[WhoDaGOAT]

Wasn't it Rojo who lost Welbeck for his header a few weeks back?

 

[Dec9003]

Lingard and Fellaini off and we have a real chance to win this.
Fellaini hasn't been too bad but we can't put w decent ball into him anyway.
Lingard has been poor though.
Herrera and maybe Memphis on for me, not that I think Memphis would do better mind you.

 

[Acquire Me]

Good first half. We should be able to kill the game, but instead we let them back in.

 

[Mr Smith]

Is it just me who thought that was boring ?

I don't know what you want if you think that was boring. Like seriously, so many people here have unrealistic expectations. That was some of the most positive tactics we've ever seen under Van Gaal.

 

[dannyrhinos89]

I'd love to see Herrera and TFM come on second half

This game is made for Herrera with the counter attacking and pace it's going

TFM because rojo is terrible

 

[Adisa]

Even when we have decent performances, someone must feck up.

 

[Rada]

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

It's hard to do something with the crosses when they don't target you.

 

[rpitchfo]

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.

Tell me about it, surely the only reason Fellaini is in the team is to put his head on the ball and he's in the middle of the bloody wall - it defies belief.

 

[ArmchairCritic]

Wasn't it Rojo who lost Welbeck for his header a few weeks back?

And Alderweireld, considering the ruthlessness LvG has dispensed with Varela it's incredible Rojo keeps getting away with it.

 

[mitchmouse]

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.

his touch was poor AND I'm not sure he's a pacey as people keep trying to convince me

 

[Spock]

Holy Fekk, I've just seen the Fellaini elbow hatchet job on Huth.

Whoever manages this twat next season should put Fellaini on notice that next time he pulls off that kind of stunt he has to go bald the season of the season.

 

[Crashoutcassius]

Don't get anyone who thinks mahrez vs rojo was a peno. They were inches away from each other when mahrez cut back and ran DIRECTLY into him, it was impossible to get out of the way. What his foot or arm did is irrelevant and shouldn't distract from the fact that mahrez just desperately tried to a cheat a win from this game. Lack of appeals probably speak to his embarrassment

 

[LeftyBlaster]

Even when we have decent performances, someone must feck up.

That could be the tagline for Louis' reign. 1 step forward, 2 steps back.

 

[Thiim]

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

Elbows and penalties

 

[Striker10]

What foul?

The foul that led to their freekick for the goal. You are never going to get away with it. It was stupid by Michael.

 

[Ban]

The foul that led to their freekick for the goal. You are never going to get away with it. It was stupid by Michael.

Wasnt it Rojo who made a foul?

 

[Jippy]

Hope Huth gets a ban too. You can't pull someone's hair ffs.

 

[SqueakyWeasel]

Sourness on a mission after 'pool losing today!

 

[mitchmouse]

Lingard and Fellaini off and we have a real chance to win this.
Fellaini hasn't been too bad but we can't put w decent ball into him anyway.
Lingard has been poor though.
Herrera and maybe Memphis on for me, not that I think Memphis would do better mind you.

memphis is a waste of space for me..

 

[Boycott]

Why the feck was Fellaini in the wall?

 

[Ban]

Lingard and Fellaini off and we have a real chance to win this.
Fellaini hasn't been too bad but we can't put w decent ball into him anyway.
Lingard has been poor though.
Herrera and maybe Memphis on for me, not that I think Memphis would do better mind you.

I thought Lingard was very good.

 

[Jazz]

Our mentality is shit, really is. Let's hope they rectify it and bloody win fecks sakes!

 

[GiddyUp]

I have just watched two pundits show the Fellaini elbow twice and call it dangerous play and should be banned, not one mention of his hair being pulled from the scalp.
I don't think that was a penalty he was pushing on Rojo when the leg came out.

 

[Stretford End Phil]

Its easy to blame Rojo but Smalling gets too involved in grappling and not controlling the defence. Lingard has the pace to be a great winger but runs the channels that leads no where. Rooney encourages the crab like play when he's not pinging balls all over the place. We have no one to carry the ball and place the short ball forward. Fellaini is bullying which is good but his use of elbows is pathetic. Outcome, 50/50 good and bad - needs to improve in the 2nd.

 

[Striker10]

Wasnt it Rojo who made a foul?

Nope. The camera panned to him after but it was definitely number 16

 

[Maradona10]

Fellaini was in the fecking wall when leicestor scored, he is supposed to be our best header of the ball. TACTICS!

 

[Camilo]

Is it just me, or are have we gotten noticeably better since the shit period a few months ago? We look much more like we know what we're doing, and it's just the players letting us down now. You put proper full backs in this team and it'd be night and day.

 

[bosnian_red]

I thought Lingard was very good.

Lingard has been standard Lingard... Looking bright but ultimately, wasteful

 

[Amethyst]

Didn't actually see Rojo had kicked out at Mahrez first time. Yeah, we're lucky to not concede that.

 

[kouroux]

Don't get anyone who thinks mahrez vs rojo was a peno. They were inches away from each other when mahrez cut back and ran DIRECTLY into him, it was impossible to get out of the way. What his foot or arm did is irrelevant and shouldn't distract from the fact that mahrez just desperately tried to a cheat a win from this game. Lack of appeals probably speak to his embarrassment

You must have some serious sight issues if you think they didn't appeal for it

 

[pauldyson1uk]

I don't know what you want if you think that was boring. Like seriously, so many people here have unrealistic expectations. That was some of the most positive tactics we've ever seen under Van Gaal.

I certainly dont have unrealistic expectations, we had a good start and the tailed off and for me the later part of the half was boring.

 

[GiddyUp]

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

Then you must of seen the hair being yanked back to instigate it.

 

[christinaa]

Rojo was very bad in this first half

 

[Eriku]

Jesus Christ, just saw Fella's elbow to Huth's throat... What the feck is wrong with the dude? He gets a lot of unecessary flack with regards to his abilities, but the flailing elbows alone is enough argument for me to get rid. Dude just can't stop.

 

[moses]

Leicester are probably the luckiest team I've ever seen in this league. They have barely been in this game and somehow they are level. Also rojo is an absolute joke of a player.

At this level mistakes decide games and although we have played the better football we've made the mistakes. Jose bases part of his coaching on the fact that a lot of goals come from mistakes. Ranieri is the same, they've been doing it all season. It's not very proactive or pretty, but it's not luck. That said they have had some very kind decisions all season, but then again so most teams that sits on top of a table.

 

[CassiusClaymore]

I see the match day thread is as pre menstrual as ever.

Rojo, Fellaini, Lingard, Rooney shit, boring match.

 

[Red-Jeff]

Players move with arms extended and he couldn't possibly make it disappear in a second. He didn't foul him with the leg either, that was an attempt to take the ball which he didn't but it didn't clip mahrez. Mahrez beat him fair and square but had nowhere to go. Rojo didn't move to block him.

Yeah that's what I saw too. Pundits keep talking about how Rojo flicked his left leg out so it must be a penalty but it didn't look like it actually touched him.

 

[bubbles_]

Can see a Leicester penalty coming

 

[Crashoutcassius]

You must have some serious sight issues if you think they didn't appeal for it

it was a pretty weak appeal for such a big game, they are out to win the league, if it was at all credible there would have been a game stopping appeal. Good but routine decision for the referee, that wouldn't have been a foul in basketball let alone a big football game like this

 

[Organic Potatoes]

I've tried to hold off on writing Rojo off, but it's getting harder...