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I’ve said this in other threads but Onana as CDM only works if we play a double pivot. He’s not good enough to play as a sole DM. Watch him. When he’s the sole DM and he gets the ball facing his own goal, he almost always goes backwards. His...

It was different times. I was at Uni that year, and English’s teams had had a paucity of success in Europe for ages, not least because of the five year Heysel ban. United had won the cup winners cup a few years previously, and were really English...

Agreed.

Remote or hybrid working is a hot topic. I believe it can work but only in an organisation that has a very good culture. Having controls, like remote work monitoring software, is awful, the only true way to ensure that remote working works, is by...

I reckon a shark would make everyone swim faster. Højlund, like all the players, will take a lot of learning from a season like this. Adversity builds character. That’s my silver lining take. I like what I see in the player, in terms of what I...

I understand the sentiment. The thing for me is, that we have little depth and variation in the squad, especially during a competitive season. Why does one have to assume that Mount needs to be shoehorned into the side as a starter? Maybe he’ll...

I’ve said this before, many times over, but I’ll say it again….the constant writing off of players - especially with a small sample size, is a fool’s game. I get the disquiet at the signing, which on the face of it was ill fitting or not needed...

Not sacking him now is absolutely the right approach. I think he needs to be gone, this season has been a disgrace on so many levels. But having an emotional response to the latest result is not the sign I am looking for in club leadership. I...

I agree with almost everything you’ve said, and your ratings. Delighted to see a 9 for Rogue One, which was fecking brilliant. Add Andor to the mix, which was another 9/10. Maybe only disagreement is The Last Jedi. O thought that took the series...

Not fair to judge him on this mess. Plus he hardly has any football in his boots. Give him a full season next year, if he can stay fit, and then judge. I am sure the next manager will love to have a player of his quality. Anyone saying we...

I liked The Suicide Squad, thinks it’s one of his better efforts. GOTG obviously the standout, and the Peacemaker TV series was very good on many levels. GOTG 2 wasn’t very good, and 3 was only decent, not comparable to the first, which is in my...

Absolutely. 99% of my post wasn’t actually relevant to what you wrote to be fair. I just started talking about football finance, in a thread about Brandon Williams, and got carried away. Haha.

More or less, I agree that to be somewhat the case, although…..back at the turn of the millennium United were spending slightly less than 50% of gross revenue on wages. In 21/22 that number was 66%. In percentage terms that’s quite an increase...

I remember when Roy Keane, there or thereabouts the best player in the country at the time, dug his heels in over his contract and there was huge hoopla over the finally agreed 55K a week he was eventually granted. The highest paid player at the...

First Team Onana - not for sale but would accept £60m+ Bayindir £10m Dalot - not for sale but would accept £50m+ AWB - for sale £25m plus 10m add-ons Varane - release Martinez - not for sale Maguire - for sale at £25m plus 5m add-ons Lindelöf -...