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Watched NUIG v Sligo, from a Galway point of view Liam O Conghaile kicked the best 2 points of the game very early; Looks like he's capable of kicking scores from distance, hope that injury isn't too bad but he looks like he's a bit further behind in his physical department in comparison to O'Currain. Like the look of both of them, Galway in need of scoring forwards to put pressure on current contingent.

Ryan O'Donoghue is a bit hit and miss on the frees, eventually he was taken off them after missing another easy one.

James McLaughlin standouts for his eye catching fetches but he's going to have to improve defensively to fulfill his potential .

Another surprise result. University of Galway 1-10 TU Dublin 2-8

Was up at it. Big shock alright. Trinity just hung in there. Few minutes left and they were 2 points down when one of their players tried a point attempt from way out. Ball went high in the air but dropped well short into the keeper. Nobody near him. Under no real pressure. He caught the ball into his stomach but let it slip through his arms and he fumbled it into the net. Huge howler. Galway had a late free from almost straight in front of the posts to take it to extra time but Ryan O'Donoghue kicked it against the post and it went wide. Bad miss really as there wasn't a drop of wind out tonight.

Not many forwards named to start in the Galway team although Sheriden has form in that department! Surprised not to see O'Currain starting, seems like he made an impact when he came on anyways?

Doesn't seem like Sean Kelly will play any part in this competition so must be doubtful for Galways first few league games.

There's a shortage of top centre forwards about and the board wouldn't go for Kane, United overpaid for Hojlund as Atlanta had them by the balls as there was other clubs were in for him. I like what he brings to the team and expect him to be eventually to be a success although another centre forward has to be signed.

Hope this major clearout comes this summer, Dalot and Wan Bisaka continue to depress me! Just not good enough but you can't help feel that Ten Hag likes Dalot, more so for his ability to beat the press because it can't be much else. I'd keep Varane ahead of Maguire & Lindelof but can't blame him for wanting to leave if the club are trying to renegotiate his contract.

Casemiro was outstanding last season but been poor on the few occasions he's played this season so is playing for his future but given his age and astronomical wages they might sell him anyway.

We're all looking for some competency in the transfer market, no manager gets every signing right but Uniteds strike record is utterly appalling the last decade and that has to change.

Genuinely hoping that the new structure will stop the scatter gun approach of recent seasons in the market. Big ask but here's hoping.

Would like to think so, United could have had Bellingham for £25m and Haaland for a pittance but didn't for different reasons. Talks of Ratcliffe buying others clubs which makes sense at Brexit is limiting United buying younger players like City have done.

Antony for £80m will go down as United's worst signing of all time, Ten Hag should have known better but Murtough will have had to go his boss and make the case too; Know for a fact that United's in-house scouting/analyists didn't rate him and wasn't high up on their list. If he really is on wages of £200k he'll be a lot harder to shfit then Sancho/

Mainoo and Garnacho both look like top players in the making so its not all doom and gloom.

There's a shortage of top centre forwards about and the board wouldn't go for Kane, United overpaid for Hojlund as Atlanta had them by the balls as there was other clubs were in for him. I like what he brings to the team and expect him to be eventually to be a success although another centre forward has to be signed.

Hope this major clearout comes this summer, Dalot and Wan Bisaka continue to depress me! Just not good enough but you can't help feel that Ten Hag likes Dalot, more so for his ability to beat the press because it can't be much else. I'd keep Varane ahead of Maguire & Lindelof but can't blame him for wanting to leave if the club are trying to renegotiate his contract.

Casemiro was outstanding last season but been poor on the few occasions he's played this season so is playing for his future but given his age and astronomical wages they might sell him anyway.

We're all looking for some competency in the transfer market, no manager gets every signing right but Uniteds strike record is utterly appalling the last decade and that has to change.

Another ETH issue I would have would be his reluctance to go for the established Premier league players such as Kane/Rice, instead, opting for Hojlund, untested and too young to carry a team.  A question Scholes and ferdinand brought up last night. 

Perhaps squad wage budgets wouldn't have allowed for Kane to join, but the question certainly needs asked

Spurs were not selling Kane to United last summer and looked like Rice didn't want to leave London and Arsenal had put plenty of groundwork in last season. United should have been in for him the summer they bought Casemiro but once again were in full panic mode after wasting all summer chasing DeJong.

More concerned with missing out on Haaland & Bellingham who were both well within Uniteds grasps for peanuts. United should always be in for the top English talent when it comes available but all the top English players are at big clubs now, some might see Mount was a top player but we've not seen that yet although at least he was desperate to join United ahead of Liverpool/Arsenal.

United have been massively incompetent, Cole Palmer is a United fan as are all his family yet he signed for City and United were in for him. That shouldn't happen, they've even had to pay to take Darren Fletcher's twins to OT from City and the two biggest talents to come through the academy in 20 years in Morrison & Greenwood both turned out to be wronguns, both should have turned into world class players although Greenwood may well do down the line albeit away from OT.

A major clearout is required but thats been the case for years and its not happened.

A disappointing performance but that starting team is about a poor a team that started a must win match we've ever had in the CL.

