The Skipper

Costa was the only player that did ok yesterday yet still gets blamed for Hazard's average performance...?

Luiz speaks French too!

So he was even training well. Bloody hell. Jose messed up big time.

Exactly. JT is just better than Cahill yes. But he's 36. He really shouldn't be. The fact that he still is better is awful.

Him and Zouma complement each other so well. A back 3 with Luiz and then two would work very well actually.

Costa is playing at world class levels right now. Guy is a very good player. His ball playing skills are hit and miss but when he gets it right he torments defenders. He's been very good. Long may it continue.

And in other news. Water is wet.

Usually Torres or Vietto.

The new Paulo Ferreira.

He chased too many balls? Did you even watch the game? Dude was asked to sit in front of the defence as an anchor and did exactly that for most of the time he was on. Didn't really venture forward that much.

He wasn't playing up front on his own. He had another striker next to him.

Solid.

Looked very solid and comfortable too. Hopefully he has more game time soon. The only reason he hasn't started earlier is because previous managers really messed up imo.

Still think he doesn't care after that celebration?

Do people still believe Matic is bad because of Fabregas or?

I was also in the "buy Luke Shaw regardless of the fee" camp. But yeah. Here we are.

Aguero is very strong and stocky and has great balance, Griezmann isn't known for that. You really can't compare the two. Has Griezmann ever even played upfront on his own in his career?

Funny thing is a few years back we were laughing at United spending £30m on Shaw. Fast forward a few years and that looks like chump change considering we spent £24m on Alonso. Hope the guy proves me wrong but he doesn't fill me with much confidence at all.

Cesc has always come across as quite professional during his time here so why is it so hard to believe? Fabregas performed bad last season but always publicly backed Mourinho. With the way things are going on at United right now as well I wouldn't say that Fabregas purposely sabotaged some games last season. Give the guy a break man. Do you honestly think he shouldn't play because he used to play for Arsenal? Come on.

Alright fellas, let's leave it there. Please continue to talk football but let's not take swipes at each other.

Griezmann is too small to play the number 9 role up front alone. He'd get bullied in the PL. He isn't a point of reference - doesn't play with his back to goal as well as someone like Benzema, Suarez or Lewandowski. Heck, even Costa is better due to his physicality. He definitely isn't a pure no. 9. Always has support up front, either at Atletico or for France. Swapping Costa for Griezmann would be a very very bad idea.

Hopefully he stays at United for another season so he can get rid of their young potential superstars like Martial and bring in an awful replacement like Eder or something.

Play him as a B2B CM.

I actually do believe there is some merit in the notion. The correct term we're looking for however is 'smart' attacking. Attacking recklessly like those teams you've mentioned will not do it. Being smart with the ball and covering the right spaces is the way to do it.

Hazard had a bad game, doesn't make him a bad player...