I've no confidence of us getting a result ahead of every game at the moment and probably even less of us putting in a good performance. Yet on Saturday, even though it was far from perfect, and we looked very shaky at the back, i felt that the first half performance was a bit more like it. By more like it, I mean that the mindset of the players seemed to be to attack, there was a little bit more speed about everything, well the passing anyway.
And then we get a second half like that, it wasn't just getting beat, it was that fact you could never really see a goal coming, however much possession we had. The substitutions were totally baffling again, both full backs withdrawn to be replaced by two wingers, playing full back. Why on Earth wasn't Wilson on the bench. If he isn't going to play or even get onto the subs bench, he might as well go out on loan, I've said before that I don't think he's played enough football this season.
Everything seemed to be looking up after that first goal, possibly the best team goal we have scored all season, a proper United goal on the break, fast incisive passing and a fine finish from Herrera. It didn't take long for the joy to subside as the defence went to sleep to allow an easy equaliser almost straight away. Shaw took most of the blame for the goal, though nobody covered themselves in glory. I actually thought he had a decent game. I would sooner have seen him stay on and Young brought on in front of him on the wing. But it seems the chances of that happening are zero.
We can grasp at straws and claim we didn't deserve to get beat, we probably didn't, but we also sure didn't deserve to take the three points. That top four spot is starting to look very ropey, Woodward must be a very worried man. If we look at our form, the team selection's and our main rivals for those champions league spots, things don't look good. I've long thought we would struggle, but as things stand I really can't see us coming above either Liverpool or Arsenal, maybe even Tottenham. I'm clinging onto the fact that in general Van Gaal has seemed to have been a lucky manager so far this season. If that luck runs out now, I think we're sunk.
And then we get a second half like that, it wasn't just getting beat, it was that fact you could never really see a goal coming, however much possession we had. The substitutions were totally baffling again, both full backs withdrawn to be replaced by two wingers, playing full back. Why on Earth wasn't Wilson on the bench. If he isn't going to play or even get onto the subs bench, he might as well go out on loan, I've said before that I don't think he's played enough football this season.
Everything seemed to be looking up after that first goal, possibly the best team goal we have scored all season, a proper United goal on the break, fast incisive passing and a fine finish from Herrera. It didn't take long for the joy to subside as the defence went to sleep to allow an easy equaliser almost straight away. Shaw took most of the blame for the goal, though nobody covered themselves in glory. I actually thought he had a decent game. I would sooner have seen him stay on and Young brought on in front of him on the wing. But it seems the chances of that happening are zero.
We can grasp at straws and claim we didn't deserve to get beat, we probably didn't, but we also sure didn't deserve to take the three points. That top four spot is starting to look very ropey, Woodward must be a very worried man. If we look at our form, the team selection's and our main rivals for those champions league spots, things don't look good. I've long thought we would struggle, but as things stand I really can't see us coming above either Liverpool or Arsenal, maybe even Tottenham. I'm clinging onto the fact that in general Van Gaal has seemed to have been a lucky manager so far this season. If that luck runs out now, I think we're sunk.
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