Czechlad

I must have watched a different player because Trez looked so underwhelming against Brighton. I'd sum up his match as a whole lotta nothing. 

Honestly what does this guy give us? He runs hard so that makes him a player? No... Trez doesn't cross, doesn't finish, doesn't create chances. He just runs up and down the flank and nothing comes of it. 

I remember he was 1 on 1 with that brighton defender on a yellow and I was yelling take him on, but Trez decided to pass it back to Grealish or Targett. 

He put his body on the line for us, and helped us get back to the premier league. Great character to have around as well. No real reason to sell him in January unless Chester asks for it himself. 

I hope he can get some cup minutes later this season and we can see how badly that injury messed up his career. Let's not forget that Chester was one of the best center backs in the championship pre-injury. 

If Man U come and give us 60 million for McGinn, I'd take that. 

Imagine if they rehire Mourinho

51 minutes ago, Keyblade said:

Their fixtures are incredibly congested around the time of our cup tie. It depends which they take serious, the Carabao Cup or the reverse fixture against Besiktas.

There is no way they take the cup game seriously. The prize money for the carabao cup is a joke. They get more if they qualify for the europa knockouts. 

I actually liked the Hourihane-Grealish switching in the match. I feel like this gave Grealish a lot more free roam to find space, and he got on the ball a lot more. Problem is, Conor isn't a winger, BUT that was alright while Targett was on the field since Targett would overlap conor. When Taylor came on, Conor was stuck out wide with no support. 

I am not sure what is best. I like Trez's pace and directness, but then Grealish plays deeper. Our attack was doing well in the first half, and it really went bad once Targett got hurt. 

2 minutes ago, MaVilla said:

To be fair Wesley has 2 goals in 6 games, if he continues in that form he would score 12 premiership goals, to be honest that's a reasonable return for a first season in a relegation dog fight team.

He needs time to adjust, I think he will come good, the Everton finish was good, the arsenal finish was also very good, once he adjusts to the league I think he will be a good player for us.

I also think trezeguet will come good, imo he has shown some flashes of his class and I reckon he will improve as they season goes on.

I just hope the team gels before it's too late.

That's the main concern. I think Wesley will eventually turn into a threat, but I don't think it will magically happen over night. Same goes for Trez. In the meantime, we need points!

Just now, Keyblade said:

I honestly think a big chunk of that problem is Neil Taylor. Since Jack plays on that side, he needs the LB to be helping out his winger so he can feed either of them, but Taylor is just too static. There's never anything on, on the left side. We create way more down our right despite playing through either flank equally.

I agree with you, but Targett really isn't great defensively. I think Dean worries about having two full backs that can get caught out in the attack. 

Just now, Keyblade said:

Still top 10 in the league for key passes/chances created, and if not for some terrible refereeing, he'd be on 3 assists and in the top 4 in the league for that category too. Not bad for someone who apparently isn't cutting it in this league so far.

He is cutting it, but the players around him are not. We aren't as free flowing in attack as we were in the championship, so Grealish's chances are fewer, and not being finished. 

Grealish aint the problem. Our wings and striker is. 

1 hour ago, villalad21 said:

He shouldn't have sold Alexis and Lukaku. Rookie mistake, it's catching up to him now.

Lukaku didn't want to be there. Huge mistake was not buying an adequate replacement. Lukaku may not have been the elite striker they needed, but he was still pretty good at finding the net. 

United desperately need a world class CAM and striker to sure up their team. 

Play the 2nd string. Burnley is far more important, and our subs are good enough to get a result.

Don't think Ole's a good manager, but you just gotta look at their squad and think that is not a top 6 squad. They have a few quality players, but they are mixed in with a lot of mediocre players. 

United is a few injuries away from being Bournemouth level. 

I wish he would press up top. Arsenal was able to build out of the back on numerous occasions because Wesley does not chase. I know it's not fun, but we need our striker to try to engage their defenders. Tammy was always hustling up top for us. Wesley seems to stand around, and wait for the ball to come to him. 

It was literally just fatigue that cost us the 3 points. Midfield and wingers became tired. They stopped pressing Arsenal's midfield, and allowed them time and space. Arsenal exploited that and kept us hemmed into our half despite having 10 men. Dean saw this and our inability to hold onto the ball, but he did nothing. For what it is worth, I thought bringing on Elmo was smart, but maybe not for Trez. Guilbert was having trouble on the right since Aubameyang moved out to the left, and Elmo coming on to help was smart. 

BUT, Dean failed to recognize how tired McGinn was. After Ghoundezi was able to coast past McGinn for that shot that hit the post, Dean should have realised that McGinn could no longer press and bring on Conor. Then after Arsenal scored to tie it, Dean had another opportunity to realise our fatigue was costing us the match. Dean continued with his group and it cost us. 

Dean needs to have the balls to sub off our key players. I love McGinn and Jack, but I could see from the 70th min onward, they were spent. They weren't pressing, and they were making silly passes. 

I know our bench isn't amazing, but any of Conor, Luiz, Lansbury, or Jota would likely have saved that match. We needed fresh legs, and we didn't get them until we were losing. 

Yea I think he is a good player. His energy and pace is very good for us. 

Reminds me of Gueye. I think he will be decent. 

How are they so high up the table?

Problem is he isn't bringing others into the match either. He isn't winning a lot of aerial duels, and he isn't scoring. I am not sure what he is doing that benefits the team so far. 

I don't mind a striker that doesn't score that often, if he brings others into the match and allows them to get chances. Wesley is doing nothing for the team so far. 

I'd be tempted to give Davis or Kodjia a chance. 

We need to fix our offense asap

On 08/09/2019 at 10:17, rodders0223 said:

I wouldn't say bad egg but definitely a mood killer around the place.

I imagine he is looking for offers closer to home, he was apparently living out of a hotel in all his time here and was a bit of a loner.

I never understand footballers or managers who live out of hotels. Mourinho did it at United for years if I remember right. Why?

Surely it's cheaper to just rent an apartment somewhere? 

He is a better Barry Bannan

7 hours ago, omariqy said:

Writing players off after 4 games. The Villatalk way. 

I am not writing him off, I just think we rushed him. Trez was one of our last signings, and he started the first match for us. Whereas Nakamba still hasn't even made the bench. 

I don't think Trez should be starting. I think Jota and El Ghazi should have been the wingers for the first few matches, and have Trez as a sub. I wonder why some players as being eased in, whereas others were thrown to the fire.

It typically takes a while for a player to learn the tactics and get used to the team. Grealish and Trez for instance don't seem to understand each other's movement yet. 

We had this same discussion last season with Jack. He started the season slowly, and then Bruce moved him to the left where he was even worse. 

He was officially booked for dissent which I don't understand because the ref blew the whistle when Grealish was fouled. 

It looks like Friend blew the whistle for a foul, then we scored and Grealish mouthed off (rightfully so), and Friend decided f this, here is a yellow and no free kick now.