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17 Mar 2019 22:33:16
I wasn't particularly worried about City winning the quadruple, but seeing every cup draw give the lowest ranked team v City, I am starting to doubt. I may even end up rooting for the Scouse.
18 Mar 2019 09:39:00
We can remedy that by winning the CL.
17 Mar 2019 18:24:02
Banter please Eds. Yesterday was extremely poor. I feel really deflated today if I’m honest. The last two results have knocked the winds out of our sail’s. However, I don’t want to be a prisoner of the moment and declare all doom and gloom. I don’t want to ignore the 3 months of progress in light of two poor results. Likewise, I don’t want to ignore the fact that we have looked poor recently.
Just want to touch on wolves. They were brilliant and they deserved to win. Nuno is an excellent manager and they simply wanted it more than us. They’ve taken points off the other top 6 so it was never going to be easy. They have a quality midfield with neves particularly impressing me. I like him and we should be after him in the summer. Jimenez was a handful. He’s a proper old school no 9 . I hope they go on and win it now.
In contrast, we were very poor. Not one player had a decent game. Moved the ball too slowly and hardly looked a threat. The midfield were shocking. We had far too many players who had just returned from injury. Martial and lingard were ineffective. Martial really needs to improve his work off the ball and his movement. If there is anything that will hold him back then it’s that side of his game. Matic and Herrera off the pace. That’s a quarter of the side not playing to their potential. Add rashford and pogba to that we half our side haven’t turned up. You can’t expect to win when that happens.
I think mctominay and Fred have been a bit hard done by. Not the former’s biggest fan but he was brilliant when matic was out. Both these players should have been retained so that the injured players can slowly be introduced. This is a mistake by ole and the management.
Rashford looks to have suffered a dip in form. Not sure if he’s carrying and injury still but he doesn’t look himself. Predictably too many in our fan base on Twitter are laying into him. I’m not concerned. We’ve played a lot of football and he will pick up again because he’s a quality player. I think the main worry is that whenever pogba doesn’t turn up then we can’t play. This is something that must be addressed in the summer. He also needs to be more consistent. He goes missing far too often and for a player of his calibre that needs to improve.
I don’t think ole can be judged after two defeats the same way he cannot be judged on two victories. If you look at what he’s done, he deserves the opportunity to improve this squad. However, whilst my heart rules my head on this issue, there is this niggling feeling that we would be missing a trick not going for Poch. Yes the wheels have fallen off a bit at Spurs. But his past 4/ 5 years shouldn’t go unnoticed. We will see what happens but ole have to get these boys firing again. The few weeks off will do us good. Not feeling it now but I’m sure I’ll be buzzing when the next game comes around.
18 Mar 2019 01:24:24
His past 4/ 5 years of having the wheels fall off every season, inclduing the Leicester season when the league was theirs for the taking? Or his past 4/ 5 years of winning nothing but breaking in to the top 4 off the back of teams like Chelsea, Arsenal and ourselves going into a tailspin?
Don't get me wrong, Poch is obviously a great manager but we need to look beyond just Ole (who, if we can sort out all the background drama, I would appoint) vs Poch. There is a wealth of good coaches out there and some of them having actually won trophies.
18 Mar 2019 06:44:36
What is happening with Allegri? That is someone we should if we could consider, but I recall Ed saying we may have had him in an old plan plan and let him down. We should consider him.
{Ed002's Note - Allegri will almost certainly leave Juventus this summer and has a very good job option lines up elsewhere - not at Manchester UNited.}
18 Mar 2019 12:02:04
Ed002, do Juventus have an idea of who they would like to appoint as his replacement?
{Ed002's Note - They wanted Zidane or Deschamps but have now got another in mind. It does not impact Manchester United.}
18 Mar 2019 18:12:25
Thank you Ed002.
17 Mar 2019 22:10:23
I still think Uinted should wait u til the end of the season before making a decision on OGS.
18 Mar 2019 06:45:29
Agree, I have been saying this all along, and getting many disagrees!
18 Mar 2019 10:20:48
Not sure what there is to disagree with, the club are doing this and most fans should be happy with it, only the press who keep pushing him to answer whether he thinks he should get in permanently, quite frankly the discussion is boring me.
