Official Manchester United Supporters' Thread Part 4

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*Peek a boo

Sup Boys! What a game and that scoring bus is on a roll:D

The Matic difference in full effect again - how many blocks and tackles does this guy make a game:eek:

Pogba assisting an scoring, Mickhi the assist king and Lukaku's first touch and Martial celebrating

Jones looking good

I still feel a good LB will add even more to the team, but credit to Blind
 
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dbecks said:
Was reading that he turned down a move to Inter and wants to focus on United..seems to be showing

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Peekaboo indeed

I don't know.. Or rather don't understand the fuss why people are suddenly calling for martial to start. He's made a great impact in the two games but I don't think it necessarily merits a starting place. Everyone else has also been playing well.

I've said before that Mata and Mkhi is a luxury maybe, wow I'm being more pragmatic about defense than our park the bus defensive manager, but the balance otherwise looks good and delivers four goals by the final whistle so I can't complain.
 
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Peekaboo indeed

I don't know.. Or rather don't understand the fuss why people are suddenly calling for martial to start. He's made a great impact in the two games but I don't think it necessarily merits a starting place. Everyone else has also been playing well.

I've said before that Mata and Mkhi is a luxury maybe, wow I'm being more pragmatic about defense than our park the bus defensive manager, but the balance otherwise looks good and delivers four goals by the final whistle so I can't complain.
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Exactly my bro, the team looks very balanced

I like both Rashford and Martial and either can start. Herrera is also there dont forget. Plenty of games to come and everyone will get their chance. We will have times where Rashford or Mata can come off the bench and make an impact as we know they can - great times

Hows that Lukaku first touch but:rolleyes:
 
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I think the real difference is that we could not break down teams like this last season.

I must say I thought Mkhi was totally invisible until he started to thread through those passes.
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He did a lot of ball chasing and closing down, as did the whole team when we didnt have the ball, bar Lukaku - some of the time. But hey the man sticks his foot through the ball like nobody's business and knows where to run when we do have the ball.

I've started watching games differently in the last few years. Watching live for the excitement and swearing, and then the games we win I watch a second time to watch the story develop. Not smart enough to do both at the same time.

The how we break down teams and how we set up, positions, individual players, which players get stronger, more prominent, who is weaker, where are the gaps. If I could watch the games we lose similarly that would be good but not mature enough

Our fitness has been instructive this season so far and destructive for the opposition. Our 9 game

Pre season was exactly what mou wanted. Esp in defence our fitness and conditioning is great. Mou has done a lot of work on our defenders, both in building combinations and fitness, so we're not subbing our centre backs nor full backs which we did a lot last season. Also, no need for silly yellows at the back when we're on the pace of the game.

Last season our holding mids were also subbed so we sacrificed that finishing strong aspect. So I'm appreciating that more that each game is a marathon and that's how fergies teams also played.

A bit of luck, exploiting an opposition weakness and the talent gives you the first half goal, but winning and scoring late and finishing strong, that's a lot down to the coach.
 
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Hows that Lukaku first touch but:rolleyes:
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Haha saw a stat that he had an insane amount of touches in that game. With all that involvement he can only get better and damn, he needs to score us 25+ goals this season. Been sick with us not having a golden boot contender for a while now.
 
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Things are obviously going great a little too great I think. Hopefully Leicester will be a good challenge to see if we need anything before the window closes.

A few weeks ago I thought Persic would be a really good signing but now I'm not sure we need him.
 
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Things are obviously going great a little too great I think. Hopefully Leicester will be a good challenge to see if we need anything before the window closes.

A few weeks ago I thought Persic would be a really good signing but now I'm not sure we need him.
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Dont think so either - hopefully Shaw is ready or Rose for the LB
 
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JJCT said:
Things are obviously going great a little too great I think. Hopefully Leicester will be a good challenge to see if we need anything before the window closes.

A few weeks ago I thought Persic would be a really good signing but now I'm not sure we need him.
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I also worry about things going too well, gotta have something to worry about :)

But when everyone in the first team is firing, it looks like you have massive depth. Especially when the guys coming from the bench is making the team even stronger. Just look at barca now, not a bad team by any means but looking so much weaker these days. They didn't just lose Neymar I know, but having lost him, and with no Alexis Sanchez as a backup, lost Xavi, Iniesta isn't what he used to be. All of a sudden they don't look as imposing anymore.
 
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JJCT said:
Andy Mitten says he's resigning this week.
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I almost had a mini heart attack there, i think a dash is needed between re and signing. Otherwise it might be misconstrued as he is resigning i.e he is leaving.
 
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