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Change My View Thread (self.reddevils)

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Hi guys, this is the first Change My View thread. The point of this thread is to post a strong opinion you hold regarding anything United-related. Other people will try and challenge this opinion. Please make sure you actually explain yourself; don't just argue without evaluating what you mean. Unlike in the Unpopular Opinion thread, any opinion, no matter how popular is welcome here, so don't hold back.

EDIT: Please don't downvote opinions you disagree with, even if they seem ridiculous to you. The point of posts like this is not to weed out unpopular opinions through downvoting, but to encourage discussion.

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[–]craptionbot 16ポイント17ポイント  (3子コメント)

Here it goes...

I think you're all a bunch of bandwagon-hopping ballbags for giving Schweinsteiger the hate he is getting on here. Now, before you retort:

  • I agree, LVG was lenient on him with his injury recovery

  • I agree, his social media stream is a bit annoying and seems overly gushy about our club given the current circumstances with his be-so-nice-about-the-club-and-invoke-reverse-psychological-pressure-on-said-club

BUT - this time last year you and I were circlejerking over his transfer "Bastian FUCKING Schweinsteiger" was all over this sub. Pretty much everyone in agreement that it was a good deal, he had a lot of experience to offer our midfield, particularly in Europe, and we thought he performed solidly last season and played a surprising amount of games given his fitness - he definitely had something to offer our team.

This year, that area of our midfield is loaded, I get that. And it's fine Basti isn't in Mourinho's plans - but lads, show a bit of class and respect about the guy who genuinely wants to play for our club. Someone started the bandwagon of being brutally frank about his position and basically said it's completely fair to empty his locker and train away from the first team, and Basti shouldn't have an issue with it, and you lot took that bone and ran like fuck with it.

In short, it's fine that he is surplus requirements, but there's no need to be such a bag of dicks about it in the macho "I give no fucks" tone that we have collectively decided to speak in when talking about Bastian.

[–]TaeTaeDSDiMarzio 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

If it's true that he lost a lot of respect from the dressing room due to the favoritism that was shown, he cannot possibly recover that respect.

[–]Femme-Fatale 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think the "I give no fucks" tone you're describing came about when Schweinsteiger started posting on social media accounts every few minutes to stay relevant.

I was thrilled when we signed him, and am disappointed that it didn't work out - I think most people share that sentiment. Similarly, we offered him a tonne of money, and if he wants to stay for the contract, I don't think anyone here can begrudge him that.

The anger you're describing is mostly located in the posts of his twitter profile, where he's routinely posting things like"Good luck for the game, wish I was there!" etc. I think what's annoying people isn't his desire to remain, but the feeling that he's trying to force himself into a squad that doesn't want him, and the possible negative effects that could have on the attitudes of the players. Maybe he just really loves the team, but a lot of people feel like he's trying to find pity. Couple that with Bayern talking-shit about José not playing him, and it's easy to see how it pisses a few people off.

[–]arron77 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'd rather he play over Fellaini as well.

See you at the bottom.

[–]tocitusMemphis 21ポイント22ポイント  (32子コメント)

(Note, I'm aware this isn't exactly an unpopular opinion but I'd like someone to try to put forward an argument that changes my view)

Rooney isn't good enough anymore to be the focal point of creativity in this United team and random moments of brilliance are far outweighed by the damage done by keeping him in the team.

Edit: Just to clarify in case people were wondering, downvoting does not change my opinion.

[–]Scarred_ShadowMartial Law 6ポイント7ポイント  (2子コメント)

Mate, I read a really good analysis of Rooney's role just last night by /u/Shomedembeats.

