The last thing my bank account needed was a replay, still I suppose the Glazer's will be happy. I'm starting to think that maybe they should be worried, I can senses the tide shifting as far as Van Gaal goes. We thankfully reverted to a back four, yet the first half, in particular, the width, the out ball, was the full full back.Then you had Fellaini popping up on the right hand side when if your going to play him, you surely want him in the box on the receiving end of any crosses we actually get in. Oh for wingers and proper width at the top end of the pitch.
A lack of confidence amongst the players has been mentioned, but what I sense is players playing with fear, scared to make a mistake. We heard during the early part of the season how the players were buying into Van Gaal's methods and that whatever the results on the pitch it was a reasonably happy camp off it. I would to know what the reality is at the moment. I can see that some players would be happy to buy into it, there are a fair few others I'm none too sure about.
It was always going to be a war of attrition, unless we got an early goal as the home team put everything into it, on their big night out. But as they tired a little during the second half and we virtually dominated possession, we still managed to create hardly anything. Wilson's performance has took a bit of stick, but what did he have to feed on. I actually though that Januzaj put in a reasonable performance, he didn't give the ball away, looked comfortable on the ball and put a couple of useful balls into the box. I thought Keown's criticism's of him were ludicrous, but it would seem that some reds see what their told, not what they see with their own eyes.
The only danger they posed was from set pieces, and they did have a couple of good chances from dead ball situations. There's not really a lot you can do about that other than try and dominate possession and keep free kicks down to a minimum, which all told, we did manage.
So another forgettable performance, and another one on national TV, free to air and all. You have to go along way back to remember United playing any kind of reasonably consistent entertaining football. I'm not sure how long that can really continue, there must must come a time where mediocre results, top four is far from a certainty, and shit on a stick football starts to hurt "the brand".
A lack of confidence amongst the players has been mentioned, but what I sense is players playing with fear, scared to make a mistake. We heard during the early part of the season how the players were buying into Van Gaal's methods and that whatever the results on the pitch it was a reasonably happy camp off it. I would to know what the reality is at the moment. I can see that some players would be happy to buy into it, there are a fair few others I'm none too sure about.
It was always going to be a war of attrition, unless we got an early goal as the home team put everything into it, on their big night out. But as they tired a little during the second half and we virtually dominated possession, we still managed to create hardly anything. Wilson's performance has took a bit of stick, but what did he have to feed on. I actually though that Januzaj put in a reasonable performance, he didn't give the ball away, looked comfortable on the ball and put a couple of useful balls into the box. I thought Keown's criticism's of him were ludicrous, but it would seem that some reds see what their told, not what they see with their own eyes.
The only danger they posed was from set pieces, and they did have a couple of good chances from dead ball situations. There's not really a lot you can do about that other than try and dominate possession and keep free kicks down to a minimum, which all told, we did manage.
So another forgettable performance, and another one on national TV, free to air and all. You have to go along way back to remember United playing any kind of reasonably consistent entertaining football. I'm not sure how long that can really continue, there must must come a time where mediocre results, top four is far from a certainty, and shit on a stick football starts to hurt "the brand".
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