Matt1892

Is De Gea training with a club at the moment?

I’ve looked quickly so this could be wrong but City are 5 points down on the same games last season, whereas we are 5 points up on the same games. I said a few weeks back in this thread that I thought the league would be won on less points than last season, so if we can improve on last seasons points tally then we won’t be far off. If we can get through December and get some players back then there is no reason why we can’t join the likes of Liverpool in chasing Man City and Arsenal.

Am I the only one that still thinks we have an outside shot at winning the league??

No but VAR recommended a drop ball to the referee, rather than a corner to Brighton despite it already going out of play.

VAR shambles at Chelsea

I don’t think they have the players to battle and unsettle us, they do try to open up and play quick attacking football but that plays in to our hands.

It might be a long shot but if Forest are interested in Murphy I would go after Gibbs-White from them, depending on Forests finances either both deals can be permanent in January or loan with an obligation to buy. We can use the rest of the season to bed him in before he takes off next season, similar to the path used for Gordon.

I can’t believe we haven’t sorted out his contract yet.

His in game IQ is high level and is up there with any of the wingers we have had in the Premier League era. He just gets it.

His inclusion gives us the same balance down the left as we have down the right, which will only benefit Gordon and Barnes.

Looking at the CL table for Man Utd’s group, where do they finish if they draw with Bayern and Galatasaray beat Copenhagen? Do they finish 3rd or 4th? I can see that Galatasaray have the better head to head but Copenhagen is a tie.

The bookies have us at 9/4 to qualify and PSG are odds on at 9/20 favourites. I agree with you though and feel it should be the other way around but I’m guessing it is due to us needing 2 results in our favour whereas PSG only need one.

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The Chronicle thinks Longstaff could be back on Saturday and Barnes next Thursday.

I’m fuming with Ashworth. How did he miss this lot when he was buying off everyone else who works on VAR with all that oil money? Useless.

We already have Hall using one of the spaces.

Forest have four players who are on loan. Tavares from Arsenal Santos from Chelsea Origi from Milan Montriel from Sevilla

Europa cup wouldn’t be the worst thing, it is winnable and you get a champions league spot in pot one for lifting it too.

Dignified in his response to what was an awful decision.

No reason to think Villa won’t be there or thereabouts regarding pushing for champions league at the end of the season, the same for any of the current clubs in the top 7. The only thing they haven’t had is a level of expectation on them during Emery’s time there, which is when points get dropped as the nerves kick in as you need to hold that position, which you seen with us and Arsenal last season.

It is hard to say where we will set our sights as realistically it is difficult to carry 3 strikers of quality when you only play one up top, unless you go for a winger that can play up top like Liverpool do, which we arguably have with Gordon but supporters want to be able to field a traditional striker when Isak and Wilson are out. You would think January would be the perfect time to bring in a young striker with high potential that will need time to settle, with a view of them trading places with Wilson as third choice striker as their career paths cross. I don’t think that will be Ekitike as he seems to want regular football now. It is either that or an experienced player coming in to be third choice who will be happy to get limited minutes here, presuming we have other priorities to spend money than striker.

Rashford played wide left for the most part and quite often you played without any sort of tactics, looking for Rashford to create some magic on his own.

Man Utd’s issue isn’t the defence, it is that they have only managed 16 goals in 13 league games. It isn’t that they have been wasteful either, they just have struggled to create a great deal with Rashford out of form, who carried them at times last season.

They have been good at winning the games you would expect them to win apart from against Palace, whereas we have only won one away game this season. They are five points down on the same games compared to last season so they are going to need to pick up their form against top half teams, which they have an opportunity to do against us.

I think we are at a point where we should look to change the shape of the midfield, which might mean we move on a midfielder or two and swap them with a traditional DM and an attacking midfielder.