Here's the link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/515cr8/sam_allardyce_wayne_rooneys_position_today_was/d79m7t9

Also, if you'd rather see the text, here's what was said:

That's exactly what he's done for United in these first three games and I think he's crucial to the way Mourinho wants to play. He's constantly dropping into other positions to cover for his teammates. We have wingers that love to cut inside, a striker that loves to drop back, and a midfielder that loves to bomb forward. Everyone wants to move into his space and he's so versatile he can effectively cover any of those positions. I'm not sure how well our other no. 10 options could do what he's been doing. Mata and Mikhitaryan are less willing to drop back and defend for long periods and I think Rooney's actually pretty solid in terms of defensive cover. Pogba can obviously do that much better than any of them, but he's not as effective as Rooney in covering a wide position. As we saw against Southampton and hull Rooney can still put a good cross in, something I've never seen much of from Pogba. People lambaste him on here, but every manager he's played for seems to see something in him that everyone else doesn't. I honestly think he's a major reason we've looked so fluid in attack, yet so solid in defense.

[–]ParkerZAYoung 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

A couple of people rebuffed that post with a more sensible analysis. Everything that post describes is called "tactics". What Wayne does isn't special, it's instruction, and anybody with a high work rate can do it. Herrera can do it, probably better as his positional sense is better.

[–]tocitusMemphis 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

But we haven't looked fluid in attack, at least a lot of the time. When I think of fluid in attack, I think of Eriksen's goal for Denmark the other night

That to me is fluid in attack, players interchanging and moving into space with purpose and everyone looking for the next pass.

We've been improved going forwards but, too often, I still feel we look too laboured. To have a team with Rooney, Ibra and Mata in it means you have zero pace on the counter, something shown time and time again. Now if you also add the fact that Rooney seems to take a half of a match to get going and his touch suffers until he does manage to get going, you now have a laboured, slow attack where the 10 loses the ball a lot.

Now the point you put forward is a fair one, Rooney is able to cover every position there and allow a little more freedom for those players to get into the game but I just feel like having players who are specifically good at their own role is better than having players who have the freedom to do the role they want in the knowledge they will be covered.

It isn't that I think Rooney is a bad player suddenly, I don't. I think that time has caught up with him though and he has a tendency to take an extra touch or an extra second on the ball and this allows momentum to die.

I also feel his awareness of space seems to be decreasing. The best players out there already know what is happening around them by the time they get the ball but Rooney seems to not have this anymore. To give you an example - the other day (against Southampton I think), we had a corner on the right. The set piece was cleared and Southampton were bringing it out of their half before Blind came over and won the ball back. He played it inside to Rooney who had nobody anywhere near him.

So Rooney was in space with his back to the Southampton goal on the left hand side. He had three options really:

1) Turn around into the space

2) Play the ball back to Blind who had dropped off a little to give him an option

3) Play the ball to Shaw on the left wing who was also finding space

He did none of these, instead he decided to ping it back to Valencia on the half-way line and we kept possession but also slowed the game down.

Now, you could say the communication wasn't clear enough, he should have been told what to do ("turn" or "time" etc) but I get the feeling Rooney of a few years ago wouldn't have pinged it back to the half-way line whilst under no pressure at all and a top attacking player would definitely have just turned into the space he had.

Again, the point you posted is a good one but I feel like we've gotten to the point where we're making excuses for keeping him in the team ("everyone else has been rubbish" etc), rather than giving reasons for keeping him in the team.

I feel like an attack of Martial-Mata-Mkhi or Martial-Mkhi-Lingard or even Martial-Mkhi-Mata behind Ibra would offer even more flexibility, a lot more attacking nous and genuinely quicker and more exciting/incisive football.

[–]danderpander 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think there is a lot of confirmation bias involved with many supporters assessment of Rooney, which is largely brought about by the reputation that has been cultivated by the English press' need for a poster boy and his long and very successful career at United.

If Rooney plays a sloppy pass, it is evidence to those looking for it that he is not good enough and it consequently sticks in the mind. Whereas if Mata, or perhaps Martial, or Carrick, or Blind, plays a sloppy pass no one remembers it because there is no narrative people are desperate to attach it to.

In the same vein, Rooney's goal and two assists from 3 league games (not to mention his positive affect in the dressing room and on the pitch as captain) are very strangely seen as 'lucky' on this sub because commenters are highly aware of the poor touch or sloppy pass from 5 mins previously. I think if we had just signed Rooney for 50 million pounds on August 1st, the fans would be generally very pleased with his contribution to the games so far because they would remember the good and not the bad (much like they do with current darlings, Blind and Martial).

