One final thought on the game. I wonder what difference it would have made it there had been a full crowd there?
I’m 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.
I’ve been saying this for ages, how often do you look at the day’s results and see all or nearly all away wins? I’ve 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. It’s 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.