The Manchester United Thread

Unlike some WC players, Pogba IS replaceable. To some extent. Pogbas best midfielder in the world when he's arsed. And he's rarely arsed. Pogba on form counts for 1.5 players, but as a creator he cam be replaced with a single player. Eriksen is one of them. I believe Bruno Fernandes will have amazing career and he can possibly be complete midfielder.
I dont want him to leave, but if he forces the issue, my point is - he can be replaced. Unlike Hazard or Salah or Aguero ( Jesus is **** - quote me on that).
 
zzeezzy said:
One thing I really don't get about us is why we have kept Darmian totally out of the equation and then suddenly decide to bring him into big game vs City. Considering he hasn't played for months I thought he didn't look out of place tbh. He's a very good defender truth be told, which doesn't say much about our others alongside him I guess. Should of used him as RB against Everton for sure.

I'd consider using Darmian again on Sunday maybe as a FB instead of Young. Darmian seems to be a proper pro, barely heard a peep out of him despite how he has never played. He deserves to be rewarded again on Sunday with some time I think, definitely over Young.
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Suspensions is why he was brought in
 
Herrera looks gone to PSG, RMC are saying it's complete and usually decent when it comes to PSG. Very disappointing, I think he's replaceable but in terms of attitude/mentality.... think last person we could do with losing atm.
 
Pogba came after playing for Juve in a UCL final. He didn't need to adapt. Bruno Fernandes is a great player, but the bottom half of the portuguese league are almost amateur. And he could end up costing us more than Pogba did at the time. I don't see how we can replace him properly.

His off the ball movements needs work, of course, but he mainly does all the creative work in the field. That's why sometimes he's shut down in matches. No one to open up spaces for him.
 
Vanjagl said:
Unlike some WC players, Pogba IS replaceable. To some extent. Pogbas best midfielder in the world when he's arsed. And he's rarely arsed. Pogba on form counts for 1.5 players, but as a creator he cam be replaced with a single player. Eriksen is one of them. I believe Bruno Fernandes will have amazing career and he can possibly be complete midfielder.
I dont want him to leave, but if he forces the issue, my point is - he can be replaced. Unlike Hazard or Salah or Aguero ( Jesus is **** - quote me on that).
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His name is "Jesus is offside"

Fernandes any good? we're looking at him to replace Gundo, reports conflict due to the league quality
 
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wkdsoul said:
His name is "Jesus is offside"

Fernandes any good? we're looking at him to replace Gundo, reports conflict due to the league quality
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Yeah. But he plays different role, he's offensive mid. It wouldnt be like for like replacement.
He's the heart and soul of that Sporting team. Didnt have the best time in Italy, but he was probably too young then. At quoted 35m, he's at the right age (24yo) and some amazing stats, imo he's the best buy for someone this summer.


Scouseinthehouse said:
The Christians won’t be happy if I do.
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Only Portuguese/Spanish speaking ones ;)
 
Anyway, I thought this was excellent take from Bilic on Ole's situation.

[video=youtube;Y_HBzzt6__g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_HBzzt6__g[/video]
 
Vanjagl said:
Yeah. But he plays different role, he's offensive mid. It wouldnt be like for like replacement.
He's the heart and soul of that Sporting team. Didnt have the best time in Italy, but he was probably too young then. At quoted 35m, he's at the right age (24yo) and some amazing stats, imo he's the best buy for someone this summer.
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We're looking for an 8 it seems, a DM (prob Rhodri at the min) will brought in anyway..
 
Tyton said:
Anyway, I thought this was excellent take from Bilic on Ole's situation.

[video=youtube;Y_HBzzt6__g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_HBzzt6__g[/video]
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zzeezzy said:
Lets be honest though we don't create anywhere near enough lately, I know Lingard should have buried that chance... but that's literally the only one we had in the City game really. It's a recurring theme, when you watch United play now.... the opposition keeper doesn't have anything to save!
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Lukaku should of scored as well when he had that great chance that was laid to him on his stronger foot.

Hope Ole doesn’t play Herrera anymore this season now.
 
Don't care who he has signed for, you absolutely play Herrera.
 
Why would you not play Herrera?

1- He’s our second best midfielder
2- He’s been a model pro here despite being a yo-yo player when deserving to be a key one
 
wkdsoul said:
We're looking for an 8 it seems, a DM (prob Rhodri at the min) will brought in anyway..
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Yeah, hes 8/10 hybrid. Pep would turn him into a monster I recon. I get shivers when I think how much more competent your board is. How things change, eh?
 
Saul Ningez said on Spanish interview today that he will 110% be staying at Atletico. Saying he was happy has a good long contract and can see staying there into his 30s
 
Vanjagl said:
Mike, why do you think Icardi for Lukaku is a bad idea?
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Well what I’ve seen of him, he’s even more one dimensional than Lukaku and wouldn’t have a (significantly) better return either. We have a 25 year old who’s top 20 goal scorers in PL history, so if it’s just goals you want (and that’s all you’ll be getting from Icardi), then it just makes more sense to save the hassle and just keep Lukaku. Then you factor in the baggage; the dressing room is already suspect enough.
 
Last thing you want in your club right now is a 24/7 media circus around Icardi and his wife. It would like Beckham+Posh Spice except 500x worse.
 
RhQQ said:
Well what I’ve seen of him, he’s even more one dimensional than Lukaku and wouldn’t have a (significantly) better return either. We have a 25 year old who’s top 20 goal scorers in PL history, so if it’s just goals you want (and that’s all you’ll be getting from Icardi), then it just makes more sense to save the hassle and just keep Lukaku. Then you factor in the baggage; the dressing room is already suspect enough.
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Nailed it. He's even more limited outside the box, his personality is more suspect, and he has a media circus that's worse than the one around Pogba
 
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