It's that with Merson you get the distinct feeling he hasn't watched the player and is making his opinions based on his gut feeling, which in this case is 'United + player I don't know much about who doesn't play for FCB = bad panic buy'. It's his opinion and he's every right to say it but in turn I've every right to suspect the bloke is serving up the fast food burgers of football opinion.
Marcel Sabitzer - (Use the Player Performance thread to discuss his matchday performances)
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Now Eriksen to be back in less than a month
Apart from that one who started a world war. Can't knock them for Arnie though.
On a separate note, it's good to see the club finally starting to operate with a sense that they know what the heck they're actually doing for once.
Great signing!
Meh tbh it’s the British royalty that started the world war by trying conquering the world.
Funny how he criticised the Sabitzer signing because he can't get in the Bayern team but he praised Jorginho as a good signing even though he can't get in the Chelsea team
Merson is same as all of the Arsenal ex players. If A.Carroll had ended Partey's or Ødegaard's season they would have been up in arms. What is a panic buy ? I was driving along and hit a pothole , panicked my way to nearest Tyre suppliers for a new tyre as it was needed what exactly was the panic about that. These Arsenal bias pundits would be all over us if we hadn't. "Look we got Jorginho to cover for Partey and he isn't even injured, etc"
Just came in to ask this. Heading over for CP match Saturday so hopefully see him then in tandem with Casemiro.
We started every WW, the 1st and the 2nd. That's the reason the war in Ukraine could not become a WW, because no Austrian started it.
And Arsenal paid 12 million for a player who's out of contract in 6 months.
Merson is famous for talking rubbish. Look at his comments when KDB was joining City. Ignorant little Englander.
Merson is famous for talking rubbish. Look at his comments when KDB was joining City. Ignorant little Englander.
Merson is thick as pig shit
I'd imagine ironing out those additional set of clauses would not have been possible in the timeframe, so the club just chose to go for the most straightforward deal that was acceptable to all three parties
sky sports reported he is eligible for Palace on saturday.
No that was Arnautovic. white text
Its seems that Merson qualities of pundit is at par to that of when he was a player. Sabitzer can't be a panic buy as we didn't even bought the guy. He is a 6 month loan. In such circumstances (ie we couldn't spend money and we had to rely on loans) then he is the Cadillac of transfers.
Nice. Would be great to see him stick one top bins as revenge against that shit for nicking 2 points off us.
Never thought Sportacus from Lazy Town would be playing for United
He is not asked to play DM, but just a bit more energy and aggressiveness from Sabitzer compared to Eriksen already should give Casemiro a bit more freedom - which is good because Casemiro is really good higher up the pitch as well.
It's just a different setup. With Eriksen in midfield, Casemiro had to be very careful when moving higher. He seems more dangerous when playing with Fred as well.
We'll finally have a good midfield with depth once he's back. For a month anyway.
Ahh don't be so hard on yourselves, we're all Franz here now.
Really happy about this. Regardless of how it works out he's a player I've always liked.
EtH is big on fitness so he might get the Casemiro treatment and not appear for a few weeks.
Upcoming fixtures are Forest, Palace, Leeds x2 then the big one against Barca.
Upcoming fixtures are Forest, Palace, Leeds x2 then the big one against Barca.
He will give his all just like Weghorst. And sometimes thats all it takes
Not sure about that. Eriksen has been fantastic but this guy is definitely more athletic and has superb technical ability.
I think he’s actually better than both. He’s just as press resistant as Fred although I feel his tackling is better. His passing is definitely better and his shooting is leagues above. Fred will chase down a player to make a tackle though where Sabitzer uses his positioning to be in the right place to make a tackle. There’s a compilation of him playing against us on YouTube that shows all of this.
Hopefully he'll make up for Casemiro's lack of press resistance.
Case doesn’t get rushed out of possession by the press much. He’s good at passing us through the press.
Oh yeah I think he’ll fill in better if Case does go for a wander.
It's a joke from Case thread, one poster whose name I cant recall right now claimed he's shit at press resisting.
He's made 24 appearances for Bayern this season, he is already match fit.
The thing that annoys me is that this proves that there obviously was money there all along.
Why not support the manager and bring this guy in on loan a month ago? He’s someone that ETH rates highly. We were at bare bones before Eriksen’s injury ffs.
Why not support the manager and bring this guy in on loan a month ago? He’s someone that ETH rates highly. We were at bare bones before Eriksen’s injury ffs.
Seems to be an all rounder, looks pretty decent at everything (passing, shooting, tackling, etc.)
Also impressed with how two footed he is.
I'm starting to notice a trend with ETH, in that he really likes players with high work rates.
Would have been interesting to see how he would have dealt with Pogba.
Also impressed with how two footed he is.
I'm starting to notice a trend with ETH, in that he really likes players with high work rates.
Would have been interesting to see how he would have dealt with Pogba.
With the WC and the longer break in Germany he hasn't had much football in the last 2 months.
Since the league restart (looking on skysports stats) I think he has only made 2 sub appearances, coming on at 60 mins and 90 mins...so he will need some time to get up to speed for sure.
But hopefully I'm wrong and he will be ready for the weekend
Yeah I was thinking about this earlier too. Say if Eriksen's injury happened a few weeks later and we didn't bring anyone in for example. But anyway, it hasn't happened that way I suppose, luckily.
We haven't spent a penny in this window? If anything, the club is probably down on wage spending with Ronaldo gone.
Very happy with this move. And also pleasantly surprised that we managed to get something organised on short notice. Was feeling quite pessimistic about the rest of the season after the Eriksen news but this is about a good a player you're going to get on short notice.
Obviously a different profile of player, but one that we perhaps needed even if he was out. We'll have to adapt with Eriksen injured but I'm hopeful Sabitzer can bring a lot to the team.
Obviously a different profile of player, but one that we perhaps needed even if he was out. We'll have to adapt with Eriksen injured but I'm hopeful Sabitzer can bring a lot to the team.
Fair point, however I wonder if Sabitzer himself would have been willing to come on loan (specifically for game time) if he didn't see a way into the starting 11
By chucking obscene money around
I'm actually amazed when players speak no english whatsoever... did they grow up in some obscure village that has no internet or contact with the outside world?
If you watch videos on youtube and some guy visits slums of some random african country, most of them speak ok english