Recent content by Shalashaska

  1. Harry Maguire | 2022/23 Performances

    The sad thing about that performance from Maguire was watching the Leeds players use him as a trigger for the press, they gave him all the time on the ball he wanted without pressing once, they picked up their markers and waited for him to pass. The moment he passed out it would go to a player...
  2. Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap

    I agree the buzzwords are a bit redundant and have lost meaning. But I think the wage structure is clearly a problem within this team is a clear issue, our second best paid player is a GK (I think you'd struggle to find an elite team in that situation), and a player like Rashford on a reported...
  3. Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap

    I am all for buying FDJ as a player, it would be a good fit, he knows the manager, he is very talented, but my concern is that it is not the type of signing that screams "cultural reset". We have made multiple signings whereby we think this or that superstar for £50-90m is going to make a huge...
  4. Erik ten Hag - Manchester United manager

    Delighted we have him, he is easily the only manager out there that has that Pep/Klopp level of potential to build a winning machine going forwards. Sure there are Mourinho-esque managers that we could go and try to grab some quick wins with, but he will be here to really build something if the...
  5. Sergio Ramos / Joins PSG on a free

    I'm sure this point has been covered, but do people really see him coming in to the team and not trying to be the "big man", he won't want to be led by Maguire, he'll want to be captain, take penalties etc. I just don't see him being a personality fit at all in a team that currently has a great...
  6. Eric Cantona inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame | Roy Keane too

    There are probably more "talented" players on the shortlist, but there is nobody that encapsulates the word "Legend" like this man. The man was an absolute enigma, and could do things that other players couldn't imagine. I doubt any other player could physically attack a fan on live TV and end...
  7. Telegraph issues a apology to Solskjaer!

    This seems so weird to me, I have been a massive fan of Ole, and have backed him consistently, but an apology from a bunch of sceptical journos seems excessive. He has no doubt laid down a marker to his haters by stabilising the team and getting us close to contention again, but the apology...
  8. Would you sack or keep Ole? (Poll reopened)

    Its so boring the debate constantly being X Manager In or Out. He is 3rd with a game in hand at xmas, this is our best position in terms of points off the top at xmas since Fergie left. We look like we are improving continually over Ole's reign. The Champions League was a disaster, but since...
  9. Was Andreas Pirlo underrated?

    Very similar story to the Scholes revisionism. They both won everything in amazing teams in their prime, and were un-droppable, but were not the "glamour" players for their respective teams so weren't spoke about as greats at the time. Then once all the Beckhams had moved on, they were a...
  10. Jurgen Klopp Sack Watch

    I think his comments are unbelievably classless. There is a wild difference between "the way they set up made it hard for us, we were restricted to longer efforts, we had to commit extra players, and they caught us out on the break" and "they don't play proper football" he makes it sound like...
  11. Man Utd set to appoint Director of Football (when hell freezes over)

    Remember when we used to think Ed would allow us to sign a Director of Football?
  12. Ben Chilwell

    If Leicester lose Chilwell it would benefit them to buy a left back, I don't know who their backup is, but I imagine Shaw is a better option. If we lost Shaw and didn't replace him, it would put our squad in a worse position than it is currently in. If we sold Shaw I would rather have a player...
  13. Ben Chilwell

    "Leicester City have asked Manchester United about the availability of 24-year-old defender Luke Shaw in case fellow English left-back Ben Chilwell, 23, moves to Chelsea. (Mail) " BBC gossip reporting this from the Mail (not that this is a wildly reliable source). But surely if this was going...
  14. Erling Haaland / signs for Dortmund

    How is this only being reported now? Makes me think it is unlikely to be true at all. If it is indeed true, we should 100% be going for this, no questions asked. He is clearly a talent and can finish, and £20m is peanuts in this day and age, could probably resell him for £40m in the very next...