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Manchester United vs West Ham Post Mortem
I suppose that the most important positive to come out of the match was the result. A 1-0 victory for Manchester United is a very rare commodity this season, but I'll take it. The 1-0 was very important especially for the defence. There were signs that West Ham may break it down, but a good save from Lindegaard and a massive block by Evans and Carrick together ensured that the defence kept a clean sheet. Apart from that, it was another pedestrian performance by a club I know can play better football than was displayed last night.
When Van Persie opened the scoring inside the first minute, I thought that United would get at least five and the hope of a repeat of the 6-0 performance in the championship winning season of 2003 sprang to mind – even though it was an FA Cup win. But then, the performance seemed to have capitulated. The diamond midfield was not working as well as the gaffer anticipated. West Ham had some of the best chances in the first half. Rooney looked good, but his hunger for goals made him make some poor shooting decisions. Hernandez seemed lost. He needed service and he wasn't getting it. He was so desperate to get into the game that he drifted left at times. Van Persie was dropping too deep. Cleverly was giving the ball away. Anderson showed great injection, which is what was needed coming from midfield, but his passing also left a lot to be desired. The positive was that his game has improved tremendously and he seems to be coming into his own. He can only get better and add the bite that is needed in the engine room.
Perhaps I am being a bit harsh, but it was 92 and a half minutes of poor football from the home side. The wingers need to get back, because come Decemeber 9, we may look at another 6-1 at the hands of the club that has borrowed our trophy. The hairdryer needs to come out and the boot needs to be kicked. There needs to be an improvement or City may steal the championship again this season. I am not panicking yet because United seem to kick into gear at the business end of the season, but with City out of Europe – their workload has dropped tremendously. They can concentrate on the domestic front. Manchester United have never been a one cup team as has been proven over the years.
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7 thoughts on "Manchester United vs West Ham Post Mortem"
Jack R says:
You said it all in the first sentence, "the most important positive to come out of the match was the result".
A win is a win, and f we stop thinking about what we want with this squad, and have a good look at what we've got, I think over all, we're in pretty good shape.
For a start, its end of November and we're on top. Second, we're doing allright with injuries, and third, our defence is shaping up and our players have not been run into the ground.
We all criticise the Boss now and then about team selections, self included, but you only have to look how Chelsea have faded to realise SAF is on the right track.
In my opinion, Chelsea's DeMateo done himself in when he played his top team in that Carling Cup game. He ran his stars into the ground for a piddling Cup win and they haven't won a game since.
SAF bugs us sometimes with the constant rotation, but its a Hell of a long season. I think we're headed for number 20.
Tanmay, I'm 100% with you on this and there is no doubt Wanyama is the better player and probably more suited to Manchester United's style than Carrick.
Having said that, I am being objective in my assessment of the transfer situation. Sir Alex obviously thought the players at his disposal could get the job done. One player in particular is Tom Cleverley who is highly rated by Sir Alex, so much so that he did not feel the need to try for Sneijder over the summer. Mind you, he is only on his first full season and it will take time before he gets into gear. I feel it is important that we give players like Cleverley and Anderson the chance to grow.
Tanmay Nijhawan says:
Greg do u think Carrick is better than Strootman or Wanyama.I'll tell u by the stats the last 5 matches that Carrick played he made just 8 interceptions compared to Wanyama's 10 in just 2 matches against the catalans
Mark, IMHO Kagawa has not played to his potential in the games he has played. The most obvious observation is that he has yet to adjust to the physical nature of the Premier League. And now with his injury he is going to be someway off the pace in establishing his status in the first team.
Tanmay, it is unlikely that BOTH Strootman and Wanyama will be brought in. Even without Scholes, United already has 5 midfielders in Carrick, Fletcher, Cleverley, Anderson and Powell. Unless we're shipping out any of them, I believe we will not see any new central midfielders coming in.
Yeh Mark i agree wit u Evra is defending better than last season but is not attacking at all as he used to do where as Rafael has been United's best defender and also a better winger than all.Evra has put in just 11 crosses and that too not the best ones compared to Baines 50 and also world class crosses so we need someone like Baines and Strootman and Wanyama will form a breadth taking partnership at the centre and Hernandez has to prove that he is not a super sub and Rooney needs to play in the striker position,he has a lot of creativity but lacks goals and hence i think is hungry for goals and bit frustrated and took many wrong decisions against West Ham to shoot from long range and Buttner should be given more game time.
I like the formation we played but as with Barca it's the fullback and strikers that are supposed to provide width and Rafael did his part but Evra is woeful going forward he should try Buttner with that formation. I think we have creative players in Anderson, Cleverley and Rooney but two of them had a stinker. Cleverley had his second bad game of the season and Rooney had his 8th! lol so we were a bit unlucky regards creativity with two of the three playing badly also Kagawa is the type that will create lots in that hole Rooney played in. I'd like to see him stick with that tactic as we controlled the game as we always have when we've played it but he needs to let the players get used to it instead of changing the tactic and changing the players every week that way we would learn to understand it better and create more. It was only when we switched to 4-4-2 that West Ham had any real impact on the game towards the end.
I think we would be happy to draw the match on december 8 against city bcoz it is at the etihad and anything like 1 point or 3 points would be a good result
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