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Alas the spuds ain't beatin nobody today

Yeah, it looks like vintage United, unfortunately. They actually look really convincing.

Nah.

They don't have a midfield. What's their game strategy?

Long balls from the back line up to that dreadful Young and Rooney.

Spuds on the other hand look just horrible. No team spirit at all it seems.

Call United all you like but they keep picking up points we had better win on Monday now !

Yep, United is beating Spurs more convincingly than us, 4th place will not be easy.

Well Spurs didn’t show today, also their tactics were foolish, if you’re going to play such an extreme high line, then you have to deny space and time to the opposition in midfield, and they didn’t even look like they were trying to do that at all. They made United look good and this win flatters them imo. If we can get a early lead against Swansea tomorrow night and not have to over exert ourselves we’ll do United in Anfield next week imo.

Agree Herc, I wouldn't give Manu that much credit. That was a very poor performance from Spurs, only one shot on target and a gifted Rooney goal, we're a lot better that Spurs and we're at home....But lets get through tomorrow first.

anything can happen on the day. It's just so frustrating that we're in this position.

There is absolutely no chance of Rodgers getting the sack, even if we win no cups and finish 6th or 7th. FSG aren't stupid; they know that their restrictions limit what he can do, and they aren't so unrealistic that they expect us to finish above clubs that keep gazumping us to nearly every player we try and sign. They will look at the 1st half of the season and see that a lot of circumstances led to our poor form. They will then look at the second half of the season and ask, have things improved.....We have improved massively and with a settled squad plus 1 or 2 new additions will be even better next year.

Being the frugal types, they know that sacking him and his team will cost a lot of money. They know that our stature isn't high enough to attract a world class manager. They know that even if we did get a highly respected manager to replace Rodgers, he would want another huge cash injection to 'rebuild'. So whether you like Brendan or not, he is here for many years to come.

Their strategy is to steal 3 points and they do it very well. No one will care at the end of the season if they have been 'lucky' - and no one will care how they do it as there is a huge financial incentive to get into next season's CL.