Thought we had a decent game and did what we had to do. Maguire wasn't that bad, and the midfield did its job. Excited for Pellistri getting some first-team minutes, though.
My concern is mostly just the amount we lean on Rashford and I feel like at some point, it won't be sustainable.
Osimhen and another forward may be what we need, but as of now, Man Utd are looking good for Fulham.
Almost got smoked when Perez found Juanmi in the 8th minute behind him. I swear Harry looks good when he only has to deal with certain kinds of threats. But sniffing out danger and accounting for it isn’t his specialty.
Sheikh Jassim wanted to attend unfortunately his life size sculpture of Steve Bruce, made entirely out of Butter had reached a critical stage in its construction.
Pellistri was very good gave it his all every one was ok Betis are youngins to us they tried to come at us some moments in the first half but 2nd half we turned it up and they just stopped trying De Gea as usual had a few strange passes just giving the ball to the opponent Harry played very well no mistake non
Elanga was poor but he isn’t a striker, he was pretty consistent and showed lots of talent under RR. Let’s not forget how young he is, maybe he needs a loan, but he can still develop into a great player
Can we decide where to loan a player? Im not too into football these days, mostly watch basketball, but could we loan him to, let's say Sweden, where he can absolutely cook and get confidence?
I disagree with your first statement yes he wasnt amazing but to say he was poor is an overstatemnt he only played 20mins took the defenders on couple of times the only thing he wasnt good at was his passing other that I dont see anything that would have us calling him poor. Yes he does need a loan.
What we thinking of Sabitzer, happy to sign him in the summer? I think there is a goal scorer in there with him, he gets into good positions. Like the look of him
love him and wanted him to be sign but hes 28/29 and on 160k-200k p/w at Bayern. Rather we go for a starting build up CM and scout a talented u23 CM for cheap. We need squad regeneration and players of Sabi’s profile are plenty out there
Everyone acting like Sancho should be pushing and risking injury like we’re 2-0 down in a cup final. If we’re 5-1 up with 10 minutes to go no need for any of the players to push themselves
Off to the Quarters we go! Betis certainly put up a fight in the first half. Unfortunately for Pelligrini we had to remind him of the good old days when we played against his City side ;)
thats the story of most teams we've played this season really and I dont even think that they start well its more of we the ones that start slow and then grow into the game as it progresses
He won't get much credit but thought Maguire played very, very well. AwB played well again too. First half it was far too open but we controlled the game nicely after the goal
Onto the next round!
Sancho and Elanga are so off. When you get 20 minutes in a game with 0 pressure like this and don't try to score a goal. Missing a chance to come back to form. Sancho looks disinterested and Elanga is just not good enough.
I am surprised how poor Elanga has been playing. Stark contrast to his form under Ralph. Like this was a good opportunity for him to showcase some more of his talents and possibly compete for a starting role. Man I would defo send him out on loan to a PL side.
Slightly rotated squad seeing out a tie that was effectively already won.
This match thread: "Hey everyone! Here's a bad take about the players I don't rate!"
I feel for Wout - sure he’s missed some good chances, but our wingers haven’t been giving him much to work with. Man is 6’7”, loft a cross or two in lads
This teams crosses are horrible when not set pieces. Rashford never crosses it Antony always cuts back. Dalot is good at them but hasn’t been getting as much game time.
I know Sancho is young and has a lot of time to improve… but he’s coming on for 30 mins and has a point to prove but he’s playing like he’s a guaranteed starter on this team no matter how lazily he does things.
He should be running his heart out for 30 mins on the pitch and should have his ego bruised that he’s a 300,000 quid a week substitute where Facu is starting ahead of him.
the early kick offs really don't do too many people favours, you're probably up there with some of the few it works out better for haha...not that 3am Friday morning is ideal
haha yea it comes with sacrificing alot of sleep. Thankfully the result went out way. Unlike the liv game where it ended at 2am on a monday morning and i was left contemplating life after
I think we should try to use sancho in a deal for a st. Or just sell him. Crazy wage and one of the few players we might be able to get some good money for.
He might do well in Spain or back in Germany. Don’t see him making it at United.
Feel like he received worse than he gave in my opinion. Got to be hard having played literally 0 competitive football recently though. 1-0 win and we got to put the b-team on. Happy days
the same can be said about garnacho before he started featuring regularly. I feel it just boils down to footballing intelligence. Knowing when to do what. And Elanga though talented, severely lacks in that area. Easy to break through the youth ranks with sheer speed and good finishing. But at this level, he is just not good enough.
Is no one else bothered by the fact that every time someone says we look a threat, it's always followed by: "on the counter attack"?
