Keep hearing about Claude Puel is in danger of losing his job, that people are not happy with him. Yet it seems to me he is doing really really well with Leicester, he keeps losing players to bigger clubs, plus dealing with disgruntled players who wanted to leave.

 

Is it not something to do more with his style of football? Agree that sometimes fans want too much, I mean look at West Brom with Pulis. It's not pretty, but unless you're willing to work with a project then you become part of the endless cycle of just surviving and chopping and changing mangers way too frequently to be able to see excellent football week in week out.

Went to Arsenal on Saturday with a mate and despite the result, I thought we were much improved. Anderson started to look a real player and if we had taken our chances we would have got a result. The worry is, fail to get a result against Wolves on Saturday and we could enter October with 0 points.

Went to Arsenal on Saturday with a mate and despite the result, I thought we were much improved. Anderson started to look a real player and if we had taken our chances we would have got a result. The worry is, fail to get a result against Wolves on Saturday and we could enter October with 0 points.

 

I thought you were really unlucky against Arsenal, who rode their luck big time. Poor finishing cost you, but you looked a lot better.

 

I'm excited for the Man Utd vs Spurs match tonight. Every outcome has endless possibilities so early on in the season. I'm going to stick my neck out for a 0-0 draw.

2-2 would be fun, a good game plus both rivals dropping points.

Is it not something to do more with his style of football? Agree that sometimes fans want too much, I mean look at West Brom with Pulis. It's not pretty, but unless you're willing to work with a project then you become part of the endless cycle of just surviving and chopping and changing mangers way too frequently to be able to see excellent football week in week out.

 

Yes, I work with a Leicester season ticket holder and he said basically the same as Southampton fans did, that results were ok but they were far more often bored than they were entertained.

 

I imagine that being a fan of a Premier League team would get boring after 3-4 seasons once the novelty has worn off. Swansea and West Brom fans certainly seem to be loving this season in the league below, not like they're even amongst the best, it just makes such a change from watching about 60% of your games when you're trying not to lose.

Went to Arsenal on Saturday with a mate and despite the result, I thought we were much improved. Anderson started to look a real player and if we had taken our chances we would have got a result. The worry is, fail to get a result against Wolves on Saturday and we could enter October with 0 points.

I watched most of West Ham's match against Arsenal and as Rooney said you were unlucky to lose. West Ham dominated the 1st half and could have been out of sight before half time, I'm sure West Ham will be fine and you'll probably beat Wolves as well but it will be a close match.

 

 

As for tonight's match between Man United & Tottenham I think it will be a cagey match but I can see United getting a 1-0 win. Hopefully that doesn't come back to bite me at the end of the game but we have a good home record against Tottenham and the players should be extra motivated after what happened last week against Brighton and after loads of people writing us off throughout these past few days.

I watched most of West Ham's match against Arsenal and as Rooney said you were unlucky to lose. West Ham dominated the 1st half and could have been out of sight before half time, I'm sure West Ham will be fine and you'll probably beat Wolves as well but it will be a close match.

As for tonight's match between Man United & Tottenham I think it will be a cagey match but I can see United getting a 1-0 win. Hopefully that doesn't come back to bite me at the end of the game but we have a good home record against Tottenham and the players should be extra motivated after what happened last week against Brighton and after loads of people writing us off throughout these past few days.

 

Man Utd win - people hail Mourinho as a genius, he gets more time to further self destruct the club and everyone forgets about the cracks for a couple of weeks

Spurs win - Man Utd go in an utter meltdown

Draw - both our rivals drop points

 

So many endless possibilities at the start of the season, it really is great to see. Spurs have an awful record at Old Trafford and it appears as if Man Utd are going to match their 3-5-2 formation so I suspect it will cancel the game out.

Not sure what just happened just then, we started well and had good chances in the 1st half but then from the 2nd half onwards we just fell apart. Very disappointing match to watch but the worst thing is that this will just continue all the negativity that is being projected onto Manchester United at the moment. 2 defeats is not terminal but it means that there will be even less margin for error now if trying to win the league is the objective. I didn't think we would win it this season anyway, it will be Manchester City that will win it again.

