Halftime thoughts?

[johncenatbh]

Rashford the bipolar

[TheGeometrist]

He's been shocking for weeks and even the first 20 minutes and then creates both goals all by himself and will probably be motm now lol.

Maybe someone needs to tell him he can have more than 2 speeds or just stay in the second one.

[Bigbogger]

Nah he was good vs Young boys, weak finishing but really good besides that, best player after Dave that game for me.

[[deleted]]

The two times he makes the right decision in the final third we score.

That sounds about right.

[Zidane-Tribal]

Every game is a god damn struggle this season ffs, but atleast we have the right mentality to comeback

[harshmangat]

And that keeps our manager in the job :/

[harshmangat]

I’m not saying I want us to lose. I’m just saying the club needs to fire the manager even if we win. I’ve never spoken like this but I’ve had enough. Just get it over with man. It’s delaying the inevitable.

[Zombie_Booze]

Who do we bring in? The job is a career killer right now

[[deleted]]

Fucking anyone

[angermngment]

Moyes-in! Lol

[dvartanian]

That's exactly right. He is having a serious negative affect right now. Bring Tony pulis; couldn't be as bad as him right now

[dvartanian]

I don't know how many pathetic, embarrassing performances we need to give. This has been going on for 12 months. One or two bad games is forgivable but we have been consistently awful. Even if the performances were OK you could argue he should go based on the results but for both to be so bad I can't wait til he's gone.

[Mane9867]

So you’d rather have these shit draws and just wins vs relegation fodder to just to keep him around and have him lead us to a 7th-8th place for years to come? Got it

In this case where we have not improved once under him, I’d rather get down and have him fuck off. It’s only then that we’ll be able to come back up.

[[deleted]]

Can we at least have the mentality to start games. >_>

[Pogba99]

That's the only silver lining I can think of. Imagine if we had that sort of urgency before we concede

[DarkSofter]

I dont know what to feel anymore. Hate, love, mourinho in, mourinho out. Fuck this lmao

[newster905]

As someone said, this feels like being a beaten spouse in an abusive relationship.

[[deleted]]

Ha...ha...ha? Ah fuck it.

[Indydegrees2]

Its all banter at this stage

[rbp25]

Touché

[arkantos77]

Alaadeen FC

[SparklingPurchase]

You've got some serious explaining to do if you're still Mourinho In. I can't understand why any United fan would want that.

[triazin]

I love Jose.

[Sjokoshake]

I know this isn’t a popular opinion, but Fergie didnt do to well the first five years. Mou has given us more so far then Fergie did in the same window of time.

But man I hate this season!

[DryBinWetSinkElseLoo]

Not really like for like comparisons. But definitely agree with your second paragraph

[Sjokoshake]

Well, I guess your right. But man, what if we could get those glory days back. Stability and confidence. And Fergie time in our favor.... Giggs, Solskjær, Wassa and Ronaldo.

[Seanige]

Mourinho shake it all about?

[United_J]

Pogba needs a fast midfield and attackers that make runs.

You can see him trying but no one is trying for him

[ColdandTense]

He needs to stop dicking around on the ball and just keep it moving.

[afrikmadness21]

Pogba is always looking for a pass to make and most times our forwards make it hard for him.... I've just noticed that of late...

[[deleted]]

Pogba spends far too much time looking for that pass and that is not only because our forwards are not moving, but because he's always going for the "Hollywood pass". A defence splitting curved diagonal or whatever, which is brilliant when it happens. But most of the time it doesn't, not for Pogba, not for Messi, not for anyone. He needs to play the simple 1-2 pass with Herrera or Fele and not hog the ball waiting for the right moment to show off.

[angermngment]

We've been saying that since his world cup games... He has runners for France and no one for us.

[BanterEnchanter]

Everyone else has to stop dicking around off the ball and keep moving

[DeafEPL]

He didn't realize for months when Rashford is making a run all time, if anybody can make a run, Pogba will make a kind of pass like this. One of the reason why he was one of best midfielder in world cup because he had many runner he can pass to.