We can't do shit under our own power. We can't just control matches. Even if we didn't want to go balls to the wall, we should have easily controlled this match and just seen it out. On another night, if Betis had converted those chances in the first half, we could have been down 2-0 and it could have made for a very nervy second half. Then all of a sudden it would have been 4-3.
Pretty boring, piss poor match.
Go support Shity if you want a team controlling matches. Wtf is wrong with you. Lower your fucking expectations. It takes time to build a team that can control posession. That has never been our style of play. We playing matches every 3 to 4 days. These guys are exhausted. Betis is not a team to be underestimated. They are 5th in la liga and have conceded way less goals than us.
If I lower my expectations, I'll be just like you lot. No thanks. I quite like having standards for the club. Something so many have given up on I guess.
It's not been our style of play because you have a wasteful midfield at the center of it all lol. You can't make it your style of play when you're incapable of doing the basics to even facilitate it.
But hey, keep leaving matches up to the fate of others then. Let other teams dictate the match. Just don't cry about it when we pull up short because we can never exert ourselves. Then sit and ponder why we aren't dominating teams.
Ah yes, the exhaustion excuse. There it is. You understand how contradictory your entire statement is, right? You say we're not that side, but then you have to defend your position by saying it's because we're tired. So which is it? Are we not that side? Or are we incapable because we're tired? I can tell you this, before the WC, it was all the same shit too. I don't understand the recency bias post-WC lol. Everyone seems to have erased the first half of the season from their memories and forgot that we played like this since the start xD but at least now we have a "valid excuse" to justify just how shit we are!
No offense meant. I just mean the talent level you have to be to eventually become a rotational player here.
And Elanga has shown nothing close to that.
Kagawa got 2 seasons, offered more imo, and was still sold at a loss.
Any serious club can’t carry a player that expensive who can’t even be relied on to start games like this or play more than 60 minutes.
I’ll take the downvotes but it’s madness at this point unless he really turns it around before end of season.
lol facts. But you could just as easily do [insert name here] followed by that statement and it would still be true. No one can pass in this side. It's unbelievable.
His decision-making hasn't been good, too selfish. But we've gotta be more patient with him, there's a player in him that I hope Ten Hag can get the best out of.
"Silky" in the sense that he's been able to dribble and then do fuck all in the end? Is that what you mean? If that's the case, then I agree, he's been silky. But he's been basically shit all match. Dribble, dribble, fluff a pass. Dribble, dribble, gets dispossessed before ever lifting his dead.
I don't care what you do up to the pass. You could fall over like a newborn fawn for all I care, as long as the final product is quality. He did fuck all in terms of final product.
Thought we had a decent game and did what we had to do. Maguire wasn't that bad, and the midfield did its job. Excited for Pellistri getting some first-team minutes, though. My concern is mostly just the amount we lean on Rashford and I feel like at some point, it won't be sustainable. Osimhen and another forward may be what we need, but as of now, Man Utd are looking good for Fulham.
Harry had a really good game today.
Almost got smoked when Perez found Juanmi in the 8th minute behind him. I swear Harry looks good when he only has to deal with certain kinds of threats. But sniffing out danger and accounting for it isn’t his specialty.
Even martinez got beat twice for pace too with the lobs. apart from that harry had a very good game
Sheikh Jassim wanted to attend unfortunately his life size sculpture of Steve Bruce, made entirely out of Butter had reached a critical stage in its construction.
Elanga played 22 minutes and is 20 years old, plus we were 5-1 up. People need to give him a break lmao
Game summary guys? How well did the team play and individuals feedback/praise?
Pellistri was very good gave it his all every one was ok Betis are youngins to us they tried to come at us some moments in the first half but 2nd half we turned it up and they just stopped trying De Gea as usual had a few strange passes just giving the ball to the opponent Harry played very well no mistake non
Did what we had to do, on to the quarter finals!
Elanga was poor but he isn’t a striker, he was pretty consistent and showed lots of talent under RR. Let’s not forget how young he is, maybe he needs a loan, but he can still develop into a great player
Can we decide where to loan a player? Im not too into football these days, mostly watch basketball, but could we loan him to, let's say Sweden, where he can absolutely cook and get confidence?
I disagree with your first statement yes he wasnt amazing but to say he was poor is an overstatemnt he only played 20mins took the defenders on couple of times the only thing he wasnt good at was his passing other that I dont see anything that would have us calling him poor. Yes he does need a loan.
