Fletcher was the biggest one ever.
In his absence, he was elevated to all time world class midfielder levels
PL W FA Premier League
Norwich City 1:3 Manchester United
Post-match discussion
Sun, 27 October 2019
In his absence, he was elevated to all time world class midfielder levels
Norwich are a poor team but that was a good win (though I only got to see the highlgihts) so no complaints. We struggled against other terrible teams already this season so it should be seen as a positive to dispatch them so easily. I really hope this is the start of a good run of form (I'm refusing to believe it will be, because all we've had are false dawns for the last six years) and if Ole somehow does do the unprecedented and turn things around I'll happily eat humble pie and apologise to all those on here who've defended him so profusely!
Fully expected us to lose both against Partizan and against Norwich and we won both.
These games are exactly the type that we never win with this current squad and yet it seemed pretty comfortable.
What the hell do we have to do to start scoring penalties?
Glad Garner and Greenwood got more minutes, glad Martial is back, glad we won. 3 points, happy days.
These games are exactly the type that we never win with this current squad and yet it seemed pretty comfortable.
What the hell do we have to do to start scoring penalties?
Glad Garner and Greenwood got more minutes, glad Martial is back, glad we won. 3 points, happy days.
best performance of the season by a distance
we really could and should have won 6/7
we will need to develop our sharpness in front of goal
we really could and should have won 6/7
we will need to develop our sharpness in front of goal
Good performance. Missing two penalties is a bit ridiculous though. We played probably the most ideal team for OGS' style of play. He needs to get this kind of performance against teams who park the bus, which is our kryptonite and what most teams who will play against us will do.
That's a lot better. Should have had 6 today but for their keeper. Why can't United players take decent penalties these days. I think it's gonna be an up and down season to be honest. They really needed to have signed a midfielder and striker in the summer. Having not done that they're gonna struggle to get top 4. Still not impossible but today highlighted the fact if Martial gets injured as he has been then we struggle as there is no cover
Delighted with that, end to a good week, predicted the right score and all for once 
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It's incredible, isn't it?
We think we're trash, but we won 1 game and we're 7th, above Spurs and 3 behind Arse.
We think we're trash, but we won 1 game and we're 7th, above Spurs and 3 behind Arse.
There's always a happy medium isn't there?
What's with us and penalties? Seems like Krul was out to spoil our performance again.
Apparently he is rubbish at least according to the CAF. Good performance and nice to see something come alive upfront. Norwich is a shit team when we play them but tell that to City.
PS Krul was of the line on both penalties.
Norwich parked the bus when the game was goalless.
Some bullet-point opinions
- Maguire and Lindelof definitely add something to the team on the ball
- AWB a great defender, a very average attacker right now
- Young...let’s not ruin the positivity :-)
- McTominay immense bar stupid, slack error at the end
- Fred managed to look like a footballer
- Pereira showed that, purely as a #10, can be a useful player. Not a winger or a deep-midfielder but takes up some good positions and has nice feet
- James good again, not sure why he looked for the penalty over driving for goal
- Rashford good on the left
- Martial makes such a difference at CF, good with back to goal and scares defenders with his pace and tricky
Norwich very poor. They’re going down based on that. Far too open, far too reliant on Pukki for goals. Not sure why Hernandez didn’t start, at least tried to make something happen. Max Aarons looked a nice prospect
- Maguire and Lindelof definitely add something to the team on the ball
- AWB a great defender, a very average attacker right now
- Young...let’s not ruin the positivity :-)
- McTominay immense bar stupid, slack error at the end
- Fred managed to look like a footballer
- Pereira showed that, purely as a #10, can be a useful player. Not a winger or a deep-midfielder but takes up some good positions and has nice feet
- James good again, not sure why he looked for the penalty over driving for goal
- Rashford good on the left
- Martial makes such a difference at CF, good with back to goal and scares defenders with his pace and tricky
Norwich very poor. They’re going down based on that. Far too open, far too reliant on Pukki for goals. Not sure why Hernandez didn’t start, at least tried to make something happen. Max Aarons looked a nice prospect
Amazing.
There is life in the beast.
Well yes its still october and there are only 3 points between 7th place and 16th place and only 5 points between 7th place and the relegation zone which is why i think it is bonkers that so many come on here calling for Ole to be sacked.
Very true. A lot of nice combinations in the middle of the park. I actually noticed that we tried to play it into feet vs Partizan. The difference was that it was Lingard who took up the spaces that Martial occupied today. A lot of probing passes to feet in that game, which most of the time Lingard didn’t manage to do anything with. Not just Lingard of course, Martial didn’t have a good game, but for all the talk of Lingard’s movement, I think he’s been ruining a lot of moves by actually being in the way. Like his run in the same space as James in the last attack vs Liverpool, where Rashford got stick for not playing the ball.
