We'll see a summer similar to last, where we'll bring one or two in and then it we will be all on a sell to buy basis. A few players departing on frees which will help the wage bill. On top of that, Sancho to Chelsea is already done. No doubt we will attempt to move Rashford, Antony and Casemiro. Garnacho may move and that alone would allow us to do pretty much whatever we'd want.
He has 18 points from 16 so an average of 1.12. The other four points were gained by the interim manager.
It’s not but we’ll only get evidence of one. It’s a good thing Van Gaal didn’t just think feck it, I’ll play an extra centre back instead of trying a young forward.
Sorry, misread the original post. I think 8/9 Fulham players (if signed at the start of the season) would have improved our squad in the short term (again, that's not saying a lot) and not all necessarily as starters. That being said, my point was that if we swapped squads pre match, we would have still lost 2-1. Something about the club turns everything to shit.
But we should expect improvement, not regression. That is the point of changing manager mid season.
In which reality world, does a manager comes in and does worse the sacked manager?
We‘ll see. Some of your takes are quite something.
And he has started 9 of our last 17 games on the bench. So much for no options.
You don‘t know that: the last EL games were easy compared to the first ones. Maybe excepting Twente.
You keep ignoring the original point about his inflexibility. He refuses to try something different and has said as much in press conferences. You lose benefit of the doubt when you announce you have no adaptability.
1. There is a very big problem with having 5 defenders in a field at any time. These are players who will not offer any attacking powers.
Rather an attacking option on the bench than on the field?
You aren’t worth the time.
And Amorim, along with Rashford, made that situation untenable. Maybe the two could’ve agreed to a marriage of convenience until the summer. Instead, Amorim was busy cracking wise about playing goalkeeper coaches.
are you seriously arguing a point that Garnacho, one of only 4 attacking players in the team, that plays every game until end of the season, should play as a wingback?No not at all, just found the argument of him being an option from the bench being preferable to starting a bit out thereffs
Continuing to keep five defenders on the pitch is inherently negative though. This isn’t just theorising either, this is based on watching us play. Lots of managers take a defender off for an extra attacker if they’re losing.
One interview. While Amorim continued to do things like say he’d rather play a 60 year old. Rashford was stupid and unprofessional, no arguments there. We don’t know what the final straw was but we do know what is in the public domain. And it paints both in a bad light for me. All that being said, another important skill for a manager to have is the ability to motivate. Maybe Rashford was beyond help but it’s another failure all the same.
Not even disagreeing! But we look completely toothless without him a lot of times
To answer the last question I would say yes. The majority of time at the moment we are playing 5 defenders who offer little going forwards. Even just playing casemiro in midfield would improve our ability to play through balls. It's moot now but would have liked to have seen garnacho and amad on opposite flanks alongside zirkzee
It's just the way I interpreted it. For me he could have replied I respect Rooney as an ex united legend etc, we are doing are best to get the club back to its former standards or something. Without having a go at Rooney.
I agree with that, except Conte, Mourinho and Ranieri - for 1 season, I don't remember any other PL side winning much with a 2 man midfield and all played quick counter football, not much dilly dallying with the ball. If they could though, it doesn't mean it's impossible.
We won't be replacing all of the players though will we - I expect 14 or so of the existing squad will be here next season, plus the young lads.
It could get better. Or it could not. I mean, you can say things can get better with any manager if we sign better players. It’s still up to the manager to prove he’s the one to manage them.
