Easy to say otherwise after yesterday but they are clearly a much, much better side than last season.
We played as well as we have done in a while and it still could have been a draw.
I think Poch might actually be doing an excellent job, desperately needs a striker but they have something about them.
United dominated the game, missed a penalty and had an xG of almost 5 to Chelsea’s 1.
It
should have been 3/4/5 goals to one in United’s favour and if the likes of Martinez, Casemiro, Eriksen, Mount, Varane etc were all available then possibly even more comfortable.
Poch should be getting more from this team in my opinion. There’s a number of players in it that have experience in the PL and should have hit the ground running, especially playing one game per week without any other commitments or travel.
Caceido, Sterling, Silva, Colwill, James, Chilwell, Sanchez, Gallagher, Broja all know what the PL is about and shouldn’t need as long to adapt. Even the likes of Mudryk and Enzo have been at the club almost 12 months now.
I don’t think their performances in general have been horrendous but I also don’t think it’s asking too much to be expecting more at this stage.
They have spent over a billion since Boehly took over. They had two central midfielders worth over £100m a piece on the pitch against United v Amrabat and Mctominay.
Ten Hag gets criticised for having spent 400m and he is still having to play a shed load of players he didn’t even sign that don’t fit his system (Lindelof, Maguire, Mctominay, Martial etc). He also has to make signings like Weghorst, Sabitzer and Evans because of the Glazers whilst Chelsea have been essentially spending through the nose at whoever they desire.
I can see why people think Poch should be doing more.
