[redom]

Zirkzee brought some cohesion to our attacking play and Amad is our only consistent danger right now, glad the new contract didn't see him ease up.

 

[Kinky Melinky]

Amad. Nothing more to say.

 

[daveskimufc]

I'm losing faith in hojlund

I still don't think he gets enough passes, but he doesn't do enough to get the team up the pitch

 

[Catt]

Never in doubt

 

[MyDevil]

Just one word. Amad!

 

[Garethw]

We were horrific.

Do we carry on thinking the problem is lack of time to implement five at the back? At what point do we say the problem is the formation itself?

The formation and setup is a huge huge issue. There is no tactical flexibility to change the system when it’s not working either.

 

[JonnyIreland]

Terrible team performance rescued by a sparkle of magic.

 

[MZX7]

Ten Hag deserves jail time for his treatment of Amad! Imagine, we would've never seen all this from Amad if ETH had continued to sideline him and he had left dejected in the summer.

 

[calodo2003]

Never in doubt.

 

[Alemar]

Thanks to Amad. Great and late hattrick

 

[moodyred]

What an end game.

Terrible display for most of the game but some positives
1. Amorim's substitutions worked
2. Good performance by Zirkzee, Amad, Onana and Collyer
3. We have Amad

feels like we will be limping all the way to the end of the season.

 

[Red Royal]

Wow what a lucky win. Amad will get all the plaudits but Zirkzee made a big difference.

 

[Gopher Brown]

It's an absolute mess still, but that will give the players a real confidence boost.

Southampton played out of their skins for 82 min and should be nowhere near the bottom.

Hojlund is a becoming a real concern. Yoro was way off the pace too.

Amad is wonderful, and we haven't sucked all the joy out of him...yet.

 

[Hester_manc]

3 best United players today:
1) Amad
2) Onana
3) Garnacho

3 worst United players today:
1) Yoro
2) Mainoo
3)Mazraoui.

 

[MrBest]

Antony makes me want to give football another try.

Because if he can make it as a professional, all of us can.

Imagine, he earns almost 6x the average UK wage, in a week. How!

 

[Orange Tree]

First win for Amorim at OT?

Bruno should be played in midfield, we have no other player who can progress the ball from the middle and cover the space.

Amad is not a wing back. Play him nearer to the box.

Also, Zirkzee changed the game.

 

[dogwithabone]

Ridiculous. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Some genuinely terrible, terrible performances. I didn’t even think Amad was having a good game up until the 82nd minute! Zirkzee has to start ahead of Hojlund - he did more in 5 minutes than Hojlund did in 50.

 

[Tibs]

King Amad

 

[pratyush_utd]

I'm losing faith in hojlund

I still don't think he gets enough passes, but he doesn't do enough to get the team up the pitch

He does nothing with ball.

 

[Jazz]

Great performance from Amad

Relieved to get the 3 points.

Lovely applause just now for Amad from the fans

 

[lysglimt]

Awful for 70 minutes - but just the fact that we at least showed a lot of fight in the last 20 is a positive.

The positives: Amadx3, Eriksen, Collyer, DeLigt and Zirkzee

The negatives: Most of the others, but especially Mainoo, Højlund and Yoro - who all had an awful day

 

[Rustyspider13]

Zirkzee and Amad pulled us out of the fire. Bruno, De Ligt, Onana were good and Eriksen's cameo was perfect. We desperately need a partner for Ugarte, a striker with pace who can hold the ball and a LWB who can attack. Then we can start looking like a functioning team. Maybe.

But as for this season, I'm under no illusion. We can lose to any team at any point. Better steel ourselves for some shockers yet to come.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

Kudos to Eriksen for the assist, it broke Southampton's spirit.
Amad papered over some really huge cracks.
I get it we are totally spent from the 120 minutes against Arsenal, but that performance level drop was precipitous.

Very few positives, but a win's a win.

 

[JinnerJamie]

Special shout out to Zirkzee he changed it

 

[sdb4884]

Certainly some massive concerns, if Amad isn't on the pitch we don't win that. Need to somehow bring some players in before the window closes.

 

[paulscholes18]

Thankfully Southampton shat the bed with 30 to go and we were able to take full advantage of it.

 

[Paul778]

We do need to raid for Dibbing

 

[Jacob]

100% of MotM votes.

 

[DJ_21]

There was a poster in the match thread who called Amad shite. Come on own up who was it?

 

[Judas]

Appalling honestly. I’m glad we won but we looked desperate and lost once again against a side who want to just defend.

Thank god for Amad.

 

[The Cat]

Ten Hag deserves jail time for his treatment of Amad! Imagine, we would've never seen all this from Amad if ETH had continued to sideline him and he had left dejected in the summer.

Had this conversation with my mate this afternoon. Amad is the future and I genuinely thought that watching him play for Sunderland.

 

[LordSpud]

If they could bottle Amads passion and drive, and then dispense it to the rest of the squad, we would be a force.

 

[DJ_21]

We do need to raid for Dibbing

There LW was quality aswell. Rinsed Yoro all game

 

[RopersReturn]

Ten Hag deserves jail time for his treatment of Amad! Imagine, we would've never seen all this from Amad if ETH had continued to sideline him and he had left dejected in the summer.

Just goes to prove how crap ETH was as a manager.

 

[Superden]

I captained Amad in fantasy league. You can all thank me

 

[cj_sparky]

Unbeaten in 2025 come on!

 

[Ronaldo's ego]

Never in doubt. On to the next!

 

[Catt]

Glad we won, but that was awful awful stuff

 

[Dannn411]

1. Huge win in our relegation battle. Need 3 or 4 more wins and we should be safe.

2. If Ruben Amorim is really serious about changing the culture and turning things around, the first step needs to be making the team selection merit-based. Collyer and Zirkzee deserve starts on Sunday vs Brighton after their performances tonight. Both players changed the game when they came on.

3. What more needs to be said about Amad that hasn't already been said. What a player.

 

[lysglimt]

The introduction of Zirkzee and Collyer changed that game for us tonight.

Yes - and De Ligts tackles - one of them gave us a goal, another a big chance