Recent content by Craig Ward

So play one of the most technically inept central midfield players we have as a striker? A position he cannot play And also play a right winger, known (albeit rarely shown it here) for trickery and attacking prowess at LB? Sure that would have worked out well. Listen, Rashford might not be...

Antony is the worst signing the club has ever made imo Get real with this Antony hating - it's getting old already. Really tiring lazy and boring, the fact you think Fellaini came good says it all. We have made some buzzing signings, and Antony comes nowhere near the top of the list...

Our squad has been a joke for years. Our boards inability to sell in the transfer market and the logic of keeping fringe players on bumper contracts to "retain value" has really out us in this spot. With each new manager, we get a bump and a bunch of new players. We have a squad of misjointed...

The fact that we have a 2 players who can play the position out on loan and no recognised LB fit is pretty abysmal from us. The obvious play is Dalot at LB, who isn't exactly amazing there but certainly better than Lindelof. Lindelof is an error prone CB, best years behind him. He just cannot...

From cruise control to utter car crash in the space of 45 mins of football. That's what we are now. The fact from 2-0 and cruising to 2-2 against Newport comes as no surprise says it all. I couldn't really hammer any one player too much - we are just collectively a very weak side mentally...

We really are in a massive predicament with Rashford. He's woefully inconsistent and season after season there is "something" internal that the club have to deal with. He's immensely talented, a local boy, been in the first team squad for years. He should be the poster boy of the club - the...

The beginning of the problem for us here is Eriksen wandering into no mans land, allowing the keeper to pass to Skipp who has absolutely acres. Absolutely mindless wandering costs us, it's always individual errors.

While the Villa game was his best in absolutely ages, he was still bang average. We shouldn't applaud bang average. Hard work and effort is the absolute bare minimum we should tolerate. He was offside constantly, passing was a bit poor and didn't connect with two shots in the first half like...

Given how poor we were first half, it really was a special result to get the win. Got to give credit where it is due. We picked it up and played well to get that win. The first half was such a frustrating watch though, such poor application and attitude. Fernandes and Rashford acting like...

Weird player. A battler, destroyer who has a deft touch and can score. Can also make the easiest things look like the hardest. My biggest gripe with McTom is that for a deep lying midfielder - he simply goes missing. He avoids the ball, he's a bit predictable when he has it and is always...

We are better when he plays - simple as. Cannot deny that. The other option is Rashford at RW - which time and time again has proven to be a disaster. He kept the ball moving and retained possession so many times last night which was a real plus. He played really well

The floodgates will open for him soon. This lad has plenty of goals in him, His movement is very good, reminds me of Ruud a little. Even if he doesn't get on the end of things, his movement is creating space for other's. He's a hard worker too. Trust me - goals are coming

Was a welcome surprise. I went into the game with a bit of dread but as soon as i saw no Martial and Rashford i had a feeling the workrate would be up there - and it really was. The simplest things make a massive difference. We were pressing, we were battling, every player was working hard...

We could nit pick at certain decisions for every manager in the league, even Pep. I think Ten Hag has a good tactical brain, I just think as a group of players only some of them are capable of performing to the level he wants. Which creates the illusion that the tactics don't work, when...

With that kind of logic we may give up. Ever consider that we have good managers and good players who all seem to fail on an endless loop? Every single thing we have done since SAF has been a failure. It's not Ten Hag's fault we are in this mess, it's the way the club is run. Every single...