Was going to put a nice post about how it didn't matter that Arsenal played good football and had over 20 attempts and hit multiple posts if they didn't get the three points and then a rugged bearded Frechman got the job done.

Chelsea going to be tough though.

12/26/2016 3:40:13 PM

So boring today. Scored shit offside goals. Absolutely hate Mourinhos football. Pogba and zlatan so overrated.

12/27/2016 12:34:10 AM

Fuck yes Bobby.

12/27/2016 1:04:57 PM

Sucks for United that there are other good teams in the league and they were dogshit for a third of the season.

12/27/2016 1:48:32 PM

Not too worried about it at the moment. We are playing well and thats all I can ask for. We knew after those 4 home draws it would come to hurt us later but keep winning and lets see what happens. Good win for pool today. Bring on the new years fixtures. If United is in the top 4 or 2 or 3 points away after the end of week 20 I will be delighted and with a lot of the top 4 playing against each other over the next few weeks will be helpful.

12/27/2016 2:09:50 PM

Bob Bradley fired.

12/27/2016 2:20:20 PM

holy shit was I wrong about Bradley. he was a complete failure.

12/27/2016 2:50:56 PM

hate to say I called that

12/27/2016 4:37:09 PM

Quote :

"This is first time in the PL that, after 18 games, the 5th-place team has 2 pts-per-game averageVer"

Interesting stat this from frontpage of r/soccer. No wonder we haven't managed to move out of 6th place despite averaging 2.25 points per match in the last 8 matches.

The PL quality has gone up and there was a lot about midtable teams having better quality. Sure I think thats true but the top 6 are setting the pace at a crazy level this year and Conte's Chelsea are just running away with it for now. Someone said earlier that the PL will have a cycle of top 6 teams that will continue to rotate based on who has European football and who doesn't. For me I think we are on the verge of another cycle change of dominance in the CL with premier league teams fairing increasingly better over the next few years. The managers the PL has will land us some good CL runs I believe over the next 3-5 years.

12/29/2016 2:13:22 PM

Going to always be tough to compete with the massive squads of Bayern, Real and Barca (PSG too) when they play in far less physically demanding leagues.

12/29/2016 3:11:59 PM

^ It wasn't an issue between 2005-2011 though so why is it now? I think the quality itself had gone down for the premier league since 2010 and it is finally coming back up at the top level. Either that or the top level is just evenly matched but still far behind the rest of Europe.

12/29/2016 3:22:45 PM

Money. Teams like Stoke would never dream of being able to land a guy like Shaqiri (Bayern reject though he may be) in 2005. Levante isn't buying up that caliber player in La Liga.

Don't get me wrong England can still compete but it's much harder given the relative parity between PL top and bottom and Spain/Germany.

12/29/2016 3:49:49 PM

I just discovered the EPL channels on Directv starting at 491. Have they always been there?

12/31/2016 10:02:52 AM

The pass from Luis to Costa was ridiculous. If he would have finished would have been one of the top goals of the year.

12/31/2016 10:45:33 AM

^^ lol yep. Year three there.

12/31/2016 11:09:46 AM

[Edited on December 31, 2016 at 11:38 AM. Reason : Removed pic]

12/31/2016 11:23:25 AM

^^ dang I've been watching online anytime we weren't on NBC main channels.

12/31/2016 11:40:17 AM

Wazza about to come jerk off all over this thread. The magic is back!!!!!

12/31/2016 11:44:06 AM

Don't understand why Martial doesn't get regular run. He's so good every time I watch them.

12/31/2016 11:45:07 AM

He was trash early on the year. Real trash. Much better now.

Depay is done I guess at United, right?

12/31/2016 11:47:38 AM

I thought he started the season fine. The entire team was trash.

12/31/2016 11:49:51 AM

God Mourinho is such a twat. I wish Chambers dropped him there...

12/31/2016 11:50:41 AM

Oh we pogback...

12/31/2016 12:05:52 PM

Pogba looked every bit worth his cost today. Best players by miles on field.

12/31/2016 12:53:04 PM

If I am Pepe I'd be pulling my hair with frustration at these results

12/31/2016 2:22:28 PM

get in. what a defensive effort

12/31/2016 2:23:45 PM

Giroud can do it AND stay onside

1/1/2017 11:19:51 AM

1/1/2017 11:20:09 AM

beauty. Giroud > Mhkitaryan

1/1/2017 11:52:23 AM

Watched both the goals. Mkhi's was better

1/1/2017 2:06:31 PM

Agreed. I don't want to make Jose and wazza

1/1/2017 5:20:28 PM

Giroud what a goal. Martial didn't play because he was terrible in that 3 match run that we lost earlier this year. Then he got hurt. Players like martial and Rashford are inconsistent because of their age. Looked every bit the player like he was last year yesterday. He also had some mental issues I think with his wife and their divorce. Whenever he played earlier this year he was just going through the motions.

