Soon as these two came on the game was over for us. There was no threat in behind, no pressure up top and no threat what so ever.
Rashford, Lingard and Martial looked dangerous, provided movement and consistent pressure which arsenal struggled with.
Great to see the likes of Herrera, Rashford, Lingard, Rojo and Bailly working hard for the shirt. Sure we still lacked quality but if we played the first 45 like that every week we'd be doing better than we are. Which begs the question, why don't we see that line up and intestity more often?
Positives to take from today but let's see how we do on the weekend.
Lukaku and Fellaini
posted on 5/12/18
What's happened to martial? Hopefully nothing serious.
posted on 5/12/18
comment by Benched (U7195)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Dunne was under Unger and I was over Dunne (U6037)
posted 1 minute ago
We literally have the runt of the litter when it comes to Belgian footballers!!
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Convinced he owes his career to Axel Witsel, some scout watched a Belgian youth team and went "the lad with the big hair is a tidy midfielder". Someone else was dispatched to sign said player and ended up with Fellaini.
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I remember he played against us in Europe before Everton bought him and he was outstanding. He seems to have a great game against us no matter who he plays for however.
posted on 5/12/18
Jose was sacked after 16 league games by Chelsea. They were 20 points off the leaders.
We're 15 games in and 18 points off the top. In theory we could be in a worse positon by the end of the weekend and we'll still have him.
posted on 5/12/18
The problem is that the positives mentioned above are never going to be Jose's way or preferred players...
The subs, going long etc are and is what he defaults to
The run of "better" results... Came to an end with the return to fitness and the team of lukaku and Fellaini. Less movement and energy, but as with tonight he has no other ideas other than turning to them and going long... Tv even picked up on him screaming at Fellaini to go up top
posted on 5/12/18
"The problem is that the positives mentioned above are never going to be Jose's way or preferred players..."
Think we all agree there
posted on 5/12/18
comment by Shugs (U14253)
posted 33 seconds ago
The problem is that the positives mentioned above are never going to be Jose's way or preferred players...
The subs, going long etc are and is what he defaults to
The run of "better" results... Came to an end with the return to fitness and the team of lukaku and Fellaini. Less movement and energy, but as with tonight he has no other ideas other than turning to them and going long... Tv even picked up on him screaming at Fellaini to go up top
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This is obscene. You're supposed to be the among the elite of your profession. Paid more than most players. You're supposed to be visionary, knowledge unsurpassed, tactical ability unrivalled.
Things are not going well so you're supposed to have the ability to identify the issue in your team or the weakness in your opposition and act on that view.
What you do is send the big lump up front and instruct it to go long. The tactics which saw Egil Olsen laughed out of England and which the average pub team resorts to.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/mar/07/minutebyminute.sport
"81 mins: Another tactical masterstroke by the genius that is Jose Mourinho: big German centre-half Robert Huth is about to come on and play as a striker. More long balls, anyone? Joe Cole makes way for the lumbering defender - was it for this that Roman spent all those hundreds of millions?"
That was 12.5 years ago.
posted on 5/12/18
"86 mins: Robert Huth concedes a free-kick for backing into Carles Puyol. Moments later he does it again, this time bundling Henrik Larsson off the ball. Like I said, bringing him on was a tactical masterstroke. "
Deja vu anyone?
posted on 5/12/18
The subs were terrible and left us lack both energy and shape. Pogba barely touched the ball and Lukaku is best left nowhere near the ball.
If we’d have had Fred & Pereira on the bench we’d have had two players that could have come on and maintained the energy levels in midfield and attack.
posted on 6/12/18
comment by Benched (U7195)
posted 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
comment by Shugs (U14253)
posted 33 seconds ago
The problem is that the positives mentioned above are never going to be Jose's way or preferred players...
The subs, going long etc are and is what he defaults to
The run of "better" results... Came to an end with the return to fitness and the team of lukaku and Fellaini. Less movement and energy, but as with tonight he has no other ideas other than turning to them and going long... Tv even picked up on him screaming at Fellaini to go up top
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This is obscene. You're supposed to be the among the elite of your profession. Paid more than most players. You're supposed to be visionary, knowledge unsurpassed, tactical ability unrivalled.
Things are not going well so you're supposed to have the ability to identify the issue in your team or the weakness in your opposition and act on that view.
What you do is send the big lump up front and instruct it to go long. The tactics which saw Egil Olsen laughed out of England and which the average pub team resorts to.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/mar/07/minutebyminute.sport
"81 mins: Another tactical masterstroke by the genius that is Jose Mourinho: big German centre-half Robert Huth is about to come on and play as a striker. More long balls, anyone? Joe Cole makes way for the lumbering defender - was it for this that Roman spent all those hundreds of millions?"
That was 12.5 years ago.
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Good find
Bringing on a battering ram was seen as archaic 12 1/2 years ago and it’s still happening. Jose is a slightly better version of Allardyce and Pulis isn’t he?
He was once the hot young thing in football management, sought after and desired but as the game’s moved he’s been surpased by the high energy, attacking style and looks like a relic from a different era.
posted on 6/12/18
comment by BruceAndPally (U8201)
Bringing on a battering ram was seen as archaic 12 1/2 years ago and it’s still happening. Jose is a slightly better version of Allardyce and Pulis isn’t he?
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I don't recall Fergie ever doing it and I'm 29 years old.
Moyes brought Fellaini in for that seemingly express purpose.
LvG is perceived as having done it once. Sending on Nick Powell for Mata against Wolfsburg. This didn't result in hoof ball despite Fellaini also being on the pitch. Should be noted Powell is a technically very able footballer who can play up front but is a CM. We also pulled a goal back not long after he came on and had almost twice as many shots as them. The performance was well received by journos and it was recognised our inexperienced defence cost us.