I was fully expecting Ange and Pep to make out

He needs to improve on the turn and he probably will, most of our players have. The tight spaces thing he’s fine, he’s better than Xhaka ever was and he’s showing a bit more. His team role shouldn’t necessitate tight space dribbling.

There’s two possibilities in my head. Ones that he’s simply been kept on a stopgap. The other is that they’re working on his fitness in the long term and trying to get him to be actually reliable, similar to how Martinelli has turned out and how ESR is finally getting playtime now.

Based on how it’s going at the moment, its Chelsea

Why did United buy the players they bought? I was puzzled in the summer and I’m still puzzled now. My biggest critique of EtH is him building his team around these misfits for what seems like very short term gain. He hasn’t been willing to clean the slate and start anew.

When you start imagining McTominay there, you’re not thinking straight