Recent content by StiffTackle

If ten Hag is to be replaced at the end of the season the logical pick for me is De Zerbi. His style of play has Brighton pressing, creating chances and scoring goals at the level of an elite team. He’s doing that without elite players in most positions. It’s also not a fluke, because even...

Expecting to see something like this with Dalot and Reguilon getting a half each, Varane getting some more minutes and Mount & McTominay coming in for Amrabat & Eriksen in the second half. ————————Bayindir———————— Lindelof——Maguire—Evans——Dalot ————————Amrabat———————— ————Hannibal————Eriksen———— —Pellestri———Martial———Garnacho

I dont think we need to see ten Hag have a perfectly fit XI every week to improve but the point is that we havent seen anything close to it at all. Arteta has been at Arsenal long enough to have completely rejuvenated their squad. The only players he has are ones he's bought or one's hes deemed...

Absolutely. I fear the fact he hasn’t already come out with a clarification suggests I might be wrong, but lets see.

Based on my (good faith) interpretation of what ten Hag ACTUALLY said in the press conference and the fact we currently have 7 attackers competing for 3 starting spots it doesnt seem wild to me that Sancho was just left out this week as the coaching staff felt the other players trained better...

Based on my (good faith) interpretation of what ten Hag ACTUALLY said in the press conference and the fact we currently have 7 attackers competing for 3 starting spots it doesnt seem wild to me that Sancho was just left out this week as the coaching staff felt the other players trained better...

Completely agree. Talent hasn't been the issue at Manchester United, its been mentality, discipline and character. Ten Hag bringing in players he knows or has seen up close massively reduces the risk of a signing failing, assures he has players who buy into his system and buys him more time to...

I wouldnt go for Onana personally. He played well in the CL final, but he'll eventually be viewed the same way as Barthez was here - gifted on the ball but erratic. Whoever we sign is going to have a difficult time because of the way the De Gea situation is panning out, but I think Onana will...

I think its a huge factor and Im surprised so many think so little of it. Alan Shearer is still remembered and discussed as a premier league great because of this record. Kane is 47 goals away from something even the best players like Henry, Ronaldo, van Nistelrooy etc never got close to. To...

If we want to compete with a team that have De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Foden and Phillips in Midfield then yes we do need them or players of equivalent quality.

Its obviously speculation in my part but I think its logical to expect that it wont be a long term deal. We dont tend to give out five year deals to players in their 30s especially at GK where we expect him to be the number 2 within a season or two. But if we are speculating wildly maybe he...

I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again. Succession planning for the goalkeeper position at United is never going to be a bad idea. For anyone old enough to remember previous transitions - we know it doesnt always work out no matter how talented the goalkeeper. Getting De Gea to reduce his...

I agree with the posters suggesting we keep AWB over Dalot. Neither of them have the required output level for a modern full back and we wont see the best of Antony/Sancho/Amad on the RW until they have a proper attacking RB overlapping/underlapping to create space for them. AWB provides a far...

You might be correct and £8bn therefore would be the incorrect figure, but the point about both headline bids being based on the valuation of the whole club rather than the Glazers 69% is still true. Nobody is paying the Glazers £5.5bn and then paying more on top no matter how much cheaper than...

I believe its the Cayman Islands laws that apply in this case meaning there is no obligation to buy all of the shares and there is no obligation to pay an equal price for each share. The thinking for a while has been that Ratcliffe will just ignore the 31% causing the share price to plummet and...