Winner!
It was a joke because like gnomes he is small and cute
Funny enough I said Matic would make a massive difference to our squad when United were in the market for a CDM and many on the caf were against him, saying his best days were behind him and the price to acquire him wouldn't be justified just as people are jumping the gun on Mahrez here. Not to brag or anything but I'd say I have a keen eye on things like this and can generally see what adding 1+1 would get us. Some people are acting like Mahrez finding his form from 2 years ago while undoubtedly improving our RW is more unlikely than DDG scoring a last minute GWer. Talent like that doesn't just evaporate over a championship hangover campaign
When Leicester were winning the title, people were creaming themselves over Mahrez and stories about Barca being interested were being touted around. Last season, like the whole of the Leicester team they seemed to take it easy, apart from in the CL.Ffs stop making him out to be as good as Ronaldo or Messi now...clearly he's a one hit wonder and average at best...right
Ffs stop making him out to be as good as Ronaldo or Messi now...clearly he's a one hit wonder and average at best...right
I agree. It should've been more fuss by now. Though transfers can happen quickly, but it's highly unlikely
Except what I said is the fact of the matter regardless if you want to take it as fallacy or not, it's the truth and the type of player he is. If not, I'd be more than willing to see you disprove what I said.
Didn't know Danny Simpson is an elite player who possesses game breaking ability and is a previous EPL POTY. Not even going to bother with you honestly comparing Simpson to Mahrez in the same light
...as for the latter, what are you on mate? Do you not know who our manager is and how deadly the counter attack has looked in the first 3 games alone? It's literally what JM is known for and United play the counter against nearly every opponent, especially against more attack quality sides who are generally a better rated side. What have you been watching these past 2 years lol. United have scored the most goals off the counter so far in the league and have generated the most counter attacking opportunities but whatever floats your boat I guess
Except what I said is the fact of the matter regardless if you want to take it as fallacy or not, it's the truth and the type of player he is. If not, I'd be more than willing to see you disprove what I said.
Didn't know Danny Simpson is an elite player who possesses game breaking ability and is a previous EPL POTY. Not even going to bother with you honestly comparing Simpson to Mahrez
...as for the latter, what are you on mate? Do you not know who our manager is and how deadly the counter attack has looked in the first 3 games alone? It's literally what JM is known for and United play the counter against nearly every opponent, especially against more attack quality sides who are generally a better rated side. What have you been watching these past 2 years lol. United have scored the most goals off the counter so far in the league and have generated the most counter attacking opportunities but whatever floats your boat I guess
There were very few questioning his credibility when he said we were interested in Lemar.Muppets throwing shade at Castles because he brings bad news.
I thought it was universally agreed that was bollocks?There were very few questioning his credibility when he said we were interested in Lemar.
I don't think it's likely we get him either but I sure as hell hope we do. And who cares about other clubs. No one really wanted Matic either but here we are. You assess the situation and if it makes sense you go ahead with it. The risk-reward is no different than if you were to get any other player as only time will tell if the move was worthwhile / if the player was able to gel. And like I've said previously in the thread, think there's a reason for concern when José doesn't trust Mata to play the full 90 out wide on a consistent basis. Goes to show he doesn't trust him there and he's not suited for the position. Whether or not Mahrez finds his POTY form or not, he'd still be an upgrade and more natural fit than Mata on the right side and that alone is worth it. Has much more to offer than what a declining Mata does and like others have mentioned, our current RW options are mostly central players being forced to play there and you can see the inefficiency/deficiency of that. It'd be a huge reward if Mahrez could find the consistency he had 2 season ago. If so, spectacular bonus, if not, still have a player who'll flash that brilliance from time to time and is a better fit than any options we currently have.
Where?Being reported Chelsea are in talks with him.
Feck me
> Hazard joined a Chelsea side which has finished top3 in all but 1 of his 5 full years there and won 2 EPL titles in that span. Mahrez joined a Leicester side that'd just been promoted to the EPL in his first full year, establishing themselves finishing 14th and winning the league the next. Then falling off a cliff as Leicester lost key players last year and the team fell apart with the sacking of Ranieri and partially gave up on the league saving up for the CL. So that's 2 out of 3 full seasons where Leicester finished out of the top10. Wouldn't it be fair to say Hazard has had more than one great season because majority of his years on Chelsea he's been on far greater Chelsea teams? Mahrez had only 1 year with such a team and everyone knows what he was capable of and showcased then. If you swapped Mahrez's and Hazard's EPL careers around, it wouldn't be far fetched to say Hazard would be the one with "one great season" on Leicester while Mahrez would have "more than that" and be the one who's "kept improving" on a much much stronger Chelsea side over the years ...it's almost as if you're not taking into account the level of quality of teams both players have played on or something? Not hard to imagine Mahrez would have more of those one great seasons if he joined a rising, quality side like United to compliment his talents similar to what Hazard has been a part of his entire Chelsea career...
And as for the he's only had 1 great season, Mahrez has been pretty damn consistent in his tenure in the EPL. It's obvious he's an exceptional creator more than a scorer who for the most part just didn't have a clinical forward except for the league winning year where Vardy and seemingly everyone went off and had the seasons of a lifetime.
> It's a similar situation is what I'm saying. Doesn't matter if Matic was bought whilst Mahrez hasn't yet, that's for other teams to decide on and doesn't make them correct if they decide not to. You'll never know until you pull the trigger to see if said player works out or not. Until then, you're just taking a hypothetical and assuming it to be fact as to why he's not of much quality or rated highly when he's shown otherwise.
> as you say, he'd be a better fit "probably yes", and a clear cut one at that. Even during the "bad season" he had last year he put up similar numbers to Mata and being a natural RWer, he'd obviously be better suited there even if he kept that ratio which I'm certain he wouldn't (benefit of the doubt) which was due to the hangover and the falling apart of Leicester in general.
> again, still not disproving anything of which I described him as ("over egging the pudding") and saying things such as that doesn't help prove it either.
