Fortunately, today's loss to the bottom side in the league was not televised. It looks as if injuries to a slew of defenders is going to doom our chances of a top four finish. I will never understand why they loaned out Chambers.
I'll be doing some traveling soon and will not be keeping this blog up, not that anyone will notice.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Man U 2 - 2 Arsenal: Two Points Dropped, Two Men Down
United was as lively as I've seen them this season, and it proved enough to deny us three points when we were the better team. The goals were all pretty ugly, frankly, so I'm not going to write about them. The most important result of this game is almost certainly the injuries to Holding (knee) and Ramsey (ankle) just as the "festive period" gets underway. Both will be missed, but it's the center back's absence that is more problematic. Again, I don't understand why Chambers was loaned out. Monreal and Koscielny may be fit soon, and just in time. I suppose there may be a youth prospect ready to fill in, but I'm not sure who it is.
Marouane Fellaini is a disgrace. He came on late, and his contribution consisted of yanking Guendouzi's hair to bring him down, and elbowing Torreira (I think) in the head. He should not have finished this game. Disgusting.
Fortunately, our Europa League game is meaningless except as a way to integrate some young guys into the first squad to add needed depth.
Marouane Fellaini is a disgrace. He came on late, and his contribution consisted of yanking Guendouzi's hair to bring him down, and elbowing Torreira (I think) in the head. He should not have finished this game. Disgusting.
Fortunately, our Europa League game is meaningless except as a way to integrate some young guys into the first squad to add needed depth.
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Arsenal 4 - 2 Tottenham
Since this is my blog, and no one reads it anyway, I can say that we did catch Spuds at a good time. Our Thursday fixture was a walk in the (very cold) park compared to their must-win struggle against Inter. We rested almost all our starters, whereas they had to play most of theirs. I think this contributed to Harry Kane's muted performance, especially compared to the lively Son who played maybe 25 minutes mid-week. It also helped that we were at home. On the other hand, Mike Dean was officiating, which is usually worth a goal for Spuds, and so it was today.
It was shocking that we were behind at the half, despite our history of doing just that this year in the EPL, given how well we played. Two PKs and a GK error...that 45 minutes deserved better. We dominated, but TOT had their moments. They had no answer for the questions we asked in the second half, though. The goal of the match was Auba's equalizer, of course. Magnificent! What a goalscorer. Ten so far in the EPL. It was the right decision to hit it first time, and boy did he hit it. Laca's left-footed slipping shot took a wonderful deflection off Dier, so yeah, some luck there. But Torreira's run and finish were superb. Spuds had few prime chances and when Vertonghen was sent off for a very ugly flying spike tackle into Lacazette's standing leg, the only question was whether we were going to make it 5-2 for old times' sake.
This was a classic NLD, complete with several multiplayer altercations, strong tackles, and controversial calls. The whole team can feel proud, but Torreira was my man of the match.
On to Old Trafford! Man U looked out of sorts at St Mary's yesterday. I read that Mourinho called Pogba "a virus" in the locker room post-match. That always motivates a player.
It was shocking that we were behind at the half, despite our history of doing just that this year in the EPL, given how well we played. Two PKs and a GK error...that 45 minutes deserved better. We dominated, but TOT had their moments. They had no answer for the questions we asked in the second half, though. The goal of the match was Auba's equalizer, of course. Magnificent! What a goalscorer. Ten so far in the EPL. It was the right decision to hit it first time, and boy did he hit it. Laca's left-footed slipping shot took a wonderful deflection off Dier, so yeah, some luck there. But Torreira's run and finish were superb. Spuds had few prime chances and when Vertonghen was sent off for a very ugly flying spike tackle into Lacazette's standing leg, the only question was whether we were going to make it 5-2 for old times' sake.
This was a classic NLD, complete with several multiplayer altercations, strong tackles, and controversial calls. The whole team can feel proud, but Torreira was my man of the match.
On to Old Trafford! Man U looked out of sorts at St Mary's yesterday. I read that Mourinho called Pogba "a virus" in the locker room post-match. That always motivates a player.
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