I just love how people talk as if they have had fireside chats with United personnel. You have absolutely zero knowledge of that.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) look forward to a new life under Ruben Amorim. What system will we be playing? What players will impress? and how will it all go? We also say goodbye to Ruud Van Nistelrooy and review United's 3-0 win at home against Leicester City.
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I just love how people talk as if they have had fireside chats with United personnel. You have absolutely zero knowledge of that.
Is Henderson their source?
Question the manager if thats your view. If ETH didnt want him, he wouldnt get a new contract. We could easily buy a new one with his wages gone and sell Henderson. Money isnt the reason why he gets a new contract.
Whatever way you want to pose it. Club, manager, whoever. De Gea shouldn't be starting for us next season.
I just love how people talk as if they have had fireside chats with United personnel. You have absolutely zero knowledge of that.
Eh? If you have even basic understanding of football and ETH's previous teams that's an extremely self-evident statement. You would need to be flat out stupid to think De Gea is ETH's ideal profile of goalkeeper.
And even if you were that dense, the article we're referring to directly states that ETH had to adjust to De Gea. Along with god knows how many other articles since the season started.
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The "profile" thing is overblown. Sir Alex never had player like CRonaldo. So does it mean he's not his "profile" player? So did Carrick replacing Keane. But he made them both work and some.
KdB and Gundogan are different than Iniesta and Xavi. Are the former not Pep's "profile" of players? Messi replaced Eto'o under Pep. A totally different type of striker. And now he has Haaland. All works.
Is a DM with below 80% completion rate, EtH's profile? or did he has before a LW/LF who's awful in passing but great goalscorer?
KdB and Gundogan are different than Iniesta and Xavi. Are the former not Pep's "profile" of players? Messi replaced Eto'o under Pep. A totally different type of striker. And now he has Haaland. All works.
Is a DM with below 80% completion rate, EtH's profile? or did he has before a LW/LF who's awful in passing but great goalscorer?
Thats your opinion. Gladly our manager disagrees
Sure thing but we cant buy all the players we need all at once.
You can, you know, make a conclusion about those things. That what forums are for.I just love how people talk as if they have had fireside chats with United personnel. You have absolutely zero knowledge of that.
It's a shame that the sale of the club is still ongoing because it will mean bowing to the contract demands to a keeper that really should be replaced. His stats this year are not good and because we need money for a striker he will avoid the cull.
I will never stop being amazed by
I doubt there won't be a contract offer. And I doubt De Gea won't take it. But I also think we will get a new keeper to compete with him.
He is not top4 by any measure.
I mean we are in the top four, so he actually is...
He’s a brilliant keeper and continues to save us at times. He CAN also still improve. I’m sure he is working hard to get better with distribution for example, you have already seen this season he is trying (albeit sometimes very sketchy) the effort to improve is there. As a keeper he still has time to get better.
I do think we need a new keeper but I don’t think it’s as important as putting our money into a world class striker and a world class midfielder to partner Casemiro. That has to be this summer and probably going to cost around 200mil to do so.
I do think we need a new keeper but I don’t think it’s as important as putting our money into a world class striker and a world class midfielder to partner Casemiro. That has to be this summer and probably going to cost around 200mil to do so.
Apparently he's turned down a contract offer? Wonder what the terms were.
Really looking forward to our keeper not catching a cross for the whole of next season while awkwardly sticking to his line when a ball drops behind his defence.
Amazed by what?
It will be interesting to follow. I’ve already been surprised to what degree Ten Hag have prioritized De Gea, and how De Gea have adapted as well. No ‘operation sweet talk Henderson’, Heaton, Dubravka and Butland with only few minutes even in the cups, lauding De Gea publically several times, now talk of a new contract. Last spring/summer, from many it sounded like a dead giveaway that replacing De Gea was among the first things Ten Hag would do to start shaping the squad his way. It seems almost the opposite has happened. I certainly didn’t predict that.
Dave stays. My keeper, your keeper.
Apparently Utd isn´t completely crazy.
Good to see new contract preparing for our great Dave, sorry haters, fortunately ETH knows what he is doing.
He wants him as number two.
I hope so.
Not going to happen, he's either our number 1 or he's leaving
Hope he leaves then.
And who replaces him and then what position upgrade loses out?
I'd be happy enough with Diogo Costa or Mike Maignan coming in. Hopefully the club is sold and we won't have to compromise on anything.
With the shit you were spouting, I just assumed that you'd had a direct convo with ten Hag. So you've got nothing directly from the man himself? Great.
That's it. Not much in those news really. We can't fix all pain points at one time.
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on Wout Weghorst. Is he a top 4 striker? We're in top four so..
Isn't he on loan?
He's literally started all 19 games since joining the club so it's irrelevant really.
Where did you get this from?
No it's not. The reason we loaned him was because martial has proved utterly incapable of staying fit. There's a reason we haven't bought him. Which is because he's not united quality.
Unless the measure is that we actually are.......?
So your saying we have managed to get into the top 4 without ever having a top 4 CF in the side. Do you not think that same theory could work with other positions aswell e.g. the GK.
So you think an unfit Martial is a top 4 level striker then? Because surely we must have a top 4 level striker to be in the top 4 following your current logic?
We've been more reliant on a top class GK than a consistently free scoring #9 for years now, in fairness.
I take the point, but using a player that's not even a permanent squad member is a poor example. Plus I'd argue that a CF having a poor game can get bailed out by the players around him much more easily than a GK having a poor game.
See my reply above.
He is. His contract ends the end of the season, like Dave's.
Correct. Not much noise around us trying to renew it, unlike Dave.
So then McT is too? Elanga too. Great point
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