17 Mar 2019 22:11:41
As we wake up to another disappointing result the overreaction by some posters is equally alarming.
It's not productive to measure progress on a game by game basis and we must look at the bigger picture.
In assessing the last two games it's clear to me that our defensive frailties are still prevalent and we've made some bad individual mistakes.
I think Arsenal and Wolves have illustrated to the rest of the league the blueprint of how to handle this new resurgent Utd team. I think we've struggled playing against their 3 at the back system and our CB's have been unable to contain playing against two CF's.
Wolves handled the occasion brilliantly last night. For the second game in a row we were beaten at our own game. They were organised, disciplined, tenacious and carried a real threat on the counter. They allowed us possession, denied us space and broke quickly. They have quality in midfield and upfront and defensively we are vulnerable. They took their chances and the rest is history.
As soon as we conceded the first goal it became very difficult. We've been undue twice now by counter attacking football for which we have become synonymous ourselves. Like I said Beaten at our own game.
On a positive note not all teams have the quality in midfield or upfront to hit us on the break and inevitably we'll be able to ware them down. The better teams won't change their approach and we're just as likely to do to them as what Wolves and Arsenal did to us. The last two games have shown us that we have struggled to break down well organised and disciplined defences whilst remaining secure at the back.
I think we played right into their hands and Ole will need a re-think of how we approach these types of games.
There is nothing like a couple of defeats to refocus the mind and re-evaluate. The international break will allow us some valuable time for players to return from injury and hopefully we'll do much better when we play them in the league.
An FA Cup run would have been nice, but we made the final last year and won under LVG. Like I've said in other posts a top 4 finish maybe more important for the Club moving forward. We have a relatively young and inexperienced team and they need to be playing Champions League football for them to progress and develop.
We will go again in a couple of weeks for the final push; it will be exciting if nothing else.
18 Mar 2019 09:45:41
I almost always fully agree with your posts DLIB, but this time not so much. Wolves did beat us at our own game, but the arsenal game was not a blueprint on how to handle us. We were unlucky or not clinical enough with our finishing; hitting the woodwork twice and forcing great saves from leno. Wolves on the other hand beat us tactically as well.
17 Mar 2019 18:56:54
Wow a couple of loses and the tide turns on Ole pretty quickly. If we can't give an ex-player and club legend to right to lose a couple of games without the knives coming out then we are doomed as a fan base.
Was the performance last night? No, it was poor. However, circumstances should be considered. This Wolves team under Nuno Espirito Santo have been nothing short of excellent this season. They will finish best of the rest having played good football all season and not being outplayed by anyone all season. They have beaten other top six sides deservedly. No shame in losing to them, even if it's a little disappointing.
We also had several players in our starting line up who have spent a lot of the last month out injured and were short of match sharpness. Matic, Herrera, Martial, Lingard etc. So it's hardly surprising that they seemed a little off the pace.
Maybe he should have played McTominay and Fred, but then had we lost what would people have said with Matic and Herrera on the bench. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but there are no guarantees that we would have won had we sent out a different starting 11.
The fact that we have an expectation to win these games is down to Ole, no one expected us to win the tough games when Mourinho was here. So I think he deserves a little slack.
Let's move on, get behind the team and see what the season brings.
17 Mar 2019 19:29:46
That's all fair comment Shappy. However, Ole is effectively auditioning for the job and he does have something to prove because he can't rely on pedigree to speak for itself like maybe someone like Allegri. Having said that, the stroppy one supposedly had pedigree.
You have already pointed out the fundamental mistake Ole made which was to bring back too many players who had been out for a while and weren't match sharp. This error was the main reason we didn't give ourselves a chance to win the game (I'm not saying it was the reason we lost) . Hopefully he learns from that.
I'm openminded about whether he gets the job long term. I think we have seen evidence both for and against and I really need to see what happens in the remaining few games to really make my mind up. At the moment I'm 50/ 50 but then it also depends on who might be the alternatives.
17 Mar 2019 19:41:51
Well put as usual AJH.
