What do we still need? Aka The never ending story

Woziak said:
We need a number 9 and then a number 10 inside/second striker like M Cunha. These two positions are critical, we also need at least one more wing back with elite pace.
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Cunha would be a great addition but we are desperate for a striker, a RWB and a midfielder. You can then play Amad and Bruno further forward more often and bring in a younger and cheaper player like Rigg to add depth as a number 10.

I suppose maybe you could stretch to buying Cunha if could offload Zirkzee and Rasmus and we just go with youngsters as backups, not ideal but we are going to have to sacrifice somewhere.
 
Woziak said:
We need a number 9 and then a number 10 inside/second striker like M Cunha. These two positions are critical, we also need at least one more wing back with elite pace.
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Indeed. I would say we need 2-3 in the frontline before even looking elsewhere. But it did surprise me just a couple of months ago that many people still had midfielders or defenders as their priority to strengthen. I don’t think anything changes until we sort out the front 3
 
The most obvious place where we need to strengthen is in central midfield. We need 2 experienced and strong midfield generals to replace Casemiro and Eriksen this summer.

Ugarte should be a back-up player and Mainoo should try to be the young talent who can learn from a good, experienced midfielder.

But by experienced I mean a player of approximately 25-29 years of age who has a solid background. As, for example, Casemiro and Eriksen had when they came to United - but younger than them, so they last longer.

We have enough young talent. We need more leadership types in the team to show these young talents how to handle playing at the highest level for the biggest (not best) team in the world.

Such 2 midfielders will be expensive investments, but necessary as I see it. I don't know if we have the money for that. But without them, I don't see us getting much better quickly.

Next, we need an experienced striker, also 25-29 years old. In addition to being a goalscorer, Højlund and Zirkzee must be able to learn from him and stand in his shadow.

Thus, it is clear that I think we lack 3 strong leadership types in the team: 2 central midfielders and 1 striker.
Good, young talents are always welcome. But you can't build a house without a solid foundation.
 
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Very pleased to see the reasonableness of pretty much all our moves the last year. Targeting young, cheaper players with potential, while offloading deadweight where possible. The way I see the team for the summer -- listing players I'd keep at each position, with the non-keepers in parenthesis (either sell or "deep bench", meaning unsellable but cannot be counted on for contributions):

GK: Onana, *new backup*, Vitek.... (Sell: Bayinder)

LCB: Martinez, *new purchase given Licha's injury*, Shaw, Heaven
CCB: De Ligt, Maguire
RCB: Yoro, Mazroui

LWB: Dorgu, Leon / Amass.... (Sell: Malacia)
RWB: Dalot, *new purchase -- Quenda?*

CM: Ugarte, Bruno, Collyer, *new purchase*, Kone... (Deep bench: Casemiro)
AM: Amad, Garnacho, Mainoo, Mount... (Sell: Rashford; Deep bench / loan: Antony)

Striker: One of Holjund / Zirkzee, *big new purchase*, Obi Martin.... (Sell: the other of Holjund / Zirkzee)

Total buys: 4 or 5, including one major purchase in a clear immediate starter at striker
Total sales: 4
 
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Hester_manc said:
The most obvious place where we need to strengthen is in central midfield. We need 2 experienced and strong midfield generals to replace Casemiro and Eriksen this summer.

Ugarte should be a back-up player and Mainoo should try to be the young talent who can learn from a good, experienced midfielder.

But by experienced I mean a player of approximately 25-29 years of age who has a solid background. As, for example, Casemiro and Eriksen had when they came to United - but younger than them, so they last longer.

We have enough young talent. We need more leadership types in the team to show these young talents how to handle playing at the highest level for the biggest (not best) team in the world.

Such 2 midfielders will be expensive investments, but necessary as I see it. I don't know if we have the money for that. But without them, I don't see us getting much better quickly.

Next, we need an experienced striker, also 25-29 years old. In addition to being a goalscorer, Højlund and Zirkzee must be able to learn from him and stand in his shadow.

Thus, it is clear that I think we lack 3 strong leadership types in the team: 2 central midfielders and 1 striker.
Good, young talents are always welcome. But you can't build a house without a solid foundation.
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Which two central midfielders and experienced striker would you like to see signed?
 
Roboc7 said:
Cunha would be a great addition but we are desperate for a striker, a RWB and a midfielder. You can then play Amad and Bruno further forward more often and bring in a younger and cheaper player like Rigg to add depth as a number 10.

