GWT: EPL - Matchweek 34 (ft. MW 28)

[OKR]

Shaw needs to shut up for once, every game he bitches to players who are down on the pitch, multiple times.

Clearest hand ball there is.

 

[Jussi]

Oh ffs... The whole thing started with a free kick which resulted from a dive.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

BRIGHTON WINS!

Deserved win!

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Oh ffs... The whole thing started with a free kick which resulted from a dive.

His foot just caught the pitch.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Shaw needs to shut up for once, every game he bitches to players who are down on the pitch, multiple times.

Clearest hand ball there is.

Luke Shaw and Bruno Fernandes are the absolute worsts.

 

[Jussi]

Another terrible second half from United in recent weeks. They're asking for it themselves with these type of performances.

 

[OKR]

Luke Shaw and Bruno Fernandes are the absolute worsts.

Bruno is amongst the most dislikeable players in the world. When ManU fans say Bruno should be the captain i can’t help but laugh. His biggest issue is he thinks he is so much better than he actually is. He often hurts his team by trying to be a hero by playing a pass that no one on this earth can make, or shooting from distance despite having terrible conversion rate.

Then ManU fans repeat the same ”Bruno should be the captain because he demands so much from his teammates and is passionate” line and ignore the fact that Bruno is so selfish that he lets up on plays to just sit on the pitch and spread his arms when he loses the ball and everyone else run back to their own half.

 

[robertmac43]

100% we deserved that. Magical team, starting to feel like Europe may be on.

 

[Chimaera]

It should be. But that’s a tough run in. Arsenal, City, Newcastle, better Villa and occasionally giving a crap Southampton. Even Everton need points badly,

Liverpool have a much easier run in, but still some tricky matches. Too bad they started a good run a bit late

 

[Venkman]

Result and second half performance not a massive surprise. United aren't great away from home.

Antony poor and idiotic. Casemiro well off the pace. Too many to list.

 

[WaW]

Not gonna lie it'd be hilarious if United collapsed and let Liverpool back into the top 4 after all the shit Liverpool went through this season lol.

 

[hatterson]

United definitely deserve to lose although it does sting a bit extra that the entire sequence started from an absolutely atrocious free kick.

 

[hatterson]

Anyway, I think overall Mariner had a really bad game. He routinely bought a bunch of dives from both sides but then let worse stuff go. Refused to book multiple players for diving (Rashford was a clear one I recall). Didn’t give Casemiro a second yellow. Etc.

 

[hatterson]

Not gonna lie it'd be hilarious if United collapsed and let Liverpool back into the top 4 after all the shit Liverpool went through this season lol.

If Liverpool win out, United would need to get 7 points to be level with them although they have a way worse GD so 8 would realistically be needed.

8 points in 5 matches *should* be fairly easy given who they’re playing. But they’ve also looked really poor recently.

 

[Savant]

Think LFC needed Aston Villa to beat Utd over the weekend. It’s over, which is a shame because while they are both bad, LFC is clearly better than Utd. LFC just hemorrhaged too many points to bad teams

 

[luiginb]

Unpopular opinion: United played better with the horse in attack

 

[hatterson]

Think LFC needed Aston Villa to beat Utd over the weekend. It’s over, which is a shame because while they are both bad, LFC is clearly better than Utd. LFC just hemorrhaged too many points to bad teams

Are they really clearly better?

United started the season rough and then settled in well. They’ve struggled the last few weeks but that’s while playing their 3rd and 5th string CBs.

 

[Live in the Now]

I think we're much worse than United but the cookie crumbled a certain way where it's possible for us to pip them to fourth. The way both teams neglected certain positions was really weird.

 

[hatterson]

I think we're much worse than United but the cookie crumbled a certain way where it's possible for us to pip them to fourth. The way both teams neglected certain positions was really weird.

I'm curious what position you feel United neglected?

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I'm curious what position you feel United neglected?

Striker is the most obvious

 

[Live in the Now]

I'm curious what position you feel United neglected?

Depending on where Rashford plays either #9 or LW. Maybe neglected isn't fair when it comes to LW because they thought Sancho would do a job but he's obviously not doing it.

 

[hatterson]

Striker is the most obvious

Right, but coming into the season they had Ronaldo with Martial backing him up. Ronaldo obviously fell off a cliff but he bagged 18 league goals for them last year and there's worse backups than Martial.

Obviously when you take away your expected starting #9 and the backup spends 2/3 of the season injured, you end up with trash up top.

They'd also bought Sancho the year before and Antony this year to bolster attack (along with midfield upgrades like Eriksen.

They've definitely made bad decisions at certain positions, but I don't think they've really neglected any. They generally addressed their biggest positions of need in bringing in Martinez, Casemiro, and Eriksen.

 

[Savant]

Are they really clearly better?

United started the season rough and then settled in well. They’ve struggled the last few weeks but that’s while playing their 3rd and 5th string CBs.

Yeah. The team that beat the other team 7-0 (when the losing team was in form) is clearly better in my opinion. Both teams have been injured and inconsistent. I’ll go with the head to head/most recent evidence. I stand by it

I think we're much worse than United but the cookie crumbled a certain way where it's possible for us to pip them to fourth. The way both teams neglected certain positions was really weird.

I honestly believe the inverse of this. The cookie crumbled bad for us and good for them and now both teams are kind of regressing / revising to where they should be; but Utd have a bigger piece of the cookie

 

[bluesfan94]

Why use a sample size of 33 when you can use a sample size of 1?

 

[Live in the Now]

I honestly believe the inverse of this. The cookie crumbled bad for us and good for them and now both teams are kind of regressing / revising to where they should be; but Utd have a bigger piece of the cookie

The only real argument in our favor is GD. I still don’t see it.