I hope to see Jesse and Martial continue to put in this kind of work rate. Mourinho has handled players extremely well if you ask me. The guy is a great man manager. Depay is certainly done though I think. Sucks but he just never planned out. Dude should go to serie A I think. I am surprised Juve isn't considering him.

Pogba has been absolutely unplayable last 3 matches. Slowly starting to adapt. It was silly that people criticized him when he was in a new team and a league. Jose slowly bringing the good times back. Table position sucks and that is our own fault but I am bloody enjoying watching this team and I love that they work so hard for each other now. Finally the players are responding to valid criticism.

1/1/2017 6:57:43 PM

Is Januzaj ok? He keeps falling.

1/2/2017 10:39:06 AM

Lol Mane

1/2/2017 11:41:19 AM

Ridiculous hand ball but foul call on free kick was a joke. Soft decisions all game.

1/2/2017 11:49:27 AM

Wtf? Never a red. Ever.

[Edited on January 2, 2017 at 12:35 PM. Reason : Fernandinhos was. That was maybe a 60/40. Yellow yes but not malicious or with intent]

1/2/2017 12:30:25 PM

Clear red

1/2/2017 12:39:40 PM

Wasn't nearly as bad as Fernandinho or Rojo's TWO.

[Edited on January 2, 2017 at 12:45 PM. Reason : Another angle and it looked like Jones flew in too off the ground.. anyway..]

1/2/2017 12:43:23 PM

So wazza31, we still complaining about officiating and bad luck or all good now?

Only three offsides players there.

United deserve to win again but shocking officiating.

1/2/2017 1:53:36 PM

Whats up with the shitty officiating in general? Tons of decisions gone for and against us

1/2/2017 1:54:14 PM

It's been a problem all year. I don't even really mind the reds. I see why Mike Dean can give that. It was actually more like 50/50 but he's hardly the only one that gives that.

But the offside calls are shocking. When Valencia missed in the first half he was two yards off. It's hardly a United thing. League wide linesmen have been awful.

1/2/2017 2:01:09 PM

chelsea for the coronation on wed

1/2/2017 3:17:02 PM

nah son

[Edited on January 3, 2017 at 8:34 AM. Reason : It's a london derby. Kane brace incoming.]

1/3/2017 8:34:33 AM

United fans have been saying officiating has been subpar all year and yesterday was no different. Sure it benefited my team for once but Dean ruined the match. I like that now everyone will focus on the ref because it has benefited united but when we were saying the referees were terrible we were dismissed.

I expected to drop points yesterday and West Ham did look lively in the first 15 minutes. Our players were flat until Rashford and Mata came on so delighted to see us get three points despite a bad performance. I also don't feel sorry for West Ham and their fans. They got away with a draw at Old Trafford because of horrible officiating and celebrated. Fuck them, couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of twats.

[Edited on January 3, 2017 at 9:41 AM. Reason : a]

1/3/2017 9:37:38 AM

Missed penalty decisions, questionable foul calls, close offside decisions... I understand those from time to time.

The red was frustrating as a United hater because they're in a tough away game in a busy fixture period and get to play 80 minutes a man up. That's a huge advantage. I didn't get to watch United last week but I did hear decisions went against them - anything as bad as this red card against West Ham?

1/3/2017 1:40:34 PM

ibra's disallowed goal

[Edited on January 3, 2017 at 2:13 PM. Reason : i think mata had one too]

1/3/2017 2:12:19 PM

Was Ibra's a bad offside call? Didn't see it.

(United has had a ton of offsides screw ups it seems this year both for and against. Mkhitarayans Giroud was like five feet offside)

1/3/2017 2:15:24 PM

it was clear step or two on the replay

Quote :

"Mkhitarayans Giroud"

I see what you did there

1/3/2017 2:16:43 PM

Quote :

"The red was frustrating as a United hater because they're in a tough away game in a busy fixture period and get to play 80 minutes a man up."

and the fact that Rojo gets away with that shit all the time

1/3/2017 2:56:44 PM

Xaka is such a donkey lol

No wonder Arse is afraid to play him

1/3/2017 3:07:06 PM