Greavswasthegreatest
Vital Football Legend
At least they did not go above us...yet...to be fair they played better football with 9 than we did with 11 v Brighton...go figure!
...and United get the advantage of playing against 10 men after just 2 mins!
Absolutely. That's always been my pet hate in our attitude to winning, winning in style.... lack thereof.And watch them they are two up but do they sit back and pussy foot about sidey slow backwards...NO they still go full pelt for more and now have a third...we just never do that ...we never go for the throat our players (when we are fortunate to be in the lead) take their foot off the gas and that is why we let so many teams draw with us late on....our style needs a huge rewrite!
Remember again manure we could have put 10 past them and should have..six was not enough for us, but it was for our playersAbsolutely. That's always been my pet hate in our attitude to winning, winning in style.... lack thereof.
.... and while I type, 4-0.
What goals do for your confidence.
We were never going to be sitting pretty at the top of the table come May. Our goal wasn't the PL title, it was to qualify for the CL.Forget Utd, they are so far ahead of us now that we surely want them to win the games against the teams around us. Ditto with City.
It still will be. I'm quite sure that the Europa League is now very much at the top of our priority list. Mourinho pulled a rabbit out of the hat by getting United into the CL via the Europa, he'll be thinking he can do the same with us.We were never going to be sitting pretty at the top of the table come May. Our goal wasn't the PL title, it was to qualify for the CL.
It's a risky strategy though, isn't it?It still will be. I'm quite sure that the Europa League is now very much at the top of our priority list. Mourinho pulled a rabbit out of the hat by getting United into the CL via the Europa, he'll be thinking he can do the same with us.
Risky yes, but given how enthused Mourinho was when we even qualified, and all the talk about two wins to win the Europa League before we were even in it, I'm pretty sure that it has always been top of his personal priority list. He's enough of a realist to know that we were never going to win the PL. Now we are in the position that we are, I suspect that he will be viewing a few wins in the Europa League, with a meaningful trophy and CL qualification at the end of it, as a more achievable option than coming out on top in a half season long dogfight for fourth place in the PL.It's a risky strategy though, isn't it?
I remember in the season United won the Europa under Jose, in the period before Christmas Jose said the Europa League wasn't befitting a club of United's stature. At that point United were still in the running for a top 4 place. It was only when that option seemingly disappeared that the Europa League suddenly became worthy of United's presence.
We're not in that position yet, at least points wise in the table. But unless there's a significant upturn in performance, personally I don't think top 4 or the Europa League is a realistic target.
Risky yes, but given how enthused Mourinho was when we even qualified, and all the talk about two wins to win the Europa League before we were even in it, I'm pretty sure that it has always been top of his personal priority list. He's enough of a realist to know that we were never going to win the PL. Now we are in the position that we are, I suspect that he will be viewing a few wins in the Europa League, with a meaningful trophy and CL qualification at the end of it, as a more achievable option than coming out on top in a half season long dogfight for fourth place in the PL.
Actually Critiical it was 82 seconds lol! not being picky here lol!...and United get the advantage of playing against 10 men after just 2 mins!
This was noticeable even with Brighton. I counted 6/7 players in or around our penalty area on a number of occasions when they came forward. They defended and attacked as a team.In another post I decried our team tactics for lack of positivity....just watched last nights MOTD and every team playing win or lose attacked in strength and numbers forward passing desire 5/6 bodies in the box...it all makes things happen...even the teams down to 9 men tried to create things ....and what do we have to look forward to...hoofs or Davies and others passing backwards, never ever trying to create anything....I dismay at our stifling style ...teams must be laughing at us bigtime.
So bloody true there Greavsie.In another post I decried our team tactics for lack of positivity....just watched last nights MOTD and every team playing win or lose attacked in strength and numbers forward passing desire 5/6 bodies in the box...it all makes things happen...even the teams down to 9 men tried to create things ....and what do we have to look forward to...hoofs or Davies and others passing backwards, never ever trying to create anything....I dismay at our stifling style ...teams must be laughing at us bigtime.
And watch them they are two up but do they sit back and pussy foot about sidey slow backwards...NO they still go full pelt for more and now have a third...we just never do that ...we never go for the throat our players (when we are fortunate to be in the lead) take their foot off the gas and that is why we let so many teams draw with us late on....our style needs a huge rewrite!