TL;DR People have already made up their minds about Rooney. Poor play reinforces this opinion and anything to the contrary is just 'luck'.

But that's just my opinion and I'm aware that it is the minority at the moment.

[–]Launch_a_poo 3ポイント4ポイント  (7子コメント)

A good return of work rate, leadership, goals, assists and key passes considerably outways the occasional dodgy touch and we'll win more matches because of it

[–]ParkerZAYoung 5ポイント6ポイント  (5子コメント)

It's not an occasional dodgy touch though, is it? It's his entire approach to the game. Safe passes, useless crossfield balls, inability to link up due to his poor touch and just general sluggishness. And let's not pretend we're guaranteed a moment of brilliance every match, his assist for Rashford was the first time I've seen him outright beat a man in a long time. Miki can do everything Wayne can and much more.

[–]Launch_a_poo 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

It is an occasional dodgy touch. As someone said below Rooney could lose possession only 3 or 4 times in one half and each time he loses it there are 20 comments about it but when someone like Ibra loses posession it is ignored (as it should be because you're allowed to lose the ball a couple times).

And he isn't all about safe passes and useless balls as his key pass stats show. Even last night he had the most key passes on the pitch

[–]Ik93 -1ポイント0ポイント  (1子コメント)

Zlatan doesn't lose possession in our half. He also doesn't lose possession from something as basic as a first touch, it's usually from attempting something difficult, progressive and risky.

[–]Launch_a_poo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I've seen Zlatan lose possession from an off balance touch and a simple 5 yard pass more than once (which he's more than entitled to do)

[–]berzerkerzCarrick 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

What about Simpson and Fuchs in the community shield? Or the dribble vs Palace, do those not count?

And how many times do we need to get chances from these useless diagonals before they're not called useless?

[–]ParkerZAYoung -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

He shimmied past those players against Palace. It was a good run but I said "outright beat his man". Can't remember against Leicester.

His diagonals are too easy to read, and predictable, and he always chooses to do them when they're least effective, not when they're able to cause an overload. When Scholes did it Valencia was left with one defender to beat, because Scholes knew when to do it. When Rooney does it we just end up cycling possession back into midfield.

But the fact that we're trying to remember individual moments when his bits of play is successful is kinda my point. Most of the time his play ends up killing or slowing our attack. The next time the ball is passed to Rooney with his back to goal, take note of the space and runs being made around him which he'll ignore when he picks the safe pass back. Now count how many times that happens a game. Rooney of five/six years ago would've turned his man, or tried a one-two with an adjacent player, done something. This Rooney is just safe, and it's stifling our attack.

[–]labtecozaRonaldo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

We don't know how the team looks like without Rooney though

[–]arron77 0ポイント1ポイント  (6子コメント)

He isn't the focal point of creativity though. Just playing in #10 doesn't directly correlate to that.

[–]IwanJones10Pogba 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

The 10 should be the main creator though

[–]arron77 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

In your ideal system yeah, in Mourinho's? Who knows?

[–]IwanJones10Pogba 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

The 10 seems idea for every system. They're in the middle so they can thread balls through and pimp them out wind. The RM can only really switch the play, cross it in and pass it inside.

[–]SSienZRonaldo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Rooney doesn't stick to the middle tho. We have multiple people capable of playing at 10 who roam there when convenient for them while Rooney fills their spot.

[–]Launch_a_poo 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

In Mourinho's system the RM seems to be the main creator which would explain why we play half 10, half wingers there like Mata, Mkhitaryan and Lingard and why they drift so narrow

Rooney has been dropping deep to allow Pogba to go forward and drifting forward to swap with Zlatan when Zlatan drops deep. He plays more as a 9.5/8.5 than a traditional 10

[–]berzerkerzCarrick 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

No it's not, this isn't FIFA. Not everyone needs to be Ozil to play there,

[–]liableAccountGiggs/Januzaj 6ポイント7ポイント  (5子コメント)

Memphis won't come good under Mou, and he will be shipped off after a poor season.

