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Which one is heavier, a kilogram of football or a kilogram of paper? that's right the answer is football because football is heavier than paper.
Yeah that's not how quality is measured.And thats exactly why I put Varane = Stones.
Thats how I measured it, simply because im comparing our CURRENT team.Yeah that's not how quality is measured.
Veratti and Donnarumma are easily better.I’m not convinced PSG are better than us on paper.
Icardi < Cavani
Mbappe > Rashford
Neymar = Bruno
Di Maria < Sancho
Veratti < Pogba
Wijnaldum > Fred
Bernat < Shaw
Marquinhos = Varane
Ramos < Maguire
Donnarumma = De Gea
Rotated, sold, training with the kidsWhere is Dean Henderson, Pogba and Martial?
I’m not totally convinced by either of them tbhNo chance De Gea is our best team and if he is we have a massive weakness. Don’t think we get near the title with him in there.
Neymar, AdM, and maybe Ramos and Donarumma are better than your rating.I’m not convinced PSG are better than us on paper.
Icardi < Cavani
Mbappe > Rashford
Neymar = Bruno
Di Maria < Sancho
Veratti < Pogba
Wijnaldum > Fred
Bernat < Shaw
Marquinhos = Varane
Ramos < Maguire
Donnarumma = De Gea
Theres really not much in it. I don’t think they have much strength in depth either.
Are you seriously suggest chelsea with weak mentality team. Only thing going well for Chelsea is their mentality. Nobody gave chance to us when we struggled at 9.Chelsea has too many similar players with weak mentality and I dont think they will finish above us even this season. Liverpool used to be better but now our starting 11 is younger, faster, better and we have bigger squad. Real and Barca- Minus the Messi and DM of Real rest are beatable and we are better. Athletico Madrid- Bruno Pogba, Sancho Varane cannot be matched. PSG- I think they on paper are better than us. City- Just ask Ole how to beat them but in Starting 11 De Bryune shifts balance a bit.
McTominay & Fred over Pogba is not our strongest eleven.——————De Gea——————
AWB—Varane-Maguire-Shaw
———McTominay-Fred————
Sancho——-Bruno—-Rashford
——————-Cavani——————-
Assuming we make no more signings, this is probably our strongest 11, and the one we’re most likely to see next season. There’s still obvious deficiencies in midfield, at right back and down the left in my opinion. Striker will also need looking at next summer. So might the goalkeeping situation. There’s still a lot to do imo.
Ole loves McFred too much. Pogba will be on the wing if he's even here at all.McTominay & Fred over Pogba is not our strongest eleven.
Even a blind chicken occasionally finds a piece of corn.Are you seriously suggest chelsea with weak mentality team. Only thing going well for Chelsea is their mentality. Nobody gave chance to us when we struggled at 9.
No one gave us chance to finish into top 6 let alone top 4. And chelsea are champions of europe mate. Weak mentality won't win you anything not even a tin pot cup.
Thats not true. Both seasons he's started with Pogba and McTominay together. He started Pogba and McTominay together in the EL final too. Its just that over the course of the season McFred ends up outperforming any other partnership.Ole loves McFred too much. Pogba will be on the wing if he's even here at all.
And look what happened to that. I stand by what I said before, that our best team is one that doesn’t feature Paul Pogba in a 2 man midfield.Thats not true. Both seasons he's started with Pogba and McTominay together. He started Pogba and McTominay together in the EL final too. Its just that over the course of the season McFred ends up outperforming any other partnership.
I'm agreeing with you. I'm just saying its not that Ole loves McFred (thats evident in how he chose to go with Pogba/McT in the final) its that McFred ends up performing better on pitch even though it's not the most glamorous on paper.And look what happened to that. I stand by what I said before, that our best team is one that doesn’t feature Paul Pogba in a 2 man midfield.
Gets the job done in the right games. Definitely Ole’s go-to pairing, and it isn’t hard to see why. It’s no secret he likes his workhorses, and those two run all day.I'm agreeing with you. McFred ends up performing better on pitch even though it's not the most glamorous on paper.
Neymar, Donnarumma and Veratti are better than their counterparts while Fred and Varane are better than theirs. I would still back us against PSG on any given day. We should have beat them home and away if it wasnt for Martial. Thats life but I see us getting to the semis this year without injuries.I’m not convinced PSG are better than us on paper.
