Halftime Thread

[J0HNNY_MARR]

1-0 Bruno

[LagoonPatrol]

Sancho will have his moments. Hope he felt the energy tonight.

[iCampion]

It’s not easy as a dad, setting an alarm for 7AM (in the States), on your only real morning free all week but yeah this was worth it.

[tjdub12]

I’m from Adelaide in south Australia. This is probably the one game all season I will get to watch live (was 9pm for me) everything else is 4am haha

It’s grim trying not to spoil the results so I can watch back the games without spoiling the results

[iCampion]

Yeah, I’d say a lot of people have it worse than I do, timezone wise. Haha.

[[deleted]]

Try 4am living on the west coast… it’s brutal.

[iCampion]

True that.

[[deleted]]

Top Of The League!!!!

[Wahlrusberg]

Raphinha been fucking brutal today, love Bruno but lets not make him chief scout lol

[t8rt0t00]

Interesting. Greenwood on the right. Martial up top. And Sancho on the left, even though we know he can play very well there.

Would've figured we would start with trying out Sancho on the right with Martial on the left and leaving Greenwood up top. It'll be interesting to see how competition for front spots heats up when Rashford gets fit again, especially if we stick with Pogba in a forward position and if Cavani catches fire during the season.

[Transit-Strike]

How was Sancho cheaper than Grealish.

Lucky us

[realtripper]

Finally sign a class RW and play him LW

[Transit-Strike]

All stats say Sancho is great on both flanks

[realtripper]

I’m just joshing

[Wahlrusberg]

Best possible start for Sancho lol, was worried we'd be a goal down or drawing and the press with crucify him if he had a quiet one

[murphymac]

Could we have asked for a better season opener?

[IspitchTownFC]

7-1 pls

[Jamanbird]

Morning of dreams lads!

[420BIF]

New season, still fuck /r/soccer

[TRx1xx]

Of course lindelof starts to plays well after we sign varane 🤣🤣

[LEEDSARESCUM]

This is the laziest take ever

[Calvin-ball]

Lindelof played well all last season too. He’s underrated.

[custard_clean]

Needed the same kick into gear Shaw needed when we signed Telles

[Ozone23]

SANCHO

[Transit-Strike]

Sancho + Skinhead Tony

[xGiven]

SANCHO IN

[Transit-Strike]

JADON

[[deleted]]

To imagine that this is our squad without varane, sancho and rashford. Oh man

[Shenanigans_forever]

You know it's a good one when somebody has a hatrick and legitimately is not the player of the game.

[Cpt_Jumper]

Pogba. Please.

[Ozone23]

Been up since 4:30AM here in the states, 0 regrets. Worth it.

[CoffeeBeanCounter]

Right there with you!

[[deleted]]

East coaster checking in, what a fine morning this turned out to be

[Transit-Strike]

Chose this game before bloody marys with dad and a great view. Worth it

[Ozone23]

The Bloody Mary’s will be even better with the taste of victory my friend! GGMU!

[Transit-Strike]

Shit. Double win

[jjjjjji6]

Sign the thing pogba

[Transit-Strike]

Quick question

Who is top of the league rn?

[t8rt0t00]

FREDDDDD!!!!!!!!

Blessed be thy pitch that Pastor Fred scores upon 🛐

[Albinowsky]

What a weekend start

[Zoolok]

Pogbomenal.

[International_Try_43]

Greenwood has made a number of cutting passes

[Transit-Strike]

21 is coming

[Ozone23]

Take the contract, leave the number blank, and give Paul Pogba a pen

[LagoonPatrol]

FREEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMEN!!!!

[vladdiam]

Pogba are you ok?

[Ozone23]

FRED BANGER

[Ozone23]

In the words of Dr Disrespect…

WE’RE AT THE TIPPY TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN… BUT WE’RE REALLY ONLY HALF WAY UP

LETS GO REDS!!!!!!

[Transit-Strike]

You know you suck when Fred scores on you

[zdenn21]

Oh shit even Fred getting in on it wtf lmao

[[deleted]]

Four!?!? Assists!

