Man United 1-1 Chelsea

[King Kante 1,476]

11 hours ago, LAM09 said:

Neto can play there with ease and seems like a nailed on starter out wide. It's a battle between the other three (Noni, Mudryk, & Sancho) for a spot.  

Can we not play Felix in the middle and put Cole in at RW? I am not a massive fan of having Cole drop so deep. I do understand he has the skills to help progress the ball as our CM's aren't great at this. However, Felix can also do that and Cole is very dangerous in and around the box. 

[LAM09 6,744]

36 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Can we not play Felix in the middle and put Cole in at RW? I am not a massive fan of having Cole drop so deep. I do understand he has the skills to help progress the ball as our CM's aren't great at this. However, Felix can also do that and Cole is very dangerous in and around the box. 

Personally, I believe Palmer is wasted out on the wing, but I've observed what you've described in recent weeks along with his eagerness to try and create something on his own.

Felix is a weird one; it may work wonders against weaker teams; yet, against the best, I worry we'd be playing with one man down from the start, which we can't afford for a variety of reasons.

[MoroccanBlue 5,297]

Madueke really pissed me off. Strolling around and losing the ball almost every time. 

Needs dropping. 

[Special Juan 27,424]

34 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Madueke really pissed me off. Strolling around and losing the ball almost every time. 

Needs dropping. 

Still living off his goals at Wolves and thinks he's completed the season now.

Needs dropping just like we have done with Enzo

 

[King Kante 1,476]

5 hours ago, LAM09 said:

Personally, I believe Palmer is wasted out on the wing, but I've observed what you've described in recent weeks along with his eagerness to try and create something on his own.

Felix is a weird one; it may work wonders against weaker teams; yet, against the best, I worry we'd be playing with one man down from the start, which we can't afford for a variety of reasons.

Felix is normally OK on the ball most of the time. It is his decision making and finishing that normally falls apart in pressured situations. 

[Vesper 28,800]

Man Utd’s Lisandro Martinez should have been sent off for Cole Palmer tackle, says Chelsea’s Enzo Maresca

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5895123/2024/11/03/lisandro-martinez-foul-man-utd-Chelsea/

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca believes Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez should have been sent off for his challenge on Cole Palmer during Sunday’s 1-1 draw between the two sides.

Martinez was instead shown a yellow card by referee Rob Jones for his foul in second-half added time. The Argentine appeared to catch Palmer on the knee with his studs and the foul sparked a coming together of multiple players, eventually leading to Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson and United’s Amad also cautioned.

Palmer continued for the remaining few minutes of the game but had looked to be in discomfort following the challenge.

“He was there in the changing room with ice,” Maresca said on the midfielder. “We are waiting now.

“Hopefully, it is nothing important and then I know you are going to ask me about the referee’s decision. They showed me before the press conference, I think it is quite clear almost for all of us but the referees there did not take the decision and they made a different decision.”

Asked if Martinez’s challenge was what he was talking to the officials at the full-time whistle, Maresca replied: “Yes. I just said, for me, when there is no intention to go for the ball and he goes for the player. It’s a red.”

GO DEEPER

The Briefing: Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1 - Caicedo's stunner, Mazraoui impresses in Old Trafford draw

The Premier League clarified the decision-making process following the game, saying: “The referee issued a yellow card to Martinez for a challenge on Palmer. VAR checked for a potential red card and confirmed the referee’s call of no red card, deeming that it was a reckless challenge and not serious foul play.”

Manchester United interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy was also asked about the incident and said: “I haven’t seen it to be fair. I saw it on the touchline. At that moment, I didn’t see it as a red.”

United opened the scoring in the 70th minute after Bruno Fernandes converted a penalty following Robert Sanchez’s foul on Rasmus Hojlund. Moises Caicedo equalised for Chelsea with a well-struck volley four minutes later.

Both sides are back in action at home on Thursday, with United playing PAOK in the Europa League and Chelsea facing Noah in the Conference League.

[LAM09 6,744]

3 hours ago, King Kante said:

Felix is normally OK on the ball most of the time. It is his decision making and finishing that normally falls apart in pressured situations. 

I was mainly referring to times when we don't have the ball. He's a passenger in such situations.

[Vesper 28,800]

1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

I was mainly referring to times when we don't have the ball. He's a passenger in such situations.

Imagine Messi's brain/foot-eye coordination and Mudryk's speed implanted into Felix

sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Blue Armour 4,278]

12 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Madueke really pissed me off. Strolling around and losing the ball almost every time. 

Needs dropping. 

Basically Madueke contributes with defensive work on the wing.

But based on the United game, Neto can do all that and more. 

Can easily see him taking that role. 

[LAM09 6,744]

17 hours ago, Vesper said:

Imagine Messi's brain/foot-eye coordination and Mudryk's speed implanted into Felix

sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

It's a shame that he left Benfica over five years ago and still hasn't taken his game to the next level. He's 25 in a couple of days, so time isn't necessarily on his side at this point. 

For everyone's sake, I hope some stability will do him good & allow him to finally flourish (wishful thinking, I know).