Manchester United v Bournemouth : Official Match Thread 8pm 3/1/2023

Originally Posted by Selhurst Samurai

We were playing the 5th and 6th choice centre halves tbf (3rd choice was at LB, while 4th choice was in midfield )

The really encouraging thing being we’re starting to score more goals. There is that feeling that we’re becoming more and more in tune as a team to the manager’s ideas.

The World Cup came at a really good time for us as well I think.

It's funny because it's true

Lindelof and Maguire gone by 2024 imo.

it wouldn’t be a streamed game if sparky didn’t lose his shit

can’t help but feeling the stop start nature of it triggers him

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

Just gutted for Donny.....

Can’t believe the @#%&! didn’t walk for that tackle. It was a leg breaker.

Jobby Dunny

Dunny Jobby

Or something like that

As much as I don't want him too. You'd have to rest Don Case against Everton.

Originally Posted by dunk

Literally any goalkeeper in the league saves every Bournemouth attempt tonight. They were shite.

you have saved me the trouble of writing "if he had let any of those in, dunk would would have been all over his £#%&!ing case"*, but.... really.... not so. de gea saved us again and has been more responsible for our run since the world cup than any individual other player. even cass.

Originally Posted by Selhurst Samurai

Can’t believe the @#%&! didn’t walk for that tackle. It was a leg breaker.

Literally Jeff.

Originally Posted by Ethers

Very nice.

Think that makes it an aggregate 15-3 in our last 5 games. Not too shabby for a team who can’t score eh.

We can't score and can't defend, and it's 15-3 aggregate in our last 5 games

Originally Posted by dunk

Literally Jeff.

Originally Posted by History

As much as I don't want him too. You'd have to rest Don Case against Everton.

they will play like £#%&!ing dogs of war against us, the @#%&!s.

Originally Posted by Finport Red

Thought AWB played well. Most of Bournemouth’s attacks came down the right, where Shaw was as bad defensively as he was good in attack.

Can’t remember who (and can’t be mithered checking back) but someone posted before the game that we could expect Shaw to look suspect again with the chuckle brothers back next to him. They were right to be fair, he looked unsure a lot of the time when Bournemouth were in possession. You can see there’s no trust there.

A lot better going forward 2nd half however we still looked all over the place at the back
Probably understandable given who was back there tonight

Still give the opposition too much space when we don’t have the ball
Need to improve how we press to pen the opposition in

Garnacho’s directness really improved our performance

Very encouraging when we can make those changes, win 3-0 and still have so much room to improve

Originally Posted by andyroo

We can't score and can't defend, and it's 15-3 aggregate in our last 5 games

Can’t wait until we’re good again

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

A lot better going forward 2nd half however we still looked all over the place at the back
Probably understandable given who was back there tonight

Still give the opposition too much space when we don’t have the ball
Need to improve how we press to pen the opposition in

Wasn’t great but I though Casemiro did an awful lot to take the edge off it. His presence and anticipation prevented the descent into pure chaos we used to see during the darkest days of the McFred reign of terror.

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

A lot better going forward 2nd half however we still looked all over the place at the back
Probably understandable given who was back there tonight

Still give the opposition too much space when we don’t have the ball
Need to improve how we press to pen the opposition in

Garnacho’s directness really improved our performance

Very encouraging when we can make those changes, win 3-0 and still have so much room to improve

At no point did we have any control of that game in the 2nd half. It was a mess. We somehow contrived to £#%&! up countless opportunities to break on them and yet still somehow continually let them have acres of space on either side to launch crosses into the box. It was basically United under Solskjaer deja vu. Fly by the seat of our pants stuff.

Very disappointed.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

At no point did we have any control of that game in the 2nd half. It was a mess. We somehow contrived to £#%&! up countless opportunities to break on them and yet still somehow continually let them have acres of space on either side to launch crosses into the box. It was basically United under Solskjaer deja vu. Fly by the seat of our pants stuff.

Very disappointed.

Did you not see who started the game in defence? What did you expect?

Rashford scores that header against Newcastle and we'd be second currently. Impressive given the start to the season.

Originally Posted by History

As much as I don't want him too. You'd have to rest Don Case against Everton.

Another new manager bounce coming up

Originally Posted by Sparky***

I’m sorry but de Gea has stopped this being 3-3

Go and have a £#%&! lad and a baileys then go for a walk xxx love you 🤣🤣🤣

if we beat city or arsenal, we are in the title race.