I suppose maybe you could stretch to buying Cunha if could offload Zirkzee and Rasmus and we just go with youngsters as backups, not ideal but we are going to have to sacrifice somewhere.
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We need to go out and get Gykores and Cunha for a combined £120m fee. These two are essential and would dramatically change our intent.
 
LawCharltonBest said:
Indeed. I would say we need 2-3 in the frontline before even looking elsewhere. But it did surprise me just a couple of months ago that many people still had midfielders or defenders as their priority to strengthen. I don’t think anything changes until we sort out the front 3
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Exactly we need Cunha or Mbeumo and then Osimhen or Gykores. Those are the 4 options to go get 2 definite Starters, we are so light in our attacking options it’s just inconceivable how a club of our stature has allowed to be this poor?

The very fact that SJR said; “ I don’t want to buy Mbappe, I want to find the next one” just shows how clueless he is at owning a successful football club.

I genuinely think we need 2 from the 4 above and then go buy either Tyler Dybling or Chris Rigg as the next big thing in England’s youth set up.

A Club like United need 6 specialist in these three attacking positions and then 5 Wing backs in the two wing back positions where one is an 18 year old like Diego Leon, if we add Quenda, Amad, Dorgu and Dalot that’s is excellent cover and Dalot will improve massively by only playing 39/35 games a season rather than 55 matches.

We currently have Garnaucho, Mount, Bruno, Hojlund, Zirkzee and Mainoo at a push. Two have no pace, two have pace but have low football IQ, the other is always injured and the Captain is now played as CM, where’s he’s still inconsistent and fans wonder why we can’t score goals. Mount has 3 months to save his United career, I fear that Hojlund and Zirkzee’s may both be over already and Garnaucho will only be successful when he reverts to high left sided wing back.

Amad is far better as right wing back where he has more space and Zirkzee could be a great 10 if he started to use his considerable physical traits. None of those 6 get you 15-20 goals per season or 15 assists.

Selling Garnaucho for £70m in the summer and Zirkzee for £30m plus Sancho for £25m , Mount for £30m and Rashford for £40m would give us the funds to oversee a huge upgrade in the attacking positions.

We could easily go get;
G Quenda - £45m
V Gykores - £65m
M Cunha - £60m
T Dybling - £45m

All four bought for 220-230m and just with the net profit of Rashford and Garnaucho as homegrown players and the huge savings in wages, this would allow us to easily go and upgrade this part of the team.

You would then have Quenda/T Dybling /Amad /Dalot creating a dream 4 man option to cover the right side and Cunha/Bruno/Mainoo/Dorgu/Leon giving us great cover on the left side

Finally Eriksen and Casemiro will go and United need one Elite Midfield signing like Ederson from Atlanta, this guy would be a transformative signing and he would start every game with Ugarte/Collyer/Mainoo or Bruno next to him. He’s probably another £50m but worth every penny, sell Onana for £20-25m and go get James Trafford from Burnley for the same money.

We still need another left footed Elite CB who fits Amorim’s Profile but maybe A Heaven or Goodwill kukonki emerges to fill that position.

Make no mistake never has a United squad needed so much money spent on it and never have so many players needed to be moved on as well just to generate the funds needed to complete such a major overhaul this summer.

Yes we will need to spend £250-300m and yes we need to generate at least £150-180m in player sales to make this happen.

If SJR/Ineos means business only a window like I’ve suggested will get the fans onside with his current tenure.
 
Woziak said:
Exactly we need Cunha or Mbeumo and then Osimhen or Gykores. Those are the 4 options to go get 2 definite Starters, we are so light in our attacking options it’s just inconceivable how a club of our stature has allowed to be this poor?

The very fact that SJR said; “ I don’t want to buy Mbappe, I want to find the next one” just shows how clueless he is at owning a successful football club.

I genuinely think we need 2 from the 4 above and then go buy either Tyler Dybling or Chris Rigg as the next big thing in England’s youth set up.

A Club like United need 6 specialist in these three attacking positions and then 5 Wing backs in the two wing back positions where one is an 18 year old like Diego Leon, if we add Quenda, Amad, Dorgu and Dalot that’s is excellent cover and Dalot will improve massively by only playing 39/35 games a season rather than 55 matches.

We currently have Garnaucho, Mount, Bruno, Hojlund, Zirkzee and Mainoo at a push. Two have no pace, two have pace but have low football IQ, the other is always injured and the Captain is now played as CM, where’s he’s still inconsistent and fans wonder why we can’t score goals. Mount has 3 months to save his United career, I fear that Hojlund and Zirkzee’s may both be over already and Garnaucho will only be successful when he reverts to high left sided wing back.

