It's a shame it was plan B.

We made all the effort to go and he puts out the B team! An ill considered B team! I still love you, but your worst decision so far Pep! Yes we have probably got bigger fish to fry in terms of Europe, but it's still a game against them and we made 'them' look good, and they are shit! We needed the confidence and momentum and in my mind should have put our strongest team out like them, for it was a derby after all, a derby that 8,000 fans turned up to. More important than that though it was a chance to bury their confidence for this season! 

However if you are going to play the kids, play them with some experience, a hybrid team not a completely different one! It felt a bit like Pellegrini was back! Play Garcia with Fernandinho and Gundogan around him, put Sterling and Nolito on the wings and yes give Maffeo and Iheanacho a game and I still think this tweaked hybrid team would have won. With the only doubt being centre back as it just seems at the moment that despite his mistakes we can't play without Stones if we want to play the football Pep demands, and as for Kompany we'll god knows what is happening there!

It was all a shame really because the atmosphere, stood at the top of the south stand, was brilliant first half! It was still pretty good second half if a little frustrating! 

So the next day I turn on sky sports and talk sport at different times of the morning as I head off to work just to see how the media portray it? Not one mention of our B side turning out, just more pro United bullshit! Just same old typical media crap when it comes to us. Then you listen to first Mourinho praise the crowd for the atmosphere?? Which all came from us?? And then to see Phil Neville's ass licking off the not so special one on another city light and United heavy media production, and it made you want to cringe! For the record they just about scraped past our complete B team at home! Anyway at least it's only the league cup just a shame we couldn't reward the great support, and get back on a role.

South stand, the scaffolding project!