[bleedred]

David De Gea!!!!

Why do the lads always put us through the mill...

 

[Snowjoe]

Great result that, might have frayed our nerves somewhat but these are the games we need to be winning again if we want top 4 this season. Just need to build on this now.

Also DDG is a glorious bastard.

 

[caisenma]

Not a bad game but DDG and Di Maria won it for us. DDG in particular was outrageous!

 

[Aboutreika18]

Another unconvincing win at home but an important three points for us.

 

[DatIrishFella]

I feel so lightheaded after that.

 

[montpelier]

Fortunate

We are a team that needs to take its chances

(((DDG)))

 

[Kazi]

LvG is taking the wrong people off in his subs. Van Persie and Mata should have been subbed today, not Falcao and Valencia.

 

[Ole's_toe_poke]

Odd match.

Everton really were at half pace until the last 10 mins. We should've scored more really.

 

[kouroux]

We cannot expect to make top 4 hanging on to matches like this.

 

[sizzling sausages]

Still not playing great but the points are what matter.

 

[UnofficialDevil]

De Gea = GOD. Mata not so good, RVP should be dropped, Blind and Di Maria were brilliant, well done to Paddy we missed Rooney glad Falcao scored.

 

[stretford_oslo]

Great game considering we missed two of our most important players. Everton are a good side.

Defence still a mess though, DDG really saved us today.

 

[United22]

De Gea isn't human

 

[Cheesy]

Good win in the end. Our football was decent overall and we deserved to win, but we struggled to hold on at the end. While our defenders individually had solid games, I still think they struggle as a unit when under pressure on the ball.

De Gea was excellent in goal and produced by far his best performance of the season, while Di Maria was very good again and continues to be our best outfield player. Falcao will also be very pleased to have gotten off the mark and can hopefully continue to progress from here.

Mata was relatively disappointing though. Hardly awful, but he was very quiet at times.

 

[Raw]

What is it with us making things so nervy at the end? What a win and what a performance from De Gea and Di Maria. Blind was magnificent too.

Valencia was surprisingly good in that role too, but I feel that things would have been more calm if Herrera was in.

 

[Randall Flagg]

It's not been easy again. But we are getting there

Really committed at the back again which is fantastic to see. It's clear we have been working hard since the Leicester game

Blind was terrific again, as was di Maria

But raf and DDG were outstanding

 

[imperi]

When the players are getting tired, they dont have the confidence anymore to keep closing down their opponents. They still have to get used to this new system. As this season progresses I have no doubt that we will easily close out games like this.

 

[.Rossi]

This shit of nervy defending and cacking it, needs to stop!

 

[DWelbz19]

Sorely missing Rooney, Mata and van Persie were absolutely useless. De Gea is a machine and di Maria is so good. We have this odd bottling mentality where we drop so deep in the last 10 minutes, it's so odd.

 

[charleysurf]

We cannot expect to make top 4 hanging on to matches like this.

Of course they have to do better. But there are a lot of players out, and a lot of new players. Things should get better. Winning tricky games like this while still going through some growing pains makes it a a great day.

 

[Nights]

Rafa and big Dave outstanding. Great to see Falcao getting the first of hopefully many.

 

[Sir Matt]

Pretty good performance considering we had Valencia in midfield. We would have been much better with Herrera there, but 3 points is 3 points. I'd rather we stopped just letting them onto us in the last 10 minutes though.

 

[montpelier]

We're an upper-ish mid table team with potential to improve.

Gonna be a roller-coaster.

 

[Boycott]

RvP's hold up play is still not at his standard, or to be frank to the standard we need into those situations.

 

[Trizy]

Thank god De Gea stood up when he was needed the most. We really need to get out of our weekly head drop and allowing the opposition to play ball, we're making these teams look a lot better than they are.

Stand out players for me today:

De Gea - Need I say more?
Rafael - Absolute bossed the entire game but defensively and attacking.
Valencia - Done extremely well in his new role, a lot of fouls but that was to be expected.
Di Maria - A class above but a bit greedy today, set piece was wank.
Blind - Giving a lot of time to play his role

 

[Someone]

We deserved to win, de gea saved the day but overall we were the better team and should've scored more.

