[Ekeke]

Jones did decently and Fred played a couple of passes. Thats about all the positivity I can muster

 

[Foxbatt]

Get Rashford or Lingaard off and put on Sanchez. I would take off Rashford and Ligaard and put Mata and Sanchez. Take Matic off and put on Pogba.

 

[Andycoleno9]

Rashford Martial Lingard - they all have got a decision making of a child.

Richest club in the world start CL game with that attack. That attack is not in top 30 currently in the world.

 

[100]

It really does make you wonder what we're trying to do when someone like Fred comes in and is much better on the ball than everyone bar Pogba. What the feck is going on?

 

[Trophy Room]

Everyone has just fecking given up throughout the organisation

 

[RedDevilRoshi]

We must be so easy to play against, especially at OT. Young Boys don’t have to burst a gut to defend as nothing in the final 3rd from us

 

[TMDaines]

Paolo Smalldini our best player so far.

Lingard and Rashford were anonymous for the first 25 minutes. Rashford has got into it now, but Lingard is no where. Very odd. All the best play coming down the left, which is no surprise with the busted flush at right back.

Mourinho said we should play like a cup final and we sure are playing like Mourinho wanting a clean sheet first and foremost with a goal at the other end to do the job. I’m quite happy to grind out 1-0 wins for a while.

 

[Tom Van Persie]

Fred is having a great game now play him more often, Jose!

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

Please Jose, do not replace Matic, want to read reaction from Caf! :whistle:

 

[GiddyUp]

"Young Boys are amongst the poorest teams Utd have ever played in Champs League"

Brian McClair

Young boys could say the same about United.

 

[Canagel]

Our new attacking manager will love Fred.

Without a doubt .

 

[stubie]

Can someone wake me up when the following is complete at the club?

• Mourinho gone
• Smalling, Jones, Fellaini, Young, Valencia, Darmian, Lukaku, Matic, Pogba, Rojo, Bailly all sold
• Glazers gone
• Better standard of football played
• Everyone at the club UNITED
• Less media friendly interviews
• A buzz prior to every match
• Red shirt, white shorts, black socks, white in Europe

This coma will be a long time so farewell for now

 

[Lash]

Fred looks handy, no one else looks up to much.

We need to buy a new striker.

 

[SilentWitness]

These games used to be fun to watch because SAF would play a midfield of Gibson and Fabio with no fecks given and still win 4-0. Now it's just sad.

 

[Organic Potatoes]

Leaving out Mata, yet again, and letting Rashford and Lingard doing nothing is just not fair.

We’re definitely missing Mata’s smart runs and composure in the final third.

 

[dove]

For all Jose's faults, half of our squad doesn't even deserve to be in the reserves team. Rashford is a brilliant example. He is a great athlete but I am not sure about his football abilities. Brainless, wasteful.

 

[Red00012]

Richest club in the world start CL game with that attack. That attack is not in top 30 currently in the world.

Yet people before the game were excited to see this front 3

 

[Fracture90]

I really don't understand the point of starting 3 quick forwards that thrive on through balls, then starting 2 immovable lumps behind them that can't pass the ball…

Just Jose logic.

 

[Chicharo]

How has Rashford done nothing in this game?

He's been all over it, both good and bad.

He wasted two good chances, and a counter attack. Being involved in a game doesn't mean that he actually did something good.

 

[Tom Van Persie]

 

[Rolaholic]

We dominated this lot away with Pogba in the lineup and orchestrating the attack,what the hell was the logic behind benching today??

Can't think of anything besides sabotage

 

[SuperiorXI]

Just checked the score as out christmas shopping. fecking joke.

Why is Mourinho still here?

The 'everything is fine' meme applies heavily when it comes to our board.

 

[SqueakyWeasel]

Needs at least one football head out there … we look like headless chickens sometimes but, unlike some, I appreciate the enthusiasm. I would much rather have seen Mata out there for the first 45 and then rested for Southampton / Arsenal

 

[pascell]

Too often, I feel frustrated watching Rashford. Too too often!

That's why I think he'll never become the player people on here think he is. Still can't believe some compared him to Mbappe, that guy is on a whole different planet to Rashford.

