Man Utd Thread:

[under the bar]

Harsh lesson for young Williams tonight.  Had enough opportunities for his brain-fart not to matter but with only Rashford to rely on we couldn't convert them. Solksjaer certainly giving youth a chance tho

[Geoff Tipps]

With Spurs and City up next United will probably be looking for a new manager come Saturday night.

[Cunny Funt]

Like last Sunday a great opportunity to finish the weekend in 5th wasted. Villa probably deserved the draw but for United to fight back from 1-0 down to lead and then let that lead go so cheaply and within minutes of scoring was yet another example of how fragile United are and have been for a number of seasons now.

Spurs and City to play in the next two league games, hard to see United get anything out of those games unless McTominay and Pogba return from injury.

[NAG1]

What is the story with Pogba's injury, seems to have dragged out massively.

[Maroon Manc]

A very worrying performance, United outplayed by another promoted team. Its been very obvious since the first few weeks of the season United will struggle against any team that is organised and prepared to let United have the ball, United had 62% of the ball yesterday and 59% against Sheffield United. Its a big week for Ole with Spurs & City coming up, its difficult to make a case for United getting anything from either games unless McTominay & Pogba returns. We lack any sort of cohesion and now defensively look very suspect at the back, Maguire & Wan Bisaka's performance levels have dropped.

I really like Ole but as each week passes its getting harder and harder to make a case for him, he has no real track record in a big league and United have been in free fall since March and with a manger like Pochettino available for free he's obviously now going to be under a lot of pressure; A lot of mates who were prepared to give him time have changed their mind in the last week or so with Poch available and with the 2 really poor performances.

[NAG1]

A very worrying performance, United outplayed by another promoted team. Its been very obvious since the first few weeks of the season United will struggle against any team that is organised and prepared to let United have the ball, United had 62% of the ball yesterday and 59% against Sheffield United. Its a big week for Ole with Spurs & City coming up, its difficult to make a case for United getting anything from either games unless McTominay & Pogba returns. We lack any sort of cohesion and now defensively look very suspect at the back, Maguire & Wan Bisaka's performance levels have dropped.

I really like Ole but as each week passes its getting harder and harder to make a case for him, he has no real track record in a big league and United have been in free fall since March and with a manger like Pochettino available for free he's obviously now going to be under a lot of pressure; A lot of mates who were prepared to give him time have changed their mind in the last week or so with Poch available and with the 2 really poor performances.

If things dont pick up soon with maybe a loan signing or two in January I can see the board starting to get itchy feet, they clearly have felt that Poch was the man for the job in previous years and his availability heaps the pressure on Ole.

I wouldnt be surprised if they get a pre contract agreement in place with him giving Ole the team until the summer with a more graceful hand over then. Plus they can get Ole to do some of the squad trimming that is required as well prior to then.

[GetOverTheBar]

What is the story with Pogba's injury, seems to have dragged out massively.

You might curiously see it drag out to January 1st....

[Farrandeelin]

Real premier league table.

40 Liverpool
39
38
37
36
35
34
32 Leicester
31
30
29 Man City
27
26 Chelsea
25
24
23
22
21
20 Tottenham, Wolves
19 Sheff Utd, Arsenal
18 Man Utd, Burnley, C Palace
17
16 Bournemouth, West Ham, Newcastle
15 A Villa, Brighton
14 Everton
13
12 Southampton
11 Norwich
10
9
8 Watford
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

There we are. 6 points above the bottom 3. 23 points needed to get the '40 point mark'. Good job there's 24 games left to get them eh?

[screenexile]

Utd are closer to winning games than losing them though so that's a bonus!!

[brokencrossbar1]

What's mad about that table is that we are not even half way through the season and LFC are at least double the points of 16 out of 20 teams. That really is a mental stat.

[AZOffaly]

What's mad about that table is that we are not even half way through the season and LFC are at least double the points of 16 out of 20 teams. That really is a mental stat.

Without playing well!!

[laoislad]

Max points Man United can get now is 90. Gonna have to win every game left..... there were some on  here very confident they would get 90+ this season.

[brokencrossbar1]

What's mad about that table is that we are not even half way through the season and LFC are at least double the points of 16 out of 20 teams. That really is a mental stat.

Without playing well!!

I know....just as well we have had no injuries at all....

Ole is looking grey these days though. He is really feeling the pressure and the insane expectations of the fan base is taking its toll on him.  Fans starting to turn on Wan Bissaka and Maguire on some forums. With Potch available there is growing pressure on the United hierarchy to push the button.  Results against Spurs and City are unlikely in my opinion and 2 loses there and you could see them hovering over the relegation zone.  They are not going down but it would not be unreasonable to see them dropping 3-4 places in the table over the next few games.  Can the United board stand over that? 

[GJL]

What's mad about that table is that we are not even half way through the season and LFC are at least double the points of 16 out of 20 teams. That really is a mental stat.

Without playing well!!

I know....just as well we have had no injuries at all....

Ole is looking grey these days though. He is really feeling the pressure and the insane expectations of the fan base is taking its toll on him. Fans starting to turn on Wan Bissaka and Maguire on some forums. With Potch available there is growing pressure on the United hierarchy to push the button.  Results against Spurs and City are unlikely in my opinion and 2 loses there and you could see them hovering over the relegation zone.  They are not going down but it would not be unreasonable to see them dropping 3-4 places in the table over the next few games.  Can the United board stand over that?

Really?

That is mental. They have both been in the upper end of Utd performers this season along with the other new arrival - James.

[brokencrossbar1]

What's mad about that table is that we are not even half way through the season and LFC are at least double the points of 16 out of 20 teams. That really is a mental stat.

Without playing well!!

I know....just as well we have had no injuries at all....

Ole is looking grey these days though. He is really feeling the pressure and the insane expectations of the fan base is taking its toll on him. Fans starting to turn on Wan Bissaka and Maguire on some forums. With Potch available there is growing pressure on the United hierarchy to push the button.  Results against Spurs and City are unlikely in my opinion and 2 loses there and you could see them hovering over the relegation zone.  They are not going down but it would not be unreasonable to see them dropping 3-4 places in the table over the next few games.  Can the United board stand over that?

Really?

That is mental. They have both been in the upper end of Utd performers this season along with the other new arrival - James.

We are talking Red Cafe etc and sometimes the brain cells that are shared among some contributors are really stretched but yeah there have been murmurs....particularly with Leicester doing better defensively without Maguire