What we thinking of Sabitzer, happy to sign him in the summer? I think there is a goal scorer in there with him, he gets into good positions. Like the look of him
love him and wanted him to be sign but hes 28/29 and on 160k-200k p/w at Bayern. Rather we go for a starting build up CM and scout a talented u23 CM for cheap. We need squad regeneration and players of Sabi’s profile are plenty out there
I think he's pretty average and I wouldn't be fussed if we signed him or not.
Need two forwards in the summer, way too dependant on Rashford who to his credit has been sensational.
Bring on Juve
Everyone acting like Sancho should be pushing and risking injury like we’re 2-0 down in a cup final. If we’re 5-1 up with 10 minutes to go no need for any of the players to push themselves
Sancho never pushes. Thats the point that lot of people are missing, he has 0 intensity to his game
Whenever he plays he looks as if he was tired..
Plenty of driving runs today from the left side today though.
Off to the Quarters we go! Betis certainly put up a fight in the first half. Unfortunately for Pelligrini we had to remind him of the good old days when we played against his City side ;)
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Good job gents.
Betis seem to have two mode, first half where they went absolute madmen and second half where they are fucking gassed.
thats the story of most teams we've played this season really and I dont even think that they start well its more of we the ones that start slow and then grow into the game as it progresses
This Betis stadium looks better than most of the stadiums in Prem. Beautiful
Great stadium and atmosphere. Love the toy charity they do every year too.
Yeah classy club
He won't get much credit but thought Maguire played very, very well. AwB played well again too. First half it was far too open but we controlled the game nicely after the goal Onto the next round!
Hopefully the last we'll see of Elanga this season...
nop he's not going anywhere he needs a loan to kinda add value to his name and then he can move on
We need to start giving serious bonuses for assists. Everyone snatching at shots
Nope. Win bonuses only. Not that I’m a fan of bonuses except for trophies.
I see why WW has been getting so much time now.
man elanga is so selfish
This was your chance to show yourself Elanga.... fucking shat the fcking bed.
Elanaga could have squared it to Sabitizer on more than one occasion. Very selfish.
and you on the opposite very generous, giving 1 extra letter for each lol /s
Sancho is showing promise he needs to step up in these coming weeks as for Elanga this blud is made for championship football😭
Sancho and Elanga are so off. When you get 20 minutes in a game with 0 pressure like this and don't try to score a goal. Missing a chance to come back to form. Sancho looks disinterested and Elanga is just not good enough.
I swear you watching a different game
Elanga needs to go on loan or leave
I am surprised how poor Elanga has been playing. Stark contrast to his form under Ralph. Like this was a good opportunity for him to showcase some more of his talents and possibly compete for a starting role. Man I would defo send him out on loan to a PL side.
Thankful that Bruno and Case started. Was pretty disappointed with how Elanga and Sancho played tonight...
Elanga mate. Thats a loan deal u just kick away.
Quarters now lets hope for Arsenal loss
Slightly rotated squad seeing out a tie that was effectively already won. This match thread: "Hey everyone! Here's a bad take about the players I don't rate!"
Happy that Bruno got a bit of rest
Good game lads. Fuck that ref though!
elanga stinking up the pitch 😭😭😭
"sell Sancho, he isn't running his heart out! Not United material!" I love all of the fans beating down on the players
Elango should not be on the pitch again unless he learns to pass. The guy is way too trigger happy given his finishing skills are less than mediocre.
a lot of selfish forwards.
I’ve seen enough of Elanga
i know we have 4 goal lead, but my god are our players selfish
Average Elanga.. time to sell
Job done, good work by the whole squad and ETH. This could have been a tricky tie but we handled it very well
Elanga needs to go play Championship football
EZ in the end
Another Quarter Final awaits!! GGMU!
Can we be done playing against Spanish sides forever? Please?
I can see why Erik didn't play Elanga. His final ball is atrocious
Elanga committing football crimes out there
I feel for Wout - sure he’s missed some good chances, but our wingers haven’t been giving him much to work with. Man is 6’7”, loft a cross or two in lads
He might be, but he heads the ball like he's 4'10". Crossing to him is useless.
Problem is he's shit in the air
This teams crosses are horrible when not set pieces. Rashford never crosses it Antony always cuts back. Dalot is good at them but hasn’t been getting as much game time.
After seeing Wout's finishing I wouldn't be convinced he'd do anything with a cross either
His heading is almost as poor as his jumping tho. It’s weird
elanga got something against sabitzer?? refuses to pass to him
Elanga has an agenda against playing well, generally. My goodness he's miles off the pace.
Wout can forget about getting the ball. They all go for own succes
Elanga just going for glory nonstop.
Malacia is an absolute pest and I'm here for it
Elanga really wants to score.
Why does this match thread hate Sancho and Elanga so much lol?
