Rangers should’ve been pumped a few times on their run to the EL final last season. This has been coming.
Champions League 2022/23 - Matchday 3 - 4/5 October
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Let’s have it right, rangers have no business being in the champions league.
Ajax look levels ahead of rangers.
Looking at Rangers, I think we can get a point or two from our games against them. Encouraging.
Edwards brilliant yet again, our best chance so far
I think Rangers are making them look this good. Appalling effort from them. Barely walking around the pitch.
Even though we don’t need a CB but Calvin Bassey has always impressed whenever I have seen him play.
Alvarez, Brobbey, Rensch, Taylor, Kudus, Timber, Bassey, Wijndal are the only players with the correct profile to make a move I'd say.
We are fine in most of those positions, Taylor could be interesting.
Leave us alone next summer
Pasveer, Rensch and Daley Blind.
That's typical Ajax, not giving opponents a chance to play well, not the other way around
I generally don't know what Rangers plan was here. Park the bus against one of Europe's most offensive teams?
PSV must get sick of it, you sell players, sign more gems and just roll along.
Nah. Their football is just that good.
Celtic looked levels above them at the weekend too. Not sure they’ve replaced arribo, bassy etc too well.
So is this how we might play eventually?
I hope they are!
I’d like to see them vs a football team first before declaring them amazing.
Yes, but after a good few years.
EtH did great but there was also awesome talent coming through. We have some great/good players that don't really suit this football (Rashford, Varane, McTominay (not great), de Gea, Ronaldo, Fred).
Think majority of fans realise it will take more transfer windows to fine tune United.
It will, but I already like where we are going.
And Ten Hag is more pragmatic than someone like Pep or Klopp, he will want to achieve succes in a different way if it needs to be. I can see us becoming more like prime Dortmund than prime Ajax short term.
I wonder if we try and go in for Kudus again in January.
At the moment I would be happy being prime anybody. We have looked past our prime recently.
Kudos to you if you do.
Coates has been a wall.
Lack of ideas going forward but the Frankfurt back like looks shakey
Lack of ideas going forward but the Frankfurt back like looks shakey
Nah that’s bollox
You can try if you want to. But i don't see him leaving if he gets enough playing time.
Frankfurt and sporting was a pretty boring first halve. Not what that crowd deserves, the atmosphere is unreal by the way. Hope the second halve livens up.
Ally McCoist is blazing mad.
Any nerve I had is gone..
Ajax looks great, will be interesting to see if they can give Liverpool a game.
Nah mate, expect another 1/4 billion euros coming your way from someone. The whole city should have a huge party.Leave us alone next summer
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Why is Varane not a fit ? Genuine question
He is defensively great in form, but just not great on the ball. In terms of dribbling, passing through the lines. But he's okay, and his defensive value will probably compensate enough.
If you really want to play Ajax football, you need to centre backs comfortable with the ball all over the pitch.
Ajax playing well, but Rangers making no effort whatsoever. They just let Ajax play their game.
Hmm no Nunez...thought European games would suit him better.
Someone will have to stay tight against Kvara and not let him turn and run at them.
I know it's not Ajax, but Dortmund's first goal yesterday was a great example of a CB's contribution:
Süle winning the ball, carrying it through the midfield, after passing it not retreating back to his CB position but instead running from central midfield to the right wing, dragging Kopenhagen's CB out of position and therefore opening the space for Reus to score. That's something I wouldn't expect from Varane, but at least I don't fear for his sanity if he tried to (opposed to let's say Maguire).
Awesome example. Yeah can't see Varane doing that, and that's okay.