One of the assembled journalists asked van Gaal whether he thinks United have a tough run-in. “You said that before the games at the beginning of the season, when we were 13th – do you remember that?” the manager replied. “And in spite of all the games we had in front of us, we were third. It was 22 November after the game against Chelsea.
Yeah massive goal considering the other results last night and the upcoming fixtures. Thought we deserved it, have seen a lot of criticism of the showing but nobody goes away to Newcastle and plays them off the park but I thought we did that for large spells last night. We had probably more dominance away to Swansea and got no luck so deserved a break last night I felt.
I think 10-12 points would be good going but the key game is Liverpool. Can't really afford to lose that. I think we'll beat Spurs at home.
City are pants. Unfortunately so are we. What City have in hand is their team has been together for a few years. It'll be interesting to see what they do in the summer; this squad is ageing badly. Suspect they'll change manager again in the summer too.
Can't believe that result. I think that puts more pressure on us for the weekend as there will be more expectations that we should win or take something from the game. It's a better kind of pressure than we could have been facing if recent results had gone differently.
City have been poor this season. Do not look like a defending champion at all. We should have taken three points off them earlier in the season. I am more hopeful of us taking something off them this weekend.
Finished 1-1. We're 6 points ahead of Liverpool now and also have a superior goal difference so barring an absolute shambles from us or something really heroic from Liverpool, 4th place looks secure. 3rd looks a tall task unfortunately. It'd be nice to give a few young players a run out at Hull. Pereira and Wilson maybe.
Need to start next season better and also bounce back better from bad results next season. A bad result/performance and our confidence goes to pot. Maybe a lack of leaders in the team/squad. Rooney's improved as captain but need more leaders in the team.
Yeah that used to be one of our strengths under Fergie our bounce-back-ability after defeats, always seemed to play very well the week after defeats. The fact van Gaal seems to press the panic button and change things up every time things aren't going well might be a reason why it isn't the case anymore.