Ole rushed players back last night. As long as he learns from that mistake then there’s no problem. If he keeps making the same mistake then we have a problem. He could have given Matic and Martial another week, and brought Herrera back last night with McTominay retaining his place.
17 Mar 2019 21:11:33
Shappy
I am not one of those “turning on Ole” as you put it but it should prompt us to think we need to see the whole picture until the end of the season instead of appointing him right now. He didn’t just lose two games, we lost two vital games, one saw us out of a major competition, the other against our main rivals. The knives were out for Mourinho big style after the Sevilla game so why should Ole be let off altogether? Yes he is a legend but accountability goes with the territory.
He can still prove himself for the role, as many say we will likely now find out how he deals with this.
17 Mar 2019 21:15:03
Shappy I don't see any knives coming out for ole, what was said he has done a good job so far, but will good be enough to give him the job,
Like was said wait till the end of the season no rush giving anyone the job, just cause he played for united doesn't give him the right to the job,
And the reality is them games we lost against arsenal and wolves were 2 big games to lose.
17 Mar 2019 21:22:07
He should of learnt not to rush players back after lingard but to bring back 4 players after injury in the same match was just foolish.
17 Mar 2019 21:35:31
Sharply, not AJH 🙈.
17 Mar 2019 22:09:31
Red Man, I think your quote on live chat last night, was along the lines of, 'and that performance shows why Ole shouldn't be manager'. I apologise if that's not the exact wording, but it would certainly suggest not being prepared to give him a chance. And fans didn't turn on José immediately after the Sevilie game. That result was just symptomatic of the general rot that had set in by that stage.
17 Mar 2019 22:13:27
Good post Shappy,
As we woke up to another disappointing result the overreaction by some posters is equally alarming.
It's not productive to measure progress on a game by game basis and we must look at the bigger picture.
In assessing the last two games it's clear to me that our defensive frailties are still prevalent and we've made some bad individual mistakes.
I think Arsenal and Wolves have illustrated to the rest of the league the blueprint of how to handle this new resurgent Utd. I think we've struggled playing against their 3 at the back system and our CB's have been unable to contain playing against two CF's.
Wolves handled the occasion brilliantly last night. For the second game in a row we were beaten at our own game. They were organised, disciplined, tenacious and carried a real threat on the counter. They allowed us possession, denied us space and broke quickly. They have quality in midfield and upfront and defensively we are vulnerable. They took their chances and the rest is history.
As soon as we conceded the first goal it became very difficult. We've been undone twice now by counter attacking football for which we have become synonymous ourselves. Like I said Beaten at our own game.
On a positive note not all teams have the quality in midfield or upfront to hit us on the break and inevitably we'll be able to ware them down. The better teams won't change their approach and we're just as likely to do to them as what Wolves and Arsenal did to us. The last two games have shown us that we have struggled to break down well organised and disciplined defences whilst remaining secure at the back.
I think we played right into their hands and Ole will need a re-think of how we approach these types of games.
There is nothing like a couple of defeats to refocus the mind and re-evaluate. The international break will allow us some valuable time for players to return from injury and hopefully we'll do much better when we play them in the league.
An FA Cup run would have been nice, but we made the final last year and won under LVG. Like I've said in other posts a top 4 finish maybe more important for the Club moving forward. We have a relatively young and inexperienced team and they need to be playing Champions League football for them to progress and develop.
We will go again in a couple of weeks for the final push; it will be exciting if nothing else.
18 Mar 2019 04:38:48
The wolves game was an off day. The players simply didn't turn up.
Unfortunately, we don't have the quality in depth as City. I'm sure Ole will address this issue.
On another note, I felt Mctominay and Fred were rested because they played many games recently. And, Matic, Herrera needs to be eased in.
The lack of attacking option in the bench hurt us.
18 Mar 2019 06:54:01
Nou
Ha, I had had two bottles of red and could hardly write, in fact don’t remember being on live chat! I am sure I meant shouldn’t just be appointed yet, rather than have a process and consider our options at the end of the season, which, as you know has always been my position.
18 Mar 2019 14:15:01
Ok, I'll give you a bye-ball, then 😁.
