Elanga, McT, Antony, Wan Bissaka, De Gea, Greenwood and Rashford will be followed by Højlund, Garnacho, Mainoo and Eriksen doing well somewhere else next season.
It is not about pressure. Spain and Italy are on PL level when it comes to fan expectations. It´s about trust and system and your role in it.
Our squad simply does not fit Amorims ideas. We need lots of running power and physicality to play Amorim-ball and we don´t have that.
We need a sweeper keeper who controls the area and think fast in transitions. Onana is not the guy to do that. New keeper needed.
We need fast at least two and strong cb´s to stand high and help pressing without getting caught in transitions. Yoro fits, Heaven might fit but is too green as of now. Martinez, De Light and Harry lacks the necessary speed. Same goes for Lindelof and Shaw. We can play one of them, but not two. We need at least one CB.
Wingbacks: Here we need the full package. Defensively sound fullbacks with speed and physicality, able to carry the ball forwards, take on a man and crossing the ball into danger areas. Dalot, Dorgu and Amad are all capable of doing most of these things well, but none of them are the world class players needed to fit the bill. I don´t think there are ten players in the world able to do this on the level we need. We cannot afford the players suited to do this, but we need two of them to aspire for greatness. Amass is a full back.
The pivot: A ball winning , aggressive player who can play a pass and control the game and a ball winning player, who can progress the ball and play vertical passes on a high level. Both needs a big engine. Ugarte is tailor made for the first role, but we need the second player badly. It is Eriksen with legs and ball winning qualities, but who can do that at a cos we are able to afford? Bruno is not physical or fast enough. Mainoo is also too slow and his passing is not good enough either. Casemiro is suited for the Ugarte role, but on his last legs. Collier is back up at this point. We need a KdB-type player.
The OMs: Pressing machines who can shoot, play vertical passes and score goals. Mount is the closest we get, but he is fit for 10 games a season. Garnacho is shoehorned in. Bruno lacks the pace. Eriksen lacks pressing skills. Only Amad fits the bill. We need Cunha here.
Striker: Hold up play with two cbs at his back must be world class. He should be able to be the physical Ibra-player in the box. Gyokeres would work, if we get him.
Total buys: a Keeper, a CB, an 8, 2 WBs, an OM, a striker. That is seven players. Seven!
It really comes down to replacing most of the squad or Amorim. As we are in lack of funding, the answer is easy. We cannot buy seven quality players, for Amorim, not even if we sell Bruno, Mainoo, Garnacho and Casemiro.
Hire Thomas Frank and get Rashford and Antony back to the club.
Sell Bruno, Lindelof, Onana and Casemiro. Eriksen is gone as well.
Loan out Rasmus, Amass and Frederickson.
Go for Gyokeres, Cunha, Flekken and Damsgaard.
The we would look something like this:
------------------------Flekken------------------------
Dalot---------De Ligt-----Yoro--------Dorgu-
--------Mainoo---Ugarte---Damsgaard-----
---Amad---------Gyokeres---------Cunha------
I hadn't heard that and yeah you're probably right. Still, I do often feel empathy for some of our players in that it must feel as though they can't possibly "win" no matter what they do. But certainly some elsewhere have it much worse in terms of just how bad it can get. It's why I'm not a professional footballer. That and an overwhelming lack of talent.