it's mostly because, usually, they're a significantly better side than we are. They're not anything like as good this season, but then again, whilst Cleverley waltzed through our midfield, so did Stoke a few days ago. I don't think that means too much.As Joe of this parish said on facebook, very amusingly, a few minutes ago, we need to worry about going to Old Trafford this weekend. Not because of a backlash, but because we're so shit against poor sides;-)
On telly here, during the game at Villa Park, the commentator said that Man Utd may be in crisis but it's not so bad that they can't beat Aston Villa.
So 6th home defeat of the season which is now their worst home season since 1976 or something ridiculous.Yet you know we will go there and be rolled over 3-0 or something like that, hopefully at least the game won't be over by half time this years.But why? Why is it we lose season in season out there while we go three seasons unbeaten at Anfield, we regularly win at the Emirates and aside from the 8-0 we usually give Chelsea a proper good game at Stamford Bridge.It has to be psychological doesn't it? They have a hold over us at Villa Park and just generally. Why is it that playing Valencia and Rafael on the right is much harder for our defence to cope with than a Hazard or Coutinho? Those two ripped us to shreds at Villa Park.Cleverley waltzed through our middle for the third, not Yaya Toure, not Gerrard or even Ramsey, Tom fecking Cleverley.It's bizarre to me how apart from a brief spike under MON when we went a couple unbeaten against them (still losing the cup final) we just seem to roll over so easily against them such as this season. Yet we've beaten Arsenal, Chelsea and Man. City this season and should've beaten Liverpool. Does anyone really see us going to Old Trafford and playing like we did at Anfield?Another theory is as we saw on Sunday we still struggle a bit against the high diagonal long ball, a couple of RVP's hattrick came from long high balls so I don't think Moyes tactics of endlessly using the flanks and getting crosses in is good news for us.I can cope with losing but it needs to be a respectable 2-1 battling loss, not a 3 nil down at half time with barely a shot on target that we seem to get against them.This is their worst team for about 30 years after all.
Can we at least wait until after the game before we hold the inquest?