[Skills]

their defense was miles better than their attack at the WC.

Macherano was brilliant, and protected them incredibly well.

Tbf, the Dutch defence looked good and they had some real shit in there.

 

[Parry Gallister]

Was a clear pen, Rojo impeded Mahrez and swung his foot at him to boot. Lucky break!

Why on earth is Rojo, aka The Liability, even playing? CBJ is a far better option, but seems to have been thrown out into the cold after his injury for some reason.

Couldn't tell from the angle really, happened v fast. Might have been but not sure where Rojo was meant to go in fairness to him.

 

[Summit]

Entertaining half where we've played some decent stuff. Carrick has been brilliant so far. Rojo has been woeful.

Also pissed off at Lingard... He's a feckin idiot. Completely played for a foul instead of trying to create a chance/score a goal.

Well his did that cause of a poor touch. He knew Kasper would be getting to the ball before, or at the same time as him.

 

[pauldyson1uk]

What this game needs is a groin high two footed tackle on Vardy.

 

[bosnian_red]

We're playing well.. Shite defending from Rojo aside. Take out Rojo for whoever at half and we'll win this. We should be up by a few though

 

[Amethyst]

It's almost comical how bad we are at defending set pieces. Rojo in particular seems completely clueless and has cost us several times this season.

 

[#07]

Quite a typical first half from Man Utd. How many times have we seen a strong start fizzle out after the first 10-20 minutes this season? Nothing new. Nothing unusual about the goal we conceded either. Whatever Van Gaal tells the players at half time tends to result in a dip in performance immediately after the break too. I'm not expecting good things in the second half as a result, at least not until after the hour.

 

[Todd]

Good half...we got away with one though, that should've been a penalty for LC

 

[Mr Smith]

That was a great half from us. Deserved to get the opener and didn't really deserve to concede the equaliser. Need to come out just as strong in the second half; you know Leicester will.

Some serious credit, like it or not, needs to go to Van Gaal for our brave tactics. Our fullbacks pushed extremely high up the pitch early on, forcing Leicester right back into their own half, and Blind also strode forward to add numbers. I've been a little disappointed with our productivity down the right given how many times we've been in space down that flank. Struggling to remember the last time Valencia used his left foot in his career.

Simpson is looking vulnerable to me, he should be targeted.

 

[Attila]

45 mins to save the season!! Come on

 

[Randall Flagg]

Poor half. The lads are careless. Fellaini is a lucky boy. Carrick thinks he's Chuck Norris. Hopefully, they calm down second half because they're dumb mofos at the minute. Sloppy. Sloppy. Sloppy.

Think we have been excellent

 

[kenny19]

herrera for rooney. Rooney is to s

We just cross it all the time, no creativity and penetration through the middle

that's what we get with rooney and fellaini in the center. Rooney sprays pass wide while fellaini storms into the box only to give us false hope.

 

[The Brown Bull]

Rojo is a liability, get TFM on please!

 

[izec]

Been the same way for years really.

Could be, but now it is just pretty aimless and with little success.

 

[NoLogo]

I don't really rate Lingard, just a poor man's Park IMO.

Don't rate him much either, fairly limited player. The right wing imo is still the position we need to improve most urgently. Get some real quality on that side of the pitch.

 

[LuisNaniencia]

Fellaini is offering nothing from the crosses, he should do a lot more.

 

[Phil]

Darmian and Herrera on
Rojo and Rooney off - both been fecking useless

Agreed.

 

[mitchmouse]

Fellaini has been good but I'm not sure Lingard is as good as the commentary keep saying; his touch isn't good enough at vital moments and half chances go begging. Rojo good going forward but misses so much in the air at the back. We've probably been as good as we can be but it's not enough and is why we aren't challenging for the title and are struggling for fourth. Rooney might well grow into the midfield role but as we all know, we need to spend big in the summer - and spend correctly this time

 

[JamesB__]

It would have to be VERY high.

 

[caisenma]

Has Lingard won some charity competition to be a United starter? How does he get picked over and over and OVER? by my estimate he hasn't scored or assisted in 12 matches now.

He doesn't even get subbed over... everything!

 

[GiddyUp]

Our players are absolutely terrible at crossing

Croshing ish to rishky, you mush passhing back to your teammatesh

 

[VP89]

I have no idea why Rojo keeps marking Morgan in set pieces. LVG had better attend to that.

As good as we're playing, not winning the game isn't an option for us. Need to get Martial and Rashford linking up more.

 

[Carolina Red]

he does it way too much, grabbing jerseys and such. He gets called for it every now.

I'm just waiting for him to concede a pen on a cross or corner. It's a ticking clock.

 

[marukomu]

Was stuck in the car for most of the first half, what was the Simpson v Lingard situation actually like? I refuse to take Savage's opinion on it.

Try pulling this next time.

 

[Thiim]

Rojo is just a liability. Lost Morgan for the goal, then loses him AGAIN for the corner. Martial or Rashford has to get us the win, the rest are just woeful.

 

[WhoDaGOAT]

Next goal is crucial. Leicester have been below par, yet remain where they need to be. You've got to respect their mental strength.

We can win this 3-1 if we improve our crossing.

 

[bubbles_]

The cross field pass is the easiest to hit in football and Rooney gets it wrong so often

 

[Bruno8]

Valencia has been brilliant at RB

Fellaini is ball watching a lot when we attack. Good defensively though and is harrassing Kante and Drinks in CM

Carrick has been brilliant. controlling the midfield

We may need a Mata or Hererra to provide that exquisit final ball in the box

 

[Siorac]

We're doing okay, nothing amazing though. We have the majority of possession but we're not very good in and around the area; Leicester are well-organised and look like a threat through the counter. So nothing that wasn't expected. Largely predictable so far.

We've shaded it, hopefully we can get a winner.

 

[Ban]

Should be walking away with this half if not for a stupid foul by Carrick and subsequent fundamental mistake from Smalling.

Fellaini has done his best to get sent off.

What foul?

 

[kps88]

Not sure why Fellaini was part of the wall for their goal.

 

[Vida5Nick]

Fellaini is offering nothing from the crosses, he should do a lot more.

Sorry. Anything other than throwing elbows is too much for his brain to comprehend.

 

[Carolina Red]

Just saw the replay at halftime of Fellaini's elbow on Huth.

 

[mitchmouse]

We've gone to shit after a great start.

sort of sums up the season - needed tghat second when we were ahead; can see us conceding the next goal

 

[minoo-utd]

Herrera in for Rooney, But this will never happen.

 

[kouroux]

Logic would want you have your best aerial players marking theirs so I have no idea why we have Rojo on Morgan. That seems so silly.

 

[Shimo]

Few minutes before their goal I texted a friend saying we are screwed because Oliver is giving every small thing on them as a foul.

Need to get Rojo the hell off as well.

 

[JTW95]

Same ol' story.

Team parks the bus, we cant get through them, we go out wide, we show an excellent display of how not to cross.

 

[sunama]

We got some seriously stupid players. Like failed all their Gcses apart from PE stupid!

 

[Snow]

What foul?

The foul for their goal. He just clattered the Leicester player out of nowhere when there wasn't even danger.