tomaldinho1
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Who's going overboard?
Maguire is our captain and probably/maybe/I dont know somewhere top 4-5 in his position in the league.
Bruno has how many MOTM on here so far?
James is doing quite well for a young player at a big club. Doubt anyone expected him to play this much.
AWB is great in defense and by the looks of it improving when attacking.
Anyone saying much more then this about our new players? They've all imrpoved us. You said as much yourself..
I think he means in that we have a tendency to overrate and overstate how good players are. Maguire is a world record CB but no one would argue he is the best CB in the league, Bruno looks really promising but he's literally played like 3 games, James might be good in the future but it's too early for him, AWB I really like but again was a £50m transfer. None of these are bad signings, they've been refreshingly decent for the most part, but I don't think any have been a revelation - hopefully Bruno changes this - and when we're breaking records for players and bringing in more and more expensive transfers it's expected in a way.
I'm all for being positive and I like all the signings we have made but we are currently 5th, having a really poor season and it's kind of being ignored because there's a huge PR offensive from the club at the moment - loads of MUTV content and players being extra active on social media (again all great and no complaints) but it's all designed to distract from what really matters which is where we are in the league and if we can win any cups. I really like how quite a few of our players are playing ie Fred, McT, Matic has stepped up since being in his favoured role, Maguire has sorted out his form, Martial scoring even when not playing great, AWB getting assists, Bailly looking promising, Shaw has come alive again and Bruno looking the real deal but then I wonder how we've not been able to close the gap on Chelsea, whose form has been bang average? There's this weird catch 22 situation at the moment where people seem almost happy with how we're doing and really keen to get behind Ole but also aware we're having our worst season for a while and also aware he's probably not the best option for us long term.