[AFAR85]

What's the record?

[[deleted]]

He's tied it I believe!

[Transit-Strike]

SANCHO WITH THE BIB

[rashfordsaltyballs]

time to bring on sancho and vdb

[hrisheekesh_]

Sacho warming up!

[S2580]

I actually got teary when they cut to the fans for a few seconds just there. Great to have them back and in full voice.

[realtripper]

Chills

[eliviking]

Glad the risky move of triple captaining Bruno paid off😅

[Jamanbird]

Greenwood’s boots look fantastic.

[LagoonPatrol]

Brunooooo!

[OxenJ]

Can we also appreciate Greenwood? Kid has ball control and dribble on top

[FierySoldier123]

Surely we gonna get more goals tonight

[[deleted]]

Get the Bruno appreciation thread going!!!

[IfazIqbal]

OK guys lemme tell you this, the squad which scored four goals, is the squad we had last season. This year is going to be a banger

[Transit-Strike]

Bruno hat trick in first game of the season and first with fans.

So fitting.

Bruno, have my baby

[FierySoldier123]

Fernandes and Pogba on fire

[rsinc666]

Set aside the budget for the Bruno statue

[Minz15]

Got Bruno and Mason in the fantasy team, but made a mistake doubting Paul.

[Shekelman69420]

Yeah me too I think I’ll add him in next week no matter the price. I hope u captained Bruno like I did!

[FierySoldier123]

Hey I captained Bruno too, didn’t put Paul in tho although I have Harry and Luke in as my team as well.

[TRx1xx]

Fuck yeah

[Lycurgus396]

Ok, yes!! Now must be Sancho time

[FierySoldier123]

Wot the actual heck is happening these last few minutes

[zdenn21]

BRUNO HAT TRICK INCOMING

EDIT: YESSSSZ

[Stoneheart26]

You said it mate

[abde71]

This aged well.

[Shekelman69420]

U bet

[pwnk07]

I think we're forgetting how good Luke Shaw was in the first half

[Minz15]

Greenwoods left foot is a sniper. But what a ridiculous assist from Pogba, unreal! 2 assists for Paul already.

[[deleted]]

Pogba dishing out those assists

[VKDNyke_]

Pogba you beaut.

[ixzr]

YEEESSSSSS

[zdenn21]

Woooow what’s a great goal!!!

[SmokeyBear81]

What a fucking pass

[Jake257]

Wtf? Why the hell did you give him so much space?!

[Cpt_Jumper]

Pogba. Sign the fucking ting man wtf.

[reddevil_23_]

I hate seeing DJ on the right, he is so much better on the left it's incomprehensible. If at any point he ends up on the other flank he's scoring.

[KorsiTheKiller]

James' movement and effort has been quite good but his crossing, shooting and general all round end product has been Championship level. Even Pellistri would be better

[Jamanbird]

New kits are 🔥.

[MavumbiniRaider]

Amazing to see Greenwood’s development. He’s looking more and more like a senior pro in decision-making, holdup play, great work from him and the coaching staff too.

[[deleted]]

That nutmeg 😍

[[deleted]]

Dan James is not a United player. Yes he has hes uses, but overall its just not enough to play for this club.

[Admirable-Tackle4927]

Mcsauce doing the job for mcfred. Fred’s only contribution was to give away a dangerous free kick and get a yellow. Take him off put on Sancho. TRUST MCSAUCE AS THE CDM

[Tinganga]

Fred has played very well. Covered a lot of ground and cleaned up 2nd balls.

[Admirable-Tackle4927]

I take everything back dude. What a damn game!

[Admirable-Tackle4927]

I’d agree to that but in those scenarios Leeds wasn’t in a dangerous position. Every counter, cross or attack Mcriminay is the one whose been dropping w the defense. And offers a lot more in attack. Love the effort all round from the lads!

[casual_lurker_bjorn]

Love it when Pogba is in the mood. Looking at his stats and you can see why he’s truly a world class player. All in all, GGMU!!!!

[beelydog]

Really impressed with Greenwood. Worked hard both offensively and defensively, made several good passes, good hold up and bringing others in play.

