Always feels like this whenever a player plays that well hey. Any PL player in the mix for MOTM most games is worth 80m in this crazy market.Maguire + any one is just the way to go. Absolutely amazing today. £80m was cheap for Maguire
Shaw didn't look too good today, needs to step up his game before Young is considered at LB instead.I can't believe we finally have a staple back 4 who are all solid and in their place.
No wingers inverted into full backs. No CBs who are allergic to the ball in their feet.
Goodbye Smalling, Jones, Valencia and Young era.
The worrying moments came from when the midfield lose the possession cheaply & when azpilicueta made overlapping run while Rashford didn’t track him back which give him massive free space to cross the ball. 2 our CB both done brilliant today.They looked fine. Some worrying moments especially when Chelsea overloaded but it was good to see Maguire being so vocal and taking charge of situations. Long may it continue.
They do if we are going to play 4-3-3. Cannot play that formation without a top DMF, our defense is going to get killed on counters. It was telling that Ole played more of a diamond today, and still we struggled at times (like: first 15 minutes). Our midfielders also need to stop losing ball so much. Pogba and McT both lost way too many and that will also be a huge problem for 4-3-3.Feels like a solid partnership, but they need a quality DMF in front of them.
Amen!Maguire made £80m look cheap today. That's the truth.
Tuanzebe’s the new toy and the café loves new toys.Strange timing to post something like this when Lindelöf didn’t put a foot wrong today. Can’t you just be happy that they looked great together? And hopefully the same will apply if and when we need Axel.
I don't know what people are seeing in Tuanzebe that gives them a reason to believe he's good enough for United. He's never appeared anything more than average in the games I've seen him play, plus he didn't exactly get rave reviews from Villa after his stint on loan with them.Tuanzebe’s the new toy and the café loves new toys.
Nowhere near that level. If they can become half that it's a good duo.Stam and Johnsen anyone?
They were saved several times by De Gea's brilliance.Comfortable or what. Had no problems holding onto possession between them and playing out from the back.
And the post. And the bar. But dont be too real or people will get upsetThey were saved several times by De Gea's brilliance.
I've never understood this obsession the caf has with playing players in unfamiliar positions.Can we play Lindelof as the DM and Tuanzebe beside Maguire?
You could say the same about successful managers who have played players in unfamiliar positions with great success. Pep is an example. Our previous managers also played wingers as fullbacks, 10s as wingers, strikers as midfielders, midfielders as strikers.I've never understood this obsession the caf has with playing players in unfamiliar positions.
We still need some backup though. Maguire, Lindelof and Tuanzebe can’t cover for whole season. There could also be some suspension/injuries as well. I expect we sell at least 2 of them, but not all 4.At least for this season, I'd be happy with Tuanzebe and Smalling as the 2nd choice pair in the EL group games and League Cup. Smalling is limited but dependable certainly when it comes to availability. I don't think any of Rojo, Bailly, Jones and Smalling will be here beyond next summer, though I think we'll struggle to sell any of them except Smalling.
We sat deep quite a lot.The first half was tetchy but I think that had more to do with the gaping holes our non existent midfield left for Chelsea, once it all settled down they commanded well and did everything right I thought, no signs of being extremely slow or anything that people were worried about.
With you on this but he is young so could certainly improve with experience but the notion he has higher ceiling than Lindelof doesn't sit right with me but if Lindelof fails to perform upto expectations this season with Maguire then I could certainly see United again in for Center back for big money rather than trusting any of our Current options.I don't know what people are seeing in Tuanzebe that gives them a reason to believe he's good enough for United. He's never appeared anything more than average in the games I've seen him play, plus he didn't exactly get rave reviews from Villa after his stint on loan with them.
I'd be more confident in Smalling filling if and when needed.
I'd expect another centre back to be bought in the next year or two as cover and to compete with the main two, along Tuanzebe.We still need some backup though. Maguire, Lindelof and Tuanzebe can’t cover for whole season. There could also be some suspension/injuries as well. I expect we sell at least 2 of them, but not all 4.
No, he wasn't. He didn't look out of place, but Maguire did most of the defending between the two.Yeah, agree that it's weird. I get wanting to see Tuanzebe take the step up, but Lindelöf was as good as Maguire today.
I hope we never see Jones/Smalling again. Utterly horrible.Modern CBs.
Now compare it to Jones and Smalling duo.