Match Reaction vs United

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Wazza runs around a lot, that's for sure. Metatarsal injury can't be far away.

[The Ogg Monster]

Lets not wet ourselves, we beat Liverpool and Dortmund this week and lost as the best team 1-0 at OT.

Fuck it, we're still top, United wont be bothering us any furth this season, they're shite.

Next?

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Yeah,spot on. We're miles ahead of Moyes' randomness but at this level if you don't play at 100% you can be caught out. Result ad nothing to do with an ordinary ad very Moyes like Utd, everything to do with our ack of a performance. This is like losing to Crystal Palace, a slip up but we won't do it too many times.

To be fair would be far less annoyed and frustrated if we had lost to a Palace instead of United today. I hate feeling like i am trotting out excuses for this performance but it's in such a contrast to last saturday and wednesday that for me it cannot simply be put down to bottling it or fatigue.....why would we bottle it against United and not against a technically superior side like Borussia Dortmund. Annoys the hell out of me.....fortunately we have six days before Southampton so we have time to rest before we need to give a response.

[4-3-3]

Only 6 points separate the Top 8 now and SIX of them are playing each other next

Arsenal v Saints, Everton v Liverpool & Man City v Spurs.
we need to beat the saints to have little big of breathing space.

[Marc Overmars]

It was just a poor game all round, I certainly didn't think United got on top of us at any point.

So annoying to lose out to a set piece and to not even look like scoring.

Gah. Hate losing before an international break as well.

[Munchies]

Next five games: Southampton (h) Marseille (h) Cardiff (a) Hull (h) Everton (h)

All winnable. COYG.

Walcott, Pods hopefully back by then. Pods upfront when needed instead of Bendtner

[Niall_Quinn]

To be fair would be far less annoyed and frustrated if we had lost to a Palace instead of United today. I hate feeling like i am trotting out excuses for this performance but it's in such a contrast to last saturday and wednesday that for me it cannot simply be put down to bottling it or fatigue.....why would we bottle it against United and not against a technically superior side like Borussia Dortmund. Annoys the hell out of me.....fortunately we have six days before Southampton so we have time to rest before we need to give a response.

I thought Southampton is where we would slip up. So we need to make sure that doesn't happen. I don't measure a football tach at OT to be a Arkwright. Lots of stuff can and does go on there. But the Sputhampton match is Abigail marker. Must win that.

[Master Splinter]

I think the display reflected the tired legs and minds. For me this is what happens when you gamble with squad size rather than something to beat the players with.

Squad size (strikers aside) is not a problem. Injuries are. Even if we had a squad of 50, 38 would be injured. Or ill, which is the new thing.

[RomfordPele]

We missed Walcott again today. He will make ozil come alive after the international break.

Starting to like the look of gnabry too having been hugely sceptical. So there's still an awful lot to be positive about.

Need to beat an in form Southampton though and get back on track.

[Marc Overmars]

Next five games: Southampton (h) Marseille (h) Cardiff (a) Hull (h) Everton (h)

All winnable. COYG.

Walcott, Pods hopefully back by then. Pods upfront when needed instead of Bendtner

Southampton are awesome.

When people said tougher tests to come, they were talking about them tbf.