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What these people think of Jones. .....hmmmmm

Phil Jones 7/10 MOTM - Found himself back in central midfield, where his engine can be put to good use, and was full of determined running. Was excellent at breaking play up, and eager to join up with the attack whenever he could. Would be somewhat of a shame if such an energetic player winds up stuck in central defence.

Tom Cleverley 6/10 - Was the quietest of United's midfielders though was able to link up well enough when United broke. West Ham wanted a penalty when the ball struck his hand late on, though it would have been a harsh decision.

Adnan Januzaj 7/10 - Scored a terrific goal and always looked a threat from the dangerous positions he received the ball. Booked for a dive in the first half, and was unlucky not to have earned a penalty after clash with Mark Noble just before he scored. Continues to look like the future of the club.

Antonio Valencia 6/10 - Valencia was a real menace down the right, with several crosses and moments of incisive play in the first half. His game dropped after the break, as he made a few poor decisions and his crossing level dipped.

Wayne Rooney 7/10 - Didn't have to break sweat for much of the game, which was a little unlike Rooney. Showed great awareness to lay it off to Young for United's third, and adopted much more of a withdrawn role for much of the match. Passing was excellent throughout.
http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2013/12/21/ct-player-ratings-manchester-united-3-1-west-ham-united-english/
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Goal.com


Phil Jones
The engine in the United midfield and gave the more attacking players a platform to roam forward. Professional display.

Jonny Evans
Unlucky not to score early on in the second half but will be unhappy to have conceded.
Chris Smalling

Chris Smalling
A very impressive display and looked composed on the ball throughout. Not afraid to get forward and will also be unhappy not to have kept a clean sheet.
Tom Cleverley

Tom Cleverley
Involved in a lot of United's play and linked up will with Rooney in midfield. His form has picked up of late.

Antonio Valencia
A constant menace down the right flank and set up a number of assists for his team-mates. Possibly should have scored one himself, as well.

Wayne Rooney
Ran the show in the centre of the park and was given far too much space all game. A really accomplished display from the talisman.
Danny Welbeck

Danny Welbeck Top of the Match
Scored the opener to and assisted the second. Showed glimpses of further brilliance before being taken off with an injury. A quality display.

http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/109400/manchester-united-vs-west-ham/player-ratings
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From the above, it looks to me now that our problem was not particularly midfield, but aged defenders who played too deep and sluggishly. If we get world class midfielders on top of our young defenders performance, we will injure opponents.

afrodoc: Rooney did very well today and was crucial to our control of the midfield, however needs to improve his short passing....especially through passes.
Too many red lines in and around the opposition 18 yard box

I don't think the red lines were as bad in the real match situation as compared to what the chart showed here. Rooney is not one to play 'make e no spoil for my hand' football, I am more encouraged with the 68 passes he got right, the chances created, the assists and his important clearance.

I think two of those red lines were some adventurous passes to Welbeck to try and set him face to face with the goalkeeper. Three were set plays. Set play can easily be defended when we don't have RVP or Chicha or Vidic in the box.

Wayne Rooney Match Stats:

Assists: 2
Chances Created: 6
Shots on goal: 2
Passing: 68/80 85%
Clearances: 3
Aerial Duels: 1/1 100%
Take Ons: 2/2 100%
Tackles: 1/2 50%
Interceptions: 2/2 100%




He was everywhere.

David Moyes
"We played well today. I'm a wee bit disappointed we didn't take some more opportunities and I was disappointed not to keep a
clean sheet but we got done on the break.

"The job is to keep our head down and keep winning games. There is confidence among the
players, we are creating a lot of opportunities right now. Danny Welbeck has a sore knee.

"Adnan Januzaj is doing really well. We are always hard on him, we always want more but he is doing remarkably well. He can score goals, he is a real
talent.

"We would like to be doing
much better, we want to be
right at the top but we will
continue to keep going."

coded guy: You guys will understand when we meet a top team in europe, Bayern, Madrid, Barca.

We can't afford to play this way. Its just that I agree to many bad result that's why anyhow we get 3points is welcomed.

One thing at a time.

We controlled the game, held possession, dealt with all threats and we could have scored at least two more. Had Val and Rafael be more precise in the final 3rd,we could have loaded West Ham. Although Val had a hand in the 3rd goal.

When we meet Europe big teams, the tactics will be adjusted.

3 points. Thank God.

Great game from Wayne Rooney. Good game control from the deep. 2 assists, and he cleared a powerful West Ham header from goal line (1/2 yard) from what would have brought West Ham back into the game early in 2nd half, with scores at 2-0.

Jones was magnificent. In the first few minutes, he was the only one driving the ball forward from the middle. With a better shooting skills he could have scored from 20 yards,

Valencia would have been credited with a great game (one of his best) but for poor final balls and wrong decisions after bursting clear. He however made a clever pass to Rooney enroute to the 3rd goal.

Overall good game, the players showed great fitness, speed, etc. Ball recovery was good.

Kudos to the defenders and midfielders. Despite Playing high, recovered the ball well and support the forwards. Eveans could have scored if he directed his headings properly.

