Manchester United v Aston Villa Match Thread.

[aj2k77]

Olympiakos, Palace, ManUre. Three huge games, started terrified in all of them and got blown away in them all. This team doesn't have the minerals for it.

What about all the big games we've won?

How many were cup semi finals, or crucial for champions league qualification?

You don't reach semis, CL QF and qualify for Europe 3 years in a row if bottlers. It's a fucking stupid term by some used whenever we lose.

You do. We have good players, who can't handle extreme expectation or pressure. They need breaking up now. In fact, I don't think we'll have a choice now. Finances will dictate that. We had our opportunity. FA Cup, failed. Conference league failed.

[SoccerHQ]

Olympiakos, Palace, ManUre. Three huge games, started terrified in all of them and got blown away in them all. This team doesn't have the minerals for it.

What about all the big games we've won?

How many were cup semi finals, or crucial for champions league qualification?

You don't reach semis, CL QF and qualify for Europe 3 years in a row if bottlers. It's a fucking stupid term by some used whenever we lose.

I think it's more we choke when we get on the verge of something.

Cup SF and today aren't just reasonable unlucky defeats, they are two of the worst performances we've put in under Emery in nearly three years so there is something wrong in our mindset when it comes to the crunch even if we do well to get into these positions.

All those really good away wins, 4-1 v Newcastle, 1-0 at Bournemouth in last two months just to put in that level of performance.

The players need to be badly hurting after that and 3/4 of them really need to be sold just to shake things up a bit more.

[Ducksworthy]

Here's PGMOL covering up for incompetence

Premier League Match Centre on X: "The referee’s call was a free kick to Manchester United with Bayindir deemed to be in control of the ball before Rogers gained possession.

"The whistle was blown by the referee before the ball entered the goal, therefore the incident was not reviewable by the VAR."

Let’s be really clear - it isn’t covering up. It is incompetence, but it’s not a cover up to follow the rules.

[Somniloquism]

I think it's more we choke when we get on the verge of something.

Cup SF and today aren't just reasonable unlucky defeats, they are two of the worst performances we've put in under Emery in nearly three years so there is something wrong in our mindset when it comes to the crunch even if we do well to get into these positions.

Also against two of our bogey teams. Emery really needs to set out a plan against teams who play 3 at the back and overload midfield. Look how other teams get past them with pace in the side for example and look at how they press in such a way that our style of play is not suited for it at all.

[JUAN PABLO]

oh TNT is Manure TV now

[Brend'Watkins]

We didn’t deserve anything in this game regardless of the referee’s total fuck up. We shouldn’t be sulking as we didn’t turn up. I’m pissed off with the line up more than anything as it takes a tremendous effort to play worse than the worst ManU team in 20 odd years. We somehow managed it. Wankers!

[VILLA MOLE]

oh TNT is Manure TV now

i know any other club would have this fucking speech ,  what absolute wank

[wolfman999]

We have a very talented squad of players, the best we've had for years, a brilliant coach who has clearly created a togetherness in the dressing room. What we seem to lack is not technical ability but mental strength, something you either have or not as a person. That sets good teams apart from great ones. I hate to say it but Liverpool or the Citeh team who won 4 titles back to back (fairly or not, who knows) have that mental strength but the likes of Arsenal, Newcastle, ourselves and others don't.

[devilla]

Here's PGMOL covering up for incompetence

Premier League Match Centre on X: "The referee’s call was a free kick to Manchester United with Bayindir deemed to be in control of the ball before Rogers gained possession.

"The whistle was blown by the referee before the ball entered the goal, therefore the incident was not reviewable by the VAR."

What a load of bollocks. How could the referee make a judgement that the keeper was in control of the ball from where he saw it? When it was shown on VAR it was clear that he didn't have control of it. He shouldn't have blown the whistle and then let VAR have a look at it. Ref fucked up but they'll never admit that. Meanwhile we've lost millions because of that incompetence.

[Martyn Smith]

oh TNT is Manure TV now

Interesting use of the word 'now' there...

[DC1874]

Fucking break this team up and get some winners in! Manure have beaten no-one else if note!