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He's a Rolls Royce and has to start against Hull based on current form. To everyone who's saying it's a friendly, he bossed it away to Brighton in the same position on the last day of the season. I'm in the camp that we don't need another midfielder - who can we sign who'll do a better job than he's doing at the moment? Throw some money at Lewis Hall instead.
 
Cabin Clown said:
He's a Rolls Royce and has to start against Hull based on current form. To everyone who's saying it's a friendly, he bossed it away to Brighton in the same position on the last day of the season. I'm in the camp that we don't need another midfielder - who can we sign who'll do a better job than he's doing at the moment? Throw some money at Lewis Hall instead.
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We need to get Hall (or another LB) and another CM. Mount's unreliable and so he shouldn't be relied on for CM, especially when it's a more defensive profile of CM we're missing. Mount's best suited as a versatile squad option who can fill in a variety of roles when available, but he has a long way to go to prove he can be reliable. Shame as he's a lovely player when fit and on form.
 
Cabin Clown said:
He's a Rolls Royce and has to start against Hull based on current form. To everyone who's saying it's a friendly, he bossed it away to Brighton in the same position on the last day of the season. I'm in the camp that we don't need another midfielder - who can we sign who'll do a better job than he's doing at the moment? Throw some money at Lewis Hall instead.
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It would be gross incompetence to rely on Mount and not buy another midfielder, pre-season and an odd game here or there means nothing. If he stays fit and plays as well as this how we accommodate everyone will be a great problem to have.

Him breaking down with injuries whilst we only have 3 midfielders is the kind of problem we don’t need and is the most likely outcome if we don’t sign another midfielder.
 
Cabin Clown said:
He's a Rolls Royce and has to start against Hull based on current form. To everyone who's saying it's a friendly, he bossed it away to Brighton in the same position on the last day of the season. I'm in the camp that we don't need another midfielder - who can we sign who'll do a better job than he's doing at the moment? Throw some money at Lewis Hall instead.
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He was up against Milner and Groß in that game they have a combined age of 75. We 100% need another midfielder, preferably a nailed on starter.
 
Really good player. I think people underestimate how much he will play in multiple roles this season.
I think Andrey Santos will be locked in as the DM. I then think Tielmans (most starts), Mainoo and Mount will rotate based on the situation, with Tielmans also being the DM in easy games where Andrey Santos needs a rest.
Its funny, but Mainoo is going to have to beat Tielmans for his place, not the other way round.
 
If he could stay fit he'd be a ggod contributor - he has qualities. However; I'm not sure how much I'm willing to bet on that "if"
 
lex talionis said:
Early days, of course, but surely what we've just seen counts for something. We can just keep paying Mount 250/week to do nothing then spend 100m, plus another 300k/week for another midfielder. If Mount collapses in the next 3 friendlies then we have our answer, but if maintains the form he's already shown surely you're not suggesting we ignore it.
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We certainly should be ignoring it. We won't be signing anyone for 100m in any case. He can be an option in a number of roles but not a main plan for the midfield. Or we can rely on hopes and dreams rather than the reality of the past 2 seasons.
 
Cabin Clown said:
He's a Rolls Royce and has to start against Hull based on current form. To everyone who's saying it's a friendly, he bossed it away to Brighton in the same position on the last day of the season. I'm in the camp that we don't need another midfielder - who can we sign who'll do a better job than he's doing at the moment? Throw some money at Lewis Hall instead.
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We cannot be serious surely
 
Redlyn said:
We certainly should be ignoring it. We won't be signing anyone for 100m in any case. He can be an option in a number of roles but not a main plan for the midfield. Or we can rely on hopes and dreams rather than the reality of the past 2 seasons.
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Surely you jest. Mount may well see a bowl of pudding and be out for another 3 months with a hamstring pull, which is a legitimate fear, but it's also the case that anyone else in the squad -- bar the indestructible Bruno -- may be out for 1-3 months with one ailment of another. Shaw, for sure, and we are no doubt in agreement that going into a new season with only one LB is dangerous, let alone one whose name is Luke Shaw. Maguire, yep. Martinez, yep. De Ligt, yep. We can continue to go through the squad, but the point is made.

No one has suggested that Mount is "the main plan" for midfield. Four other names first come to mind -- Fernandes, Mainoo, Tielemans and Mount. The point isn't that Mount moots the need for Tchouameni or Baleba, as it's becoming increasingly clear that Santos is more than we thought we bargained for and Cheslea fans are properly raging to this day. What we have in Mount, and not only three friendlies make the point but do his performances in the PL once he returned from injury. Is Mount Bruno's backup, Mainoo's backup or Santos's backup...the answer is yes.