Amad is far better as right wing back where he has more space and Zirkzee could be a great 10 if he started to use his considerable physical traits. None of those 6 get you 15-20 goals per season or 15 assists.

Selling Garnaucho for £70m in the summer and Zirkzee for £30m plus Sancho for £25m , Mount for £30m and Rashford for £40m would give us the funds to oversee a huge upgrade in the attacking positions.

We could easily go get;
G Quenda - £45m
V Gykores - £65m
M Cunha - £60m
T Dybling - £45m

All four bought for 220-230m and just with the net profit of Rashford and Garnaucho as homegrown players and the huge savings in wages, this would allow us to easily go and upgrade this part of the team.

You would then have Quenda/T Dybling /Amad /Dalot creating a dream 4 man option to cover the right side and Cunha/Bruno/Mainoo/Dorgu/Leon giving us great cover on the left side

Finally Eriksen and Casemiro will go and United need one Elite Midfield signing like Ederson from Atlanta, this guy would be a transformative signing and he would start every game with Ugarte/Collyer/Mainoo or Bruno next to him. He’s probably another £50m but worth every penny, sell Onana for £20-25m and go get James Trafford from Burnley for the same money.

We still need another left footed Elite CB who fits Amorim’s Profile but maybe A Heaven or Goodwill kukonki emerges to fill that position.

Make no mistake never has a United squad needed so much money spent on it and never have so many players needed to be moved on as well just to generate the funds needed to complete such a major overhaul this summer.

Yes we will need to spend £250-300m and yes we need to generate at least £150-180m in player sales to make this happen.

If SJR/Ineos means business only a window like I’ve suggested will get the fans onside with his current tenure.
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You and I have a lot of the same targets in mind with Gyokeres, Ederson, Quenda and potentially Cunha, though I think some of your potential sale prices are a bit optimistic!

There's a lot that needs to happen for Rashford to justify that £40m buy option, and no team is paying £30m for Mount at this stage until it's proven he is over the worst of his fitness issues and can string a regular run of games together and some form. I also think Zirkzee has likely lost enough value that £30m is potentially a bit steep and likely so is £70m for Garnacho.

Dalot is one that I would look to shift if I were United - he's pure profit at this point given how long ago he was signed and I think could fetch slightly north of £30m. Decent player but he doesn't fit this system and United could invest that money better elsewhere.
 
Woziak said:
We need to go out and get Gykores and Cunha for a combined £120m fee. These two are essential and would dramatically change our intent.
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But a RWB is essential as well, so is a midfielder and they can’t all cost 50-70m. I’m not sure you get both for 120m even, might be closer to 140.

We are going to have to find some cheaper solutions somewhere, there are some good players at the teams that will be relegated, some good players in the Championship.

The players are out there for reasonable fees we have just been completely inept at signing them.

We desperately need some good sales but it’s more likely that Rashford, Antony and Casemiro will all be out on loan next season than sold.
 
bb8 said:
Very pleased to see the reasonableness of pretty much all our moves the last year. Targeting young, cheaper players with potential, while offloading deadweight where possible. The way I see the team for the summer -- listing players I'd keep at each position, with the non-keepers in parenthesis (either sell or "deep bench", meaning unsellable but cannot be counted on for contributions):

GK: Onana, *new backup*, Vitek.... (Sell: Bayinder)

LCB: Martinez, *new purchase given Licha's injury*, Shaw, Heaven
CCB: De Ligt, Maguire
RCB: Yoro, Mazroui

LWB: Dorgu, Leon / Amass.... (Sell: Malacia)
RWB: Dalot, *new purchase -- Quenda?*

CM: Ugarte, Bruno, Collyer, *new purchase*, Kone... (Deep bench: Casemiro)
AM: Amad, Garnacho, Mainoo, Mount... (Sell: Rashford; Deep bench / loan: Antony)

Striker: One of Holjund / Zirkzee, *big new purchase*, Obi Martin.... (Sell: the other of Holjund / Zirkzee)

Total buys: 4 or 5, including one major purchase in a clear immediate starter at striker
Total sales: 4
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Looks about right and realistic to me.
 
croadyman said:
Which two central midfielders and experienced striker would you like to see signed?
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The thread is about "what" we need, not "who". I do not know the marked well enough to point out who exactly could be an option as the player seeks new challenges, is out of contract soon or anything else that could mean he would leave a club for United.

