74 mins: Hojlund controls a ball over the top from Dalot and lays it off to Garnacho but the winger drags his shot wide.

Malcolm Shuttleworth is back: “The good news is my German girlfriend has woken up. When I put it to her that she should read your blog, she quipped, quite wittily I thought, ‘I’d rather powder my nose with a garlicky sauerkraut dip!’

“I must admit, it loses a lot in translation...”

Can you send us evidence of her using said dip.

72 mins: Saltnes and Maata on for Bodo. Can they get back into this?

Kevin emails: “But everyone knows Bodo/Glimt as the faded ‘70s prog rock band. A difficult time after their front man left saw albums such as ‘Muddle’ and the surprisingly successful ‘Dark Side of the Mourinho’. A lot now hangs on their latest offering: ‘Shine on you crazy diamond formation’...”

70 mins: Hauge is the net one to threaten and he does get a proper shot away but Onana drops on it.

Down the other end … Amad cuts in from the right and takes aim for the far corner but Haikin is equal to it.

68 mins: Bodo/Glimt have not threatened in this half thus far but Sjovold gets round the back of the United defence and puts in a cross that is dealt with.

66 mins: Fernandes looks like he is about to control a pass over the top and be one-on-one with the goalkeeper but the United skipper falls over at the vital moment.

Final sub for United … Casemiro is on for De Ligt. One assumes the Brazilian is about to drop into the centre of the back three. This is a like a pre-season game.

64 mins: Hogh and Sjovold are on for Bodo. The former is now up top and latter at right-back.

62 mins: The triple change results in United playing 3-4-3 again. What larks.

Elina Rye-Onsaker emails: “Greetings from Norway! (Though much more south than Bodø). Listening to this match on radio, as I’m a student without a TV, and the Norwegian commentator mentioned how there are 45.000 members in the Norwegian Manchester United supporters club. Bodø has a population of 53.000.”

The power of Henning Berg.

60 mins: Antony, Mount and Martinez head off. Shaw looks like he will play at centre back.

58 mins: Rashford and Amad are readying themselves. Luke Shaw is about to remove his woolly hat and snood, too.

56 mins: “Do people really think footballers are jigsaw pieces which cannot adapt to a different position?” asks Ben Hennessy. “Surely professional athletes can learn a different system given time to train. 135 minutes into Amorim’s stint and people are already crucifying his preferred formation.”

It is quite a change from Ten Hag to this. One problem Amorim has is a lack of time on the training ground with United playing twice a week for the foreseeable.

54 mins: Clearly there are some problems with this system but I have not seen United look so threatening going forward for a while. Garnacho is the latest to have a chance, flying down the left and driving into the box but his curling shot is well saved by Haikin.

GOAL! Manchester United 3-2 Bodo/Glimt (Hojlund, 50)

50 mins: “Greetings from Leverkusen,” says Malcolm Shuttleworth. “My German girlfriend fell asleep before United’s first goal and hasn’t woken up yet. Maybe she has better judgement than me.”

Wait! She isn’t reading the blog?!

49 mins: OFF THE BAR! Mount does well to manipulate the ball after receiving a pass inside the box from Garnacho but the former Chelsea man sees his shot ping off the top of the bar.

47 mins: It looks like Amorim has changed tactics. Four at the back with Mazraoui at right back and Dalot on the left. It is something akin to a 4-2-3-1.

Second half

Krishnamoorthy says: “Poor Amorim - must be looking for fresh offers already. I honestly can’t understand why someone would inherit this mess.”

“Is it just me who thinks Bodo/Glimt sound like a couple of characters from Lord of the Rings?” Richard Hirst is asking the wrong man. I will put it to the floor instead.

Rob Hisnay emails: “So, a team steeped in 4 at the back and attacking wingers suddenly has to adapt to 3-4-3? The current team can’t play that system. Just fitting square pegs into round holes. Because of Ten Hag’s horrible transfers there’s little money to now go out and buy players who can play a 3-4-3.

“The mess continues!”

Half-time reading:

Half time: Manchester United 2-2 Bodo/Glimt

GOAL! Mazraoui chips a cross into the box, Hojlund takes a wonderful first touches and volleys into the corner despite having little room to work with.

GOAL! Manchester United 2-2 Bodo/Glimt (Hojlund, 45)

43 mins: Garnacho wins a corner on the left. Mount goes over to take it. The cross beats everyone but Bjortuft gets confused and needless flicks it out for another. Malacia is the man to take it from the right … but it’s cleared.

41 mins: United are having a decent spell of possession but are struggling to find a gap in the Bodo defence. The Norwegians have 11 men behind the ball.

Antony shows a bit of skill on the right to beat a man and lay a pass off. Malacia sends a pass to Fernandes but his shot is weak.

Haikin is eventually called into action when a defender turns a Garnacho cross towards his own goal.

39 mins: Malacia dinks a cross to the back post but is actually closer to sneaking in than find a teammate.

Savage is just repeatedly pointing out he should have a job higher up …

37 mins: Amorim is offering out a lot of instruction on the touchline. Savage says Amorim needs 18 months to sort this mess of a team out. Good luck, Ruben.

35 mins: Robbie Savage is spending his time on co-comms explaining how none of the United team are suited to playing in this formation. It is quite entertaining from Savage (for once).

33 mins: Antony has a chance to run at Gundersen but goes straight into the defender before falling over. He does get up and keeps the ball, only to see his shot blocked.

31 mins: Hojlund is certainly putting in the hard yards to put the Bodo centre-backs under plenty of pressure. He almost catches Bjortuft out but the defender gets the ball back to the goalkeeper just in time.

Helmersen is booked for a foul on Fernandes. It seems a little harsh for a first offence.

29 mins: Bodo/Glimt certainly know their roles. Knutsen has them well-trained, although it helps that he has been coaching them for years.