Missed the second half taking little kid to his karate lesson, so catching up now.

Not many would dare to do what Morgan Rogers did for his goal (perhaps only Harry Maguire?), but he was aided and abetted by Mbeumo losing the ball in the centre circle and Baleba failing to win the ball back. Rogers was allowed to waltz through what remained of United’s central midfield and defence with both Maguire and Lisandro Martinez gving him free passage between them.

Perhaps we need yet another new centre back?

Watching United at Chelsea. Can't remember the last time I saw them play. Terrible start to the season, but they're playing well enough today. Even game, could go either way in the second half.

[City] were similar to Abramovich’s Chelsea or even Sheikh Mansour’s City. In the eyes of many, they were a side with ‘no history’ that had appeared from nowhere to challenge the establishment.

City in 1905, by a City fan.

England. Bloody hell!

You know, we might just win the World Cup

VAR instigated a retake of my old retake of Billy Bragg’s “A New England”.



I wasn’t even born when we won the World Cup I’m fifty-nine soon and all hope I’d given up My wife asks me now ‘Why don’t you be a better fan?’ But all the players I loved at school already failed for Ing-erland

I loved you then, and I love you still I bet you’d beat Ghana, it ended nil-nil I don’t feel bad about letting you know I just feel bad about letting you go,,.

You know we might just win the World Cup If we play like a new Ing-erland And win in normal time

You know we might just win the World Cup If we play like a new Ing-erland And win in normal time

I loved the games in Italia ‘90 But that was thirty-six years ago! I can’t believe what I’ve seen since then Every time we go down to ten men…

I saw two shots on goal last night I looked at them, they were the only highlights Is it wrong to wish on the BBC? I wish, I wish, don’t go to penalties

You know we might just win the World Cup If we play like a new Ing-erland And win in normal time

You know we might just win the World Cup If we play like a new Ing-erland And win in normal time

Fwiw, I think banning violent fans from attending a football match is the right decision. What’s more worrying (although entirely unsurprising) is that the police failed to spot the entirely fabricated evidence that formed the basis of their decision.

Eighteen months wasted, to add to the previous ten years. Time for a manager with a proven track record in the PL?

Time to eat humble pie and admit I was wrong about Amorim. After winning three games on the bounce it’s clear his system is finally now working and understood by his players, who are fully committed to it and to him.

Rigid, inflexible, and easily countered by even the weakest opposition. No Plan B.

Why Amorim's system isn't working - tactical analysis: bbc.com

“United have backed Amorim by spending £200m on attacking players this summer, while negotiations likely to end with Alejandro Garnacho, Antony and Rasmus Hojlund joining Chelsea, Real Betis and Napoli respectively, are continuing.”

New £73m signing Sesko looks every bit as terrible as unfairly scapegoated Hojlund he has replaced in Amorim’s totally inflexible “system”.

Garnacho isn’t perfect, but he’s a matchwinner. Antony looked reborn on loan at Betis last season.

So, it’s pretty obvious it’s not the players, but the manager’s tactical inflexibility.

Man Utd chiefs back Amorim despite Grimsby defeat: bbc.com

Scenes at Blundell Park!