There seems to be a pattern emerging watching United over the last few weeks, well at home at least, we play the dull sideways passing football that drives you to drink during the the first half. But when we score just after half time against Liverpool and in first half injury time yesterday, the play becomes a little more expansive. I hate to say it but that is the philosophy in action and working. It would be interesting to see an opposition team score the first goal at Old traford to see how well the philosophy works then.
I heard people after the City debacle at Whit hart lane finished, well that will give them the incentive to go out there and go at Sunderland. It always makes me laugh when people say stuff like that, that might be football taught by Matt Busby, but it aint under Luois Van Gaal. Instead we got a first half where United huffed and puffed and generally didn't blow the Sunderland wall down. But in a nice piece of karma, the four minutes injury time the referee added on because of Sunderland's blatant time wasting, came back to bite them on the bum as Blinds superb ball found Mata who put it back across for Memphis to hit his first goal in the premier league in that added time. I thought Mata was trying to score but others didn't, after seeing on the TV, I'm still not sure.
The second half saw United really open up, but it was interesting to me how the two goals added in the second half were basically a case of wide men taking on their man, beating them, crossing it and voila.
It was interesting to see Schneiderlin get more license to get forward as the game went on. I want to se a bit more of that. Carrick had a better game than against Southampton, but still didn't seem quite back to his best. Saying that, he produced a superb ball to release Memphis in the box during the first half that the Dutchman failed to turn into the scoring chance that he should have done.
Once again the real attacking threat came from Martial, there's no question about it, we have purchased a bit of pure gold in that lad. He's quick, not lightning, but quick enough, has great feet, can create and can finish. He prety much ticks all the boxes, from what I've seen from him so far, he can be as good as he wants to be, that transfer fee could look like a snip a few years down the line.
So United, top of the league, it has to be said, it feels a bit surreal, I don't think it says that much about the overall quality of the premier league, but I'll take it.
I heard people after the City debacle at Whit hart lane finished, well that will give them the incentive to go out there and go at Sunderland. It always makes me laugh when people say stuff like that, that might be football taught by Matt Busby, but it aint under Luois Van Gaal. Instead we got a first half where United huffed and puffed and generally didn't blow the Sunderland wall down. But in a nice piece of karma, the four minutes injury time the referee added on because of Sunderland's blatant time wasting, came back to bite them on the bum as Blinds superb ball found Mata who put it back across for Memphis to hit his first goal in the premier league in that added time. I thought Mata was trying to score but others didn't, after seeing on the TV, I'm still not sure.
The second half saw United really open up, but it was interesting to me how the two goals added in the second half were basically a case of wide men taking on their man, beating them, crossing it and voila.
It was interesting to see Schneiderlin get more license to get forward as the game went on. I want to se a bit more of that. Carrick had a better game than against Southampton, but still didn't seem quite back to his best. Saying that, he produced a superb ball to release Memphis in the box during the first half that the Dutchman failed to turn into the scoring chance that he should have done.
Once again the real attacking threat came from Martial, there's no question about it, we have purchased a bit of pure gold in that lad. He's quick, not lightning, but quick enough, has great feet, can create and can finish. He prety much ticks all the boxes, from what I've seen from him so far, he can be as good as he wants to be, that transfer fee could look like a snip a few years down the line.
So United, top of the league, it has to be said, it feels a bit surreal, I don't think it says that much about the overall quality of the premier league, but I'll take it.
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