Let's be clear, I really like Memphis and I really want him to succeed. I just don't see it happening if I'm completely honest with myself. I'd like it to, so please, change my view!

[–]VallureHerrera[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

I agree in terms of it being a possibility, but it's hard to judge right now. When he arrived last summer, so many of us said "give him a season to adjust". He had a really poor last season, to the point where I was surprised at how poor he was at times. I'm sure LVG's style of play contributed - hardly any of our offensive players thrived in his system.

I want to see him in action this season. I want to see promise. He's still very young, so I'm not expecting him to set the world alight, but he's certainly got a lot to prove. I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt, but last season definitely hasn't gone unnoticed - if he's poor again this season I would also expect him to be shipped off. Especially given the fact he now competes with Martial who was our best attacking player last season.

But still, he deserves a chance. He's now had a season to adjust to the Premier League and he definitely won't get a free pass this season. He's a talented player, who did well in the Eredivisie at such a young age (admittedly, a lot of attacking players do well there). He's now managed by someone who gives his players much more freedom, which is something he'll thrive off. Because of all these reasons, I expect him to have a much better season and I think it's still too early to say whether he'll do well or not.

[–]liableAccountGiggs/Januzaj 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

My thoughts exactly on the LVG debacle. How much of his confidence was lost? If he is a confidence player then I'd expect him to do well under Mou as he gives his players as much as he can. As you say though, Martial will undoubtedly hold the LW position for most the season. It will be interesting to see if Memphis is played more regularly in the Europa League.

[–]TrickyxoneCoppell 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

"He's now managed by someone who gives his players much more freedom" he's also managed by someone who expects his attacking players to defend, if he plays like he does last season Jose will be even harsher than LVG was with him, he'll be gone.

Btw I'm not writing him off, I saw Evras debut and remember SAF when he joined, I long ago learned not to write people off but being honest if he continues ignoring the defensive side of the game unless he gets to Hazard levels which even being optimistic I doubt then he'll be out.

[–]VallureHerrera[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I fully expect Memphis to follow Jose's instructions, even if that means putting in much more work towards defending. Jose is a great man-manager (at least in the first season) and has shown he can motivate what seem like the most arrogant players (Zlatan), so I don't think that will be a problem. Whether Memphis will carry out those orders well enough is a different matter, but it certainly won't be for the lack of trying.

[–]TrickyxoneCoppell 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

If he does that's fine by me but lets not forget how strict a manager LVG was and also that LVG was his NT manager, if he couldn't get him to defend there's a chance no one can, personally I hope he does but unless Martial, Rashford and Lingard play badly over a decent length of time he doesn't deserve his chance yet, every one of those players has potential and they are all more than willing to do the dirty work.

[–]Surfacing710Keane 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Signing Berbatov was a waste of £30 million that led to destabilising our fast counter attacking style of play with Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez that won us the Champions League. Also ended up being one of the reasons that Tevez received less playing time and deciding that he wanted to move.

The vast majority of goals he scored was against those in the bottom half of the table. In 08/09, 6 of his 9 league goals were against those in the bottom half with 4 of those against teams that were relegated. 09/10, 10 of his 12 goals were against bottom half teams and the 2 top 10 goals were against Blackburn, 10th and Everton, 8th. 10/11, 15 of his 20 goals were against those in the bottom half.

He always has a massive fanfare around here and I generally don't get it, myself and anyone that I know never rated him as highly as he is here.

[–]arron77 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think he has the following because at the end of the day he was enjoyable to watch, Cantona-esque. Completely agree he killed our fast attack.

[–]fmc96Fosu-Mensah 3ポイント4ポイント  (9子コメント)

This will just result in every comment getting downvoted, but anyways..

I think Schneiderlin is very average and is as much of a liability in possession as Fellaini is. He is fine at retrieving the ball but when in possession he's clueless, no vertical passing. Everything goes back to the centre halves and slows everything down. Almost certain Schneiderlin will get sold next summer to a French club like Monaco or something.

