282: HUGE WIN! Man United 1-0 Newcastle Match Reaction

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1:58But the biggest stat is, yes, Newcastle deserves something out of the game. But we won. And I would much... This is what I was saying on Sunday. This is perfect, right? I am over the moon with that. Merry Christmas. Three points. We're United fans. It's us that suffer. And it's us that deserve moments like this. I couldn't give a shit about Amrim or the players or the owners. It's about us. Sometimes we need something for us. It's Christmas time. We need a present. It's been a hard year. I couldn't give two tits about whether we played badly, whether we didn't deserve it or not. It's about winning.

2:35And this is what I was moaning about on Sunday. When we lost to Villa, I saw some of you going, stop moaning, Mark. Stop moaning, Mark. You know, we played quite well. We played quite well. I don't care about losing and playing well. I don't care about that. I care about winning. And today we didn't play well and we won, but we get three points. I want to be in Europe next season. I want to feel good when United win. P-R-V. P-R-V. Performance, results, vision. No vision, no real performance, but result. And it puts us fifth in the league. So I sort of look at it and I go, you know what? I'll take that this Boxing Day night because I want us to win.

3:19And another positive as well is that when you look at the last few games, West Ham at home, we park the bus, we concede. Everton against 10 men, we concede. Bournemouth should have won the game, we concede four goals. Villa, we were the better team, we concede two goals. Tonight, we've kept a bloody clean sheet. Hallelujah! That's got to be worth a like on the video? Can we get a like on the video for a clean sheet? I said at half time, we're probably going to, if we want to get anything out of this game, we're going to have to keep a clean sheet. And everyone laughed. We've kept a clean sheet.

3:53So look, performance, non. Vision, non. Amorim will discuss. But win, winning a game like that could be huge for our European hopes. And look, do you want another season? Do you want to be in next Christmas with midweeks off? I don't give a shit if it's the Europa League. We've got to be in Europe. We need more money. We need more games. We've got to be in Europe. And you know what? Another positive is... I mean, I'll talk about the negatives, but let's stick with the positives here. It's Christmas. Martinez as captain, superb. Aiden Heaven, superb again. Those two were brilliant. Le Mens at the back played really, really well.

4:35So goalkeeper Martinez and Heaven, we don't get that result without them. Of course, there's a bit of luck with the blocks. And obviously, some people will say it was a handball. I don't think it was. And I do feel that Newcastle were a little bit unlucky. Having said that, that's not my problem. That's not my problem. Did we miss Bruno Fernandes today? I think we needed the clean sheet. I think with or without Bruno Fernandes, we were going to need that clean sheet. So I'm really happy with that result. And I know it wasn't, I mean, 33 % possession at Old Trafford is shit. And I would say that our average possession for the season has got to be below 50 % now based on that today.

5:18But, you know, for so long, we've heard people say, oh, without Bruno, we're shit. Without Bruno, we're shit. Newcastle are the best team we're going to play over the next few games. Wolves at home, Burnley away, Leeds away, Brighton at home. Newcastle are the best team on paper and we've just kept a clean sheet and we beat them without Bruno Fernandes. And we didn't fall apart. Their heads stayed up. The mentality was good. The performance wasn't good, but the mentality was good. I think that's a real, real, you know, I'm tempted to say fair play to the players because especially some of the players I've named there.

5:56I thought there was some maturity in that performance and there was some hard work in that performance. But look, really, honestly, though, because I'm not blind, we could have lost that game. We probably should have drawn the game. We could have lost that game. My eyes are wide open to that. And the big thing I would say is that we were definitely better in the first half. I don't think we were... Some people are like, it's the best we've ever played. I thought it was quite an equal first half and we probably shaded it. The second half, They were miles better than us and it was backs to the wall.

