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Fingers crossed.Seeing Chong / Gomes getting plenty of game time is enough for me.
I bet Chong absolutely smashes it.
Fingers crossed.Seeing Chong / Gomes getting plenty of game time is enough for me.
I bet Chong absolutely smashes it.
You can also see he's working hard. Sleeveless top when everyone else is in a bloody hoody. He's a good lad.Tweet
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You can see 7 written on his shorts.
Visa?Sanchez was training with the squad past week, why should he now then get an extended break?
Yep, pretty much. Usually length of time off is at the club's discretion. In Fred's case, even when he returns he may just return to a treatment and physio/fitness regime at Carrington as a result of the injury he sustained, depending on the severity (instead of joining the preseason tour).How long is extended break long? Two weeks, three? We might have players back few days before PL starts?!
Dalot had a pronounced limp in the video of players returning to Carrington for pre-season. He was on crutches earlier in the summer after a minor operation. I can't see him in any of Getty Images' pictures of training on friday. I would imagine he won't be involved in the early pre-season games, though may be fit for some of the later tour matches. Last year Mourinho took several injured players on the pre-season tour.Good squad. Would love to see Gribbin and O'Connor there as well but you can't have everyone.
Working out the potential 2 different XIs:
RomeroMaybe it'll be more mixed between seniors and youths for both of the XI as the 2nd one looks too stopgap.
Valencia - Smalling - Bailly - Shaw
Herrera - McTominay
Mata - Pereira - Gomes
Martial
Grant/Pereira
Tuanzebe - Williams - Darmian
Dalot - Hamilton - Garner - Mitchell
Greenwood - Bohui - Chong
I think he lost a bit of weight -- aging, slower, less mobile -- so he is compensating by being lighter.Smalling looks like he aged 10 years during the break.
Jose said he'd like to give them atleast 3 weeks off. Already pretty much confirmed we'll be without Lingard, Pogba and Lukaku for the start of the season.I would like to apologise in Ban's name for the typo. He will never do it again. Promise.
And in his name also mine, thanks.
How long is extended break long? Two weeks, three? We might have players back few days before PL starts?!
Fancy travelling overnight and stopping me following their every moment on flighttracker. That was part of the fun last year.About 20 minutes before they land in LA
That’s not how a holiday works. He has been on duty. Going to the World Cup as a squad member is not a holiday.He’s been in holiday for the past 30 days with some light exercise.
Looks good to me, would like to see something similar.Jose Should try this formation during this season.
----------DDG---------------
Dalot- Baily- Smalling-Shaw
----------Matic ------------
Fred------------------Pogba
---------Sanchez-------
Lukaku--------------Martial
That's probably our best team, with only Valencia playing instead Dalot, mainly due to Dalot being an unknown quantity as of yet.Jose Should try this formation during this season.
----------DDG---------------
Dalot- Baily- Smalling-Shaw
----------Matic ------------
Fred------------------Pogba
---------Sanchez-------
Lukaku--------------Martial
When he's on the pitch during a game yeah sure, off it is another story. He's a useless sack who in my opinion has had zero interest in playing for United for a long time now. Rarely looks like he could be arsed and when he does he's still shit.If he stay, he should have our support.
Yep, we need to stop asking ridiculous prices for him. I doubt anyone will be willing to pay more than 10-15m euro for him. Thats the reality of the situation United as a club seem to be having a hard time accepting.The thing is the likes of Smalling and Jones in our squad are actually decent defenders but just not really up to the overall standard we should be aspiring to. Darmian on the other hand is just straight up rubbish. Ridiculous he’s still knocking about. The club needs to shift a lot of deadwood over the next few weeks otherwise we have major problems. We seem to accept far too much mediocrity at the club.
Formation is perfect. Lukaku and Martial in their best positions. But Sanchez as number 10 is a worry for me. He gives the ball away too much to play in such a role. But let's see if this is tried next season.Jose Should try this formation during this season.
----------DDG---------------
Dalot- Baily- Smalling-Shaw
----------Matic ------------
Fred------------------Pogba
---------Sanchez-------
Lukaku--------------Martial
Going to have to buy additional striker and zero width. Teams will just run past us on the flanks.Jose Should try this formation during this season.
----------DDG---------------
Dalot- Baily- Smalling-Shaw
----------Matic ------------
Fred------------------Pogba
---------Sanchez-------
Lukaku--------------Martial
Only problem with that and it's a major one is that that entire left flank would be exposed.Jose Should try this formation during this season.
----------DDG---------------
Dalot- Baily- Smalling-Shaw
----------Matic ------------
Fred------------------Pogba
---------Sanchez-------
Lukaku--------------Martial
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Romero is injured and will be for a while.Good squad. Would love to see Gribbin and O'Connor there as well but you can't have everyone.
Working out the potential 2 different XIs:
RomeroMaybe it'll be more mixed between seniors and youths for both of the XI as the 2nd one looks too stopgap.
Valencia - Smalling - Bailly - Shaw
Herrera - McTominay
Mata - Pereira - Gomes
Martial
Grant/Pereira
Tuanzebe - Williams - Darmian
Dalot - Hamilton - Garner - Mitchell
Greenwood - Bohui - Chong
I read somewhere his vegan wife has him on some sort of fad diet.I think he lost a bit of weight -- aging, slower, less mobile -- so he is compensating by being lighter.
He missed the World Cup but pretty sure he'll be fine for the season. He's probably fine now given he's part of the tour squadRomero is injured and will be for a while.
Will be interesting to see whether Ronaldo will have the same problem.That’s a serious cock up by the club. Why didn’t we sort it out before preseason started?
Looks like it's an issue that's completely out of the club's hands and instead with the US. Can't exactly reschedule a whole tour to accommodate for one player either.That’s a serious cock up by the club. Why didn’t we sort it out before preseason started?
No but they could have pre-empted this and applied in advance?Looks like it's an issue that's completely out of the club's hands and instead with the US. Can't exactly reschedule a whole tour to accommodate for one player either.
Maybe they did.No but they could have pre-empted this and applied in advance?
No way to tell whether they did or not. However, surely it's more likely they did apply a long time ago and it just hasn't gone through yet?No but they could have pre-empted this and applied in advance?
Id rather he rest up.This is far from ideal, he really needs this pre season with us.