Deserves credit for the assist. Nice haircut too.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Nice pass for his assist. He's been desperately short of goals + assists this season, just the assist for Sancho's goal against Liverpool.
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Ogden's a bit of a bullshitter but wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be true, he's 3rd choice in every attacking role once Sancho returns.
If Everton are still interested (even for a loan) I would swap him for Onana, who could be an ideal partner for Casemiro in the midfield
I would be interested to see him going to Dortmund and what impact he would have there. He has got speed to burn and he will get more space to improve his technique and maybe get a few goals as well to get his confidence up.
I think Dortmund is too risky. They have 3 quality wide players in Adeyemi, Reyna, Malen. If he goes to say Leicester, who only have a struggling Harvey Barnes, or a mid-table Bundesliga side that needs an LW (no idea) or PSV (lost Gapko and Madueke so have wide minutes available) I'd be more confident of him increasing his value.
We'd have to give them 50m on top of Elanga for Onana.
Everton paid 30mil for him about six months ago and you think his value has more than doubled since then
Everton would want to double their money. He's by far the best player in that side. They got 45m for Anthony Gordon ffs.Everton paid 30mil for him about six months ago and you think his value has more than doubled since then
He looked like a poor mans Fellaini when I have seen him.
Maybe a goal or two could do wonders for Elanga. Extreme pace which he possesses is a highly sought after commodity. Given our shortage of strikers I probably wouldn’t be loaning him out. Sure he hasn’t delivered, but in the short term probably worth persevering with and make a decision on his future at the end of this season.
I actually think Ten Hag missed a trick not bringing Elanga on v Arsenal with 20 minutes left. Would have given Arsenal something else to think about with his pace.
I hope he stays until end of season but good luck to him of he gets a loan before window slams shut (it always slams shut).
I hope he stays until end of season but good luck to him of he gets a loan before window slams shut (it always slams shut).
When die Elanga really cause problems for the opposition with his pace? He’s rapid, probably faster than Rashford, but he’s far too indecisive and thus takes forever to decide on what to do, which is too late.
Late last season at the Emirates. Was denies a penalty wrongly imo. Got in behind them a good few times.
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Man Utd 3:1 Reading
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Probably waiting on Martial's fitness to be cleared up.
Having him and Sancho back in the squad would make sense for him to go out on loan. Especially with Pellestri looking like he'll stay in the squad this season
Man Utd 3:0 Leicester
Isn't very good tbh.
Not sure whether we will loan him or ship him off permanently in the summer.
Not sure whether we will loan him or ship him off permanently in the summer.
He got minutes and allowed rashford to rest I guess
Pellistri must be stinking up the gaff in training
Not sure if he’s a good backup now. He was doing OK before this season. But he hasn’t progress much. He’s stagnanted and actually got worse. He’s not providing anything different from our other strikers too.
Not a good cameo, and even seems to lack pace.
Not looking forward to seeing him play again, to be honest.
Not looking forward to seeing him play again, to be honest.
Thought it yesterday & think it even more now. He’s going to regret prancing about in his tracksuit yesterday when he looks back on his career. It’s a minor thing in the grand scheme of things but he won’t get many opportunities at a club like United to celebrate.
If he gives his best and is ultimately not good enough, what would he regret ?
What's the problem, should have be in the kit you mean?
good bit of creative moaning that
I'm kind of torn between wanting Elanga to stay and cashing in on him. He hasn't had much opportunities this season and falling down the pecking order. Do you think it would be a good idea to sell him? If not, then what might be his position in the team? Could he kick start his career under ETH?
You don’t think he’ll stay at the club?
Need to sell for cheap with a low buy back clause active for a few seasons just incase, we need to stop holding on to player too long and forced to give bigger contracts to "Preserve value", he can be a decent player but never going to be good enough for us quite simply and the buy back clause is just incase.
Hard to see him getting ahead of Rashford, Garnacho, Sancho and Anthony. Heck... Pellistri and Amad are there as well. I think the only option for him is to develop as a ST and maybe be a backup option in that position. Otherwise it seems very unlikely that we'll keep him.
Another option might be to loan him to big European club like Ajax or Dortmund for a year and see what happens.
Those clubs don't tend to take and develop other clubs' loanees. They tend to discover and develop their own players and then sell them. If they take loanees to fill a gap in the squad (like we did with Sabitzer or Weghorst) it's someone more mature who can likely contribute right away. Not someone who needs development.
The only loan transfer of the type you suggest that I remember Dortmund doing in the last 5 years, was the loan signing of talented Brazilian kid Reinier from Real Madrid. Madrid bought him as an 18yo prospect in the summer 2020 for €30-35m from Flamengo. They immediately loaned him out to Dortmund for 2 years. Despite the big fee and high promise, the lad played only 820' minutes of competitive football (across all comps) in Germany over the span of 2 years. That's less than 5 full games in a whole season, most minutes in the cup and some sporadic 10 minute substitute appearances in the league. He's now 21yo and on loan at Girona. He didn't hit the ground running in Germany and Dortmund didn't really have any intention to develop a player that would leave back to Madrid the second he started realising his potential.
It's much better to loan these players to clubs that might actually have a need for them. Like Amad and Sunderland. If Amad was at Dortmund, he wouldn't get a look in.
Cash him in but with a buyback clause. He’ll have a nice career somewhere, but elite status is very likely beyond his reach.
Either loan him to the Championship or sell him with a buy back.
Real Betis 0:1 Man Utd
I don't have a car but I will piggy back him wherever he wants to go. As long as it involves not having a contract at this club any more.
If he could pass... Or shoot... He would be a footballer
He has a nice drive with the ball, but he lacks everything else. And he was too eager tonight.
There is a reason he doesn't start. Needs moving this summer. Permanently.
He won’t even stand out in the championship. Awful.
Showed more than Sancho in his brief minutes on the pitch. While he has a good burst of pace, his final ball and decision making was lacking. Doesn't really seem to have any standout attributes apart from speed, which reminds me of Dan James
Perfect game for him to impress EtH. Decides to put in such a lackadaisical performance, he's done here.
Elanga's a much better dribbler, and can use his left foot. Dan James was a better player though, did have some end product
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