20 Jan 2018 17:10:25
Really poor performance today thought we looked off the pace and sloppy in possession. We really struggled again in midfield and were overrun so a third midfielder in the summer should be at the top of our priority list. Should have played with 3 in midfield today with fellaini or herrera just to give us more stability and control.

However, Burnley is a really tough place to go play and Dyche has them so well drilled and organised so this is such an important 3 points. So well done to the lads for doing that. I thought Rom's hold up play was very good today and it has been for the past month or so. This part of his game was always the area where I was slightly worried about but he has proved me wrong. His willing running and hold up play has been a key reason for martial's huge improvement this year. martial has been a revelation and I fully expect him to keep his positiion on the left and for sanchez to play either centrally behind lukaku or on the right instead of mata.

I think Jose was giving Shaw a well deserved rest today so I would not look too much into the change with Young. It is clear that Shaw is our number 1 at the moment for left back so i expect him to start against spurs next weekend.

Cant wait to get the Sanchez deal finalised as he is such a class player and today showed we are desperately missing someone like him in our team. Poor performance but a massive three points. let's hope Newcastle can do us a favour (unlikely (, and we go again against Yeovil and Spurs next week.


1.) 20 Jan 2018
20 Jan 2018 17:24:49
We either panicked or made the wrong choice a few times upfront today. They need to relax and show more composure in the final third. I think we are badly missing a player like Sanchez so I'mma very glad we are getting him (Hopefully) .


2.) 20 Jan 2018
20 Jan 2018 17:29:43
Sloppy is a good description Park, the ball was given up a lot by most. However, we had at least 3 occasions in the second half when we had an extra man and took the wrong option. Pogba, Rashford, and Jesse were all guilty. I felt for Rom who ran his socks off but didn’t really get much to feed on. Still, 3 more points, another clean sheet and on to the big game next week.


3.) 20 Jan 2018
20 Jan 2018 17:44:00
Agree with that AJH Rom seems to be putting the ball on a plate for the other attackers but they never seem to give him the right ball when he is in the right areas. I thought Pogba was incredibly selfish today and unlike his usual self. He seemed very fired up and emotional and was close to boiling over a few times. I love the guy and think he is a world class player but I don't back the view of some to have him as captain. Not calm or composed enough to be a captain. I would look at De Gea as captain going forward. I do think this is an area that we are lacking and there are not enough leaders on the field. Hence, we have struggled several times in game management in seeing games off. We cling on at the end when we are faced with an aerial bombardment - it is not good for the old nerves!

I would agree we should have had 3 goals from Rash, Pogba and Lingard. Very selfish play from all of them and it is not good enough. We need to be more clinical and on another day it would have cost us. I am pretty confident sanchez would have converted at least one of those chances or laid it onto Rom who was in the right place.

Having said all that, great result (not the performance), and we go again carrying on our good start to the year.


4.) 20 Jan 2018
20 Jan 2018 18:28:54
The challenge for Pogba is to do it consistently. Last game we was brilliant, this game he wasn’t. I think Burnley we’re trying to unsettle him and we’re effectvely ganging up to get him booked or sent off. Yet he states reasonable cool although he was sloppy and also seemed to want to score so he made poor decisions when other players were better placed. I thought Rashford looked lively but again he could have given it to Rom on a plate but didn’t. Very frustrating.