If we had a dominant defence we wouldn't need both Fred and McT in most games. Although he didn't start with them today. Paul going off was not good.
United are a limited side, that's why they keep dropping bollocks out of nowhere. So are City, just to a lesser extent. We were limited last season, we're less limited this season. United aren't an excellent side, they're a good side capable of excellent form. City are in a similar position at the moment - we've not been excellent since the run-in of the 18/19 season - but we're getting better. United are also getting better, just from a worse starting position.
Not sure Henderson is much better and Bailly has shown us over years now that he can;t handle 3-4 games in a row.
Exactly. Wtf was that about! When the entire team has been trying to retain possession for the last 7-8 mins, why the feck do you want to try that ball. We need a genuine contender for AWB's place. So either he improves or we get someone in better than him. His current levels are not good enough when you compare what we are getting out of Shaw on the other side of the pitch.
Most goalkeepers a crazy and as you say put their bodies on the line. David seems to pull out of everything.
Well considering our star striker Martial has 4, (2 of them after winning 5-0) and our next best youth prospect right winger has 1. I'd say its a decent return from cm. Add Mctominay and Bruno, those 3 midfielders have outscored all of our attackers.
This is the only little bit of blame I'll put on Ole. Matic was the obvious sub to bring on, it just seemed the clearly logical choice. Instead of Axel is often quite rash.
Or why is Maguire playing 3 Everton players onside
Sadly I don’t believe that. DDG has made far too many basic errors to blame Maguire for. As for making saves that have saved us; that’s his job. But doing the basics is also what he gets paid for.
So basically all sides are limited who have areas to improve, basically the whole league and most of the footballing world. What a stupid and pointless thing to say that explicitly about United then!
If he had moved it would have been disallowed. Too many of them just stand about watching.
Maguire? A coward? Wise up. De Gea now. There’s a coward. Literally. We’ve dropped points twice now because he wasn’t brave enough.
Grealish would have had the ball down the other end and just stood in the corner shielding the ball.
This.
Absolutely correct. He at least has come out with what we all think. But the use of Axel has been laughable by him. He doesn't deserve to be in the squad and yet we bring on the petrified boy in the last minute when we are defending a 1 goal lead. Pathetic.
Yep such a basic thing we're so poor at it. To be fair Pogba does it brilliantly, I'd have trusted him to do it. So many times we don't do this really rookie thing, its bizarre.
We are fecked then. Axel should never play for us again. And if Maguire/Lindelof are injured, we might as well have to play Matic there.
I brought him up as we need him to go. Hes taking up a place someone who could play regular could have.
I watched Grealish earlier he draws defenders towards him, he is on the move all the time, all over the pitch from side to side. He wins fouls to take the heat out of situations.
Maybe but he had an assist, a good game and we scored three. That is on the defense. You cannot conced 3 from 3 chances, as simple as that.
It was a mistake, that it gave Everton the impetus to attack, but a bit of good goalkeeping would have sorted it and a captain who knows to be part of an offside line.
I'm not blaming the attack, the defence is completely to blame for this.
Jonathan Moss
replaced by Fred
replaced by Axel Tuanzebe