[–]frankowen18 10ポイント11ポイント  (2子コメント)

He's barely played under Mourinho and everyone was like that under LvG, so singling him out for criticism is hardly fair. He was decent for Southampton at getting from box/box, way too quick to write him off for us.

[–]fmc96Fosu-Mensah 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Well if I didnt single him out I'd be naming 6/7 players which wouldnt be practical. I know he hasn't played yet under Mou but I've never been a fan even since his S'oton days. He's always been a destroyer, which is great for a club like Southampton but he doesnt have a wide enough skillset to thrive at a club like United IMO. Very limited technically.

[–]ParkerZAYoung 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Wasn't Wanyama the destroyer at Southampton?

[–]tocitusMemphis 5ポイント6ポイント  (3子コメント)

To be fair we are talking about Schneiderlin under LVG.

Schneiderlin at Southampton was a different player - good in possession and a much less position ally disciplined player than he needed to be under LVG. LVG bought him and seemed to want to play him as this deep, defensive midfielder when that wasn't really his forte.

I don't think he is a great player and I am not sure if he is going to have a role at United but I also think in the right system he can work, as shown by him being one of the best midfielders in the prem at Southampton. Also this MNF analysis talks about Southampton but also mentions Schneiderlin a lot and his role in the team

Also it shouldn't result in every comment being downvoted, unless people are childish enough to just downvote things they don't agree with instead of trying to have a conversation

[–]fmc96Fosu-Mensah 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yes that's true Re S'oton days- he was deployed as an aggresive ball winner not limited to sitting deep like van Gaal had him. But even still I dont agree about him being good in possession. I have always found him rigid and stiff when dribbling and passing. Everything seems to laboured and robotic with him.

Yea maybe he could play a role like John Obi Mikel did at CFC; coming on late in games to close them out. And thanks for the link, I remember reading that, insightful but I'm not of the same opinion as that piece.

Yea that's the perfect scenario but not how this sub operates. Often dismissive to debate. Of course everyone prefers praising their own and lauding the club, but sometimes people border on the delusional.

[–]tocitusMemphis 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yeah I know what you mean. I don't understand how people can be object so much to good old fashioned debate, although I think here and /r/soccer are two subreddits populated by young people so maybe that is it.

Yeah Schneiderlin really grew into the role at Southampton when he was unshackled. He was always a good aggressive player and was always good at winning the ball back but once Wanyama shielded him and he was allowed to get forwards too, he had his best season.

Then he was brought into United and shackled again and I don't think he's good enough positionally to be a defensive midfielder (or rather a defensive midfielder as we think of it). Hopefully he'll grow into the role because he could be the perfect cover man for Pogba, he's tall, mobile, aggressive but also btter on the ball than people seem to give him credit for.

I think a lot of people think he's poor on the ball because he has often been played alongside Carrick and they ended up playing the same role. I remember in the derby last year he and Carrick were played as a double pivot and he was awful. He had no-one to release the ball to and, because they were both playing so deep metres away from one another, it meant the City midfield could push up high on them both and his passing was dreadful.

Then Herrera came on for Carrick and stretched the midfield, and I thought Schneiderlin was one of our best players in the second half and felt his passing improved so much (even pinging out passes to Mata on the right wing from the centre-circle).

[–]fmc96Fosu-Mensah 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yep probably the reason. It's a shame because it's also one of the primary reasons twitter has become toxic for discussions now too.

Koeman trusted him a lot and that shone through in his gameplay, he even bagged a few nice goals I believe (one being a beaut off his weak foot into the top corner).

He's definitely not a donkey, just feel his touch and vision are poor which causes him to panic a bit when he receives the ball. His touch can get away from him and then he has to chase it (sometimes into traffic) and play erratic passes.

Aye I remember that phase of games he played really well in. Namely City (second half), Everton away and then Moscow away. He dominated on those 3 occasions which was rare to see. But I found him on the whole really frustrating to watch, often refusing to move the ball on forward at pace and recycle it around the pitch back and forth back and forth. A lot of this was definitely van Gaal's set up, but even with the France NT I never seen him playing too many penetrating passes.

