We won't need unlimited money to do it. A striker, Midfielder, 10 and a wingback would be revolutionary to the system. It's 4 positions and doable in one window, provided we recruit well.
It actually is that easy. Nothing beats correct recruitment and a solid pre season . Its very possible to leap up to 10 places in the league. Leicester and Chelsea did it. Forrest are doing it as we speak. United actually don't need as much recruitment as some imagine. At most they need like 2 perhaps 3 key starters, 2 key backs ups and to close the knowledge gap in the rest of the squad in pre season. A task doable with some good market practice in terms of selling and negotiating good buying fees.
It’s all great points on paper, but here at United there’s a certain aura of pressure that dulls performances. Players often crumble because they’re always in focus and every little action is under a microscope. There’s a lot more negativity because we’ve been in a depression for 13 years and the size of our history weighs heavily. You just don’t have this amount of mental pressure in the other clubs.
I agree, despite what everyone thinks we have some gaps in the squad and some under performers. With the right recruitment those underperformers will be forced to raise their game. It’s all ifs though as we all know (or at least we’ve been told) that money is tight.
True
Indee. I'm connvinced Even with tight money good things can be done. Recruitment is about getting the right profile fit you need. Than names or rep. Its rarely about expense. In our case we have to start consistently selling well to finance improvement. On top of our improved negotiation skill for buys. I also hope as a club we finally stop pretending the free transfer market doesnt exist. We could pick up some right gems from it for zilch at great age profiles
Bit hard when Olise is at Bayern.
I don't see how you can come to that conclusion. You can't train in pre-season how you perform under the real pressure in the league. The media and fans don't scrutinize the pre-season as in the league. But I guess a pre season could make the team bond more under less pressure.
I was trying to make the point that we create less than Palace so I’d expect him to do worse here but I would 100% take Eze over Mateta
last season he wasn’t
It’s 2027. I think he’s got the +1 option
I do worry that only glasner has been able to get a tune out of him.
Maybe a bit over optimistic no?
It’s 2027 not 2026
I dont think it's optimistic personally. You need a manager who knows his system and players to fulfil it. When you see the likes of Forrest going from relegation zone to champions league in one season, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a highly rated coach like Amorim get the club fighting for top 4 with a strong window.
That was Utd the 26 years. Liverpool was 30. We may beat that though the way we are going.yeah think it was 26+ years or thereabouts! Hopefully ours don't last anywhere near that long
Well I admire your optimism but my thinking right now is that Amorim is closer to getting sacked than he is if leading the team to top 4. This summer is huge. Time will tell I guess.
Damn! I really hope we don’t! I might just fall out of “love” with football long before then!
Ye old fart
Not happening
Yeah you're not wrong, but it's looking like the design to just rip it all out now so I do think hel get the time. It all depends on how well we recruit this summer really.
I can't even remember Mateta before Glasner and just assumed he'd been more or less farmed out or ignored by previous managers, which happens. I think he'd be a great signing. He's a fecking Premier League centre forward at a good age. His form this season
Actually Nottingham Forrest when Nuno took over mid season,c ompared to Nottingham Forrest now is an even better example to understand what am alluding to than the Barca omene. This united squad Amorim took over is filed with 95% players who have never played a back 3 system at any level in their careers let alone Amorim type of football. That is why so many look lost and many are conflating that knowledge gap issue with lack of ability. The training time in mid season isn't close to enough to bridge that gap in know how.
Definitely feeling my age these days geebs!
Join the club fella!
Thought he looked class and dangerous before Glasner arrived.
We'll also sign Cunha.Surely we would need a chant for this guy along the lines of Hakuna Mateta?!
The male equivalent of Alisha Lehman ?
Didn’t really set the goal scoring charts on fire before, and that’s the reason why we’d be buying him so it’s a concern
Bravo22/23 he had 19 goals and 23/24 he had 15, which is pretty damn good for Palace, and I know he scored against us before the brace he had this season. Having lived for a time in Tooting, I sort of follow Palace and watch their matches when I can, and he always seems dangerous as fook. Would be a massive upgrade on Hojlund, but then again who wouldn't be, but I get the feeling Mateta would take it to a new level on another stage. At 27, he's about right in his prime at the moment. Unfortunate Millwall's keeper assaulted him. That sort of foul could have mental issues in the future, so that would be a concern
