Shakesy
WW Head of Recruiting
It's the formerYou are either having a mare or trolling, it's hard to tell as it's poor on both fronts
It's the formerYou are either having a mare or trolling, it's hard to tell as it's poor on both fronts
Who are those players Liverpool have signed under our noses?
Sabitzer would be perfect for them. Surprised Liverpool didn't go for him.
For Merson panic buying is realising that the off lisence is closing in 10 minutes and he has run out of Tennants superis Merson banging on about Arsenal panic buying Jorginho for 12m when he has only 6 months left on his contract.....talk about some thirsty bitches
100% agree. How anyone can criticise this deal I don't knowNah. It is panic but panic buys are occasionally necessary. Like I'm big injury situations. Unless you have some good versatility, best case is usually a squad of 2 senior players per position and then some young talent good enough to get minutes who is versatile. We had 2 for that position between Eriksen and Fred, but lost 1 to a big injury so just replacing him on loan. Now it's Fred and him competing.
Reacting quickly and getting a solid player like this who fits and is versatile is actually a very good piece of business IMO. Worthy of praise rather than criticism. Expecting to have 3 players per position is never going to happen nor should it, though long term when we replace McTominay we'd maybe be able to have somebody who can cover both Casemiro and the deep playmaker position. That's where versatility is required.
Damn that Murtough, forcing cheap ole targets on ErikNo. He was linked to us under Solskjaer. He’s a legacy target.
Or you know.Not sure why some of you laugh and have a pop at Merson. We’re going in for a player with hours left until the deadline in response to some injury news. Could definitely be construed as a panic buy.
Also if Merse had sat there and said about every single one of our signings over the past 10 years that “they’ll be absolutely fecking shit” he’d have a 90% strike rate.
I do trust Ten Hag though even if this last min. He has a proper system that players could slide into.
I don't get the need for a panic flight?? can't they do the medical in Germany and sign all the contracts remotely.... still guess it is progress from the fax
Nah we shouldn't really be looking to buy in any scenario. We have Fred as a squad player, they're similar ages, he's good but not great. If we buy a midfielder in the summer, I'd go for tielemans on a free or Kovačić from Chelsea if we are skint. Otherwise we go big on Frenkie or bennacer or someone else (Enzo if he doesn't leave today).It's going to be a loan deal, but I'm hoping there's an option to buy him on a permanent deal in case he has a great half of the season with us
it's not a panic buy....it's a loan move FFS how hard is that concept to grasp
Nah. It is panic but panic buys are occasionally necessary. Like I'm big injury situations. Unless you have some good versatility, best case is usually a squad of 2 senior players per position and then some young talent good enough to get minutes who is versatile. We had 2 for that position between Eriksen and Fred, but lost 1 to a big injury so just replacing him on loan. Now it's Fred and him competing.
Reacting quickly and getting a solid player like this who fits and is versatile is actually a very good piece of business IMO. Worthy of praise rather than criticism. Expecting to have 3 players per position is never going to happen nor should it, though long term when we replace McTominay we'd maybe be able to have somebody who can cover both Casemiro and the deep playmaker position. That's where versatility is required.
Indeed but obviously, buy here is used in the sense of a leaseIt's not even a buy is it?
He's got some decent stats for the analytics heads
His work rate/engine will be useful against a midfield like Barca's
Not sure why some of you laugh and have a pop at Merson. We’re going in for a player with hours left until the deadline in response to some injury news. Could definitely be construed as a panic buy.
Also if Merse had sat there and said about every single one of our signings over the past 10 years that “they’ll be absolutely fecking shit” he’d have a 90% strike rate.
I do trust Ten Hag though even if this last min. He has a proper system that players could slide into.
I love our fans:
"PANIC, ERIKSEN IS INJURED!"
"NOW PANIC, WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOMEONE SHORT-TERM TO HELP WITH 24 HOURS LEFT IN THE TRANSFER WINDOW."
"PANIC MORE, HE'S NOT A SUPERSTAR, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE A DAY BEFORE THE JANUARY WINDOW CLOSE."
We aren't getting anyone better than him last minute. So the two options are 1. do nothing or 2. do this and hope for the best.
If 2. falls apart because he doesn't work then we have a new bench warmer and we revert back to 1.
At least 2. gives us options.
I'm glad to see us having a go. It shows intent by the club.
And they will be a rabid Kagawa fanMarcel’s Moustache is a username we will see in the future
That settles it then.No, no and no.
"even Müller"?Just had a look at the Bayern team and even Muller gets picked ahead of this guy!
Casemiro and Varane don't really compare. Madrid are happy to cash in players once they have had the best out of them.
We are signing a player that can't get in the Bayern team.
look at the amount of negativity about this signing
Oh no, we lost Eriksen and we won't buy someone instead.
We're buying Sabitzer.
Oh no, it's a panic buy, board doesn't have a clue!!
Or else…the plane gets shot down?
Yeah, but really we should have sufficient strength in depth to deal with an injury and should have been planning at the start of Jan to get bodies in, knowing we could get an injury. It’s totally reactive and not proactive but this is the United everyone is used to.
"even Müller"?
Our passing will drop a bit but we'll be much harder to play against IMO. Better at winning the ball up the pitch, quicker and more dynamic midfielders. Might hurt a bit in some lower table games but it'll balance out. Just glad we'll have 2 players who you can trust their fitness and energy in Fred and Sabitzer now.Like for like on the dribbling stats which is a bit disappointing, but yeah his engine in the midfield will be massively appreciated. Players like him and Fernandes might not be the cleanest technical players but they’ve got the dawg in them
Gallagher was available for 40MIf we can get this guy in and he's even remotely decent it's an utter no brainer.
DVB injured, Eriksen out. McTom a few problems, and down to Casmerio and Fred?
I dare say some are getting hoarse shouting for the likes of Iqbal, but we need a proper experienced player in there to at least give us the equivalent of what Weigy is doing up front.
Yeah I guess so. It’s certainly reactive, I just think panic buy is probably the wrong term. But yeah, you signed two 30 year olds and the manager seems to want to play them both in every match. So this was hardly an unpredictable scenario.
That would be true if it was a muscular injury, not cause of a challenge. Eriksen I mean.Yeah I guess so. It’s certainly reactive, I just think panic buy is probably the wrong term. But yeah, you signed two 30 year olds and the manager seems to want to play them both in every match. So this was hardly an unpredictable scenario.
Gallagher was available for 40M
I love pathetic posts like this one. Are you going to quote each of my sentences because reading a whole paragraph is too much effort?That settles it then.