Like you, I thought Pereira had a pretty good first half, he doesn’t just go at it, but tries to pay attention to where his team mates are.
Also, really annoying to see Krul get away with cheating. Aren’t any of our other players paying attention to him taking two steps off the line, and pointing it out to the ref? Glad to see Ole mention it, because he can be a little too timid in raising hell to get refs and other officials to notice.
McTominay was amazing today.
McTominay was amazing today.
Good result and good performance to boot. Still a bit hard to gauge where we are as Norwich defend like a bunch of nutcases but if it wasn’t already obvious. Open spaces are very good for James, Rashford and Martial.
Good breath of fresh air with our attacking display. Enjoyable. Not perfect by any means though.
It really should be getting checked by VAR like the goals are for offside etc.
He did well to save them but it should have been spotted by the officials.
And my God, isn't it refreshing to be in here and have positive comments floating around every thread. Christ, this place was getting me down.
As bad as everything has been, I have kept thinking that if we could win 3 games on the bounce everything would improve drastically. This should have been number two after Liverpool but it's a good start at least.
Norwich are rubbish and their manager looks like he is smelling his own farts and is conflicted as to whether he likes the smell or not.
Norwich are rubbish and their manager looks like he is smelling his own farts and is conflicted as to whether he likes the smell or not.
I think 4th spot will require a very low points total this season.
Fletcher turned up for every big game to be fair. Became number 1 on the team sheet for big games.
An actual good performance. I almost forgot what that feels like.
I really hope it's not a one-off and we can go on a run now.
I really hope it's not a one-off and we can go on a run now.
I am struggling to understand how Ashley Young has an average score of 4.9 for that performance today, that was as far from a 5/10 performance as I have ever seen, he was absolutely horrendous. I would even go as far as to say it was the worst game I have ever seen him play. Abysmal
How many places could we move if we beat B'mouth?
You clearly haven't watched him enough over the last 2 years.
Go into 5th if Arsenal and Palace draw or lose.
Good result and good performance.
No complaints.
No complaints.
Cheers.
Good summary.
Another thing I noted is our energy levels were quite good. Previously against smaller teams we tend to be a little lose but today we were quite solid.
a good left back and a stronger midfielder and we are on to something
It was nice to enjoy a game for a change. Only Norwich sure, but some nice football, and we actually looked to pounce on them when winning the ball back.
Pretty sure they won't have 10 players injured all season...
oh i have, and no matter how much i drink i cant forget
Better than Chelsea at home?
This!!! I’ve thought it the entire season, but I walked away again thinking that we won’t contend for top 4 until Pereira and Fred no longer feature in our starting squad. Both of them have poor vision, zero sense of where they are on the pitch, and no ability to link passes. They both dribble too much and give the ball away in dangerous areas.
On a separate note, I’m very intrigued by Garner. I know we were up by a lot and that he didn’t have much responsibility to push the ball forward, but his movement off the ball was good and he played simple. He’s young, but I want to see him pick up more minutes against lesser opponents. He looks to have something in my opinion.
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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16%
Daniel James
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13%
Anthony Martial
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11%
Marcus Rashford
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9%
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
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1%
Andreas Pereira
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1%
Fred
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 393 ratings.
Score Predictions
290,103,112
- Man Utd win
- Norwich win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 18% Norwich 1:1 Man Utd
- 16% Norwich 1:2 Man Utd
- 15% Norwich 0:2 Man Utd
- 14% Norwich 0:1 Man Utd
- 6% Norwich 1:3 Man Utd
- 6% Norwich 2:1 Man Utd
- 5% Norwich 1:0 Man Utd
- 5% Norwich 2:0 Man Utd
- 4% Norwich 0:0 Man Utd
- 3% Norwich 0:3 Man Utd
- 2% Norwich 0:5 Man Utd
- 2% Norwich 5:0 Man Utd
- 1% Norwich 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% Norwich 3:1 Man Utd
- 1% Norwich 2:2 Man Utd
- 1% Norwich 3:0 Man Utd
- 0% Norwich 3:2 Man Utd
- 0% Norwich 2:3 Man Utd
- 0% Norwich 1:4 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Norwich
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 46% 54%
- Shots
- 10 21
- Shots on Target
- 3 11
- Corners
- 1 10
- Fouls
- 13 10
Referee
Stuart Attwell
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by James Garner
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replaced by Mason Greenwood
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replaced by Jesse Lingard
