Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 26.09.24

Tbh it's very hard to analyse that game, Chelsea down to 10 took off their attacking threat - We dominated.

10 v 10 us without an out an out striker we didn't look great but neither did Chelsea.

Win is all that matters.

The PL table doesn't look bad for Amorim. Very close to all teams apart from Liverpool and we have Arsenal, City and Chelsea fixtures out of the way. It'll be massive if he can get wins v Brentford and Sunderland in the next two games.

Never much positivity in here but at least today the players showed some courage after the well deserved criticism after the City match.

The senior players were on their game today.

As pointed out Maz and DeLigt were at their best today and Mbeumo and Cunha really played well up front.

Bruno reacted well to a lot of criticism that was flying his way with a MOTM display and his 100 goal.

Delighted as I thought beforehand a draw would be a good result.

Funny that his selection was being called a disgrace by some. Hes been a great signing.

I won't lie I was worried about him at RWB as I do really like him at RCB but he was quality today.

Important win if even to just keep the vultures at bay but I can't help feel very frustrated with that in part.

We'd have scored another 2 or 3 in the second half had we stayed with 11 on the pitch. It wasn't a yellow but you just cannot give the ref a chance to make a decision. He was playing well too.

Again, we played some lovely stuff in the first half. Chelsea couldn't deal with us and that forced the mistake. Mbuemo will surely start scoring regularly soon. He's doing everything bar finishing.

Second half panned out how I expected. Chelsea were going to take risks and try and overload the middle so we forced them wide. They actually created nothing bar the goal.

I'm still absolutely firmly in the 'Amorim in' camp. Anyone who doesn't think the performances so far this season are a significant improvement than what we produced last season are just wrong in my opinion.

It was a soft yellow, but not a travesty of a decision. Casemiro gave the ref a decision to make and the ref made it. It was a silly thing to do when Casemiro is supposed to be the experienced pro with 5 CL wins who understands how to manage a game.

Santos had three United defenders ahead of him and only Pedro ahead of him (who was going wide right) and no other options. It was not a particularly dangerous moment. Grabbing hold of Santos (before getting the ball) and dragging him down right in front of the referee while on a yellow was a daft decision.

That lad on tiktok is 4 games away from getting his hair cut now at least

I wouldn't worry about Amad at all yet. Very big season from him last year, so I'm not surprised that he's dropped off from that. He's still a young lad so consistency will come. It's just a relief that we now have functioning forwards that will take the pressure off him to perform, which wasn't the case last year.

Not that incident but a few of us commented he should have been off, he got away with so much.

Regardless of the severity of the punishment Amorim should have known that Casemiro will continue to go into risky tackles even while on a yellow. I called it out before he was sent off as it has happened quite a few times. Thankfully got the 3 points but could easily have been needless points dropped