Err how is Martial better than Rashford? Rashford is streets ahead of him.
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Err how is Martial better than Rashford? Rashford is streets ahead of him.
Even though Rooney was garbage he was still a body in a long season. We have lost Ibra, Rooney, Schneirdelin, and BFS, and Depay. So far we have recruited Lukaku and brought back Perreria. Our squad is very weak in the final 3rd.
What is Woody actually doing? Surely he will be due in America soon.
Can he actually sign players that don't belong to Mendes or Raiola?
Can he actually sign players that don't belong to Mendes or Raiola?
Also if Pogba gets injured we are screwed.
In fairness to Jose he is trying to improve a squad that's been constructed by clueless ceo and managers.
Our recruitment policy has been a joke, and is taking us years to recover from.
I have faith in Mourinho. I am just saying I am surprised we have not recruited more. The general consensus before the window opened was that we needed 4-5 players. A CB, CDM, and two forwards as a minimum. You could add on that really we need another cm and a fullback
Good players have been available, Douglas Costa, Bakyoko, Sanchez (Bayern) Mendy,
I never said six great attacking players; I said that ideally you would have six good options and we only have three; very different thing.
He works harder but he's not in the same league as Martial technically.
Who were Chelsea's 6 good options last year when they walked the league with a near record equalling points tally? Who were Spurs'?
If Rashford doesn't fit into the "good option" category then again I don't see a single team in the world fulfilling your onerous criteria.
Good options like Perisic of course would give us strength in depth; but in truth the performances of Pogba, Lukaku and Martial are infinitely more important.
If those three perform as we know they can, whilst at the same time our defence remains solid then a title challenge will be guaranteed.
The notion of us buying 3 good attackers just to have 6 is ludicrous in my view, as well as cost prohibitive. We'd be infinitely better off doing nothing in an attacking sense now and getting Griezmann signed in January, rather than buying 3 Pedro type players now.
This should be at 31/08
De Gea
Valencia Bailly Smalling Blind
Herrera Matic
Mkytarian Pogba Perisic
Lukaku
Valencia Bailly Smalling Blind
Herrera Matic
Mkytarian Pogba Perisic
Lukaku
Hello Phil, good to see you back. How was the fa cup semifinal?
We lost two midfielders who were not playing anyway. It's not as if they were important part of the squad last season.
Same goes for Rooney.
We have 3 strikers for 1 position. Zlatan can come back after his injury.
Smalling?
I think will be ahead of Lindelof in the first months
It can't be easy for Woody right now as every club want to squeeze that additional 15-20m out of us so not sure what more he can do.
Before the summer Mouirnho talked about there being a 'nice surprise' amongst our transfer business. Was he talking about Lukaku do we think, or is there something else rumbling on in the background?
(maybe he was talking about Rooney leaving...)
EDIT: having just written that I'm now vaguely remembering someone pointing out that was a fake quote...can anyone shed any light?
(maybe he was talking about Rooney leaving...)
EDIT: having just written that I'm now vaguely remembering someone pointing out that was a fake quote...can anyone shed any light?
Who did we actually sign from Mendes since Mourinho arrived?
Didn't think there was anyone, apart from the actual manager.
I hear Mendes is no longer dealing with United.
I said that ideally that's what a squad should have (each first choice player having a good back up) not that it's what is absolutely needed every time. Nor am I saying we should sign three attackers now.
We certainly need more than what we have now though, that's for sure.
You can't blame Woodward for this window, he has people to answer to other than Mourinho, and the players he's been tasked with getting are not worth anywhere near the prices being asked, aren't particularly good and have no resale or marketing value, I doubt the Glazers want to spend £100M combined on that, it's just bad business.
This.
The like of Matic and Perisic, aside from being completely underwhelming in terms of talent and the level our rivals have, are appalling value at the quoted prices.
We simply should not buy if the right players aren't available.
Why wouldn't he? He is still Jose's agent.
Apparantley a big fall out after the DDG's failed transfer to Real a couple of years ago.
Lukaku for £75 million. Lindelof for £35 million. Matic and Perisic for a rumored total of £100 million.
£210+ million to replace Ibrahimovic, Rooney, Depay, Schneiderlin and Schweinsteiger and we're not looking better nor much younger. Will be disappointing if it ends up like this.
£210+ million to replace Ibrahimovic, Rooney, Depay, Schneiderlin and Schweinsteiger and we're not looking better nor much younger. Will be disappointing if it ends up like this.
Indeed, although I've only seen Perisic a handful of times and don't have enough of a personal opinion on him as a player.
I think it's very possible that United is struggling to calibrate with the market. City just spent over 100 million pounds on 2 fullbacks in a day. Pogba is looking less like an outlier and more like a normal transfer. Lukaku cost a bomb.
The football world has gone mad. I certainly hope Ed is keeping a cool head.
It certainly is crazy days right now. I just don't know if and when we're ever likely to return to any semblance of sanity.
Fair, but I think Lukaku will improve on Zlatan personally, and some of Miki, Rashy, and Tony M might do better, but it's all speculation.
But when the press (I'm not saying it's true, reliable, or will happen) starts bandying around half a billion for Neymar or half a million week wages for Alexis Sanchez, the market has gone bonkers. I certainly hope, and believe, the club can navigate these waters.
The TV money for the PL is expected to settle down in the U.K. and the U.S., but Asia and ROW are factors.
