Communicating with the betting agency ?

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Your telling me the staff at Stockley park where the VAR decisions are made don’t have what’s app and online betting apps on their phones….. purlease.

So regular that it can hardly be regarded as mere luck.

You be the judge!

I wouldn't say it's necessarily 'luck', but in terms of ways to win a game it's certainly not as sustainable over a long period of time compared to generally outplaying your opponents.

It was only their second late winner in the league this year. Away to West Ham was the other, they’ve had 3 or so in the champions league to win or save a game.
But they also lost to an 89th minute goal 1-0 to Villa, conceded two late ones to Villa away to draw 2-2 and lost late to wolves at home 1-0.

The last minute wins stick in the mind more because of the annoyance of them.

As I said, I didn’t watch the match and MOTD will no doubt provide the expected goals stat, which the BBC Sports website didn’t. But unless MU’s 15 off target shots (18 in total less 3 on target) were from miles out or so wide and high they went nearer the nets at the Etihad than Old Trafford while WH’s 5 off target (6 in total less 1 on target) were terrible misses from a few yards out, with the same sort of principles applying to the on target shots, then I anticipate MU’s expected goal stat to be higher.

MOTD did give the expected goals stat. It was 1.69 for Manchester United and 0.29 for West Ham. Along with the other stats I reported here earlier, I’m finding it hard to accept that Manchester United didn’t fully deserve their win today.

Your telling me the staff at Stockley park where the VAR decisions are made don't have what's app and online betting apps on their phone's.. purlease.

MOTD did give the expected goals stat. It was 1.63 for Manchester United and 0.29 for West Ham. Along with the other stats I reported here earlier, I’m finding it hard to accept that Manchester United didn’t fully deserve their win today.

This is the xG map of the Man U v West Ham game. Location of shot and size of circle shows the chances of that shot being a goal (bigger is better). Lots of very low chance shots from range for Man U then one single great chance in the last minute.

Given that Rashford’s goal, an open goal tap in, would account for at least 0.9 of that xG the rest of the game ls chances would seem quite even. I watched the highlights and it does seem to be quite even, nothing clear cut for either side. A header each from a corner and a couple of shots from range from Fred and bowen- but the highlights didn’t show a single save required by either gk.
Man U deserve it because they created the one certain goal moment but from what I’ve seen there wasn’t much between the teams and it goes down as a marginal game that Man U found a way to win rather than a dominant Man U up against a dogged defence and top performing gk and they finally found a way through at the death

Watching Everton and seeing their run of results just emphasises how bad that performance was to lose to them. Their only win in about 15.

I recall a similar one v Southampton when they beat us 4-0 in a run of 15 or so other winless games

Win today and we go 4th

This is the xG map of the Man U v West Ham game. Location of shot and size of circle shows the chances of that shot being a goal (bigger is better). Lots of very low chance shots from range for Man U then one single great chance in the last minute.

Looking at that bench we’re mighty close to having to call this game off. I wonder if the media will look at our bench and make any headlines showing that we are doing what we can to play games, probably putting out the least experienced bench and youngest bench in the league this season….

Why would the media take such a view? We have no Covid cases. We spent more than any other PL club last summer. We have Torreira, Guendouzi, AMN, Saliba, Balogun, Bellerin and Mari out on loan. Our first choice midfield is missing because of fully justified suspensions. There is no hard luck story here.

Why would the media take such a view? We have no Covid cases. We spent more than any other PL club last summer. We have Torreira, Guendouzi, AMN, Saliba, Balogun, Bellerin and Mari out on loan. Our first choice midfield is missing because of fully justified suspensions. There is no hard luck story here.