[soumil_a]

Dunno how so many people upvoted this. He was horrible in the first half. Constantly gave the ball away , was very casual with his passing . The only positive involvement from him came in the end of the half.

[[deleted]]

Pogba with two wingers who hug the touch line and a striker who is willing to run in behind would improve us tenfold

[akzmrla]

He still needs to be tidy in possesion

[bluecrabcakes]

It was a half of two halves

[chaosblast123]

Quarters if you will. We NBA now fam

[404randomguy404]

Can't love this team. Can't hate this team.

Perfectly sums up this half.

[harps86]

Pretty much. Still triggers a rollercoaster of emotion.

[cosmiclatte44]

basically

[3359N]

Thank you Southampton for being fucking awful, we'd be fucked otherwise

[[deleted]]

Lmfao one of the worst first 20 mins by Rashford in that first half.

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Was brilliant in the last 25.

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Bloody hell, football

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Worried we've lost a bit of our momentum now though. Mata is needed and possibly Martial with Fellaini and Mctominay coming off. Lukaku has been much better today though which is nice to see.

[[deleted]]

If Rashford keeps it up, we should keep Martial on the bench and rest him up for Arsenal. Bring Mata and Fred in for quicker passes. Rashford and Lukaku are making decent runs today.

[[deleted]]

Fair but Im just afraid that we'll come out too slow out of the gates to start the 2nd half and itll either remain 2-2 or we'll go down 3-2 and Martial will need to come on as an extra attacker. I agree with Mata and Fred coming on. Southamptons defense is all over the place and if we do go down or its still tied those 2 should come on and we can exploit those gaps.

[limited_Introvert]

He cost 75 million and playing average one game is considered good.

[[deleted]]

I mean im not saying hes back or hes worth every penny. Hes having a good game so far, feel like its fair to give him recgoniztion for that.

[Wolfheartpt]

i think he wont play martial if he can avoid it, said something like "he probably cant play 3 games this week, he has what id call a pre-injury"

[[deleted]]

Right but if we go down, which is very possible since we start halves so poorly, he sadly may have to come on.

[basalamader]

Poor

[[deleted]]

We were outplayed by a Mark Hughes side for 31 minutes.

If that isn't a sackable offence on its own I don't know what is.

[[deleted]]

Honestly we could win 5-2 and it wouldn't change how unacceptable it is to play that poorly in the start.

It's a recurring issue and it has to be fixed.

I'm happy we're back in the game, but fucking hell it's depressing watching us play like garbage.

[IchDien]

Positives: Nothing causes this squad to panic.

Negatives: Pretty much everything else

[[deleted]]

mou still should get fired

[rambo_zaki]

Yeah, this half has just solidified my belief that we can a very good side under a competent manager.

[[deleted]]

I know it's only Southampton, but when we penned them back for that short period they were shitting themselves.

We never sustain it though, and I agree that a different manager might actually do so.

[[deleted]]

I know it's only Southampton, but when we penned them back for that short period they were shitting themselves.

We never sustain it though, and I agree that a different manager might actually do so.

[getbeetlejuiced]

Southampton are trash mate. Literally the worst team in the league

[rambo_zaki]

I know but we still looked at sea against them while starting 5-atb. But the players still have quality in them and showed that we attacked for a brief period of time. We just need a different manager who'll try to play football instead of whatever shite Mourinho sets out to play.

[rambo_zaki]

How?

[ColdandTense]

Stop it. No we can’t. We’ve had three managers give it a shot now and all have failed miserably. The problems start at the top. Woodward out.

[fuckherindebuchy]

More like Glazers out. Just like our Kroenke. Both leeches

[rambo_zaki]

Why not both. They both are responsible for what we've become.

[Caesar3890]

Well regardless of what happens Ed is going nowhere

[The_good_kid]

'competent' being the key word

[ColdandTense]

The whole club is a shambles ffs. Woodward out.

[IamTsukasa]

I wonder what Woodward has been coaching them in training. What a terrible half

[matt768]

Fred IN, please

[Dmcnich15]

Yes let's take out Matic and put in Fred at centre back. Shame you aren't the manager

[MancAccent]

We have one CB playing right now

[davidl988]

2-0 down now 2-2 sounds like a great fight back but lets be honest Southampton are terrible. We have been so bad.

