OFFICIAL UNITED MATCH THREAD 2018/19 - Premier League - Leicester City (H) - 20:00 - Sky Sports

Good start, a few moments at the end, crap middle.

Bailly is a whirlwind, love it, my new Rafa, warts and all. Fred has been good. Perreria has quality on the ball but is being played around a little too easily. Some decent moments from Shaw getting forward is probably when the team has looked most cohesive.

Maguire has an amazing trick of taking 8 seconds to play a ball he could play in 2, with plenty of pointing time, and turns like a lard dump truck, but £70 mill now.

Looking forward to kicking the other way so I can get a propoh beak at Pog's stars

Originally Posted by Sparky***

we're nowhere near clinical or incisive enough to play on the break. We're £#%&!ing shit at it.

Mous fault that Rashford Sanchez and Mata havent done much.

Maddison having a belter need cover for Damian sweet jesus him and mata decent tempo liking fred coyr

its strange because when we do get the ball in the other teams half we look dangerous just need to get the ball to stick and not sit so £#%&!ing deep

This sitting back inviting pressure is annoying.. It would be a good tactic if we broke with pace, but moving like snails is not good..

Originally Posted by saffers

Mous fault that Rashford Sanchez and Mata havent done much.

No, I just think we always look a team who are surprised when the other team get about us. You can tell our fowards are used to training against passive, shit defenders because they always come off 2nd best against aggressive defenders.

If we were good at quick, sharp passing we'd £#%&!ing murder these, but we aren't. We dawdle on the ball, take too many touches and i honestly don't think rashford has a clue what he's doing up front on his own.

Originally Posted by plopborsky

its strange because when we do get the ball in the other teams half we look dangerous just need to get the ball to stick and not sit so £#%&!ing deep

We're playing 3 offensive midfielders. The defence have pretty much no cover so they're dominating midfield and are able to press our defence.

We need Matic back. I'd have played Herrera instead of Pereira.

They have charged about closing down we haven't we clinical enough with the passing. Lots of positives Bailly, Shaw , Fred DDG Pogba.

Disjointed between midfield and attack. Be good to see Martial and Lukaku on for Mata and Rashford.

Originally Posted by puressence

Maddison having a belter need cover for Damian sweet jesus him and mata decent tempo liking fred coyr

of course he is, premier league debut at United he's trying his %@#$&!s off. He'll be utterly anonymous come December.

They’ve not had much to go off but rashers and Sanchez have been bobbins.

Leicester the better team

Like the look of Fred - unorthodox but a bit of energy in there which we’ve lacked.

They all lack sharpness though whereas Leicester are fizzing. Not necessarily at the slit but still.

People trying to talk up Bailly and Lindelof, if Jones or Smalling had been as far away from Maddison as Lindelof was on Dave's save, the board would be full of why is that @#%&! still our starting centre half.

Got to the bar late so didn't see first 5 minutes, genuinely didn't know Sanchez was playing until about 20 minutes in,, he's like a Latino Garry Birtles.

Originally Posted by Lok

We're playing 3 offensive midfielders. The defence have pretty much no cover so they're dominating midfield and are able to press our defence.

We need Matic back. I'd have played Herrera instead of Pereira.

Herrera is injured

Originally Posted by Sparky***

we're nowhere near clinical or incisive enough to play on the break. We're £#%&!ing shit at it.

We would be with Fred and Pogba driving forward and a fron 3 of Sanchez lukaku and martial .

Originally Posted by Lok

Herrera instead of Pereira.

so would I, but he did his hammo apprently

Originally Posted by redhegemony

We would be with Fred and Pogba driving forward and a fron 3 of Sanchez lukaku and martial .

How's the bar?

Too early to say how average or bad we are but I’ll be delighted with any sort of win today.

Atmosphere surprisingly alright tbh.

Originally Posted by My Name is Keith

Too early to say how average or bad we are but I’ll be delighted with any sort of win today.

yeah i am with you on this one i have seen us play great and start the season well and not get 3 points

Originally Posted by My Name is Keith

Too early to say how average or bad we are but I’ll be delighted with any sort of win today.

This.

Pereira looking ok but nervous, pogbas first football match for a month, freds barely played since injury in brazils world cup build up. Not ideal. Big 3 points here, need to push hard for a 2nd goal get lukaku and tony on.

This is basically exactly how we've been pre season