Recent content by rooney1905

He isn’t good enough. I’m still a fan of his but he has to be moved on. The problem is they let Herrera go and we are woefully short in midfield. We really need to buy 3 midfielders next summer.

This is the most damning thing for me regarding Ole. Extremely poor squad management. He should have come in and boosted everyone mentally. The pattern with the glazers has been some investment but not enough to properly build teams. He was naive to think differently for a manager with none of...

Ole will start the Leceister match as we started the Crystal Palace match. What I think is worth a try is martial up top, James left, rashford center, Lingard right. I highly doubt after the international break Ole doesn’t go back to what he feels comfortable with. But I would shift them around...

After an international break Ole will start the same team he views as his best XI. So the same team as vs Palace barring any additional injuries and obviously Young for Shaw. I would like to see Martial back up top, James left and Rashford right if he is going to persist with this. But Mata is...

Let’s see how next game goes. I am assuming barring any more injuries it will be the same squad that played against crystal palace. Today it was easy to put James on the left with Martial injury. Once Martial comes back let’s see if James plays again in his clearly better position. Ole has some...

While Mata is physically slow he is actually one of our quicker ball movers. He recognizes his pace and uses the ball to make up for it where he can. He is one of the few players I think who understands urgency and tempo in our squad.

The optimism is appreciated but honestly speaking. If Martial kicks on to become this top level attacker why would he want to stay at Utd? Careers are finite as are finances and he can maximize both away from Old Trafford. Also, none of these front lines work without a midfield. We still need...

But we will sell Pogba next summer. He wants to go. This season will be another season without UCL as will next season. I also doubt we didn’t sell him for on field reasons. He is the most marketable player at the club. That is likely why he is here. I never thought we were in danger of selling...

Yea and it feels like they have resigned us to just be in the 4-7 fight annually. If there was a year to invest it was this one. Not having a proper team around Pogba in midfield likely means that he is leaving next summer. He has ambitions and I can’t blame him. The problem is he is the only...

I think the fear is that this season we had clear signs to replace players who had gone. One we had no control over but the other we didn’t have to sell. We won’t be top 4 because our squad is too light. There is a starting 8 and then holes in RW, LB, and CM (I’m being generous up top for now)...

The issue isn’t really Pogba or Rashford. The issue this highlighted is that Ole couldn’t or wouldn’t make a decision before the season started. It just begs the question where else are decisions being skirted around and at what cost. Even if he had designated Pogba the taker, fine. It was a...

Subs were way too late which signals to me Ole knows he basically doesn’t have a bench from which to change things. Overall thought we played better than last season but we are going to really feel not adding reinforcements in midfield.

Why was VAR not used to confirm that the pass into Lingard in the box earlier in the second half was actually touched by the defender and should have been a corner? Corners are considered goal scoring opportunities.

Yea and when you consider we NEED to sign at least midfielders even in if Pogba stays this looks very dire. Odds are we sign one midfielder and a right back. Keep in mind this current midfield gets bossed by most top 12 teams. Not to mention this makes recruiting that much harder. The best...

But what do we realistically offer though. We are club with seemingly no direction. A coach who may or may not be here depending on how the first 10 games go. And some of our best players are potentially leaving. It would be one thing if we were on the up. We aren’t. We have a massive build and...