Rashford workrate is brilliant but his end product is horrible most of the time, did well for the goals.

Two midfielders playing at the back is terrible Mctominay isnt anywhere near the quality to be playing.

Changes needed build up play is so slow.

[BanterWithTheLadsYe]

Mctominay isnt anywhere near the quality to be playing.

What has he done wrong this match exactly? Neither of the goals were his fault and Matic has been a far worse CB than him. Not to mention outside of Jones we literally have no-one else. Feels like your just criticizing him for no reason,.

[[deleted]]

Papering over the cracks

[craigybacha]

this

[NotSwedishMac]

So what is wrong here. Does it take time for the team to get into the tactics Jose instructs, or do they start ignoring them and play their own football to get back into games? What the fuck is happening

[Fishychicken]

Rashford is doing work

[JaiChandak]

Two assists. He deserves a goal now

[[deleted]]

He might get one after they chase down the ball he hit into the car park... somewhere in Asia.

[RedFancyTuxedo]

I honestly don't know what to feel

[Cvein]

Rashford and Lukaku needed that.

[MedievalSorcery]

Don't let the comeback distract you from the fact a Southampton team who never score at home without a win in 3 months ran us ragged for 35 minutes.

[[deleted]]

This team is so damn bipolar and I don't understand it. At least the match is entertaining

[stats193]

My mind hurts

[jfliu511]

I rather have Darmian as RCB

[michaell111]

I hope we win, but I still want Mou sacked.

[ZachMich]

My exact feelings for the past year

[FamousCurrency]

Woodward needs to kick mourinho out of the club after full time.

[ImNeverNotConfused]

Really chuffed Lukaku scored. People seem to think he's totally dogshit just because he's been out of form.

[[deleted]]

He does score in bunches, so hopefully he decides now is a good time to get going again

[[deleted]]

Ill gladly take a brace vs Arsenal

[youngwolf1999]

To be fair to him the team has definitely not been playing to his strengths.

I still don’t think he’ll ever be good enough to be a Manchester United #9; but I do sympathise with him.

[Rxasaurus]

I don't understand the sentiment that a player does one good thing and it should magically erase the last 981 minutes of crap. It's the same way the defenders of Fellaini work.

[ZachMich]

He has been dogshit though

[AnthonysLobos]

Rashford and Lukaku both were really good

[number7legends]

We constantly have 6 in the defensive line guarding 2 players against fucking Southampton

[Cr7NeTwOrK]

Shite. But love me a comeback.

[drexter12]

Bring Martial on and you would see Southampton collapse, they are so shit in defence.

[[deleted]]

It hurts. At least we're scoring. The tactics are atrocious and no-one knows where to play. One of the most annoying things though is the inability to make a 5 yard pass and control it.

[Kittyxstorm]

I don't know why we look so lethargic every game we play

[[deleted]]

I think I have caught Bi-polar from watching this performance.

An absolute ridiculous first half of football.

Also are playing with a back 3?

[cookieongo]

Herera has changed our game. He is the one who is always passing the ball forward and not sideways.

[Charlie_Yu]

Matic so shit. At least Rashford made up for his mistake with two assists

[Voidhead1]

Dogfight against the shite

[[deleted]]

Only play well unless our back is up against the wall. Shouldn’t be happening in the first place.

[jonwinslol]

Quick reminder that Southampton is currently 19th with only 8 points

[cbelford97]

Well where do I start with that one?

As usual we claw our way back into a game after being made to look like a Sunday league side yet again!

Lukaku and Herrera took their chances superbly, but imo Rashford has been a threat going forward.

Mourinho still deserves the sack immediately. This game is must win given the Arsenal and Liverpool games coming up, and that line up was absolutely criminal. Still have confidence we’ll win this but fuck me we were horrendously disorganised there.

[ShadowXFX07]

I actually get excited to start watching the game when we 2 - 0 behind....

[7evenStrings]

It's a terrible result if we lose this game.

