22 Dec 2019 17:03:18
No arguments. That was shockingly poor. If Lingard scores, which he should have done, it would have been a different game. Watford would have been forced to attack, leaving more space for our forwards. Shocking error by de Gea, who, for the second week in a run, has not shown the type of performance needed. Against Everton it was weakness in the air. Maybe it's time for Ole to give Sergio a run in the team. De Gea is a great shot stopper but he has allowed the flaws that were apparent when he was first signed to reemerge.

The only bright spot was that Pogba looked sharp during his cameo return and was successful in unlocking the defense, creating some decent chances to come back. If he's up for it he could provide the missing link playing in an advanced midfield role.

No doubt the knives will be out again for Ole but, frankly, I just don't see how we can blame him for the ineptitude of the players. We were not good but Lingard and de Gea cost us the game.

1.) 22 Dec 2019
22 Dec 2019 17:23:47
Who chose to start Lingard? Is something happening above Ole's head that I'm not aware of?

2.) 22 Dec 2019
22 Dec 2019 18:02:33
Who picks the team, and who chooses the tactics?

Times like this I miss fellaini. He was a plan b, c and d, in his own right.

3.) 22 Dec 2019
22 Dec 2019 18:38:45
What's tactics got to do with the keeper cocking up two weeks in a row and players missing 1 on 1 chances. Greenwood missed 1 over the bar late on aswell? Definitely Ole's fault aswell.

4.) 22 Dec 2019
22 Dec 2019 21:08:35
Shawthing, I'm flabbergasted. Solskjaer selects the team and tactics but you're saying we can't blame him? Ddg has been shocking for two years ( he had a nightmare with Spain in the last World Cup, then a shocking season last year. And continued to be total rubbish this year. And yet people are asking "is it time to drop him? ". Jesus, it was time to drop him a year ago.
Where is the management strength, solskjaer hasn't got the balls to do it. Clueless.

5.) 22 Dec 2019
22 Dec 2019 21:14:59
Minus God dam 21,that's Watford's gd, its not the odd missed chance or gk error that cost us the game. We are quite simply much, much better than them, and we should be spanking them. This isn't a squad issue, it's a tactics and management issue.

6.) 22 Dec 2019
22 Dec 2019 21:47:35
I believe it's a personnel issue more than the tactics if I'm being perfectly honest. Do we have the players to play someone else as no10 for example? Mata? he's past it. Lingard? Not good enough. Maybe now Pogba is fit again he will play in that role but I don't see him being here long term. So we obviously need players. People calling for the manager to be sacked again and that would be our 5th manager in 6 and half years so doesn't that surely tell everyone the problems are a lot deeper than the manager.

7.) 22 Dec 2019
22 Dec 2019 22:15:15
I'm replying to the same person twice with the same response ut I'm away for xmas in Brugge, the kids are asleep and I've had a bottle of wine.

But to repeat myself, yes we don't have the required no 10 to unlock defences, so the solution is to stop doing the same thing each game that requires this no 10 that doesn't exist, and find another strategy that doesn't rely on it.