17 Mar 2019 13:02:40
It's easy to say buy lots of new players but you have look at the big picture, we are restricted by FFP, we are paying too much wages already to certain players so until we get our wages right we are going to need to work with youth players.
17 Mar 2019 13:55:57
The players we have are the problem,
Our midfield last night who had a good game, none of them, look at pogba whenever he feels like it he does something about every 4 games not good enough, when we signed him I was looking forward to watching him now I'd cash in on him, martial the same thing when he feels like, last night he wouldn't track back if he's own life depended on it,
Sanchez a joke just like the contract he got, we don't have a decent rb, we have an average defence, average midfield, rash I like him but not consistent enough,
No quick fix here.
Ole has done a good job, but is doing a good job enough, then you hear he bought back the smiles, go work as a dentist, smiles are great but won't win you a league,
We need the best manager in Europe that's available. Then the best players, this is Manchester United.
17 Mar 2019 14:11:27
Leahy. We’ve tried with the best managers and players in Europe. It hasn’t worked. How can you not see that given the names we’ve signed and the money we’ve spent over the last 5 years?
We need to make our own, that’s our blueprint.
17 Mar 2019 14:34:15
That's what I'm getting at we need someone to make the right decisions,
Moyes didn't work, pogba didn't work, and I know the likes of Di Maria didn't work,
Ole who knows, but smiles won't work,
I think the dof will be an important move, the lingards, rash Ford, mctominay so on will we win the league or CL, no we wont.
17 Mar 2019 14:45:51
The biggest problem is Woodward. Hence no DoF. An overhauls needed and Ole could be the right man but we'll never get anywhere with Woodward and the Glazers.
17 Mar 2019 15:17:28
I think your right mort.
17 Mar 2019 16:06:41
I think Ole has more about him than just smiles. As an explayer he knows what players need. I think that's Jose's biggest failing.
Ole has done a good job in steadying the ship but now the real work begins. The squads tired, players coming back from injuries, its unbalanced, too many average players not contributing. It needs a lot of work.
Woodward out would be a start. New owners would be even better.
17 Mar 2019 10:37:20
Don't no why but last night's match really annoyed me the whole team played awful and wolves fully deserved there win. I did think tho when matic came available he went straight back in the team which I thought he shouldn't I thought mctom did quite well when he had his chance.
17 Mar 2019 12:35:26
They played the occasion rather than the game itself.
17 Mar 2019 12:44:26
Most of our players aren't good enough, last night we hadn't one player on the bench to come on and change the game or a goalscorer on the bench, I think the give ole the job brigade spoke too soon, its still too early to consider him,
Have to wait till the end of the season to see where we are,
If the board want a different manager he should be bought in early with enough time to go through preseason, we must act professional this time, the last few years were all over the shop.
17 Mar 2019 13:05:58
i think we were tactically naive. Wolves are a counterattacking team and that long ball across midfield was ridiculous, how many times did we let them do it?! Saying that, the squad looks tired, Periera gave a some energy when he came on, Mctominay and mata came on too late to make a difference. Martial is being rushed back too.
17 Mar 2019 17:32:59
I was dissapointed with Herrera. He just can't pass forward.
17 Mar 2019 21:13:01
i will not be convinced by any CB at the club, they look ok when we have two holding midfielders sat in front of them. Prime example last night when we have to commit men forward every attack from an opponent looks like being a goal. Two CB should be the first bit of business done in the transfer window.
17 Mar 2019 22:11:53
Leahy12,
I agree. Utd need to get the next appointment right. Unfortunately Allegri won't be an option for UTD.
17 Mar 2019 22:12:05
Very frustrating watching last nights game.
Too many players in the starting 11 just coming back from injury and as a result we were not sharp enough.
Rashford starved of good ball and results in him taking on long range shots.
Trying to play through the middle of Wolves when they play with 3 CB’s and a quality holding midfielder. Even when we are out wide we were always cutting in on the inside.
Passing too slow and never going to hurt teams until it is quicker.
Missed Lukaku which is a turnaround as he was rubbish a few weeks ago.
Wolves deserved the win but their goals were poor. Lindelöf more worried about handball when he shoul be lunging forward to block the shot from Jimenez. Shaw just hooking the ball aimlessly forward to a Wolves player when it should of gone over the top and into the box. City and Liverpool don’t give away goals like that in these type of games.
