Recent content by AneRu

We will have Europa or God forbid the Conference League so we can rotate throughout the season and keep both fresh. I don't doubt the need for another striker I just doubt whether this is our guy, I think Solanke is more in tune with what we need and will likely cost around the same or a bit...

Given what Jim and Brailsford did to get Berrada and Ashworth in I won't put it past them to make a play for Enrique in the summer. Unlike the Glazers INEOS won't have any issues paying top dollar for a manager and I think this is what they will do. Unless of course they think Tuchel can come...

I know this is tongue in cheek but football has a way of writing off people after a bad spell, look at Emery and how he was written off after a poor job at Arsenal. His contract could be problematic but he won't be short of offers especially if we accept anything between 60 and 70m.

He is a lot better than he is showing right now and everyone with a bit of football understanding knows this. I think he has been mentally worn down by the constant boom-bust cycles at United, his part in them and the flak he gets as a result. A new environment, different coaches and team mates...

Not a lawyer or much of an expert but I think the valuation placed by Newcastle on his contract is madness and reeks of spite. Then also comes the issue of Ashworth being reportedly sidelined by Howe and his nephew on first team recruitment. So we have unreasonable demands to break contract...

Liked the work ethic, hopefully we get to see more of him on the ball in the coming matches.

In as much as the heart says feck it let's go for the brightest prospect and see how it goes the brain says we need an experienced head to see us through turbulent waters and solidify us in the top 4 and then get a bright prospect after a 3 year rebuild. We need what we had with Van Gaal but...

Comes up with the goals but his goals come at too much of a cost because surrender any form of control with him in midfield. Don't know what happened to him because ball winning used to be one of his key skills in a limited skills set. If we want to improve he just has to go.

Works harder off the ball, is a more assured passer and if game time had been invested in him early he would have come into his own become a more creative force. It's not like he is trying to displace prime Giggs and Ronaldo either, you can't watch that Antony cameo and say this unless you just...

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It's difficult to know what actually happened but ETH took the team to their limits last season and burn out could be a factor.

I don't think it's a question anyone looking to hire him has to trouble themselves with because a new specialist role has emerged in football specifically to assist managers on team building. If I remember correctly he was Vini Jr's big advocate back in his Madrid days plus he also played a...

Football is increasingly like level tech industry where there are a few individuals with skills desired by many rich employers. The distribution of these skills is just random, take for example Woodward being a fool is the reason why Klopp joined Liverpool not us and this decision has seen us...

Because eventually you will need to be reasonable and be seen to be reasonable. These things have a way of coming back to haunt you when you least expect them to because everyone else watching and someone will remember and base their choice against joining you on the reputation you would have...

Zidane is a long short by like a mile. But to think that Ashworth and Berrada are doing a Moyes, literally sitting on their laps rather than preparing for the biggest assignment of their lives is almost an insult to their professionalism. Yes Berrada is getting a promotion but he has spent years...