6:29But what I would say about the first half is, and it's probably got me in more of a good mood than I would have been if it wasn't, I just loved the familiarity. You know when you put the telly on at Christmas and Home Alone 2's on? I love that warm familiarity of Home Alone 2 at Christmas. You know, get me a beer, get the quality street out, give me a handful of nuts, Home Alone 2's on, this is Christmas. And when I saw that back four in the first half, I was like, for however long this lasts, that's United for me. The back four, I can see a right back, a left back, two centre backs. Let's play ball.

7:06I loved it. I absolutely loved it. Now, it worries me. It's not a conversation for tonight. It does worry me because Ruben Amram is not a back four manager. How is this going to work? Is he going to just abandon it when all the players come back from the AFCON? If he keeps it, why did we appoint a 3-4-3 manager to turn him into a back four? So that's all conversations for another night. But seeing a back four and it not being a back four when we're out of possession or in possession, a definitive back four was lovely to see. It was absolutely lovely to see. and then in the second half after only 15 minutes and I will admit this I will admit this is a lot of people saying I don't give a shit Amrim's crap and all this lot and get your comments in whether you're watching live or not you know I respect that people aren't happy with 33 % possession at home I respect the fact that people are saying he's bloody lucky and it was shit I respect that for me the result's important tonight but what I will say is he's very lucky he's very very lucky because you can have performances like that from Martinez and Heaven and Lomens and Dorgou.

8:12You can have those heroic performances. But we got absolutely dominated in the second half, absolutely dominated. And he had no answer to it at all. In fact, he made it worse because with an hour gone, he took Casemiro off and we basically became a back six at times. It was still technically a back four. You could see it. Sure, Jorreau was right back, Heaven and Martinez. But it also became Dorgu and Deleu. And it became a back six. And then it became Fletcher in the midfield next to Agate instead of Casemiro. And I couldn't get my head around that because I was like, Casemiro is good in the air and he didn't play the last game.

8:53So why is he coming off after an hour? I could, I could, and it invited more. I mean, look, as soon as he did that, Lewis Hall hit the bar. It was a worldie. If that had gone in, it would have been instantaneously from him going from a settled back four to some confused shit. And it was confused. It was chaotic. It was blocks. It was bad misses. It was hitting the bar. They should have done better. Newcastle missed good chances. I'm not lying. And we were chaotic and his changes were chaotic. And even with five minutes to go, he takes Martinez and Shaw off and brings on two kids. Well, Molassia and Fredriksen.

9:32And I go, why? Why would you take Martinez and Shaw off with five minutes to go? There's no computer or laptop or injury that's going to make any difference for five minutes. And I thought, what is he doing? Somebody in the chat even said, is he actually trying to get sacked? So look, some of his substitutions in the second half were weird. But what I would take the positive from, and I'm a late transformer to this, and I will give credit to every one of you. I don't think Ruben Amrim should transfer him from a 3-4-3 coach to a 4-3-3 coach because that's not what he is. That's not what we brought him here for.

10:09I think he should be true to what he is. And if he gets the sack, he gets the sack because they didn't back him or whatever. I don't think he should go to a back four because that's not who he is. And what he's basically doing is bowing down to Carragher and Neville and you and everybody else who say you should play a back four when he's not a back four coach. I don't agree with him going to a back four coach. but the reason I don't agree with it is because if he does it, we don't want to go back. And now he's done it. Even I, who don't, I don't think he should have done it. I think he should stick to what he is because that's who you are.

10:44But now I've seen that back four, I'm like, mate, you've got to stick with that. You've proved us right. You've literally proved us right in the first half. And I don't care whether it's for Christmas. It's like a fucking puppy. The back four's not just for Christmas, it's for life. Don't just give it as for Christmas. So I'm looking at this back four now and I'm going, you've really made a rod for your own back because I don't want you to go back to a 3-4-3 now. You've given us a glimpse of something I like. I liked the back four in the first half. I don't want him to go back. But I will put my hands up and say I didn't want him to change it in the first place because I knew this would happen.

