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All a bit knee jerk for me - compare it to the first two games last season for one thing.
There are obvious mitigating factors last seasonAll a bit knee jerk for me - compare it to the first two games last season for one thing.
Yeah that's fair, especially players needing more time to know each other but yeah, Eric needs to change things and do it fast or we'd have another mess on our hands.Whilst it's true there's also been a massive amount of player changes in the last twelve months, and those who are still here from before have started training under yet anothet completely different manager. We have a shitload of issues.
Having said that, I'm not trying to cop out of anything. Ten Hag needs to do better. It's been ten years of boom bust cycle for us. The boom being "I think we might play well in this game tonight, maybe we're finally on the up!" followed by the bust that is "for fecks sake, this shite again..."
No one expects the team to play exactly the same way every game. Everyone knows that Erik can adapt and tweak his team. Everyone knows that most of the players can do better, some of them a lot better. No need to be condescending.Every year…every sport I follow…people always massively overreact to the first game. It’s comical to me.
In baseball it’s even funnier since there are 162 freakin games. American football….it’s a little more serious. But my god. One game means nothing. And we got the win!
If this dampens your hopes or makes you think that this is 100% the way the team will be all season, then you have the mental toughness of tissue paper. Sorry, it’s just facts. Assuming a team will play exactly they did for one game…just because it’s the first one…is mad.
Yes we turned it around last year but who will be the panic signing this time.No, last year we lost this.
You win trophies by scraping games not pummeling teams week in week out.
It will click, we will be fine.
If Wolves could hit a barn door it would have been the same.All a bit knee jerk for me - compare it to the first two games last season for one thing.
Nobody, we don't need one... we have Hojlund to return and I'm sure he will get going quick enough.Yes we turned it around last year but who will be the panic signing this time.
I'm not saying there's not room for concern. But teams need to grow into themselves. No one could say we played well yesterday with a straight face...but it's also not a time to draw conclusions. You can say for the game there were midfield issues that need to be cleaned up; and if they're not cleaned up it's an issue. But having those issues for one game (that we won) means little, if it's not yet a trend. Just like a run of perfect play, that is followed by one game of terribleness, means little if the perfect play returns.No one expects the team to play exactly the same way every game. Everyone knows that Erik can adapt and tweak his team. Everyone knows that most of the players can do better, some of them a lot better. No need to be condescending.
The issues we saw yesterday were issues we have seen before. The inconsistency from our attacking players. All of them are capable of highlight moments, sometimes matchwinning, but they also have games like this, where nothing really happens for them.
Our midfield looked a bit iffy a number of times last season, some teams just run straight through us. And we saw it again last night. Showing us that nothing has improved as of now, and it is very unlikely that Mount will improve us much there.
The same way they look down on usReading threads like this I wonder how on Earth can so many caftards look down on other forums and fanbases.
The issue shocking everyone is that this is not a boring game we normally had against them. We were miserable to control the game. They had 22 shots. Let’s see what we do next game. Spurs can also play quite physical game.Historically our games v Wolves are garbage. I don't know anyone who gets excited for this fixture, home or away.
I knew last night would be one of those games but the good thing is, we actually got the 3 points instead of chucking them in the bin like we used to.
Take it at face value - 3 more points to safety, a shit game out of the way, clean sheet etc.
Spurs will be much different on Saturday and we'll be much better
Like being worse?There are obvious mitigating factors last season
I defer to you because you were there but it sure looked like a big turd on TV. There’s no polishing this one.Wolves played a version of spoiler football and did it excellently. When they weren't running 40 yards through midfield they were faking injuries and taking five minutes to take throw ins and goal kicks. The two minutes first half injury time were an absolute joke. More time was wasted by them in the first half than was wasted by both teams in the second half but then he added on 7 minutes which went to nearly ten with the VAR check.
I watched the highlights after I got home from the match and it was interesting that they didn't bother to include the 3 or 4 decent half chances United created, but then that wouldn't have fit the United are shit narrative they were looking for.
United were poor last night no question, but there were still some positives such as Onana who was class and AWB who had a very good game.
It was only moments really. We had a spell just before half time and then in the minutes leading up to the goal. Rashford and Antony both had chances first half which were as good as the wolves ones, but the highlights didn't include those, or the late Rashford and Sancho link ups which nearly led to 2-0.I defer to you because you were there but it sure looked like a big turd on TV. There’s no polishing this one.