GWT: UCL R16 First Legs

[Avaholic29]

Elanga deserves a prolonged run in the starting line-up.

Agreed! He’s way more creative than rashford.

 

[Juve]

Ronaldo has been garbage on free kicks all season. Should be Telles from that angle, but the on-field egos run the show at Utd at the moment.

He's been garbage for years from free kicks. It's pathetic how he keeps insisting on taking them.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I’m elated with that goal by Elanga.

 

[Jussi]

Season?

Ironically last time he was somewhat good on them was before his move to Real Madrid.

 

[Live in the Now]

Antony just done the dumbest thing I've seen in a while. What the f*** are you doing.

 

[Evilo]

Ironically last time he was somewhat good on them was before his move to Real Madrid.

Probably.

Total steal by United so far.
Atle has 1 goal, 2 posts and have given up one shot on goal, which was a weak shot from a not so great angle.

 

[Live in the Now]

Wow they only gave him a yellow card for headbutting.

 

[al secord]

Ironically last time he was somewhat good on them was before his move to Real Madrid.

Thank god Hargreaves could talk him out of one.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Antony just done the dumbest thing I've seen in a while. What the f*** are you doing.

It’s a nothing play and Nunez made contact first lol and he hugs him after. I love footy.

 

[gary69]

He will probably go on and play for Cameroon. His father want’s that.

Janne pick the likes of Sema before him.

Bit weird, as the father Joseph left Cameroon as an 18-year old and has been living in Europe since, and has lived in Sweden for 20+ years. He didn't even get that many caps for Cameroon.

 

[Live in the Now]

It’s a nothing play and Nunez made contact first lol and he hugs him after. I love footy.

Seen that red carded almost every time though.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Wow they only gave him a yellow card for headbutting.

Head butting is a strong word love how strong the ref is here

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Seen that red carded almost every time though.

And usually I think it’s dumb. They’re both butting heads one of them just goes down they just hugged it out anyway

 

[Brunkmeister]

Bit weird, as the father Joseph left Cameroon as an 18-year old and has been living in Europe since, and has lived in Sweden for 20+ years. He didn't even get that many caps for Cameroon.

Yeah i dunno. Was in a swedish newspaper the other day. We’ll see about that. Anthony has lived in England a couple of years so his love for Sweden might not be that big after all. I would not want anyone who’s heart isn’t 100 percent in it.

 

[Jussi]

Yeah i dunno. Was in a swedish newspaper the other day. We’ll see about that. Anthony has lived in England a couple of years so his love for Sweden might not be that big after all. I would not want anyone who’s heart isn’t 100 percent in it.

That's a good lad.

 

[Jussi]

Interesting videoboard analysis on BT sports. Pointing out how Fred committed too hard on the Atletico goal before the cross, slipped and gave too much space for the cross to happen.

 

[Jussi]

Just figured it out who Elanga reminds me of. David Ajala from Star Trek Discovery.

 

[Venkman]

Good result for United. Performance not so much but it was better after the subs. Elanga, Matic and Telles all good.

 

[luiginb]

Are United fans ready to have the conversation that Ole might have been better suited to this team than Ragnick is? I just saw the second half but man United look lost, and this is against a terrible Atletico team this year. Your defense made Felix look like Messi out there. And speaking of terrible, I don't know what happened to Oblak but this year he has a Karius level drop.

 

[TJ21]

I can promise you that it doesn't matter who is in charge, this team has looked lost and disjointed through numerous stretches of the season. It's not just a recent thing. The defense and CDM problems long outlive any of the managers. Consistency and a lack of structure has been the main culprit this season.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Are United fans ready to have the conversation that Ole might have been better suited to this team than Ragnick is? I just saw the second half but man United look lost, and this is against a terrible Atletico team this year. Your defense made Felix look like Messi out there. And speaking of terrible, I don't know what happened to Oblak but this year he has a Karius level drop.

As I've said in a different thread it's not about Ronaldo and it's certainly not because Ragnick is or isn't a good enough manager. But ok.

 

[hatterson]

Are United fans ready to have the conversation that Ole might have been better suited to this team than Ragnick is? I just saw the second half but man United look lost, and this is against a terrible Atletico team this year. Your defense made Felix look like Messi out there. And speaking of terrible, I don't know what happened to Oblak but this year he has a Karius level drop.

Ole might have been better with this specific group of players, but that’s not a good thing, at least not long term.

It’s pretty clear that the players have been running things for a while and they’re now stuck between playing an actual system and playing however they want individually. You see little flashes of it come out sometimes, but for the most part they’re still learning an actual team system.

Having a manager like ragnick in there to (hopefully) break that out of the players and leave the permanent manager with something to actually build from is, by far, the better long term option even if it means they might be a bit worse right now.

 

[Jussi]

Well the final is definitely getting moved now...

 

[Savi]

I wonder what UEFA is going to do with the remaining Russian teams playing in the Europa League

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I wonder what UEFA is going to do with the remaining Russian teams playing in the Europa League

Play in a neutral ground?