He can fulfill a role for sure, but if that means getting in the way of TFM, and even Pereira who can operate well from #8 or DM, I dont want him hanging around for too long.

[–]FraajWaste of money 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I think this year is going to be crucial for him but wouldn't write him off just yet. He probably still needs some time to adjust to his slightly different role than he had in Saints.

On the other hand if Jose won't rate him then he's probably not good enough for a club like Manchester United.

[–]fmc96Fosu-Mensah 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Certainly won't write him off as of such but I don't have many expectations for him this season. Maybe 15-20 appearances with many off the bench, barring Fellaini and Carrick getting injured simultaneously

[–]Flick_My_Bean_Geoff 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

Jonny Evans shouldn't have been sold.

[–]VallureHerrera[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

In retrospect it looks like a mistake, because he's been fantastic at West Brom, but he was absolutely awful for us after Fergie retired. Especially under LVG. You'd have thought he'd be a key player for us under LVG, even more important than Smalling, because he's fantastic with both his left and his right foot and is great on the ball, which is something LVG valued. But he was really, really, really poor whenever he played under LVG. He constantly lost his man, his passing was off and he was an overall liability in defence.

There is an argument that he should've been given more chances and should've been kept, because he was good under Fergie, but at the time it seemed correct to sell him.

I also wish we hadn't sold him, mainly because he seems like a smart guy and a promising player, plus his wife works at MUTV, but I can't say I'm disappointed at how our defense looks, especially with Smalling emerging to be one of England's best centre-backs, Blind's transition into a great CB and now the purchase of Bailly.

[–]ibaRRaVzLaThe Special One, José Mourinho 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Evans was garbage for us everytime he wasn't paired with either Vidic or Ferdinand, he was too much of a liablity and he never played nearly as good enough to deserve a spot in the team.

[–]LeorenthelaPogba 3ポイント4ポイント  (11子コメント)

i feel that Real madrid buying spree while taking loans from the banks of spain is totally different then us using our money earned to buy players.

i also feel its totally different then the likes of chelsea and City who bring their money from a rich sugar daddy.

i think our buying power should be admired and not hated or categorized in the same bracket as PSG-city-Chelsea.

[–]kaoticreapzSchweinsteiger 9ポイント10ポイント  (10子コメント)

Nobody hates our buying power, lol. They hate the club, the success and the fan following.

[–]LeorenthelaPogba 0ポイント1ポイント  (9子コメント)

you should ask a tottenham fan, i live with a few, i get a lot of "united buying its success" talk.

[–]BarbadosDMLord Scholes 1ポイント2ポイント  (8子コメント)

I wouldn't listen to Tottenham fans. Some I've spoke with think Dembele is the best midfielder in the world

[–]imamfmonster 0ポイント1ポイント  (7子コメント)

To be fair, Kane always does miles better with Dembele in the side. He's nowhere near the best midfielder in the world but he is incredibly important to their side.

[–]BarbadosDMLord Scholes -1ポイント0ポイント  (6子コメント)

It's not even a point you should even try to justify. Tottenham fans are quite deluded

[–]imamfmonster 2ポイント3ポイント  (5子コメント)

Yes but you always get extreme fans who support every club. You don't think Manchester United fans haven't said their fair share of dumb shit? Don't get so worked up.

[–]BarbadosDMLord Scholes -3ポイント-2ポイント  (4子コメント)

I'm not worked up you idiot.

I do invite you to talk to Tottenham fans and prepare to be baffled. You'd think they had won the league 10 years in a row, they're quite a bit more deluded in general than most fans I've spoke to

[–]imamfmonster 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

Well I've had quite the opposite experience then. I've always had a pleasant experience with most Spurs fans, I've never got the attitude that they've won the league ten times in a row.

[–]BarbadosDMLord Scholes -2ポイント-1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Alright, don't get worked up about it fella.

You must be young or from the USA to not have had this experience then mate

[–]TimmyBashSchweinsteiger 1ポイント2ポイント  (13子コメント)

Martial should be rested and sporadically used for the rest of the season.