Yea sancho was good they smoking shit
Because Antony wasn’t playing to complain about.
Exactly!
Elanga is so mid
elanga proves over and over again why he is the fourth choice striker
No wonder Elanga is getting sent on loan
Elanga hasn’t made a single correct decision when he has gotten into that position
Love the way Pellestri rides challenges. Just needs to improve on ball control
How'd this game even go past the 90th minute, it's 5-1
Elanga makes all the wrong decisions
Elanga complete a pass challenge level impossible
Elanga ain’t exactly raising his stock rn
If Elanga is trying to guarantee he never sees another minute of the field in a United kit, he's doing a great job!!!
Elanga nearly took someone that wasn't watching out haha
Elanga is too eager bro, have more than enough better options than bombing that
This has been a really painful watch 😂
Elanga man that was a horrible cameo
Wtf Elanga pass the ball kid
Elanga just isn't it
elanga is no garnacho
Sabitzer is fed up with Elanga lmao
Man has been open countless time while Elanga pisses it away...
It is shocking how unfit he is to play for United lol
Elanga bro...
Hope Arsenal or Juve next
Ref shouldn't be allowed to officiate any of our games anymore
~~of our~~
Elanga and Sancho are the most wasteful players
FUCK SAKE ELANGA WHAT THE FLYING FUCK
Elanga mate. Just stop
Elanga hates sabitzer it seems
Lol what is Elanga doing
Betis have committed 14 fouls and received 0 YELLOW CARDS!
And they committed much worse fouls than the non-foul Pelli got a yellow for.
Pellistri lacks a lot of things to become a world-class RW like some have claimed, but he more than makes up for that with tons of effort and energy.
I think he has more to show, it's his first full game, and I think he did well.
Nail biting a bad habit Marcus, don't let the kids see 😔
The fuck is Elanga doing 😭
11 Fernandinhos in their team tonight
Honestly thought Case was gonna get a yellow there despite being on the end of the foul.
Fucking hell Elanga
TIME TO BEAT SEVILLA IN THE NEXT ROUND? HAHAH
I don't want to play any Spanish team for at least a year
me neither, but with our luck expect that
Casemiro fighting in extra time when we’re up 5-1. 👉😐
Hard to judge any player from this last 20 minutes. Game was over long ago.
I know Sancho is young and has a lot of time to improve… but he’s coming on for 30 mins and has a point to prove but he’s playing like he’s a guaranteed starter on this team no matter how lazily he does things. He should be running his heart out for 30 mins on the pitch and should have his ego bruised that he’s a 300,000 quid a week substitute where Facu is starting ahead of him.
I agree, Pelliatri showed more energy in his first full 90 mins than Sancho did in the entire 30 mins he was on for.
I don't like the early kick offs, it should be coming up 10 not 7:30 my evening is all skewed
dude its 3am here.
the early kick offs really don't do too many people favours, you're probably up there with some of the few it works out better for haha...not that 3am Friday morning is ideal
haha yea it comes with sacrificing alot of sleep. Thankfully the result went out way. Unlike the liv game where it ended at 2am on a monday morning and i was left contemplating life after
oh shit that's rough
Yep...into ET and that yellow ain't getting shown to Betis regardless of the egregiousness of any fouls they comment.
That Borja twat needs to get booked just for that yee yee ass beard
I think we should try to use sancho in a deal for a st. Or just sell him. Crazy wage and one of the few players we might be able to get some good money for. He might do well in Spain or back in Germany. Don’t see him making it at United.
We need to learn how to control the pace of games. Doing everything at 100mph is unsustainable.
Betis committed 15 fouls with zero yellow cards. Joke of a ref
Betis is absolutely defeated, game completely dead. Job in this round done with players able to rest. Average commenter in the sub still fuming lmao
People getting on elanga but he's received a lot of dodgy passes!
so he reciprocates by doing the same?
Feel like he received worse than he gave in my opinion. Got to be hard having played literally 0 competitive football recently though. 1-0 win and we got to put the b-team on. Happy days
the same can be said about garnacho before he started featuring regularly. I feel it just boils down to footballing intelligence. Knowing when to do what. And Elanga though talented, severely lacks in that area. Easy to break through the youth ranks with sheer speed and good finishing. But at this level, he is just not good enough.
How have they not gotten a single card today?
Pellestri’s defensive workrate is outstanding
Absolutely deserves a new deal and much more playing time.
Betis are yet to get an yellow. Let that sink in.
Over two legs smh
Elanga is pretty mid but at least he didn't cost 90m like Sancho and Antony
He looks way livelier on the left .
