U21s: Manchester United vs Everton
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Morrison, Pogba, Petrucci, Will Keane and Michael Keane not being near the first team for whatever reasons was probably disappointing.
Excellent save by Johnstone.
I fecking love Johnstone.
Couple of nice saves by Johnstone, with very little to do in between.
Johnstone needs a Championship loan asap!
And then he can be our next #1 when De Gea leaves next year.
And then he can be our next #1 when De Gea leaves next year.
Almost for Weir! Harrop is having a really good game as a #10 tonight.
I guess Wilson and Lingard will not start against Ipswich 
I guess Wilson and Lingard will not start against Ipswich
We can still hope they're on the bench.
Everton pull one back with 15 minutes to go.
I guess Wilson and Lingard will not start against Ipswich
I am bit confused why Wilson hasn't gone on loan yet.
The chances of that happening are next to 0
Fosu-Mensah taken off. Does he have a chance to feature on Wednesday?
De Gea leaving or Johnstone becoming our #1?
The latter, the first is a certainty.
Why do you think that? He is very talented, and has a lot of the same qualities De Gea has (Reflexes, mentally strong, concentration).
Granted, it's hard to predict who will make it at senior level, but I think that if given a chance, Sam will make an excellent PL goalkeeper.
He won't be given a chance though.
We almost sold DDG, and the solution was to sign another keeper, In a year, in all likelihood, we will do the same. You have to remember that even Romero is ahead of him in the pecking order, I cant see LVG making him his no. 1, especially in his last season.
I think he may end up being a good gk and not necessarily for United though, its harder than usual for a UCL club. Cant remember the last homegrown keeper to make it a top 10 UCL club. Dont just set yourself up for disappointment, thats all I am saying.
Decent game, pretty entertaining, and some lovely goals. That XI looked as strong on the pitch as they did on paper. Not 100% concentration or commitment throughout, but they hardly needed it, Everton were pretty clearly outclassed.
I really hope he's considered when De Gea leaves. Replacing De Gea with someone as good or better is not possible unless we buy Neuer, which I consider unlikely.
So why spend 40 million pounds on an older, only slightly better keeper, when we have Sam waiting in the wings?
Could have been a bigger scoreline but I guess that's football.Tuanzebe and Fosu-Mensah proved that they can handle the step up with ease.
Yeah I've got a feeling we had another few gears we could've worked through. Proffessional performance.
To be honest if I was Wilson or Lingard (and possibly Harrop or Johnstone) I'm not sure I'd be that inclined to run myself into the ground given that being picked for this game seems to rule them out of the Ipswich match.
Joe Hart, i suppose.
City actually bought him from Shrewsbury
If a gk is to make it at United, we have to send him to a team in the top league, be it Spain,England or Italy..but the hard thing is that who would take a chance on a loanee keeper, especially in such a crucial position. Chelsea got lucky with Courtois
I know LVG has a history with Romero, but surely he can see that Romero is not good enough to be #1 for Manchester United. Johnstone is perhaps not good enough either yet, but at least he has age on his side and can still develop a lot.
Casillas at Real Madrid, Neuer at Schalke, Joe Hart at City(not a top 10 UCL club
, but still a good team), but you are right about the lack of homegrown keepers at the best clubs.All the goals + post match interview with Joyce
Yeah, but he had played 50 something games at around that level, while Johnstone has played 70 odd.
Technically he isn't homegrown but similar circumstances in terms of breaking through. Hart wasn't bought as a readymade first choice.
Just seen the next league game is on October 26th. This is disgraceful.
Its too risky though , especially for him. And they see him everyday in training, so there must be something. The problem with being a keeper is that one mistake and everyone is on your back. That is why the clubs want someone that has gotten the experience elsewhere before signing him.I know LVG has a history with Romero, but surely he can see that Romero is not good enough to be #1 for Manchester United. Johnstone is perhaps not good enough either yet, but at least he has age on his side and can still develop a lot.
Casillas at Real Madrid, Neuer at Schalke, Joe Hart at City(not a top 10 UCL club
Casillas was in 2002, Neur yes, and Joe Hart was bought, and what helped him was his loan at Birmingham.We cant seem to get good loans for our players in the premiership.
Its the Birmingham loan which helped Hart. He played quite well there at a premiership level.
How did Sean Goss play?
Those are some good goals. Do our youth also play with the "LVG Philosphy"?
And the city team is...
Caballero, Sagna, Otamendi, Demichelis, Kolarov, Fernando, Toure, Navas, De Bruyne, Sterling, Aguero
They could do with playing Kelechi imo but Roberts and Garcia both came on for them today (although like I said Ekechi and Roberts aren't from their academy).
P.s: George Evans also came on.
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Jack Butland is young, English, obtainable for realistic money and has experience and a huge upside. Sam is too big a risk at this stage as United hold realistic hopes and expectations of winning the PL next season.