If Real decided to be generous and offer us Tchouameni for 80m I might be on board with that, though Santos is making me believe now we not need Tchouameni, even if it is clearly the case that prime Tchouameni > prime Santos. Baleba for 80m, which Brighton will demand though it remains to be seen what they would settle for...nope. Maybe in the 50s, but I wouldn't bet on Baleba usurping Santos. All of which is to say that Mount is no one's "main plan for the midfield", but he does look a midfielder who can make a substantial contribution to United season, provided he stays away from bowls of pudding and refrains from walking under ladders.
 
Cabin Clown said:
He's a Rolls Royce and has to start against Hull based on current form. To everyone who's saying it's a friendly, he bossed it away to Brighton in the same position on the last day of the season. I'm in the camp that we don't need another midfielder - who can we sign who'll do a better job than he's doing at the moment? Throw some money at Lewis Hall instead.
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He’s going to get injured soon and we still need a physical ground covering dm
 
lex talionis said:
Surely you jest. Mount may well see a bowl of pudding and be out for another 3 months with a hamstring pull, which is a legitimate fear, but it's also the case that anyone else in the squad -- bar the indestructible Bruno -- may be out for 1-3 months with one ailment of another. Shaw, for sure, and we are no doubt in agreement that going into a new season with only one LB is dangerous, let alone one whose name is Luke Shaw. Maguire, yep. Martinez, yep. De Ligt, yep. We can continue to go through the squad, but the point is made.

No one has suggested that Mount is "the main plan" for midfield. Four other names first come to mind -- Fernandes, Mainoo, Tielemans and Mount. The point isn't that Mount moots the need for Tchouameni or Baleba, as it's becoming increasingly clear that Santos is more than we thought we bargained for and Cheslea fans are properly raging to this day. What we have in Mount, and not only three friendlies make the point but do his performances in the PL once he returned from injury. Is Mount Bruno's backup, Mainoo's backup or Santos's backup...the answer is yes.

If Real decided to be generous and offer us Tchouameni for 80m I might be on board with that, though Santos is making me believe now we not need Tchouameni, even if it is clearly the case that prime Tchouameni > prime Santos. Baleba for 80m, which Brighton will demand though it remains to be seen what they would settle for...nope. Maybe in the 50s, but I wouldn't bet on Baleba usurping Santos. All of which is to say that Mount is no one's "main plan for the midfield", but he does look a midfielder who can make a substantial contribution to United season, provided he stays away from bowls of pudding and refrains from walking under ladders.
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As a higher priority to me than any other position (with LB on par or close second) is one more central midfielder, a defensive minded one, possibly not a big money signing. We clearly don't agree on that so I'll leave it there.
 
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So based on our current squad if we sign nobody else to have 2 per position ... He's our 4th midfielder, Lacey the other 10 behind Bruno, Zirkzee the other striker behind Sesko, Mbeumo and Amad fight it out for RW, Rashford and Cunha for LW and Dorgu with Shaw at LB? At least we fill up having 2 per position on paper. Just need them to stay fit.

Mount himself being one of the midfielder, it works? Everyone freaking out about a "ground eater"... I don't think Carrick is prioritizing that or necessarily needs it in the team. Tielemans and Mount compete for one spot, Mainoo and Santos for the other, sometimes they mix it needed too but generally id say those are the roles.
 
bosnian_red said:
So based on our current squad if we sign nobody else to have 2 per position ... He's our 4th midfielder, Lacey the other 10 behind Bruno, Zirkzee the other striker behind Sesko, Mbeumo and Amad fight it out for RW, Rashford and Cunha for LW and Dorgu with Shaw at LB? At least we fill up having 2 per position on paper. Just need them to stay fit.

Mount himself being one of the midfielder, it works? Everyone freaking out about a "ground eater"... I don't think Carrick is prioritizing that or necessarily needs it in the team. Tielemans and Mount compete for one spot, Mainoo and Santos for the other, sometimes they mix it needed too but generally id say those are the roles.
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It works against certain opposition and when he’s fit. Can that be extrapolated to a full season competing on hopefully four fronts? It’d be much less risky to bring in a fourth CM and just have Mount as a versatile squad option who can fill in multiple roles. And going into next season without a LB coming in is just asking for trouble.
 
bosnian_red said:
So based on our current squad if we sign nobody else to have 2 per position ... He's our 4th midfielder, Lacey the other 10 behind Bruno, Zirkzee the other striker behind Sesko, Mbeumo and Amad fight it out for RW, Rashford and Cunha for LW and Dorgu with Shaw at LB? At least we fill up having 2 per position on paper. Just need them to stay fit.

