Pizy

Yeah, I can take getting blown up by City or Liverpool as they're loaded with world class players and have been together for years. To lose 4-0 to what was surely the weakest United side ever fielded on a PL opening weekend is what stings. But it's rare to take so many positives away from a thumping loss. We'll almost certainly be on the end of a few of those against the other big boys. But I hope that looking at today in terms of style of play and chance creation, we can do well against most of the league.

Kante and Rüdiger will make a big difference. Pulisic pressing and running off the ball from the start will help. Not playing a side like United every week that have some of the fastest players in the league every week will help. But we're stuck for the whole season with strikers who don't score and a couple of first teamers who are on the wane. Will be a rough, rough season. As we expected. We won't get near top 4, again as expected.

Thing is, I thought Jorginho was great for much of that match, too. There will likely be a lot of rotation in midfield this season.

Azpi is finished at the top level. Was never great going forward but was always a rock defensively. Now he's mediocre defensively and awful going forward. We need a modern RB. Reece James in other words.

Utterly humiliating to be 3-0 down to THIS United side. Embarrassing. They've been woeful and are up 3-0. Just wow.

Totally fucking dominating AGAIN and they score completely against the run of play.

We win the ball back well over and over and then gift it right back to them over and over. No composure.

Barkley, WTF!? Given the ball away cheaply about 4 times already!

Pen completely killed momentum and shifted it. We can't get a touch now. FFS.

Zouma mistake after mistake. Gonna cost us a bunch of points this season. Fucks sake. Dominating the match and then this.

Please let us get the good Kovacic today and not the one who looks clueless defensively at times. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 He needs to channel his inner Kante or their pace will kill us on the counter.

Gotta say, we really need those injured players back because our bench looks stunningly poor without them.

Not a lot of width or pace in our attack. Not sure I would've started Mason out wide but Lamps knows better than I. Frank really doesn't fancy Michy, does he?

Emery taking after Wenger with these weird ass starting XI's? Why put out essentially a B team for the first game of the season?

I'm goodness othe how most of the XI is likely to look, but the only one I worry about is Tammy. Just don't think he's quite ready for this stage yet. Can see us looking pretty good in our build up until that final action where Tammy will be marked by Maguire. As has been mentioned, United really aren't that scary. Not compared to the attacks of City/Liverpool/Arse/Spuds, anyway. Rashford and Martial have great pace but they're super inconsistent just like our attacking players.

Villa defend well all game and then that girly looking twat Grealish chokes at the last moment to gift Spuds all3 points. Typical.

Spuds not looking near top form yet. Not as crisp and tidy as they normally are. Hopefully I don't jinx it, but Lamella is such a nothing player. Just bang average. Don't get why Poch persists with him.

So, will Spuds make it 3/3 from title contenders demolishing poor opposition? Lets see how naively Villa set up here.

We have to stop buying total duds. We need the person in charge of identifying and recruiting players to get us guys that will come in and instantly fit like a glove. That's what City have. A player can come in and look as though they've been there for years. They likely scouted and decided to sign Rodri months and months ago. He comes in and looks right at home.

It's just silly how good City are. And this is just match week 1 when they aren't fully at it yet. Think this season will be much like last at the top of the table, though I think City will win the title by more than 1 point this time.

Look at City's bench, fucking hell. They have a better bench than our starting XI.

So is he just sitting out the season or what? We should do a Pulisic and sign him up in January and wait for him to come in the summer.

He and his agent are playing a blinder. They know it would be a PR disaster for the club to lose their brightest talent before he truly gets started. Using their leverage to the maximum. CHO gonna get paaaaid.

Fuck sake, announce it already! Hint after hint from journalists, "on the verge" of signing for weeks, sneaky photos of him at Cobham. Let's have it and move on from this story.

Liverpool have not one, but TWO fullbacks who can cross the ball ten times better than any of our attacking players, nevermind our fullbacks. Compare what Alexander-Arnold can do going forward to Azpi. It's almost as if they play totally different positions.