Not the managers fault as some of these players are not good enough.
Ole wants Utd to play the right way but we are a bit short.
Hopefully the players will respond now.
17 Mar 2019 10:22:45
Wonder what odds you'd get for De Gea moving to Madrid and Courtois coming the other way?
{Ed002's Note - Courtois won't be heading to Manchester United.}
17 Mar 2019 14:10:06
So, very good odds then?
17 Mar 2019 10:06:41
{Ed's Note - Reid the Red has posted a new article entitled, Premier League Previews 17 March 2019
17 Mar 2019 10:06:34
{Ed's Note - Reid the Red has posted a new article entitled, Premier League Previews 17 March 2019
17 Mar 2019 08:30:12
We don't know if they have decided on Ole as the permanent manager but that last night, straight after the Arsenal result, has to be concerning for the hierarchy. Ole would likely be attractive for the bean counters and for Glazernomics. The fans generally would be happy, at least for a while, there wouldn't be a £30m bill to pay to get a top manager out of his contract.
Some questions come to mind. Ole like SAF and unlike a Mourinho, is steeped in its history and loves the club, so would it be in the mind that he may not press as hard for as much funding in the market? Compare and contrast the Zidane and Solskjaer positions. Does anyone think Zidane, in the way he has taken the role back, will accept anything less than complete funding in summer? Do Real Madrid have a plan to get back to the top? Will they wait 5 years and dither around? Under Glazernomics will we really ever see that aim to be at the very top or likely see that level of funding? Would it be easier to appoint Ole than someone who might want top level funding?
Do we really need to pay for a DOF when there is an Executive Vice Bean Counter and with Ole at the wheel? Who sees the need for a DOF salary and an input which may indicate the areas and how much money needs to be spent that bean counters don't agree with? What happens if a DOF doesn't want that Hollywood money spinning app clicking Bale type signing?
The easy option is popular, or was until last night, keeps the power levels as is, no need to change, it was just the previous managers that were wrong. Yet there is now doubt and the bean counters and Glazernomics are under some pressure this morning. Does this mean no Ole? No, but it will slow down the emotion train for appointing him now now now and hopefully the club wait until the end or near the end of the season. I advocated Poch and he should still be considered, yet wonder where Allegri is off to. The who needs to be decided in a process not an emotional rush to a decision. I still have concern over who will make the decision in a process but hope the last two games bring the need for a proper process back into focus.
17 Mar 2019 09:43:33
Back to back defeats happen, arsenal and wolves away are not easy games, arsenal I agree with ole I felt we deserved more, last night was poor but it’s how we bounce back, Watford home next isn’t it?
17 Mar 2019 09:49:21
We lost the arsenal game because we couldn’t finish our dinner. Last night was dreadful, but you also have to look at the players last night too. Pogba, martial and Rashford looked disinterested. Off games happen no matter who is in charge.
17 Mar 2019 10:35:24
I don’t know why so much blame is pointed towards the Glazers. They’ve funded some of the biggest names in football at our club, both players and managers (whether or not it worked for us is irrelevant to your post) . Stop looking for someone to blame for a defeat. We weren’t good enough last night. It happens. It used to happen a lot more than it has in recent months.
17 Mar 2019 11:08:43
Wazza
The post isn’t about one game, it is about ensuring we have some sort of process to find the right long term solution. One minute we were having a DOF then it goes quiet. The interim manager has had a good run but lost two vital games, it doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be considered but my point is making sure the decision process is a proper one and isn’t an emotional one.
I will point the finger at the Glazers. They haven’t funded anything, the club has. They haven’t put one penny in. They have left us in circa £400m of debt, (over what is it, 15 years? ) not to benefit the club and its development but to enable them to buy the club. Then look at how much is and has been taken out of the club. Debt servicing and dividends don’t help the football side do they? . When was the last time the club did anything major for the stadium development? It was when the money from the Plc was left to do it. Then if you look at buying players, tell me who replaced Ronaldo and what the £80m did for the financial accounts? Tell me why there was no value in the market for years when Aguero and Hazard as example came on the market? Hopefully that should point you in the right direction. Biggest names in football, really, but didn’t support the managers if we believe LvG who I seem to recall said they didn’t get him the players he asked for and Ed who said that about Mourinho.