11:25I knew this would happen. and I don't like the changes. I don't like what he did in the second half. We're at Old Trafford, and you're parking the fucking bus with a back six and 33 % possession, and you're taking Casemiro off, and I don't know what's going on, but in the first half, I understood it. I understood the back four. I thought we were more comfortable. I think everybody... Agate's had his best game all season with a back four. You know, Martinez and Heaven looked better as a centre-back pairing than we've looked all season with three. We looked more solid with a centre-back pairing than we do with three.

11:58So everybody seemed to understand their job. And then in the second half, he reverts back to old Amrim. And I think this is going to... He's won a game of football here. And I don't want to move away from that. We've beaten Newcastle. It's a big three points. And that's what should put a smile on your face tonight. But there's going to be a bigger conversation because I don't want to see a 3-4-3 anymore. and Paul Scholes and JB Carriger, they're not going to shut up about it. They haven't been shutting up about it anyway. You're not going to shut up about it. And now, to be honest, I'm not going to shut up about it.

12:33I want to see a back four. I think we're better with it. But will we see it? I don't know. I don't know. But look, this season is one of those seasons. I think sometimes when you're negative and I'm a moaner negative when we don't get a result, I hate it. I hate it when we lose. that's the dip of the roller coaster today we're rising again it's a win against Newcastle deserved or not there'll be games where we deserve to win and we lose there'll be games where we deserve to win and we draw there'll be games where we deserve to lose and we draw Spurs so it's just the roller coaster of this season um I just hope we can get European football that's what my hope is for this season and when we win games like this and you know three points on Tuesday against Wolves surely, you know, surely we get three points against Wolves.

13:24And then Burnley leads, hopefully we get another couple of, you know, you give yourself a real impetus then to, we just, I think some of our fans actually just want us to fail. And, but I don't think they understand what that failure is. We have to get into Europe and we have to be in that race. I completely concur with a lot of things people are saying, but that's the most important thing for me. So look, the back four in the first half was a big win. I want to see more of it. Martinez and Heaven and Lemend, I thought, played well, very, very well. I liked Kunja and Dorgue in the first half. I think they got swallowed up in a shit performance in the second half.

14:06I mean, look, Dorgue and Kunja are going to struggle in a team that's got 33 % possession. In the first half, I think at halftime, we were 46 % possession. And in the second half, it was 33 % possession. So you're going to struggle as an attacker when you're just defending. And also as well, can I just give Amram some credit? I wanted to see Martinez and Casemiro in that midfield. And he put Martinez at centre-back with Heaven and he put Agate in the midfield instead. And it worked. And people will say, only because Newcastle wasted their chances. But Martinez was arguably man of the match. so it did work and I think if we're going to be critical and this is where I always say this sometimes you're very like after Villa I was very very pissed off because we lost and people were like oh but we played well I don't give a shit that's just who I am I want to win but there'll be a lot of people tonight going oh shut up I'm not convinced this that and the other but I'm a firm believer that when credit is due it should be given otherwise it is just agenda and I don't take anything out of the Villa game we lost We were naive and we lost.

15:15Today, I think we could have lost 3-1, but we've won 1-0. So I'll find the positives because the three points are all that matters at the moment. We are playing survival football. So you can't argue about three points when we're playing survival football. I don't know what the vision is and I don't know what the performance is all about. It wasn't a good performance and I don't know what the vision is. I mean, what was the style of play today? Definitively counterattacking. I've seen this under Oli. It was literally park the bus and counter. The goal was a very good goal, but it's a clearance.

15:49Some people want to give Deleu the assist for the long throw-in. It's Volta Maida who heads it out. It's a moment. I mean, this is ollie ball today, but it's not been ollie ball all season and it might not be ollie ball next week. But I can't see a vision because if the vision was anything, it would be, you know, rely on a moment of brilliance and rely on keeping a clean sheet. But that's not how we've played all season, to be fair. That's just tonight. So take the three points and move. Who would you rather be? Would you rather be Newcastle, who've played really well and deserve to win, but lost, or Man United, who've scored a worldie, kept a clean sheet, not really doing anything else, but won?

