I don't usually agree with much Paul Scholes says as a pundit but he was right to say that the first half performance made it difficult to enjoy the second half. The defending in the first 45 was worse than at Leicester and better teams would have put us away long before the break. Not only was the defending shambolic but we missed guilt-edge chances. We can't go on expecting to win games when we only play for one half. P.S. We are shite at zonal marking and worse at playing it out from the back: these have to change if we are to challenge for anything at all.
Interesting that one or two here are coming on to my side that Maguire, not Lindelof, is the problem at CB and that AWB can be a liability, not to mention that Shaw's performances are nothing like last season.
I have been screaming out for Cavani to lead the line and push Ronaldo out wide where he is more dangerous, has more space and a licence to roam more freely. Why it's taken Ole so long to work it out is beyond me... no doubt he'll have forgotten it by Sunday...
In the matchday thread people were screaming to have Bruno replaced at half time, not sure what game they were watching: he was the one creating the chances. Fred was also making important challenges and I though he had a pretty good game.
All that said, we did score three nice goals and Ronaldo is a freak: how does he jump so high and defy gravity for so long?
I still reckon we will get battered on Sunday although it meant not be 5-0 but 8-4!