Defeats do happen, they happened at Madrid too but I bet their planning to respond to them is a lot better than ours. It seemed no one planned for SAF retirement, and since that we have seen nearly 6 years of this situation and still have an interim manager, virtually no communication with the fans, who have no idea of our direction. This isn’t about last night but a frustration at the lack of obvious direction and the strong feeling Glazernomics plays too big a part in any decision process.
17 Mar 2019 11:50:31
Red man, sorry but no ‘process’ as you put it will put any prospective manger under the microscope like the audition Ole is going through now. If it were about CV’s and records we would have been a shoe in with Van Gaal and Mourinho. Supposedly two of the best. That didn’t validate ‘the process’ did it? There are no guarantees in life, nor in football.
Will Zidane get the backing he wants? Only the RM president knows? Will he be successful like he was before? Well maybe in knockout competitions, he certainly wasn’t in the league. Likely they will continue to get smashed by Barcelona.
There is still nothing in Poch history to suggest he is a winner. The cupboard is bare. In terms of what Ole has done with the squad he inherited (not his squad) I seriously doubt anyone could have done better. (Almost 79% win percentage) Even Ince : ) What he has done is show flashes of what they are capable of. Given time to build stamina into the squad, bring in some reinforcements my money would be on Ole and his team as they have shown they can get the results, it is very easy to sit back and say this guy would be better, or that guy could do a better job, until they actually have to do it. In my opinion he is doing it, all be it with one hand tied behind his back.
17 Mar 2019 11:55:35
I would add that there has been murmurings of perhaps only needing 2 or 3 players, when we need at least 4. Glazernomics would have been at work and now perhaps it the last two games will help realisation there is a need for more and they will need to release more money.
17 Mar 2019 12:39:18
This debate has a lot of nuances. I hate what the Glazers have done and I think even SAF toed the party line at the end.
If we didn't have an interim and a shortlist had been drawn up featuring Poch, Allegri, and Ole, the vast majority would have laughed at Ole being included.
But given the results he has achieved ed, many now want t him appointing, and I have been caught up in that enthusiasm. We've gone from 11 points off 4th to 3 points off 3rd and the PSG result and performance was breathtaking, he is one of us and the heart says we should appoint him. We've tried big names and they haven't worked.
For me, what happens next is crucial, how does he react to what was a very poor performance, we need to see a big reaction. Right now, I'm still for Ole.
17 Mar 2019 13:06:46
Last night was as bad as anything under Jose, we were played off the park.
My biggest concern with Ole is that he hasn’t left any impression of his style on the team. He came in and gave the players more freedom, and this obviously boosted morale and performance. But there isn’t much evidence of Ole having a clear tactical blueprint. Last night it was obvious that Wolves were dominating the game, and Ole couldn’t do anything to shift the balance.
Another point, if you build the team around Pogba, you need to have a plan b in place for the games when he doesn’t turn up.
17 Mar 2019 17:07:43
Danny
Good point about Ole’s style and tactical blue print. He is a SAF follower but those days are gone. If Mourinho ideas are past it, whatare SAFs? Tactically and technically teams are smarter now, pace is used far more. It’s all well and good wishing for the halcyon day’s of SAF but we need to think what we build before we start building. Barcelona have an identity, I think Cruyff defined it but here we are and don’t know what we are doing nearly 6 years after SAF retired. Maybe someone does.
17 Mar 2019 22:14:49
Red Man. You’re contradicting yourself.
Just because you haven’t seen us appoint a DOF doesn’t mean we’re not looking. 002 has said Woodward is the stumbling block.
There’s a fairly obvious problem with the expansion of the stadium, but yes I agree more could have been done in and around.
You’re bringing up an old argument in there being no value in the transfer market and since you mention Aguero, who have we signed since then? Some of the biggest names in world football. Mourinho wasn’t allowed another CB because he signed Bailly and Lindelof and then destroyed them.