Edit: if you're downvoting me read the description first. Cheers to those who actually responded in spirit of the thread.

[–]fmc96Fosu-Mensah 18ポイント19ポイント  (4子コメント)

Martial is the future of this club alongside Rashford and Shaw. Used sporadically? Are you joking? 99% of the time he is our main attacking threat. I can't understand why some reds hate the fact he takes risks and tries things.

[–]TimmyBashSchweinsteiger -1ポイント0ポイント  (3子コメント)

I don't hate that he takes risks. I think he just needs a rest to find form again as alluded in other comments on here that have now influenced my opinion 😊

[–]ParkerZAYoung 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

"Used sporadically" was a poor choice of words then mate.

[–]TimmyBashSchweinsteiger 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

If I said until he finds better form or confidence, sporadically still would have been acceptable.

[–]PreztoEliteBest, Law, Charlton 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

He probably only needs 1 or 2 games of rest/coming off the bench to get his form back.

[–]Rolling_TomassiShaw 19ポイント20ポイント  (4子コメント)

Just seems like a ridiculous suggestion. Why, having had 4 average games (below his standard, but not bad) would you then sign him off for the whole season? I can understand wanting to bench him but your suggestion gives no possibility of him coming on as a sub in a few games' time, tearing it up and gaining his starting spot back.

[–]fmc96Fosu-Mensah 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yep, he wasn't even that bad. Every game he has been our first outlet for the counter attack which is the basis of Mou's system.

[–]cristiano10sMartial 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yeah, against Southampton he made countless driving runs that created plenty of chances but had a few shots blocked. People are saying he had a poor game and should be dropped. Mkhi does the same and we hail him as brilliant. I think both had good games. Our expectations are far too high, and for all he has done last season there is no way he deserves to be dropped after a few average performances.

[–]fmc96Fosu-Mensah 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

He got into a great 1 vs 1 situation too which was heroically blocked by Fonte. Had that gone in everyone would have been saying it was a stellar performance. I enjoy Mkhi and Martial because they're both risk takers. Often that's results in losing the ball, but if you dont take a gamble you cant win big.

[–]TimmyBashSchweinsteiger 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Fair call. Hard to argue against that. Opinion changed. Thread success!

[–]labtecozaRonaldo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I agree some rest for a month in a run of easy fixtures could do him good but he's the best player we have at LW so we definitely shouldn't rest for the whole season and use only sporadically.

[–]kaoticreapzSchweinsteiger 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Depends only if Memphis can perform well. Then there is no problem in using Martial less.

[–]LeorenthelaPogba 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Although Martial looks not like his regular self, i feel that its less a resting problem, and more of "private life" and

"harder for him to adapt to the new way mou wants us to play after being LVG no.1 for the past season".

i think we should give him time and we'll benefit from him.

[–]mkahmed789Manchester United 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

i dont see the wingers thriving in this 4231 system where the front 2 are Ibra and Rooney. too damn slow and zero runs in behind.

[–]seihandaShaw 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Ed Woodward is trying to build "Los Galaticos" in Manchester United.

[–]VallureHerrera[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Could you explain whether you think this is good or bad and why?

[–]seihandaShaw 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's neither bad nor good, atleast not in general. Not everything is black and white in every point of view.

In my pov, I don't mind. But for some people, it's not united way, we buy victory, and it disturb the youth development.

Edit : Also the main question isn't good or bad, but rather "Are Ed trying to copy Perez's formula?"

[–]TimmyBashSchweinsteiger 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Can't help that this kind of thread would thrive in a non-downvote subreddit.

[–]VallureHerrera[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, I wish we had the option to disable downvotes for certain threads, but that isn't the case. Although even with the downvote button disabled for the whole subreddit, people could still downvote through the mobile app, so many opinions still got downvoted regardless.

[–]HighOnNicotine 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Rooney is to Manchester United what Kobe Bryant was to Los Angeles Lakers. He'll always be remembered as one of the best players of this generation - he'll soon be our all time Top Goalscorer and we need to let go of him gracefully/let him retire here if he wants to and not push him out like City are doing with Yaya Toure.

