Comments on: Rio: Of Course We Can Still Win The League http://therepublikofmancunia.com/rio-of-course-we-can-still-win-the-league/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rio-of-course-we-can-still-win-the-league a Manchester United blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: denton davey http://therepublikofmancunia.com/rio-of-course-we-can-still-win-the-league/#comment-21521 denton davey Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:22:40 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=5032#comment-21521 I'd like to believe that UTD can get back into the race - five points behind (taking the Fulham match as a dead-cert 3-pointer, which is risky but what the hell) and with a very substantially-inferior goal difference to the RentBoyz, it seems an uphill struggle. But, it's hardly an insurmountable obstacle. What concerns me most - today's one-sided clobbering apart - is that UTD are still not showing that drive/penetration that is leading to easy goals and decisive victories. Too much play is sideways and too many goals are long shots. I'd like to see more running off the ball, one-twos, and running the ball into the opponents' goal. Too much of the play so far has been unnecessarily "cagey" rather than direct, go-for-the-throat attacking. I'd also like to see Berbatov and Rooney/Tevez playing further up-front rather than wandering back into midfield so often. And, finally, I'd like to see SAF find a way to accommodate all four of Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney and Berbatov in the same line-up. And, yes, I still believe that UTD are in the hunt for a third successive EPL title. I’d like to believe that UTD can get back into the race – five points behind (taking the Fulham match as a dead-cert 3-pointer, which is risky but what the hell) and with a very substantially-inferior goal difference to the RentBoyz, it seems an uphill struggle. But, it’s hardly an insurmountable obstacle.

What concerns me most – today’s one-sided clobbering apart – is that UTD are still not showing that drive/penetration that is leading to easy goals and decisive victories.

Too much play is sideways and too many goals are long shots. I’d like to see more running off the ball, one-twos, and running the ball into the opponents’ goal.

Too much of the play so far has been unnecessarily “cagey” rather than direct, go-for-the-throat attacking. I’d also like to see Berbatov and Rooney/Tevez playing further up-front rather than wandering back into midfield so often. And, finally, I’d like to see SAF find a way to accommodate all four of Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney and Berbatov in the same line-up.

And, yes, I still believe that UTD are in the hunt for a third successive EPL title.

]]> By: edi http://therepublikofmancunia.com/rio-of-course-we-can-still-win-the-league/#comment-21518 edi Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:56:18 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=5032#comment-21518 Well said Scott. That rent boy knows F**K all about winning stuff. Cant wait until they come to Old Trafford. Well said Scott. That rent boy knows F**K all about winning stuff. Cant wait until they come to Old Trafford.

]]> By: SteRDLK http://therepublikofmancunia.com/rio-of-course-we-can-still-win-the-league/#comment-21515 SteRDLK Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:28:11 +0000 http://therepublikofmancunia.com/?p=5032#comment-21515 Anybody with half a brain cell knows the league isnt decided in October or November I am positive we will finish AT LEAST second, and the Dippers will be left in the dust Anybody with half a brain cell knows the league isnt decided in October or November

I am positive we will finish AT LEAST second, and the Dippers will be left in the dust

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