*Official Match Thread* - AFC Bournemouth v Man Utd reserves 12/12/15

Originally Posted by dunk

The players ran out of legs against PSV, they were £#%&!ed for the last half hour, all zip gone. That's the injuries/small squad biting us on the arse.

Quite clearly more players were wanted to come in during the summer window, but they couldn't get them.

Well perhaps, although Van Gaal does like a small squad. That's the inherent risk associated so he has to take responsibility, especially when he knows full well he has a few players who are injury prone. But at the same time, better quality in certain areas might have allowed for a tad more rotation, which may have helped against PSV, when we did look £#%&!ed.

Still, any team with eight or nine players out is going to feel it.

Whats arbitrary about the last 14 games we will have played dunk?

@riccers, we've only been in an injury crisis for the last few games. What was the excuse earlier?

According to Injury Room, Bournemouth have 10 players out injured to our 9. Cripple off in prospect.

Young at FB today? Varela and CBJ did well in the week at times, but there was a loss of defensive cohesion, expected when personnel changes at it did.

Don't understand why there's any excuse, he sold league winning players, perfectly good options - he's spent his money, he's nearly 18 months in, not 6.

It's on him. We're £#%&! & he's the only one who can change that.

I hope we keep the same youthful look as Wolfsburg & the attacking vigour, could be the fillip we need to kick on & stop being sideways shite.

Originally Posted by Baron

Don't understand why there's any excuse, he sold league winning players, perfectly good options - he's spent his money, he's nearly 18 months in, not 6.

It's on him. We're £#%&! & he's the only one who can change that.

I hope we keep the same youthful look as Wolfsburg & the attacking vigour, could be the fillip we need to kick on & stop being sideways shite.

We are £#%&! and we should just get used to it according to lou..

Originally Posted by Baron

Don't understand why there's any excuse, he sold league winning players, perfectly good options - he's spent his money, he's nearly 18 months in, not 6.

It's on him. We're £#%&! & he's the only one who can change that.

I hope we keep the same youthful look as Wolfsburg & the attacking vigour, could be the fillip we need to kick on & stop being sideways shite.

There's been a marked distinction in the attacking threat when our opponents are actually trying to engage us in a football match. We go to Everton, Southampton, Wolfsburg etc and look dangerous and score goals, but struggle against £#%&!ing Palace and Newcastle.

The side to side stuff is a way to break down deep defences, used by Barcelona and Bayern. It's just got to be performed at a much better tempo with better movement. In an open game, which hopefully this might be, we are able to use fewer passes and find space easier.

Originally Posted by saffers

Whats arbitrary about the last 14 games we will have played dunk?

@riccers, we've only been in an injury crisis for the last few games. What was the excuse earlier?

Why 14? Why not the last 20 or 21?

Originally Posted by Baron

I hope we keep the same youthful look as Wolfsburg & the attacking vigour, could be the fillip we need to kick on & stop being sideways shite.

This. Felt alright about losing due to the way we approached the game. Same again please.

Originally Posted by dunk

Why 14? Why not the last 20 or 21?

Not sure that would be very good either given how we ended last season

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

Not sure that would be very good either given how we ended last season

So by 'last 14 games' he means just league games? we've played 15...

We've played 25 games this season, why are we measuring from 14 games ago?

Thread descends into an LVG argument a mere two pages three hours before kick off

Originally Posted by saffers

Whats arbitrary about the last 14 games we will have played dunk?

Um, because it is an arbitrary figure

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

The idea that every time we're dangerous it's because we're playing more positively is surely far too basic a position to believe in, surely?

Nope, it's pretty much definitely because Louis has just said "have a go at them today lads"

He's famously simple in his instructions to players tbf.

Originally Posted by saffers

Whats arbitrary about the last 14 games we will have played dunk?

take a similar stat at the end of september and we'd won 10 of the last 12.

neither tell the full story in isolation.

Originally Posted by taff

take a similar stat at the end of september and we'd won 10 of the last 12.

neither tell the full story in isolation.

We were never dominant attacking wise in those games though, and once every shot of ours stopped going in we began to drop points regularly. That's why the last 14 games are a decent starting point because what many worried about at the time of us scraping by Wolfsburg and Southampton came true.

It was never sustainable to keep winning while only creating 2/3 chances a game.

Originally Posted by saffers

We were never dominant attacking wise in those games though, and once every shot of ours stopped going in we began to drop points regularly. That's why the last 14 games are a decent starting point because what many worried about at the time of us scraping by Wolfsburg and Southampton came true.

It was never sustainable to keep winning while only creating 2/3 chances a game.

So it's the last 14 games because that better serves the purposes of your argument/agenda

You know saffers, I have no idea what is arbitrary about that

And how many of those 14 were away? Must be about 9 at least..

Team news

De Gea

Varela
McNair
Blind
Borthwick

Carrick
Fellaini

Lingard
Mata
Memphis

Martial

Arse seeing an hour till kick off

1-0 Bournemouth btw.

Pleased for Varela, McNair, Borthers and Lingers #identity

Originally Posted by saffers

Team news

De Gea

Varela
McNair
Blind
Borthwick

Carrick
Fellaini

Lingard
Mata
Memphis

Martial

As good as we could have hoped, I suppose.

Be a really good win if we can scrape this.