Was Dunc right for hooking Kean?

[Philw]

Right decision? Possibly.

Handled correctly? Possibly not.

"End of Kean's Everton career". Don't be ridiculous. The actions of a caretaker manager who is only going to be in charge for a handful of games is not going to decide his entire career here.

 

[Toffeelover]

It's a point at OT. So 'kin what?

This football served up is utter slop.

If they make this galoot the manager we are completely screwed.

So let me get this straight, you are unhappy with our results because we not playing zonal football and 4-2-3-1 or 3-4-2-1, happen you might like 5- 3 -2-1, these modern styles! Look back how we were doing with these under Silva.

Me, all I want is for us to get points and climb the table no matter how.

 

[Old Blue 2]

In all likelihood, I think he needs to make a grovelling public apology to Kean

Don't be ridiculous! It should be the other way around - given the players lamentable performance once on the pitch!

 

[Sverre Takleifbotten]

We had all our players behind the ball for 70% of the game...THAT is knife to a gunfight.

Long ball and hunt for the second ball off that punt...it doesn't get any more basic and Moyesian than that.

Look, the feller is a dinosaur. He's underlined it twice.

There were times in the game where we had more ball possession than MU. But to think that we are going to control the game against MU at Old Trafford with Iwobi, Davies, Holgate and Bernard in midfield is naive. At the same time, MU is clearly best when the opponent has a lot of ball. Looking at the team we had available, and strategic considerations, this was the best approach. Avoid getting caught in imbalance and searching the room behind the backfour as quickly as possible.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

It's a point at OT. So 'kin what?

This football served up is utter slop.

If they make this galoot the manager we are completely screwed.

In our last 20 outings at OT we've got points from (including yesterday) 6. 5 of those were draws. Why would you demand a once in over a decade result from a severely depleted side with a caretaker manager?

 

[Simon Buttle]

In our last 20 outings at OT we've got points from (including yesterday) 6. 5 of those were draws. Why would you demand a once in over a decade result from a severely depleted side with a caretaker manager?

It's Dave, he is a professional troll, that's just what he does.

 

[Paul Rideout]

It's Dave, he is a professional troll, that's just what he does.

he’s a really flawed troll, and he doesn’t enjoy being trolled back. Which is what I enjoy... trolling a troll.

 

[Igrok]

50 pages? Seriously?

 

[Old Blue 2]

Bringing Kean on the first place was the mistake:

"United are looking for the winner...so I'll take a MF off and put an out and out forward on the pitch to hang on".

This is what happened: he was basically in a fog of confusion and blind panic and couldn't function, made the wrong move then sought to correct it...by taking off the out and out forward...and throwing ANOTHER out and out forward on.

Genius.

More genius than you, dave...

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Don't forget hugging the ball boys.

Oh no, the first week all seemed spontaneous. I don’t know if he is just getting carried away still, or if he saw the reaction to last week and consciously thought he would “one-up” it.

 

[Lanolin]

So let me get this straight, you are unhappy with our results because we not playing zonal football and 4-2-3-1 or 3-4-2-1, happen you might like 5- 3 -2-1, these modern styles! Look back how we were doing with these under Silva.

Me, all I want is for us to get points and climb the table no matter how.

I would very much like this and think our results will pick up immediately if we adopt it.

 

[Tipp blue]

It's a point at OT. So 'kin what?

This football served up is utter slop.

If they make this galoot the manager we are completely screwed.

Oh no the football is slop 4 points from 2 games that we were basically written off in, did you actually prefer it under silva when we were tapping it around but getting beat? 4-4-2 and hoof it when we need to will do me any time if its getting points on the board nothing concerns me about performance, style or how the football looks as long as the points are coming.

 

[Tipp blue]

So let me get this straight, you are unhappy with our results because we not playing zonal football and 4-2-3-1 or 3-4-2-1, happen you might like 5- 3 -2-1, these modern styles! Look back how we were doing with these under Silva.

Me, all I want is for us to get points and climb the table no matter how.

Last man back is in goal.

 

[Paul Rideout]

Last man back is in goal.

rush goalies

 

[joey_macmo]

But he was putting a shift in. He ran 2.09 km in 18 minutes, and sprinted 6 times. Only three of our players - Dom, Coleman and Rich - managed more sprints in the entire game.

He looked shattered. That's obviously a worry. But he's looked languid whenever he's come on the pitch tbh. And that goes back to the intensity required of being a sub in Serie A compared to the PL is massively different.

But the 'not putting in a shift' argument falls down. He did. The quality is obviously fine to call into question. But I find it utterly baffling that people are defending Ferguson for the way it happened.

If it had been Silva, there'd have been people calling for a public flogging, mate.

Look, I'm chuffed for Dunc. He's brought back that passion and energy. But there's nothing wrong with saying it was a bad call the way that it played out. Because it was.

Interesting regarding distance covered etc, is there anythig that tells you how that stacks up against the other players during the same time period?