Mount himself being one of the midfielder, it works? Everyone freaking out about a "ground eater"... I don't think Carrick is prioritizing that or necessarily needs it in the team. Tielemans and Mount compete for one spot, Mainoo and Santos for the other, sometimes they mix it needed too but generally id say those are the roles.
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if we start tielemans over mainoo we deserve to have another shit season
 
bosnian_red said:
I love Mainoo but Tielemans is clearly ahead of him at this point in their careers? Tielemans is a quality player.
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there is nothing clearly in that, even if he is better its by a small margin, IMO Mainoo is better but can see why someone would have tielemans considering he has a much bigger sample size.

depends what you think quality player means, he isnt good enough for the best clubs(or even for us as we want to get there) but as a rotation option and someone who offers something different he is a good option.
In general id classify him as a good player for villa, spurs etc. so a top 6-8 club.
 
Šjor Bepo said:
there is nothing clearly in that, even if he is better its by a small margin, IMO Mainoo is better but can see why someone would have tielemans considering he has a much bigger sample size.

depends what you think quality player means, he isnt good enough for the best clubs(or even for us as we want to get there) but as a rotation option and someone who offers something different he is a good option.
In general id classify him as a good player for villa, spurs etc. so a top 6-8 club.
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So we deserve to have a shit season if we start one player over another, even if you admit it it’s arguable which one is better?

Are you sure you’re a fan? That’s a really odd take. It’s moot anyway - both will start lots of games. I suspect a lot of this Tielemans talk will die down once fans see him playing for us. We’ve forgotten what it’s like to have such passers of the ball in the middle.
 
He's not good enough to play in the attacking positions. If you're talking about his qualities, it's his pressing/passing, quick transitions etc. Doesn't have much experience CM but we're short there so why not? And he's looked quite good there.

But before people get excited we know from previous seasons, he's more than likely going to be out for at least half the season. I'd love that not to be the case.
 
Šjor Bepo said:
there is nothing clearly in that, even if he is better its by a small margin, IMO Mainoo is better but can see why someone would have tielemans considering he has a much bigger sample size.

depends what you think quality player means, he isnt good enough for the best clubs(or even for us as we want to get there) but as a rotation option and someone who offers something different he is a good option.
In general id classify him as a good player for villa, spurs etc. so a top 6-8 club.
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Think you are underrating Tielemans by quite a bit. I think he's absolutely good enough for any of the top 5 clubs. Think he'd walk into Arsenal's starting 11 next to Rice extremely well. I don't think Elliott Anderson is anything ahead of him currently (but better fitness and much younger). He's a proper deeper playmaker and one of the best passers in the league. Mainoo is a really talented player already at a good level, but he needs to develop the passing range like Tielemans has. That's an absolute must for a big club.
 
I’m sorry but I’m a believer. I understand those saying relying on him due to injuries is unwise but I don't buy the preseason Pirlo bollocks. Andreas Pereira was never good so he's a poor example to liken to Mount.

Mount has had two big issues since being here, the first is injuries and lack of rhythm as we all know and the other is not really having a position or role where his skills were useful to the team. From last season when Amorim was here, he had already started getting better but it now looks like Carrick has a role for him and you just can't ignore the improvement in his game.

I think people are hesitant to trust him because of his injuries but what I'm seeing on the pitch is a new CM with legs that we didn't have.
 
I’m still skeptical about Mount this season. He has to stay fit but he also has to prove himself in the more physical and high octane Pl. I know he’s done it for Chelsea but it’s been ages. All well and good to look like you always have time in preseason games but aside from fitness issues, he’s bit a bit of featherweight player for us who is tidy but doesn’t l really do much. I did rate him when he was firing for Chelsea but remains to be seen if he fan genuinely shine for us.
 
Roboc7 said:
It would be gross incompetence to rely on Mount and not buy another midfielder, pre-season and an odd game here or there means nothing. If he stays fit and plays as well as this how we accommodate everyone will be a great problem to have.

Him breaking down with injuries whilst we only have 3 midfielders is the kind of problem we don’t need and is the most likely outcome if we don’t sign another midfielder.
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We're looking for another (3rd) midfielder on the "defensive" side of midfield two. Mount being good in preseason doesn't change much because even if he's not available, we're unlikely to get 4th new midfielder anyway.

This is a temporary thing with Mount, I really doubt he is any threat to Tielemans / Mainoo. Good option to have but that's it. Better that than pulling Bruno further away from goal, that's for sure.
 
Has he played with Andrey before? They looked like they had been playing together for ages
 
Personally id I start Tielemans over mainoo every time. Hopefully a lot more games this season we will need a strong squad.
 
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