Manchester United vs Sheffield United

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EPL Week 31 - Wednesday 24th June 2020 - Old Trafford​

Please keep all discussion related to the match within this thread.

Matchday Stats/Player Ratings - https://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?match-day/match/manchester-united-vs-sheffield-united.495/

Officials:

Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistant Referee: Gary Beswick
Assistant Referee: Adam Nunn
Fourth Official: Jarred Gillett
Video Assistant Referee: Stuart Attwell
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Simon Beck
Replacement Official: Robert Merchant

Coverage:

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Live TV Coverage:

 

[FriethBlade]

STFU Neville, of course we look completely different, 3 of our virtually ever present 'back 4' arent playing

 

[A Storm of Blades]

I think we need to go back to a CAM.
We really don't have anything else to lose now.

On these 3 games Robinson has proven not good enough. Chasing shadows really.

He won’t though. Next match it will Lundstram Fleck Norwood in a flat 3

 

[Digger]

5 subs at once, I think they are panicking

 

[bromtom]

I think we'll change formation for the cup game.

Wilder looks fucked off.

 

[Geordie Blade]

I see zero effort. The least we expect, as Wilder says, is effort. Dog shit again.

I think that it’s ‘conviction’ that we’re missing, rather than effort. They’ve run around a lot but it just looks short when it comes to the belief going into a fifty-fifty or picking a brave pass.

 

[TheFlashingBlade]

It’s the hottest day of the year and they’re chasing the ball against a World Cup winner, a multiple Premier League winner and a bunch of £30m+ internationals. It’s probably not as easy as you think it is.

£30m+ internationals? If only. Their starting XI cost £444m, with only one of them, de Gea, costing less than £30m (Rashford and Greenwood are homegrown).

Ours, by comparison, cost £12.5m plus whatever we paid for Jack Robinson.

We’re a Dacia Duster and they are a Lamborghini Huracan AND a Ferrari 488 GTB (with enough to spare to buy 8 Dacia Dusters).

 

[KiwiBlabe]

We look a little bit like we are in awe of them. Challenges we would have rattled into we are hanging off. Making them look like world beaters

 

[Birley Blade]

I think there’d be a higher percentage of saves if we just placed a cardboard cutout of Simon Moore in the net.

 

[hull-Blade]

We are unrecognisable. Like watching a completely different team . Yes , we have injuries and a suspension however where is the “given” effort ?

Just glad we have the points we do other than that we desperately need JOC , Egan back .

 

[bromtom]

Shot on target from McB?

Lundstram has been good today I think. That's about it. McGoldrick too actually.

He seems to be the only one that's recognisable from before the lockdown.

 

[MCRBlade]

A shot on target!!!

 

[Varkanoid]

Switched off watching after goal 3. Absolute shocking. At that last drinks break looks like CW just gave in hardly spoke to the players.
Proven the critics right so far one trick pony.

Could be worse least we are not Villa or Norwich but the way we are playing seems to be the way people expected us to play last August.

 

[jono_t2000]

Boom! Shot on target baby!

 

[Chabuddy G]

We’ve had a shot on goal GET IN

 

[TJ blade]

I think we need to go back to a CAM.
We really don't have anything else to lose now.

On these 3 games Robinson has proven not good enough. Chasing shadows really.

Robinson is a mid championship defender at best.

 

[Pedro Verde]

I think there’d be a higher percentage of saves if we just placed a cardboard cutout of Simon Moore in the net.

Cant believe Moore is getting the blame all three goals have come from an unmarked Martial within 8 yards of the goal and who should be marking Martial hes Bashams man

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Even then when that ball was zipped across the box, why did Moore do some weird little dive onto the ground? I never realised how bad he was.

 

[aBladeInTheNorthernSky]

remember towards the end of last season against Bristol City when Marvin Johnson completely neshed out of a tackle and they went and scored the winner. the last 3 games have been the feeling I had in that moment, stretched across 270 minutes

 

[A Storm of Blades]

These players had a chance of getting to the Champions League and dish up these 3 performances and effort. Completely mystifying and annoying

 

[Houston_Blade]

Shot on target from McB?

Lundstram has been good today I think. That's about it. McGoldrick too actually.

He seems to be the only one that's recognisable from before the lockdown.

That shot from McBurnie looked like his video of kicking the ball into the playhouse window he posted on socials during lockdown. Tame.

 

[Top Cat]

Just toddling off to Google the match stats so that I can justifiably slate Wilder and the players. Hold on.

BTW, where's Ricky. He crawled out of the woodwork and was loving the Blades dodgy form. He was back to his old Herbert form.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Can anyone recall the behind closed doors friendly at the start of the season? We lost by a similar scoreline in a game that wasn’t close. It was held at Carrington. I think coupled with the demands, we might just not turn it on in behind closed doors games when up against really good players. Fans can try and trick their brains into thinking it’s just a usual game, through match sound or whatever, but this might just be a largely mental thing.

 

[A Storm of Blades]

Just toddling off to Google the match stats so that I can justifiably slate Wilder and the players. Hold on.

BTW, where's Ricky. He crawled out of the woodwork and was loving the Blades dodgy form. He was back to his old Herbert form.

Combine the last 3 matches and less see if the smugness holds...

 

[jono_t2000]

To be fair, i don't think this is as hard a watch as the Newcastle game... so in that sense you could call it an improvement? (maybe)

 

[bromtom]

Ball on the edge of their box, and the defender with it at his feet can stand and think about his options for a few seconds while we stand off.

That's the difference. No-one is getting into anyone.

 

[Top Cat]

Don't forget, he doesn't play Football Manager

 

[CaptainMorgans]

A positive - Zivkovic actually looks half decent.

 

[bromtom]

A positive - Zivkovic actually looks half decent.

I'd start him with McGoldrick next game.

Gets back to defend, has a few tricks, fast.

 

[Top Cat]

I reckon that Ricky is at Old Trafford, disguised as a cardboard cutout.

 

[Kev Gee]

We desperately need a goal from somewere.

Unfortunately if you have on average 1 SOT on average during a game you are very unlikely to score many.

Very poor although it's an improvement from Newcastle.

CW needs to find an answer from somewere....