He appears to have bags of heart, desire and yes gigantic balls. something we haven't seen in so long some of you might have forgotten about. I've watched him playing end to end, sprinting back to slide guys in his own box and then getting up to attack again and pushing forward. like a JS Park/Wazza lite hybrid. This level of fitness, hustle and fight and pure un-corrupted LOVE for playing is what this squad is missing. I am optimistic and welcome him with open arms.
Daniel James | Officially Signs
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran are here to talk about a frustrating 2 points dropped at Crystal Palace. They then discuss the regeneration of Old Trafford. Finally, Nik is joined by special guest Michael Statham from the Football Oranje podcast - who gives us a more in depth look at our EL opposition FC Twente, and then runs through the (many) Dutch connections currently at United.
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too many people wanting quick fixes. been trying that for the last six years its not worked. we arent going to recover 31 points in a summer. Might take us 2 summers maybe 3.
if this is part of the long term lets get behind it.
if this is part of the long term lets get behind it.
If he actually runs fast he's an improvement .
If he actually runs when we haven't got the ball even better.
If he actually runs when we haven't got the ball even better.
Watch this if you think it's just long shots
Hard to believe it's not Scholes!
Sold. Would be up there with Scholes, Rooney or Pogba in terms of skills to switch play and find forward runners. Do it.
If anything that shows him as nothing but a kick and rush merchant to me, not one single 1 v 1 won with anything other than pace, looks technically shite.
Shite is a bit harsh but he does need to work on his dribbling. Passes look ok though and he seems to think about what he is gonna do next which tends to be an issue with speedy players.
Some of the passes and touches man, imagine thinking this man is just long shots.
Can you get technically better at dribbling at the age of 21? I’m not so sure, he’s going to spend an awful lot of time getting knocked on his arse in the PL.
Yeah, he does remind me of a quick version of Park Ji Sung. Not a bad thing by any means.
Oh my!
Loved the player. If true, I'm sold!Find this notion extremely weird, see it a lot on here. Of course you can, it would be exactly the same concept as finishing, it’s a technical skill. If you train it enough, practice it enough in real game scenarios, you’ll get better.
I don’t think I’ve seen any posts from you @Cascarino ,what are your thoughts on him?
Have we not signed our pound shop right winger yet?
I actually like the fact that he's relatively unknown, young and cheap. Time to put our scouts to work and begin to create legends - rather than buying them - as the mantra goes.
Not saying this lad is destined for that kind of thing (though we all hope) but still, it fills me with a bit of optimism to see we are actually adopting a different strategy to the failed scatter gun approach consisting of overpriced, over-the-hill mercenary players.
Not saying this lad is destined for that kind of thing (though we all hope) but still, it fills me with a bit of optimism to see we are actually adopting a different strategy to the failed scatter gun approach consisting of overpriced, over-the-hill mercenary players.
I think the bigger complaint there was that we failed to adequately reinvest the money that we got from the Ronaldo sale.
I have very low expectations for the upcoming season or 3 but they'll be even lower with players of this level as part of it, that's a road heading into a cul de sac IMO.
I'm not sure how old he was when he left Ajax but their games were often on the European football that was shown back then as they were one of the most exciting sides to watch, I'm not saying I watched him every week or anything but I saw him plenty of times and was pissed off when Arsenal got him over us.
What about Hernandez?
Glad someone else said it, I watched that one the other day and was surprised to see it being used as a supposed example of him being a quality talent, lots of loose touches, very little in terms of close control or skill.
Nah haven't you heard? All the other teams are on drugs and won't be getting tired.
Sorry I'd missed you mentioning Hernandez in this earlier post. However, you cited Obertan, who came from the French league, which is as strong as the Mexican league, if not stronger.
Will we force him to compete with the lot for a spot on the left. We have JLingz and Hugz for the right anyways.
Negotiations being held up due to a disagreement over the transfer fee. Swansea looking for 15 million for the player but Woodward is insisting on paying 20 million
Feck we just need to get this over the line, and he should cost no more than £9M.
I can see people are already bashing him, claiming he is shite, nothing bus a speed merchant.
Lad hasn’t even signed yet, can’t wait for match day on his debut...
You people are something else.
Lad hasn’t even signed yet, can’t wait for match day on his debut...
You people are something else.
What United fans really want are young, fast, talented, technical, established lower division and cheap with Ronaldo level potential who are available and a sure thing -- because within 3 games they will suss them out to be a Premier League player or in reality only a Championship player in disguise.
How fookin hard can that be to find?
That will be a fecking bargain for 15m.
It's amazing isn't it? Some of the worst supporters imaginable. Truth is very few of us know anything about the the lad. So the supporters will welcome him, hope for the best and offer support. The zealots will bash him, slate the club and throw their toys out of the pram because he isn't some flavour of the month galactico.
The thing is, this signing is not our main bit of business. It's a punt on a young guy that may just come good. If we ONLY have £15m to spend, I could understand. I just don't know how some of these guys can call themselves supporters when they offer such little support.
Bale was a pace merchant.
Just leaving it out there in case people forgot
Just leaving it out there in case people forgot
Who made the PFA Team of the Year in the Championship at 17
You also had strong opinions on players like Belotti, Morata (how he is so much better player than Lukaku), Kovacic (how he is an elite talent) and many more.
Lets not forget gems like
Guess who scored 22 league goals this season?
Not sold on Firmino either
Van Dijk
KdB
On Mkhi vs Mane
Yeah, youtube videos is all that matters, so you are replying on the person who makes these compilations. if he thinks the basic stuff is not enough to put on youtube, you don't watch it and then complain how you haven't watched him do the basic stuff.
Shame how everyone wants to watch the player before passing any judgement rather than acting like a 'know it all' without watching anything.
We all have made stupid posts but when you go with "I told you so" posts, post some of them you got very wrong too.
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Hindsight is always 20/20 but that's a mic drop right there.
So basically someone like Kanchelskis then ? Yeah that would be bad!
Because the Premier League is exactly the same as it was in 1994.
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