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Most shocking of all the transfers to me. Especially after all the good things we've been hearing about him prior to his move. Looking like a dud and not the leader we were expecting. Looks like he moved to England to enjoy his retirement. If Tuchel has sense, he would bench the guy and give Chalobah a chance. At least at his age, Chalobah can improve.

That's what I've been fearing for the past few weeks. Why they've chucked it is another question altogether. Did the squad not like Tuchel becoming an executioner and chucking out figures like Lukaku/Werner ? Blocking Azpi's transfer...and sidelining others like Pulisic/Ziyech? From the eyes of the fans, those were much needed changes. But I'm not sure how the squad is taking these changes internally. I hope Boehly had a word with the squad after this showing. If he wants Tuchel to continue, he needs to express that he is going to be backed. Else, this squad will quietly pull the rug out from under Tuchel's feet.

Credit to Chillwell for not letting his head drop and instead showing to the coach what he can deliver. Single handedly turned the game around for us in a matter of minutes. Deserves to start the next few games.

Agreed. Drogba also has had games where he would be silent for long periods, but popped up when it mattered.

Broja looking like an idiot for signing that contract then. Especially if Tuchel has no concrete plans to use him.

Wouldn't exactly call them boring. Tottenham is boring. United have now transformed into this hard working team with players that work for each other. Their shortcomings IMO, are just the lack of a good CM to compliment Casemiro (but even Fred and McTominay can do the donkey work in midfield and entrust Bruno and Eriksen to be creative), and good CB options on the bench. No team would like to resort to bringing Maguire off the bench to protect a lead.

Maguire doing everything possible to sabotage his team.

Oh crap...Maguire on.

Now that United are seemingly a good team again, maybe NOW we'll break our winless record against them 😄

Now can I call it an Arteta masterclass?

Lol to be fair, I just started watching from the last 10 mins.😛

United still need another quality CM. With DeJong they would have really threatened.

Arse all at sea. Arteta masterclass?

I've been thinking about that too. But I hope Mount doesn't just react negatively to it. He's produced the best attacking stats in the team for the past two years, but we're all waiting to see if he can take it up a level. It would be a shame if he would throw toys out of his pram at this stage and act like he's being undervalued. His performances need to speak for itself. One would hope that he looks at James situation and see how the club values performances like his. It's tough though. Especially when he wins player of the year accolades for 2 years, is a year older too. All that could be weighing on his mind.

From the outside, James seems to be the one talking to all the new players (Koulibaly, Fofana, etc.) welcoming them to squad. Maybe it's just him gelling with fellow defenders, but there seems to be some leadership qualities on show there. If not captain, at least a good team vice captain in the making.

Now that the transfer window is closed and that he has a more settled squad, hopefully he can concentrate on getting them to play better football with more spirit. Because it's been mediocre so far.

Agreed. Although we needed some luck based on the law of averages. Also, another terrible performance for the majority of a game. Hope Tuchel sorts it out.

Probably...and he should. But Tuchel always gives priority to the CL, and will likely play his 'strongest' 11 to start the tournament with a win. Meaning his favorite Mendy will start the game.

Needs to start the CL game midweek. Would also like to see if him and Havertz can combine with each other.

I'll give Fofana a pass because it's only his first game with us, but he doesnt seem to be getting tight enough to attackers to block crosses coming in from his flank. A prime example of this is for the West Ham chance that cannoned off the post in the 2nd half. The cross came in from his flank, and Koulibaly was woefully out of position to prevent the shot. I'm hoping Fofana will improve, and KK settles in, but we really need to go in for another world class CB or two next season. And hope Colwill has a good loan at Brighton.

That just makes me more pleased about the VAR decision

Surprised we never went for him. Club relying on the 'safe' option as always.

I said at the start of this thread that he needed to be dropped. Clear favouritism from Tuchel.

Cowardly subs. Still keeps 3 CBs on. Leaves RLC with a yellow card on the pitch. Tuchel keeps shoehorning his favorite players in to unnatural positions instead of playing players in positions of strength. If Abramovich were here he would be walking a tight rope.

In 3 months, it will be time for the world cup. But agreed. This is about Kovacic. It really depends on the nature of the injury though. If Kounde could put it off till end of the season, there's a chance this could wait. Anyway, its all conjecture. No one has really confirmed if he even needs surgery. Until it becomes official, I wouldn't worry. Too many other question marks in the squad already.