Man U 2 - Leices 0 Post match thread.

[Suzie the Fox]

Just now, Bert said:

Set up to avoid defeat and invited pressure on us from kick off. Our defence and midfield sadly isn't good enough to do that for 90 mins. When we did break we didn't commit enough men on the counter and our play was very poor, especially in the first half. Second half we actually looked fairly decent going forward and Mahrez was our main threat. Two disappointing goals to concede, one from a corner with the worst marking I've seen for a while. The lad has had time to volley the ball in. The second one was offside. 

 

Thiught N'Didi had his worst game for us in a Leicester shirt tonight. 

Totally agree .. i am a big N'didi fan but he was off his game tonight. But on a positive id rather he off his game today then next week against Chelsea when i think we have more of a chance of points.

No player is perfect and they will all have an off day, am happy he did it on a game that chances were we were not gonna win .., And not saying that in a pesimistic way  

[lcfcsnow]

31 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

Great service but the question that needs to be asked that if we placed shinji on the transfer list, I doubt any other Premiership club would come after him. 

Usually that means a new contract is incoming, jobs the boys for

[EGBFitness]

I'm not banging the Shakey out drum (far from it!) but I feel like we've lost 2 games he could of managed better during the game and changed the outcome. 

 

Big managers make big decisions and change games (something Ranieri was spot on with in title winning season). Arsenal game we should of won, Wenger changed the game by bringing on Ramsey and Giroud (both scored) and same was tonight, Fellani and Rashford (both scored). 

 

Performance wise i think we have been spot on and perfectly set up tactically from the start just not been there during the game to change it tactically though unfortunately. 

[HoustonFox]

34 minutes ago, Chester Dontlie said:

Apparently they had a staggering number of THREE penos awarded against them during P.Schmeichel's career! 

 

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/kasper-schmeichel-eclipses-dad-peter-old-trafford-penalty/4uanvrltbfs81efk8eli2o7sc

That's three too many if you ask...er...Sir Alex...

[Callabinho]

8 minutes ago, Bert said:

Set up to avoid defeat and invited pressure on us from kick off. Our defence and midfield sadly isn't good enough to do that for 90 mins. When we did break we didn't commit enough men on the counter and our play was very poor, especially in the first half. Second half we actually looked fairly decent going forward and Mahrez was our main threat. Two disappointing goals to concede, one from a corner with the worst marking I've seen for a while. The lad has had time to volley the ball in. The second one was offside. 

 

Thiught N'Didi had his worst game for us in a Leicester shirt tonight. 

N'didi is getting progressively worse...each game he looks more and more lethargic, his passing today was absolutely awful! 

[Callabinho]

7 minutes ago, foxes67 said:

This Man utd team will slice open many a defence this season.

I think they will win the league.

Marking for Rashford goal was poor tbh and  Felanie was offside.

We gave ball away to often again any decent side will punish you for that sooner or later.

Injured players to come back aswell,its not all doom and gloom.

Arsenal away,Brighton home and Man utd away 3 points so far on paper at the start seems about right.

Think we will finish top 10 at least...

 

They won't win the league...they will come unstuck against all of the top teams...I wasn't impressed at all, we were poor and made them look better than they actually are....

[Wymsey]

If Pogba hits the target more, instead of being unluckily going just wide (which seems to be a majority of his shots), then they'd be more clinical.

 

Not sure their defence is as strong as some say it is. 

[Suzie the Fox]

3 minutes ago, Callabinho said:

They won't win the league...they will come unstuck against all of the top teams...I wasn't impressed at all, we were poor and made them look better than they actually are....

On the form they have atm they are looking favorites too... 

[steflcfc]

Hopefully we will get a bit more clearer idea of our squad once the window is shut.

 

I do feel that we have a number players who's futures are in the balance (Mahrez,Drinky,Gray,Slim,Musa,Mendy) and it's not really helping.

 

Adding that to a lot of our new signings the last couple of seasons hitting the Physio table very quick.

 

I do question some of Shakeys gameplan/substitutions, but I will give him time as he is learning.

 

We caused a lot of our own problems today with extremely poor ball retention, some of it was rediculously simple and we struggle to put 5 passes together.

 

I know we don't rely on mass possession stats, but we should be able to take the sting out of oppositions attacks once we're back in control of the ball.

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

We probably need to start looking to play without Okazaki starting, much as it breaks ma heart to say it

[Indeedy]

2 hours ago, HankMarvin said:

Knifes out for gray, what did Albrighton create?

Thing is we know Marc can and often does create, gray really needs to work on final product intelligence, is not ready yet to be LC LW, not yet.  I have a feeling Gray is going to light up the pitch in a couple of years, but not yet and I doubt it will be with us.

[Staffs Fox]

I have only read the first few pages but my my god what a bunch of bedwetters a lot of you really are!