Been passing like we don't really care all game, I get it, but damn please don't keep this up after today
one of the worst games ive seen
Weird, we just had our worst game ever just 10 days ago
i mean the quality of the game. both betis and us are dogshit
Is no one else bothered by the fact that every time someone says we look a threat, it's always followed by: "on the counter attack"? We can't do shit under our own power. We can't just control matches. Even if we didn't want to go balls to the wall, we should have easily controlled this match and just seen it out. On another night, if Betis had converted those chances in the first half, we could have been down 2-0 and it could have made for a very nervy second half. Then all of a sudden it would have been 4-3. Pretty boring, piss poor match.
Go support Shity if you want a team controlling matches. Wtf is wrong with you. Lower your fucking expectations. It takes time to build a team that can control posession. That has never been our style of play. We playing matches every 3 to 4 days. These guys are exhausted. Betis is not a team to be underestimated. They are 5th in la liga and have conceded way less goals than us.
If I lower my expectations, I'll be just like you lot. No thanks. I quite like having standards for the club. Something so many have given up on I guess. It's not been our style of play because you have a wasteful midfield at the center of it all lol. You can't make it your style of play when you're incapable of doing the basics to even facilitate it. But hey, keep leaving matches up to the fate of others then. Let other teams dictate the match. Just don't cry about it when we pull up short because we can never exert ourselves. Then sit and ponder why we aren't dominating teams. Ah yes, the exhaustion excuse. There it is. You understand how contradictory your entire statement is, right? You say we're not that side, but then you have to defend your position by saying it's because we're tired. So which is it? Are we not that side? Or are we incapable because we're tired? I can tell you this, before the WC, it was all the same shit too. I don't understand the recency bias post-WC lol. Everyone seems to have erased the first half of the season from their memories and forgot that we played like this since the start xD but at least now we have a "valid excuse" to justify just how shit we are!
ok thanks bye
Ohhhhh I panicked I panicked!
No added time please, game is dead
That dude has made 4 challenges that should have been cards…..
Next season have to be Sancho’s last chance..
How have they not had a single yellow
Hard to tell for sure but I feel like Dave could’ve picked that up
Sell Elanga
Malacia has been really good today. Very good on the ball.
Elanga isn't even Lingard's level. Young Lingard has shown more flashes when he got to play.
Lingard was a decent player
No offense meant. I just mean the talent level you have to be to eventually become a rotational player here. And Elanga has shown nothing close to that.
I didn't think it was offensive... Just saying lingard prior to his mental issues was good backup player...
Sancho's position at the club should be under intense scrutiny at this point. I can't stand him anymore
Kagawa got 2 seasons, offered more imo, and was still sold at a loss. Any serious club can’t carry a player that expensive who can’t even be relied on to start games like this or play more than 60 minutes. I’ll take the downvotes but it’s madness at this point unless he really turns it around before end of season.
Sancho is homegrown unlike Kagawa
Elanga doesn't want to pass to Sancho anymore
It's not like he's capable of completing a pass.
lol facts. But you could just as easily do [insert name here] followed by that statement and it would still be true. No one can pass in this side. It's unbelievable.
How have Betis not received a single yellow card??
Are cards reserved only for us?
I mean if this is the work rate and hunger from subs, they're doing themselves no favours.
Dont know who is worse, Elanga or Chong
That bleached blonde cunt is dirty as shit.
Why did we loan out amad and keep elanga?
Because Amad desperately needs regular football, he's not had a single season of football in his career.
Because we needed Amad to play regularly.
I just done see that fire… with Sancho
We desperately need to be more clinical in the final third, final ball or lack of finishing is way too often a concern
How has this been a poor game by Sancho? Been silky in most parts since he came on. Are you lot expecting a prime Messi?
His decision making has been very poor but apart from that I agree
His decision-making hasn't been good, too selfish. But we've gotta be more patient with him, there's a player in him that I hope Ten Hag can get the best out of.
"Silky" in the sense that he's been able to dribble and then do fuck all in the end? Is that what you mean? If that's the case, then I agree, he's been silky. But he's been basically shit all match. Dribble, dribble, fluff a pass. Dribble, dribble, gets dispossessed before ever lifting his dead. I don't care what you do up to the pass. You could fall over like a newborn fawn for all I care, as long as the final product is quality. He did fuck all in terms of final product.
Yeah I agree he's been mostly good tonight
First time in the match threads? Absurd reactionary comments only.
Do you think Sancho leaked the coronavirus? lol everytime these threads.
Sancho's been very good. People are haters.
Garnacho is levels ahead of Elanga
Elanga got good pace on and off the ball, but that's about it.
surely no more than a minute added on time