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But why the stamp out? Has he ever done that before?
Herrera's tackle wasn't even that bad.
It's our first loss in 2015 mate ... Chin up.
Lack of fight, not enough short passes to move around them. Very disappointing
I get why Gerrard did it. He loves to get stuck in early and probably wanted to errr... Stamp his authority on midfield. He was pumped up and that got the better of him. Oh well.
You sound like a manc.
No he won't.
Yup.
I wonder if he also thought he'd never get a red that early in the half, especially with a referee as useless as Tw@tkinson.
A few things:
Our game is incredibly reliant on speed. If the pace drops, we look awful. It's as if the mechanics of the brain shut down when the feet stand still. Some teams can slow it down and still look clever and crafty. We just look clueless.
Our players just don't seem to know how other pros sometimes get an advantage. Take Fellaini. You don't stand off him and let him play. You battle with him and you keep alerting the ref to every push and elbow. Our players let him stroll through the game while the mancs got several of our players penalised for the merest shove. It's happened throughout Rodgers' time here - even against lower league teams - and it makes us so easy to knock out of our stride. We can be tricked almost at will when it suits other teams.
Rodgers has slipped into the 'I'll wait until half time' mind set, but you have to change things sometimes earlier than that. Mentally some players were already broken before half time.
Sterling and his agent lost the initiative with that shambles of a performance. Let's see the club seize on that now.
Our game is incredibly reliant on speed. If the pace drops, we look awful. It's as if the mechanics of the brain shut down when the feet stand still. Some teams can slow it down and still look clever and crafty. We just look clueless.
Our players just don't seem to know how other pros sometimes get an advantage. Take Fellaini. You don't stand off him and let him play. You battle with him and you keep alerting the ref to every push and elbow. Our players let him stroll through the game while the mancs got several of our players penalised for the merest shove. It's happened throughout Rodgers' time here - even against lower league teams - and it makes us so easy to knock out of our stride. We can be tricked almost at will when it suits other teams.
Rodgers has slipped into the 'I'll wait until half time' mind set, but you have to change things sometimes earlier than that. Mentally some players were already broken before half time.
Sterling and his agent lost the initiative with that shambles of a performance. Let's see the club seize on that now.
Completely agreed about Sterling, he's been piss poor for a while now and while he does have the potential to be a great player, on current evidence, he can shove his demands.
Gerrard made a mistake in the heat of the moment, the first challenge came in, then the second - it was a bad enough challenge anyway by their player that deservedly drew a booking, but Stevie fucked up. I respect his honesty in the interview.
A couple of players have slipped in recent weeks, particularly Can, Moreno and Sterling, they need a break out the team, even if that means playing the likes of Lovren, Toure, Johnson etc.
Finally, I thought the ref was poor, inconsistent decision making - particularly over Jones and Rooney who both should have been booked for other incidents (Rooney if only for an accumulation of fouls). United play acted, we lost our heads and performed badly, but the ref was a joke. He blocked our player off too, in the build up to the second goal, accident no doubt, but it summed up his day and them getting the rub of the green.
Mario deserves a start, Sturridge is struggling on his own.
Gerrard made a mistake in the heat of the moment, the first challenge came in, then the second - it was a bad enough challenge anyway by their player that deservedly drew a booking, but Stevie fucked up. I respect his honesty in the interview.
A couple of players have slipped in recent weeks, particularly Can, Moreno and Sterling, they need a break out the team, even if that means playing the likes of Lovren, Toure, Johnson etc.
Finally, I thought the ref was poor, inconsistent decision making - particularly over Jones and Rooney who both should have been booked for other incidents (Rooney if only for an accumulation of fouls). United play acted, we lost our heads and performed badly, but the ref was a joke. He blocked our player off too, in the build up to the second goal, accident no doubt, but it summed up his day and them getting the rub of the green.
Mario deserves a start, Sturridge is struggling on his own.
Like all too many British refs these days, he's incompetent AND cowardly. When he makes one mistake, he'll keep making more of the same because he fears it will be an admission of weakness to change tack. So whichever team first gets a naff decision, gets a whole lot more, all through the game.
I was surprised to see how little we wanted it. Gerrard probably put in our first tackle of the game in the start of the 2nd half.
Utd dominated us totally in the first half and we looked second rate for 25-30 mins.
That surprised me. Top 4 showdown, Utd at home and Anfield rocking. How on earth isnt that enough to get you going?
Moreno was shite, Allen struggled and we were all over the place in the start of the game.
Utd have so much luck these days you just knew they'd score with their first chance.
Atkinson? Shocking. Not biased just very poor overall. We knew he would be but sadly the FA didnt think this game warrented a ref who actually knows what he's doing.
Gerrard. Well, just ridiculous. An apology doesnt help at all.
Utd dominated us totally in the first half and we looked second rate for 25-30 mins.
That surprised me. Top 4 showdown, Utd at home and Anfield rocking. How on earth isnt that enough to get you going?
Moreno was shite, Allen struggled and we were all over the place in the start of the game.
Utd have so much luck these days you just knew they'd score with their first chance.
Atkinson? Shocking. Not biased just very poor overall. We knew he would be but sadly the FA didnt think this game warrented a ref who actually knows what he's doing.
Gerrard. Well, just ridiculous. An apology doesnt help at all.
Sterling is wasted being played as wing back though. He played on both sides today.
Against City, Allen was first touch control, second touch pass. First touch control, second touch pass. He was brilliant that day.
Today he often couldn't get the ball under his control by the third touch. The United players wouldn't allow him the luxury of a fourth.
Against City, Allen was first touch control, second touch pass. First touch control, second touch pass. He was brilliant that day.
Today he often couldn't get the ball under his control by the third touch. The United players wouldn't allow him the luxury of a fourth.
Allen and Henderson looked intimidated by the occasion. Even in the tunnel before the game Henderson looked like he was going to throw up and Allen looked like he was going to burst into tears.
Sterling has been fantastic as a striker who put a shift in and moves his feet. Then we suddenly stuck him at right back. If Things work, don't fix it.
I was worried when I saw the match-ups in the tunnel. United are physically so much more powerful.
I watched his eyes, they were straight ahead .. he didn't see where he was putting his foot (though maybe he guessed).
That should have been a goal. No excuse.
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