Thought we played well first half and deservedly went in level. Their off-side goal gave them confidence and we never really had a look-in after that.
No game changer on the bench whereas and running on empty , did we expect anything other than a hard game today ? , we've got Spurs next and by then hopefully players to return .Not the best display overall but the first half we contained them well , (thats what possession is about 67% and restricting their chances.) a sloppy early goal and their tails are up ,we kept playing but too many today weren't at their best.
It was nothing to do with their goal that gave them confidence, It was our lack of the final third. we had enough chance to bury them in the first half and we cant complain that they took advantage of our lack luster second half performance.....It never fails to amaze me why we cant play each half the same. we either have a good first half and look like we would win this only for the second half to look as if the players were Knackered and uninterested Or we have a poor first half and go a couple of goals behind only to come out the second half a different team and look like winners only to leave it too late to win....I really dont know what laudrup can do different as he has reached his limit by the looks of it...
Thought we were solid in the first half, but we could not create chances despite dominating possesion. Second half was more even although utd were better at creating chances. We seem to want to pass around the edge of the box instead of shooting and testing their keeper. We need to start to pick up points, the derby seems to have a great significants in feb now.
bloody hell if cardiff do a 6 pointer on us which is a possibility then i can see some on here will never show their face again well we get what we sow and its plain to see that laudrup is lacking in the motivation department as he cant get the players to play a full 90 minutes as if they want to win...Its a shame really as he has a great squad of players at his disposal but he just cant do it...
Yes , no cutting edge again. they broke at pace and were more direct whereas the same old habits crept back in with no one willing to get into the danger areas .There was no new manager syndrome today for them up the road today and beaten by a poor West Ham side ,it depends how quickly they new players fit in .I can't imagine us playing as poorly as we did in the 2nd half of the first game so I'd expect 3 points there but it is a derby so who knows .
We're not creating enough but with statistically three of our most creative players out in JDG, Dyer and Michu what do you expect? We're playing some great football and when the 6 first teamers we had missing today eventually return we'll be fine. Man U had their lowest % of possession since the Prem began and that tells me we're doing something right. When the walking wounded come back we'll be flying. If anybody whinges about this result they need a ****ing reality check.
I did , hence I didn't respond as I would have liked to the beaut .(self control although sometimes boring is often the best way )
Routledge and Pazuelo were the best players on either team today . Bony had an off day . There has been a lot of lnterest in Davies , sell him at a profit and lets get Taylor rolling .Davies has been lucky in both scoring goals, and not allowing them but its catching upwith him imo. Im not sure if Routledge and Pazuelos contracts can be extented but if they can we should get on it. Pazuelo and Routledge were magnificent today!
