We don't have a playing style. I don't think our play is intentionally static. Something is wrong.
Riyad Mahrez | 2017/18 Performances
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Lol this
Just because we like a player doesn't mean Mou is obliged to want him. Willian for me would be the dream so I'm holding out for him
Such a shame we weren't in for him.
That's what i was saying; the reason he isn't joining us is because of Mourinho slightly rigid tactics. Now it is too late either way because he wants to go to city. However if we were willing to be adaptable with our tactics and showed some interested especially earlier on - then we would have had a good chance as many top clubs of getting Mahrez off of you guys.
There is apparently talk about our RB coming in to play RW - doubt its true, but if it is - shows how important a touchline hugging winger is to Mourinho.
Turning us in to Chelsea - Lukaku, Matic, Willian; far from a dream of mine. Jose has shown very little adaptability of coming here to manage United for the benefit of the club. He has not sat there and looked at the players and wondered about how to get players better & working as a functional unit; instead he has come with a same structure that bought him 'some' success at chelsea and looks to play with the same formation, the same players here at old trafford.
Signing Willian does nothing for us but cover up a weak spot with a stop gap for the benefit of Mourinho to leave this job having scraped a title if that.
Apologies but I disagree with you. When we poached Sanchez was there any reference to playing style? Maybe we'll never really know why we didn't seem to attempt to sign him up or maybe we did? We'll never really know but what's important now is we must identify our target and go for it because RW is an obvious weak spot.
You need bigger dreams. If willian is the dream, I am not sure I want to see your reality.
I don’t know what Mourinho has done to some of our fans.
An average player like Willian is the dream?
Willian is a top player - he's had a bit part role this season and has turned up in all their big games. 3 gls + 1 assist in 4 CL games & 6 gls + 7 assists in 20 PL games (with many as sub). He is consistently very good which in my opinion is what we need given our inability to maintain our form this season and is loved by Mou so should be a stable presence on the RW.
Who can we realistically get that is a better option?
If William is coming while Mata leaves, i am quite okay with that. However, i would still like a younger natural wide right to compete since Lingard, Rashford and Martial are not the answers. Maybe Pulisic or Asensio though a tad unrealistic?
Willian the dream 
Gone a bit quiet on this from City, last reports were a £60m deal? Surely we can hijack that? That + a left back and Fred/Dalot would be a perfect summer for us..
Perfect? As in challenging for the league and becoming contenders in the Champions League? Hardly.
Why not? Short of signing unobtainable wingers he's one of the best around. An actual quality RW and young, attacking full backs would be a big difference for us.
Granted Dalot isn't an established name, but Pool have shown that young fullbacks can surprise.
he doesn't want to join you
I'm sure an extra £10m on top of what City's offering could sway his (Leicester's) mind. He'd get more games here than he would at City.
Doesn't work every time.
I asked the same above but didn't get a response. He's a top player and I'm surprised people don't see that.
Oh yes you are right, even if we offer him more game time, same wages and maybe even throw in the #10 shirt, even then he won't want to join us.
He would rather sit on the bench at City
How do we know since we have never been in for him?
everything he has done has been to get to City, he was a boyhood Barca fan and Pep is his idol, he simply wants to play for Pep and no one else, if we could don't you think we'd sell him abroad so we don't have to face him?
Players have all the power now, no matter how much money you offer us it won't matter to him
Pep or money
he'll get both at City, it would be in our interest to have an open bidding war but his mind is made up
Whilst I believe he may want to play for Pep. If City cant agree a fee with Leicester and we can, Id be willing to bet those Pep dreams would disappear.
Mahrez has wanted out of Leicester for a while now, he wont let his dream of playing for Pep block that.
He would play more for us if he came here, and that is what good players want. We aren’t in for him though, so it’s a moot point. But taking in both clubs current state, i think he would pick us.
he doesn't need to, he can wait out 2 more years on good money and go for free to Man City, he knows his own game well enough to know that life would be miserable for him under Jose, he'd be dropped for not tracking back enough
I know you're struggling to accept this but Manchester United aren't the be all and end all anymore, City are a bigger draw, and Mahrez has made his mind up, this is the 2 clubs haggling over whether Patrick Roberts is included on top of the fee or making up part of the fee, Mahrez will be a Manchester City player
Hmm yes, I wonder how players like Ozil and Di Maria ever managed to play as wide players under Mourinho..
Mahrez does enough tracking back at Leceister when they don't have the ball for most of the match, wouldn't be anything new to him.
The point is we have a far bigger need for a RW than City do, he'd get more game time here. But I guess he'd be happy enough leaving for City's bench as long as he finally manages out of Leiecester after like what the last 5 transfer windows.
Actually what i mean is that City have a much better team than us, that means Mahrez would find it harder to get in their team. For us he would be a sure starter.
He got you lot banned it seems.I don’t know what Mourinho has done to some of our fans.
An average player like Willian is the dream?
Personally think this is a bad move for Mahrez as he won’t bench Sterling or Sane.
Would be pissed off if I was Bernardo.
Would be pissed off if I was Bernardo.
doesn't need to, the way Pep rotates he'd play a lot of games and Sterling/Sane aside they don't have another natural wide man, something people keep missing.
Bernardo is a central player really, his problem is David Silva and KDB
Pep might not be at Man City in 2 years. And Mahrez played for a defensive/counter attacking Leicester City team and excelled. Its not like he is used to playing in a tea, that keeps the ball.
Does he though? I don’t recall Sane or Sterling being rotated much - a quick search says Sterling played 33 games in the league and Sane 32.
Pretty much all of Bernardos appearances were on the right according to whoscored as well. He’s not going to be playing central any time soon as they’ve Silva, KdB, Fernandinho, Gundogan and most likely Jorginho ahead of him for those positions.
Mahrez is more than good enough for a top side but I don’t think this is the right club for him. He’s too good to be on on the bench.