Bournemouth are on a horrible run of outcomes however they have an incredible report at Old Trafford, profitable 3-0 there in December in every of the the previous two seasons.
I keep in mind as a participant, there have been some groups I performed towards, or stadiums I performed at, the place I simply felt we had been going to get a superb outcome, no matter type.
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Maybe that is a kind of video games, and venues, for Andoni Iraola and his gamers. It is definitely the time of yr for them to go to Old Trafford and win.
So, whereas I’m going to get pelted by Manchester United followers for this, I’m going to again Bournemouth to cease the rot, and edge this one to make it a hat-trick of wins over United.
Fair play to Ruben Amorim, although. Even if United do lose this recreation, then he has positively steadied the ship since Bournemouth received 3-0 right here for the second time, in December 2024.
That defeat was United’s third in 4 video games and left them thirteenth at Christmas. It felt prefer it was completely pantomime season at Old Trafford however we’re not on the stage the place there’s a fervour for Amorim to be sacked each different recreation.
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United are nonetheless not very convincing plenty of the time, however they’re in a a lot better place, wanting up the desk and eyeing the highest 4. Amorim deserves some credit score for that, even when there may be nonetheless plenty of work to do.
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