Linecoigne1998
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We had a few very important matches this month and at the end of one of them, Joe got injured. He's a big loss as he's been our starting right-back and sometimes centre back along Romagnoli so it's definitely really sad to be losing him, but thankfully we have a few players eager to step up and take his place.
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Well after 2 months of me saying no injury or contract news, you finally get both! Josh Hope played really well in our Champions League second leg game against Atlético and his agent requested that his player got a new contract so there it is. It's a little more than he was earning previously but he deserves it. At 21, he and Nav Dhanjal are the future centre-back partnership of this club so it's good to see him play well and get a new contract. Speaking of Dhanjal, I just realised that the club's most expensive signing EVER hasn't played a single game this season! I just feel bad now, he was promised some playing time but Romagnoli, Gomez and Maguire have all played so well that I just haven't found a spot for him. He'll definitely play the last few games of the season.
I guess you now know why the title says that I never liked the Carabao Cup anyway. After getting past Manchester City and United on penalties in the two previous rounds, we were facing Chelsea in the final and how fitting that we lost the final on penalties. It's another trophy I'll be missing out on and my first Carabao Cup final without winning it but I'm confident we'll come back stronger next season. As for the league, things started off really well with great wins against Newcastle and West Ham but then went terribly against Leicester and Brighton, at which point I thought we wouldn't be in a good mind set against Atléti but it turns out it only made us more motivated and we're through to the Champions League quarter-finals! We're also through to the FA Cup semi-finals after smashing Arsenal.
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We went into the game as underdogs according to bookies, and I guess at the end of the day they were right. We absolutely smashed Chelsea throughout the game and even had Tavares, one of their former players, score against them. In the end though it wasn't enough as van der Meer gave away the equaliser and we then lost on penalties, not scoring a single one. I had just changed the penalty takers in the team as well so this was really tough to take.
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This is by far one of our worst results ever. Not because of the scoreline, but because of the opposition. Sitting far in the second half of the table, this should've been an easy win for us but we were way too arrogant going into it and I guess that came back to bite us. My main worry wasn't necessarily this result though, but the impact that this game would have on the outcome of our second leg against Atléti in the Champions League 1st knockout round.
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We were incredible in this match. Going away from home at the Metropolitano is never an easy feat, but we dealt with it really well and scored 2 away goals early in the second half to essentially secure our qualification for the next round. Isak was outstanding and it was nice to come away with a win in a game where we didn't 100% deserve to win, on paper.
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This was by far the biggest shock of the month for me. Even ahead of our defeat against Brighton! It was 0-0 at half time at which point I thought: "they've not had a shot yet, we really do have a chance to win this but we need to be more clinical and make sure we take the many chances we've had!". And in the second half that's exactly what happened! 4 goals and 19 shots in total whilst denying Arsenal a single shot on our goal puts us through to the FA Cup semi-final, close to the board's expectation of reaching the final.
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To be completely honest with you, I've kind of given up on the Premier League this season. We have the FA Cup to worry about and now the Champions League quarter-finals against Milan as well, so I can't be spending my time worrying about a competition which we seemingly have no chance of winning considering United's lead at the top. To finish 2nd or 3rd would be fantastic and we'll be working hard to reach that goal, but that's it. Well, unless United somehow slip up and we can somehow win the league of course!
With 8 goals in 7 games this month, Isak has taken his tally to 32 goals in 49 games so far this season. On top of that, he now has 90 goals in 137 league games for the club which is absolutely world-class. In his case, I can't say "oh and to think we got him for this cheap" because we signed him for £78 million, but it's clearly £78 million well spent. He'll need to be at his best for the Champions League quarter-final tie against Milan in which we arguably got the best draw since we could've been drawn against the holders City, Barcelona, Dortmund, Bayern, Real Madrid or Monaco...
We had a few very important matches this month and at the end of one of them, Joe got injured. He's a big loss as he's been our starting right-back and sometimes centre back along Romagnoli so it's definitely really sad to be losing him, but thankfully we have a few players eager to step up and take his place.
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Well after 2 months of me saying no injury or contract news, you finally get both! Josh Hope played really well in our Champions League second leg game against Atlético and his agent requested that his player got a new contract so there it is. It's a little more than he was earning previously but he deserves it. At 21, he and Nav Dhanjal are the future centre-back partnership of this club so it's good to see him play well and get a new contract. Speaking of Dhanjal, I just realised that the club's most expensive signing EVER hasn't played a single game this season! I just feel bad now, he was promised some playing time but Romagnoli, Gomez and Maguire have all played so well that I just haven't found a spot for him. He'll definitely play the last few games of the season.
I guess you now know why the title says that I never liked the Carabao Cup anyway. After getting past Manchester City and United on penalties in the two previous rounds, we were facing Chelsea in the final and how fitting that we lost the final on penalties. It's another trophy I'll be missing out on and my first Carabao Cup final without winning it but I'm confident we'll come back stronger next season. As for the league, things started off really well with great wins against Newcastle and West Ham but then went terribly against Leicester and Brighton, at which point I thought we wouldn't be in a good mind set against Atléti but it turns out it only made us more motivated and we're through to the Champions League quarter-finals! We're also through to the FA Cup semi-finals after smashing Arsenal.
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We went into the game as underdogs according to bookies, and I guess at the end of the day they were right. We absolutely smashed Chelsea throughout the game and even had Tavares, one of their former players, score against them. In the end though it wasn't enough as van der Meer gave away the equaliser and we then lost on penalties, not scoring a single one. I had just changed the penalty takers in the team as well so this was really tough to take.
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This is by far one of our worst results ever. Not because of the scoreline, but because of the opposition. Sitting far in the second half of the table, this should've been an easy win for us but we were way too arrogant going into it and I guess that came back to bite us. My main worry wasn't necessarily this result though, but the impact that this game would have on the outcome of our second leg against Atléti in the Champions League 1st knockout round.
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We were incredible in this match. Going away from home at the Metropolitano is never an easy feat, but we dealt with it really well and scored 2 away goals early in the second half to essentially secure our qualification for the next round. Isak was outstanding and it was nice to come away with a win in a game where we didn't 100% deserve to win, on paper.
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This was by far the biggest shock of the month for me. Even ahead of our defeat against Brighton! It was 0-0 at half time at which point I thought: "they've not had a shot yet, we really do have a chance to win this but we need to be more clinical and make sure we take the many chances we've had!". And in the second half that's exactly what happened! 4 goals and 19 shots in total whilst denying Arsenal a single shot on our goal puts us through to the FA Cup semi-final, close to the board's expectation of reaching the final.
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To be completely honest with you, I've kind of given up on the Premier League this season. We have the FA Cup to worry about and now the Champions League quarter-finals against Milan as well, so I can't be spending my time worrying about a competition which we seemingly have no chance of winning considering United's lead at the top. To finish 2nd or 3rd would be fantastic and we'll be working hard to reach that goal, but that's it. Well, unless United somehow slip up and we can somehow win the league of course!
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#9 Alexander Isak
25 years old
Striker
Swedish
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#9 Alexander Isak
25 years old
Striker
Swedish
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With 8 goals in 7 games this month, Isak has taken his tally to 32 goals in 49 games so far this season. On top of that, he now has 90 goals in 137 league games for the club which is absolutely world-class. In his case, I can't say "oh and to think we got him for this cheap" because we signed him for £78 million, but it's clearly £78 million well spent. He'll need to be at his best for the Champions League quarter-final tie against Milan in which we arguably got the best draw since we could've been drawn against the holders City, Barcelona, Dortmund, Bayern, Real Madrid or Monaco...