We definitely need a new LB/LWB. Dalot or Maz are not the answer on the left.
Ruben Amorim | United meet Sporting release clause
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Doesn't sound like there is any sticking point with this one, just a matter of agreeing compensation and it's done without any fuss
The predictable City brief that they were never interested. 
I'd agree with that. Essential in my eyes that they're genuinely left footed also. Alvaro Fernandez might be an option to bring back but we need another
Eating crow on this one, fair play.
New manager bounce for 10 games then spurs where rubbish. If i remember correctly Everton picked up more points from that point until the end of the season last season.
Spurs haven't had a great start to this season either, we sacked our manager who won a trophy last season when ange won nothing and united are only 2 points behind spurs right now.
Ange is good at media but he's not the example to trott out as an example of what we want at United
Usual face saving by them lot.
Mainoo is not quite a double pivot midfielder or a classic number 8. Playing in a midfield two, with a back 3 behind him to provide slightly more cover and allow him to roam ideally suits him IMO.
If he buys into that position and doesn't have abit of a tantrum, like he did last year vs Liverpool, then he may finally be useful.
The predictable City brief that they were never interested.
forever small club mentality
He said attacking wingbacks.
REDEMPTION ARC INCOMING
Ah the old 'We weren't interested in him anyway"
They'll be seething if we pull this off. He was 100% one of their main targets without a doubt
City were 100% interested in Amorim. They've literally just hired the Sporting director from the same club!
From our cohort, who would be likely to line up as the back 3, do you think?
In fact, from our squad, what do you think is the best xi for what he wants his team to do?
If he was never a target for them then what's the purpose is saying anything at all? We don't brief the media every time someone we're not interested in gets employed elsewhere
Find the comments about not being able to succeed or play good football with a 3atb absolutely baffling. There are two high quality sides who play really nice football in Leverkusen and Atalanta, then you have managers like Conte, Tuchel and Inzaghi who've had success with that system as well albeit the football's less attractive.
The predictable City brief that they were never interested.
In fairness I think theyl get Alonso and it's done behind the scenes.
Our current CEO is an ex city dealbroker. He’ll know exactly who they had in mind in their succession planning.
City not being interested seems to make sense. Sounds like it is quite a passive and counter attacking style when not facing poor teams in Portuguese league. Would suit out players a lot better.
What are we expecting from Amorim interms of how he's going to set us up.
3 at the back seems a given, so what are we expecting on the wings, midfield and forward positions ?
3 at the back seems a given, so what are we expecting on the wings, midfield and forward positions ?
We are passive against the likes of Coventry, Southampton and Fulham.
I read this in the voice of Swiss Tony. Perfect.
The predictable City brief that they were never interested.
Yes they have no interest in a manager playing 3 at the back and possession based system. Not at all.
The predictable City brief that they were never interested.
Who the feck is this guy?
People focus way too much on three at the back as if that was the entire definition of his style
How did you put 2 and 2 together and get 5? When exactly did I say Ange is what I wanted at United? I said his system had a significant style of play within weeks at Spurs, which is right. I never said they will win trophies or I want Ange here. It’s just that a new manager can set the team up right and change system of play within weeks.
I said last night that I realised that I am exactly as excited and optimistic about Amorim signing for us as I was about ten Hag and that thought was very sobering.
I was all in on ten Hag, I really believed we were signing the right profile - relatively young, on the up, tactically astute and seemingly ready to cut his teeth at a big club. The sort of manager we watched the likes of Brighton and Brentford go for and asked why we didn’t give them a chance.
Isn't he Madrid bound?
It sounds like of when not if. Lets hope he can kick some kind of class into this lot.
Sky Sports News predict that Amorim's team could look like this:
Onana
Yoro de Ligt Martinez
Mazraoui Ugarte Bruno Dalot
Amad Rashford
Hojlund
Yoro de Ligt Martinez
Mazraoui Ugarte Bruno Dalot
Amad Rashford
Hojlund
Don’t understand why we sold him in the first place.
Shaw will be back eventually, at least for a little while - Malacia is on his way back it seems, and young Amass is also there. Should be enough to see us through the season, and apparently we are doing our best to secure Alphonso Davies for free for next season.
I'm positive about it.
I don't even know if we can rely on that. Managers seem to change a lot when they arrive here. Some of those Ten Hag Ajax clips, full of players we now have, make them look like prime Barcelona. Sweeping aside the best teams. Haven't seen anything resembling it here. Except maybe the first half of the FA Cup Final.
Yeah I I like the idea of it too. Means we can fit De Ligt, Yoro and Martinez in the side and makes us a bit more solid to cover up the weaknesses in midfield.
Doesn't sound like he plays with out and out wide players but that might be a blessing when none of our wingers can cross the ball well anyway. I can very much imagine Amad, Rashford, Bruno and Garnacho as inside forwards receiving the ball on the half turn.
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Yoro de Ligt Martinez
Mazraoui Ugarte Casemiro Garnacho
Amad Bruno
Hojlund
Yoro de Ligt Martinez
Mazraoui Ugarte Casemiro Garnacho
Amad Bruno
Hojlund
The predictable City brief that they were never interested.
I doubt he would’ve wanted to spend a season in the championship anyway.
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There’s a reason I put a * next to Shaw.
The predictable City brief that they were never interested.
So Amorin doesn't believe in doping then. Good.
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