I don't know. They've got KdB out until March, Kovacic is out with a hammy, looks like Grealish is almost back after he put in a short cameo at the end of today's game - but I don't think he's really the person to tie the midfield together. They are likely without Rodrigo for the next 3-4 games given his straight red today. Stones has seemed a bit injury prone as well. So it looks like they may be suffering through some injuries/suspensions over the next couple of weeks. Particularly in midfield, I think they are a bit depleted at the moment. I do agree that they look the most dominant at the moment, but they also haven't played us. They tied Arsenal in the community shield, and only won 2-1 against Sheffield, and 1-0 against W Ham. I think they haven't shown a lot yet. Things ought to clear up in the next couple of weeks, and we'll have a lot better idea of where we and they are after we've played W Ham and Tottenham, and they've played Arsenal and Brighton in the next few weeks.
MU beat Burnley, and the bbc downplay it by having 2 stories on their website. no, not the football website. no, not the sports website, the main bbc news site. 2 stories. Burnley.
Part of the build of this (somewhat fake) aura of invincibility with them has been their lack of bad luck coinciding. Or they tend to have been alway lucky with massive coverage adaptability. Rodri shot them a little real bullet in the foot today, He won;t miss Brighton because (I think) the Newcastle League Cup game will count as #1 out. Then Wolves, then Arsenal. Missing him in an away trip to Arsenal, and already without KDB and possibly the little Portoguese git is gonna be massive. Calvin Phillips is going to have to step up big time. But even so, can they control Arsenal enough without last year's (Rodri) Gundogan, De Bruyne, and Silva?? Guardiola must be fuming right now....
going out on a limb but I have a sneaky feeling Newcastle will win today's game vs Sheff Utd. 8-0, 85 mins.
In their last 38 PL games Chelsea have racked up an impressive number of points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 of them.
What is the mode of play of Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United? The question is posed because more than a into his tenure, this observer has scant clue. Are the Dutchman’s strugglers a quick-breaking counterattacking unit or a front-foot, carousel-passing proposition? He would, almost certainly, argue they are the latter with the ball, a high-pressing outfit without it. But on-field evidence hardly supports this. Instead, sometimes United press, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes a geometrically cute attack is constructed, sometimes it is all a bemusing mishmash. “Players can change, the system never does” might be the mantra of a brilliant coach whose blueprint is a constant – à la Pep Guardiola or Roberto De Zerbi. For Ten Hag, the jury is out to decide if he belongs in this bracket. Jamie Jackson https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ue-10-talking-points-from-the-weekends-action
spread a rumour that Liverpool's analysts think it has an "out-of-this-world touch for a big entity".
Arsenal are ready to step up their interest in England striker Ivan Toney in January, with Brentford valuing the 27-year-old at £60m.
don't they have better things to do? jesus .... The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) has offered to help in a bid to help Ten Hag and Sancho settle their differences.