Ekeke
Full Member
Can you tell me why you came to the conclusion he'd be a good replacement for Matic?Harry winks. How many hundred millions will levy want?
Can you tell me why you came to the conclusion he'd be a good replacement for Matic?Harry winks. How many hundred millions will levy want?
The Lazio fans would agreeWe need to get Milinkovic-Savic in this team.
He watched him play for 20 minutes on Monday night.Can you tell me why you came to the conclusion he'd be a good replacement for Matic?
Maybe. Maybe he's seen more of him than that.He watched him play for 20 minutes on Monday night.
Pogba is our best outfield player. He never needed anyone to unlock him. Every chance we create goes through him. No other midfielder can drive forward with the ball the way he does. Buying a Matic replacement who can pass would mean he doesn't have to do his own job and cover for Matic as well.We could unlock pogba
How many players have we signed for marketing reasons?Tough one really. Who out there is marketable and will shift sufficient number of shirts to satisfy the man who reigns over the transfer kity?
I see people saying Neves, but how marketable is he?
Can you tell me please what is the "risk free age of a player"? And what is "healthy mix".I don't think and hope that Matic isn't finished just yet, but we've got to start signing players at a more risk free age. I'm all for experience but you look at SAF's greatest teams and he always had a healthy mix and was very quick to move on an ageing player clearly not doing it on the pitch anymore. Meanwhile we seem to be signing them over the past 4 years.
It would be sad if anyone only watched united play football.Maybe. Maybe he's seen more of him than that.
But still personally I'm trying to work out why people like him. So far he looks likes Spurs Tom Cleverley to me.
When was this? After the 23 mins he played against City this season or? He can run with the ball a little. But its a little.It would be sad if anyone only watched united play football.
Let me put it this way, Guardiola wouldn’t ever have gone out of his way to praise cleverly like he did winks. He’s 22 and glides around midfield like a Barcelona player. He seems to have the same skill set as perreira but a lot more refined and driven.
He has had a few off games but he has more than shown a few glimpses of geniuine quality.
You could argue we don’t need him if we develop perreira further but my initial comment was tongue in cheek tbh
I really like Winks as well. Think he’s at a similar level to Andreas though.It would be sad if anyone only watched united play football.
Let me put it this way, Guardiola wouldn’t ever have gone out of his way to praise cleverly like he did winks. He’s 22 and glides around midfield like a Barcelona player. He seems to have the same skill set as perreira but a lot more refined and driven.
He has had a few off games but he has more than shown a few glimpses of geniuine quality.
You could argue we don’t need him if we develop perreira further but my initial comment was tongue in cheek tbh
I really like Winks as well. Think he’s at a similar level to Andreas though.
I mean I can’t see why he’d be a replacement for Matic but from what I’ve previously seen of Winks he has looked pretty good but I would never think of him as like a DM or anything like that. We certainly do need someone and I can’t decide if we’d be better with someone like Neves, or get someone who will just be like a wrecking ball in there.Maybe. Maybe he's seen more of him than that.
But still personally I'm trying to work out why people like him. So far he looks likes Spurs Tom Cleverley to me.
I don't think he's finished at all. He's been making a few mistakes recently but I would say he's been in terrible form.Does he look like he's finished? I mean he's not in great form granted, but no one else is either and it feels like writing off a 30 year old midfielder, after we saw Carrick, who was quite similar to Matič, enter his prime in his thirties after a slump in his late twenties, is a bit silly. All players are different obviously, but this thread seems a bit premature.
I would even consider getting Tanguy Ndombele. We need more energy, pace and urgency. Even when Bournemouth were on the break today, Matic was jogging back when you're supposed to be sprinting back being a DM. The guy is a joke. Jose seriously needs to drop him. None of Jose's signings apart from Pogba are performing at the moment. Lindelof was average today.
He's Serbian.Does he look like he's finished?
Finied is also not a nation that exist.He's Serbian.
If we wanted him, we should have gone for him when he was still at Villareal last season and had a cheap release clause. I can't see Atletico selling 6 months/1 year after signing him. At least not for any reasonable fee.Rodri from A. Madrid would be the likely candidate for the deep lying role, he would slot in quite nicely with our current midfielders. We'd better snatch him up fast, he's only 22 or 23 yrs old and putting on great performances.
Kante - Sarri is playing him out of position. I’m convinced he’s as gettable now as he’s ever gonna beWhoever is a prime Makelele, find them. Fast, compact and wants to duel. That would complement a Pogba + Herrera/Fred midfield perfectly imo.
That's it. Chelsea and Sarri don't mind if they get decent offers for Kante so they can buy attacking midfielder like James Rodriguez, Isco, etc, it's a win for us and Chelsea.Kante - Sarri is playing him out of position. I’m convinced he’s as gettable now as he’s ever gonna be
would Chelsea sell him to us? That's the problem.Kante - Sarri is playing him out of position. I’m convinced he’s as gettable now as he’s ever gonna be
It’s hard to shop that market due to visa restrictions as you have to prove that they are an exceptional young talent. United have had visas turned down before hence why we tried feeder clubs in Belgium etc. I suspect it will get harder too post brexit as focus is on immigrationBarca signing Arthur shows you the talent is out there - we clearly need a playmaker in there - someone intelligent to complement the players we have and link defence and attack in quick transitions
our next few signings need to be players with superb technical ability in my view
it's actually frustrating that we don't do more Scouting in South America - other teams have had great success but our current strategy sees us spending a fortune on established experienced players rather than on trying to unearth the next great players
Don’t think they carewould Chelsea sell him to us? That's the problem.
Nah we need someone to keep things ticking over. Someone with a 90% pass completion rate or something like that. Pogba has a good passing range but he'll also play with a risk and lose the ball. That needs to be further forward and not somewhere that will cost the team. He cannot dictate the tempo alone. We need either a proper DM like Kante or a passer like Carrick because Matic is not winning any tackles or passing forward. Always sideways. He's neither Kante or Carrick.Pogba has always looked the best under Mourinho in a deeper position. He needs to have a lot of players in front of him to excel. And of course have the ball as much as possible.
He has all the attributes for succeeding even as a lone #6 and it would be interesting to see what he would do with that responsibility. He is not at all such a bad player position-wise and defensively as people make him out to be.