mun do look much more solid than last year. if they had an elite bloke operating in the final 3rd they'd be a genuine title contender imo. someone like bale, hazard, di maria
Utd look fairly good, albeit, Mata aside, bereft of any penetration upfront. Villa do look exactly like a team trying to accommodate 8 new signings though.
Darmian, Smalling and the CMs especially impressive. Is Smalling Utd's #1 CB now? He looks impressive whenever i've seen him recently.
Last edited by BertieWooster; 08-14-2015 at 03:55 PM.
seems to me that you tend to see better officiating in matches between bottom half teams, the ref isn't so scared about getting it wrong that he just calls the game as is, and generally does a better job of it. you see more correct PKs, reds, etc given, rather than erring on the side of caution.
Hasn't happened so far and probably won't tonight because they fluked two goals in 1st half but I want to see this Man Utd team playing with the urge to score a goal because they really seem to struggle to create much positive and Rooney is not helping for that purpose so far. Shaw/Darmian not helping much either and there doesn't seem to be much penetration from the midfield
Defense looks OK, CM distribution looks good but chance creation is severely lacking