Atletico Madrid v Manchester United : Official Match Thread : 30/7/22 11:45am (pre-season)

Enjoyed that, a properly contested game....

Keeping my head firmly on my shoulders...

The boys are home tomorrow, roll on 4pm

Erik at old Trafford ..

Genuinely thought we played very good.

Originally Posted by Ethers

Probably always gonna be hard to make a strong case for keeping a player that’s left tbf.

You know what i meant, as if they had left nobody could Argue a strong enough case that they should have stayed

Really disappointing end to the game

There’s clearly some positives
Both full backs I thought were good (Malacia will be a good signing)

Fred up until his heads gone moment at the end was good

Even City and Liverpool can struggle to break down this Atletico team but still our attacking players were really disappointing
Rashford and Martial showed flashes in the first half but 2nd half were poor
Bruno needs to clean up his game otherwise he’ll lose his spot
I’m not going to go in on just how awful Elanga was

We need a wide player who can beat a man consistently

Probably a good thing that the clear weaknesses in our squad have been exposed

We should have scored two ourselves. Martial and Maguire both missing sitters. Can’t miss those against a team like atleti.

get some new top players in for fecks sake , jesus wept are we the dogs duck ffs

Originally Posted by Sparky***

We should have scored two ourselves. Martial and Maguire both missing sitters. Can’t miss those against a team like atleti.

Was the same in the CL at OT, when our chance came we missed (Elanga hitting Oblak in the face ) they bagged with pretty much their first attack.

If that was in Europe we'd have easily won 2/3-0

Good test that, Ty malazy is going to be some player ...

https://twitter.com/utddistrict/status/1553429634116640770?s=21&t=SgREi6AF-OStVd_aIoagGw

Pellistri did his ankle apparently.

Martial came off holding his hamstring

Originally Posted by dunk

https://twitter.com/utddistrict/stat...-OStVd_aIoagGw

Pellistri did his ankle apparently.

Martial came off holding his hamstring

I’ve given martial half a chance based on his preseason (and the fact the parasites at the club won’t sign a CF so we are stuck with him ) If he can’t stay fit , he needs binning too.

First chance he’s had against proper opposition and he shit the bed

Hes been class this pre season and we've scored 13 goals....

He was off balance and running at pace....

Originally Posted by dunk

https://twitter.com/utddistrict/stat...-OStVd_aIoagGw

Pellistri did his ankle apparently.

Martial came off holding his hamstring

Did he?

Of course he £#%&!ing did. How typical of his United career. Another bluffer who needs £#%&!ing off out the club.

All jokes aside if Martial gets injured, and Ronaldo £#%&!s off, we have literally no striker options until January.

Originally Posted by windy waffles

All jokes aside if Martial gets injured, and Ronaldo £#%&!s off, we have literally no striker options until January.

Sancho or Rashford get injured and Elanga is starting or worse, Van de Beek

Originally Posted by dunk

Sancho or Rashford get injured and Elanga is starting or worse, Van de Beek

Good grief. It really is a nightmare scenario.

Originally Posted by windy waffles

All jokes aside if Martial gets injured, and Ronaldo £#%&!s off, we have literally no striker options until January.

False 9 is where it’s at.

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

If that was in Europe we'd have easily won 2/3-0

Good test that, Ty malazy is going to be some player ...

Pretty sure Norway is in Europe pal.

Originally Posted by AK14

Pretty sure Norway is in Europe pal.

A European competition....

Originally Posted by Jammy Dodger

False 9 is where it’s at.

Really, really £#%&!ing false, just straight up lying.

We knew it was going to take time. This club has been allowed to fester so much for so long that it’s entirely possible ten Hag has walked into a 25 man squad three quarters of whom are simply not good enough and never will be. Elanga will probably never make it at the top level, but I’d be more concerned with players who have been bluffing their way through for years.

No idea whose idea it was to buy van de Beek, but it’s becoming clearer why no manager rated him and The Scottish Player is out of his depth at this level so he’s overcompensating with the tough guy shit. Bruno needs to sort himself out because if there’s anyone left who doesn’t agree that the contrast between his good and bad aspects are shockingly wide then I don’t know what they’re watching.

Watching the charity shield today we’re still miles behind.