Manchester United Season 2019 - 2020

[yinyang]

From headlines, last gasp winner by CR7

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58726064

The volley from Telles

 

[Gallego99]

Another dismal performance. Wondering just how many 'get out of jail' cards Ole has. Villareal very unlucky.
Someone should ask him what is United's strongest formation. I'll bet you after two farking years, he still doesn't know.

 

[nayr69sg]

Another dismal performance. Wondering just how many 'get out of jail' cards Ole has. Villareal very unlucky.
Someone should ask him what is United's strongest formation. I'll bet you after two farking years, he still doesn't know.

He's a Man Utd legend. Baby face assassin. Be respectful if you are a ManU fan.

 

[red amoeba]

Totally agreed it’s a dismal performance. The way Villareal can cut through the defence and arrive at the byline is shocking. Whereas Man U huff and puff still cannot penetrate the defence. Something is wrong. Despite sancho Fernandes and Pogba they cannot find a way through ?
Where is the speed where is crisp fast passing ?
They have been calling out for Roy Keane replacement for a decade.

 

[nayr69sg]

Totally agreed it’s a dismal performance. The way Villareal can cut through the defence and arrive at the byline is shocking. Whereas Man U huff and puff still cannot penetrate the defence. Something is wrong. Despite sancho Fernandes and Pogba they cannot find a way through ?
Where is the speed where is crisp fast passing ?
They have been calling out for Roy Keane replacement for a decade.

ManU won. Whats the problem?

Next up is fat spanish waiter ex liverpool manager Rafa Benitez and Everton. Should be comfortable win.

 

[Sideswipe]

Ole needs a big trophy ( EPL or CL ) to appease the fans and keeps his job. can't see Man Utd winning either.

 

[Gallego99]

ManU won. Whats the problem?

Next up is fat spanish waiter ex liverpool manager Rafa Benitez and Everton. Should be comfortable win.

Its not just about winning. Its how you win it that matters to United fans. The team that Ole played against Aston Villa had no balance which means they're unlikely to score. Most tactical managers know their strengths and are flexible enough to change it if the need arises - Man U vs Tottenham (Harry Redknapp). In that game, SAF switched to a 4-4-2 at halftime and United made a roaring come back.
With Ole he continued where he started off by playing two densive midfielders.
Not all players will turnout to be good managers. Ole often turn to his coaching team b4 he makes a decision.
If the status quo remains, it is only a matter of time b4 the fans start chanting 'sack Ole'.

 

[Gallego99]

Btw, fat Spanish waiter will only be serving tequila this weekend. Don't underestimate Rafa.
I'm itching to bet against United.

 

[Gallego99]

Remove Ole and his team of trainers including Carrick and Phelan. We will never be able to play the way we can during Fergie's reign. Ole simply cannot manage top clubs. He doesn't even know how to transit from one formation to another. Its always two defensive midfielders regardless of their form.Mcfred are the worst!!!!

 

[nayr69sg]

Btw, fat Spanish waiter will only be serving tequila this weekend. Don't underestimate Rafa.
I'm itching to bet against United.

Haha too bad Yerry Mina got too excited and got ahead of himself before scoring the tap in otherwise you could have won some money!

 

[laksaboy]

Rafa Benitez is a much better manager than that Norwegian fraud.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Rafa Benitez is a much better manager than that Norwegian fraud.

Should just get Roberto Mancini

 

[yinyang]

Facts don't belie OGS is just not cutting it.
Only 2 wins of 6 games -and with star studded cast he's got?

 

[yinyang]

See the odds now with OGS in the sacking race

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer now LEADS the Premier League sack race as odds shorten on Man United boss being axed after embarrassing loss to Istanbul Basaksehir... with Mauricio Pochettino the favourite to take over​

• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer considered top-flight manager most likely to be sacked
• Manchester United boss has moved ahead of Slaven Bilic and Scott Parker
• Bookmakers shortened odds after losses to Arsenal and Istanbul Basaksehir
• Ex-Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is clear favourite to be next manager
• Solskjaer declined to comment on his future following defeat in Istanbul
  
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...Solskjaer-LEADS-Premier-League-sack-race.html

 

[yinyang]

 

[Sideswipe]

Ole has a decent record against the EPL Big 6. good H2H against Man City.

