There is a risk here we're all being a bit neurotic and pedantic because we're all as anxious as hell RDZ will be leaving in the summer. It's clouding my perspective a bit and I should just lean into enjoying the best manager we've ever had.
Where to begin? To his credit when we didn't have the wide players he adapted the shape to play narrow and with some success. It's unlucky to lose Mitoma, but in January or June there probably isn't another Mitoma so it's a bit of a fantasy that we could have found the right depth to deliver a...
Go back to when a Hinshelwood was last on the starting line up and tell yourself then to imagine it's 2023...we're in the top 6, in Europe and 3-0 down against Villa and have the right to feel we can get something out of the game. Our journey just feels wonderfully ridiculous at times.
Yup a bit of luck with Villa today and yes a bit of undoing ourselves, but respect to Unai Emery who has a thorough game plan to win the inches against us.
I was sat on the centre line so could see and hear the opposite ends. Brighton fans were a lot more visual with their support and a lot more audible until of course the end...hearing 'glory, glory Man United' is painful. Yes there were lulls in support from all fans, but it wasn't a scintilating...
Tross looking at his phone this afternoon...alternating between looking hopefully for an update from his agent...and despite himself, having a look at scoreline v Liverpool. Not wishing for a moment of schadenfreude, but I hope he's thought this roll of the dice through.