Front 6 had 1 player in Fernandes who should be starting regularly in a proper United team, 2 youngsters who should be bit part players and 3 players in Antony, McTominay & Amrabat who aren't good enough. Dalot is just woeful, does so much good work then lacks any sort of quality with a final ball and lacks awareness which results in him been dispossessed time and time again. Wan Bisaka not much better, limited going forward and he also lacks concentration. That team lacked quality,

United should have got through and taken 12 points from the 4 games against the other 2 sides but ended with 4.

Muscle injuries are out of hand, Shaw, Casemiro & Mount are all on their 2nd muscle injury of the season. That might even be Maguire's 2nd muscle injury of the season, Wan Bisaka was out with one too! The way they messed up Martinez's injury from last season is amateur hour too.

Sunday won't be pretty either, would imagine Mount, Casemiro & Diallo will be back for West Ham and not for Sunday.

Might get worse before its going to get better, thankfully there's not a huge appetite to sack ETH amongst United's support. If the club wasn't such a shambles from top to bottom then that might be different but given the context of the situation we find ourselves in then I really want him to stay.

He's not blameless but with a proper structure then the likes of Antony wouldn't be signed for £80m and neither would have Casemiro. That team that started on Saturday is about as poor as I've ever seen, only Shaw & Fernandes would be stating in a proper team; I'm a huge fan of Garnacho but he wouldn't be starting every week in a really top side but he has too at United.

Expectancy is low for the week ahead but playing the same way we have in recent weeks tactically will likely lead to 2 serious beatings. Mount must be close to a comeback for midweek, he'll probably start at Anfield.

Surely there must be a swap deal United can do in the short term with Sancho, there's been rumours of Raphina who was a revelation at Leeds but United are going to have to get another centre forward this January.

Any views on Lanzarote for a week at the end of January?

Best area, accommodation....medium budget.

I've been to Costa Teguise and Puerto Del Carmen, a lot more going on in Puerto Del Carmen.

Arsenal going to have to play better to win the league which I hope they do, they won't replicate what they've done in the first half of the season in the 2nd half in terms of late goals.

City more then capable of winning 19 out of the remaining 23 league games, if they drop points in any of the next 4 league games which I expect them to win then maybe there is a bit of an issue.

Garnacho was United's best player last night, he's frustrating but unlike Antony on the other wing Garnacho was able to glide past his opponent with ease and deliver a cross or a shot. He's 19 and has a lot to learn and will have game where he'll frustrate but he's a serious talent.

5-2 would have been a fairer reflection and hard to believe how similar it was to the game last May between the 2 sides, Chelsea getting off lightly in the media but their not Man Utd who are team everyone still hates.

Maguire was poor last night, 2 or 3 huge mistakes from him last night which appear to have gone unnoticed. Many journalists who've sat down with Ten Hag have said he likes partnerships so there is a strong possibility that Varane might come back into the side when Martinez is back or might even get a chance with Shaw although I'm far from convinced by Regullon at left back and Dalot has been a disgrace playing there in recent weeks.

There's been signs in recent weeks of what Ten Hag is trying to in an attacking sense, would imagine he envisages Mount been able to do what McTominay does but he's far more gifted technically but we're so wide open without the ball; Tactically he's got a lot to work on when we lose the ball. I'd like to think with the return of Martinez we won't be giving it away so often.

Stop replying to the simpleton, he's only looking for a rise and he's getting one.

Miles off it all over the pitch, always going to be tough after travelling back from Istanbul though but Rashford & Martial were disgraceful; Very little effort put in from both players, Martial was a lost cause years ago but Rashford has been pathetic all season and deserves all the abuse coming his way. Dalot gave one of the worst displays I've ever seem from a United fullback, appalling from start to finish and McTominay wasn't much better. He was bullied from start to finish by Joelinton.

They've got to be careful with Hoylund but against a good side Martial won't cut it, need to bring a centre forward in this January. Maguire played well but if Ten Hag is still here next season then I don't think Maguire will, his reluctance too take the ball from Onana is an issue.

3 home games in a row and need 3 wins, I'm not optimistic.

A bit personal with Gary Sice, not rocket science to work out which cretin it is reappearing from Roscommon.

City should have been out of sight by half time, hard to understand the rules anymore when Gvardiol gets away with a yellow for his challenge; Its reckless, he's out of control with his studs on show 3ft in the air but the pundits left it alone.

1 point from 3 games where United were in total control, completely thrown away all 3 games.

Galatasaray had a lot of shots but didn't create too many clear cut chances whilst every time United put a few passes together they created chances. Simply not good enough from Onana but even still United missed so many chances in the last 15 minutes, Pellistri falls to pieces anytime he gets near the goal, most of his attempts are like back passes, his all round play has improved in the last few years but he has zero end product; Nowhere near good enough for United currently.

Anthony played well but the game was wide open, have my doubts he can back that up at the weekend. Tactically  Ten Hag got it right, United just weren't keeping the ball well enough. McTominay made those runs from early on and wasn't been tracked but wasn't passed too.

Ten Hag getting the blame as usual but he got a lot right last night, a few players let him down. There's definitely signs of improvement in the last 2 games. Saturday will be a big test so certainly not getting carried away.