Icardi < Cavani
Mbappe > Rashford
Neymar = Bruno
Di Maria < Sancho
Veratti < Pogba
Wijnaldum > Fred
Bernat < Shaw
Marquinhos = Varane
Ramos < Maguire
Donnarumma = De Gea
Theres really not much in it. I don’t think they have much strength in depth either.
I don't think the world of football sees Fred and mctom as a top level midfield. Good players though I agree. Pogba can play there too, and yes good on paper, but worse for balance of the teamNah, we have a class team all over. An additional RB and another DM would be nice, but with or without, we have a bloody class team.
Is that how it works? We had the world's best goalkeeper for a few years, why weren't we the world's best team ?Why didnt that mid table midfield not finish mid table last season then?
Well we definately wouldnt have finished second with a mid table midfield. Stop being silly.Is that how it works? We had the world's best goalkeeper for a few years, why weren't we the world's best team ?
Over 2 matches last seasons there wasn't much to separate us - and we look a lot stronger now than we did back then.I’m not convinced PSG are better than us on paper.
Icardi < Cavani
Mbappe > Rashford
Neymar = Bruno
Di Maria < Sancho
Veratti < Pogba
Wijnaldum > Fred
Bernat < Shaw
Marquinhos = Varane
Ramos < Maguire
Donnarumma = De Gea
Theres really not much in it. I don’t think they have much strength in depth either.
Utd needs corn badlyEven a blind chicken occasionally finds a piece of corn.
Agree with this.we're Leon Goretzka, Eduardo Camavinga or Ruben Neves away from being a really strong team I feel. Still not convinced with the Striking options, with just Cavani and Greenwood... but not really a priority this window. We just need to invest good in Midfield
Don't worry, when we get get corn we gets fields of it. Thats just how United do things.Utd needs corn badly
I'd argue it depends on the game. It's not true that Bruno and Pogba can't play in the same midfield, as they did it a bunch of times both during the post-lockdown games in 2019-20, and during several games last season. Against teams that sit back and defend, there's absolutely no reason why Pogba couldn't play in a pivot with Fred or Mctominay. It's the big games, or games where teams press us high up the pitch, where it's a problem, and not even the best DM in the world could fix that.And look what happened to that. I stand by what I said before, that our best team is one that doesn’t feature Paul Pogba in a 2 man midfield.
I would say the same about henderson. That liverpool game gives me nightmares.No chance De Gea is our best team and if he is we have a massive weakness. Don’t think we get near the title with him in there.
The difference is we know for a fact De Gea is over the hill and Is only ever going to get worse whilst he also has some crippling weaknesses in his ability to come off his line. I’m not fully convinced that Henderson is the solution but for me he was better last season than De Gea and has much more time to improve on his weaknesses. I just felt the defence was far more secure generally with him in net.I would say the same about henderson. That liverpool game gives me nightmares.
This is done to death and I like both players. But it is hard to argue that we have a competitive midfield with other top teams in the league and the worldWell we definately wouldnt have finished second with a mid table midfield. Stop being silly.
Can we conclusively say that of De Gea though? He would be an anomaly in that regard as keepers tend to peak when they’re 32-36 these days.The difference is we know for a fact De Gea is over the hill and Is only ever going to get worse whilst he also has some crippling weaknesses in his ability to come off his line. I’m not fully convinced that Henderson is the solution but for me he was better last season than De Gea and has much more time to improve on his weaknesses. I just felt the defence was far more secure generally with him in net.
Unfortunately yes 100%. He’s massively declined and performed pretty poorly now for 3 seasons. That’s not the kind of thing players usually get over and to be honest the writing has always been on the wall with De Gea because of his style of keeping which relies on superhuman reflexes.Can we conclusively say that of De Gea though? He would be an anomaly in that regard as keepers tend to peak when they’re 32-36 these days.
a choice between someone who has previously produced the levels required but hasn’t for a couple of years versus someone who hasn’t and may never will.
Yeah it is done to death, isnt it? Guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this one.This is done to death and I like both players. But it is hard to argue that we have a competitive midfield with other top teams in the league and the world