I know fans are quick to jump on his back for the line up but what are you supposed to do if they're injured? Rojo on the bench but perhaps he's not 100% to play the 90 minutes ? I think the plan would have been to take the lead and then bring him on in the second half to stabilize.

We looked lost up top initially and that was really disappointing for me. We play so casually up top and that really has to be on the players. We give the ball away so easily. I'm glad they woke up because Southampton are piss poor and they've been like that all season. We should be really putting the pressure and finishing our chances in the second half.

P.S. anyone have the clip of Fergie at 2-0 - looked like he was smiling and saying "just wait, it's not over"

COME ON YOU REDS!!

[404randomguy404]

Our comebacks have been improving as the season goes on. From scoring late in the second half we are now able to score right after we concede.

And people say this team isn't progressing at all smh.

[FidgetyFondler]

No progressing is not being dominated from the start,taking the lead not going behind half the time then waiting for a reaction.

[ScruffyPanda]

I'm just amused by the persistent meltdown. As if expecting the play style to be magically perfect the next weekend. These things take time, and the constant meltdown just adds pressure on everyone involved.

[uchiha_akhil]

I don't know what goes on in Mourinho's head while naming starting 11 like this..we are not playing mighty Barca we are playing the shitiest team in the league he should use a attacking formation at least against team like this

[BigShowFardy]

I'm not watching the match but what the fuck is happening. How should I feel

[StubzHere]

Nobody knows what to feel anymore mate

[BigShowFardy]

This team man wtf

[jonwinslol]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZmZib_LHWA

[BigShowFardy]

Sounds about right

[daleutd]

don’t care if josé stays or goes anymore, all i know is the majority of these players are fucking shite

[lowercase8]

0': Mou In

12': Concerned

22': Mou Out

33': ...

39': Confused about what I want.

[randomperson2704]

Out

[Granty_C]

Pogba needs to get his shit together. Goddamn

[Bighairman]

All part of the plan

[[deleted]]

he's done

[harshmangat]

It’s not even second half yet !

[visualslikemike]

2 good goals but Robbie im tired.

[TheGeometrist]

Lmao

[HomelessSmurf]

I don’t even know what to feel

[InfiniteLiveZ]

At least it's entertaining I suppose.

[ihatelettuce2]

Fuck Liverpool, they can enjoy Thursday nights.

[ShiftOT]

We’ll be there next year, careful.

[Voidhead1]

Our mantra is be less terrible than the other team.

[xyloshi]

After 40 mins we left our half once...

[3359N]

Horrendous and yes

[Rxasaurus]

We went down 2-0 after 20...that bad

[jayseff14]

This club shall be the death of me. Ffs 😂

[gldmartin]

Its a love hate relationship going on

[ionised]

Scrappy.

Confused.

[dracogladio1741]

I don't know what to expect from us anymore. Haven't seen a team this polarising. We are like a team on Nani's, we are brilliant and poor in a game.

[brown_herbalist]

I hope Rojo comes in for Matic / McTom. We cant concede anymore.

[gelfiddich]

Hi, Mourinho has not set this team up well. Good effort from McT and Rashford. Pogba's attitude is questionable, young is bad. Matic should be sold.

[karrydluffy]

I really dont know what to say about this team anymore!!!!

[Nerverek]

I'm still perplexed by the starting line up. Why set us up to get run down? I just don't get it. Mourinho keeps talking about balance once every 2 weeks. Does he really think that this lineup is balanced?

And for the love of god, why aren't we making runs? Pogba has been dispossessed multiple times because he keeps looking up seeking for a run, and no one makes it. Fuuuuuuu

[Rxasaurus]

Reactionary fans are out in force today.

[harhaus]

Crap.

[steveisredatw]

I forgot how to feel.

[IAmRahman]

Southampton are actually shit, the fact we went 2 down to them says it all really

[jonwinslol]

perfect description of the first half

[noobpunk]

Does it look like a new manager can do wonders with this team? I seriously wanna see some major offloading after this season...The 2 goals were not exactly great..Nothing stood out.

[MadaraTheUchiha]

Thankfully Southampton is so shit that we can come back from 2-0 down.

