Just has 10 other players (and Tim Krul) trying to put a ball on a plate for him.
If only the ten of them weren't so bloody good at it!
I'm dreading Sunday. Luckily Mrs Binners has booked us tickets to go and see Johnathon Pie and it starts half an hour before kick off. I think she did this as she feared for my mental health. My phone will be off and I'll catch up afterwards with how many they put past us
Haaland – the worlds greatest tap-in merchant.
Seems a weird stick to try and beat a centre forward with.
I thought Haaland's 2nd goal last night was really good. Holds off the defender to lay the ball off to KDB then turns and gets on the end of KDB's through ball while out muscling the defender to finish. His 3rd wasn't bad either.
There's something wrong at Newcastle.
Even Blackburn seemed to just run through the midfield.
Players just not performing or clicking like they did.
I’m dreading Sunday. Luckily Mrs Binners has booked us tickets to go and see Johnathon Pie and it starts half an hour before kick off. I think she did this as she feared for my mental health. My phone will be off and I’ll catch up afterwards with how many they put past us
Everything looks set up for a scrappy 1-0 win for Utd
One of the most significant things about City's win over Luton is that they did it without Rodri. When he was banned for three games earlier in the season they struggled. Their recent midfield purchases have been underwhelming but Kovacic looked good last night and Nunes showed some improvement. Still missing Gundogan though.
I loved watching the Luton City game on telly. ITV slapping big microphones in a tiny ground and then apologising for the "fruity" language picked up when crowd declared their dissatisfaction with the performance of the referee by chanting "Taylor! Taylor! Youre a ****! Taylor! You're a ****!"
Rhymes with "hunt"
Kinda hope Luton stay up, they’ve given it a real go. Burnley and Sheff United are terrible though, Burnley especially - no willingness to adapt and tone down the pretty football despite getting hammered each week. Suspect they were overly reliant on their loanees last season.
Most teams would miss gundogan or rodri!
All the talk of keane, viera and hard men the other day..... this is a very good read
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52416192
Distinct lack of half and half scarves at this Chelsea Leeds game.
Happy memories of the 1970 cup final. That was the day I became a Chelsea supporter. Thank God Leeds didn’t win it.
^ Yeah, Chelsea did so well - home game against a second-tier team who didn’t even bother to field a full strength side against a team costing millions and millions yet they still outplayed you for the most part. You’re mid-table and you know it. MOT.
. Thank God Leeds didn’t win it.
I meant the match 54 years ago. I would have ended up as a Leeds supporter.😬
Another turgid, stodgy United performance, but they’re through. Klopp’s kids up next.
^ Yeah, Chelsea did so well – home game against a second-tier team who didn’t even bother to field a full strength side against a team costing millions and millions yet they still outplayed you for the most part. You’re mid-table and you know it. MOT.
Glad we're out. Really didn't want to go through especially with Leicester waiting - there'd be warnings ahead of that game from the potential of their salty tears causing flash flooding for the 3rd time this season.
But... half strength side out, arguably the better team for large parts, put 2 goals past them and conceded in the 89th minute. A good run out. The FA Cup isn't a priority this year whereas Chelsea are desperately trying to salvage something/anything from yet another disaster of a season with their billion pound team and their idiot manager saying they need a bigger squad... They're a great example of everything thats wrong with modern football in my opinion.
Another turgid, stodgy United performance, but they’re through.
Play like that against City on Sunday or Liverpool next round and we're going to get absolutely slaughtered
Its now geting weirdly compelling just to watch how genuinelly, catastrophically awful Antony is. You've got to question the mental facalties of the person who decided he was worth 85 million quid? He's the easiest player in the league to completely nullify as he only ever does one thing... cuts inside to try and shift the ball onto his left foot and try an bend a shot in to the top corner. That is literally all he's got. All a defence has to do to stop him is just stand in front of him to block the shot he signposted ten minutes ago in his usual achingly predictable manner.
He can't cross, he's got no pace and his right boot doesn't work. He's without doubt the worst buy in Premier League history. They're on about selling him on in the summer, as well as other expensive donkeys like Martial, but who the hell would buy him?
Tell you what though... Southampton are brilliant to watch.
I'm not sure how they actually lost last night, it should've been 4-0 to them at half time. Some of the football they play and the pace they play it with, is exceptional.
Oh joy. After scraping through against Blackburn, Newcastle get another cracking draw (City away). Forth away draw in the FA Cup in a row. Our cup draws this season have been PSG, Dortmund, Milan (Champs League group of death), City (h), Man U (a), Chelsea (a) in League Cup and S****rland, Fulham, Blackburn and City (all away) in the FA Cup. They say you need to beat the best teams to win a cup but surely not ALL of them :)? Apparently, Brazil '70 await us in the semis.
