Yeah, there was a few instances where he didn't give us a clear and blatant foul.
I agree with our defensive tactics from last night, and whilst I didn't think we were at our best with the ball last night there was certainly an intention to allow United to come at us more and soak things up - although Rose's rustiness was not helping with that at all - and that could explain why we weren't so sharp with the ball due to the adapting.
I think Poch is starting to apply different things now, rather than try outplay the bigger teams at their ground we are setting up for the counter a bit better and keeping a more solid defensive base. Last season at OT I think we went there thinking if we played to our strengths it would be the best move, however Mourinho's teams will always shut down the passing lanes and look to exploit you with a moment or set piece. Whilst you could see United shutting off the passing lanes, you could also see that we were actually trying to bypass that, we threatened with it in the 1st half and it certainly worked in the second half.
Looking at how we have played against both Newcastle and Fulham we are surrendering possession more frequently and I do believe this is partly down to an adaption in how we are set up to play. At the same time we still have the gears to move up should we need to.
would have thought he would have adapted sooner given how we played against real in both legs last season