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Anyone who thinks Casemiro is doing a good job defensively is in for a very pleasant surprise if we get Ugarte.
Manuel Ugarte | Romano - he’s signed | Awaiting Club announcement
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99th percentile for tackles
98th percentile for tackles won
97th percentile for interceptions
97th percentile for ball recoveries
Anyone who thinks Casemiro is doing a good job defensively is in for a very pleasant surprise if we get Ugarte.
Scholes was asked about what kinda midfielder we need, and he mentioned the type that takes a lot of touches, can control the tempo of the game. That's my assesment as well. He mentioned Gundogan, thinks signing a pure DM wont really solve the issue.
I remember back in 2011-13 period SAF would bring on Scholes for just that. Scholes would just take the game by the scruff of the neck, just take the sting out of the game/control play.
Although bigger concern is ETH doesnt even wanna control games, and prefers the chaotic approach? We're doomed if that's the case
Mainoo is fully capable of this. In fact when he first started for us that's what he was doing. As time went on he went further up the pitch and controlling wasn't his concern. It's not what Ten Hag wants.
That's not Mainoo's natural game imo. He's more of ball carrier, rather than a tempo setter. He can develop that aspect of his game, but that's not his current game at all.
Scholes was asked about what kinda midfielder we need, and he mentioned the type that takes a lot of touches, can control the tempo of the game. That's my assesment as well. He mentioned Gundogan, thinks signing a pure DM wont really solve the issue.
I remember back in 2011-13 period SAF would bring on Scholes for just that. Scholes would just take the game by the scruff of the neck, just take the sting out of the game/control play.
Although bigger concern is ETH doesnt even wanna control games, and prefers the chaotic approach? We're doomed if that's the case
Scholes comes across incredibly dense/ignorant.
When last did we get like 90% of our first choice transfer targets?
Nobody will know the answer to that because we never publish our list of targets.
I don't think anyone thinks Casemiro and Mainoo combined are doing a good job defensively
I dont agree a lot of with what Scholes says, but he's right about this, we need more intelligent midfielders. He knows a thing or two about controlling the midfield I would say.
In what sense? His assessment of how we play under Ten Hag is pretty accurate and he's spot on about the gaps in midfield and the general lack of control. Those are all legitimate concerns.
Since we have no clue what our first choice transfer targets are - that is impossible to answer. In retrospect - Ferguson admits there were a lot of players he wanted that we never get - and those were players there were very few rumours about at the time.
I guess it depends who we're looking at, if it's Ederson from Atalanta then we'll need a few outgoings.
Aye. Genius on the pitch but a bit of a plank in general.
Something concerning was Ornstein said unless McTominay leaves, there might be a concern of getting Ugarte in, because of squad space issues(not money).
He refused to acknowledge the change in pressing structure and how we are much more compact as a unit for one which was incredibly obvious against Fulham. Great player doesn't mean he's a great pundit etc.
I think the hold up is due to this not money - wouldn’t be surprised if we learn Eriksen is off over the weekend and Ugarte is done shortly after.
Scholes was asked about what kinda midfielder we need, and he mentioned the type that takes a lot of touches, can control the tempo of the game. That's my assesment as well. He mentioned Gundogan, thinks signing a pure DM wont really solve the issue.
I remember back in 2011-13 period SAF would bring on Scholes for just that. Scholes would just take the game by the scruff of the neck, just take the sting out of the game/control play.
Although bigger concern is ETH doesnt even wanna control games, and prefers the chaotic approach? We're doomed if that's the case
We should have signed Neves and moulded him into that kinda player. Ooh well
Why when were getting a player who is literally world class at doing it now?
I don't believe the "battle of egos" story, to be honest, but if it is true, that's just another reason for us to move on to another target IMO.
In some cases yes, but in this one I happen to agree with him. We have struggled to control a game in midfield for many years and part of that problem has been that we have not had footballers who are smart (in football terms). I like Ugarte and I think he will help us, but I am still not convinced that we are going to be able to control the midfield against the top teams.
To say nothing was different against Fulham is dumb though.
Has there ever been a player being reported this "close" to signing but it taking this long to actually reach the agreement?
There have been much longer sagas but I can't remember one being this close to being done and it dragging like this.
There have been much longer sagas but I can't remember one being this close to being done and it dragging like this.
Did you mean to reply to someone else? Because I certainly didn't mention Fulham or that nothing had changed.
It’s only been close this week.
Up until a few days ago, it was widely reported that we were still far apart in valuations and United were exploring other options.
He is coming so you're better off accepting it already. There are no other targets available right now that are as good. And there is no point mentioning Fofana again because he is a B2B midfielder and not a defensive midfielder.
I think Brighton this week would be an interesting test. And I do agree, controlling games in midfield is our kryptonite, but it seems like ETH doesnt even want that? Oh well.
It doesn’t make any sense. If Ugarte joins, we can easily demote another midfielder to reserves to make space (in case we can’t sell).
Great footballer, terrible opinions.
His take on De Ligt was as blinkered as it gets.
You said you agreed with him. He said nothing is different which is plain wrong.
He should stick to sucking on his kids toes.
On the show, Ornstein said (when discussing another player, not Ugarte) that depending on when the show is aired, a lot can and will possibly develop. As soon as the episode was aired, I went to compare the time with the Ugarte news coming out, especially Fabrizios emoji reply to that United aggregator tweet that hinted the deal is done. They were both released around the exact same time, so assuming they shot the episode in the morning (maybe yesterday), its safe to assume the story was new. That may include news soon on Scott too, who knows, but pay no attention to what Ornstein said cause it freaked me out too hence why I did that quick check.
I was referring to his point about us needing a controlling/intelligent midfielder.
Delighted with this signing.
I've accepted it, don't worry.
I just think it's a bad move for 51m until I'm proven wrong, which will hopefully happen. Like I've said many times, for ~30m I wouldn't oppose this, or if it was a loan with an option to buy, but we'll see what happens.I disagree. He reminds me of Modric the most. Modric could and did do both. He either was next to Xabi Alonso behind Di Maria or was the furthest forward ahead of Kroos and Casemiro.
Nonetheless the point still stands - we don't seem to want to control games.
fair play to PSG for getting their money back
in contrast we'll probably be paying Juve or someone to take Sancho on loan
in contrast we'll probably be paying Juve or someone to take Sancho on loan
Someone who is in the 99% for several categories isn‘t average. I‘m not going to bring out the stats again, it should be well established that he is elite, not average, at pressing, intercepting, tackling and ball retention.
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