He needs the minutes ahead of Sunday.
Marc Cucurella - World Class Hairdo
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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?
We move fast when getting a loan. That's an improvement.
But yeah, with so little time available and at that price, it's a good piece of business.
Starts for Chelsea tonight
Yeah I noticed that,expect the pitchforks to be out if he doesn't have a great game
Not like managers never make mistakes and we haven't seen one player not being fancied by a manager going somewhere else and returning to form. It's never happened in football.
Probably just to get him cup tied this season.
It usually doesn’t happen. There are exceptions but usually when you are getting a player who struggled at another big club, he’s probably not going to be all that great for you either. A step up from Brighton/Getade to Chelsea/Man Utd is significant.
Only now because of this thread found out Chelsea have a Mickey Mouse game today. What a legendary league campaign they had last season.
What’s the likelihood he gets injured tonight just as we finalize a loan deal?
I really hope your scouts aren't watching this game. He's appalling.
Scouts ?
Even though it's only a loan, I still think it's a bafflingly poor decision. Whenever I watched Chelsea last season he was the worst player on the pitch almost every time, he looked hopeless.
He's absolutely shite.
I've edited my original comment because at the end of the day it is only a loan so it wouldn't make our top 50 worst transfers but still, I'm not on board with this one.
He's absolutely shite.
I've edited my original comment because at the end of the day it is only a loan so it wouldn't make our top 50 worst transfers but still, I'm not on board with this one.
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Obviously it's hyperbole but he's awful.
He managed to stand out last season in a dreadful side as still being the worst of the bunch.
It's only a loan so it isn't fatal or anything but it's just more dross added to the squad.
This is going to be one of the worst transfers we've ever made, if it is just a loan.
He's is absolutely quality and I hope we make it permanent.
He's is absolutely quality and I hope we make it permanent.
One of the worst transfers we've ever made but he's also absolute quality aye?
His afro is absolutely quality*
Yanks with clipboards doodling about touchdowns and defensive tackles then.
No, no, no. He’s going to brilliant for your lot ;-) Trust me. You will be cuckoo for Cucu.
This definitely ain’t a De Bruyne or Salah situation
It will be one of the worst if it's just a loan.
Is he honestly terrible tonight?
Against fecking Wimbledon!
Against fecking Wimbledon!
Don't think I can get over the look of that guy. Being a pretty wank footballer doesn't help either
Like Shaw is our left back, he would be a back up ...what are you guys crying about. We wouldn't be buying him if Malacia was fit
Doing ok
Let's say we do loan Cucu, he has a great run for us, there's a reasonable option to buy... I'd consider selling Malacia to keep the replacement permanently.
EtH not a big rotation guy so having two equals at LB (wages are somewhat similar or so it is believed) maybe an issue.
EtH not a big rotation guy so having two equals at LB (wages are somewhat similar or so it is believed) maybe an issue.
Why we did not keep Brandon Williams?
Because he was third choice. Wonder why we cant recall him.
Would you want to see him V Saka on Sunday?
How has he played tonight ?
Chelsea fans have been saying he's been terrible but they might just be on the wind up.
He would have had an assist if not for a poor finish
Brandon Williams can't play LCB.
Quote I saw from someone who went to the match was "genuinely terrible", so more or less par for the course for Cucurella
Did alright, kept it ticking over, retained possession really well. I think "genuinely terrible" as described above is inaccurate at best.
And of course ETH thinks he's worth a loan, typical!
Shaw, Malacia, Dalot, Williams and Cucurella are all getting cooked by Saka let's be honest.
It's a shame we can't give AWB a left foot for the day.
Considering he's meant to be a senior player starting in a lineup of kids it's entirely fair to hold him to a higher standard. Also as he was ostensibly one of the main attacking outlets given the way the side was set up yet was more focused on retaining possession and passing backwards all game it hardly suggests he lit the world on fire, does it?
Again, it's a par for the course performance where he offers nothing but empty possession - and luckily for him defensively Wimbledon didn't have any threat down the right to take advantage of his atrocious defending and positioning that tends to rear its ugly head 3-4 times a match typically. If you think it's acceptable for a senior player to be a passenger at best against a League Two side then so be it, but that feels like a pretty flimsy justification given you're signing a player who is up there with the worst I've seen wear a Chelsea shirt in the last 20 years.
This will be looked back as one of those WTF deals we’ve done over the last few seasons.