Fingers crossed he will replace Rashford in the FK duties
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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With Pogba, Lingard, Matic and Young out of the door, I think we should build a team around work rate and talent with Fernandes as the focal point. Id add Zakaria in midfield which will ensure a hardworking core in CM (Zakaria, Fred and McT), then I'd add Zaniolo in RW. The latter had played as CM, mezzala, no 10 and is now he's playing as right sided forward with excellent results in all roles. With Bruno also a hardworker, I think we'll have the ideal platform to exploit the likes of Martial and Rashford to the maximum + it would remove the need to play an anchor like player like Matic who adds nothing to the creativity side of the game. Finally I'd add a striker on the cheap possibly Milik or Piatek who wouldn't mind some competition
AMR: Zaniolo, James
MC: Zakaria, Fred
MC: McT, Periera
AMC: Bruno Fernandes, Mata/Mejbri
AML: Martial, Rashford
Stk: Milik, Greenwood
That team has the solid foundations to do extremely well.
Saw a crazy stat earlier.
Bruno, 14 games 13 goal involvement.
Pereira and Lingard. Over 2 seasons. 73 games 13 goal involvement. Damn.
Bruno, 14 games 13 goal involvement.
Pereira and Lingard. Over 2 seasons. 73 games 13 goal involvement. Damn.
How are you getting all these expectations?
He’ll improve us no end. Going from Lingard as our creative hub, to someone who is able to create a little more than sod all is such an upgrade it’s crazy.
Is it that difficult for Manchester United to buy players from Napoli, Roma and Borussia Monchengladbach? Especially since
a- Milik is on his last few months of contract and Napoli are in a perfect storm with the owners clashing with most players
b- Roma are probably on sale again. They aren't exactly renowned to pay high salaries either and aren't passing from their best of time admin wise. Totti (club biggest legend, former board member) had liked a post which wanted Florenzi (another club legend) out It would be like Sir Bobby liking a post which said DDG out although he had backtracked out of it. He also criticised Roma quite a few times
Id say Zakaria would cost around 60m, Zaniolo 70m and Milik 20m. We should get 100 - 110m for Pogba which leave us on spending an extra 40m. Comeon its not as if I mentioned Mbappe, Messi and Neymar
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If our fullbacks could actually attack, we'd also be able to try a diamond/442 with wide AMs.
---Martial----Rashford
-------------Bruno
-----Pogba------Fred
--------------McT
-------Martial---Rashford
---Pogba-------------Bruno
-----------McT----Fred
I've wanted bruno for 3 season's now. Hope we get him. He'll be a very good all rounder in the attacking sense. Perfect
I want this to happen (i want anything to happen), but i don't think it will.
My heart says we're getting him and maybe vdb, but my head remembers previous disappointments...
My heart says we're getting him and maybe vdb, but my head remembers previous disappointments...
Please note the quality of 85% of the opposition in the Portuguese league.
United win today and Woodward pulls the plug on this. Sporting must be pretty desperate to sell to have come to England to negotiate, their willingness to do business is the sole reason Woodward might get this one done. Could have signed him in the summer, this feels so reactionary.
Anyway if we do sign him (still a big if) then best of luck to him, he is going to need it coming to this team.
Anyway if we do sign him (still a big if) then best of luck to him, he is going to need it coming to this team.
1000% increase from zero, is still zero! Doesn’t bode well!
certainty Sounds like there is a lot of noise around this. I’m not getting excited yet.
Zaniolo is a good idea - we could use Smalling as part of the deal too. I think Piatek on the cheap as backup/competition for the striker position is excellent value - he provides something different from what we have now, especially if we are looking for a goal against packed defences.
That said, given the midfield is where we need a change most, I'd happily take the risk and sign Fernandes.
And by all accounts he has immense work rate which will make Ole's 4-2-3-1 look like a proper 4-3-3 but unlike with Pereira, who also works his socks off, he has the end product to boot. That part has got me excited because it means we won't have to change tactics a lot against bigger teams. He would add another welcome dimension to our play and hopefully make others look better.