However, if I had to guess, a major club will get overextended and serve as a cautionary tale.
A reflection of massively increased revenues, especially in the premier league.
Also, sugar daddies. It's the global sport. It will never lose its appeal to them.
Also, sugar daddies. It's the global sport. It will never lose its appeal to them.
I sure think its getting tough for jose and ed to acquire new players. I think what counter measure we should take is not to sell our players for cheap. Inflate thier prices or let them be in the club and use them. I am quite sure, depay or memphis or schniderlin would have been good squad rotation options if they were in team. I know 2 of them wanted more game time but maybe they would have gotten it last season and we would still have a decent outing in the league. It would also help jose then to just concentrate on full back options.
Secondly, i would much rather invest in a world class scouting and training systems. I think ours is a team that has world wide following, and young lads will be more than happy to be in man utd. I think we should set up good scouting base camps in places like ivory cost, Brazil, Scandinavia where football is in the rising. By good scouting i mean world class level of scouting network.
While on the brighter side, i would like to compliment jose in the fact that he is really taking care of young lads that deserve to wear our jersey like tfm, rashford, tuanzebe and perreira. Them lads can be world class under good tutoring of jose and co..
Secondly, i would much rather invest in a world class scouting and training systems. I think ours is a team that has world wide following, and young lads will be more than happy to be in man utd. I think we should set up good scouting base camps in places like ivory cost, Brazil, Scandinavia where football is in the rising. By good scouting i mean world class level of scouting network.
While on the brighter side, i would like to compliment jose in the fact that he is really taking care of young lads that deserve to wear our jersey like tfm, rashford, tuanzebe and perreira. Them lads can be world class under good tutoring of jose and co..
You say no value as their age and price but surely that's dictated by our success and not their resell value? If we sign Perisic and Matic £90-100m all in and win the league and get to the knock out stages of the champions league with each player playing a pivotal number of games. Then surely that money has been well spent?
I think Rashford is better all round than Martial, some of the stuff he pulls of requires excellent technique.
We have 2 strikers Lukaku and Rashford
We have 1 winger Martial
Then we have a couple of players who we try to shoehorn into a wide spot Mata, Miki
We have a couple of players who were originally bought as wingers who actually are not good enough to play on the flanks Young and Valencia
Then we have Jessie Lingard
We have 1 winger Martial
Then we have a couple of players who we try to shoehorn into a wide spot Mata, Miki
We have a couple of players who were originally bought as wingers who actually are not good enough to play on the flanks Young and Valencia
Then we have Jessie Lingard
Hello Phil, good to see you back. How was the fa cup semifinal?
We lost two midfielders who were not playing anyway. It's not as if they were important part of the squad last season.
Same goes for Rooney.
We have 3 strikers for 1 position. Zlatan can come back after his injury.
You seem to not understand anything about squad depth, as was pointed out earlier if we lose say Pogba and Herrera to injuries we are then relying on the likes of Carrick or Fellaini to play. It has not been confirmed by the club that Ibra is returning in Jan,pure speculation. Squad is thin
IMO, Martial is technically very poor. He tries to dribble and when he loses he becomes a ghost in games. Rashford, even though he isn't a huge dribbler, still seems to be more relevant in games.
The first season Martial came he was good. But since, he has been poor, seems none interested at times and seems to give up when things aren't going his way. His break up with his wife seems to have taken a knock on him but that's his fault. He shouldn't be screwing around. I seem to remember people bashing Giggs on here yet I don't see Martial getting the same bashing here. I couldn't care less. He should be performing and if he isn't, it's his own fault.
The city pre-season game, Martial came on in the second half and he tried a dribble early in the half and the defender won. After that Martial disappeared. I hope we get Perisic. He currently is the player we need on that left wing. Hopefully, Martial can recover at some time and show what he can actually do but currently he is really poor.
I really think we should have picked up some unknowns for squad depth. Can't blame Ed and his team for taking time with our existing targets. They all seem rather ridiculously overpriced and it's sensible to wait as long as it takes to get the deals done.
Hmm, not so sure. They might be overpriced however at some point we are going to have to play the asking price. I can't see the clubs accepting cheaper prices. it would also have been better if we got both players early on since then they could have joined the team and go some playing/practice time with the team. Waiting until 31 August before paying the amount doesn't help at all since they will be missing playing time with the team. I can understand Mourinho's frustration.
What's sensible about waiting? Inter don't want to sell Perisic and Spurs don't want to sell Dier. The price isn't going down just because we wait. If anything it'll go up because it gives them less time to find replacements.
He might be frustrated but also can understand why it is what it is. It may not be viable at all to pay ridiculous amounts for two players who we will again be looking to replace in a couple of years.
The waiting is sensible because I don't know the exact state of negotiations and believe it's taking time so that the decision to spend on player x or look for an alternative is the correct one.
No one.
But before Mourinho it was Di Maria and Falcao.
Woody is out of his depth, useless.
Who cares if they are overpriced.
At the end of the season when we are struggling to finish 4th perhaps these idiots might realise, in this current market you have to pay up.
Remember we can do things others can only dream of in the transfer market.
Pathetic.
Was Walker worth 50Mil? No.
If you want / need a player, pay up.
United at the moment are like your rich mate who brags about how much they earn, then when it's their turn to buy a drink they take you to Weatherspoons.
Just pay up ffs.
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