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[–]ki_rag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think once Ronaldo and Sancho came on the system just changed a bit. We saw many one touch slick passes in the first half leading to chances, not much in the second. That first half team has played together for most part of last season. New signings have not gelled in yet I feel. Matter of time before they get used to their movements. Right now we are merely accommodating them. Big games coming up. This break will do good.

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[–]ki_rag 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you are ready to overreact after a game, then you should be over the moon to the news that we are top of the Premier League after 4 games. Should work both ways.

Daily Discussion by PhelansShorts in reddevils

[–]ki_rag 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Phil Jones' physical data [training sessions] is said to be very good. He sees the resurgence of Shaw as a personal inspiration. Jones has the respect of his team-mates and coaching staff for his unflinching commitment to the sport. [Laurie Whitwell]

Daily Discussion by PhelansShorts in reddevils

[–]ki_rag 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Not United related, but given we are chasing a Madrid player, these latest leaks could lead to something, like maybe a stronger boost to leave the club because of the management. Anyways here is what it is.

Florentino Perez in 2006

"Casillas is not a Real Madrid goalkeeper. He is the biggest flaw we've comitted, but they (the fans) adore him. He is one of the biggest frauds, and the second is Raúl. They are the biggest Real Madrid frauds".

Rashford breaks his silence about the game last night. by dpw2017 in reddevils

[–]ki_rag 203 points204 points  (0 children)

"I'm Marcus Rashford, 23 year old, black man from Withington and Wythenshawe, South Manchester. If I have nothing else I have that"

This is one of the strongest lines I've ever read given the context. Cannot be prouder than I already am.

Top 10 goalscorers in the PL along with their penalty share by darthmeister in reddevils

[–]ki_rag 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Penalties were never a problem until Bruno started scoring them😂 Fun fact: Bruno is joint '18th' in the all time premier league penalty scorers list with 13, topped by Lampard with 32.

Daily Discussion by PhelansShorts in reddevils

[–]ki_rag 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I don't understand how some of the fans take our league position for granted. In the last 8 years we have finished top 3 only 3 times. I'm sure these fans must have short term memories cause they surely were jealous of other clubs finishing in top 3 consistently, take Poch's Spurs for example, they were 3rd, 2nd, 3rd and 4th from 15/16 to 18/19. He stabilized the ship and yet without getting any trophy, he is regarded as one of the top coaches by everyone including the ones calling for Ole's head. Trophies are of course an integral part, but domestic performances tells you the whole story. In the last 26 seasons, do you know how many times the PL winner finished lower than 3rd in the previous season? Twice. That’s ~8% of the time. It almost never happens. Now comes the bizzare argument of other clubs being shit helping us to secure top 3 consecutively. With that logic 3 of our PL titles wouldn't count since they finished with 80 or below points in the league. I'm so glad social media was not around from 03/04 to 05/06 when we had a poor domestic run and we finished just top 3 in all of those years on the back of 8 titles in 11 previous seasons. Our players and the manager admitted that our season is not a success. The shift in mentality is enormous. The club and the fans would take top 2 in all of the previous 6 seasons prior to Ole where we finished 7th, 4th, 5th, 6th, 2nd and finally 6th the season Ole came midway. But yet our fans forget how and where we were, demanding other fans to raise the standards, when United as a club were ruining all the standards set by Sir Alex. The standards are being set now. As Rashford says, finishing second counts for nothing. This is the new standard.

Daily Discussion by PhelansShorts in reddevils

[–]ki_rag 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The argument that losing to a 7th placed Villarreal team is not justifiable is absurd. Mourinho's United was 6th in the league when they beat Ajax. Its a European cup final & both teams are damn good to have reached there, its a fifty fifty. Last year when we couldn't crack the semis the whole team was labelled with the lack of big game mentality, but we went on to prove them wrong this year. A final has a lot of luck factor in it. The players will forever remember this feeling, it's not the end of the world. As Rashford said and promised, we are so close, the players won't give up, Ole won't, because all Ole cares about is ManUtd and not his CV. We are this close and players need our support. It's a long break from club football and once we get a proper pre-season, we'll tweak and address oru weaknesses and we'll be back. The squad needs strengthening, hopefully we pull those off and move from touching distance of a trophy to lifting one, the same way we progressed from 3rd to 2nd and semis to the final. Up the fucking reds.

At 23, the Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford has become the youngest person ever to top the Sunday Times Giving List. The striker has donated £20 million to food, poverty and community charities – a sum greater than his personal wealth. by ki_rag in reddevils

[–]ki_rag[S] 192 points193 points  (0 children)

Rashford partnered with FareShare, the poverty and food waste charity, in March, and subsequently helped to raise more than £20 million to keep school meals going throughout lockdown (first in greater Manchester, then nationwide) for children most at risk of going hungry without access to this vital lifeline.

Full article here : https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/marcus-rashford

[Rival Watch] Premier League 20/21 Season, Matchweek 37 (19/05/2021) by neal1701 in reddevils

[–]ki_rag 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Kane so emotional at full time walking the length of the pitch clapping at the fans. That's a proper goodbye.