I think I'm going to be entertained by Man Utd this season.

Marvellous.

 

Thoroughly enjoyed that, United were better than I expected in the first half but not like they created a particularly great chance. Some of Spurs players were immense, Alderwiereld and Dembele superb.

 

A shame they've got Burnley at the weekend after they play Olympiakos rather than having to go to somewhere tougher.

Marvellous.

 

Thoroughly enjoyed that, United were better than I expected in the first half but not like they created a particularly great chance. Some of Spurs players were immense, Alderwiereld and Dembele superb.

 

A shame they've got Burnley at the weekend after they play Olympiakos rather than having to go to somewhere tougher.

What team do you support?

Not sure what just happened just then, we started well and had good chances in the 1st half but then from the 2nd half onwards we just fell apart. Very disappointing match to watch but the worst thing is that this will just continue all the negativity that is being projected onto Manchester United at the moment. 2 defeats is not terminal but it means that there will be even less margin for error now if trying to win the league is the objective. I didn't think we would win it this season anyway, it will be Manchester City that will win it again.

 

It's great, every time Man Utd have a bad result all season it's going to be great entertainment. You are right that two defeats is not that, I mean getting beat to a good Spurs side is hardly that bad (admittedly 0-3 at home is what you don't want to see, but it can easily happen to any of the top teams) but the damage is all self inflicted. Mourinho vs Woodward and Pogba/de Gea wanting bumper contracts to match Sanchez.. all of the bad press stems from the club itself!

 

Man Utd are a million miles away from winning the league, square pegs in round holes, no strategy and certainly not the right manager. I don't even know what he was thinking playing Herrera in a back 3.

 

Marvellous.

 

Thoroughly enjoyed that, United were better than I expected in the first half but not like they created a particularly great chance. Some of Spurs players were immense, Alderwiereld and Dembele superb.

 

A shame they've got Burnley at the weekend after they play Olympiakos rather than having to go to somewhere tougher.

 

To be fair to Man Utd, if they'd taken a chance or two in the first half it would have given Spurs some major problems cos Spurs were terrible first half. Man Utd were OK but just shows how dire things have been when a 0-0 is being lauded by Gary Neville as the best attacking performance for 6 years...

It's great, every time Man Utd have a bad result all season it's going to be great entertainment. You are right that two defeats is not that, I mean getting beat to a good Spurs side is hardly that bad (admittedly 0-3 at home is what you don't want to see, but it can easily happen to any of the top teams) but the damage is all self inflicted. Mourinho vs Woodward and Pogba/de Gea wanting bumper contracts to match Sanchez.. all of the bad press stems from the club itself!

 

Man Utd are a million miles away from winning the league, square pegs in round holes, no strategy and certainly not the right manager. I don't even know what he was thinking playing Herrera in a back 3.

To be fair to Man Utd, if they'd taken a chance or two in the first half it would have given Spurs some major problems cos Spurs were terrible first half. Man Utd were OK but just shows how dire things have been when a 0-0 is being lauded by Gary Neville as the best attacking performance for 6 years...

Liverpool are a million miles away from winning the league as well, Liverpool are just doing what we did at the start of last season. There's only one team that's winning the league this season and that's Manchester City. People just overhype Liverpool because they're in love with the way that they play football and because they've got Mo Salah. With Liverpool you just know that the dip in form will come so it's a matter of time and that in itself will also be very entertaining to witness which could end up being one of the few entertaining things to happen this season.

 

 

What team do you support?

Nottingham Forest. I'm not particularly bothered one way or the other about the big teams, who I do and don't want to win stuff depends on who plays for and managers them at any given time. But one thing that's been consistent post-Inter era is I that I have a great dislike for Jose Mourinho (especially compared to Poch, Pep, Klopp) and love watching his teams lose.

