Zlatattack
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5th or 6th I reckon, pending injuries.
I agree lovely seeing Boy George banging in them goals.Despite this I am pleased with the culture at the club.
Ah man I forgot about that heritage, good shout. Yeah the heritage has been fantastic, again much better than it was under Mourinho.Yes the culture is bursting through the seams. The way we play is a superb representation of the United Culture. And totally agree with the young players thing. I mean even look at Shaw. Has he ever performed better for us. Of course Maguire too is looking like a Rolls Royce defender, one who is miles better than VvD. And no manager on this planet could play this team better and have more points than what we have now. That's for sure. And after all we are on top of the culture and heritage league. I also think we will require more than 5 windows and about 15 new players to challenge for top 6. We are exactly where we could be at this stage.
Correct.Not being able to break low blocks is a problem we've suffered for donkeys. The only difference now is we don't have Fellaini to lump it up to and attack the second ball. If selling Fellaini = us going backwards as a football club, then sure.
I'm not even an Ole-In guy, but the emotional responses behind the 'going backwards' argument is a bit sad.
We're showing a shit culture of not giving a rat's arse when we're being outplayed and outgunned by fecking watfordStart of season I expected
Despite this I am pleased with the culture at the club. Very strong and very good culture we’re showing. The culture now is much better than it was under Mourinho.
Young academy players shining every week like Perreira and ermmm Lingard? Yeah I can see we’re building something but it will take 3:4 transfer windows before we can challenge for top 4 and not play mediocre football.
Dude. Read the whole post. It's dripping with sarcasm.We're showing a shit culture of not giving a rat's arse when we're being outplayed and outgunned by fecking watford
We've shown that we can game raise when the stakes are high (kudos where it's due)
However once the chips are down back to same ol not giving an arse.
If this is called good culture than thanks but no thanks.
He gets 6th and no way hes sacked. The board will see that as 'progress'6th place and Ole sacked at the end of the season.
Sorry red, hard to tell, there's 50% of us seeing this as a progressDude. Read the whole post. It's dripping with sarcasm.
I think our whole season depends on him, at least for most part. He has that magical pass or touch to unlock these defenses but we need everyone on top of their game too.I suppose the fact we've shown we can get results against good teams is a plus, and it's therefore theoretically possible we can eventually crack the bottom 15 or so teams we'll play in the second half of the season and put a run together that will get us ahead of the other stuttering teams in and around the top four. Saying that the fact we're a year in to Ole's permanent stewardship and are still getting bad results and woeful performances against most of the league is a huge concern.
Our season hinges on Pogba. We're asking him to single-handedly transform our team into one that can put lower league opposition away, and while there's evidence to show he can score and assist against those kind of teams I worry about how motivated and mentally prepared he is to carry this side for half a season.
Definitely. The debate about whether or not we build the team around Pogba (is he committed enough, do the times when he tries to do too much, dallies on the ball etc.disqualify him from being the key man) is over as any other combination of players have proven themselves incapable of breaking down a packed defence. We need to set up in whatever way gives Pogba the best chance of scoring and assisting, so from now on (apart from big games when we'd probably be better dropping him ) we are Pogba FC.I think our whole season depends on him, at least for most part. He has that magical pass or touch to unlock these defenses but we need everyone on top of their game too.
What Pogba showed against Watford was very promising, something we all know he is capable of. We created few very good chances in just 20-25 mins he played in and this was his first game in 2-3 months.
Hopefully he plays attacking role, we need him to play the free role like he did when Ole took over. He can influence from deeper positions and also in final third.
We don't even have to build the team around him, just make him part of the team where he can be asset rather than liability. Relying on him to do defensive work means he will be a liability as he loses marker easily and he is always late to sense danger, tbf to him that's not his natural game. So we should just play the players in their best positions.Definitely. The debate about whether or not we build the team around Pogba (is he committed enough, do the times when he tries to do too much, dallies on the ball etc.disqualify him from being the key man) is over as any other combination of players have proven themselves incapable of breaking down a packed defence. We need to set up in whatever way gives Pogba the best chance of scoring and assisting, so from now on (apart from big games when we'd probably be better dropping him ) we are Pogba FC.