16 Dec 2019 04:31:22
More points dropped and that's probably what most would have expected when our opponents are defensively well organized and we fail to break them down as always.

The goal we conceded was poor - irrespective of whether it was a foul on DeGea or not, he should have been stronger to deal with that. Also, what was Lindelof doing? He should be anticipating the ball coming through and be in a position to clear it, but he was probably expecting DeGea to clear it and was caught out flat footed.

Both Lingard and Martial should have been taken off at the start of the first half, neither had any sort of impact. James was the only attacking player who tried hard and had a decent performance. Rashford was not the same as in the last 2 matches, Martial didn't look interested and Lingard as usual.

We had to rely on a 19yr old again to save ourselves which says a lot about our current squad. Ole also needs to approach games differently against teams that sit back and defend well, he needs to come up with something with the limited options at his disposal if we are to win such games.

We really need to dip in to the January transfer market and get atleast a creative midfielder and a striker otherwise it could be more of the same.

1.) 16 Dec 2019
16 Dec 2019 08:48:33
The reality is that if you look at player by player, Liverpool, City, Leicester and Spurs are better than us. I see us and Chelsea on the same level but Chelsea will buy in January.
So unless we recruit the right players in the coming months, I cannot see us making the top 4.

2.) 16 Dec 2019
16 Dec 2019 12:07:46
dev1l, I also fear the same thing. If we don't make the most of the January transfer window with atleast 1 midfielder and striker, we would really struggle the rest of the season.