16:31I'll be Man United every day. I'll be Man United every day. Let me get some of your comments in and then we're going to do the 8pm kickoff. I don't know what that's all about. I don't know why that's on there. Let me change that. We'll go through player ratings. Make sure you register for that. Link's in the description. But let me change the headline because that should be paused on that. Get rid of those. I just want to grab some of your comments because there's some good ones coming in that I've seen and I don't want to miss them. So let me go through. Good defensive performance, which has lacked recently.

17:03Completely agree with that. big man. Great win. Big three points. But Xerxes is an embarrassment to the shirts as Sam. Look, it's very difficult when you've got 33 % possession to do anything, but he looked off the pace and he looked like a player that doesn't know whether he's wanted. And whose fault is that? I'm not going to slag Xerxes off because I like him, but we were literally going to sell him. And now we're probably saying you're not going anywhere. It's hard when you're being treated like that. It's the same for Manu. If we'd got Semenu, he'd be sold. Now we haven't got Semenu, you're staying.

17:38And he's probably just a little bit confused, you know? Thomas, welcome to Members Club. Thank you very much. Mark, he clearly tried his best to ruin the game with his second half management, says D. I mean, I don't know about that, pal. The second half felt like sabotage, but we won. Well, this is obviously a catching theme. A lot of people think he sabotaged it on purpose in the second half. What I would say is I don't understand the Casemiro substitution and I also don't understand why you'd take Martinez and Shaw off with five minutes to go but we got we got the job done but it was strange it was strange I'll admit.

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18:57So what are you waiting for? Smash the link in the show notes or visit airup.link slash the United Stand and elevate your hydration game today. I was expecting us to get out running the midfield. I was impressed how we controlled the midfield in the first half. When adjustments were made in the second half, we looked lost. I mean, I wouldn't go that far, Shadow. I think it was a 50-50 game in the first half and in the second half, they dominated us. But look, you know, we're splitting hairs. I thought in the first half it was nice to see the back four, as I said. Team showed a lot of fight. At least five starters missing and the makeshift team got three points.

19:31That's all that matters, says Jordan. I'm happy for our young players, especially Dorgu in heaven, says John. Look, I think with Dorgu tonight, we saw an example of why I don't slag young players off very often. Because they're prospects. A lot of people were getting on about Sesco. A lot of people have been calling Dorgu and Yoro shit. but like we don't nurture players we don't look after players and we're not patient with players Dorgue goes to right wing has a really good game and scores a great goal and everyone's like oh I like him again and it's like this is exactly what being a young player is you have good games you have bad games our job is to you know don't don't don't hate the game hate the player and the player is the is the coach it's the it's the recruitment it's the club you know these are these these are potentially good players.

20:21They're just being thrown into situations which are a nightmare. Do you think Fletcher's substitution was pre-planned from the beginning? The cameras were showing his parents and then they captured the moment he was subbed. It felt like they were waiting for it, says Kev. No, I don't want to talk about Mason Mount. Let's wait and see what the issue is. I felt we missed him in the second half, but I'm telling you now, how can you do anything with a player that is that fragile? He's a good player and he had a good first half, but he's off at half time. How many injuries has he had this season already?

20:52How many knocks has he had already this season? It's so frustrating. The low long throw for the win, says Lucho. Bruno didn't lose his man today, says Fix. You jinxed the result with Robbie on that football. Cheers, Mark, says Monkey. Yeah, and he didn't get it right either because he went for a draw. So, yeah, very happy. Mojo says, Merry Christmas. Mojo, you're a legend. Lovely to hear from you. Hope you've had a great Christmas too. Multiple times, Amram has coached a win and the players let us down. Today, Amarind coached a loss and the players finally dug in. So stressed, says Senor. Good point.