 

[Fracture90]

Without a doubt .

And Fred will love him back!…hopefully .

 

[No Idea For Nickname]

Can someone wake me up when the following is complete at the club?

• Mourinho gone
• Smalling, Jones, Fellaini, Young, Valencia, Darmian, Lukaku, Matic, Pogba, Rojo, Bailly all sold
• Glazers gone
• Better standard of football played
• Everyone at the club UNITED
• Less media friendly interviews
• A buzz prior to every match
• Red shirt, white shorts, black socks, white in Europe

This coma will be a long time so farewell for now

Anything else?

 

[Andycoleno9]

Get Rashford or Lingaard off and put on Sanchez. I would take off Rashford and Ligaard and put Mata and Sanchez. Take Matic off and put on Pogba.

Sanchez is out of squad. Why? I don't know. He does not offer what those two offering.

 

[Red00012]

Martial is probably the most overrated player

He’s been woeful but gets away with it .

 

[jmaggio]

No matter how many chances rashford shanks , is rather have him play over lukaku. Every day of the fecking week. He creates chances and doesn’t feck up all our attacks like The Belgian Heskey.

 

[Ranchero]

Anyone who dares stand by Matic, really should go home. His backwards passing, his slowness in that key midfield area is a key reason for the complete lethargy in our play. I mean he is the engine room and he is barely out of first gear.

 

[RedDevil@84]

Sub him

 

[GiddyUp]

At his best he’s brilliant, he’s just a young player who lacks consistency. He recently showed some by scoring 5 games in a row and was rightly given plaudits for it. At his best, he’s a great player.

Unfortunately he is piss in the other 35 games he plays. Talented for sure but I doubt he will be here for long.

 

[tidraKS]

Do our players even train together? Final third cohesion has been abysmal.

I think they do, but just run and have fun and laugh there. I have the feeling we do no attacking drills in our trainings.

 

[roonster09]

Lukaku would not be in the position to waste anything in the first place. We should definitely stick with this but bring Sanchez for Lingard

Exactly. Rashford movement is brilliant and he is doing everything right except the last move. It will come with experience and also we look so much better with him leading the line.

 

[edcunited1878]

Someone else said that if you give City those chances, it’s 5-0 at half time. I agree, we’re so lacking in quality in the last third.

That's why I cannot put all the fault on Mourinho. He has his obvious faults, but the obvious gap in quality is shared with the board/Woodward and Jose.

Rashford has to take his chances and those are chances that good CFs make. Right now, Rashford isn't a good CF. He has good qualities and has done some good play throughout the first half, but his main objective is to score.

 

[2 man midfield]

Unfortunately he is piss in the other 35 games he plays. Talented for sure but I doubt he will be here for long.

Once every 35 games? Nah, he’s shown far more than that

 

[BrianMcClair'sBarnet]

Rashford has probably been our best attacker today even with his frustratingly poor final balls.

 

[Hoof the ball]

The frustrating element of that entire first half isn't that it is uncharacteristic of us this season, or that X player is playing poorly today. The truly frustrating truth behind many individual mistakes is that they are atypical ones which can be found time and time again in almost every game. Whether Rashford, Lingard or Valencia play poorly, ok, or very well, these mistakes still occur, even if they are obscured by moments of good performance.

Decision-making mistakes are the hardest to rectify because form isn't a guarantee of eradicating them, although, poor form exacerbates them all the more so.

 

[Random Task]

Get Rashford or Lingaard off and put on Sanchez. I would take off Rashford and Ligaard and put Mata and Sanchez. Take Matic off and put on Pogba.

Rashford was our liveliest player in that first half and the most likely to make something happen, it's just his decision-making that is letting him down. He could really us a goal.

However, Lingard looks a country mile off the pace of the game.

 

[red_de_pologne]

These games used to be fun to watch because SAF would play a midfield of Gibson and Fabio with no fecks given and still win 4-0. Now it's just sad.

Ha, so true.

we better beat the Boys, because there's no way we beat Valencia

 

[AlecHDR]

Incredibly frustrating half by Rashford. Did all the hard bits amazingly well and continuously fecked up the very last step. I hope he keeps at it and the reward will eventually come.