Man United vs Sunderland - 28/02/15

This could be the match who can be a decider of our fate this season, not much as far as the position on the table is concerned because the teams who are above us could drop points unexpectedly too, but mentally wise.

We've been picking some points the whole season when we deservedly shouldn't, reflecting on performances and some of the luck we rode, so this last one vs Swansea comes as a real kick under the belt as a reminder that you can't rely forever on scraping and scratching. At one point your knife becomes dull and you have to sharpen it again. That's what we need to do right now. I'm talking about our mindset.

What worried me the most today wasn't our out of depth play in the last half an hour and many moments during the game, we have enough creative players who can solve that in the right circumstances, it's that we gave up. It came and was present a lot during the Moyes regime and as it seems, it's still here, in some player's minds. Lumping it to Fellaini isn't the solution, never was, never will as much as he plays well. That was never our way, therefore it shouldn't be in the future too, regardless of the manager and personnel playing. Those were attempts to scrap it again out of despair and ineptness all round.

I don't know for sure in fairness if this was just one off or something to get really concerned over but it's not promising, especially looking at others picking up their momentum, like Arsenal and Liverpool. van Gaal and the staff needs to react and quickly. In which way remains to be seen.

The same performance as Saturday but more clinical in the final 3rd and we'll win this game with ease. Think Young will definitely start this game, whether it be in an attacking position or at left back I don't know. Would he be able to do the central midfield Di Maria job? I personally don't see why not, he's adapted himself to left back in a way I didn't think he'd be able, he has the energy, workrate and pace, although he may not have the final ball, what exactly is Di Maria doing to show he has it at the minute ( besides the assist for Herrera's goal ) Di Maria isn't doing enough of late and I'd like to see him on the bench.

That's a pretty sexy line-up, not sure how likely is it to happen though, especially with Di Maria on the right... perhaps a flat 442 would be more suited for our current team

Will Wilson be fit for this?

Mersons view on this one

Sunderland are struggling badly at the moment and they cannot score goals, while Manchester United had a bad result last week at Swansea.

However, while United have not been playing well recently, I still expect them to beat Sunderland 3-0.

PAUL PREDICTS: 3-0