14 Jan 2019 13:29:14
It was a brilliant RESULT yesterday. We beat Spurs at Wembley but please don't let the result shroud the performance. Yesterday was a typical Jose performance where one moment of magic won us the game. Any other goal keeper than David De Gea and we lose that game by a fair few. I am ecstatic by the result, yes, but the performance left a lot to improve on.

I am sorry and many of you may disagree to this but I still feel that this is a temporary dawn and the reason Ole is being called god is because he is a legend of Old Trafford. This was the same performance when we beat Arsenal last year at the Emirates and Jose was slaughtered. Stamford Bridge earlier this year and Jose was hanged. I am not here to support Jose, not at all, but why not call it fair. Yesterday, we were lucky to win it. It wasn't a very good performance, let alone a performance that gets you the hot seat at OT. My heartbeat was racing and reaching and crossing 100 by the time final whistle was blown and more than being happy, I was relieved that it was over.

So, my point is that let it cool down. I am sure if the results continue this way and the performances follow, the board will pay heed and may be even contact Molde to hire Ole permanently. But as of now, he is a temp and will remain that way till the end of the season.

Let the bashing begin :P.


1.) 14 Jan 2019
14 Jan 2019 14:14:56
I thought the Stamford bridge performance was very good and actually can't remember many negatives thrown towards Jose. When we beat big teams he got credit because it was due.

Yes of course we must remain calm and 'real' but OGS can only beat what's in front of him and 6 from 6 is an incredible start.


2.) 14 Jan 2019
14 Jan 2019 14:25:04
Shan I understand your caution, we don't want to get too carried away. However this was a big game for both teams, for us a must win to keep top 4 in sight and spurs had to win if they were to keep their title aspirations alive. I think Ole himself said it post match that we found it difficult to adjust to their change in tactics. DdG was a massive difference, that said Lloris did pull off some good saves as well especially against Pogba. Utd could have and maybe should have; at least doubled the lead in the 1st half. So as it stands it is 6 out of 6. Be it false hope or not, I enjoy our games again!


3.) 14 Jan 2019
14 Jan 2019 14:30:37
Nobody's giving him the job already and one big away win doesn't prove that he's a tactical genius, but you can't deny he sent the team out with a gameplan designed to give us the best chance of winning possible. Spurs had loads of shots on target but only once did Dave have to pull off the remarkable. He's allowed to though, it's his job after all, just like Pogba's allowed to play one of the best passes of his United career. If we had a better partner for Lindelof maybe we would have gave up less opportunities and if Sanchez was fit we would have had someone to seamlessly replace one of the front three and maintain the intensity of our forward press.

It was a very good performance and the areas to improve upon are clear, what's not to like?


4.) 14 Jan 2019
14 Jan 2019 15:15:19
Shan,

I don't think anybody thinks Ole should have the job yet, we are just enjoying what is happening at the moment and want it to continue. It is all like a bit of a dream, we were a terrible side struggling to hold on to 6th, nowhere near top 4 with a negative goal difference only a month ago, to see where we are now you can't be surprised that people are excited and enjoying it. I wanted a good performance yesterday, if we had lost then so be it, luckily we got the performance, a good tactical display and the result, what a great day.

It might not have been a 'good performance' but at 1-0 in the last 20 minutes we had more shots on target than we had away against Liverpool in the whole game. Spurs were brilliant 2nd half and our keeper is part of our team so he is allowed to make saves. I actually think most keepers would have saved the majority of the chances but they have to be made and De Gea is back to his best.

Jose certainly wasn't hanged for the Chelsea result, we played well and nearly beat them, very unlucky to concede last minute, don't re-write history to make a point, it just makes the rest of your post seem silly as well.


5.) 14 Jan 2019
14 Jan 2019 15:21:04
I am sorry, I don't get the lucky comment.

Dave the Save is doing the job he is employed to do. and doing it well, it is not luck.

An the rest of the team did well too.

We should have scored more.

I find it infuriating when we win and fans call it luck, it isn't.
We were the better team on the day.

The aim is to win by scoring more goals and letting fewer in. We did this, ergo sum, we deserved to win.

Luck does not come into it.


6.) 14 Jan 2019
14 Jan 2019 16:32:29
Gds bud, the only thing we are enjoying right now is the fact that jose isn't here. Yesterday was not a good performance where we scored one and hung on for dear life. The first 3 were good performances, the last 3 games have been iffy to say the least. Also, as was demonstrated by the game yesterday, shots on goal count to nought unless they go in.


7.) 14 Jan 2019
14 Jan 2019 16:33:23
Hellblazer,

Not sure I agree we were the better team on the day, that isn't to say we didn't play well, we were the better team in the 1st half but we would be devastated to not get anything if we had played how they did in the 2nd half, they were brilliant, it was a very good game with 2 good teams in form.


8.) 14 Jan 2019
14 Jan 2019 16:47:26
Jose would have gone to play for a draw. We would most likely have conceded and with his tactics would've been unable to get back into the game.


9.) 14 Jan 2019
14 Jan 2019 18:42:55
We must have watched a different game Shan. Thought we could have scored more than 1 in first half and for last 30/ 35 We conceded quite a few shots but to say it wasn't a good performance at all? I'm not shouting from the rooftops but we went to Wembley against a very good spurs side, created a good few chances, played some very nice football and won? 6 out of 6?


10.) 14 Jan 2019
14 Jan 2019 23:31:15
There's a narrative running throughout the media, that DDG was all that stopped us from getting a damn good thrashing on Sunday. From what I saw, we could have been 2 or 3 up at half-time. As expected, a team sitting third in the league, a very good team, who were chasing a one goal deficit, were always going to come at us in the second. But still, shots on target finished 11-8, so hardly the one-sided game you'd think from reading the papers today.

And agree, Hellblazer - a goalie is as integral a part of the team as anyone else. He did his job well, which is what we expect a goalie to do. Anyone would think we were playing with an extram man or something.


11.) 15 Jan 2019
15 Jan 2019 01:59:46
Noucamp, they are jealous because on his day DDG is like we have an extra man impassable! 😊.