SAF must recite a mea culpa for getting it completely wrong in the group matches of this year's CL. We gave away 4 points at home and quite frankly, the message was on the wall. Today he again got it wrong as we should have played with two strikers. This apart from the fact that we had too many players out of form, and out of position! What about Fletcher and/or Carrick in midfield???
Smalling, Park, Rooney, Young - all out of form. Jones played decently but at this level you need quality and not makeshift midfielders! Giggs was our best player despite getting a few wrong passes....and this says it all! De Gea has again proved that he is not ready for United. He gifted Basel the first goal and he and Smalling made a hash of a simple cross for their second. Tim Howard was dropped and made a scapegoat for palming the ball into a Porto's player path a few years ago. Lindegaard has proved reliable and should be given the chance to claim the keeper's place at this stage. If SAF persists with the De Gea, he will continue to jeopardise a season which already seems pretty much compromised in December!
At this stage, I would have preferred to finish last rather than having to play the Europe league. The ever increasing injury list and lack of in depth quality may lead to panic buys in January in an effort to save the season. SAF must solve the keeper issue quickly as VDS is being sorely missed and I do believe that Lindegaard will provide more stability. With Vidic out for a while, we need to reconstruct our defence and a decent midfielder needs to be acquired from somewhere.
Difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel in moments like these but we have been through this before and need to react as we have always done....
NUMQUAM MORIBIMUR!
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