Post Match Manchester United 1 Leicester 1

[Jeff]

Bertrand looked bloody good in preseason, but got covid [the bad one] never seemed to recover.

It's still bad for a lot of people. I tested positive three weeks ago, I was negative 16 days later but I still have symptoms. Just going upstairs leaves me out of breath. Apparently this can last for months. Could have been much worse though.

 

[popillius]

Mendy was our man of the match. It makes me laugh when I recall all those on here, and there were lots, who consistently said he was crap. Can't see further than the end of their noses. I'm still laughing.

It was probably those loads and loads of times when he was utter, utter shit that did it. He was good today and in his last game. He was, however, still utter, utter shit in all those other games.

The talk of him and Iheanacho being much better than loads of people think is just tosh really. It just doesnt reflect the true picture of what we see. Successive managers have been blamed for 'under using' them but this is too convenient. They haven’t been under used, they have been used when we needed to use them and that, primarily, is their role; stand-ins. There's a reason loads of folk think they aren't all that. They have eyes. If you take every game they have played and mark, as a percentage, games where they have had a positive impact and played well, both would struggle to get to 50%. Consistency has to be part of the equation if you are judging a player's contribution to the club over time.

 

[Miles Away]

He won't though. He really won't.

I mean…he already has

 

[TornadoShaunUK]

Other than scoring a brilliant goal and setting up the disallowed one…

TBf, he was utterly shite despite the goal and the rather harshly disallowed goal.

 

[Brown Nose]

TBf, he was utterly shite despite the goal and the rather harshly disallowed goal.

What did the Romans ever do for us?

 

[Bezu Fache Fox]

TBf, he was utterly shite despite the goal and the rather harshly disallowed goal.

He held up the ball well at times, he wasn't utterly shite.

 

[popillius]

I mean…he already has

You're right. He only moved from Man City to us 5 years ago and he's got 24 goals. He'll bang them in for his next new club....

 

[fitz]

What did the Romans ever do for us?

Feed the Yak. He might score a hattrick but also control the ball terribly a few times.

 

[popillius]

He held up the ball well at times, he wasn't utterly shite.

He was.

 

[Bezu Fache Fox]

He was.

Watching two different games etc.

 

[Blue Maniac]

You're right. He only moved from Man City to us 5 years ago and he's got 24 goals. He'll bang them in for his next new club....

There’s a certain trick to get him scoring and apparently it involves him being on the pitch

 

[popillius]

There’s a certain trick to get him scoring and apparently it involves him being on the pitch

He'd need to be good enough to get ahead of others to do this though.

 

[popillius]

Just ro clarify, in reality he's not a terrible player but it depends on your aspirations. He isn't the answer to losing Vardy and he'd score a few for a club like Burnley or Leeds. I'd even say he's a pretty decent bench option for us but that's as far as it goes.

 

[Blue Maniac]

He'd need to be good enough to get ahead of others to do this though.

I mean, he’s clearly no Daka

 

[Volpone]

It was probably those loads and loads of times when he was utter, utter shit that did it. He was good today and in his last game. He was, however, still utter, utter shit in all those other games.

The talk of him and Iheanacho being much better than loads of people think is just tosh really. It just doesnt reflect the true picture of what we see. Successive managers have been blamed for 'under using' them but this is too convenient. They haven’t been under used, they have been used when we needed to use them and that, primarily, is their role; stand-ins. There's a reason loads of folk think they aren't all that. They have eyes. If you take every game they have played and mark, as a percentage, games where they have had a positive impact and played well, both would struggle to get to 50%. Consistency has to be part of the equation if you are judging a player's contribution to the club over time.

Except that he never was or has been utter utter shit in any game. He just hasn't. You are making it up and not for the first time either.

 

[popillius]

Except that he never was or has been utter utter shit in any game. He just hasn't. You are making it up and not for the first time either.

I mean, I'm glad you think that. Factually, it's bollocks but still.

I guess it was all those great performances that led successive managers to dump him, including the current one wanting rid of him as soon as he could.

 

[fitz]

I mean, I'm glad you think that. Factually, it's bollocks but still.

I guess it was all those great performances that led successive managers to dump him, including the current one wanting rid of him as soon as he could.

Aye. But those managers have also put Gray upfront instead of Vardy and put Soumare in ahead of Dewberries/Mendy/Hamza/a training cone.

 

[TommyK]

I've lost count of the number of games Vardy has done bugger all in but then scored.

 

[camberwell fox]

The mantra of a good striker is they in some games they will definitely **** all but pop up with a goal at a vital time.

 

[popillius]

Aye. But those managers have also put Gray upfront instead of Vardy and put Soumare in ahead of Dewberries/Mendy/Hamza/a training cone.

Yeah. I see your point.