But one type of central midfielder we could use would be players like Nicolo Barella from Inter.
While an experienced and good striker could be someone like Cunha from Wolves.
 
Paul Pogba on a short term contract for the rest of the season.

Gyokeres, Quenda, Tel and a LCB in the summer.

A certain Patrick Dorgu is liking all of Paul Pogba's Instagram posts..... Coincidence?
 
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LCB: Olivier Boscagli free
RWB: Frimpong 33m
DM: Franck Anguissa free
CM: Hugo Larsson 33m
CM: Angel Gomes free
CF: Osimhen 55m

Sign bunch of free players and play Bruno as a 10 again.
 
After the summer I'd like to see something like.

Onana
Yoro - De Ligt - Mazraoui
Quenda - Ugarte - Bruno - Dorgu
Dibling Mainoo
Osimhen
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Overhaul FC said:
Paul Pogba on a short term contract for the rest of the season.

Gyokeres, Quenda, Tel and a LCB in the summer.

A certain Patrick Dorgu is liking all of Paul Pogba's Instagram posts..... Coincidence?
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Probably yeah. Considering a lot of Danes follow United and Pogba was a United player before.

There's a lot of footballers that like all of Ronaldo and Messi's social media posts too.

If your barometer is likes on social media then I'm not sure what to say.
 
Re: Gyokeres -

Just how good is he? I fear people are looking at stats and coming to conclusions without using their eyes here. Have those longing for his arrival in the summer actually watched Sporting much…or the Portuguese league for that matter?

He'll be 27 when next season starts so he's in his prime. His career prior to Sporting is pretty average, so he could just be a relatively late bloomer and the one that got away for Brighton. Isak's career prior to Newcastle didn't exactly scream superstar either, and maybe his compatriot would deliver something similar in the PL.

But it's equally likely, or more likely imo, that people are putting 2 and 2 together (which includes his familiarity with Amorim) and coming up with 5. I'd just like to get feedback from people who’ve actually watched him often.
 
It's funny, we now need more players than ever before, along with backups and we have no money.

The only positions I would say we're solid in are:

2 x CB
1 x MF
2 x AM
And possibly LWB if Dorgu is decent

Every other position could do with strengthening as well as some bench players.
 
Gyokeres £65m
Quenda £40m - Ornstein Reported fee would be around 40 million euros so added some additional on.
Huijsen - £55m - Reported Release Clause.
Larson - £40m - Rumored fee.
Jobe Bellingham - £25m - If they stay in Championship.
Dybling - £30m - Southampton going down, clearly doesn’t want to sign, Wilcox knows him and apparently really admires him.

Yes there’s quite a lot spent there, if we can find cheaper alternatives then all for it, but think we have 4 starters and 2 highly rated players for depth who can become starters in the near future.

With the amount of outgoing I expect then anything’s possible.
 
Gyokeres, Cunha or Delap, i'd be happy with anyone of these forwards brought in next summer.
All three are technically sound, are energetic, versatile, have great movement and display strong character.
 
———————Onana
———————Harrison

Yoro—————-De Ligt ——Martinez/Shaw
Mazraoui—— Maguire——Heaven/Kukonki

Dalot——-Ugarte——-Bruno———Dorgu
Quenda—-Collyer——Mainoo. —-Leon

—————-Amad——-—AM
—-————Mount———AM

————————Striker
————————Hojlund

Nearly there :)
 
friendlytramp said:
———————Onana
———————Harrison

Yoro—————-De Ligt ——Martinez/Shaw
Mazraoui—— Maguire——Heaven/Kukonki

Dalot——-Ugarte——-Bruno———Dorgu
Quenda—-Collyer——Mainoo. —-Leon

—————-Amad——-—AM
—-————Mount———AM

————————Striker
————————Hojlund

Nearly there :)
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Mainoo doesn't work in midfield 2.
 
DannyCAFC said:
You and I have a lot of the same targets in mind with Gyokeres, Ederson, Quenda and potentially Cunha, though I think some of your potential sale prices are a bit optimistic!

There's a lot that needs to happen for Rashford to justify that £40m buy option, and no team is paying £30m for Mount at this stage until it's proven he is over the worst of his fitness issues and can string a regular run of games together and some form. I also think Zirkzee has likely lost enough value that £30m is potentially a bit steep and likely so is £70m for Garnacho.