21:23Well made. Marlowe says, much better defensive structure without Bruno and with Martinez as captain. But my God, Delo should retire. Dorgou, though. What a player. Lovely stuff, Marlowe. We won. It gave us points. I don't care how, as long as we win, but it cannot be the underlying factor. Shout to the defence today and the team, says the Moose one. I think what we've got to do over the next few games is win all three and give ourselves a bit of a buffer because people talk about Amad and Mboumo and Bruno coming back. We've got Man City and Arsenal when they come back. They could both be losses.

21:56So I couldn't give a shit about this whole Amad, Mboumo, Masraoui, Bruno bollocks. I care about winning the next three games. And I don't care if we do it plain like that. Just get nine points in the bank. Give a bit of breathing space. Occupy those top five positions because the bad performances are going to come again, aren't they? So I just think, couldn't give a shit about this when Brigham knows back bollocks. We've got tough games coming up in January and the rest of the season. We've got to go Newcastle, etc. So let's just win the next three games and get some points on the board. Mojo, thank you very much.

22:30He's gifted 50 memberships. The guy is a legend. Golden Boy Wazza says, important win. Huge three points really pisses me off from Amram is every single time we take the lead. He parks the bus. yeah yeah I mean I think that is a great point I don't like being 1-0 up I don't like being 2-1 up I don't like it when we're one goal up because he just shuts down um and we're not good enough to do it although today we did uh no vision mark Amram is clearly showing his ability to adapt as well as using more youth maturity and difficult moments I think there is a vision I'll leave you to the chat on that huncho if you think that was a vision then bloody hell you need to get yourself a pair of these.

23:09Give me Bournemouth 4-4 over that shite every week, says Gaz. No, give me fucking three points, mate. We're not bloody stoke. I don't rate Amrim, but the players are definitely behind him. First half, we were decent, but soon as Mount went off, we lost control. Big three points, says Arams. Players stepped up and Amrim nearly coached for a draw. Tactical insecurity still is calling card. Unconvinced he's the future. Martinez, Heaven and Dorgue were very good, says Kifel. I can't make fun of Arsenal and their football anymore after tonight, says CV Guy. If people aren't happy about beating Champions League team clean sheet with an injury struck team, they need to go and find another club to support, says Josh.

23:45I mean, I've got to be honest, like I'm very positive about the win and I've said that in the first few minutes, but I'm also going to be balanced. What's this injury hit team bollocks? Bruno Fernandes is injured. Maynou is injured. We've still got two midfielders. We didn't buy a midfielder in the summer. Maguire has been injured a lot for the last two years and De Ligt's injured. we've still got Martinez. We've still got Yoro. We've still got Heaven. We've still got Luke Shaw. And the players that are at the AFCON, we knew that in the summer. So we should have a squad capable of performing a little bit better than that tonight.

24:21But ultimately, let's not make excuses for winning. We won the game. You either see the negative or the positive, but we won the game. Daniel, happy for once. Thank you very much. Our midfield was better in the first half. Two kids on the pitch, second half. Poor Dorgoo's face. Merry Christmas, says Ben. We were without seven starters. To be fair, what do people expect, says Matthew? See, I don't agree with this. I think you're the people when we lost to Villa, you were going, well, I'm very happy with it because we played well. I don't agree with this without seven starters, bollocks. Because when all those players are there, we'll still lose to Brentford.

24:58Don't confuse the issue. It's a good three points and that's all that matters. but stop trying to justify that if we had everybody back, we'd still win the game. I could see us losing that game with Bruno, with De Ligt, with Maguire, with Embermo, with Ahmad. We lost to fucking Brentford. We lost to 10 men Everton with most of those players. So let's not pretend that the injuries are a big deal. Like Arsenal have had injuries. Other teams have injuries. You have to deal with injuries. I think we're doing a disservice. We won the fucking game. We won the game without those players. and with those players, we've lost to bloody Brentford and Everton.

