly what I was thinking of

Look at the best clubs in Europe, do you think any of them would have defenders as bad on the ball as Smalling or even Jones in their squad never mind their team

Jones is in the top ten in pass percentage in the league.

Originally Posted by Kangared

Disagree.
Smalling’s 1st priority is to defend & he has done that excellently this season . As long as he can pass it to the likes of Matic & Pogba or back to David then that’s all that he needs to be able to do, I don’t give a £#%&! if he does a triple pirouette while doing it



Jones is in the top ten in pass percentage in the league.

Bruce, Pallister, Stam, Rio and Vidic all managed to defend better than Smalling while being good to decent on the ball. Why should we lower our standards?

Jones is not a bad player at all -albeit most of the pass completions you’re talking about being low risk sideways/backwards ones-, but his issue is unreliability. Injuries mostly, but two or three howlers a year too.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Getting absolutely £#%&!ing sick of this tbh.

5 years of this £#%&!ing shit, watching various spineless @#%&!s surrender to teams that we'd have £#%&!ing smashed 5-0 a decade ago.

I know we all have our little battles on here and different opinions but surely everybody is £#%&!ed off after watching that? We all want the same thing, a winning football team that plays some exciting football. Is that so much to ask for with the resources at the disposal of manchester united.

I'm really not in the mood to argue with anyone on here tonight tbh but i really do worry when i see performances like that. There's big problems with this team and it's attitude, especially in games where we're expected to go and be dominant.

The club should apologies to all the supporters who travelled down there on a friday night to endure that £#%&!ing shite.

What did i say matey?

Also "apologise" lad not apologies.