At 4-1 it’s a different game. Might even have finished 4-1, which would have been respectable in the circumstances.
Exactly the line I took earlier, before 9 were scored (then 4) and I still say the same as you. VAR credibility is in total freefall and any defending by the PL,/FA of it should be treated with total contempt. Bednarek might get his card rescinded or reduced in consequence is a hope I have, the earlier incident should ensure that player does not wear our shirt again. I expected a defeat, possibly 4-0, but given the situation history does repeat itself, unfortunately. We move on and keep our nerve, as raw as we might feel now, it's how the players, manager and us the supporters react which will determine the immediate future.
Well that was truly awful. Sending off after 2 minutes for GBH, 9 goals against, 0 for, goal disallowed by VAR, dodgy penalty and another sending off, midfield was poor. Ralph has to take some blame. Redmond should have come on in the first half to help Ramsey for either Adams or Ings as Ings really wasn't doing well on the wing and changed how Saints played to make it hard for United.
I'm sure that's public domain somewhere, I believe Ralph mentioned it in an interview. As much as Gao is a problem, we shouldn't forget it was Katharina that willingly sold us to him, in spite of the red flags.
Summarised in the studio after the game as ‘despite a 9-0 win, all we’re talking about is the decision making’. I think even they were stunned by some of them. 10 minutes ago I was frustrated that we didn’t go for the shut up shop approach, then went back and saw we had no one to do that, that’s why. Certainly gives some context. We’re up against it at the moment with the gruelling schedule, hopefully we can catch a break soon and see Ralph back to his happy ways. But the sooner Mike Dean retires the better.
I know we lost 9-0 again but well played Ramsey. He was given no help by Djenepo in the first half and no a lot in the second but he stuck to the task.
