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  1. Rodrigo Mora | Porto player

    Deserves his own thread by now. João Neves and Vitinha are yesterday's men. Pint-sized attacking-midfielder/forward/second-striker with delightful technique and body balance. Scores at a fair clip as well (top scorer of the 2024 U-17 EUROs and 10 goals in 1400 minutes of league football as a...

  2. Theoretical Scenario, you're the DoF for Unted and have been asked to put together a midfield three ala Neves, Ruiz and Vitiniha. Who do you buy?

    It is impossible to do so in one go, now more than ever. These things cannot be forced or done on a whim or you end up wasting money on “fool's gold”. Players with the appropriate ingredients (press-resistance and expertise on the half-turn, a real sense of purpose and intensity in their play...

  3. Jason Wilcox - New technical director

    Yep, this is typically how these things tend to work at most clubs (including the traditional heavyweights). It's an ex-player who is appointed to the position (with first-hand knowledge of the club and its principles, as well as certain people in the inner circles), like Txiki Begiristain for...

  4. Ruben Amorim - Manchester United Head Coach

    This is a bit of a misnomer, I think (but has somehow gained a lot of traction as well as an air of credibility with continued repetition). Amorim did not hit the ground running at Sporting CP in the sense that he did not deliver title-winning form right out the gate. That is true. But, there...

  5. Ruben Amorim - Manchester United Head Coach

    Absolutely! That's an astute observation. Could be wrong but in a rudimentary sense I think a lot of major clubs consider the head coach as someone who can add a few extra percentages to the team's expected results and execution. With that in mind underperformance is simpler to track and...

  6. Ruben Amorim - Manchester United Head Coach

    Oddly enough, we have done much of what you are suggesting for the past decade, swimming against the tides of contemporary football (where head coaches aren't afforded the luxuries that old school all-encompassing managers like Ferguson and Wenger were). And look where that got us. Isn't that...

  7. Life after Amorim - Next United Manager? | Not going anywhere

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  9. Ruben Amorim - Manchester United Head Coach

    More of this, Rubén. Please and thank you! :drool:

  10. Striker Poll - Who should we buy ?

    Voted in favor of Benjamin Šeško. Obviously not the finished article at age 21-22 but pretty good already, scores a variety of goals with either foot or with his head, encouraging ball-carrier, capable of pressing with intensity, 6'5" and quite mobile, seems primed to take the next step with...

  11. Astronomy & Space Exploration

  12. Astronomy & Space Exploration

  13. Konstantinos Karetsas | K.R.C. Genk player

  14. Top 10 greatest players of all time

    Oof, a real rollercoaster post! :angel: This and that is invalid and “let's be real”... followed by no Alfredo Di Stéfano or Franz Beckenbauer in the Top 10? Why should Ferenc Puskás be in Tier 2, when players with lesser talent and weaker resumés are in Tier 1? Age 19: already scoring more...

  15. Criteria Draft

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