With Chelsea faltering against Everton and Wolves having an awkward away game at Brighton this would be the perfect time for an upset. Strong side, so who knows - (Other than Shaw and Lingard of course)
Not happy with Shaw at LB but other than that it's about the best team we can put out with the players available.
It's not an exaggeration to say this should be four. Hope we don't rue a couple of missed chances. Vital we don't concede before half time, this is excellent so far.
Fantastic first half - everyone in the side put in a shift - one name I didn't hear mentioned in commentary was Lingard - he needs to get involved, he's been almost invisible, hopefully Mata will replace him.
Lingard has done a fair bit of the only thing he is good at, chasing the ball from player to player so they don't get chance to settle on it.
Amazing result! Amazing effort by everyone. Again, please Lord, don’t let Pogba back into the team. Yes, he is more skilled, but ego has no place in this team.
Huge credit to Ole for managing the Pogba situation - there is no place in this dynamic team for him, he's been kept away from the squad as much as possible so his toxicity hasn't been able to influence the youngsters.We need to get him out in the next window and use the money to strengthen in midfield with some pace and some cunning to balance it out. Defensively we're sorted, the same with the front, but I would like a short-term goal-fix in case we get an injury.
I thought lingard played well, made some good passes linked up with everyone. Person I was impressed by was Fred again.
Yeah, Fred has been growing into his position for a while now. Needs McTominay alongside him, not Pereira, and when he has that they are solid. Get rid of Pogba, get rid of Matic and buy an absolute top drawer ACM with the money and we're good to go. Pereira and Lingard go back to being reserves and then likes of Gomes can grow. If Eriksen is available next month and Jose wants Matic again, get that deal done for a start.
Beat 2 of the fancied teams of the moment back to back. What the **** is going on? The pundits said it couldn't be done. I thought we might get 1 point but 6 ? Great week for Ole and the team. Too early to say that the corner has been turned. We still need to make sure we turn these draws against unfancied teams into wins. We still need a strong attacking midfielder and a regular 9 to be cover for injury prone Martial. We need to solve the Pogba issue. But like I said at the beginning of the season we have to give Ole time. As long as we are not flirting with relegation. With these 2 performances, he has deserved the trust of everyone at the club. I also wish these ****ing press pundits will now stop putting his job on the line each time there is a decent manager out of a job.
Let's face it, Christian, Ole's invited the pressure. After winning 15 of Ole's first 17 games, we have now won 7 of the last 24 matches. The pressure that Ole feels has nothing to do with the pundits. After 16 games last year, JM had us at 26points and we couldn't wait to get JM out. Now, we have 24points from 16, we should somehow pretend that we are in better position? Let's not kid ourselves here. I will say this; if Ole can learn from the fundamental mistakes of the summer, especially with midfield planning, he has a chance to build far better team than we had last year. But I still love the 3 signings that were made. Also, he needs to stop cozying up to Pogba. With Pogba away from the team, they function better as a unit and less ****ing lazy. With bit of creative talent in the middle of the park and a top striker, the draws will be turned into victories. As for the last two games - we need to similar show grit and determination to get results against teams that we should be killing in the league. Until then, the pressure will remain.
I hope it's mutually agreed that he should be away from the team. Then it is settled that he is not coming back into the team. We clearly do not need him. I'm not simply saying that because we've won two league games on the bounce for the first time since March, but because he simply doesn't make the team any better when he's on the field. Cut him off to Madrid! Let them have him asap.