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Premier League Gameweek 18 (16th - 18th December 2017)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
For all the "amazing", "out-of-this-world", "extra-terrestrial", football that "no-one can live with" Prp's golden boys are ahead by a solitary goal from a badly marked set piece header.
When you relentlessly smother the opposition you're more likely to make your own breaks. It's not by chance this keeps happening.
They'll win the league, I'm certain of that.
But when an unbeaten run ends, it can be hard for a team to find confidence. Or if they win something really early, motivation.
For all the "amazing", "out-of-this-world", "extra-terrestrial", football that "no-one can live with" Prp's golden boys are ahead by a solitary goal from a badly marked set piece header.
don't do this
Drugs lol. The reason we can press so intensely is because we spend so little of the game defending. When you have the ball so much you can really sprint in defence to get it back because with the ball in play for about an hour per game, City only have to defend for a maximum of 15 minutes per game.
See the difference between our pressing and Spurs in the first 5 minutes and in the last 10 of the first half.
See the difference between our pressing and Spurs in the first 5 minutes and in the last 10 of the first half.
No wayThey have implemented this in the Fifa 18 as well
Very dense mate, really hard to drive in
Yes that’s the game that kick started this run for them. Until they scored Liverpool were on top and should have been leading. Football at this level has such fine margins.
For all the "amazing", "out-of-this-world", "extra-terrestrial", football that "no-one can live with" Prp's golden boys are ahead by a solitary goal from a badly marked set piece header.
They could be losing 1-0 from a fluke worldie and it wouldn't change it......on a good shooting day, this could easily be winning 4-0 and that's in the 30 minutes I've been watching. They are creating relentless chances, they are relentless putting pressure on any team that even bothers trying to play from the back, they play superb when IN possession......I could care less about the actual score sometimes, clear brilliance is sometimes clear. Not sure if it's has magical has 09-11 Barca, but in terms of Premier League, it's very much the best patch I've witnessed and well they haven't had the bad luck for the results to say otherwise either. It's insane.
Glad City are winning, no one is catching them and hopefully Spurs won't get near us.
Fog
There are some players in PL who annoy me so much, Walker is one of them. His face is really punchable
Anyone else thinking drugs?
All Pep’s teams have been done for violating doping protocol I believe. City were done for not providing the whereabouts of their players for testing three times in a year, although I think the first infringement was shortly before he joined. An Olympic athlete can be banned from competition for such a transgression but the football authorities are slack on doping.
Spurs still in this
I don't understand the Celtic reference...I'm probably missing something.
My assumption would be Pochettino, who's still young enough to build something long-term. I agree that I find it hard to believe you'll see anything resembling the tenures of Arsene/SAF in this league again...but that's what a system like ours depends on.
Ederson’s left foot is just gracious.....
How did he learn to kick like that? He is just picking City players with ease.
How did he learn to kick like that? He is just picking City players with ease.
The difference between a great and extraordinary side.
City practically have won the title in the first half of the season. But their form can dip in the second half, bit like Chelsea in 2015.
Anyone who thought Poch's bottlers would stump City should be ashamed of themselves
Jeez hate thsee city players falling over at every 50/50 tackle. This is the whole Spanish mentality that pep brings with him. Found it very funny the way walker was looking behind and waiting for the spurs player to touch him just that he can just fall down.
As for possession football, lvg just killed all the excitement for that brand when he managed. I like fast counter attacking football any day over all these pass pass pass thing. Just my taste.
As for possession football, lvg just killed all the excitement for that brand when he managed. I like fast counter attacking football any day over all these pass pass pass thing. Just my taste.
Time to rebrand the CAF methinks …
City beat Barca last season. I think we’re overrating PSG and Barca here
You realise they can draw?
City's wins are becoming more and more psychological I think.
I honestly don't think they're that great - they're a good side, but the narrative of 'this is the best side in Europe' (which they clearly aren't), being bleated by managers and pundits as teams just turn up and play into their hands over and over again during this first half of the season seems to be in opposition players minds.
I think that when it really, really matters to lower teams, we'll start seeing them being tactically taken on a lot more. West Ham, Huddersfield and Southampton showed that these level teams could quite easily be taking points off them.
I honestly don't think they're that great - they're a good side, but the narrative of 'this is the best side in Europe' (which they clearly aren't), being bleated by managers and pundits as teams just turn up and play into their hands over and over again during this first half of the season seems to be in opposition players minds.
I think that when it really, really matters to lower teams, we'll start seeing them being tactically taken on a lot more. West Ham, Huddersfield and Southampton showed that these level teams could quite easily be taking points off them.
Absolutely horrendous goal to concede that, I actually loled at the reply, still a half to go need much more intensity though.
It won't matter much as when that happens they will still have a huge gap at the top anyway. Losing and their reaction won't tell anything, trophies will be the final thing they're judged on.
Absolutely. I did say world class fullbacks. I know Walker is a debatable one, but he's one of the best in the league and he does what they need him to.
It is extremely annoying, they are awarded most of the 50\50 situations as well.
Arsenals Invincibles were better.
True that.
Yes.
Even against Arsenal, despite their domination and all the possession, there was a moment where at 2-1 you felt the visitors had it in them to creep back into the game.
If Mane keeps his cool and Wenger starts Lacazette, the games at Anfield and the Emirates will be tight.
Why?
City, Barca, PSG and Madrid can all spank City but City have a good chance of spanking those sides as well. That is the nature of Pep’s style.
Both can be done. Many teams show it.
Didn’t he complain about injuries (Kante?) and there’s the continued talk about conflict inside the club, anyway he didn’t have a chance to show his true colors up till now I guess. Chelsea and him have been worse than us this season, but all the talk is about Mourinho and United. A prick on the field is a prick off the field also, he will have his turn.
Wow the amount of Blue pep sucking
Mods can you add a not suitable for work tag as im not so sure some people in this thread are wearing cloths
Mods can you add a not suitable for work tag as im not so sure some people in this thread are wearing cloths
We chose SAF because he broke up the Old Firm dominance with Aberdeen and won a european trophy with them.
Just curious (I don't think we are the best in Europe either) but atm who is "clearly" better? I would say there is a case for PSG and Barca being better, but "clearly".
I agree that the praise we get is over the top (best PL team ever etc..) but I would say no one in Europe is clearly better than us, nor are we clearly better then PSG, Barca or a reinvigorated Bayern.
The guys in the studio pointed out how Ederson's passing negates the high press from Tottenham. Insane what a keeper of that caliber does to your team.
Nothing wrong with preference, but associating LVG with possession football id like associating Pulis with counter attacking football. Why associate a kind of football with a manager who couldn't do it well?