I said last week (either on here or on Facebook) that United shouldn't panic at losing away to City and Liverpool (most teams will) but it's when they start losing to the midtable teams that they should start to worry. When United go behind under Moyes or come up against any sort of well organised opposition, they don't look like winning. There's still 32 games to play but in theory United can almost certainly be ruled out of title contention because 3 defeats in August-September is too much, they won't see out the year with less than five defeats. I still think the title will end up being a two way tussle between Chelsea and City. After United's defeat today, you have to fancy Spurs to get top four. I still think you will struggle to beat the bigger teams, but in the wider scheme of things that shouldn't matter if you improve your home record against lesser sides which you look to be doing with Eriksen in the side creating things, it seems as if you've finally replaced Modric.
With City losing two away matches to mid to lower table teams I cannot see them in a two horse race District. Don't forget that your defence has been carved open by the likes of Fulham and we did it today which has to be a concern for the season. I feel, like Liverpool District that when you lose one you'll go on a losing streak and will fall away for the title. Arsenal are up there and are showing no real signs of weakening yet.
Nothing is decided in September. It does look like the league might be more competitive this year, but with only Everton unbeaten so far and all the top teams - except Spurs perhaps - having had at least one off day, no team stands out as favourite. Chelsea were running away with the league this time last year and nobody could see them being caught. They were never in a title race. We should have seen enough twists and turns by now to know that you should expect the unexpected
Him and Modric came on at half time. That's 2 league games Bale has played and RM haven't won either. Perhaps he's a jinx
"Nothing is decided in September. It does look like the league might be more competitive this year, but with only Everton unbeaten so far and all the top teams - except Spurs perhaps - having had at least one off day, no team stands out as favourite." After 6 games gone, hard to see the Mancs or Chelsky putting together the W24 D8 L0 to win the PL with 80 pts.
"That's 2 league games Bale has played and RM haven't won either. Perhaps he's a jinx" That would be ironic. But they'll love his seasons 2017-20.
My two predictions for this season: 1. Bale will flop abroad (and wish he'd never left Spurs) 2. Chelsea will not win the league again with The Smug One There. I've said it (again).
Moyes has failed, sorry, Luke. But he was always bound to fail, because every man and his dog knew that he simply wasn't up to the task. That said, who would be? As I said before he was appointed, that job was always going to be a poisoned chalice. If it is going to be a fact (which I think it will prove to be) that Fergie is going to go down in history as the greatest club manager of all time, who the hell was ever going to follow him? Answer: no one. No way would The Smug One, or Pepe, or any of those trailing behind them, ever going to show themselves up as being second best, by trying to follow in Fergie's shoes. They're too clever for that, and have egos that would have prevented them from taking the unnecessary risk. It was always going to be a patsy like Moyes who would be suckered into ruining their career by taking on that particular impossible task. I'm sure that even the powers-that-be at United knew that fact. It may give Moyes some more time - because who still would want to take on that task? - but be left in no doubt that (a) Moyes was never seen by United as having the ability to manage the likes of United, and (b) he would never have been any where near their first choice if United thought, for one second, that the likes of The Smug One or Pepe would have taken on the job. Even then, I doubt that the-powers-that-be at United could have believed that Moyes would be so completely incompetent in the job - and that's the reason why I believe he will have to go. The thought that United might get dragged into a relegation battle will be a bridge too far for them.
Spot on. To try and recapture their form Utd will go for all out attack and leave themselves exposed in defence and wallop. I've already posted that a bit of Scottish nationalism reared it's ugly head here with Ferguson favouring his own nationality to take over thinking as all Scots do that the sun shines out of Scotland's erasp and nobody else is good enough. I went onto the Utd board as I don't normally do and a poster wrote that WBA have always been a bogey team for them with draws and tight wins, ffs a bogey team is one you can never beat so the standards the fans have been accustomed to must be enormously high if a team they normally draw with or narrowly beat is a bogey team. The fact that they lost to them at home after 35 years bodes more badly for Utd than well for WBA. A lower half position in the table at the start of the season was normal for Moyes at Everton and they slowly improved through the season but this time I think as the circumstances are different and Utd will become frantic. If this can happen at Trafford it could happen at the Emirates when it's finally Au revoir Arsene. Arsenal won't maintain this form.
Was the selection criteria post-Fergie for a grumpy scotsman with hairdrying ability ?? I won't knock it too much, as at Spurs a dour Yorkshireman eventually took over from St Nicholson and we know how that went. At least when Fergie arrived, Man Utd were in poor shape so he had a bit of leeway. Moyes has the feel of the managers who came in after Matt Busby quit.
I think Fergie never left the house for two days after that thumping.....oh wait you're talking about the recent one !
Jeez, I'm still half drunk and reading posts on my smartphone, am losing the plot this morning!.....apologies for misreading these posts LOL
