Well it wasn't the greatest performance or game, for that matter, but we're in the next round, and have got the weakest team left in the competition in the semi final, not a bad night's work really.
The game was played in atrocious conditions, I'm not sure I have seen a United game stopped for five minutes because of the weather before. It could be said, that it's the same for both sides, and maybe the way we have played this season that was true. But it didn't help us build any momentum in that first half, where we had spells of dominating possession without ever really threatening to do anything with it.
I suppose, along with every other red, I winced when I saw the team, Anderson and Young in the starting line up, doesn't generally make for entertaining fare. I suppose Young's goal will be held up as evidence that maybe there is still hope for him. Don't get me wrong, it was a brilliant goal, of which he is more than capable, but the rest of his game was pretty so, so really. But next to Anderson, he was fucking Pele, yet again the Brazillian made you wonder why he keeps on getting chances to prove himself at United. It would be in everybody's interest to let him leave in January.
As an advocate of us being more flexible in our formation, it was disappointing to see us not really make the 4-3-3 shape work. We seem to be able to keep possession in the middle of the park better when playing with three in the middle, but at the expense of posing much of a threat in the final third of the pitch. Sure, it doesn't help matters with Anderson bringing nothing to the table, but we seem to lose any threat from the two wide men.
Welbeck tried hard, but was living on scraps, especially in the first half. The two most encouraging moves of the first half, after we had come back on after the break, came from him interchanging one two's on the right hand side. The one real chance that United created also came on that side as Welbeck fed Young, who should really have hit the target.
I thought Cleverley had as good a game as he's had this season, he is one player that the system really suits, he just needed more quality alongside him. I could be harsh and say the removal of Anderson really saw United take the game by the scruff of the neck, but Young's screamer, that came out of nowhere really, was the catalyst for the win. The second goal from Evra after Young released him into the box and he curled it over the goalie into the back of the net with his right foot, was as out of place in this game as the first. But much needed to seal the game as the home time were showing signs of getting back into the game.
So we've strung a couple of decent away wins together, can we start to sort our Old trafford form out on Saturday, it's pointless to get too carried away the way this season's gone. I'm hoping that Welbeck will get another run out in a more central role, but I've a hunch we'll see Hernandez and Rooney together. The next three games, really are must win, if we are going to get this season going again, so no fuck ups please.
The game was played in atrocious conditions, I'm not sure I have seen a United game stopped for five minutes because of the weather before. It could be said, that it's the same for both sides, and maybe the way we have played this season that was true. But it didn't help us build any momentum in that first half, where we had spells of dominating possession without ever really threatening to do anything with it.
I suppose, along with every other red, I winced when I saw the team, Anderson and Young in the starting line up, doesn't generally make for entertaining fare. I suppose Young's goal will be held up as evidence that maybe there is still hope for him. Don't get me wrong, it was a brilliant goal, of which he is more than capable, but the rest of his game was pretty so, so really. But next to Anderson, he was fucking Pele, yet again the Brazillian made you wonder why he keeps on getting chances to prove himself at United. It would be in everybody's interest to let him leave in January.
As an advocate of us being more flexible in our formation, it was disappointing to see us not really make the 4-3-3 shape work. We seem to be able to keep possession in the middle of the park better when playing with three in the middle, but at the expense of posing much of a threat in the final third of the pitch. Sure, it doesn't help matters with Anderson bringing nothing to the table, but we seem to lose any threat from the two wide men.
Welbeck tried hard, but was living on scraps, especially in the first half. The two most encouraging moves of the first half, after we had come back on after the break, came from him interchanging one two's on the right hand side. The one real chance that United created also came on that side as Welbeck fed Young, who should really have hit the target.
I thought Cleverley had as good a game as he's had this season, he is one player that the system really suits, he just needed more quality alongside him. I could be harsh and say the removal of Anderson really saw United take the game by the scruff of the neck, but Young's screamer, that came out of nowhere really, was the catalyst for the win. The second goal from Evra after Young released him into the box and he curled it over the goalie into the back of the net with his right foot, was as out of place in this game as the first. But much needed to seal the game as the home time were showing signs of getting back into the game.
So we've strung a couple of decent away wins together, can we start to sort our Old trafford form out on Saturday, it's pointless to get too carried away the way this season's gone. I'm hoping that Welbeck will get another run out in a more central role, but I've a hunch we'll see Hernandez and Rooney together. The next three games, really are must win, if we are going to get this season going again, so no fuck ups please.
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