Someone’s Having a Real Laugh - How Long Until They ‘Bin Bag’ Ten Hag?

[TheHowieLama]

11 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

I think it should be every year. 

 

Feels like it has.

[Vincent Vega]

1 hour ago, Anubis said:

It's brillant the number of Utd fans contorting stats from the Liverpool game to suggest it was an equal contest, and support Ten Hag's 'process' no matter what. This is the delusion we need to keep Discount Ming in place.

If ever stats betrayed your eyes, then this match was it. 
 

[Smell The Glove]

37 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said:

If ever stats betrayed your eyes, then this match was it. 
 

Just the way the game played out. We didn't get started for 25mins then scored 3 goals from 35 to 57mins and then just played in 2nd gear. 

[Barrington Womble]

3 hours ago, Vincent Vega said:

If ever stats betrayed your eyes, then this match was it. 
 

 

The thing with this game though, is it was effectively won and lost in a 21 minute spell. It was pretty even before we scored - in fact just dull even, nothing was happening despite Gary Neville's & Drury's words that it was an open game. Then from 35-56 mins, we wiped the floor with them. And it was game over and we were happy to let them have the ball. So the built up both possession stats and attempts on goal. If zirkzee had scored either of those big chances rashford put on a plate for him, the pattern of the game may have changed. But they kept wasting the chances they could create and as the score was 0-3, it felt there was no real jeopardy when they got those chances. 

[TheHowieLama]

Have we already forgotten Trent kissing the camera inside the first 10 minutes?

[Smell The Glove]

1 minute ago, TheHowieLama said:

Have we already forgotten Trent kissing the camera inside the first 10 minutes?

Trying to. It was embarrassing and offside.

[Jordy Brouwer]

19 hours ago, Anubis said:

Never change Utd fans. Never change.
 

 

I'm not sure what my favorite part of that is;

 

"you get past Bruno Fernandes" (?)

 

or 

 

"You somehow get past Casemiro". 

 

Probably "you somehow get past Casemiro". 

 

We managed it all because we learned the dirty trick of bipedal locomotion. 

 

 

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

7 minutes ago, Jordy Brouwer said:

 

I'm not sure what my favorite part of that is;

 

"you get past Bruno Fernandes" (?)

 

or 

 

"You somehow get past Casemiro". 

 

Probably "you somehow get past Casemiro". 

 

We managed it all because we learned the dirty trick of bipedal locomotion. 

 

 

 

 

 

Fernandes is already stood on the wrong side of you yappin at the ref.

[TheHowieLama]

14 minutes ago, Smell The Glove said:

Trying to. It was embarrassing and offside.

 

It was near iconic and a good move and set the tone for the match from the get go for me.

 

They just ran around more early on - they never did much with the ball. We shut it down after the third.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Martinez is shite. Any forward with any kind of self respect would love to face that little fella.

[Carra_is_legend]

40 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

 

The thing with this game though, is it was effectively won and lost in a 21 minute spell. It was pretty even before we scored - in fact just dull even, nothing was happening despite Gary Neville's Drury's words that it was an open game. Then from 35-56 mins, we wiped the floor with them. And it was game over and we were happy to let them have the ball. So the built up both possession stats and attempts on goal. If zirkzee had scored either of those big chances rashford put on a plate for him, the pattern of the game may have changed. But they kept wasting the chances they could create and as the score was 0-3, it felt there was no real jeopardy when they got those chances. 

 

It was just a case of let them have a bit of the ball, huff & puff, don't do anything silly ourselves, save energy and avoid injuries. 

[Lee909]

It was a really even game if you ignore the 3 goals, or Mo cross that was nearly tapped in at the far post. Or Mo dancing round them and nearly making it four 30 seconds after the third. Or Dom not taking the shot and spurning a tap after that. Really even game

[Carra_is_legend]

The only even thing that day was both managers being Dutch and bald. 

[Barrington Womble]

2 hours ago, Carra_is_legend said:

 

It was just a case of let them have a bit of the ball, huff & puff, don't do anything silly ourselves, save energy and avoid injuries. 

Yeah, I agree..but what I'm saying is if they're just trying to use stats to prove the game is even, it will appear even - because at 0-3 the game wasn't real. 

[El Rojo]

2 hours ago, Carra_is_legend said:

The only even thing that day was both managers being Dutch and bald. 

Much better shine off Slot’s head. 

[manwiththestick]

I reckon a lot of them are contorting themselves into sticking with ETH as they are absolutely terrified that the INEOS crew are gonna bring in Southgate.

[Pete]

12 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

I reckon a lot of them are contorting themselves into sticking with ETH as they are absolutely terrified that the INEOS crew are gonna bring in Southgate.

They should welcome Southgate with open arms. At least they’d have a recognised style of play.  Boring as fuck but recognisable.  

[Fugitive]

I’ve got £5 on Van Horseface to be the next permanent manager.

[Bruce Spanner]

Just now, Fugitive said:

I’ve got £5 on Van Horseface to be the next permanent manager.

 

That's where the smart money is.

[Dav Eusher]

13 hours ago, Red Phoenix said:

 

It doesn't look like he's that good at it but I think at some stage enough of their players that are capable of playing well might help him keep his job. Or maybe it's just me hoping that it'll carry on like this for a while longer.

That Four Four Two bloke doing the tactics video on the match thread made a couple of interesting points: we were tactically set up better than them, but when (as inevitably happens) something happened that wasn't in anyone's tactical playbook, our players were switched on to make something positive out of it, while theirs ambled around scratching them arses.

 

If one player isn't mentally prepared, that's on him; if all of them are clueless, that's on the manager.

[Dav Eusher]

6 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

It was near iconic and a good move and set the tone for the match from the get go for me.

 

They just ran around more early on - they never did much with the ball. We shut it down after the third.

Indeed. A fair chunk of their passing stats will be side-to-side in their own half, because we were a few goals up and not letting them have a route forwards.

[Dav Eusher]

6 hours ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Martinez is shite. Any forward with any kind of self respect would love to face that little fella.

 

[Barrington Womble]

8 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

That Four Four Two bloke doing the tactics video on the match thread made a couple of interesting points: we were tactically set up better than them, but when (as inevitably happens) something happened that wasn't in anyone's tactical playbook, our players were switched on to make something positive out of it, while theirs ambled around scratching them arses.

 

If one player isn't mentally prepared, that's on him; if all of them are clueless, that's on the manager.

 

One of klopp's big things was wanting the players to solve problems themselves on the pitch. Many managers think they have to do all the thinking, remember the Rodgers days? If things weren't going right, he could be tweaking formation 3 or 4 times per half. The players didn't have a clue where they were or what they were supposed to do. Hopefully Slot has the same approach as I think our players ability to work things out has been a main feature for years I think. 

 

 

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