Tomo

Maybe, but on the flip side our best trumps there's by a distance for me. Our performances vs United home and Leti away are well above what they are capable off.

Certainly not getting our pants pulled down by manager's that people joke about, thats for sure.

City yes, but the jury is still very much out on the Red half, not quite getting the cult of United myself.

Absolute rubbish this one, right from the Carlo 10/11 handbook. I can take losing if we go down kicking and screaming, like say Palace at home last season, but i can't accept the lack of urgency displayed today. Fair play WHU showed fight and desire but we just didn't atall look like forcing the issue, i lost count of the amount of times i shouted speed up when we were starting an attack, or the amount of times a promising attack ened up with a pass back to one of the back 3 or even Courtois. Conte seems to be developing quite the blind spot for the stereotypical traditional British manager, Dyche,Big Sam, Roy and now Moyesy. We should have freshened things up more with selection, false 9 was required today, Morata is still acclimatizing to being a first choice and this was 1 match too far, we must learn from that mistake Tuesday. There's no need for 3 in the middle vs any team outside the top 6, especially with Kante here. Christensen had his first baptism of fire today but he will learn from it, i won't lie im starting to seriously worry about Bakayoko but at the same time he hasn't had a full pre season and that must be taken into account.

No, just no.

Biggest example, Hazard in 15/16.

I imagine you would be bothered very quickly if we fail to replace him properly, which is very possible.

Because his positioning is so good he doesn't need too. If keepers were judged on how spectacular their saves looked then Shay Given would be the undisputed best keeper off all time.

Could be getting kicked out of the jungle for bullying!!

We are averaging games every 3 days for the next month, even Hazard and Azpi are being rotated.

Extra defender for us, sounds good.

We will finish above United.

It's wierd seeing Jose never subs him off, even at the expense of team balance (shifting him to the right and taking off a winger for Zlatan instead of making a straight swap, similar today, logic suggests he goes off for Rashford but Young did). Based on that and the way he left us, im starting to wonder if, what swung the deal in United's favour was Jose promising him unconditional full matches, and if that's the case im even more glad we didn't get him than i am already.

Does his Grandad need an U23 contract?

Forget that, has he got any mates who need a contract?

After Benitez took over United won 15 out of 17 games en route to the title. Did you really expect a squad that had not one single player who was world class and in his prime to keep up with that relentless pace? And that was before we factor in the other comps we were going for. The only elimination I put on Rafas shoulders was the CWC, that still annoys me to this day. You can lose to City anytime and we battered Swansea and only lost because Ivan forgot who he played for on the night.

That's embarrassing journalism, only two comments were actually bashing him. We had closure on his last match for us when the majority thanked what he did and wished him well. Booing him now would be totally pointless and unnecessary although i imagine there is a small section who won't let go.

He's on 4? When the hell did he pick up the others? I can't recall him getting one prior to last night.

Our defense just seems so assured and solid with him in the centre, apart from Roma at home he nor us have looked poor at the back with him in the middle. i don't want to speak to soon but i can't remember the last time i had this much confidence in our defense that i have with Christensen currently in it, probably the run in to the 2010 double. We say Hazard has been waiting for like minded attackers, but same applies to Azpi with fellow defenders and we have finally got him one on the same wavelength. I am a big fan of David but it will be farcical if he gets his place back now. I hope he sticks around until the end of the season though, as he is great cover and i feel he deserves a proper goodbye as he served us well over two spells.

Absolutely battered them and should have won by 4. Conte knows how to play frustrating sides like these and we just keep trying alternative moves and combination's until it pays off, stark contrast to Joseball in these type of games.

Has to happen at some point, else we'd have another 2015 situation when every one burns out a crucial stage of the season.

Totally forgot about that. I wasn't convinced by him at first atall and thought he was being overhyped because of the Olympics, but i have since conceded i was wrong about him, although not sure he's the level we are use to (with Cech and Courtois).

Baka's clearly better and at a more advanced stage in his career than all 3, lets not get into romantic youth mode here.Ruben has potential to be a good player if he keeps up his current form, but if he does make it here his role will be totally different to Baka's. The other two im yet to see what the big fuss is about.

Youve lost me?