22 Mar 2015 15:29:48
Why why why when they are 2 down with 10 men do we sit back? They were there to be taken apart and we end up scrapping???
Di Maria has no confidence at all, what do we do with him? Cut our losses, give him time? The cross for Rooney should have meant 3-0 but with all the space and time he put it behind him?
But. we are playing some great stuff and with the right signings this summer we may not be far from Chelsea etc. LvG has set them free to play and for the most part, they are!!!
But the best part? Big Al should be a little quiet!!!
22 Mar 2015 15:36:17
ADM has been poor, but he is about attacking at pace - Blind was very indecisive behind him which didn't help. He did set-up Mata, so it wasn't a completely useless sub. I understood why we did it with Liverpool attacking, we needed pace to break - the flip side as GCU mentions is we are vulnerable if we commit men forward and he gives it away, which he does 90% of the time.
I would move him on if we can get upwards of £45m for him, he isn't strong enough and he gives the ball away far too much for a possession based game.
Some quality performances today, but we could have blitzed them as you say, risky tactics. Just like we could have Spurs, 6 points is more than I expected, our manager is very cautious but if we play well and get results I don't mind that he is a bit negative with the way he has us playing when we are winning (its if we are not winning and he does this that really gets me wound up).
22 Mar 2015 15:42:10
I agree with you for the most part but i thought Rooney shouldve held his run abit.
22 Mar 2015 16:18:34
Rooney was off today, he made a similar early run in the first half, easy to blae ADM for that one, but I agree FZZ he miss-timed it. You have those days and so long as only a couple aren't at the races you can cope (Blind & Rooney today).
22 Mar 2015 17:34:13
What? Blind was rock solid and him and young were superb. When adm came on, that's when the problems started. Were you watching the same match?
22 Mar 2015 17:55:31
Nomid
Completely agree with you. the introduction of ADM kind of even out the game to 10 versus 10 and we were much better without him on the pitch.
Defensively he does nothing and offensively he gave the ball away in such bad positions that had us on the back foot against a counter attacking Liverpool side.
Glad we have the International break, that should give shaw and Young time to recover.
22 Mar 2015 18:01:13
Nomid - First half his distribution was poor, he was slow on the ball and couldn't cross it. We weren't under any real pressure but he looked a yard off the game (not pace wise for once) mentally.
Second half he was very indecisive, he did well for the penalty but he had a poor game overall in my view. He has been very consistent for us and this was his worst game imo. Not a shocker, but like Rooney he just looked a little out of sorts and when you have everyone else doing very well it stands out if one or two are off colour.