 

We played Man United away (literally the most expensivly assembled squad in world football) and lose 2-0 Away. Did you expect us to have the majority of the ball and 7 clear cut chances??

 

Our defence was immense and every player gave 100% we were beaten by a much better team. Did you start supporting us in 2015?? This stuff happens and we'll be back next week and be fine. Trust me we'll be top half this season

 

 

[Ted Maul]

29 minutes ago, biggs said:

 

King is no threat and does little to secure our midfield up...I would put the few minutes difference down to Grey...Slim for Okazaki would have a better effect imo 

Well whoever had the effect, the subs seemed to work. We were getting overrun with 2 in the middle and the goal was inevitable. Just a shame we had to throw it away at a set piece. 

[FoxyPalace.com]

31 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Just unfortunate that Drinky, Iborra and Mendy are all injured at the moment...

Mendy poor that is why we tried a loan deal which has stalled.

 

Drinky pushing for a move to Chelsea.

 

Iborra he has not had a chance yet but has pedigree.

 

Who else do we have ?

[lgfualol]

6 minutes ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said:

We probably need to start looking to play without Okazaki starting, much as it breaks ma heart to say it

Vardy would suddenly get more chances if we get someone good on the ball. We would score a lot more. Shinji runs a lot and can score from 5 yards out but thats about it. 

[Turbogre]

Manchester United are premier league champions 

[RODNEY FERNIO]

Thought the defence was very good ... its inevitable that we were going to concede with no midfield protection.

Two in midfield was never going to work against this lot .... but Shakey really did not have much choice.

Gray I thought made some poor decisions but he was a threat as soon as he came on and United were not

sure how to deal with him . Mahrez was Mr invisible again .

[Izzy]

11 minutes ago, FoxyPalace.com said:

Mendy poor that is why we tried a loan deal which has stalled.

 

Drinky pushing for a move to Chelsea.

 

Iborra he has not had a chance yet but has pedigree.

 

Who else do we have ?

Not seen enough of Mendy to determine he's poor.

 

Do we know for a fact Drinky is pushing for a move to Chelsea?

 

High hopes for Iborra.

 

James returning from a long lay off and still young.

 

N'Didi quality on his day.

 

King and Amarty provide adequate back up when required.

 

I'd like the one more quality CAM ideally, but it is what it is.

[Chico1958]

58 minutes ago, Struwwelpeter60 said:

May I remind you, that with the exception of Maguire, N'Didi and James, this

was the team, that won the PL. Therefore I ask you: why did you expect it

to be worse?

Right now, after 3 games, we are in the same position as last year: 16th

The difference is, that we have conceded three more and scored two

more than last season.

But  what makes me really angry is the fact, that 50% of our GA resulted from

corners.

Some things obviously never change.

No matter, who is playing at CB or who is 

the manager.

Because............. No Little French Guy, (Kante) No Big German Bloke (Huth) No potential Chelsea and Englishman (Drinkwater)

 

Oh, and No Italian Bloke (Ranieri)

 

They also have JM as their manager now with an influx of some exceptional talent.

 

I understand your frustration but we are two years on from the days when we went to OT and scraped a 1-1 thanks to Morgan

 

I've seen us lower than 16th more times than I wish to remember and that's after more than 3 games........ So my glass is half full so to speak

 

I said 9 points after 7 games and I'll be happy and that remains the same   

[desertfox2]

31 minutes ago, Callabinho said:

N'didi is getting progressively worse...each game he looks more and more lethargic, his passing today was absolutely awful! 

He's not getting worse. He's playing with a worse partner in a midfield 2. James has been out for 2 years and In that time the difference between him and DD has increased massively. That's the reality. Hope that James can close that gap now that he's fit. Maybe he can but he will have to get to a level we have never seen him perform at yet as Drinky got way better in the time James was injured. 

[Ric Flair]

I thought we were really bad today. 4-4-2 was so predictable as was the outcome. James was horrific but the plus points were Maguire, Kasper and Riyad in flashes once again. Regroup after the international break. Could be in the bottom 3 after the next 3 league games though.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

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[desertfox2]

13 minutes ago, Turbogre said:

Manchester United are premier league champions 

Almost certainly. I'd say 100% the premier league trophy is going to Manchester. And almost definitely to Utd. 

[Struwwelpeter60]

4 minutes ago, RODNEY FERNIO said:

Two in midfield was never going to work against this lot .... but Shakey really did not have much choice.

How many choices  in midfield did Ranieri have, at this point, last season?

No Mendy, no James, no N'Didi.

And this season we don't have any

international fixtures.

[Fox92]

Just got back. Typical Old Trafford quiet until they score.

 

Yet again, just like Arsenal, central midfield ain't good enough. James looked good against a poor Brighton side but overrun so easy against better sides. 

 

Mahrez was our best player and, in fact, our only attacking threat.

 

Thought the back four were pretty sound. We conceded two sloppy goals - yet again. When will I feel confident when we're defending corners??