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United versus Everton, facebook, 8pm

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That cock up by Barkley towards the end of the half summed him up.

Picks the ball up, turns and runs and looks absolutely frightening for 3 or 4 strides and then for seemingly no reason ends up flat on his face as soon as an opposition player comes within 5 yards of him.

He's the most talented player in our current squad, he just has to chill the feck out and use his head more.
 

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Believe it or not, James McCarthy is in this picture.
 
we aare defo confused between systems, martinez style and the new koeman approach.

weve actually played a little bit better than on saturday. but even with rom, barkley and del boy on the pitch we have looked absolutly no threat whatsoever.
 
45 mins of 0-0 is honestly better than I thought we would do. Defensively, outside of the stones mistakes we looked very solid, gave up almost nothing DESPITE a lot of defending. Midfield is non-existent. We have had a couple of opportunities up front, but we are giving away the ball with a lot of unforced and forced errors.

Barry can make some great passes, but he also has some inexplicable giveaways that put us under major pressure. Him and McCarthy back there, as the link to the forwards, is probably by far the weakest link right now.
 
we aare defo confused between systems, martinez style and the new koeman approach.

weve actually played a little bit better than on saturday. but even with rom, barkley and del boy on the pitch we have looked absolutly no threat whatsoever.

First few games of pre-season we looked quite dynamic.

As soon as Rom came back, we looked awful.

And I'm not blaming Rom - it's like you say, we have no idea what we're doing, and as such we're doing everything wrong - especially when it comes to using Lukaku properly.
 

there's little doubt that the transition from Martinez style to RK's has created a bit of a 'playing vacuum'. I guess that might take some time, and new players, to fill.
 
Our forwards and defense are two separate teams. No links between the two, definitely need more in the midfield. There was a point when funes picked the ball up near the half way line and gestured for one of barry or mcarthy to move beyond him. They both dropped in behind him. Good news is we look solid defensively. Only a friendly like but man utd look like they're gonna be a force this season.
 
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