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Never understand people complaining about diving when a player actually is fouled. Been proven time and time again that you have to go down to get the decision Wasn't even subtle though, he literally throws himself the opposite direction. Regardless of what you think it's awful to watch, lacking in any class and completely dishonest.

Shouldn't be a pen just on the grounds of the absolutely pathetic dive.

We miss Willems big time.

Yeah, he'll switch the wingers over and then switch them back 5 minutes into the game. He'll spend those 5 minutes with a pensive look on his face and his forefinger lightly touching his chin as if collecting data from his masterful, complex tactical move.

Not sure about that, they get a lot of praise on all fronts from what I see. Deservedly so like.

Not great comments, but if a manager has any one primary job at a football club, then it's to instil a mentality in the team. So this is at Bruce's door for me.

See I half agree but feel you're contradicting yourself a bit. Our owners are a huge problem. If the sources are to be believed Solskjaer asked for Sancho, Upamecano and Grealish. We did fuck all in the transfer market in the grand scheme of things. The managers aren't getting backed. Same when Mourinho wanted Alderweireld, Skriniar and Perisic and wasn't backed. SEMTEX has it right too with the attitude of some players. There's a lot of deadwood that needs shifted and Ole is doing a good job so far of making it clear who needs to go. Maybe so, I'm just trying to make a full point, just as I do with Newcastle. Bruce is shit but it always has to be caveated by *Mike Ashley is the owner. Similarly, I think Ole has not yet proved he is a good enough manager to get Man United back to consistently challenging for the title and being the feared team they once were, but it's also caveated by having owners who aren't willing to invest enough in order to improve certain areas of the squad. Ole can ask for Sancho, Upamecano and Grealish, but does he have a system or set of systems that over the course of 38 games would see Man United pushing Liverpool/City? Bruce got Wilson, Fraser & Lewis, good players. But Wilson is left stranded up top just as Joelinton was last year, Fraser can't get a game and Lewis has looked vulnerable and easily exploited. Getting players is one thing, managing them effectively is something entirely different.

Maguire must have been thanking his lucky stars he came up against a Bruce team. Lots of long high balls for him to swallow up, and no pacy strikers for him to worry about. Even got to wander up for all the set pieces and get himself a nice easy header to get a little extra credit. Well, Wilson is quick, the problem is Bruce didn't look to exploit them and utilise our pace as he doesn't do tactics or opposition analysis (as we found it in the Brighton game so starkly). A half decent manager would have looked at Shaw & Maguire and instructed the likes of Almiron, ASM & Fraser to run straight at them any chance they got. Instead we had Joelinton as a winger and Hendrick doing... well I'm not sure.

It's nice to see a manager get time for once, that's for sure. We all tend to moan when managers are sacked after a bad spell, so the fact the Man Utd fan base is largely behind him still is somewhat refreshing. However I wonder if it's mostly because of who he is, rather than what he's done. Personally I'm still not sure what he's actually trying to implement there, which would worry me as a fan. What's his style, what's he working towards? I can't see a pattern. You see Ancelotti go to Everton and completely transform them, Bielsa at Leeds, Klopp, Pep, Rodgers even... Ole is nowhere near them and will never be, and again this is Manchester United we're on about. Should be aiming higher but the owners seem content with aiming for top 4. Pretty much become the new Arsenal.

I'll take your word for it, I only watch Man Utd on occasion. I do stand by the point about Maguire though, I think he's a much better player than what people are making out lately, and I also don't think Ole is a good manager at all. In fact I'd say he's in the bottom 10 in the league, so the fact he's managing the biggest club in the world is baffling.

That's me silenced then

I think Fred holding with Van De Beek & Bruno ahead in a 3 could be Man Utd's best midfield. Fred was absolutely quality at times last season. I actually rate their first 11 quite highly, especially if Telles hits the ground running and can replace Shaw. Maguire, Bailly & De Gea are all quality players despite being out of form currently, and the midfield and attacking options they have are of an extremely high standard. They just have a terrible manager.

Yes and no, Bruce doesn't get what he could out of them, but also the 5 of them aren't good enough to move us forward as a side and bring out the best in the attacking talent we have.

Possibly aye, he was better on the ball than most of our lot, to look for a positive. I'm personally just waiting for Bruce to say something along the lines of "if we had 10 Jeff Hendrick's we'd be alright" whilst we sit in the relegation zone post-Christmas.

He was pretty shit for us tbh. Was he though? Compared to the shit we have now I think he was pretty much the same. Shit then?

Al-mi-rón, yo te quiero infinito Yo te quiero, oh mi Almirón.

Our central midfield is just bad. Shelvey, Hayden, Longstaffs and Hendrick. They're all either squad player quality or not good enough. Our weakest area in the squad by a mile.

He was pretty shit for us tbh.

Aur bhaisaheb.

Never placed a bet before, but is it possible to bet on a team having "X" amount of shots? If so, Wolves to have 20+ shots would be tempting, as that seems to be our only consistent approach to games leading me to believe that's actually our tactic.

Aye it's been daft. I suppose it's partially because they're both such high profile players and Pickford has been (rightly or wrongly) closely scrutinised for a little while now.

Yeah, academies and youth development in France is miles ahead of anything we have in England.

Fofana the new Leicester CB looks good early on. Quick and very confident on the ball.

Like for like replacement for Vardy.

Harry Winks on for Ndombele was a big mistake. The latter was outstanding and Winks is shite, he pretty much assists Lanzini's winner.