Highlight of the half is the stream changing to coverage without commentary.
Stoke City F.C. vs. Manchester United F.C.
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Cleverley is lost out there.
This is going to be a tough second half, Carrick as CB doesn't fill me with too much confidence.
Seriously for what dominations are people talking here? Our only shoot on target I remember was when Rooney tried to score from 50 yards.
Shit half. Don't deserve to be losing but it's been really scrappy. Unlucky with the injuries. The welbeck sub was dumb though, why not put in fletcher to calm the game down, and keep Rooney up? Let's hope it doesn't cost us. Rooney and cleverley in center mid is awful.
A very frustrating half, i still think we can win this.
Can't decide how we should approach the second half. I think it has to be Ashley Young to make way if we want to go for the game a bit more even though he's not been bad at all. I think the choice is either:
de Gea
Rafael Smalling Carrick Evra
Fletcher Cleverley
Rooney
Welbeck Mata
van Persie
or
de Gea
Rafael Smalling Carrick Evra
Rooney Cleverley
Mata van Persie Welbeck
Hernandez
However, Moyes will probably bring Januzaj on, which I guess is hard to argue with. Just hope we can win this game and Spurs/Everton don't win today.
Rafael Smalling Carrick Evra
Fletcher Cleverley
Rooney
Welbeck Mata
van Persie
or
de Gea
Rafael Smalling Carrick Evra
Rooney Cleverley
Mata van Persie Welbeck
Hernandez
However, Moyes will probably bring Januzaj on, which I guess is hard to argue with. Just hope we can win this game and Spurs/Everton don't win today.
We've got such a losing mentality at the moment and it's looking too difficult to shake. Even with RVP, Mata and Rooney.
The ball needs to get to them first. On the few occasions it has, they have looked good, but they need the ball more. Sadly the ball just seems to get hoofed from the back though.
Whenever we had Mata n the ball, we moved forward well. And damn those injuries 
Jesus... remember when we were quite good
Can't understand why Welbeck came on instead of Fletcher.. Now we have Rooney oop as well as Carrick, weird.
Indeed, but arguably that in itself is a fluke. I mean, how often does he screw up like that?
Sportzworld?
No chances created, no grip in midfield. Same as usual
Hopefully the second half is better. With our CB pairing and Rooney in midfield, we are best just to throw everything forward and hope to out score them
Carrick is so fecking overrated it's getting to be a joke, I feel sorry for Mata having gone from playing with competent cm's to the shower of shite we have at Utd.
What? Who would play at centre half then?
We're still playing the same shite of get it out wide and whip a cross in, against fecking Stoke in that wind. We'll lose if there's nothing more imaginative.
That wind! They really need to build some corner stands at the Brittania. Or just knock it down, and dissolve the club, because nobody would miss them.
If I can wish for one club to be relegated and go out of business, its Stoke City
Second one but with Januzaj instead of Hernandez.
Jammy goal. We are shifting the ball with a bit of pace, but no real penetration.
Looking at other scores, we will be dropping a real bollock by not getting 3 points today. We will concede again playing against the wind in 2nd half. Overrun in the middle by Charlie fecking Adam. Shit.
Meaning who at centre back? Smalling and Cleverley? Evra? Rafael?
Moyes with RVP, Rooney, and Mata on the pitch is the same as Moyes with Welbeck, Young, and Valencia. Hopeless. Just keep lumping it in from the wings!
Foul that Smalling give away that led to their goal was no different than the foul on RvP in their box. Joke.
Why is he overrated? Because a ball hit him on the knee and deflected in? He played well apart from being unlucky for the goal.
Hope Jones is ok, the risk to leave Rio out, if he was available seems like a mistake now and tbh unnecessary at the start assuming he was fit, but it was still unlucky to have both injuries. In terms of the football we've been unlucky but you have to say once again, what will it take to see that we need one of RVP/Rooney to play deep, we've needed it for ages and it's just ignored. I'm personally not sure if Welbeck was the right choice, as I said I think we need one of the front two to drop and I don't think Welbeck does that well from an offensive point of view.
RvP AM? Why not just put him as striker in a 4222?
Think it's Canal+.
Tired of M.Carrick, not his first own goal this season, wtf is he doing right there....
If we don't get all 3 points here today then the season is over as far as I'am concerned.
If we don't get all 3 points here today then the season is over as far as I'am concerned.
The wind is pretty annoying.. nothning to do with the score or teams involved.. Games like these are hard to enjoy.
Unlucky goal to concede.. Terrible luck with injuries.. But we can score against Stoke.
Go in.. regroup. And keep it on the ground.
Unlucky goal to concede.. Terrible luck with injuries.. But we can score against Stoke.
Go in.. regroup. And keep it on the ground.
We've been much the better side in a very tough wind, They scored a shit fluke goal and managed to injure both of our centre halfs with their typical, brute chav tactics.
It's going to be hard but we can still win this, we certainly don't deserve to be behind.
It's going to be hard but we can still win this, we certainly don't deserve to be behind.
Stoke need to bring on Assaidi.
What a weekend this would be for us if these results hold!
What a weekend this would be for us if these results hold!
Nasty little player reminds me on that cretin Michael Brown
Stoke are always a horrible team.
Whelan has to be up there with the most scummiest cynical players in the league.
Whelan has to be up there with the most scummiest cynical players in the league.
Does it really matter?
I hope we don't lose this because Carrick will end up having his scapegoat status back.
Mata as a right winger is a bit shit from Moyes.
Second half is going to be 45 mins of hoofball by Stoke. Should be fun with 1 real CB on the field.
I'd like to see us keep hold of the ball for more than 5 passes please.
With wind like this why the feck is everyone hoofing it up all the time? It's just so shit.
With wind like this why the feck is everyone hoofing it up all the time? It's just so shit.
forgot cleverly was on the pitch! replace him with carrick obvs
I really don't understand our subs.
We have 2 center forwards, 2 right wingers, a RB and CM. Why do we need 2 CF with Rooney and RvP in the starting line up, 2 right wingers and not even single CB playing away...at Britania in possibly the most physical side in the league...
We have 2 center forwards, 2 right wingers, a RB and CM. Why do we need 2 CF with Rooney and RvP in the starting line up, 2 right wingers and not even single CB playing away...at Britania in possibly the most physical side in the league...
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