Dalot is one that I would look to shift if I were United - he's pure profit at this point given how long ago he was signed and I think could fetch slightly north of £30m. Decent player but he doesn't fit this system and United could invest that money better elsewhere.
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Here’s the thing, we only need £80-90m
Combined for Garnaucho and Rashford providing they are sold before 1st July , then add Mctominay and Greenwood and you have 4 academy players that all represent 100% academy profit of £140m in this Accounting period which means we could spend £300-£350m in the summer easily.

The club needs to reinvest all the money they would receive. We need 3/4 attacking options and Zirkzee will easily fetch £30-35m as he has a fantastic reputation in Serie A, if we don’t get Gykores he’ll be used as a makeweight in a cash plus swap deal for Osimhen with Napoli.

SJR needs to prove what he said that he’s looking to make us successful on the field first, well to do that Jim you need to buy at least 6/7 Elite PL proven players this summer!
 
Just watching the 50 passes before that arsenal goal against city, my god our players are brutal. We need technical players, comfortable on the ball, able to hold it up, not panic when a player presses them. We are actually awful. We need possibly a new team bar Diallo and marinez who are comfortable on the ball.
 
3 right signings and this team should transform. Need a ST, no. 10 and RWB. Strong technical players who can hold the ball and move it forward.
 
ManRed said:
3 right signings and this team should transform. Need a ST, no. 10 and RWB. Strong technical players who can hold the ball and move it forward.
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You believe our midfield and Defence are upto to the mark .
A CM have to be priority along with attacking reinforcements.
 
Woziak said:
Exactly we need Cunha or Mbeumo and then Osimhen or Gykores. Those are the 4 options to go get 2 definite Starters, we are so light in our attacking options it’s just inconceivable how a club of our stature has allowed to be this poor?

The very fact that SJR said; “ I don’t want to buy Mbappe, I want to find the next one” just shows how clueless he is at owning a successful football club.

I genuinely think we need 2 from the 4 above and then go buy either Tyler Dybling or Chris Rigg as the next big thing in England’s youth set up.

A Club like United need 6 specialist in these three attacking positions and then 5 Wing backs in the two wing back positions where one is an 18 year old like Diego Leon, if we add Quenda, Amad, Dorgu and Dalot that’s is excellent cover and Dalot will improve massively by only playing 39/35 games a season rather than 55 matches.

We currently have Garnaucho, Mount, Bruno, Hojlund, Zirkzee and Mainoo at a push. Two have no pace, two have pace but have low football IQ, the other is always injured and the Captain is now played as CM, where’s he’s still inconsistent and fans wonder why we can’t score goals. Mount has 3 months to save his United career, I fear that Hojlund and Zirkzee’s may both be over already and Garnaucho will only be successful when he reverts to high left sided wing back.

Amad is far better as right wing back where he has more space and Zirkzee could be a great 10 if he started to use his considerable physical traits. None of those 6 get you 15-20 goals per season or 15 assists.

Selling Garnaucho for £70m in the summer and Zirkzee for £30m plus Sancho for £25m , Mount for £30m and Rashford for £40m would give us the funds to oversee a huge upgrade in the attacking positions.

We could easily go get;
G Quenda - £45m
V Gykores - £65m
M Cunha - £60m
T Dybling - £45m

All four bought for 220-230m and just with the net profit of Rashford and Garnaucho as homegrown players and the huge savings in wages, this would allow us to easily go and upgrade this part of the team.

You would then have Quenda/T Dybling /Amad /Dalot creating a dream 4 man option to cover the right side and Cunha/Bruno/Mainoo/Dorgu/Leon giving us great cover on the left side

Finally Eriksen and Casemiro will go and United need one Elite Midfield signing like Ederson from Atlanta, this guy would be a transformative signing and he would start every game with Ugarte/Collyer/Mainoo or Bruno next to him. He’s probably another £50m but worth every penny, sell Onana for £20-25m and go get James Trafford from Burnley for the same money.

We still need another left footed Elite CB who fits Amorim’s Profile but maybe A Heaven or Goodwill kukonki emerges to fill that position.

Make no mistake never has a United squad needed so much money spent on it and never have so many players needed to be moved on as well just to generate the funds needed to complete such a major overhaul this summer.

Yes we will need to spend £250-300m and yes we need to generate at least £150-180m in player sales to make this happen.

If SJR/Ineos means business only a window like I’ve suggested will get the fans onside with his current tenure.
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Realistically, we won't be generating £150 million in sales and we won't be spending £250 million.

