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The United players with the most shots this season

1. Fernandes 47
2. Garnacho 43
3. Marcus Rashford 42

On Target

1. Fernandez 17
2. McTominay 14
3. Rashford 12

Your forward should be top of the list for shots but Rasmus Højlund in comparison shots 19 and on target 8.  There was an article published in the telegraph recently stating he received the fewest passes of any forward in the league which explains why he isn't in the top three for shots.  Last night chances was created for him and unlucky not to score at least one goal. That was against a league one outfit and on Sunday against Tottenham it will likely be back to the norm of this season with the likes of Fernandez,McTominay,Rashford and Garnacho taking on shots than to create chances for Rasmus.

Apart from poor finishing especially 1st half it was a routine and comfortable win in what was potentially a banana skin cup tie away against Wigan tonight.

Can someone help me with a pub discussion. Between Gay Sheerin and Cake who would have minded the nets for the rossies ?

Minded the nets most for Roscommon seniors? Would be Sheerin as he played from the last 70s to early 90s.

Franz Beckenbauer died aged 78

Has been some outstanding and Great German players and he was probably the best.

His brother said this a year ago.

Franz is suffering from a "significant deterioration that affects both his judgment and his memory, with no prospect of improvement".

In addition, he has had different problems with his health in recent years: two heart surgeries and a hip implant. In addition, in 2019 he revealed that he lost vision in one eye.

Two good high intensity semi finals yesterday whereby the two best teams won or be made it harder for themselves.

Makes for interesting final and with a lot of top quality players in action hopefully the weather is decent (less fog and frost) and it's a good competitive final.

I'm expecting Glen to edge it. Intermediate and Junior I think will be won by Cullyhanna and Listowel Emmets.

Mayo need to peak at the right time and ignore  wins when they don't matter . That has to be the goal this year after what happened last year They beat Kerry before it counted and Kerry got to the all Ireland final.

Not sure about peaking especially nowadays in such a congested season but the round 3 group game was the killer for Mayo. It was directly into the last 8 had Mayo avoided defeat against Cork and up against a team that would be playing their 3rd match in 3 weeks in the last 8. The manner of the defeat was bad also out scored 1-6 without reply in the final quarter v Cork.

On the defeat to London yesterday I can imagine plenty of starters will have ruled themselves out from featuring much if at in the upcoming NFL.

Sky Sports News had a segment on Varane on that he is to leave Manchester United because he needs to "cement his place in the France squad for the upcoming Euros".   The same Varane that retired from international duty after the World Cup!
An hour later they've re-recorded the segment with no mention of France.

Just one example of the type of poor English media reporting with their so called "sources"

Inconsistent Man United very much seen in the last two games. consistently inconsistent is probably what to expect from that United group of players for the 2nd half of this season.

The likes of Neville, Redknapp on Sky losing the run of themselves with their "great" Forest performance opinion when in reality they were impressive with how clinical they were with two goals two shots on target but along with United they very much played their part in one of the lowest quality games I've watched this season.

Plenty of character and togetherness shown in that win/performance tonight. I thought the performance was good even at 2-0 but Villa two in front from two shots on target at half time and the first was a cross that ended up in the net. Those gifts of goals a story of Uniteds season however.

Garnacho the clear MOTM a hairline away from scoring a hat-trick and what a way for Hojlund to get off the mark in the Premier League, has been fed on scraps all season in truth.

Still no win in seven attempts for Emery in Old Trafford at 2-0 today he was looking very cocky on the sideline not so much at full time.

Second lowest goal scorers in the league level with Luton. Never thought I'd see those sort of stats for a Utd team.

What's the latest on the mini takeover? And what will be achieved by this? Immediate changes, long term plan or both?

Hard to know whether to stick with ETH or not. I would say yes as they can't keep just sacking the manager. Lots of players to come back from injury, whether they are  much better than what they currently have remains to be seen. One thing is though they don't have any forwards to come back who will add goals. Is there money available in Jan? If so they will probably get shafted.

Announced today. 25% takeover and full control of all mens, womens and academy teams. Its a step in the right direction

A deal in place for some time and announcing it on Christmas eve after another defeat is typical of the Glazers PR.

Remains to be seen what difference it makes. Having someone else run the football operations that aren't as clueless as the Glazers business men buddies is a step in the right direction but the use of revenue generated by the club, investment into the club and the management of debt remain issues that directly impact football operations. Without full control of the club, INEOS will to some degree be operating with their hands tied in terms of football operations. Main question is should one expect a significant change when the club is in Glazer rather than INEOS control?

Does the game still need these pre season tournaments ?

Not much need anymore and these pre-competitions are heading for the chop and this could well be the last year of it. John Prenty will have played his part in that by playing these FBD games indoors which is little or no prep for the outdoors NFL games to come.

Steve Cooper looking a new job. And on the mouth of Christmas.

And Forest are holding talks with former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo to replace him

A draw and clean sheet a totally unexpected result for any United, Liverpool and neutral supporter that sat down to watch that game.  Serious shift put in defensively especially Shaw, Varane restricting Liverpool to few if any decent goal scoring chances. Arguably the best chances in the match fell to Garnacho Hojlund.

Now that the match is over Jcpen might be able to settle himself as between this thread, Liverpool and Premier league thread he was like a dog in heat.

Is Beggan expected to miss all of the NFL for Monaghan or just a few games?

So the Glazers can't be credited when they win trophies, but are to blame when they don't?

The Glazers worth and usefulness has been seen since Alex Ferguson and David Gill departed over 10 years ago, not within an asses roar of challenging for major honour never mind winning one. Klopp in comparison has "done just fine" because it's a well ran club he's managing. Might not get his first choice signings all the time but each signing is done with proper recruitment and each player fits the right profile with no silly wages. Competent people in charge such as Michael Edwards compared to Ed Woodward makes a world of difference.

As for Sunday. United don't make themselves hard to score against and majority of goals conceded come from their own errors. Liverpool with their pressing game feeds off errors and clinical against teams that makes errors against them. It should be a minimum 3 or 4-0 win for Liverpool anything else will be a big surprise.