To sum up last nights performance I thought United played the best they have played for a while. We played with great intensity before half-time and practically the entire second half.
Carrick and Fletcher were both very good and did well against a 3 man midfield. I thought Young was poor and should have been replaced rather than Valencia.
Nani was motm without a doubt. Excellent performance and rarely gave the ball away. Jones is way too raw and naive. He was caught upfield a number of times and at one point lost the ball in midfield and with Aimar sprinting toasted Rio he just jogged back! Unacceptable! His positioning is aweful. I might be overly critical but that's because he's been hyped up so much.
Berbatov was class and really should have finished off the chance when Fabio chipped over the top. Saying that I think Young's miss was worse. Overall very pleased with the performance but we were sloppy at the back. If we had Vidicon instead of Jones we would have won.
The second goal, De Gea's clearance was similar to Cech's against Liverpool. Is it the keeper's fault? I'm not sure, I think the player receiving must be more aware and deal better. Combination of mistakes from youngsters though so I can't complain too much.
Jones was shocking, Nani was amazing
posted on 23/11/11
I was disappointed with our general play last night, a home game in Europe you would expect us to at least string a few passes together and try to keep possession but we couldn't manage more than 2 passes as a time.
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I have pointed this out many times. The team just can't seem to string more then two passes together and are so careless with possession. Keeping possession is very important in Europe, and if you can't do that then its going to cost you, like it has many times this year. Reminds of our poor record in Europe pre 2007.
posted on 23/11/11
comment by Robbing_Hoody (U6374)
posted 3 minutes ago
Excellent come back after quater of an hour boys.
I salute you both.
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I was busy dealing with another numpty.
posted on 23/11/11
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He's big....he's red....his feet stick out the bed....Vidicschin, Vidicschin...don't mess with him
posted on 23/11/11
I was busy dealing with another numpty.
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Was it Anderson?
posted on 23/11/11
posted on 23/11/11
comment by Robbing_Hoody (U6374)
posted 5 minutes ago
I was busy dealing with another numpty.
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Was it Anderson?
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No, just another Liverpool fan who had lost his way.
He ran off after being put to the sword.
posted on 23/11/11
posted on 23/11/11
I think last night showed how badly we need a left footed left winger – time and again it was obvious the space was down the wing but we kept cutting inside where benfica were able to close down the space and we had no one with the skill to thread those pin point passes through a la Barcelona.
On the second goal – I have to say the mistake was all De Gea – the difference with the Van Der Saar one is that Edwin passed it to our player wrongly when he was under pressure – but Carrick still had a chance to clear it – latst night De Gea missed kicked it and I don’t think Fabio had a chance of reaching it
posted on 23/11/11
Bale Modric and Sandro top of my shopping list. Spurs we are coming <monstor>
posted on 23/11/11