thick and fast

The Christmas period, when games come thick and fast, will be critical but on the evidence of the first four months of the season, they have the strength in depth in their squad to cope.

The games come thick and fast for Amorim - United’s longest gap between fixtures to the end of the year is four days.

"Momentum is really starting to build now and the cuts are coming thick and fast.," said Emma Jones, managing director at broker When The Bank Says No.

"But yeah, it's been, I feel like the tournaments came thick and fast, and obviously with the Olympics thrown in there, as well, this year, it sort of condensed everything a bit."

It was comfortable for us - 3-0 up with the goals coming thick and fast.