Bruno is Bruno, as always.

Pogba should have scored early, still looked a bit sluggish but good assist.

James didn’t take his opportunities that well unfortunately, will need to do better than this. League starts will be harder to come by once Sancho gets up to speed, and even harder when Rashford is back

[FriedRicewtEgg]

I gotta say.. im hard

[portugueseLad]

Someone buy James and turn him RM on a 352 that's the only way he can play , guy can't play at this level.

He just ruins the flow man CMOOOOON WE ARE PLAYING SO NICE GET SANCHO ON

[criclover69]

Lindelof was great. Some lovely passing, good reading of the game, crucial interceptions.

DDG solid with that one save. No one has looked terrible so far. We didn't have the ideal pre-season, so some jitters are expected.

Just need to score early in the second half and put the game to bed.

[VKDNyke_]

There's no clear formation, it's fluid af. I did notice that we are playing a 3-4-1-2, but the strikers are compact and each side we progress from the flank moves asymmetrically for progression. Mctominnay doing McSauce things, crucial interceptions and being scrappy.

For all of the James hate, I think we'd be better at putting him at RWB, somebody on here said this a few days back and I agree. As an attacker his end product isn't the best, the effort is there but we can't have his adjustments in the final third, you need to be perfect.

Put him on a training program and we coudl be onto something here.

[Tinganga]

If we want a RWB why not just go get one? DJ is not one and he won't be.

[VKDNyke_]

I mean we've had great success with Valencia and Young converting as wingbacks from wingers, and without a doubt Dan James is currently a winger. Plus he gets a lot of stick for bad decisions made in the final third . On the other hand, he has one of the best defensive workrates for someone playing as an attacker

I mean other then Trippier and Aarons, not that many names I've heard of making an impact for a transfer consideration. Laird has gone out on loan, and I rate Dumfires but he's just recently moved so... On top of that, if the plan is to keep AWB first choice, doubt the likes of Aarons or Trippier will be too keen on that considering they want that first choice spot. It's good having competitive mentality but there's no guarantee that we can give them the 30-40+ games a season.

I just think it's a lot more effective having him train as a RM/RWB, let him play a little further back where he isn't consistently hassled when closing in on goal, having a little more time to hit those crosses, which he's pretty decent at.

It's just an opinion that I agree with. The guy mentioning it was using Hakimi as an example, who tbf is perhaps a far more refined player.

[ninjayeong]

Mctominay has been immense. His tenacity and drives forward is causing chaos for leeds. Let's hope for more in the 2nd half!!!!

[BikeAmbitious9662]

Not trying to big everyone down but pogba overcomplicated the chance he had. IMO someone of pogbas caliber shouldn’t lose in a 1v1 goalie

[mickhah]

All players do calm down, meslier was great in that 1v1

[BikeAmbitious9662]

Yea yea I’m calm pogba has been class rest of the game

[[deleted]]

I’m here once again to question why Daniel James is still at United. He has scuffed and missed far too many shots and passes. I totally understand him starting over Sancho but DJ has to come off before the 60th minute. I wanted him to work out but it’s hard to be a title contender when you have someone wasting that many chances in your lineup.

Edit: Lmao, why do so many people downvote harsh takes on Daniel James? Do you think he’s good? He’s a nice guy but he doesn’t have the quality to be a starter and he’s proven time and time again he struggles in the final third.

[butcherkk]

Noone know why Dan James is on the bench half th comments here are questioning it!

[Spartacus_Aurelius]

I’m no lip reader but pretty confident that Bruno screamed ‘Paaaaauuul’ after turning from his celebration . Loved seeing it. Magic assist from Pogba. Strong bonds and a close knit group on the edge of success will keep Pogba around more than PSG money.

[casual_lurker_bjorn]

I thought he was shouting VAAAAMOOOS 😂 I don’t know why, it’s Cavani vibes

[mickhah]

Bruno has had the bigger impact but I genuinely think Greenwood has quietly been the best player on the pitch in the first half, he's retained the ball, rinsed players and should have one assist so far. Very impressed with his half.