 

[red amoeba]

Totally depleted side against Leicester who is good at home. They beat us season in a cup game and towards end of season.
They will play for a draw. With so many creative players they need to get started soon before the season Is over.

 

[yinyang]

BREAKING: MESSI BIDS TEARFUL GOODBYE TO PSG AHEAD OF NEWCASTLE MOVE ​

So soon?

BREAKING: MESSI BIDS TEARFUL GOODBYE TO PSG AHEAD OF NEWCASTLE MOVE ​

Stephen Large / Football / 17 hours ago

By Stephen Large / Football, Premier League / 17 hours ago

Lionel Messi fought back tears at a press conference this morning in which he confirmed he is leaving Paris Saint-Germain to join Newcastle United.

The 34-year-old bid farewell to his PSG teammates and Parisian officials in an emotional speech during which he spoke of his life-long admiration of Newcastle boss Steve Bruce.

‘My family and myself were convinced that we were going to stay in Paris. But unfortunately, today I am here to say Auf wiedersehen, pet’, the Argentine told Paddy Power News.

‘I was only 34 when I arrived here. And will leave after two months’ loyal service to the club’.
‘I never imagined having to say goodbye, then again, no one imagined anyone could pay me more than PSG could. So there you go’.

Newcastle United are expected to announce his signing in the next few hours. Asked about joining the Geordie outfit, Messi replied:
‘Ever since I was little boy, kicking a ball about the streets of Rosario, I’ve always dreamed of playing for Newcastle’.
‘I remember watching Temuri Ketsbaia lose the plot after scoring a last-minute winner and I said to my mother: ‘One day I will kick the sh*t out of the advertising hoardings at St James’ Park too, mama’.

The six-time Ballon d’Or winner also spoke fondly of current Newcastle manager Steve Bruce.
‘Bruce is considered a genius in South America’, revealed Messi.

‘Everyone agrees that Argentina would have won three consecutive World Cups between 2006 and 2014 with Bruce as our national coach’.
‘When we heard he was struck by a cabbage thrown by an Aston Villa fan, there was a national day of mourning in Argentina’.
The diminutive playmaker signed off the press conference by leaping on top of a podium and belting out ‘The fog on the Tyne is all mine’ by Geordie folk-rock band Lindisfarne.

 

[yinyang]

King Power deserved home win. Shambles, what with only saving grace of Greenwood's scorcher, Rashford's equaliser and De Gea's saving some blushes.Time's up OGS​

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: 'It is time to ask the question: ​

Is Man Utd boss up to the job?’​

By Phil McNultyChief football writer
Last updated on16 October 202116 October 2021.

Since taking over in December 2018, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has lost 33 Premier League matches, drawing 32 and winning 58 - he has won manager of the month just once
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looked a manager running only on the fumes of dwindling goodwill as he made his way to Manchester United's supporters after a shambolic 4-2 defeat at Leicester City.
As the Norwegian moved towards a discontented corner of the stadium to clap the travelling fans, he was faced with some sympathetic applause, anger and a fair few empty blue seats.

If the impression given by Leicester's two late goals is one of a close match, ignore it.
Leicester deserved their win and deserved to win by more. Manchester United deserved to lose and deserved to lose by more.

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Solskjaer can be chippy under criticism but, rather like Manchester United here at Leicester, he has little in the way of any defence after they were over-run and overpowered.
United's manager looked lost at times in his technical area as Leicester, back to their best, swarmed all over a team assembled at vast expense but one lacking organisation and leadership, panicking and creaking under pressure all afternoon.
As manager, Solskjaer will take the majority of blame - but some big personalities are in the dock after this game as well. The bottom line, though, is that there is one question more people will ask with increasing validity if United's poor form continues.

Is Solskjaer is the right man to take Manchester United forward?
It is cruel but it cannot be dodged. And the evidence so far is not favourable.