Odunharry: in other news it Fulham 2 vs City 2...via a own goal 4m kompany

How manage? It was 2-0 before. Meaning Kompany scored a brace- a goal apiece at opposite sides. Lol

Buttner came on and caused a goal. He played Cole on when our CDs played him off already.

coded guy: There is still something fundamentally wrong with this united team jor. We are not playing like team looking for something, we should be pressing this westham team and pushing for more goals.

The players seem comfortable just passing without really trying to push forward.

Rooney is playing too deep. We need to be attacking ferociously, abi we don't know where they are on the table.

If all the teams above us win, we maintain status quo.

Nice Goal young. That's what I k now you for.

You no understand. Plenty bad results don kill confidence na. They are doing it safely.

However, it has not been too bad. Chicha goal cancelled. Janujaz looked to have been denied a penalty in the first half. There were other times when Val, Janunaz could have helped with a better final pass.
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Was that not Young's first touch? Moyes sub Janujaz at the right time.

What a goal from Young!!!!!

Hernadez goal wrongly ruled offside. Good pass from Val.

West Ham are very dangerously in this second half.

Janujaz is somehow selfish..... Deciding to dribble when a pass could have led to a swift counter.

montelik: ^^ name one goalie in the EPL who regularly charges off his line to claim aerial balls.

You want to start an unnecessarily argument.

I am stating my observation. If you are watching the match, just explain the situations from your own angle. If we want to do comparison, we will be on it for a long time.

Welbeck out with injury.

This is a blow....

Good game so far.

Cleverley is having a superb game. He could have scored inside 2 minutes, but the goalkeeper made a miraculous recovering to save.

Janujaz is has provided a massive option to our left side. Rafael and Valencia have opened them up several times from the right, but they have not been able to deliver that final killer pass.

Jones having a very good game too.

Rooney dropped deep from the start. That gave us stability in the midfield.

Our young defenders have done marvellously well so far. Smalling ..... quality play.

DDG, after staying on his goal line to allow floating balls to trouble us about three times, he later came out for all subsequent balls kicked high into our box.

I pray we maintain the win.

Valencia wasted what should have been our 3rd goal. From a fine counter attack he started.

Janujaz, world class!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2-0

Welbeck.....

Lineup: De Gea, Rafael, Evra, Evans, Smalling, Januzaj, Valencia, Jones, Cleverley, Rooney, Welbeck

SUBS: Johnstone, Buttner, Giggs, Young, Fletcher, Kagawa, Chicharito

dayokanu: [size=18pt]Happy Married Life to BingiNya aka Buju Banton[/size]

Congrat to the rub-a-dub master.


Haile Selassie

elrony: What's with the injuries??....na taliban drills abi nazi special training methods Moyes dey use

I think our boys need that training. I have always told my brother and friends that I see one big advantage Barca players have, they are very fit and athletic. Another team that appear to be on same level is Bayern Munic.

Barca players run throughout the match. When they lose possession, they won't allow their opponent to settle with the ball, they chase tirelessly. All their players can jump, race, tackle, etc. Everton players are not particularly the most skillful, what keeps them challenging well is their fitness. In contrast, most of our boys lack same level of fitness. SAF said Rafael trains like a beast, and that he trains extra hours on his own. I am sure we can all see it reflects in his game.

GustavoFring: Interesting Analysis

What is interesting in that Zaha's analysis? England U-21 is not three lions.

JayKayMaybachz: Ah swear we going for finals........Sunderland ni

Especially as it's an a two legged encounter.

David Moyes:
"I'm glad we're through. It will be a tough semi-final against Sunderland. Sunderland played well to beat Chelsea so anything can happen but we are really pleased to be in the last four.

"The conditions were a leveller and it was really difficult to play in tonight. It's some of the worst conditions I've played or managed in. But once we got the first goal we felt confident.

"This club is used to winning trophies, it is business as usual."

montelik: Seems Rooney may not be available for the christmas/end of year schedule.

Why so so injury. Rooney should have at least waited for RVP to return.

We will have to rely on Young to produce the kind of performance we saw today (in the 2nd half). Let's hope Kagawa gets into his element.

Praying we get 9 points from the remaining 3 league games before New Year.

coogar: and they don't sit deep because they are scared they would be burnt with pace. evans/smalling reduced stoke to 0 shots on target all game. that's brilliant!

smalling impressed me tonight - he's an absolute monster in the central defence. he took crouch & walters out with some defensive clearances. dude was superb!

Smalling did very well. Good game at the end.

Hope is rising.

coogar: that perfect lay-off is not special? why do we praise ozil then?

do we have any other doubt that our young defenders have come of age & vidic/rio should retire?

Our young defender are far more alert, reliable, agile, mobile, faster, etc. They make our game quicker.

So Nani? Looks like he has to wait longer again.

Anderson is on his way out of the club.

Man United still in 4 competitions.

Evra. Unbelievable!!!

Our boys should keep the ball on the ground with passes.

Unfortunately we don't have the set of players who should have played that way. The kind of time Scholes, Rooney, Carrick and Kagawa should have control the game with good possession.

Young scores.

Coogar go kill una tonight.

I don't know if I like this. We had the upper hand. Moyes surprised them with the 4-3-3 formation.