Dre_00 said:

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That's the 4th red card for Romero for Spurs. He's tied for top in club history.

He's only played in 120 games for the club.

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They've had a ton of cards this year under Frank, I don't really remember that being an issue at Brentford though so seems odd

How the hell can you not stay onside?

gougler08 said:

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Dre_00 said:

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That's the 4th red card for Romero for Spurs. He's tied for top in club history.

He's only played in 120 games for the club.

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They've had a ton of cards this year under Frank, I don't really remember that being an issue at Brentford though so seems odd

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Well, I think Romero has had some under various Spurs managers… don't think we can pin this on Frank.

Licha with a poor touch in the open field put them the attack. Can't let anything slip.

Spurs diving everywhere. Thankfully the ref hasn't really bought it.

Bruno. My man.

Bruno!!!!!

Let's make it 3.

Showstopper said:

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gougler08 said:

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Dre_00 said:

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That's the 4th red card for Romero for Spurs. He's tied for top in club history.

He's only played in 120 games for the club.

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They've had a ton of cards this year under Frank, I don't really remember that being an issue at Brentford though so seems odd

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Well, I think Romero has had some under various Spurs managers… don't think we can pin this on Frank.

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Romero has always been a dirty *****. He's lucky he only has 4 RCs for Spurs

How is that not a pen?

Furlock Bones said:

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How is that not a pen?

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Because it's us

The score line could easily have been 4 or 5 to 0.

4 on the trot. Unbeaten in 7. Let's go Reds!

The chase is afoot.

Love a no doubter win at home! Need more of these in my life.

200 – Games taken to reach 200 goal involvements for Man Utd in the Premier League era:

295 – Wayne Rooney (133G, 67A)
314 – Bruno Fernandes (104G, 96A)
339 – Cristiano Ronaldo (144G, 56A)
393 – David Beckham (85G, 115A)
424 – Ryan Giggs (90G, 111A)
564 – Paul Scholes (138G,… pic.twitter.com/vjX3JxaBJs

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 7, 2026

Dre_00 said:

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Home to Spurs and at West Ham in the next 2 games. This guy is daring to dream.

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How do we think this guy is feeling this afternoon?

Kobbie Mainoo’s game by numbers vs. Spurs:

94% pass accuracy
95 touches
24 carries
4 ball recoveries
4 chances created
4 attempted take-ons
2 successful take-ons
2 fouls won
1 assist

What a January signing he has been! 😉 pic.twitter.com/iVbFRqyn0P

— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) February 7, 2026

I forgot to mention. A 2nd! Clean sheet under Carrick in 4 games! How nice does that feel?

Villa somehow secures a point despite getting dominated by Bournemouth. 3 points out of 3rd. Might be 3 points out if 2nd by end of the day tomorrow.

Carrick in 4 games has now eclipsed Amorim in 15 months. 4 straight wins.

While I want them to do their due diligence to find the right manager, you have to wonder if they are considering just naming him.

He's been a little fortunate. It's been 4 teams willing to play soccer. The real test comes next week vs WHU. You know Nuno is just going to sit back 10 behind the ball and muck it up.

How much of this is new guy bounce versus someone (and it's more than Carrick I think it's Carrick and Holland) smart enough to change the strategy to maximize the abilities of the players on the squad? And good enough to get the players engaged in it? Hard to tell. But it's looking more like something besides just new guy bounce.

He's doing a much better job leveraging the players he has, it is not just new guy bounce. Mainoo is exhibit A.

He hasn't done anything mind blowing which is a real indictment of Amorim and the decision to hire Amorim even moreso. I honestly didn't expect the turnaround to be this stark. Part of it has come down to good fortune (the non red on Dalot against City, the red against Romero today), part of it is the underperformance relative to xG being whittled away (were missing sitters a few months ago and then Dorgu and Cunha score goal of the month candidates on the same day at Arsenal). He has the luxury of being able to play the same starting 11 every game because there are so few games left for the club. Will be interesting to see what he does at West Ham on 3 days rest...and West Ham have started playing better recently. Could be on a 4 game winning streak if they hadn't blown a 2-0 HT lead at Chelsea.

But it's only 4 games. No need to make a decision now. Team could crap the bed at West Ham and go on a 4 game winless streak for all we know. I'm of the opinion that if he scrapes CL football by finishing 4th or 5th, United will thank him for job done and gladly move on to hiring someone else in the summer. If he qualifies convincingly (i.e. 3rd or 4th by a significant margin over 6th), he'll make it tough for Ratcliffe and Co. If he gets them in 2nd/3rd and relatively close to Arsenal (like 6-9 points), I think they'll have no choice but to offer him a permanent deal. Maybe something relatively short though...a 2 year contract would he a good hedge.

Our friends on the port gave us a bigger cushion in finishing in a UCL spot. With flair.

What a crazy end. I was behind while setting up the pit for ribs.

The right soccer call was what Pawson did. Ignore the dogso red card foul by The LIV player because the ball is going to roll in the net. Just play advantage. And because you are doing that you ignore the second pull by Haaland because the LIV player isnt getting to it either. Just let the ball go in the net. Instead VAR forces you to look at both fouls and go back to the first and now LIV loses a player. I'm sure they would rather lose 3-1 than 2-1 and lose the player for the next match.

That's 110% a VAR era call.

Yeah, I don't understand why VAR retroactively undid the ref's decision to play advantage.

Szoboszlai pulls Haaland back, ref lets play continue, goal is scored confirming that playing advantage was the right call...and then VAR completely nullifies it, takes away the goal, and pulls the play back for a foul.

Makes no sense to me.

That made my head hurt a bit but I follow you.

Same starting lineup in spite of the relatively short rest. It looks like barring an injury, we're likely to see this starting 11 from here to the end of the season.

So is that bro finally getting to cut his hair today?

ThunderCougarFalconBird said:

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So is that bro finally getting to cut his hair today?

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If he doesn't today he may never.

Bruno looked on to me but thought he was off judging by how he took that shot. But the LB out of his field of vision seemed to be playing him on.

West Ham have improved significantly recently and it coincided with Summerville being inserted into the staring lineup. He's eating Dalot up at the moment.