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A lucky one-all draw against Bolton, who prior to this game were lying fourth from bottom of the table. It's an away game, but it still should be three points. It's not as if we're even playing a weakened side.
Two bloody United shots on target in the entire match. Dropping points against a relagation threatened team is bad enough, but HOW THE HELL ARE BOTLON DOMINATING?
What happended to our 'never-say-die' attitude? Where's the will to win? Why wait until the last five minutes to throw everything at them? We used to move up a gear as soon as we conceded a goal. Nowadays we look sheepish and then decide to think about attacking 20 minutes later. Granted, we managed to pull one back. If we'd tried a little earlier perhaps we'd have gotten another.
If something fundamental does not change in the way United are playing this season, we will not be able to stop Arsenal winning the Premiership again.
Two bloody United shots on target in the entire match. Dropping points against a relagation threatened team is bad enough, but HOW THE HELL ARE BOTLON DOMINATING?
What happended to our 'never-say-die' attitude? Where's the will to win? Why wait until the last five minutes to throw everything at them? We used to move up a gear as soon as we conceded a goal. Nowadays we look sheepish and then decide to think about attacking 20 minutes later. Granted, we managed to pull one back. If we'd tried a little earlier perhaps we'd have gotten another.
If something fundamental does not change in the way United are playing this season, we will not be able to stop Arsenal winning the Premiership again.
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No worries, we're at least getting the Mickey Mouse cup this year :)
Plus the fact the lone striker idea of Fergie's isn't exactly working wonders is it? He really needs to bring in a striker and a defender this summer.
(If he's still there because if he doesn't win anything again this season then sorry, i don't care who you are, if you don't win a single thing at Man United in 2 years you should get packing)
(If he's still there because if he doesn't win anything again this season then sorry, i don't care who you are, if you don't win a single thing at Man United in 2 years you should get packing)
Yes, I noticed Ferguson didn't miss a single oppertunity to mention that in the post-match interview.
What worries me at the moment is that Arsenal have a far superior goal difference. In seasons gone by, it's been us with the excellent goal difference. By and large, it's the most reliable indicator of who will top the table at the end of the season.
We're not scoring as much as we used to. I think this is partly because our strikeforce has changed, whilst our midfield hasn't. Back in the treble season, most of our goals were from corners or crosses. These were generally proided by Beckham, and capitalised on by Cole and Yorke. We no longer have strikers who are quite so capable of converting crosses. Van Nistelrooy is excellent at dribbling, shooting and diving, but he doesn't have that prescence in the box when the ball's in the air. Solskjaer isn't too bad, but he's still no Alan Shearer. Consequently, we now have to pass the ball through the defence, rather than rely on simply putting it into danger areas. That's much harder to do, and we're weakened because of it.
What worries me at the moment is that Arsenal have a far superior goal difference. In seasons gone by, it's been us with the excellent goal difference. By and large, it's the most reliable indicator of who will top the table at the end of the season.
We're not scoring as much as we used to. I think this is partly because our strikeforce has changed, whilst our midfield hasn't. Back in the treble season, most of our goals were from corners or crosses. These were generally proided by Beckham, and capitalised on by Cole and Yorke. We no longer have strikers who are quite so capable of converting crosses. Van Nistelrooy is excellent at dribbling, shooting and diving, but he doesn't have that prescence in the box when the ball's in the air. Solskjaer isn't too bad, but he's still no Alan Shearer. Consequently, we now have to pass the ball through the defence, rather than rely on simply putting it into danger areas. That's much harder to do, and we're weakened because of it.
Upon reflection, the fact that United have played 4 times since Bolton's last game might have had something to do with the result.
Okocha was good.
Very good.
Very good.
Shadow wrote:
> It is fair to say he was responsible for the goal
Very true, but he still pulled off some fine saves.
> It is fair to say he was responsible for the goal
Very true, but he still pulled off some fine saves.
It is fair to say he was responsible for the goal
I was very disappointed with United today, they were very poor, it's a good job Barthez was on form, or we might have lost!
A lucky one-all draw against Bolton, who prior to this game were lying fourth from bottom of the table. It's an away game, but it still should be three points. It's not as if we're even playing a weakened side.
Two bloody United shots on target in the entire match. Dropping points against a relagation threatened team is bad enough, but HOW THE HELL ARE BOTLON DOMINATING?
What happended to our 'never-say-die' attitude? Where's the will to win? Why wait until the last five minutes to throw everything at them? We used to move up a gear as soon as we conceded a goal. Nowadays we look sheepish and then decide to think about attacking 20 minutes later. Granted, we managed to pull one back. If we'd tried a little earlier perhaps we'd have gotten another.
If something fundamental does not change in the way United are playing this season, we will not be able to stop Arsenal winning the Premiership again.
Two bloody United shots on target in the entire match. Dropping points against a relagation threatened team is bad enough, but HOW THE HELL ARE BOTLON DOMINATING?
What happended to our 'never-say-die' attitude? Where's the will to win? Why wait until the last five minutes to throw everything at them? We used to move up a gear as soon as we conceded a goal. Nowadays we look sheepish and then decide to think about attacking 20 minutes later. Granted, we managed to pull one back. If we'd tried a little earlier perhaps we'd have gotten another.
If something fundamental does not change in the way United are playing this season, we will not be able to stop Arsenal winning the Premiership again.
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