25:35So, you know, Heaven was good. Martinez was good. Amrim, whatever. Amrim with those players, without those players can fuck it up. We know that. But we didn't fuck up. We won. Don't make excuses for winning. Like, we won. See, we needed it. Exactly hell. Mojo's gifted another 50 memberships. You're a legend. Mark, we are not at win now. We need progress more than wins. We need transfer windows. This is progress and that needs to shine the most, says Niall. Mark Ferguson used to make unorthodox decisions and win games. Amrim tonight took a huge gamble against a decent side and we won. I'll back Amrim, says Eddie Mack.

26:09Same XG, by the way, says Rory. Don't care about XG. With Mount gone and no attacking Cam on the pitch, do you think Amrim managed the game well to get the win or was he taking too much risk? I've said everything I need to say, Krish. I thought we were lucky, but I'd rather be lucky and win than unlucky and lose. Amrim near Costa's second half. I'm baffled, says Thomas. How big of an upgrade is Le Mens? Huge. Very happy with him, Man United, Lou. Really needed the win. I'll tell you what I liked about Le Mens the most, because then they did that big long diagonal and he ran for ages to catch it.

26:41And I thought, you know what? People will just see that as a catch by the goalkeeper, but it's how far he runs to get it. It kills an attack. It kills minutes. It gives confidence to the defence. Really needed the win. Come on, United. Concerned about Mount Mo. I mean, look, it would be completely thick if he took him off at halftime for tactics, but I hope he did because if he's injured, it's another player out probably for a couple of weeks. So no Bruno, no Mount, no Ahmad, no Mount, so Embermo. So look, fingers crossed it was tactical, but Mount's been a good player for his this season when he's fit.

27:24The problem is he's never fit. might just be like Ten Hag to get results to survive Mark says Alonso everyone complains that we can't defend and for once we defended well says Jerry Sesco needs full 90 he and Kunja need more time together and seems the spaces Sesco tries to be in are the same space as Kunja runs towards his fear of God I'm glad we won but why the hell did he bring Casemiro off Casemiro looked absolutely confused Oli and I think that's what everybody saw he was stunned by it he didn't play against Villa He wasn't injured. I think he was very, very surprised. I think we all were very surprised.

28:00But we've won the game. So I think there was a lot of things that would have gone against Dameron. You know, like I said, Hall hit the bar within a minute of that tactical change. I can imagine the meltdown. I'm glad we avoided it. It's not like he had a yellow card either. So going back to a five, five literally invited the pressure. Mark, you've adopted the sensationalisms as pizza. I don't think we've been sensationalist at all. Maybe he did what he did to win, like Spurs, says Krish. Max has gifted a membership. Thank you, Max. I'm so happy we won. Merry Christmas, says Poochie. Merry Christmas, pal.

28:36This team really needs Sesko. He's not scoring many goals, but without him, we're bad. Weird substitutions. If Casemiro can't manage 60 minutes, he needs to be replaced. He can. I think it was a tactical switch. I just don't really understand it. Aman, welcome to Members Club. Thanks for getting your badge in. Don't forget, Newcastle were full strength. they will be looking at themselves in the mirror right now. Three points I'm very proud of. And will Ahmad and Mbembe be back for Man City, says Dante. I don't know. I don't know. We'll have to keep an eye on the AFCON and try and start figuring it out.

29:06But they're still in the group stage at the moment. Let's do the player ratings because Bay says, I think that Agate was all right. Look, it's Christmas time. We've took three points against Newcastle. Just remember, So just remember, player FC, manager FC and fucking whoever's Glazer FC or any SFC needs help. They're not Man United. Man United is why you support them. Manchester United is something separate. It's not owned by the Glazers. It's not about players. It's not about the manager. We just won a game of football at Christmas. We've got a chance of getting into Europe. The reality is we might not be good enough and we might not do it, but the dream is alive.

29:48you know we're going into the new year with with a bit of hope um and you know we might not buy anybody in january we might fuck it up in february but we've got some hope and i think sometimes we get so lost in the negativity that gets piled upon us by managers and players and owners but fundamentally the none of them own our love for manchester united and we've got something to to cling on to here do i trust these players no do i trust the manager no do i trust the owners God know. But I love Man United winning. And it's a big three points. It kills Newcastle as well, because when you look at the...