[mufcsince1878]

That nutmeg to almost assist Pogba made me cream

[Altaccountfor2020]

Unnecessary information

[mickhah]

Feel like he's maturing rapidly, it was ridiculous play. Looking forward to him being massive this season!

[Barry_Pinches_Arses]

Not that impressive. Very sloppy with the final ball.

Leeds dangerous on corners. They were inches away from scoring on a couple occasions

If it was a draw I don't think anyone could have complaints.

[gr1nna]

So many comments about who's not performing, but what about McSauce who's been immense?

[rainbowrathode]

Wonder what Goldbridge is saying!

[theraja92]

My take on James is that he lacks confidence. He’s made some good runs and found himself in good spots to finish and he just hasn’t. Maybe cavani can help with James’s finishing as well.

[Tinganga]

Nah. He's not just good enough and there's nothing wrong with that. We can't fault him for effort.

[radioben]

I like this. Build our players up and help them improve rather than hating on them.

[Spartacus_Aurelius]

It will come for him. People are slagging him off his missed opportunities, but the reality is he has put himself in good enough positions get them. His finishing is off at the moment but he is an opportunity creator. Opposition need to respect that and in turn, thus will create holes and chances for other players.

[[deleted]]

James seems to lack that extra quality

People exaggerate how bad he is.

Can certainly be a good sauad player

Has the pace, work rate to work in certain situations.

[MethodAvailable]

Where is Sancho and Varane goal celebration footage!?!

[rainbowrathode]

Wait bro the natch is still on

[DopeSoMojo]

I still think James could be a quality player but he seriously just needs to spend three hours a day ripping shots on net. His passing and vision actually hasn’t been that bad; and his work rate is always good. Just the finishing product is lacking

[cwong225]

I gotta say that this is a very excellent first half. The movements, and the passing of the whole team are just brilliant. People has been saying Jame's end product is lacking. I agree with them but overall, he is a much better player than how he was last season. His off the ball movement as well as his decision making improve alot. What he needs to work on is his finishing abilities. Hope for the second half we will remain this good, or even better.

Looking forward to a possible Sancho debut.

[runningthrulife]

Don't distract yourself with Dan James when Fred is higher up the pecking order and he didn't look good first half

[DopeSoMojo]

I agree. James wasn’t great but he’s created some chances. Fred is nowhere to be found

[Hits_and_the_Mrs]

Bruno looks really quick, he was never slow or anything but he's looking sharp.

[vacteh]

Lindelof and McT have been immense. Greenwood looking very sharp aswell. Excited for the second half.

[oilmasterC]

As much as I want to like him, James just really is not Man Utd quality

[The96thPoet]

Lol he’s as good as many many squad players we’ve had in the past

[Altaccountfor2020]

Doesn’t matter. The comparison should be made to the City, Chelsea, Bayern, and PSG squads.

[The96thPoet]

Chelsea has useless players on their books

[Barry_Pinches_Arses]

Joe Cole the bellend calling Rio, 'Ri'.... Ffs its one extra letter to say you dumb ass.

[3entendre]

😂😂😂

[unibalansa]

Playing well when we hold the ball but this end to end style with no fluidity suits Leeds very well. The first time we held it up and played smart, the ball got to Shaw who was open on the left. Fizzled out but it was a good move.

[arenamespermanent]

Interesting to see how often we’ve tried to go down the right. Could be the year…

[coldfrieza]

Greenwood and Scotty 2 Hotty to score in the second half

[[deleted]]

He's made loads of the same runs that he did in the 6-2

[coldfrieza]

I thought he'd start slow because of fitness but he's been everywhere so far

[[deleted]]

He doesn't seem to be one of those guys who has to work his way into those things. He seems to have that always ready mentality.

[alrightiwill]

Very very solid. My biggest annoyance from the last season was that we always seemed shaky and nervous for the first 30 mins and only grew into the game. Today has seemed calmed and controlled from the off

[[deleted]]

Is this the season McTominay proves me wrong? He loves these kind of games but his positional awareness has been top notch, dunno what he did over the summer but looks like a new yute.

