Problem is not all 25+ players are going to click and they are going to be hella lot costlier and every club should look to develop their younger players, Chelsea won titles sure but imagine a front line of Lukaku, Salah, Hazard and De Bruyne, now that would have been a legendary team in the PL(under any decent manager).
The Missing Martial thread
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I like your suggestion. Morata can play RW, can he?
I don't post nearly enough to be one of the main instigators of Mourinho's job at United here, not to mention you can't throw a stick around here without landing on a post with criticism of him. You can call it mindless complaining all you want, the substance is there and the proof is in the pudding. If you want to be in denial about it, that's your perogative. Also, constructive criticism only serves when someone is willing to listen, Mourinho won't change and, better yet, doesn't read these forums.
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Does this mean you acknowledge that he's been unfairly treated so far by undeservedly being on the fringe in the past?
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
I agree, hindsight is always 20/20 for me. But a world class manager earning millions should be capable of gauging a player, Mourinho has always been about the shortest of short term, it's fine if your club has world class players or the capability of outspending everyone in the league but we are not.
That sounds good tbh
De Bruyne was arguably the best player in the Bundesliga during his time at Wolfsburg so to suggest he was a 6/10 player at that time is bollocks.
He's also the only non-German player to have won 'Footballer of the Year in Germany' since Robben in 2010.
That front 3 didn't win Belgium the world cup did they?
God this is a fecking shit thread. Here I came for info on why Martial missed the previous game; how naive of me to believe this thread would contain such info.
Not in the slightest. He has got as much play time a super stars his age at other major clubs bar City where they have been competing witg more experienced and world class players for numbers. This time he will find it real hard to even make squads and it will be all his own doing
I agree. On top, Jose stressed several times that he expects his players to be super fit. As he didnt train for a week or so, it was clear that he's not in Jose's squad
I seen him play a lot on the left side for real
I’m ok with this. We can rotate 4 players in the #9 role and Morata can be an excellent plan b option. If we move to a two striker formation, he’s pretty dangerous as the set up man since he’s got the ability to hold the ball and excellent first touch. Playing a diamond is dated, but it would put a band aid on the lack of width we currently have.
Real just won 3 UCLs in a row plus a league title employing it full time.....
If he wasn't going to start the game there was no point him traveling. He's surely better off trying to restart his preseason. He had about ten days training, then ten days off, why assume he was ready to start last night?
As to traveling to sit on the bench. What would be the point?
As to traveling to sit on the bench. What would be the point?
People really think that youngsters (lukaku, de bruyne, salah,...) develop like in FM.
For every lukaku, de bruyne and salah, you have 20+ others that failed.
Fair fecks to KDB, Salah et al for developping the way they did. I have a lot of respect for people who decide to leave their golden cage and take a risk.
Saying that the next manager would have developed them better, is utter bullshit. Sometimes players just need a new environment to thrive.
Coming from my own experience, I needed a change of environment at work to really start performing and developing.
For every lukaku, de bruyne and salah, you have 20+ others that failed.
Fair fecks to KDB, Salah et al for developping the way they did. I have a lot of respect for people who decide to leave their golden cage and take a risk.
Saying that the next manager would have developed them better, is utter bullshit. Sometimes players just need a new environment to thrive.
Coming from my own experience, I needed a change of environment at work to really start performing and developing.
Diamond in Defence? Where exactly was this diamond? No one plays a diamond. No one!!!!!!
You are right. They need to change of environment to one where manager will prefer young Carvajal on right back position and not old Essien.
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That would be awesome!
Not too bad if true, probably want to get him up to speed as soon as possible for Leicester.
I'd like to see him up front if Lukaku isn't available (queue english pundits saying Jose is ruining Rashford).
Oh good, they've found him again.
It’s 4-3-3!!
If that were true, then he wouldn't be giving young players chances, as he is doing at Utd.
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I don't think it has ever been likely for him to leave this window, United would need a replacement PLUS the RW they are trying to get.
I think they played a variety of formations under Zidane from 4-4-2 to 4-4-2 diamond to a 4-3-3, when it came to formations they always seemed very felxible and adjusted to the personal that was on the field, like playing with an AMC if Isco was starting and with a flat 4 if only 2 of the Casemiero, Modric & Kroos trinity was playing. If they wanted to play Bale, Benz and CR together they went with the 4-3-3. So depending on who was starting their line up would change.
Martial is worth more to us than he is to suitors on the market
Because jose spat the dummy out after martial didnt communicate he wouldn't come back when agreed after his gf had a complication during the pregnancy is how it appears but im sure there is something else to it
He has every right to spit his dummy out , has you put it, if you did not inform your employer you would not be back on the day you said, you would be in trouble, all it took was a phone call.
I don't think we need a replacement for Martial, for the LW spot Rashford and Sanchez have it covered, striker is obviously Lukaku(even if he is injured Rashford will get the preference for that position over Martial)
Good for him. Does he want a brown nose medal.
Using this as a dig at Martial is a bit shitty.
Considering Martial's wife had health issues and all.
But do you, man.
Is that true? Sorry missed it if it’s true.
Jesus having a child is more important than your job. Taking a few days to be with the mother and child should be praised not chastised. Good lord.