Philmagwired

At least Ayoze is coming on

We have nobody with the dribbling ability of Harry Maguire

He's become much less effective in a deeper role,the battling doesn't change

Richie is failing in his defensive role, it's hardly his fault. We are woefully short on quality, the manager is occasionally coming up short on utilising what quality we have

Diame strolling about like we're 5-0 up

Encouraging first half hour, fell apart after that. Pogba the difference. They are miles off the title imo

Mitrovic=something happens Josselu = nothing happens

Shelvey has grafted his bollocks off here, poor supporting cast

Earliest football memory was England getting beat off Germany at Mexico, 1970 World Cup, the Banks-Bonnetti catastrophe. Beckenbauer was a marvel to my young mincers.First significant Toon experience was Supermacs home debut v Liverpool, smacked in a hat trick then carried off minus his front teeth, instant idol.

Pogba done well for their equaliser, that second goal was shite to concede.More goals in this game, we need to go for it

Seriously shakey these,we look capable every attack. Barring a calamity we can win this

Geet urrrp

Two up top and Phil Jones out. Manchester 0 United 1

A few of our players are a bit shite at this level, Rafa teams are well drilled but he's a bit rigid in his formations,.this 1 up top with pedestrian striker is costing us, how can't he see it? And Perez still getting a start, he's a bit lucky

Aye, I'm glad we've got Burnley out of the way

Agitated about that one, Burnley are quite pedestrian. I doubt that fellow Josselu would get a start for them,

Well, we have 2,up top with 8 minutes to go

The commentator has just said 'the game has entered the final half an hour'

Hayden on for Perez, push Shelvey up and Gayle on for the Hoss

Hmmm no ball winner in midfield, have to revise my 0-2 to oh fucked if I know

Townsend way better than Atsu, can't really compare him to Richie. When we are getting nullified on the flanks like today,you are looking for a threat through the middle and we have Perez and fucking Diame. Shelvey might be worth a look, he's as dynamic as SlowMo

Fuck me

We might be hard to break down but we do invite teams onto us, how many back passes to the keeper that half?

We did alright there, the quality we were up against. Perez not up to the task, but questioning his work rate is ridiculous