First, though, there must be an exacting spotlight shone on United's players. This is not all down to Solskjaer.
Harry Maguire, to put it very politely, was ring rusty on his return from a calf strain. He ran the ball out of play with his first touch. He was robbed by Kelechi Iheanacho in the build-up to Youri Tielemans' strike to make it 1-1 and was part of a defence lacking any sort of composure. He looked well short of match fitness.

Bruno Fernandes spent much of the game complaining to referee Craig Pawson. Nemanja Matic was too slow to cope with Leicester's midfield while Paul Pogba had one of those frustrating, ineffective matches marked only by persistent fouling that ended with a yellow card.
And the biggest personality of all, Cristiano Ronaldo, was not exempt from this morass of mediocrity. He was on the margins throughout, only getting involved in flashes and unable to turn the tide in the manner of old when it went against United.
It was a grim 90 minutes for United, with Mason Greenwood - who scored a magnificent goal - one of the few who can escape criticism.

This was the first time Manchester United have conceded four goals in an away league game since April 2019, when they lost 4-0 at Everton
Solskjaer is now the man in the eye of the storm. He may have found a few friendly and sympathetic faces among the remaining Manchester United fans when he made a point of walking right up to them at the end but his glorious deeds as a player and admiration for the healing job he did after succeeding Jose Mourinho only goes so far.

One of the cases for Solskjaer's defence has been a similar points record to the much-celebrated Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool - and the two face each other in a potentially pivotal clash at Old Trafford next Sunday.
In his first 104 games at Liverpool. Klopp won 196 league points, while Solskjaer has claimed 194 in the same time at United. Victory on Saturday would have had him ahead of Klopp's record.

But the problem for Solskjaer is that the pace gets a lot faster from this point on. In Klopp's next 123 Premier League games, he won 283 points at an average of 2.30 per game, up from 1.88.
In other words, after an encouraging start, Klopp took Liverpool to the next level.
This United team shows no signs of being anywhere near as good as Klopp's Liverpool, who won the Champions League in 2019 and the Premier League in 2020.

This places the magnitude of next weekend's game at Old Trafford into sharp relief. It is huge for United but especially for Solskjaer because he appeared powerless to do anything to stop the match at Leicester getting away from his team.

Even his double substitution of Scott McTominay and Jesse Lingard for Greenwood and Matic when Leicester went 2-1 up smacked of an act of desperation as opposed to a considered strategy. It had the same whiff of panic that characterised Manchester United's entire performance.
This has been a poor few weeks for Manchester United and their manager.
After the elation that greeted Ronaldo's return and his two goals in the 4-1 win against Newcastle United, Solskjaer has overseen defeat by Young Boys in the Champions League, won at West Ham United before losing at home to them in the EFL Cup, went down to Aston Villa at home in the league, and won in the last seconds in Europe against Villarreal before being held at home by Everton.
And then came this shoddy show. It is not taking it too far to suggest United were reduced to a rabble in the closing stages by a rampant Leicester.

There is talent in the squad - just look at a teamsheet containing Luke Shaw, Maguire, Pogba, Ronaldo, Greenwood, Fernandes and Jadon Sancho - but too often it seems United and Solskjaer are simply hoping one of their attacking talents comes up with a moment to win a game or rescue a point rather than executing a clear plan.
It is fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants stuff. Fingers crossed that a piece of magic can do the job rather than relying on a structure. This falls at the door of the manager.

They will certainly need to do better than this against Liverpool. It will need magic and more given their respective form.
Of course, it is easy to discuss Solskjaer's future but Manchester United's hierarchy have never wavered. His assistant Mike Phelan has been given a new contract and more backroom deals are planned. Ole seems firmly at the wheel.

In any case, there is another very pertinent question: Who is actually out there to replace him?

Solskjaer now faces a huge week, with Atalanta at home in the Champions League and then Liverpool, who will have regarded United's defensive woes here as mouth-watering.
These are testing times indeed for a Manchester United manager still without a trophy and with little indication he is transforming this expensive squad into title challengers.

 

[nayr69sg]

ManU's next EPL game is against LFC?

Oh boy. I think LFC is gonna lose.