r3d_d3vils_4life:

Teams are playing more defensively against United than previous years. I assure you this "trend" your talking about has become more prevalent in the past two seasons.

As much as I respect your opinion my friend,what you've mentioned there is simply not true.

For more than a decade,opposition teams have always had the gameplan to come at Old Trafford and play defensively.That hasn't changed till today.

We were able to effortlessly unlock opposition defences the past 2 seasons.Mainly because we had a rather nice Portugese winger who knew exactly where the back of the net was.

KillerXxX:

I just realized this today actually while watching us playing blackburn.Man utd matches are getting boring. remember about 2 years ago probably in the 11th minute or 20th minute we would have scored 2 goals already?no attack that can shake Blackburn's back 4. Well as always what can u expect from a standard team. Do you guys think the same way? BTW I'm a die hard man utd fan. I'm just expressing at my discontent in United game.

We may not be playing as flamboyantly as we were 2-3 years back but as long as we get the right results I really don't mind.

Scholes used to go forward alot when he was at his prime. Now he is not doing that anymore but no one fill in his role for him. Carrick is a true central mid. Anderson ordered to stay back. Fletcher is a true defending mid. United don't have a true attacking mid since Ronaldo's departure.

 One thing I'm missing is that Nani never dribbles. I would like to see some cheeky skill from him, like Ronaldo did. He used to, not anymore. The spark isn't there. Hopefully Silva can be brought in, in January.

ArPanRaI:

 if we lose against chelsea on sat than 100% we wont win EPL this year.

 

this guy doesnt even know what day the match is on! not a scooby do!

Gabranth:

Boring is not the same as grinding a win. We don't play beautiful football anymore.

 

 

Go on youtube and check Berba's goal one more time to see beautiful!

Go check Rooney's goal; go check our disallowed goal; go check Rooney's backheel flick to Berbatov when he shot wide.

All this is beauty my friend.

 

im glad im not the only one thinking this is the most pointless forum, some fans need to think what they want to say before they post it! im getting fed up of glory hunters slating united week in week out!

1. united may not be playing the most attractive football at the moment but look at the results, 2nd in the league, won 3 out of 3 in CL 2of 3 being away! and quater final of the carling cup...i would think most football fans would be more than pleased with this....but some united fans are not happy unless they are seeing 4 or 5 nil every week!

2.the atmosphere inside old trafford is always a tricky one depending on where you sit inside OT depends on your outake of the atmosphere. i was barnsley last week and the atmosphere was quality! the problem is  the fans who treat united as a attraction not a football team and thats where the atmosphere suffers too many people happy sitting eating the prawn sandwiches and then leaving 10 minutes before the end!

 3.  if united dont win on sun 100% we wont win the league.????  this is the exact sort of comment im talking about negative! why why why??? why come out with such a stupid comment! go and support chelsea or a team that plays quick attacking free flowing football every week, you are supposed to be manchester united 'FANS'  its a shame a small percentage just use these forums to rant about something negative everytime they spot something on the tele! LUHG!

ArPanRaI:

 if we lose against chelsea on sat than 100% we wont win EPL this year.

 

 

you cannot be 100% on that. Who knows what future holds. And Africas Cup of Nations   !!

 

and 5 points behind leaders at start of November is not really that huge gap! Chelsea will slip up aswell sooner or later.

 

As mr. legend Paul Scholes said, our best is yet to come!

 if we lose against chelsea on sunday than 100% we wont win EPL this year.

Sir Alex has mellow over the years and so has the team. We used to play 4-4-2 with attacking mode, we are now playing European style football which is to secure point and win. What do we want, to be like Arsenal and win nothing or ourselves and won everything. The only team that can do that is Barcelona winning by playing attractive football. In order to that, we will need to change our beloved manager, Sir Alex. Even if Jose if here, we will play boring but winning football. Let's get Josep Guardiola.

Old Trafford is soooo quiet!!! I was at the game as i am every week and we have been so quiet. we have no chants nothing! We as fans neeed to come together and believe in our team, as they should believe in us to be there in the good and bad times. we need chants and more enthusiasm!

 

unitedfanUSA1:

We dominated the poseesion and head field advantage better than 60-40; shots at goal were 6-2; we won 2-0!

This was actually the most comfortable game to watch in the past 2 months.

Let's hope we have many more such boring games!

Let's hope the Chelsea game is as boring as this one! 

Boring is not the same as grinding a win. We don't play beautiful football anymore.

 I think there are some people with rose colored glasses on also.   I keep reading posts where people act like Manchester United AVERAGED 4 goals a game in the past.    You folks might want to go back and check the stats.   

Also to the OP 2 seasons ago (the 07-08 season) United beat Blackburn at home 2-0 and tied them away  1-1. I mean since you mentioned how we would have buried them 2 seasons ago, I just thought I would look it up and see how we did against them, lol.

We dominated the poseesion and head field advantage better than 60-40; shots at goal were 6-2; we won 2-0!

This was actually the most comfortable game to watch in the past 2 months.

Let's hope we have many more such boring games!

Let's hope the Chelsea game is as boring as this one! 

I cannot believe my eyes while reading some of the comments on here, a few supporters have genuinely embarassed themselves with some remarks. Manchester United games becoming boring? Sir Alex tactically inept? Utter rubbish.

While we perhaps do not break teams so easily as we used to, we have become much more cunning and cautious, but not boring, not in a million years. I write it down to Sir Alex's getting more and more mature as the years went on. We are no longer caught on the counter-attacks, conceding silly goals due to tactically wrong defensive movements(although this season two goals were conceded after the oppposition used the old trick of gathering our defence on one side, crossed the ball to the other where tall player out-jumped our small full-back Evra, -Bolton and Wolfsburg) or from set-pieces. Also, 9 out of 10 teams that come to Old Trafford will inevitably play 4-5-1 which, if performed well, is immensely difficult to score against and is excellent for counter-attack. So, patience is the key. Goals will always come at this football club, it is about staying strong at the back. When the first goal came in against Blackburn, we could have scored four more. And that's what it is all about. Patience till the opener, then it all goes the way us fans like.

Our recent CL successes are mainly down to the manager's tactical decisions and team selection. Sir Alex is a genius. Anyone remembers the line-up in Moscow? Hargreaves on the right, to prevent A.Cole overlapping, Ronaldo on the left where he scored from. It was a master-stroke. And despite a deserved loss in Rome, I still regard the decision to pressurize Barcelona's back four, even when the goalkeeper was about to restart the play, a class act.

You guys really think Sir Alex doesn't see our CM are not 'bombing forward'? Anyone perhaps concluded that it is due to the fear not to get easily caught on the break? If we need to score, they will go forward, no problem. Remember City and Sunderland? But, if it's nil-nil on 55 minutes at home, why take a chance? 

One point I must agree is Nani. Despite SAF's steely determination to make the most of such a great talent, the lad is clearly running out of time and his confidence is extremely poor.

All the players get their chance at Man Utd. Tosic has improved a lot physically and learned a few things abot our play. His off-ball movement followed by a nice shot at Barnsley was a proof the lad is a real diamond, and I guess he will play in the second half of the season, with Giggs moving to centre-midfield and a big number of games taking their toll on Park and Nani. Mame and Ljajic will most likely feature regularly in the 2011/2012 season.