Matt Varnish
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That went better than expected
Not under that manager no.
AntonyThat would be an insult to babies. Barring that tame effort by Cas, did we even have a single attempt on goal?
Antony was left back at that pointNot embarrassed like a lot thought we would be, but just never looked even remotely likely to score.
Horrible goal to concede, but generally held the ball reasonably nicely and kept them at bay.
Last 5 mins you'd need to be an absolute delusion king to think we'd have a goal in us with those youngsters, Antony etc as the attack.
End of the seasonsacked now or sacked at the end of the season?
This game and a few others this season really does make me feel ETH will be here next season. The players are still playing for him. He hasn't lost the dressing room. This is key and happened to pretty much all our previous managers post Sir Alex. They're still fighting for him. I think there will be a massive improvement next season with this team challenging for the league. Yes, i just said that. With a fully fit squad, this team is better than the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal. Add a couple of players next season and we will be up there.
No many but he did have some, McT should probably have played CB today, Amad could have played as the 10He was coming back from an injury that’s why he didn’t start. ETH didn’t have many options.
What proof have you got for this ?This game and a few others this season really does make me feel ETH will be here next season. The players are still playing for him. He hasn't lost the dressing room. This is key and happened to pretty much all our previous managers post Sir Alex. They're still fighting for him. I think there will be a massive improvement next season with this team challenging for the league. Yes, i just said that. With a fully fit squad, this team is better than the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal. Add a couple of players next season and we will be up there.
If Ten hag gets sacked, he's seriously dug his own grave by never playing a 4-2-3-1. I'd argue that almost all our midfielders are better suited to that. Eriksen, casimero, mainoo and amrabat. We had so much more control today and it was primarily due to this.
I find that hard to believe, most of the United players wouldn't even know who Mcateer is!
He's had that for a while, that is not the reason he's missed the last 2 games, and unless Rooney & Keane have actually been in then treatment and training arenas they're talking out of their arses TBH about 'swinging the lead'What proof have you got for this ?
Rooney & Keane mentioned in the aftermatch that a few of injuries were ones that they as players would have played with, Bruno was down as having a "Wrist injury", the inference was that a few were swinging the lead and only thinking an FA Cup final, ruling themselves out of games.
Add to that Martinez was reported as declaring himself fit, but didn't even make the bench, that sparks of ETH saving players for the cup final.
I don't think he has lost the whole dressing room, but I think there are a few willing/trying to throw him under the bus.
"Chances of Champions League Football Falls" or Yo, So Shite Falls are two bad ones to get them started.INEOS should simply install a viewing platform and give the waterfall a catchy nickname.
What a clown . In certain country’s though your allowed home and away fans sit together aren’t you? Think Australia and USA are 2Was a bit above and behind me, I guess he didn’t keep quiet and outed himself as an Arse in the Stretford end. Got hauled out around halftime. When I got to the concourse the stewards were dragging him down the stairs while we all cheered on.
I wish we were unimpressive yet wonArsenal were unimpressive, their central midfield let the team down again.
What proof have you got for this ?
Rooney & Keane mentioned in the aftermatch that a few of injuries were ones that they as players would have played with, Bruno was down as having a "Wrist injury", the inference was that a few were swinging the lead and only thinking an FA Cup final, ruling themselves out of games.
Add to that Martinez was reported as declaring himself fit, but didn't even make the bench, that sparks of ETH saving players for the cup final.
I don't think he has lost the whole dressing room, but I think there are a few willing/trying to throw him under the bus.
I think we did reasonably well to be honest. At the end of the day, the game was decided by an indivdual error, we contained Arsenal just fine while definitely being up there with the Arsenal players in the individual battles. It obviously isn't enough but I actually liked the way we played today. It was a bit more methodical, less chaotic. Obviously, attacking wise there isn't much to talk about but that applies to chaotic games as well - at least oftne times.
Arsenal, as they do, were up for the taking. United just far too light to do so. For a team with such amount of points this season, they were particularly scared/poor.The most anticlimatic I've seen this fixture, especially with the stakes that Arsenal had prior to this match.
Both sides looked quite poor going forward, with Casemiro's horrendous error separating the two sides.
"Chances of Champions League Football Falls" or Yo, So Shite Falls are two bad ones to get them started.
Yes, that dire Palace peformance was the lowest low of a season of lows, and even our lot had to improve on it, and give them credit, they did. But will they put in a similar performance next time, or even better, or drop back to the level of the Palace match? We cant seem to string together 3 or 4 decent matches and every decent performance seems to be followed by a crap performance. To be honest I dont think City will let us dominate posession as Arsenal did and if they score one goal they'll want to score more, and no doubt will.Showed more heart than against Palace,mind you that was a very low bar so not difficult
That was a pass backAntony
Yeah, maybe. It takes two to dance, I agree, good chances that Arsenal could have upped their level but I still think, we made it rather uncomfortable for them. Based on the last few matches I didn't expect what I've seen.They played in second gear that's why
That was an Antony shot, a crap one but still one of only 2 on targetThat was a pass back
Are you sure?? Looked like he was returning the ballThat was an Antony shot, a crap one but still one of only 2 on target