Preston v. Man Utd

[David Johnson]

Watched this game on the Beeb last night. A few comments:

1. Preston played well.
2. Man Utd were crap in the first half.
3 Utd were better in the second but the first goal Rooney was in the line of sight of the PNE goalkeeper. The second goal, Fellaini pushed a defender out of the way to get his header in. The third goal, Rooney dived when he could easily have just jumped over the goalkeeper.
4. As in other games, Utd. seem terrified to play football until they go behind.

Had to laugh with Sam Allardyce's comments after the 1-1 draw between West Ham and Utd. "At the end of the day, we couldn't cope with Utd's long ball game" !wink! What was hilarious was that den Gaal took Sam's bait and produced a 4 page dossier which mainly stated that although, yes, Utd played far more long balls in the game than West Ham, however Allardyce was being really unfair because more than half of Utds long balls were from one side of the field to the other!.. Jeez and that is supposed to be better?

Am I being too harsh on Utd?. I know they are third in the League but given den Gaal has spent about a ?100 million more on transfers than Moyes, the team seem to be going backwards in terms of playing uptempo, attacking football for any length of time.

[Dick Moby]

Really thankful for your remarks David I watched the match as well and I must have missed so much

[Essex Lad]

Thanks Dick. I love a bit of sarcasm where Old DJ is concerned...

[Arginald Valleywater]

Watched 20 mins and swapped channels. Coming from Carlisle I am genetically bred to hate all things Preston and my dislike of Salford Cockney FC is well documented. I hope Arsenal batter them in the last 8.

[David Johnson]

"Old DJ"

You didn't get taken in by that load of old tat about me getting a World Cup Final ticket in 1966 did you?

Chance would be a fine thing, dear "I'm old before my time" Essex Lad.

[David Johnson]

Yeah, falling asleep on your sofa with that cup of cocoa probably didin't help your recall, Dick.

[Dick Moby]

David, I played football for the school on Saturday morning,I played in the amateur league on Saturday afternoon and played in another league on Sunday so I really need your views to keep me right

[David Johnson]

Lighten up Dick.

The thread is partly about the game on Monday , but mainly asks the question - Are Man Utd. any better in footballing terms under van Gaal than they were last year?

[Dick Moby]

No the thread is about David Johnson and how important he thinks his views are

[David Johnson]

Nonsense. It ends with a question "Am I being too harsh on Utd?. I know they are third in the League but given den Gaal has spent about a ?100 million more on transfers than Moyes, the team seem to be going backwards in terms of playing uptempo, attacking football for any length of time."

Have you got any thoughts on that question? Do you think that Man Utd are better in footballing terms under van Gaal than last year?

If not, troll somewhere else