These videos are absolutely pointless and their accuracy is the same as the flip of a coin. What these YouTubers are doing is whiling away our finite time before the grave.
Carlos Baleba | joins United | Announced
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These videos are absolutely pointless and their accuracy is the same as the flip of a coin. What these YouTubers are doing is whiling away our finite time before the grave.
Never a truer word was spoken. I switched off from YouTube a while back and it took a lot of effort. Pretty sure cocaine would have been easier to give up.
Still no official announcement? I wonder why, especially considering he likely can’t train with the club before one. Sorting out work permit renewal?
there’s no rush as he’s injured. ratcliffe is saving money by making him walk from the hotel to his medical.
Prolly watched our first game vs Hull and phoned his agent "extend my injury to September 2027"
They breezed past our midfield, that was the start of their goals.
Their two set piece goals?
How did they get their set pieces?
Last year we signed a keeper and 3 attackers/wingers
This year we signed a keeper and 3 midfielder
Next year we will sign a keeper and 3 defenders...
Now that is consistency!
This year we signed a keeper and 3 midfielder
Next year we will sign a keeper and 3 defenders...
Now that is consistency!
Then we will be ready. For another champions League spot.
Then we'll be ready to restart the process and overhaul the attack again
Exactly, I still remember the ones where Donny Van de Beek was going to transform us , and of course the Onana ones. will never click on one of them again.
I didn't want him but now I feel at least we have him. State of this summer transfer business...
Brighton should put his price back up to 100m after our midfield showing against Hull
Not directly wrong, but a bit oversimplified explanation which enda up in the wrong conclusion in my view.
One situation was, unless I’m confusing situations, Mbeumo completely brainfarting the reception of a perfectly good pass, giving a counter-counter situation that ended up in a corner kick. If we suddenly are viewing ‘conceding a corner kick’ as ‘giving up a goal chance’, it says more about our vulnerability on set pieces, which is what should be dealt with. Regardless, Santos did nothing wrong there, and replacing him with Baleba or Sangare would have added nothing.
Second situation was Tielemans, actually untypical of him but probably typical of a player new to a team, was in the wrong position for defending the box, had to sprint out and therefore was passed too easily and conceded a free kick. Stas will tell you that a freekick from that position is not a very potent chance, even if they may result in a goal from time to time given how frequent they are. Ideally we don’t give them away, though. Regarding my post, which was about having Baleba for this game wouldn’t have changed much, or perhaps even negatively, I think it’s fairly obvious that Baleba is not an alternative to Tielemans, and certainly not against the likes of Hull. Rather, he is a player who even more allows us to play Tielemans. And even if Baleba was playing on the right sided CM position there, the chances of him positioning himself too low on occasion during his first minutes for United would be at least as likely as Tielemans doing so. Either way again, we’ll concede some free kicks regularily in those positions, we can’t expect to let in goals from them. That’s a set piece defending problem, not a midfield defending problem.
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Announce him!
Didn't they do the media duties on Sunday afternoon? I swear, we routinely take longer than other clubs to just make announcements. 
We're clearly waiting for a double announcementDidn't they do the media duties on Sunday afternoon? I swear, we routinely take longer than other clubs to just make announcements.
probably timing it with the next injury blow.
Is this still happening? I’m sure I’d heard rumours contrary to the effect that the board were adamant on making any further signings.
Absolutely. Hate these fecking videos and channels. There are so many that have aged atrociously too.
They're not pointless. They're optimistic summaries of what the buying club is hoping will transpire.
If you assume the Youtuber is trying to predict every little aspect of the future, you're probably going to be disappointed. But if you think of it as a best case analysis, it's still offers some value about what fans could potentially see and what the managers will hope to implement.
It' might just be guesswork, but at least it's somewhat informed guesswork.
:Flaccid penis for fingers'
That's hilarious. Thank you I needed that laugh. Had a real shitty day
This is what I feel, but it's a little bit worrying, because I feel there is no alternative to him with others. I thought Santos could partner Tielemans, but he doesn't quite look like he's got the physicality. My gut says Mainoo and Tielemans doesn't really work either, but i'll wait til I see that in game.
Saw that in AC milan friendly. Mainoo was playing a bit deeper.
It would be interesting to see which midfield partnerships work, and which dont.
I suspect Baleba--Tielesman end up being our best bet.
Yeah, I meant in the prem at this point, because I feel like I was wrong about Santos and Tielemans.
I think Baleba is in all the best ones:
Baleba Tielemans
Baleba Mainoo
Baleba Santos
Not sure what would be the best, if I'm honest.
This is what I thought few days back. He actually fits pretty well with all our midfielders. Assume that he just isn't any Ugarte 2.0.
I think he has the benefit of physically being stronger, faster and a better dribbler. His passing is probably not quite there yet though. I'm excited to see what it brings, he'll still be a card magnet like Casemiro and Ugarte.
Announce please :-(
I don't really get the Ugarte 2.0 label people are giving him. He might have had a down season last year but the previous seasons he more than well showed in the league he isn't Ugarte 2.0
They’re going to announce it on Sunday before the game aren’t they? It’s one of their favourite recent gimmicks.
Supporting this team requires some self preservation. Skill to not get too excited and expect the worst outcome.
Better to surprise posivitely than to be let down again.We're actually delaying his announcement by days just to soften the blow we're not actually signing anyone else?
GLINEOS are worse than a government.
GLINEOS are worse than a government.
His announcement won't soften any blow as can just go at them on Sunday and make it known it's not acceptable
He'll be announced on September 1st.
Didn’t you hear? We’re holding out on a double announcement, save on the spread we put out (or more likely announce at the end of the window to mask the pitiful window).
I mean...each day we don't sign him is probably what...£20,000 saved in wages. Why wouldn't we wait until deadline day. 4D Chess from Brexit Jim and co.
For every week we don’t buy him we can afford another data scientist for a year
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