But apart from all that if we can cement top 4 in ETG's first 12 months I'm very happy with the influence he's having.I think today's game has shown that we are still quite a way from being ready to mount a serious title threat.
We are hugely reliant on Casemiro otherwise our midfield is not at the quality required. We are also missing a real first team striker as we are so reliant on Rashford for goals at the moment.
We are also lacking squad depth. We don't really have the bench options to take off Eriksen when he tires or bring on a player who can create a goal except Garnacho.
We also have a few other issues in the team like De Gea not really able to pass from the back in the way I think Ten Hag wants to play.
It's indefinitely too early until Glazers and their cronies are out of the club.Delete this fecking thread. It's a year too early.
Yeah we need top CM to partner Casa,backup AM and backup CDM which would definitely sort that side of things. Would love to bring in 5 over the summer (GK,CM,backup AM&CDM,ST)but even with owners seems too much to ask.Yep this aged as well as many of us thought it would, we need players, we need the glaziers to just leave asap and we need huge investment to be a serious challenger.
United clearly need 2 or 3 midfield players, a world class CFW and a young sweeper keeper to be fighting De Gea for number 1. The issue is simple we lost 3 points in the last 6 minutes of the last two pl games because the squad is simply not deep or good enough. Fred, Mctominay, Lindelof, Maguire, Ellanga simply do not get into the other top 5 or 6 squads.
We also need to lay the law down with players who have soft underbellies like Martial and Sancho and others that are happy to pick up £500,000 per week but the club getting very little value on a consistent basis. I do trust in ETH but he’s still learning on the job in the PL.
He cried out for Antony who was and is never worth €100m in a million years, especially when we sent out a better player, in Dialo on loan. I want to see the board back him now and try and get a couple of players in before 31st January
To add to this, next season please close every thread like this. We don't want to jinx our own chances.Close the thread, ban the OP
I assure you. The reason we don't win the league is not that some random fan created a thread stating that we are going to win the league.To add to this, next season please close every thread like this. We don't want to jinx our own chances.
Start a game without either of Rashford, Casemiro, Varane, DDG, and to a smaller extent Bruno, Eriksen. And you know what. Good news is at least we have decent cover on the flanks, and plentiful of half-baked strikers to fill up the teamsheet.I think today's game has shown that we are still quite a way from being ready to mount a serious title threat.
We are hugely reliant on Casemiro otherwise our midfield is not at the quality required. We are also missing a real first team striker as we are so reliant on Rashford for goals at the moment.
We are also lacking squad depth. We don't really have the bench options to take off Eriksen when he tires or bring on a player who can create a goal except Garnacho.
We also have a few other issues in the team like De Gea not really able to pass from the back in the way I think Ten Hag wants to play.
Hopefully you did.I assure you. The reason we don't win the league is not that some random fan created a thread stating that we are going to win the league.
If life was that easy, I'd make threads that read:
"Who here believes that I won't win the lottery this year?"
"I won't be marrying a supermodel this year. Who here, is with me in this belief?"
The truth is that every manager we've had has given us hope of getting close to a league win (Moyes and RR, excepted), but they eventually failed and we fired them.
The odds of ETH being fired in 2 years, are VERY high. The odds of him winning the league next or the year after are extremely low.
Have I reverse-jinxed us?
Yeah big difference between 8 and 11I was a believer right until Nketiah scored his second last Sunday.
Nonsense.Hopefully you did.
But whether it's jinx or not, it's RAWK-ish behavior regardless. The OP made the thread on August. It's no more than "it's our year". Do you want to go into RedCafe at the beginning of season and seeing "It's our year" thread ever year?
He was optimistic when Ronaldo was still here and Casemiro wasn't even fully 'ready'Nonsense.
The OP was feeling optimistic in August, and wanted to voice his take on the matter. A few agreed.
I can't see how this equates to the Scouse meme "It's our year". By this reasoning any fan who believes his/her team can win the league and creates a thread displays Rawkish behaviour.
Mad! And yet, his optimism wasn't far off. I had us at 6th (and wouldn't have been too distraught)He was optimistic when Ronaldo was still here and Casemiro wasn't even fully 'ready'
We might still end up 6th.Mad! And yet, his optimism wasn't far off. I had us at 6th (and wouldn't have been too distraught)
Yeah absolutely and all I ask is we just keep Arsenal & City honest until they play each otherMathematically Yes....Realistically......No. A lot of work to be done on the squad first
Well I mean, it's tomorrow so I'd say we've done okay.Yeah absolutely and all I ask is we just keep Arsenal & City honest until they play each other
That's the FA cupWell I mean, it's tomorrow so I'd say we've done okay.
Yeah bad omen when we get chance to move within 5/6 points as something scuppers usNailed on to drop points against Leeds unfortunately after this
Realise I am known to be very negative on here but this is one thing I am deluded aboutIt's still on.
Sigh. We've gotten 5 from the last 12 points. We don't have a striker or functional CM. And we are 8 points behind the leaders having played an extra game.It's still on.
It is definitely not on. We are de facto 11 points behind the leaders and our form isn't great.It's still on.