28 Oct 2020 22:24:45
At the start of the season it was pretty obvious that due to c. v, only 1 friendly next to no preseason we where under cooked.
Our first few games almost looked like preseason friendlies and we lost 2 games in the league, our first 2 since February.
But since the International break we have continued to Improve.
Defence has took a lot of stick and as a team at the start of the season we where all over the place but against Newcastle, psg, Chelsea and Rb we have conceded 2 goals. Both own goals .
Defence was far better last season than people gave them credit for to be honest.
Work on the training pitch there.
Ole rotated the squad tonight and that's a proper performance from front to back .
We have great options up top, greenwood had a quiet game still finding his feet but that really is a special finish .
Martial looks sharp so does cavani what can you say about rashford .
Before his injury rash for me was outstanding its took him a while to get back but he looks on his way now.
Young lad special talent can you imagine if mbappe had done that tonight .
Our midfield options look great so many different options.
We continue to improve, continue to move in the right direction . Maybe things aren't as bad as some would make out?


1.) 28 Oct 2020
28 Oct 2020 23:20:02
Thats a good post jred.
Our 2 best performances have been in Europe.
Both with different systems and personelle. We out fought and out thought both teams and impact from bench in both games was great.
The common theme in both performances was playing 2 up top.
We have not seen that in the league in any of the 5 matches.
We have 4 strikers and no natural wingers in the squad bar james who usually plays on his weaker side.
2 up makes sense with either a diamond or 3 at the back.
Thoroughly agree on Rashford he is just a super guy. His attitude will continue to be and has always been top notch. Its what stylus him apart from many others. Giving that pen to martial was a unique gesture and made getting his own hat trick even more special.
Ole much like last week got every decision right during the game.
We now need to take that form and in game managment into the league
We need to be more aggressive and positive imo.
To me a positive aggressive attacking mindset with a cohesive team all on the 1 page is what Manchester United is all about. A Manchester united team to me should always set out to win the battle 1st in terms of effort commitment and togetherness before they earn the right to win the game. I have felt that ole has abandoned many of the principles and expectations i have for any united manager in that regard.
Tonight all of that was there and i was a proud supporter tonight. Not only becuase of the 5 goals but because that was a team performance all on same page from all who played right through to the manager.
The league season has started poorly perhaps in part down to fitness and perhaps due to the feeling of what could have been from last season and the hangover from that the end of last season was a damp squib.
3 very good additions to the squad plus axel opens up options.
The squad is there imo. The positive mindset and winning demands and intent must come from the manager and flow through his team.
There is no reason why we can't play as structured and as positively and aggressively as we did tonight every week and in every game. We might not score 5 or even win but that's ok when as a supporter you can walk away knowing we gave it everything.
My wish for the rest of the season is more of the same and to play 2 up top.


2.) 29 Oct 2020
28 Oct 2020 23:33:21
I'm very happy with that win. But I wouldn't say we are back. I'll take a bit more time before I make a final judgement. The next ten games will tell a lot.


3.) 29 Oct 2020
28 Oct 2020 23:39:02
We have been playing well and improving for a while now. It takes time.


4.) 29 Oct 2020
29 Oct 2020 00:36:25
In fairness to ole ken I’ve always thought that he’s got the core principles right. From in minute he got here he talked about the players upping the work rate.

We need to build on this. That’s the standard now. Players like pogba can’t dip below that now. We know they can do it- time to become consistent.


5.) 29 Oct 2020
29 Oct 2020 06:23:23
Ken, I think its a great way to setup with 2 up front, since we don't have traditional wingers.

There is no drop off in quality from bench these days.

Also, we were under-prepared at the start of the season. 4 of the signings were on deadline day.
Now the energy and intensity is up by a mile.
We are closing down opponents much quickly and sharply.


6.) 29 Oct 2020
29 Oct 2020 07:37:09
Bl00dy h3ll! What a result!

Just imagine how good this team could be when we finally get a real manager, and not a PE teacher.


7.) 29 Oct 2020
29 Oct 2020 07:39:27
I think Ole needs to show more aggressive positive intent on Sunday, no more of the Chelsea don’t lose attitude. The first goal is often key, as it was last night, because unless there is a quick equaliser the opposition have to push their line forward and we saw what happened when RBL did that.


8.) 29 Oct 2020
29 Oct 2020 08:12:03
Good post jred.


9.) 29 Oct 2020
29 Oct 2020 15:48:24
Good to see VdB get a start.