Manchester United v West Ham : Official Match Thread FA Cup 5th rnd. 9/2/21 7:30pm

united have been lively and at it...

been happy so far, just need to get that goal now.

Everyone keeps ignoring VDB when he’s in space and open

Originally Posted by jem

he had a shot blocked and he has played some nice short passes.

but no one is giving him the ball when he's available. he is showing for it. despite the silent pointing.

He’s not even doing that. He is taking positions up in strike. He did the same thing vs Southampton. Why he doesn’t drop deeper I don’t know. He stays up top with martial and Fred and matic then have to force it through.

Big Tone

i bet that stings....

brave martial; stupid diop.

I can see us having to bring Bruno on at some point.

Great by Martial

Could have found his position?

Mags and Tone CB pairing?

Power, pace, creativity and what ever Martial brings to the table.

Originally Posted by jem

brave martial; stupid diop.

surprised he's not off after that....

Originally Posted by Dasilvatwins

He’s not even doing that. He is taking positions up in strike. He did the same thing vs Southampton. Why he doesn’t drop deeper I don’t know. He stays up top with martial and Fred and matic then have to force it through.

he's made a couple of runs into traffic, but he has also been wide open and ignored.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

I can see us having to bring Bruno on at some point.

Maybe, but you can't fault the work rate.

That egg might help his heading

Christ we need some proper midfielders

Maguire trying a nutmeg

why not just let cresswell cross?

Originally Posted by elhombre

surprised he's not off after that....

Last time this happened he went off after 5 minutes of squinting.

Called it at the time, was looking to come off.

Will he man up? Stay tuned.

Originally Posted by Cream

Last time this happened he went off after 5 minutes of squinting.

Called it at the time, was looking to come off.

Will he man up? Stay tuned.

to be fair, i thought it was his cheek bone....

looked worse than it was.

Lost count of the amount of times our players have ignored a open Donny vdb.

it's so crowded centrally yet we keep playing thru the middle

West Ham got the “how to beat Man Utd at home” playbook out.

Step 1: get everyone back
Step 2: give United the ball
Step 3: wait for them to run out ideas
Step 4: score from a set piece