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Trippier. This era begins with him. Perfect signing in every aspect. Wilson close second though. I’m not very gay but his smile definitely makes me very gay.

His hold up play is really underappreciated. What a guy.

I really want to see his running stats. Like a man possessed.

Murphy decided to join the game as prime Ribery.

Good ebening.

He’s a lot less blood and thunder than I imagined. Seems to have a great understanding of positioning, doesn’t need to dive in a lot.

Well done. We’re seriously good defensively. Only one attempt from Everton and I can’t really remember it. Everyone burst a lung out there, especially Longstaff - he deserves credit. Almiron is lush. Fraser won a header. Life is good. On the other hand I’ll be quite disappointed if Murphy starts again over Anderson.

Onana crosses the pitch in about three steps.

Being held back by Murphy, Longstaff and Burn at LB.

Scrappy but we look solid. Just need that little bit of quality to get the midfield play going. They give their best but it’s really on these occasions when Longstaff’s and Murphy’s limitations become the most evident.

Championship level football. I'm pretty sure Gibbs-White can be moulded into a good player given the right circumstances.

We’ve managed to sign an incredible spine in Pope, Botman and Bruno. Wow. I really can see him as world class in a couple of years.

Atmosphere sounds extremely flat. Such a shame when we’re playing so well.

I love the fact he’s building us up from the back. Our back 5 is almost completely renewed and we look very solid defensively. Really excited to see what kind of midfielder he envisions in that Shelvey/Longstaff role - a classic DM, a box-to-box or a deep lying playmaker.

Surprisingly strong and very confident. Deserves to start the next home game.

Fuming after this. The result in and of itself is allright considering who are injured. Pope is class and Botman looks really good. No excuse for not giving Anderson more time now.

Willock’s been minging this season so far. Get Anderson on for him.

Who is this absolute ghoul sitting in the stands behind Howe. Get him off he’s putting the hex on us.

We’re winning a lot of tackles.

Great at those surging runs from deep. Will be a great option from the bench but as pointed out above he needs to beef up a bit if he's to play as a box-to-box midfielder.

Almost puked from excitement.

I'm a big fan of Casemiro. I said earlier in the thread that if Manu Utd are going to play Eriksen and Bruno together they would need peak Makelele behind them. This is as close as they're going to get. The problem is there's no strategy to this. Just reactionary panicking and this amount of money for Casemiro reeks of desperation. Huge question marks on this as he has spent almost all his career in Madrid all the while winning 5 CLs. On the surface it looks like a good strategy to him to wind down an insanely successful career on bonkers wages.

I love that Man Utd think Rabiot and Arnautovic are the appropriate amendments to the most toxic lockerroom on the planet. Absolutely zero philosophy behind their player acquistions. Even Eriksen is testament to that. Now two of their best players are playmaker 10s who really can't play simultanously unless they had prime Makelele to sweep up. Until then they make do with McTominay. Great idea.

If only we had someone else than Almiron chasing those glorious through balls. Not many XIs on the planet this guy doesn’t stroll into.

Not that they put us under much pressure but those little sparkles of quality to release the ball, evade pressure and keep possession is on a different level than I’ve seen for 20 odd years. Absolutely no one is scared of receiving the ball. Such a big difference. Bruno and Joelinton were so, so good but everyone deserves credit. With the 5 substitutes we however need Almiron and Willock as impact players. Add a couple of quality players in their stead and we can do some serious damage this season.