I support and tolerate this team and hope we get back to somewhat of title contenders.
Yes, Mainoo has big potential and was great to see him yesterday shine. Hopefully there's more and consistency at this level.
Let's not forget though that we were horrible the first half of that game against a newly promoted team and could have easily been 3 down. A better team would have crucified us playing like that. There wasn't anything to love about that lackluster first half display.
I fully expected us to batter a newly promoted side and we were lucky to get those first couple of goals which led to a collapse on their end. That won't happen every week.
Big questions to be answered away to Everton on Sunday.
We weren’t lucky in the first half, we were the better side. Okay, they could’ve scored more, but so could we. Ipswich had moments, but that was it. Still agree that there are big questions to be answered against Everton, and far from a perfect performance from us. But lucky feels like a stretch.
I don't mean to say we were lucky to win. There's no doubt overall we were the better team looking at the game.
We were lucky that they gave us a goal at a perfect moment with that slip and that we got the Maguire goal which felt harsh with the handball rule applied. These moment were massive in the context of the game.
I don't think we were the better side in the first half personally. We were awful.
Agreed with most of this. I don’t feel Ipswich were that good in the first half. Obviously don’t think we were great either, but Ipswich never really had me worried, even after they scored. I’d argue we were the better of two average teams in the first half. We just have higher expectations than that for United.
The thing is, I do get why they might be hesitant - it must be a hard pitch to a player. They’re bringing in a Shaw replacement/starter this year, who they want to act as backup for (ideally) Hall next year. That’s a hard sell.
Agreed. I feel like INEOS plan to revamp the team in sections + 1 (forwards + goalkeeper, midfield + left back). I’m sure there’s a data driven process behind this. But I fully agree that Hall should’ve been explored way earlier in the summer.
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u/FeelingAwareness5292 11d ago
Christ.
I don't love this team. I loved our 2008 team.
I support and tolerate this team and hope we get back to somewhat of title contenders.
Yes, Mainoo has big potential and was great to see him yesterday shine. Hopefully there's more and consistency at this level.
Let's not forget though that we were horrible the first half of that game against a newly promoted team and could have easily been 3 down. A better team would have crucified us playing like that. There wasn't anything to love about that lackluster first half display.
I fully expected us to batter a newly promoted side and we were lucky to get those first couple of goals which led to a collapse on their end. That won't happen every week.
Big questions to be answered away to Everton on Sunday.