30:26I'm looking at the top six now. And realistically, I don't think Sunderland will finish above us. I don't think Palace or Brighton will finish above us. And we're six points ahead of Newcastle and God knows where Spurs are. So you can already look at it and go, all right, Arsenal, Man City, Chelsea, maybe Villa, maybe Liverpool, us. That still puts us in the Europa League. And maybe one of those teams like Villa or Chelsea or Liverpool will slip out. So we've got a chance at the Champions League, but we're also very good for sixth now. So I'll take that. We've got to be in Europe next season in some way, shape or form.

31:04Daniel says, did Amrin put out Yoro, Frederiksenheven and Malassia to prove a point. The back four still worked. The players want this. Still kept the clean sheet. I don't know what he was playing at, mate, but we won the game. Let's do player ratings. So I haven't enjoyed player ratings for a while. I'll be honest with you. You might have picked up on that, but here we go.

31:26I think Lemons was a seven. I was very happy with him. Very happy with him. As I said, made some good saves, made some good claims. It was a very composed performance and you need that in a game like that where you're under a lot of pressure. Deleuhe probably gave him a six. He should have fucking scored. I don't know whether anybody else did it, but Sesco had gone off 10 minutes before and I went, Sesco, he's got to score that. It was bloody Deleuhe. I don't know why. I don't know why. But look, I just don't think fundamentally he's a very good footballer. I think he's very average. And there are moments of good and there are moments of bad, but they kept getting in down that right-hand side all game.

32:06It was our weakest area. But I give him a six. I give him a six. Look, he works hard. He plays for the badge. The question is whether he should be playing for the badge. Aidan Heaven, I thought, was fantastic. 7.5 for me. I've been really impressed with him over the last few weeks. I don't think he's really put a foot wrong. he's the youngest of the defenders we have um and i just think he's been a breath of fresh air i thought he was fantastic today clean sheet is always your goal as a strike as a defender 7.5 very good could be man of the match contender and you know i can't split them really 7.5 for martinez as well um not played football for a very long time i'm you know when he went down after the handball i was like oh my god oh my christ please not a knee or a foot or anything else.

32:57I think that's my biggest concern about Martinez. I have no fear about the player at all. We've seen enough of the player. I know what he is as a leader. I know how composed he is. I know his aggression. People moan about his height. I'm not bothered about that. My biggest fear about Martinez is, is there another bad injury? Or is he going to be one of those players that just gets plagued by injuries? Or is he going to come through this and just get back and never get injured again? And I'm just so hopeful that that's going to happen because I thought he was fantastic stick today. And I am going to give him man of the match because he was the captain as well.

33:30We've kept a clean sheet and we beat a good Newcastle side, whether we deserved it or not, whether it was a good performance or not, we have. And the players did play for the badge and they did play for the manager, whether it was good or not, they did. They concentrated, they focused and he was the captain and there was no Bruno Fernandes at all. I mean, somebody even said, I can't give you the answer to this. Somebody even said, if you put Bruno on that pitch, I think we would have lost. I think it's very unfair. It's very unfair to say that. But if you put Bruno on that pitch instead of Agate, maybe we do lose.

34:04Maybe we draw. Maybe we win 2-0. I don't know. But the fact that people would even think that is a testament to the fact that we did it without Bruno. And I think that's the big thing. Luke Shaw was probably a 6.5, to be fair. I do think that it's going to be very interesting how many games he could play left back. because he definitely isn't the player he used to be. He can't get up and down as much as he used to. But, you know, if we had Luke Shaw three years ago, I think we'd be sorted at left back. Agarte, look, I'll give him some credit. 6.5. You know, he's had a lot of stick. I don't think he's...

