Match Thread vs Leicester (A)

Once we get rid of the manager then we can have a conversation about Ronaldo.

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
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comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
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comment by Posh Mufc Great Hafi Not Arrogant Just Better (U6578)
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If Henderson played we would have won that game. Many of the goals were De Gea being flat on crosses or poor kicks by him.
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Rubbish. We were sloppy all over the pitch. Maguire rusty. Lindelof weak. Midfield immobile. Another match where the 'Ronaldo is a passenger but will always score goals' trade off didn't work out for us.

Leicester were smarter with the ball and outworked us. And benefited from their policy of buying a ball playing central midfielder more than once a generation.
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Agree with that summary.

Ronnie isn’t going to do that every single game in the premier league, I still don’t think his signing was a mistake at all. Time will tell of course
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It was certainly my misgiving about signing Ronaldo. We could still be proved wrong but so far the gamble doesn't look like it's working. More concerning is the apparent reluctance to drop or substitute him. We have an opportunity to play a really rapid front 3 with Rashford, Sancho and Greenwood. Maybe the movement Greenwood next to him would unlock Sancho's creativity.
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I’d be perfectly happy with

Rash Greeners Sancho

For a few games with Ronaldo as an impact sub. It’s hard to drop him purely because of his deadliness. Now if those numbers continue to decline then there’s much less of a case for him starting because he obviously doesn’t offer much other than goals.

Too few games to make a definitive opinion either way I agree. Plus our problems are elsewhere really, midfield and defence are both bigger issues than the Ronaldo conundrum

When so many quality players are under performing the finger has to be pointed at the manager. Oles a nice guy. A united legend. Doesn't mean nothing in management.

Give him the season as he got signings in and plenty of twists n turns in a season but if he goes sooner, it's just confirmation he's lost the dressing room. He needs Keane as an assistant just to bring the fear factor back as too many lack direction.

I honestly won't care if Ole is sacked as he cost us 2 europa leagues deliberately showing no royalty to the goalkeepers that took us so far.

I would fly 100 miles
and I would fly 100 more
just to be the team who flew 100 miles
to see you bang in four!... ah the proclaimers!

Enough is enough. Been more than fair to the man.
We've been playing shoddy. There's no excuse for it.
Can't defend this mess he's got us into, it's disgraceful...

comment by FootyMcfootfoot (U21853)
posted 5 minutes ago
When so many quality players are under performing the finger has to be pointed at the manager. Oles a nice guy. A united legend. Doesn't mean nothing in management.

Give him the season as he got signings in and plenty of twists n turns in a season but if he goes sooner, it's just confirmation he's lost the dressing room. He needs Keane as an assistant just to bring the fear factor back as too many lack direction.
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I don’t think Keane would work as much as I’d like it to. Most of these players couldn’t handle his standards and expectations. Ronaldo could, some of the others would cry

George Galloway has called for Ole to be sacked, now is the time to pull the trigger.

Sancho seems to have no pace, and no space to operate in unlike the Bundesliga

Look at Chelsea. Mendy has stopped Tuchel look clueless defensively as he has an insane save percentage and saves per game record. If De Gea played for Chelsea today they would have conceded 3 or 4.