[Oddboy]

How's Lindelof playing?

Looked extremely composed on the ball but not a great deal to do defensively. Seems to be starting quite a few of our attacks.

 

[Escobar]

Martial and Mata unable to run into space. Baffling

 

[prtk0811]

Martial is having a poor half.

 

[simonhch]

Mkhi has been dire. Constantly losing the ball in good positions.

I wouldn't say dire. But point taken.

 

[Antisocial]

How's Lindelof playing?

Very well I'd say - some quality passes out of defence.

 

[ValenciasDrilledCrosses]

Is this Xhaka better than Pogba as well?

 

[pseudo_canadian]

Lindelof has very good passing

Well. Very composed on the ball especially.

 

[tomaldinho1]

I love the fact he has to turn his entire body around, like a turret on a tank, before he even thinks about it. His idea of a no-look pass is if he blinks as he's kicking it.

Haha this is spot on

 

[VeevaVee]

Shoot Fellaini.

I'm not a fan of his but jaysus

 

[Cantonagotmehere]

This ref is weird.

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Perfectly put

 

[Carolina Red]

Mkhi, buddy... if there's 4 guys covering you, there's guys not covering someone else

 

[bosnian_red]

Mikhi goes down way too easily. Not been good today. Martial also pretty much invisible. Time to bring Rashford on so that he can score on his debut

Mkhi has been our best player probably. Running the game. A few sloppy moments but mostly class

 

[PoTMS]

Don't worry lads, we'll run riot in the second half and score 3 more.

 

[Tincanalley]

Looks a bit miserable in the ground

 

[Kostur]

How's Lindelof playing?

Very good imo, good on the ball and in defence, Smalling looks the worse defender.

 

[Ban]

I'm not a fan of his but jaysus

 

[Rightnr]

You're calling him a tree and complaining about "holier than thou" attitudes? Take a hike.

Lol, are you the owner of the site? If not, you can keep your wishes for Christmas because I'm going nowhere.

 

[Catt]

Neymar and Mbappe have scored for PSG.

Take that to the CL thread.

 

[Kapardin]

Martial, Mata, Matic not really making any impact

Matic has been good. Consistently looking for the forward pass.

Need a second goal and we can say the game is over. Guess we have to wait for it.

 

[SwansonsTache]

Fellaini has lost a bit of volume in the rain, that fro' is well soggy.

 

[Android1974]

People are definitely overreacting, but equally Pogba is a huge loss for however long he's out. We have no other midfielder like him and without him our midfield descends a level or two.

Without Pogba, our play has to be different, too different, really, having to rely on Fellaini. That's why A.Pereira shouldn't have been allowed to go. He's the only ball-playing midfielder we had left.

 

[AkaAkuma&]

Very good imo, good on the ball and in defence, Smalling looks the worse defender.

Mike is looking horrible, not even the shadow of the player he was under LVG

 

[sammsky1]

OK performance but they are u ambitious and quite rubbish so nothing to get excited about. Martial, Matic, Mata been ineffective.

Fellaini, Young, Lukaku and Lindelof did well.

 

[simonhch]

How's Lindelof playing?

Like Franz Beckenbaur and Rio Ferdinand made love, and Cate Blanchett carried the offspring.

 

[R'hllor]

OT crowd is just ... go home for feck sake, at least you will be in warm room and not wet

 

[UnofficialDevil]

Fellaini 1-0

Great play from Young

 

[Andycoleno9]

Mkhi has been dire. Constantly losing the ball in good positions.

Really? I think that he plays very good. Yes losing ball but also creating something

 

[bosnian_red]

Dominant half, need to get another goal or 2 that our play deserves

 

[Vidyoyo]

Looking forward to Steven 'Charisma' Gerrard's HT analysis

 

[JG3001]

Martial has been fairly rough, hope he picks it up in the 2nd half. Hasn't got the ball much though

He's barely been given the ball, two times now Miki could have made a free pass to him on the counter and both times he's been ignored.

 

[lawliet354]

Well. Very composed on the ball especially.

Yes, he is perfect for Smalling's partner

 

[prtk0811]

Fellani was missed at Stoke

 

[BringNaniBack]

Matic needs a rest already.

 

[Catt]

I'm not a fan of his but jaysus

Ups

 

[redshaw]

Not the atmosphere or sparkle Jose was expecting but not a bad start.

 

[McGrathsipan]

It's actually pissing me off how Martial barely makes any runs in between the centebaxk and fullback

He's a lazy Bastard.

 

[PlayerOne]

Micki making good runs, but he needs to keep his composure better and look up. Twice Martial could have been in if he didn't just keep running into their defenders

 

[Classical Mechanic]

Like Franz Beckenbaur and Rio Ferdinand made love, and Cate Blanchett carried the offspring.

Are you on E? Thought he was a 6/10.

 

[Janson]

I've been saying this for a while.

Keeps Valencia on his tip toes knowing there's someone behind him + keeps him fresh as well gives Young more game time. Win-win.

And Young's crossing ability is a lot more direct and no nonsense, love it.

Yeah, I agree, and Young has pretty much always been good when he got the chance.

 

[Android1974]

Fatigue definitely exacerbates the chances of pulling your hamstring, but in this scenario Pogba overexerted himself causing his injury. No one is to blame, neither Pogba or Mourinho. We also don't know the extent yet - it might not be as bad as initially feared. Pogba definitely did the right thing by being cautious.

Mourinho thinks Pogba is better physically than he is, we saw it last season the manager overplaying him and getting some small injuries.

 

[Kostur]

Mike is looking horrible, not even the shadow of the player he was under LVG

Yeah well, I guess we have to take into consider the really defensive side we were back then.