Recent content by Nirv

This is so true. We are probably the best club in the world in generating revenue outside of football, but at the same time severely lacking acumen in the wheeling and dealing of players. While Ole seems nailed on to get the job, I’m really hoping we get a proper DoF in soon.

I’m liking the idea of Rafael given his contract situation, as I still feel he was a decent right back and servant to the club. Love his passion for us even after he left. Would contribute more to the team than Valencia and Damian. Otherwise, Thomas Meunier looks to be a good fit if we can get...

This is probably true for existing players contract extensions as they have experienced first hand how the manager is like and be influenced by that. But for player transfers, OGS name as a manager I doubt will be the attraction outside of our club and players who are already man utd supporters...

While I would love having Coutinho scoring a winning goal at Anfield for us, I’m not really looking forward to another square peg in round hole situation. With all due respect, Coutinho is a good player and would improve most teams, but the positions he thrives on aren’t available in our squad...

My exact sentiments as well. While I’m still hanging on and hoping Sanchez can eventually succeed here, his effect on the team has been detrimental both on and off the field. Setting a precedence with his wages just causes us more long term problems. How often have we not wondered why our...

In all honesty, I’m unable to comprehend some comments here slating the team’s performance, moreso the ones trying to make Fred the scrap goat. Granted, some players do look mentally fatigued which is understandable, but overall performance taking into account what the team have gone through...

I think the focus is not on the actual pocession percentage, but how we use and circulate the ball when we have the ball. It’s quite evident when Matic/Herrera is not in the team, our plan B when under heavy pressure is to drop Pogba deeper to keep and move the ball. What we probably need is a...

With 170mil, I would go for Veratti + either of Koulibaly / De Ligt / Varane. If there is spare after that, go for Nicolas Pepe.

CB: Koulibaly, De Ligt, Milenkovic RB: Meunier, Dalot, Wan Bisaka CM: Veratti, Rice, Garner Winger: Pepe, Chong, Greenwood I know I have listed players from our existing team, but I am in favor of grooming our prospects rather than splashing the cash if they have shown enough potential. CB is...

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I’ll admit first that I have never seen Barella play in actual games, only Youtube highlights, he does seem to be quite aggressive, to the point of being overly so. Looking like a player preferring to jump into tackles rather than winning the ball on his feet, ala Kante / Torreira. Slightly...

It will definitely be interesting how OGS sets us up for this game. The lineup and shape should be pretty straight forward and I don’t expect much surprises, last few games should have shown OGS enough barring any further injuries. What I am intrigued to know would be how he wants the team to...

With our current CB options and often porous defence, I often wonder which one of our past CBs (if we can turn back time) can slot right in and make an immediate difference. There are Rio, Vidic, Stam, Pallister, Bruce etc. A prime Rio is the one always on my mind. His elegance on the ball...

While he can play on either side of the wings, his best performances have mostly come from the left where we are already heavily stocked, at least from what I have saw of him in the past. Wouldn’t mind a punt if his position was RW instead for a resonable fee.

Regarding the Spurs game, isn’t Son off for Asia Cup by then? He is one of their biggest threat recently as his runs behind would have caused us serious issues due to our high line pressing style these days.