[BarstoolProphet]

Let's add Antony and Amrabat to an already League One level match

 

[Oldyella]

Dire stuff from both sides really.

Like an end of season stroll.

 

[Pickle85]

A couple of poor buys understates the catastrophe that the buys of Antony and Mount are. I do agree though that ETH is not a brilliant manager, but could it be said of the other managers currently in the conversation to succeed him are in fact brilliant managers? Probably not. Once you get past Pep and Klopp, and keys add Arteta now, who’s actually brilliant? Maybe Emery. Maybe some manager in Spain or Italy, but moving up from Spain or Italy to manage United is a massive leap. ETH has been dealt shit with player issues out of his control, but I agree he should have done better than he has.

Yeah, you're not wrong about those buys, they were disastrous TBF. My main worry about ETH is the absolute lack of any signs that a style of play is starting to become ingrained. We still look like we don't really have a plan on the pitch

 

[hellhunter]

Evans, again, quietly having a very good game

 

[lex talionis]

Mount would start over McT surely. Mount can score like McT but is a lot better at football too.

Yes, but it wouldn’t work. ETH tried Bruno and Mount earlier in the season and it was a mess. A fine mess.

 

[CasaStreets]

Mainoo's biggest criticism for me is that he fades in and out of games. Needs to evolve into a volume passer. Part of that is tactical but part of it is always running to make himself available for that pass.

Without dictating the game an occasional neat dribble here or there doesn't get us much.

Agreed and glad he’s got plenty of time to develop this

 

[2 man midfield]

Evans is so good it’s mad

 

[redshaw]

"much maligned Antony" on commentary

Must be reading the caf

 

[Verminator]

Everton have one Dobbin to our eleven.

 

[Dargonk]

Evans with some good work to stop the shots then

 

[Pickle85]

Not a great game. If we had anyone other than Everton we would have been bang in trouble. Lucky they're utterly toothless.

 

[Red Rash]

Dot Cotton enters the field

The Antony spin should be renamed the Cotton reel

 

[Insanity]

Given the position he usually takes up, it’s probably safer for him to try a Hail Mary pass rather than a five yarder, as it will at least clear the ball out of the danger area rather than setting up an Everton attack

He has been over hitting even the most basic five yard passes the whole game. It has been an atrocious midfield performance from him.

 

[Leftback99]

Not happy but the extreme negativity is also a tad much in my opinion. You would think Everton is dominating but that also isnt the case at all.

We can barely get out of our own half, at Home.

 

[RedRocket9908]

Time for Antony

Antony should have been brought on much sooner

 

[Oscar Bonavena]

To be fair to Antony, good defending from him at the back post.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

The Antony spin should be renamed the Cotton reel

 

[2 man midfield]

Rashford has had a bit of a shocker

 

[United Hobbit]

Evans is so good it’s mad

Probably one of ETHs best signings! Wasn't he free as well?

 

[Nogbadthebad]

If you watch the best sides in league one, and even league two, they are more organised on the pitch than we are.

They have defined patterns of play you can see just watching them for a single half.

We are 20 odd games into this season, and I have no idea what we are set up to do.

This is very poor coaching. Doesn;t help we have a lot of players who are past their best or never good enough. But coaching is the biggest issue here.

Yes we are 2 ahead. Play like this against the scouse and they'll score for fun.

 

[Mike Smalling]

Are we winning son?

 

[E-mal]

Rashford is awful. Too many awful players

 

[2 man midfield]

The Antony spin should be renamed the Cotton reel

Makes sense as he’s absolutely bobbins

 

[Crimson King]

Rashford's barely touched the ball this half.

 

[mu4c_20le]

"much maligned Antony" on commentary

Must be reading the caf

They always do

 

[Doracle]

Yes, but it wouldn’t work. ETH tried Bruno and Mount earlier in the season and it was a mess. A fine mess.

It would be ok today, as we also have both Mainoo and Casemiro, so one of them plays false 9. They just can’t play together AND we play a CF.

 

[RedSky]

Evans is so good it’s mad

Top three ETH transfer for me.

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

Antony should have been brought on much sooner

Why?

 

[cj_sparky]

I'm disappointed how many opportunities we give up to opposition teams, but the "chances" commentators speak of as a "goal scoring opportunity" often aren't even that. Like that shite header from Mykolenko then.

 

[narnar]

2 goal lead with 5 minutes left and I still feel nervous about getting a result

 

[christinaa]

Evans and Varane were good and Evans is like a maestro showing the others what to do

 

[Superunknown]

The Antony spin should be renamed the Cotton reel

Hahahaha

 

[2 man midfield]

Top three ETH transfer for me.

He’s the player we thought we were getting with Maguire, just 80m cheaper

 

[Doracle]

That looked quite a close offside to call without letting it play out.

 

[Born2Lose]

Rashford has had a bit of a shocker

The pity penalty will see this rated as a "decent" performance.

 

[lex talionis]

Yeah, you're not wrong about those buys, they were disastrous TBF. My main worry about ETH is the absolute lack of any signs that a style of play is starting to become ingrained. We still look like we don't really have a plan on the pitch

Agreed. But at this point in the season all we can do is grind points, whatever the cost. Any hope of developing a style of play was in tatters by October.

A bit of a detail I know, apologies to everyone here, but the season fell apart in the summer when we looked horrific and we never recovered.

 

[hellhunter]

He’s the player we thought we were getting with Maguire, just 80m cheaper

But what about those marauding midfield runs?

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

Just pull that lazy git out of the pitch already.

 

[Insanity]

Rashford has had a bit of a shocker

Very poor besides the pity pen he got.

 

[kouroux]

Book him for dissent