03 Dec 2020 08:53:29
That was hard to swallow last night. I thought the scoreline flattered them massively, we were the better team and but for some woeful finishes would have qualified with at least a point probably all 3.

A few observations-

1. Obviously Fred should have been hauled off at HT. It really was an appalling decision to leave him on. If there's one player in our side you do not leave on when he's on a yellow so early (that should have been red) it's Fred. His game is based on energy, getting about the field and putting his foot in. It's unforgivable and I think Ole should have held his hands up and said he got it wrong. That said I like Fred, I think had a good game apart from the obvious.

2. Marital looks lost at the minute, he was woeful last night. Had a couple of golden chances which needed taking. Had they have fallen to Cavani you can't help but think they'd be put away. Mason must be knocking on the door to take his place. Cavani, Mason, rash should start Saturday.

3. Why two holding mids? There was nobody last night that could play that ball from back to front, everything looked very safe. Bruno was having to drop deep or wide to take the ball. For me DVB or Pogba, yes Pogba are a must Saturday. Fred and Scott do excellent jobs at hustling and breaking up play but neither have that ability to link CB to AM, at least not without 2 touches. Both Pogba and DVB will do it with one touch.

With that said I think we actually look decent. We are not a million miles away and as I said should consider ourselves unlucky last night. Still pretty confident we'll get something in Germany. We are a much better team now than we were 2 months ago.

On to Saturday.

1.) 03 Dec 2020
03 Dec 2020 09:21:59
Rashford has a shoulder injury.
It should be a straight swap with Greenwood at the right.

2.) 03 Dec 2020
03 Dec 2020 10:37:18
We play two cdms because our cb's need protecting. Well, Maguire does.

3.) 03 Dec 2020
03 Dec 2020 10:51:41
Ole's decision making is absolute pants. Anyone with half a brain could see what was going to happen with Fred.
He should of been hauled off at half time and replaced with Matic.