Sexy Eddie's The REAL United vs The Bald Fraud's Moonface-Free Manchester Team

[Gemmill 49969]

Run slower, score more. I think you might be on to something.

[Christmas Tree 5104]

4 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:

Is everyone else still bouncing after yesterday’s result btw? 
 

after all these years, football still has a magic power to influence my mood like nothing else.

Imagine if we’d won the cup final… 

Absolutely  

 

Just watched the match back, then Craig hopes podcast, then True Faith, followed by Gary Neville’s podcast where he spends the first 10 minutes talking very good about us.

 

Now just waiting for match cam to come out.

 

[thebrokendoll 10276]

3 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

Absolutely  

 

Just watched the match back, then Craig hopes podcast, then True Faith, followed by Gary Neville’s podcast where he spends the first 10 minutes talking very good about us.

 

Now just waiting for match cam to come out.

 

 

disappointing, shocking really how easily a man can fall from grace.

[Alex 36721]

I watched about 2 minutes of the True Faith podcast just to see what boils wyki’s piss so much. They appear to be just a couple of boring know nowts. Charlotte hoyed in a few swears to mask what a terminally dull middle class bint she is. And Tory boy makes her sound interesting. I can’t understand why anyone would bother listening to their views 

[Monkeys Fist 45149]

13 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

talking very good about us

[Christmas Tree 5104]

2 minutes ago, Alex said:

I watched about 2 minutes of the True Faith podcast just to see what boils wyki’s piss so much. They appear to be just a couple of boring know nowts. Charlotte hoyed in a few swears to mask what a terminally dull middle class bint she is. And Tory boy makes her sound interesting. I can’t understand why anyone would bother listening to their views 

That’s it every week tbf. 
 

I do feel dirty  

[wykikitoon 22872]

Listened to TalkSport on the way home. Goldstein a man united fan and Darren Bent were the only ones I have heard give us any credit.  They were both honest and very complimentary of us.

[wykikitoon 22872]

Just now, Christmas Tree said:

That’s it every week tbf. 
 

I do feel dirty  

Wanking over ToryBoy?

[Gemmill 49969]

5 minutes ago, Alex said:

I watched about 2 minutes of the True Faith podcast just to see what boils wyki’s piss so much. They appear to be just a couple of boring know nowts. Charlotte hoyed in a few swears to mask what a terminally dull middle class bint she is. And Tory boy makes her sound interesting. I can’t understand why anyone would bother listening to their views 

 

That's not the actual podcast tbf. I can't watch the YouTube thing cos it's those two trying to be funny for 10 minutes and it's unbearable.

 

The proper podcast is actually alright.

[Alex 36721]

The only thing that is slightly annoying about yesterday is not putting away a few more chances and giving them another humiliation (in terms of the score). But anyone who watched that and can’t accept that we dominated them in pretty much every department is kidding themselves 

[thebrokendoll 10276]

2 minutes ago, Alex said:

I watched about 2 minutes of the True Faith podcast just to see what boils wyki’s piss so much. They appear to be just a couple of boring know nowts. Charlotte hoyed in a few swears to mask what a terminally dull middle class bint she is. And Tory boy makes her sound interesting. I can’t understand why anyone would bother listening to their views 

 

I enjoy coming on here and reading people's opinions, I like the humour and enjoy the sudden and bizarre tangents a thread can take. I don't mind in the slightest chipping in a few quid to help maintain the site.

not a fucking hope in hell am i forking out to listen to the views of some tory prick who prostitutes himself out to the daily mail and his vacious sidekick.

[PaddockLad 19013]

“Vacious”…..must be a cross between vacuous and viscous? 🤔

[NJS 4564]

And vicious...

[thebrokendoll 10276]

5 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

“Vacious”…..must be a cross between vacuous and viscous? 🤔

 

I don't know how that happened, but it obviously wasn't my fault.

[MrBass 3045]

22 minutes ago, Alex said:

The only thing that is slightly annoying about yesterday is not putting away a few more chances and giving them another humiliation (in terms of the score). But anyone who watched that and can’t accept that we dominated them in pretty much every department is kidding themselves 

 

Aye, would have been nice if we could have stuck another 4 past them, giving them a GD of 0. 

[Dr Gloom 23642]

54 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said:

 

I enjoy coming on here and reading people's opinions, I like the humour and enjoy the sudden and bizarre tangents a thread can take. I don't mind in the slightest chipping in a few quid to help maintain the site.

not a fucking hope in hell am i forking out to listen to the views of some tory prick who prostitutes himself out to the daily mail and his vacious sidekick.

don’t hold back here, tell us what you really think  

[Gemmill 49969]

🚨🚨🚨MATCH CAM KLAXON🚨🚨🚨

 

@Christmas Tree

 

 

[aimaad22 4690]

Hopefully that's the confidence booster Wilson needed to get his act back together again.

[ackas 311]

9 minutes ago, aimaad22 said:

Hopefully that's the confidence booster Wilson needed to get his act back together again.

 

How does he get back into a starting role though, unless its through an Isak injury?

[aimaad22 4690]

He doesn't have to start. There's immense value in having an in form Wilson in the squad for the run in. 

 

It's already very clear Isak can be a special player. He should always be starting but he won't play 270 minutes in a week, especially not with the way we play. 

[wykikitoon 22872]

 

 

 

[The Fish 11323]

21 hours ago, Rayvin said:

 

Longstaff is still a problem in my eyes - he seems to get more chances to score than our forwards but just doesn't have the composure or finishing ability. Can only imagine that he's in that advanced role because he's not trusted further back? I still think we need a midfielder who can make those late arrival runs into the box but actually convert the chances. Our profligate finishing really feels like it's coming from that position - we make enough chances for these players (Willock included here tbh) but they just don't put them away.

 

Am I being harsh? It's really how it looks to me but I guess I only saw the highlights from yesterday (still pissed about that).

 

Longstaff isn't a problem, as such, he's just not an elite footballer. We're way ahead of schedule here and he, like many in the squad, were supposed to be the bridge between midtable and Europe, not midtable and Champions League. He will need replacing, but as has been said goal scoring CL-level midfielders are rare as rocking-horse shit.

[The Fish 11323]

21 hours ago, Rayvin said:

 

I mean tbh I was just thinking someone like Maddison would work for it. Would be interested @The Fish to see the relative xG and conversions of Longstaff and Willock versus other players in their position.

 

I could be wrong like but our attacking players seem to create really good chances that our onrushing midfield players seem to struggle to put away. I reckon that's the whole issue in terms of our profligacy tbh.

I chose a few similar-ish players

 

0.04 goals per 90 for Longstaff, from ~1 shot per 90, he is clearly not a great finisher though. 0.26 shots on target per 90 and only 0.17 goals, per shot on target. He's underperforming his xG, but the sample size is so small it's difficult to extrapolate too much. 

[ackas 311]

50 minutes ago, The Fish said:

I chose a few similar-ish players

 

0.04 goals per 90 for Longstaff, from ~1 shot per 90, he is clearly not a great finisher though. 0.26 shots on target per 90 and only 0.17 goals, per shot on target. He's underperforming his xG, but the sample size is so small it's difficult to extrapolate too much. 

 

Is there anything available for distance covered for the same players?

Always feels like Willock and Longstaff cover every blade of grass, while Maddison is more comparable to Maxi in terms of distance covered.

[Gemmill 49969]

21 minutes ago, LongTimeAdmirer said:

 

If this squad qualifies for CL, a large part of me feels like they deserve a crack at it instead of being replaced outright, maybe a few extra additions to balance out the extra European games

 

That's not how progress works.