Liverpool are a million miles away from winning the league as well, Liverpool are just doing what we did at the start of last season. There's only one team that's winning the league this season and that's Manchester City. People just overhype Liverpool because they're in love with the way that they play football and because they've got Mo Salah. With Liverpool you just know that the dip in form will come so it's a matter of time and that in itself will also be very entertaining to witness which could end up being one of the few entertaining things to happen this season.

 

I expect Man City will win the league but like City we're only playing in 2nd gear at the moment and likely be Novemeber-December time before we hit full stride. We're a million miles away at all, whether we win it is another thing. The key will be September-October time when we have a tricky run of fixtures inbetween CL games. But we don't have a visible weakness now like we have had previously imo.

 

All teams drop form, it's just how you adapt to it and how much luck you get inbetween. But certainly this is the best Liverpool squad I've seen since I've followed the club.

Man United, not good enough again in the second half.

Liverpool are a million miles away from winning the league as well, Liverpool are just doing what we did at the start of last season. There's only one team that's winning the league this season and that's Manchester City. People just overhype Liverpool because they're in love with the way that they play football and because they've got Mo Salah. With Liverpool you just know that the dip in form will come so it's a matter of time and that in itself will also be very entertaining to witness which could end up being one of the few entertaining things to happen this season.

 

It will At least it will be more entertaining than the dross you will be watching at OT this season at any rate!

Well of course the overreaction would be mega but really it's Mr. Woodward who needs to take a hefty share of the flak - we knew we needed another CB yet nothing happened. People who always draw comparisons to City need to realise Pep just clicks his fingers & boom, the club go & get that player no questions asked. Yes José bought Bailly & Lindelof but we need to resign Lindelof to the failure pile & move on, he's so far out of his depth he needs a submarine, absolutely shocking defender in every way. Smalling & Jones will never be a top PL defensive partnership either. When Rojo is back I do rate him & Bailly together and with Shaw coming on leaps & bounds and the evergreen Valencia things will improve.

 

BUT that's not to say this isn't a worrying time for the club. It's more than I genuinely cannot see where the next win is gonna come from, Burnley away is one of the worst fixtures to have next - they're still without a win & we're a wounded animal right now even with their midweek EL match, the crowd will be behind them & we'll buckle. Football is cyclical though, we all laughed at Chelsea in 2015/16, then at Arsenal last season so I guess it's our turn now!

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Well of course the overreaction would be mega but really it's Mr. Woodward who needs to take a hefty share of the flak - we knew we needed another CB yet nothing happened. People who always draw comparisons to City need to realise Pep just clicks his fingers & boom, the club go & get that player no questions asked. Yes José bought Bailly & Lindelof but we need to resign Lindelof to the failure pile & move on, he's so far out of his depth he needs a submarine, absolutely shocking defender in every way. Smalling & Jones will never be a top PL defensive partnership either. When Rojo is back I do rate him & Bailly together and with Shaw coming on leaps & bounds and the evergreen Valencia things will improve.

 

BUT that's not to say this isn't a worrying time for the club. It's more than I genuinely cannot see where the next win is gonna come from, Burnley away is one of the worst fixtures to have next - they're still without a win & we're a wounded animal right now even with their midweek EL match, the crowd will be behind them & we'll buckle. Football is cyclical though, we all laughed at Chelsea in 2015/16, then at Arsenal last season so I guess it's our turn now!

 

Alderwierld OK, but do you really think Maguire would have improved you that much? I agree you need better CBs, I thought Bailly was really good but he's not kicked on at all (injuries?) and I don't think Mourinho's management of his has been too great. Part of the problem to me right now appears to be an internal power struggle between Woodward & Mourinho. Something massively isn't right, but again I can't understand why they didn't back Mourinho to go all out for a CB after giving him the new contract last year. There's just such a negative feeling at the moment which is all intensified by the club behaving the way it has.

 

I think you'll be fine against Burnley, infact I think you'll be fine in general. Some good players but lots of gaps, some players massively off form. I've been here many times before as a Liverpool fan..

West Ham :lol:

West Ham :lol:

 

Certainly looks like he's going to be the first manager to get sacked.. I mean you've had a pretty tough start and the next few weeks don't get any easier.