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Spot on. It's not like he relies on pace and has lost it, as that can never be recovered, but vision and passing stays with you until the end - Pirlo being testament to that. So I don't understand how he is unable to pick out those passes that we bought him for. Before the second goal he got the ball just outside the halfway line with moses in acres of space to the right, yet passed it back. Absolutely baffling.

Maybe after this humbling tonight he will focus more on his game than talking about Madrid.

I've thought this about Fab over the past few games. His game has got so lethargic that he is playing mostly short balls either sideways or back. Where has his world class vision and passing gone? If he can no longer do that then we may aswell have DD in the middle, atleast he can tackle.

If if was Barca yes, yes they would.

Can't go upsetting the darlings of football can they.

We established it runs through Barcas veins, not just Messi, after that absolute sham against PSG last year. A joy to watch? F*** off

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That's a fair point, I just don't like the idea of having a player on a contract who has a release clause for another club. I can understand relegation clauses, team performance based clauses etc but this seems too much. Surely if you sign a contract, you're 100% committed to the club and that is where you want to be.

The contract circus is now saying he will sign a contract only if he has a Real Madrid release clause. Probably nonsense as per usual with the media, but if it isn't, it would be an odd contract to agree to. The club would do it so they have more leverage with his price, but where does that leave us? Having a player that isn't committed to the club as he has one eye on Spain would surely be counter productive. Hopefully it's rubbish, but the way the game is going it seems entirely possible.

We need to remember he's young, it's his first experience playing in such a physical league and it's the first time in his career he's the main man at a club. Everything that frustrated me with Morata yesterday, frustrated me with Drogba in his first season (the whole going down over a nudge in the back) and look how that turned out. Personally I won't be writing the lad off until mid way next season if nothing changes by then. Hopefully a season to get used to the league, the pressure and what's expected of him and we may see a different player come next season.

Strange isn't it considering this is a huge game for both teams.

Anyone would think united were 3 up the way they are just walking around.

I Feel sorry for Pogba. Looks as though the shield fell off his barbers clippers half way through his trim.

United with a 433 apparently. Showing some intent there maybe?

I can't be any worse than our 'Mourinho: potato field' back in 2006

Fair enough, changing to an unfamiliar system when your chasing a game is quite different to practicing it before hand.

If this is the case, then why? Other managers adopted his system last year - Wenger being one of them who even criticised the system and it worked for them during the run in.

Same formation, same players, same sh*t.

Wow, no wonder we didn't pursue it. For City to say 'thanks but no thanks' shows how ridiculous it is. Where will it end? I can see how this would cause dressing room unrest (regarding enigmas post) every other player will be wanting more money, especially the likes of Pogba who has the ego to feel he would deserve more.

At the time of posting, Sky Sports had a 'Breaking news: Sanchez agrees Man Utd contract' but seem to have taken it off.

Carroll it is then

He is struggling with his knee apparently.

This spin of the ball meant it could have gone anywhere. Can't say I blame Morata for that.

I posted this in another thread: "For anyone who hasn't yet bought Fifa 18 this a little prewarning, the game has a few bugs and not really worth getting at the moment until they are fixed in my opinion. So far I have encountered: - Career mode. For some reason when you sell players or sign players on a precontract, they don't actually join/leave your club. Actually trying to sign a player is really tough. When a player is sold, there wages aren't added to the wage pot. This is really frustrating when trying to play a career with a team like Doncaster. - Finesse shot bug. If like me, you remap your button layout, for some reason it causes a glitch with finesse shot. No matter how much power you apply to a shot, the bar fills up and the ball is skyed over the bar." Hope this helps

He looked good in the cup, but putting him in against a good Watford team could be too much too soon. Definitely want to see more of this lad though.