Regards them taking money out of the club well that’s just business and whether or not you like it, it happens. I really struggle to see your argument when it comes to investment, you only have to look at the players and managers we’ve signed and the wages we pay to see that silly money has been spent (and wasted) . As for where that money comes from (such as sponsors) well that’s just good business. Why put your hand in your own pocket when you can raise funds elsewhere. However that sits ethically with you or me is irrelevant. It’s just business and there’s no backing up your argument of no money has been invested, because it has. Over and over again.
17 Mar 2019 07:29:01
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 17th March 2019
17 Mar 2019 06:58:26
Really not sure what to make of that. A step back in the League followed by a really poor performance in the quarter final of a competition we were within 3 games of winning. It’s been a great run and I guess now we will find out what Ole is made of. At least it demonstrates the need for reinforcements, there was a danger a continuing great run might have led to the wrong no conclusion that we were fine. I hope there is a proper inquest and we see a reaction. Poor all round, no leadership, and no fight.
Finally, United Addict, no problem with you posting and pointing out what is wrong, but waiting until after a bad defeat is a bit childish mate. Post away, disagreeing is fine, but suddenly appearing with the ‘told you I was right approach’ isn’t great.
17 Mar 2019 10:49:00
Now Tony come on and play fair. Search my name and you will see my posts over the past few months before i was hauled off the page by the "Ole at the wheel" brigade. Have said it time and time again and i will repeat myself. I am not in favor of Ole. He had 3 good games performance wise in what's now close to 4 months incharge. Sorry but that's not good enough. We were outplayed by Wolves. Let that sink in please. Its not an over reaction to yesterdays game, its the way players reacted to the Arsenal defeat. Its the way our players reacted to going a goal down yesteday and the worst of all was seeing Ole just sit there doing nothing. We were over hyped by that fluke in Paris and just came crashing down with reality.
17 Mar 2019 11:44:12
It was a difficult test as few players just came back from injury.
Therefore the obvious lack of sharpness and cohesion.
We didn't have much attacking options in the bench as well.
So Ole couldn't do much.
Some of the plastic fans were waiting for this moment. They should know that there are glaring deficiencies in the squad. And Ole had hardly few months to address all the issues.
17 Mar 2019 13:40:57
I am sorry but plastic? We supported the team even under LvG and Moyes. Everyone supports the team now, just not Ole. I don't think he has it.
17 Mar 2019 15:29:18
Outplayed by a Wolves team that have taken points off all the top 6, and knocked Liverpool out in the last round. Who thought Wolves away would be an easy game? It wasn't Stockport we were playing. Perspective seems to be a quickly disappearing trait these days, and short-term judgements are the order of the day.
17 Mar 2019 15:54:34
The arrogance on here sometimes is breathtaking, "played off the park by wolves, let that sink in" have you even watched that club this season? They have on the whole been sensational.
Fair enough we didn't turn up on the day but to take what was a brilliant performance from a quality team because you don't deem them on our level is nonsense.
Don't know about other fans but I can't stand our reactionary fan base at times.
17 Mar 2019 18:58:07
So that's our standard now. We should be worried about the mighty wolves who have taken points off all the top 6? Really? We set our standards higher than that surely. This is not reactionary, rather precautionary so that we don't make another wrong decision. After the Arsenal defeat, this was the game where Ole had to pick the team up and make sure the players turned up. I am not a romantic so i don't really care if Ole was a legend here. I want the best for the club and Ole as manager does not feature in that best.
17 Mar 2019 01:03:41
Now we will see how good Ole is. Wolves are a good team but we just did not perform to our potential. Teams who press us hard are going to take points of us. We lack midfield guile and defensively are still weak. I really don't think we will get top four and that will make it very hard to get the best players to strengthen us next season.
16 Mar 2019 23:47:21
We were awful tonight. No other agenda to the post, just stating the obvious.
16 Mar 2019 23:31:10
What a shocking performance, no one expected Wolves to be an easy game so l assume the manager and players were expecting a tough match. It was like a flash back to Jose's time, poor slow play Pogba gone missing, over and back passing, no penetration. We l said after the draw on Friday, we should concentrate on the league because one more performance like tonights and it's good bye to top four and champions league next year.