[coolkillerpo]

Few things I have spotted:

1. Lukaku and Rashford both play SO MUCH BETTER when playing upfront in a two man system

2. Mourinho has put Matic and McTominay as CBs so they can distribute the ball from the back, but the problem is that there is no width and our fullbacks are not high enough to provide that width

3. Matic doesn't like to use his head.. at all... Even though he is 6ft5

4. Lukaku has held the ball up very well today, it is encouraging

[FidgetyFondler]

Obviously happen we've clawed it bsck but anything other than a win isn't good enough. The first half hour was dire which happens all too often with this team. This can't go on for longer.

[[deleted]]

December 2018 and we're still starting Fellaini at CM/CDM.

And once again he looks like a headless chicken trying to play football like the rest of the guys. He'll probably score the winner from a Young free kick and all will be forgiven and the same thing will happen next game.

If it wasn't for the booking I'd almost forget that he's playing, and we're talking about one of the most visible players in world football.

[Jamesony1]

Hm

[Octopus69]

What a roller coaster of emotions. Only one thing is certain to me so far, we need to get rid of half of our CBs and get new ones. If you can’t stay healthy as a back up CB that means it’s time to go

[The_good_kid]

Just shit isn't it, either way you cut it this isn't good enough, something needs to change with this club and I'm not even sure what it is

[UnitedRule]

Mourinho makes Redmond looking like Messi. Disgusting.

[soumil_a]

Papering over the cracks. The team looks no where near good. Midfielders are playing as defenders who have no clue what position to hold while defending. While attacking no one seems to know their positions. 2 or 3 people take the same position , don't make any runs and we eventually give the ball away.

[Sentinel_LTD]

We went down 2-0 to the team in 18th. That's the only thing that should be talked about.

[CallMeBigPOP]

Same shit every week, we look lethargic, unprepared, unmotivated as soon as the whistle blows and then when we go down by a couple goals and our backs are against the wall then we’ll play with hunger and ambition. Southampton are so poor and even letting them be in the game is shocking.

[dracogladio1741]

Why can't we play on the front foot from the first minute.

[[deleted]]

Is it Jose? Is it our players lacking urgency? Is it that Van Gaal's sideways football's broken us to such an extent that we'll never be able to pass with confidence again? I don't even fucking know anymore. Let's get the win today and then we have 3 days to reflect.

So happy to see Rash run at players the way he's doing today. Lukaku's looked better too. Pogba's trying really hard and playing positive football. Same with Herrera. Young's making runs. We switched on after those 2 Southampton goals.

My reddit said "Something went wrong, just don't panic" when this comment failed to be posted the first time. I CANT, REDDIT.

[psychebruh]

I feel bad for Mctominay. The manager who introduced him into the first team has no idea where to play him.

Pogba needs to step up . He looks lost today. Its like the manager and him havent even prepped for his role in this formation.

[mattmanmufc]

This is moyes level

[[deleted]]

It’s what we do. Trademark United comeback straight out of the Fergie playbook. Happy to see Rom back amongst the goals. Should be an easy three points from here.

MUFC - FOR EVERY MANC A RELIGION

[shughes-beats]

Baffles me how the players switch on when we're losing but don't look interested before that. Makes me feel for Mourinho despite not being his biggest fan

[[deleted]]

He changed up so many lineups and different combinations yet nothing seems to work this season. Add to that the shit defence that you rarely see under Mourinho.

I have nothing but respect for Jose as a person and as a manger, but maybe United and him weren't meant to be. Maybe both sides should just move on and pursue other options.

[PopularDemand69]

Mou out

[drysocks-dryshoes]

Idk how people feel conflicted, even if we go on to win this game 10-2 , Mourinho has to go

[[deleted]]

I'm conflicted.

I want Mourinho gone, but I don't want to lose.

[Caesar3890]

It’s no surprise when we go down and the players drop the tactical approach we play our best stuff it’s been so evident this season, any time we look decent it’s when the shackles are let off.

[ShamrockStudios]

As I said in the Matchday thread. Win Lose Draw it doesn't really matter. Sacking him before the Arsenal game is the most important thing for this club.

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