City are starting to come together, it's March nearly, it's not surprising. The weekend game could be interesting
Juiced to the gills and still crap
City are starting to come together
dropped the poundland hazard init 😉
The end of a thoroughly underwhelming career. He was brilliant when he could be arsed, which unfortunately was very rarely. At least someone like Gazza never lived up to his promise because he was out getting leathered and having a right old laugh. Pogba just spent his time posting selfies of his latest outfit/jewellery/haircut on Instagram.
Over his time at United he cost the club £350 million in transfer fees and wages.
I reckon you Man U fans will look back and wonder what could have been with Pogba, Martial and Lingard if they had a few more brain cells between them. From the outside at least, it seems they were a negative influence on each other. What wasted talent.
Maureen referred to Pogba as 'a virus' in the dressing room. I believe Fergie had a similar opinion.
I used to watch him play for France and get infuriated at seeing him play with such quality, none of which translated to his club form, where most of the time he looked like he just couldn't be arsed.
Tony Marshall had such promise when he arrived and then seemed to slip into exactly the same mindset. He's been stealing a living (on £250,000 a week) for years now
The end of a thoroughly underwhelming career. He was brilliant when he could be arsed, which unfortunately was very rarely. At least someone like Gazza never lived up to his promise because he was out getting leathered and having a right old laugh. Pogba just spent his time posting selfies of his latest outfit/jewellery/haircut on Instagram
Lest we forget this is a man who won four Serie A titles in a row with Juventus and two Coppa Italias (I think) as well as Europa League with Utd and a few runners up medals too, including Euro champs with France. And of course a World Cup with France into the bargain. A sterling career by pretty much anyone’s standards.
That said I totally get where you’re coming from. Most of the above was early in his career and the player who could, maybe, have been an all time great, just seemed to go off the boil. Getting dropped into the minefield that was (still is??) Old Trafford at that time didn’t help, nor did injuries, but yes he did seem to lose what little motivation he had some time ago!
More pertinently, how in earth do you measure if Pogba's not playing?
I used to watch him play for France and get infuriated at seeing him play with such quality, none of which translated to his club form, where most of the time he looked like he just couldn’t be arsed.
I always thought he was the same for France, a moments player who just walked around the midfield doing sweet fa most of the time, the difference was the French team had far more legs elsewhere to compensate.
Even at Juve, before his return to united, he was getting rave reviews but in the couple of games they had against PL opposition he really didn't live up to the billing.
And that's a juiced performance, how would be be naturally!
Gonna question your maths Binners. £350m? I think it’s closer to £180m - £89m fee, 6 years of £15m wage and then, to rub it in, apparently a £4m bonus, for honouring his contract 😀. Compared to Antony, a bit of a bargain!
As an Ipswich fan that's a decent set of results in the Championship today. Top 4 looking pretty tight with form chopping and changing every few weeks
As an Ipswich fan that’s a decent set of results in the Championship today. Top 4 looking pretty tight with form chopping and changing every few weeks
3 points behind Leicester now! HowTF did that happen?
My Leeds was at Huddersfield today - apparently they were robbed by a crooked referee. Again.
A few of my mates travelled from Reading to Carlisle today. 6 hours. They're hoping to get back for last orders, to celebrate the the win.
Canny away that. Although the journey home is always much more enjoyable when you've won!
Edit: this was to Caher, in case it doesn't show
City to win by 3 with Rashford continuing to model his game on Pogba.
City 4-1. United to take the lead and make em angry.
binners – What’s your prediction for the Derby ??
We’re going to get an absolute shoeing! I won’t be watching it (mercifully) as I’m just going to see Johnathan Pie at the Lowry instead.
If it’s less than 5 I’ll be amazed, with Robocop back firing again. I fear it could be an absolute humiliation like Liverpool last season, given our tendency for second half collapses
We’ll probably score first, before capitulating, just to make it worse
It’s the hope that kills you
Enjoy Mr Pie !
Johnathan Pie
Now I'm jealous.
City by at least 5 today
United to take the lead and make em angry.
I suppose the Hags days are numbered now.
I guess you could ask it of any Unites player, but what is the point of Amrabat?
Funny old game, City not firing for most of it, then canter at the end, sums up how they win the league over and over again, they have a bit of fragility at the back due to how they play, but just score more than the opposition almost all the time.
Rashford hits a worldie, but everything else he did showed how far he's fallen.
It did show the gap ManU have to fill to get back to challenging, they do have injuries though, but it'll be interesting to see what they do for their new structure for the team in the summer.
