how much more of this sh173 do we have to put up with

[Cannylad]

OK, I watched that game today expecting to be blown off the park by MU, but I was pleasantly surprised by the effort we put in before the break, had we gone in at 0 - 1 I would have been amazed. After they took us apart in the second half I was looking for someone to pin the blame on but I really couldn't think of anyone who had played particularly badly enough to have lost us the game. We are what we are, a team that has been grossly under invested in over the last decade by an owner and back room boys who don't know their arses from their elbows. F*ck me, what else could Rafa have done today apart from maybe starting Mitro but I don't think that would have made much difference. I think if Rafa is given the funds in January we will be fine come the end of the season then forge on to better things next season.

[Zippity]

That's a very good post- no-one was horrendous and as GED pointed out, Pogba cost more than our entire starting 11.

Different playing field never mind not a level one.

[waalsendmick]

pogba and lukaku cost the same as the sum total of our last 23 signings (every player from the last 5 transfer windows)

[Zippity]

Watching MotD and some of the quality on display is frightening.

Gonna take Amanda a couple of transfer windows to catch up with that, like.

[kingstonbob]

I'm wondering if you are that Five wakner Sunderland Cnut tbh. sh173. We were well in it for 30 mins. Look at the cost of the squads, they were at home and they have blown a lot of teams away at home. We are still 11th. Owt to f00kin complain about. 20 and f00kin counting.

[pboromag]

pogba and lukaku cost the same as the sum total of our last 23 signings (every player from the last 5 transfer windows)

so we may as well give up then

what value has rafa brought then

as he isnt improving any of the players
everyone keeps bleeting about what pogba cost etc
he has been out for weeks and still out shone outr lot

they never had to get out of second gear and could even afford the luxury of bringing back injured and players getting fit knowing we are no threat

in jose said rafa set it up to make it hard for them
but once we sorted that it becme easy

when you start a season defending and then realise you cant do that trying to get the players to then understand attacking isnt going to be easy

everyone says shelvey played well
i think we leek to many goals with him in the team

[Jammy89]

OK, I watched that game today expecting to be blown off the park by MU, but I was pleasantly surprised by the effort we put in before the break, had we gone in at 0 - 1 I would have been amazed. After they took us apart in the second half I was looking for someone to pin the blame on but I really couldn't think of anyone who had played particularly badly enough to have lost us the game. We are what we are, a team that has been grossly under invested in over the last decade by an owner and back room boys who don't know their arses from their elbows. F*ck me, what else could Rafa have done today apart from maybe starting Mitro but I don't think that would have made much difference. I think if Rafa is given the funds in January we will be fine come the end of the season then forge on to better things next season.

Well said.

We certainly didn't looked bad in the first half, in the 2nd their quality showed but you get what you pay for and they've paid a shed load more for their squad than we have.

[ghostrider]

We did well overall to be fair but exceptionally well for the first half, just about, despite losing the two goals.
The problem was, we were basically in top gear and Manutd were only in 3rd with 4th and cruise control of 5th to add, as and when.
We basically sat back and tried to soak up then try to sting them, as and when the opportunity arose.
I don't think we could have done much more against that team that they couldn't have also done extra to us, so a 4-1 beating (not thrashing) did not flatter them but equally did not disgrace us, overall.

When you're up against that quality it's never a level playing field and reliance on a bad day at the office for some of their team is always needed by much less quality opposition like ourselves.

It's nothing shocking and although I go into any game with a hope we win (like we all do) mentality, I also fully expect an outcome like this to rear up, so it's all about taking as many positives from this instead of negatives in this situation.


Another positive is in Rafa willing to take the game to teams.
All we have to do is to sustain it and hopefully reap results of it.