Will he be ready for Norwich today?
I think a big part why we didn't push through our interest the past summer was Ole wanting to give Lingard and Pereira a chance which they have failed to take. Also, I dont think he counted on Pogba being out of action so often.
I love Zaniolo. He may lack the explosive pace of the typical old fashioned winger but what a player. His dribbling is top notch, he's got a strong frame, he's got superb workrate and his passing is great. He's the old fashioned type of top quality midfielder whom you could play him anywhere in midfield and still do very well (think of a Keane, a Robson or a Scholes). In fact Roma played him as no 10, as mezzala and as Right sided forward. If we're selling Pogba then he should be our prime target.
Id say play Zaniolo as RW (think of him as a clear upgrade over Park) and then release Martial/Rashford on the left. Martial/Rashy, Bruno, Zaniolo and Milik would be scoring goals left right and center.
+ Mata and Matic losing their legs so suddenly. Both of which have been very very good players in the past.
Football Manager is one hell of a drug.
Are we tracking planes yet?
If United aren't able to buy players from clubs like Roma, a Napoli which are in the middle of a shitfest and Borussia Monchengladbach then I rest my case especially since Milik is months away from the end of his contract. I reckon these signings to be far easier to make then Maddison's or Jadon's
So was Ashley Young, Juan Mata, Paul Pogba, Alexis Sanchez, Fred, Mkhitaryan and Di Maria before they signed for us. Literally the moment they all put on a red shirt that goes out the window.
So true. Time flies.
So true. Maguire was also dangerous at the end of set pieces, which also went out the window.
That did cross my mind when making the post..
You are not wrong and I'm not challenging the potential requirement for signings. My question is whether we'll target the obvious?
There are clear requirements at CAM, CM and RW but we're not doing anything. You have players of proven quality like Ziyech available in the summer (quoted by Overmars himself) at a relatively reasonable price but we are not even linked with him.
Its not what could be done. Its what Ed & Co. are willing to do.
Still though. Just 2 full seasons and that's the best they could do. Especially when they've had a million chances to do something.
Any more news on the rumour of a United player being part of this deal,loan or permanent ?
As if people didn't watch countless shit free-kick player have taken, they only watch the highlight of player.
Interesting isn’t it? What makes these players with excellent deliveries suddenly lose all their ability to cross?That did cross my mind when making the post..
Is it the people in the box? Do we not train the right runs? Are they taught to change their style of delivery? Or are we just being paranoid and actually their delivery quality is still the same?
Wonder who it would be. Hopefully we're not stupid enough yo offer lingard as there is no way he'd go considering his personal situation.
Players turn crap when they come here.
Last summer we spent all the budget on two decent but not WC players at around 40% above their real value mainly cause they are British . Ole would have also wasted 50m on Longstaff if he could. We then sold Lukaku at the very end only to waste the time trying to sign an almost impossible signing. Regarding ziyech no one signed him so I guess it wasn't as straightforward deal as one thought.
The players I mentioned can be signed and would fit in both ole's and poch's system. Zaniolo might be a tough nut to buy but Roma will sell if the price is right. Hopefully we are wiser now.
Pereira would tear Portuguese league apart
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Should he come to United this January, do you expect a replacement signing in the same window? If so who do you think will come to replace him.
Should he come to United this January, do you expect a replacement signing in the same window? If so who do you think will come to replace him.
My only slight concern,watching the youtube vids, is the fact Bruno seems to be competing against some really poor sides.
The majority of his goals come against players who look,frankly,laughably amateur.
The majority of his goals come against players who look,frankly,laughably amateur.
It's either Rojo or have feeling it be Angel Gomes maybe?
Hey mister, wake up. Nothing about our transfers are realistic.
What we expect or predict in transfers here will eventually ended up with muppets crying.
We can say buy player A or B, but out club will go and get player Z.
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