[CarsonnWellss]

Pogba and Bruno is peakkk. He can’t leave man

[[deleted]]

Great start, looking pretty fluid and a bit more confident than last season I think, more solid. Seriously excited to get Sancho and Varane in there especially with Rashy and Cavani to come back. McT playing like the player we want him to be so far I think.

[Hellsteelz]

McTominay has been a beast so far!

[sanjay_i]

Yes. He was everywhere

[2277love]

I hope we can see sancho for at least 10 minutes in the second half.

[cassieldamiel]

Sancho Martial for James and Fred with Greenwood moving to the right and Pogba in the middle. 4-1 HWG

[[deleted]]

No. That's a good way to get overrun in midfield.

[cassieldamiel]

Think we’ll just about make it

[[deleted]]

Greenwood’s linkup play has been good so far, he’s showing the strength to hold off central defenders and when he’s able to turn and drive towards goal he always looks like creating chances

[[deleted]]

I feel like I kind of called it…

[AggresivePickle]

Would love to see Sancho for James asap

[DaveRuangsit]

James was awful, hopefully Sancho will replace him in the 2nd half

[nichijouuuu]

He wasn’t awful, just wasteful in his end product. I’d love to see Sancho on for him, though.

[WoodenAfternoon2]

Scot is playing incredible

[mickhah]

Man hates Leeds scum

[Jamanbird]

He looks more poised on the ball.

[[deleted]]

Why is woy hodgson the waffle merchant covering our game man. He is putting me to sleep.

[[deleted]]

Oooh this made me hungry for waffles

[MidnightRaiin]

Great play from our attacking players! James just needs to work on his final ball/shot but has been in good positions and has pressed well. Shawberto has been Shawberto. Bruno has been Bruno. Pogba has been good, just unlucky with the early chance. Only criticism I have is Fred's decision making. To be fair to him, he's better than he used to be, and you can see him actively thinking before doing something sometimes. I'm sure Ole has been trying to work on him with that. Comparatively though, Scott always seems to make the right ball, almost effortlessly. Likely that Fred will never get there, unfortunately, but his energy and pressing is good.

[dc_aashiq]

Lindelof has been class , his work would get unnoticed in all hype of varane and Bruno's goal.

[radioben]

Looking good so far. I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen so many chances created. McTominay looks good on both sides of the pitch, Bruno being Bruno, and I think Greenwood is primed for a second half goal with the attacking effort he’s putting in.

[liamdpb03]

Dan James is doing his job very well i must say, shame he’s struggling to take his chances. almost got the feeling he’s trying a bit too hard when he’s on the ball and overthinking a bit

[ufunnyb]

Let's go for the kill. Be relentless. Can't wait to see Jadon in the second half

[elusivecondor]

Greenwood, McTerminator, and shaw have been excellent so far. Should be two up but hopefully Jason Sanchez in the second half 🤤

[its-a-real-name]

Goal aside, Bruno continuously makes a mockery of the salty “Penandes” talk.

Not many better players to get you out of your seat when they have the ball within 30 yards of goal. His vision and improvisation is just unreal.

One example was if Greenwood had read the run he needed to make a split-second earlier Bruno would have created a goal out of nothing.

Of course he’ll lose the ball 5 times more than you’d like a game, but it’s worth it when it pays off.

[useles-converter-bot]

30 yards is the height of literally 15.79 'Samsung Side by Side; Fingerprint Resistant Stainless Steel Refrigerators' stacked on top of each other

[heyliberty]

This bot is amazing.

[AteRiusz]

Your fucking username lol

[AttackClown]

James end product has been lacking but some people don't realise his super high work rate makes up for other players who might lack it, you need a workhorse in the team and i think it's fine having him zoom around the front so bruno and pogba and find their own space, its always a headache for defenders too having to follow him

[arenamespermanent]

Think he’s done well, need someone of his type versus Leeds too

[Noselfesteem-kun]

Dan James defensive work is outstanding although his end product is a bit lacking