Criticism is fine, but a few fans go overboard - abusing, death threats on Twitter aren't exactly what you'd give to someone who's won 5 Premier League titles and a Champions League.

[–]ibaRRaVzLaThe Special One, José Mourinho 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't like Blind as a CB as I think he lacks many physical attributes that maybe he hasn't been completely found out on yet, but could prove to be crucial evenrutally and he doesn't have them.

Also, he's played very well under Mourinho so far but last season he made alot of mistakes and isn't nearly what this sub makes him to be. Some statements have been beyond exaggerated, some claiming to be he's one of the most intelligent footballers they've seen.

EDIT, to add a bit more: Also, in my opinion, the way Blind performs depends heavily on the reliance of his defensive partnership. He's been able to shine alongside Smalling, whom last season was a beast, and Bailly who's shown in his short time how much of a fucking beast he is.

If anyone could try to change my view, I'd like to see what arguments you've got!

[–]David_43Smalling -2ポイント-1ポイント  (6子コメント)

Shaw really hasn't been that great since he came back from injury. The biggest problem I have is with his attacking input: his runs aren't great and he almost always crosses poorly. Not to say he won't improve, but in my mind he is one of our most underperforming players currently.

[–]SZamanC#21 Status - Loading... 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

I honestly thought Shaw has been solid for us. Under Mou's system, Tony V has been getting a lot more touches (I think there was a video analysis of this on the sub). Mou likes attacking fullbacks but when Tony V is getting the ball so much its hard for him to have as great am "attacking input". Defensively he's been classy and composed and I think he's picked up from his injury pretty well. Obviously he's probably a little hesitant in attacking after the injury but slowly he'll regain the confidence.

[–]WHiTeCHIICK 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

I'm sorry but this is just dumb

[–]RicciRox 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

It's true tho. And aren't you supposed to try to change his view?

Shaw has been solid, but he's nowhere near the level he was at before his injury. Not a bad thing, he'll get there with time, but let's not pretend.

[–]fakeplasticairbagKeane 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

His level before the injury was mostly what he's doing now though, his whole first season was similar to this.

It's only those 4-5 games at the beginning of last season where he hit a level above solid and reliable

[–]Surfacing710Keane 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

He has just returned from a major injury that in the past, could have been career threatening and missed about 11 months of first team football so he is bound to need a few months to get back into the swing of things to get back to his best.

He has also only just started his partnership with Martial down the left wing, another young player and they're working on how to play together which will only come with time and experience. They're still at the teething stage where they are trying to get know how to link up. His forward runs should improve with this understanding and for his crosses, they are a matter of practice. For example, Valencia is getting back to decent crosses and further back, Neville became a great crosser of the ball over the course of his career.

[–]seihandaShaw 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I disagree because he's simply overshadow by our overperform squad.

Last year, we're not playing this well thus making shaw look so damn good compare to other

[–]seihandaShaw -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

If I may offer my opinion, I think Mou prefer Fellaini more than other CDM (not CM so Pogba excluded) such as Schneiderlin or Carrick.

Do you know when I'm sure Mou prefer Feilaini than Schneiderlin or Carrick? At bournmouth game. Not because he played so well but because Mou doesn't drop him after that backpass to Vardy before.

Argument about he played because we need height appeared at that time and yet Mou still play him with another tall player, Pogba.

So I think Mou realy value Fellaini. But why?

Yes I knew we love to hate the tree. He play so harsh, less skilled, and not beautiful. Obviously not a fan favourite. But that remind me of what my PE teacher slash football coach told me. He love that kind of player. Not the "not beautiful" part but the mentality to win at all cost. Even if that means to play an ugly harsh footbal in fans eyes. He'll do anything to get the job done even if he receive more hate from it.

Felliani struck me as that kind of player, for short : "a manager favourite"

To prove it, so far 3 managers want to keep him even when fans want him out. I'm sure they can see that value in Fellaini that we fans can't. Well I know it's not popular opinion here but I'm sure Mou realy like Fellaini for now.

Or i might be wrong. Who know?