34:41Ultimately, I don't think he's good enough. I think we need an upgrade. But where we are at the moment, we've got no Manu. We've got no Bruno. He certainly didn't do anything bad. So, you know, 6.5 for me. So Casemiro was probably a six, mainly because he came off early. I thought he was doing okay, but the substitution was very, very early, as we've discussed. Mason Mount, I'd probably give him a 6.5. I thought he was good in the first half, but off at halftime, very disappointing. But we did miss him in the second half, certainly. Dorgu, 7.5, and you've given him 7.8. So that's the highest score.

35:18So maybe that's a hint about who the man in match is going to be. Match winner, Very good performance. Very hardworking. He won a lot of corners as well. Defensively, he got injured a few times. So a very good performance for him. Very pleased for him as well. I think he's got great potential, but we need to remember that's what it is. It's prospect, isn't it? Kunia first half was fantastic. Second half, it was challenging. So I'd probably give him a seven. Sesko, tough game, tough game. He did more good stuff than people want to let on. Some of his hold-up play was good, but yeah, probably give him a six.

35:52Yoro did okay when he came on six. Not really on six. Not really on six.

36:01I'll be honest. I'll be honest. I didn't notice him much in the game, but I'm never going to give a young player a low score. I'll give him a six because who else could do it? Who else can do that role? I don't think he was bad. I just think it was a hard game to come into. Newcastle are up for it. They're intense. They dominated us. But I'll tell you one thing. If he'd have had a shit game, we would have lost. You've still got to be 11 players. You've still got to defend. You've still got to work. You've still got to, you know, be compact. And he was part of that. So, yeah, played an important part.

36:40Xerxe, probably a five. Yeah, he was ineffective, but graveyard shift, whatever. but he just didn't look like he was... I've seen Xerxes come on before and he's all action. He's 100%. He just didn't... I don't know whether he's carrying a knock. He just didn't look focused. He didn't look on it. And I just wonder whether this is just because of all the Semenyu stuff. I don't know. Amrim today. I mean, bloody hell. This is the one I'm sort of concerned about. I don't know. I don't know. I mean, I don't want to look at the chat because I'm not that guy. I see what you're saying before I say what I'm saying.

37:18So I'm going to look here. Look, he's won the game. So you've got to start with a seven. His substitutions were strange. I'm going to give him a six. I'm going to give him a six. Yeah. I'll give him a six. Oh, there we go. We're about right. I think with Amram, the worst thing he's done is not the subs. The worst thing he's done is go to a back four because now I'm like, you need to stick with the back four, mate. but you're not a back four manager and you've basically abandoned what you were brought here to do, which massively undermines you really. But I think he's got to stick with the back four.

37:55And if he doesn't, I don't know. It's more for tomorrow to discuss. I don't know how this is going to pan out because if he's going to go back to the 3-4-3 and we start losing again, it's just going to cause a massive amount of issues. So I think he's got to stick with the back four. but then when the players come back I was looking at this okay you can put Ahmad on the left and Mbermo on the right and you can play Kunja with Sesko but then you've got to put Bruno in a midfield too with a back four you will never do that so I don't even think this will last but that's a bigger conversation the main thing is three points tonight 72 % with Dorgou man of the match make sure you smash a like on the video if you agree with that one I'm more than happy with that I gave it Martinez but I'm more happy with that I'm more than happy with that But let's get over to the fan forum.

38:49So they're ready to go. And I'm very interested to see what they've got to say, because obviously Beth was at the game as well. So let's have a look what they've got to say. But I've definitely got something to spam their chat with. And that is 100%. And please do leave your comments, because I do read the match reactions one. I really want to know what your thoughts are because it's a bit of a mixed bag. But for me, as I said, everything I wanted to say in the first few minutes and the win is all that matters. Stick to back four. Spam the live chat. Stick to back four. I'm back at 10 o 'clock tomorrow morning.

39:26Smash a like on the video and subscribe. What the fucking, what day is it tomorrow, by the way? I mean, I'm completely lost now. Christmas Day was yesterday. Boxing Day. Saturday tomorrow. Okay. Lovely. Okay. Stick to back four in the live chat on the fan forum. Let's get over there.

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