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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Cheers, Samuel.
Maybe at that time in their careers they didn't think coming to United would be beneficial.
Are they elite? Feel like a lot of them bar vinicius are currently in a bit of a funk in their careers. Injuries or adjusting to big clubs.
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How did we pass on De Jong??? He was never choosing us over Barca.
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Pretty aimless dig for the sake of it….we didn’t ‘pass up’ on half of those players anyway
Derided on here for years in the Mourinho era….it’ll be great to see how he fares in the PL
Yeah gonna be an interesting one. Surely he won't cut it in the PL now?
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Not only Ivan Perišić, who will sign the contract in the next few hours: decision made. Tottenham has also made Alessandro Bastoni a target for the defence. Antonio Conte has expressly requested it
They all won either the league or the Champions League whilst being in the first team.
Why's he still calling him Hendrix.
If they get Bastoni without any serious competition from us It will show just how naive our scouting department really are.
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We want Torres. We can’t sign everyone.
And how many first choice midfielders did we buy
Martin Edwards wrote in his biography that if United had known that Hughes was gonna leave for Barcelona - they would have signed Lineker. But they thought they would have Hughes for many seasons and felt they needed other positions strengthened more than another striker.
Ferguson said the same thing with Cantona and Zidane. He thought he would have Cantona 2-3 more seasons and he felt they couldnt both play - suddenly Zidane was gone and Cantona retired 12 months later at the age of 30.
The only player Ferguson openly admitted they passed on - which they shouldnt have, was John Barnes. He had asked one of his scouts to keep track of Barnes - and he got a dossier back from that scout saying he wasn't convinced. Ferguson listened to the scout, opted against Barnes and fired the scout a while later for being too cautious.
I am sure a lot of fans / reporters asked ....why didn't we try to sign Sadio Mane ? At least until the player himself admitted a few days ago, he was this close to signing for us.
Some reporters simply don't understand the difference. There are probably many players "we passed on" where we contacted the club / player - and they either rejected our bid (and later sold the player to someone else) or where the player simply chose soneone else. Or where you feel you don't need that player the most and you only have so much to spend.
Martin Edwards wrote in his biography that if United had known that Hughes was gonna leave for Barcelona - they would have signed Lineker. But they thought they would have Hughes for many seasons and felt they needed other positions strengthened more than another striker.
Ferguson said the same thing with Cantona and Zidane. He thought he would have Cantona 2-3 more seasons and he felt they couldnt both play - suddenly Zidane was gone and Cantona retired 12 months later at the age of 30.
The only player Ferguson openly admitted they passed on - which they shouldnt have, was John Barnes. He had asked one of his scouts to keep track of Barnes - and he got a dossier back from that scout saying he wasn't convinced. Ferguson listened to the scout, opted against Barnes and fired the scout a while later for being too cautious.
I am sure a lot of fans / reporters asked ....why didn't we try to sign Sadio Mane ? At least until the player himself admitted a few days ago, he was this close to signing for us.
Alphonso is the only one I'd really class as elite in that respect and he's missed most of the season. Think elite should be reserved for what it is, same with world class. Think it's hyperbole to emphasise his personal opinion, which he tends to do and why he's a frustrating journo.
We have 3 centre backs leaving (Bailly, Jones and Tuenzebe) possibly one of Maguire or lindelof too we can certainly afford to bring in 2 CB's. If one had to choose between Torres and Bastoni, I know who I would choose.
How do you play Mkhitaryan Calhanoglu and Dybala together
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Logical decision. Two midfielders and one or two defenders this Window would be nice. Create a solid spine in the team, then we can look at forwards next summer. Hopefully the new players will actually work out.
Fully deserves a big move after his season
We now at least have one person at the club who can see how shite our midfield is, that's progress. Scandalous how we've basically pinned our hopes on McTominay suddenly learning how to play the DM role for the past few years.
What's this, the usual "we can only do one thing at a time" excuse.
Well, we spent 74m on a forward last year. Can't see us paying 60m or more on another one this season. FDJ will be very expensive.What's this, the usual "we can only do one thing at a time" excuse.
Bit of an exaggeration.
McTominay was the first person I thought of reading that tweet. Hope he practicing his hard face!
Glorious alternative reality….we sign De Jong but ETH still plays McT
Greenwood, Cavani, Lingard and maybe Martial will be off though?
So we’re getting a big fee for Martial then? As none of the others will generate any fee.
Imagine this next season we would be fighting relegation
I was even more confused when I read goalscorer as goalkeeper
Good post.
and if we fail to sign a midfielder Phil Jones could be trialed as a DM
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