Should keep smalling unless a sizable bid comes in. If lindelof and maguire doesn't work out then trying a quick option with Maguire is the next idea
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‘We are going to make an offer but you must agree to accepting it before we tell you the amount’.
I will bookmark this delightful positive comment and get back to you once again next year when the season ends with Manchester United on third.
Good to know we're not quite the worst run club in Europe, at least not while these clowns are still around.
Yes, we do need a bonafide DM, but I’m not one for arguing about which players compliment each other off of eye test alone. That wasn’t the point I was making either way. We lost Herrera and Fellaini, and even when we had them we still needed midfield options, the fact we have not replaced them is negligent in my eyes, and Pogba shouldn’t be expected to carry the creative burden from midfield alone.
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Counter attack won't work all the time, who will unlock stubborn defences, who will get us consistent goals. Who really will be our consistent attack force. So many unanswered questions from a terrible window.
We should keep Smalling because Rojo, Jones and Bailly are hobbling disasters.
I'll be eagerly awaiting your post, but I'm about as sure it isn't coming as I am that I'm never getting a date with Scarlett Johansson or going to own a McLaren 720s.
I'll judge after 5 pl games, pre season ain't a base. Spurs were very unfit at the game having played only 1 game before too.
Literally no chance are we beating Spurs to 3rd as things stand. Their team/ squad is much better and they've made quality signings.
4th will be doable but not easy. We need quality midfield reinforcement, as otherwise relying too much on unproven or past it players
54 mil + 1 pound bid incoming.
They're using the agent to try and lower your demands. Basically they don't want to offer the £75m
I agree we shouldn't be loaning Smalling out but if a good cash offer comes in I'd take it, shifting players has been a real challenge and I'd rather we give third choice minutes to Tuanzebe now.
Good, we want £90m!
I hear you but I guess we just paid 52m for fred, we seem to be moving to a double pivot so it is okay to have 1-2 less midfielders and mctominay is growing into role. We will see who plays but I think 4 to 5 is the number of centre miss you need and the defensive role is the more pressing of the 2.
Easy to forget that fred player the deeper of a double pivot with shaktar to good effect. He has killed everyone's hopes by missing first week of pre season but if it was this summer and everyone was in for him and we brought him in for 52m everyone would say midfield is sorted. I watched the tifo video on him recently and his strength was collecting the ball at the back and playing high risk passes to the front 4.. sounds a bit like what He tried to do last season but just got pressure on him much faster than he is used to.
My main hope for this year is that with a stronger and quite defensive back 4 we can just play 4 attackers and 2 ball players in cm and just get away it...
Agreed. Smalling is still useful.
We are relying on Rashford suddenly learning how to shoot and one of the kids to step up (Gomes?) to create some chances. We also need Fred and Martial to have great seasons and Pogba to find some consistency (Euros next summer will hopefully motivate him). If all of that happens, we should be ok for top 6.
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Guess it’s Kompany the wanker. Probably enjoying it.
Actually really happy Ole has come out and stated Smalling is integral to the team. Just what I wanted to hear. Just what I expected to hear. In the top 3 CB’s we have in our team right now. 1) Maguire, 2) Smalling and 3) Lindelof. I prefer Smalling over the ice man.
The fact that we paid so much for this lump that the only suitors now are basically inter (Juve only wanted him in a swap), puts us in an awful position if we want to get rid of him. Another absolute shocking transfer by Ed Woodward. Our scouts seriously need firing.
Solskjaer doesn't play Smalling for 3 pre season games, yet sees him as an integral part of the defence 
wonder how many games he'll play throughout the season
wonder how many games he'll play throughout the seasonHe's no Bonucci, but he's far more reliable than Jones, Bailly, and Rojo, who's been totally useless since his ACL injury.
We’d be idiots to sell Smalling ahead of Bailly, Jones and Rojo. It would be a shocking decision.
Solskjaer doesn't play Smalling for 3 pre season games, yet sees him as an integral part of the defence
To be fair, he's probably a better fit with Maguire than Lindelof is (for reasons of pace). If we want to press this season, then we'll need to play a high line and that means exposing our defence to lots of runs in behind.
Get rid of Jones and Rojo before the end of the window, Maguire, Smalling, Lindelof and Tuanzebe as the four CBs (Bailly to be sold when he recovers from the injury).
He still passes the ball like a 6 year old though, there is no escaping that.
I agree with you
That's right, the man who is working day in day out with these guys for the last 9 months is clueless compared to say, some random guys and girls on an internet forum who have never managed in professional football or played at the highest level.
The level of disrespect for our manager, a club legend no less, is getting quite hard to take. I'd welcome the mods taking a bit of a stance on it. I'm not asking for a RAWK like ban on criticism, but the stuff like calling him a shill, a stooge, clueless, an idiot, etc would not be permitted if aimed at another poster, but fine if it's directed at our manager.
Was hoping today would be full of tweets about us chasing players. Instead it's full of us struggling to get rid of the deadwood.
You can't just start making up your own definitions for words.
Why does it take forever and an age to start to dislike Lukaku but people instantly hate on Pogba?
Solskjaer doesn't seem to be particularly bothered about building up from the back, so the passing ability (or lack thereof) of his defenders probably won't be a concern (see AWB).
Disagreed.
I mean, I agree that it would be an idiotic thing to do but it wouldn't be shocking for the club to do it.
Is that the same Rojo who is most likely to be sold who also got a massive contract renewal in the last 18 months?
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