Haha yup! He really is a dead angle specialist.When he's in full speed he's lethal and then he scores from a impossible angle. Mrtvi kut.
Mario Mandžukić
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Yes Please.
Could we end up swapping Lukuku and Darmian for Dybala and Mandzukic?
Would be a good squad player, but we should offer him a short contract. He has been slowing down season after season and we dont need another Schweingsteiger/Alexis situation.
This one is quite exciting. Hes obviously still a decent player. His game is about pressing and can finish, in fact I'd say he is a superb finisher but I'm excited because it would give us quality in depth. Something we haven't had for a while.
The last time I was this excited! I mean I hope it works out this time, if we get either of them. But that Summer broke me!
This make no sense to me. We already have Rashford, Martial, Alexis and Greenwood for the striker position plus Lingard and Dybala (if we sign Mandzukic) as false 9 options. James can also play ST.
Mandzukic’ best position is arguably on the left isn’t it? That’s a position we’re definitely overcrowded in.
Mandzukic’ best position is arguably on the left isn’t it? That’s a position we’re definitely overcrowded in.
Thinking about this he’s the only player we have who people definitely wouldn’t enjoy playing against. Loads of our players are soft as shite. He’s not. He’s old and hard.
None of them are good to be fair. Not even Rashford who's been terrible since Ole's first few weeks.
I doubt Mandzukic would perform better than Rashford, Martial, Dybala and perhaps even Alexis and Greenwood to be honest.
Have to be honest I just understand why we'd need a player like this.
Sanchez only scored 1 in League last season, so I don't think he can be relied upon.
Why? He's an experienced striker with a good track record. Someone who can show the ropes to Greenwood and even Rashford. It's not going to be hard to perform better than the lot we have. We need to show they aren't entitled to game time regardless of how poor they've been. Seriously, Martial have been piss poor since forever.
Looks like they are in talks with Danilo from City
Would be really happy if we could. Gaining a warrior and losing a bit of driftwood
Obviously not, but I watched most of his game in Copa America and he was on fire so he has definitely not lost it yet. I’d rather let Rashford and Martial play who are likely to perform better than Mandzukic, Alexis who still has it in him and could potentially be great for us in that position which is his best (I know people have given up on him though, but not me
), Dybala who is at his best when playing close to the goal and also Greenwood who is a massive talent. On the other hand Mandzukic is excellent at pressing, probably has a very good mentality, has a lot of experience and excels on big occations. Still, I’d prefer to play better players / develop our talents than giving playing time to him.
I guarantee you he'll have a chant in a few months. He 'eats grass' from 1st to 90th minute.
He hasn’t been too bad in preseason and I think he’s significantly better as a striker than as a winger due to him not being able to make the required off the ball runs from out wide.
Rashford is a better player and a greater talent than Mandzukic, Dybala is a way better player and Greenwood is a huge talent that needs to play games.
And we also have Sanchez. We have enough players up front to be honest.
Yeh. I'm not sure about the salary though. And his injury record.
Both Rashford and Martial have a better goal record playing for United than Mandzukic does playing for the only good team in a weak league.
I didn't watch the Copa America but read that he played well. Thanks for informing me about his Copa America form. I'll take a look at the highlights. Hope you are correct on Sanchez, as I want any player we sign to play wellObviously not, but I watched most of his game in Copa America and he was on fire so he has definitely not lost it yet. I’d rather let Rashford and Martial play who are likely to perform better than Mandzukic, Alexis who still has it in him and could potentially be great for us in that position which is his best (I know people have given up on him though, but not me
On the other hand Mandzukic is excellent at pressing, probably has a very good mentality, has a lot of experience and excels on big occations. Still, I’d prefer to play better players / develop our talents than giving playing time to him.
He's not fast, and not really a clinical striker. They both seem hardworkers and physical, though.
We not great at plan A so we definitely need a plan B , especially late in games.
Mandzukic is very good in the air so would certainly be a good target man for us. Also he's really hard working so would be a good player to press with.
I'm all for it, the rest of our attackers are all samey samey. You need one to mix it up unless you're City.
Mandzukic is very good in the air so would certainly be a good target man for us. Also he's really hard working so would be a good player to press with.
I'm all for it, the rest of our attackers are all samey samey. You need one to mix it up unless you're City.
He's at least a different profile to all of these players mentioned.
He would be like our Llorente I guess.
Yup exactly my thoughts.
I can accept the plus points, but how much time are we going to get out of him?
1 1/2 seasons?
1 1/2 seasons?
Surprised so many people are regurgitating this 'we need a big lad for plan B' idea.
We literally had this for years with Fellaini. It rarely worked and most people hated it. The vast majority of top teams don't use players like this because it doesn't work. It was horrible watching our biggest rivals, City and Liverpool, become two of the best attacking teams in the world while we frequently finished matches with our awful plan B of lobbing balls in the direction of our big man like a team from the 70s. When Solskjaer sold Fellaini he received a ton of praise for doing so. People were glad that era was over. And now people want to go back to that literally the very next transfer window. Remarkable.
We literally had this for years with Fellaini. It rarely worked and most people hated it. The vast majority of top teams don't use players like this because it doesn't work. It was horrible watching our biggest rivals, City and Liverpool, become two of the best attacking teams in the world while we frequently finished matches with our awful plan B of lobbing balls in the direction of our big man like a team from the 70s. When Solskjaer sold Fellaini he received a ton of praise for doing so. People were glad that era was over. And now people want to go back to that literally the very next transfer window. Remarkable.
For £10m he can be our Europa starting striker / impact sub.
Agree to disagree mate, for me it's not about the numbers. I completely disregard Sanchez as a contributor this season, Mason is 17 and should not be counted on to play regularly. That leaves us with two players that can play as the 9, MR and AM. Dybala isnt signed so I can't consider him.
Ehh... everyone knew Falcao was coming off a big injury. This reminds me more of that summer where we went for Nani, and also brought back an Anderson. Who was great for at least two seasons anyways.
Two players to play as a striker, attacking mid and right wing? Also, if Mandzukic signs so will Dybala surely so he has to be included.
Mandzukic isn’t a midfielder that the manager will start semi-regularly. He also isn’t Fellaini. You’ve made a comparison out of thin air.
If Mandzukic was to come off the bench to provide an option that Rashford and Martial couldn’t then great. That’s why we have squads.
There are other ways to use a target man. Just because Jose chose to hoof the ball from the half way line doesn't mean Ole will.
When teams are in a low block, you will have to use crosses and none of our others can head the ball for toffee.
It's what the classic Fergie teams did.
Not a Fellaini.
Jose specifically said that he was the scout for our players from Portugal as he knew so much about the Portuguese league.
I made a comparison because people keep saying we should buy him as a plan B even though we had years of Fellaini doing the same thing as a plan B and most people thinking (rightly) that it sucked.
Didn't Bailly come from Spain?
But he isn’t Fellaini? You’re making the assumption that because he is tall he must be exactly the same player.
Fellaini wasn’t always a Plan B either, which was an ever bigger issue. He was quite often playing at the expense of better players when we didn’t need him to be.
He has scored 7, 5 and 9 goals in the league the last 3 seasons. He has scored a goal every 300 minutes since joining Juve.