 

[kouroux]

When the players are getting tired, they dont have the confidence anymore to keep closing down their opponents. They still have to get used to this new system. As this season progresses I have no doubt that we will easily close out games like this.

We "only" play once per week, if anything, Everton players should have looked a lot more tired.

Of course they have to do better. But there are a lot of players out, and a lot of new players. Things should get better. Winning tricky games like this while still going through some growing pains makes it a a great day.

I think even with a fitter team, the same pbs of shitting bricks will be apparent. DDG saved us today. We're a very poor team psychologically wise

 

[Guy Incognito]

Back to back wins.

 

[DatIrishFella]

Seriously though, we did fantastic with a 19 year old Northern Irish lad playing beside an Argentinian who doesn't speak a lick of English and can be somewhat erratic. I'd say we did pretty fantastic in all regards.

EDIT: Fantastic!

 

[tom33]

Really disappointed with Everton. I used to have a soft spot for them, because they always seemed a nice club, but blatant dives from Naismith and Baines and twice playing on while we had a man down injured. I guess they're getting desperate after their poor start, but I thought they were better than that kind of behaviour.

 

[Fener1907]

Ladies and gentleman, we did it. We broke back into the top four. Mission accomplished.

 

[Mockney]

The undroppable RVP problem looks like it might become a worry. It seemed so counter productive to take Falcao off when he was getting chances and had just got off the mark.

We'll wait and see.

 

[Moriarty]

McNair looks like he's been a first teamer for ages. Very assured against a tough opponent.

 

[charleysurf]

Need Herrera back for sure, and need Jones as well, especially if Rojo will need to cover for Shaw.
A decision has to be made on RVP by the time they play Chelsea.

 

[George Owen]

Good game, much needed result.

For me, DDG, Di Maria and McNair (shutting down Lukaku is not easy) on the podium. Rafael and Shaw, really really good as well.

and of course happy for Falcao and his first goal. First of many.

a experienced voice is missing on the back of course... a proper leader on the back will prevent situations like Rafael and the offside line for the Everton goal.

 

[Invictus]

The players are still not up to Van Gaal's fitness levels. Our performances have consistently dropped in second halves this season in general. That'll improve with time. One big positive is that they're coming to terms with the manager's methods. Consistency will come with experience in the system.

De Gea and Rafael's performances, especially the former were absolutely heartwarming. Both have come under unjust flack in recent times. But proved that form is temporary, and class is permanent. Defense was stout in general. Rojo and McNair done well. Chuffed to Falcao, get a feeling there'll be a deluge now that he's got one. And Di Maria, what a man. Shoe-in for the PFA player of the year based on his United career so far.

Great 3 points. Might stay in the Top 4 if upcoming results go our way.

 

[legball]

It was a good win, we dug in and everybody did their job. Big three points.

 

[KM]

Very important win today. We finished the match with two rookies in the defense and hence why they battered us in the last few minutes. With all the injuries(it'll happen some day!) we'll look more assured in matches. RVP and Mata were average again.

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

Should have been so much more comfortable than it was. First half was a stroll, penalty aside of course, which didn't go in anyway. We looked incredibly threatening for about an hour or so, and it's a shame we didn't keep rallying to put the game to bed.

We invited Everton to fight for an equaliser as we just couldn't keep control of the game.

Robin was anonymous mostly, and Mata was quiet in the 2nd half as well. I was impressed with McNair handling Lukaku, and I thought Valencia had a fine game sweeping up between the boxes. Taking him out of a creative role and allowing him to use his athletic abilities looks to do him good. Falcao's movement was superb, but he snatched at a few chances. Had a good header on target, and took his goal well. Glad it didn't take him too long to get his goal.

De Gea, Di Maria Rafael and Blind were all excellent

 

[Gopher Brown]

De Gea isn't human

Some of his distribution today shows he is.

But when it mattered, he came up with the goods.