A nice little take on proceedings from the Guardian:
To be resolutely fair to Southampton, they should have had a consolation to make it 4-1, but VAR spotted that Fred and Harry Maguire were offside, or something, we donāt know any more, and it might not be too much longer until nobody cares. Also, the penalty that sparked the late three-goal flurry that turned a mere garden-variety thrashing into Thundering Humiliation II was fairly soft, while the second red, for Jan Bednarek, was a Mike Dean speciality.
We are all disappointed with what happened last night, but it is just a football match and there can never be any excuse for people to dish out racial abuse on the back of it. I hope the scumbags who did this get named and shamed and banned from the club.
One final thought on the game. I wonder what difference it would have made it there had been a full crowd there?
Iām sure the Saints following would have helped us. Can you imagine the grief Dean would have been given, especially after the Bednarek red?
Playing out the last 15 minutes in a silent stadium must have felt utterly empty and meaningless. Even taunting MU fans would possibly have pushed us to fight for pride.
Iāve been saying this for ages, how often do you look at the dayās results and see all or nearly all away wins? Iāve pointed it out a couple of times here. Wednesday was a case in point, five games, five away wins. There was another evening quite recently when I noticed four or five away wins and no draws or home wins. Itās got to be down to the missing fans.
See Mike Dean was slated again tonight for his sending off by David Moyes. Again he was told to watch it by VAR, again he then spent ages studying the monitor. Again Moyes said it was totally accidental.
No ambition, no goals, where do we go from here?
