Summary: Mickey Thomas from Manchester United TV joins Phil and Anto to examine the early problems this season for the club in the Premier League, featuring a less than characteristic two-match losing streak that involves a derby loss to Manchester City followed by a 2-1 loss to West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford on Saturday, with European action set to resume midweek. Much of the concern revolves around choices in personnel and the inevitable transition concerns moving between Sir Alex Ferguson to David Moyes in his first season, but what does appear to be emerging are questions about a roster that went overlooked for too long and whether expectations are more at work here than actual potential given that the same midfield questions have been ignored, and now compounded by a lack of productivity in wide areas of the pitch over the last season or two. Mickey helps us examine these expectations, where the club may need to strengthen come January, if the club feels the pressure to push its strategy forward from next summer, and if concerns about Shinji Kagawa longer term are being compounded by the emergence of Adnan Januzaj who will certainly touch off an unwillingness to repeat the scenario cast by Paul Pogba prior to leaving the club for Juventus Football Club. We also examine how some of the recent statements by David Moyes reflects the step he has had to make under the media glare while adapting to Manchester United from Everton and how then media filter seems to reset those expectations and whether the adjustment is moving on as planned, and how three defeats at Old Trafford place him under the kind of scrutiny only complicated by a lack of an attractive playing style to date. David Moyes is concerned that his current squad may lack the quality to challenge for a Champions League title, but even more seems to be underway as early stages of the Premier League have not been positive both on and off the pitch.
