Not sure how much I'll be able to watch at work today. I'm recording to hopefully watch a victory in full tonight.
Laughed harder at that than I should've (Yeah, semester is over, but studying for the bar exam. Law school is a cruel bait n' switch)
No real surprises to me except Smalling over Jones Micki over Lingard makes sense because he's made this competition his bitch.
also: don't really know if Mata himself is a good selection, but I think his inclusion does signal the type of game we're going to play, and that pleases me. No counterattacking today unless it's a quick Micki and Rashford combination. We should be on the front foot from the get-go, and hopefully the players are excited by that after so many weeks of giving away possession
Pretty poor half overall. Mkhitaryan is getting torched down the left. I expect to see Martial at some point. 45 more minutes though.
Agreed Mickey has been bad down the left. Need to replace him so he doesn't get sent off for a stupid challenge like he was tossing around in the 1st half.
I think Mata was the planned first sub, so that throws a wrench in the plan. Ajax look young and inexperienced yet still threatening. I expect we'll score again, but could see them scoring two as well
Lingard seems like the ideal sub. Will defend and can lead a counter. I would expect both wing players off by the 65th.