Man Utd v Everton. 5th October at 12.00.

[Dithering Dougie]

Really lacking in tempo here, missing Barkley or Mirallas badly

 

[Del]

At the moment we are looking like one of the worst sides in this division

Only QPR look worse imo, Burnley have an excuse ffs, They have spent buttons and have there two main strikers injured

Even Villa and Sunderland look better

 

[Professor Toffee]

Tbh given our injuries and the Russia trip, I expected it to be worse.

Yeah, why are we not playing at 4pm, accommodating ManU and their Champs League quest?

 

[sageyefc]

Get oviedo on, on any wing both pienaer and aids look not arsed, wish mcgeady would do what miralles has been doing and go looking for the ball and stepping up, hes in his own little world.

Id give naismith the hook to, hes rightly been one of the main men on the team sheet this year but today hes not quite at the level needed for this match, get eto'o on behind rom,

And baines ffs, i know its frowned upon to critize goldenboy on here, but get stuck in, stop standing off.

 

[deipnosophist]

I am not particularly upset/fuming/impassioned...a bit like our team

 

[Pabbers]

Nope, Have no problem with the players

Sack baines off

 

[blue4eva77]

So slow going forward.... slowwww. Very disappointing again. Our players first touch is horrendous. Everyone is at.

No sharpness in the team at all. No anticipation of space, no movement and we cant control the ball. Im very worried now, this isnt knee jerking anymore.

Been saying all season; but where is our closing down in midfield. Why are we allowing/inviting teams to cross the halfway line with ball. The gap between lukaku and the midfield is alarming.

 

[toffeejack]

When you get a peno and Baines is taking it, you generally expect to score

i fear when someone has a stat like his - you just always start to feel - this is the time he'll finally miss.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Well, aren't you an astute reader of the game.

Or happen you went to make your half time cuppa too early to see the man who "offers sweet fanny Adams going forward" play a sweet one two as he strode into United's box to win a penalty.

Okay mate.

I'll praise him when he does it more than once a game, yeah? Lucky that Shaw was stupid to give the pen away, otherwise it might've gone the other way and ended up with absolutely nothing again.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

The energy levels are all wrong, nothing to do with 4 key men missing. We have lined up with only Barkley missing in games and have played the same. Martinez should be questioned and seriously. I don't care what he achieved last season, teams have sussed out how to counter our play and we havn't adapted. You don't get special dispensation for having played well 12 months ago. The worst back 4 in 30 years at United and we have had a saved penalty as the only shot on target. Pathetic!

 

[Del]

Really lacking in tempo here, missing Barkley or Mirallas badly

Yer, that why we look crap

 

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

Sack baines off

LOL

 

[toffeeben15]

Pienaar should be taken off he's slowing our play down to much. Think it's time eto came on

 

[BigDunc'sFod]

the thing about his more recent pens is that they've all been a bit too nonchalant. He doesnt make the corner but the keeper guesses the wrong way, which means he slots it. If the keeper had gone the right way for any of his pat 5 pens or so he would of saved them.

I was just saying this

He needs to get back to the sick German peno to the roof/side of the net again

 

[marty mcfly]

Both teams are very poor. Which ever team picks up the pace will win this.

Naismith does nothing if he doesn't score and they have dried up. Hopefully Barkley will be back next game.