I have criticised Roy in recent weeks - the poor use of substitutions is one particular bugbear of mine. But managers are assessed on the results.

Roy should take the plaudits for bringing in Schlupp who did well - much to my surprise. That said I was at the Fulham game and he has got a mean shot. He was at his dynamic bustling best.

Top management.

This post has been merged from a topic called 'boring tactics' by Midlands Eagle

Totally agree. It's like he tells them to wait 20=30 mins to see how the games going then gradually work our way into the game. It's the same every game. We play no different wether home of away. I could sort of understand it if after 20-30 mins and things weren't going great he tries a different formation, or our non existent plan B. Ladt night was a classic example. It was basically a free hit. Utd knew exactly the team we would put out and how we would play. Why not suprise them and play 442 with Benteke upside thd new guy and really go at thd first 20 mins. At least it would have given thd fans something to get excited about

Edited by spartakev2 (28 Feb 2019 12.29pm)

I think the 'free-hit' is the best way to describe last night and why it was so wrong.

Away at Leicester it made some sense. It's really hard to try and argue against a 4-1 win so I won't and say he got it right, even if we did look awful first half and I tihnk the result flattered us.

But United at home knowing the teams below dropped points? Max Meyer scored against Doncaster recently but also was probably the best player at Old Trafford earlier in the season when we got a 0-0.

Horses for courses is also an expression Roy doeesn't seem aware of. He prefers Schlupp to Kouyate at the moment in midfield, that's his opinion whether some fans agree or not is irrelevant.

What isn't irrelevant is that last night we had to mark Pogba in the midfield and Kouyate could have out-jumped him. Some times it's not just about form or best player, it's who is right for a specific job.

We don't have a plan B as someone else mentioned and that's so infuriating in these games. We shipped 3 goals anyway and it was bloody hard for a lot of people to get to the ground after work on a Wednesday night. I'd rather us have lost 3-0 with Benteke up-top with Batshuyi and Max Meyer trying to forward at all times. We weren't likely to ship more than 3 anyway and at least we could have been entertained.

The next three games are against Burnley, Brighton and Watford.
These are three physical and direct teams who use set pieces and try and win battles all over the field.
Roy needs to amend his ‘one size fits all ‘ approach and take into account the opposition we are facing.
A case could be made for the inclusion of Dann, Kouyate and even Benteke for these games.
I don’t want a repeat of Lukaku’s second goal yesterday where we lost three challenges in succession.

our goal-difference would put us just below Everton in the Prem Table.

Everton - a club that has never been relegated from the Prem.

Roy, you are a genius !

Edited by PalazioVecchio (02 Mar 2019 5.07pm)

Kayla did Anfield & Old Trafford

Possibly not but he out thought Dyche today … great team selection choosing to play narrow. So much for all the pre match crap from the self styled expert fans eh!!