If we can purchase a top CM, one attacker and then RWB that would be great progress. A new starting goalkeeper will need to be looked at sooner rather than later also.
 
gajender said:
You believe our midfield and Defence are upto to the mark .
A CM have to be priority along with attacking reinforcements.
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Bruno and Ugarte are going to be our midfield going forward. Dont see them getting replaced next year
 
ManRed said:
Bruno and Ugarte are going to be our midfield going forward. Dont see them getting replaced next year
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Then we would continue to struggle against any half decent team and Amorim getting boot would be matter of when not if and another wasted year trying things that cleary don't work .
 
gajender said:
You believe our midfield and Defence are upto to the mark .
A CM have to be priority along with attacking reinforcements.
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The midfield is fine in terms of starters. The issue is depth for Ugarte, but Bruno and Ugarte are a good pairing. Right now everything in the team isn't clicking because the opposition feels 0 threat from our attack. You need a danger man in attack and without it, your whole team will be affected from back to front because teams can comfortably push up higher and press you.
 
bosnian_red said:
The midfield is fine in terms of starters. The issue is depth for Ugarte, but Bruno and Ugarte are a good pairing. Right now everything in the team isn't clicking because the opposition feels 0 threat from our attack. You need a danger man in attack and without it, your whole team will be affected from back to front because teams can comfortably push up higher and press you.
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Midfield along with attack is the biggest concern for me .

Ugarte while being decent player has serious Limitations and similar can be said about Bruno .

Its too porous and lacks athleticism while quite easy to play against , maybe it gets mitigated to an extent with better attackers but against any half decent team it would still get exposed regularly .
 
bosnian_red said:
The midfield is fine in terms of starters. The issue is depth for Ugarte, but Bruno and Ugarte are a good pairing. Right now everything in the team isn't clicking because the opposition feels 0 threat from our attack. You need a danger man in attack and without it, your whole team will be affected from back to front because teams can comfortably push up higher and press you.
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That is why i said we need a new ST and no 10. Especially players who can hold up a football and not panic when pressed.

Onana

Maz - Maguire - Lisandro
RWB - Bruno - Ugarte - Dorgu
Amad - ST - LF

3 signings and we will be half way there. still need to make backup signings to replace Eriksen, Casemiro, Evans etc
 
We need to get rid of the Glazers. Until we do so, we'll keep having this same conversation season after season.
 
ManRed said:
Bruno and Ugarte are going to be our midfield going forward. Dont see them getting replaced next year
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Not saying they should be replaced, however need to add an athletic ball playing CM to help prevent us getting bullied easily by teams. Know we are big admirers of Ederson so think he could fit the bill
 
Kinsella said:
Re: Gyokeres -

Just how good is he? I fear people are looking at stats and coming to conclusions without using their eyes here. Have those longing for his arrival in the summer actually watched Sporting much…or the Portuguese league for that matter?

He'll be 27 when next season starts so he's in his prime. His career prior to Sporting is pretty average, so he could just be a relatively late bloomer and the one that got away for Brighton. Isak's career prior to Newcastle didn't exactly scream superstar either, and maybe his compatriot would deliver something similar in the PL.

But it's equally likely, or more likely imo, that people are putting 2 and 2 together (which includes his familiarity with Amorim) and coming up with 5. I'd just like to get feedback from people who’ve actually watched him often.
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Yeah, he's the real deal. Good age profile too, will help Hojlund or whoever is next.
 
ManRed said:
That is why i said we need a new ST and no 10. Especially players who can hold up a football and not panic when pressed.

Onana

Maz - Maguire - Lisandro
RWB - Bruno - Ugarte - Dorgu
Amad - ST - LF

3 signings and we will be half way there. still need to make backup signings to replace Eriksen, Casemiro, Evans etc
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Could Angel returning on a free be one to consider when looking to replace Eriksen too
 
LawCharltonBest said:
Indeed. I would say we need 2-3 in the frontline before even looking elsewhere. But it did surprise me just a couple of months ago that many people still had midfielders or defenders as their priority to strengthen. I don’t think anything changes until we sort out the front 3
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Yeah I’ve said since pre-Amorim that we needed at least two QUALITY attackers. Right now you have Amad… and that’s it. Garnachos overall game is still very spotty, Rashford is gone, Antony is gone, Hojlund and Zirkzee offer almost nothing, and that’s it. Then you have Mount who’s a sicknote, and Bruno who honestly doesn’t fit well as an inside 10 given his lack of dribbling ability and pace if we’re honest.

I’m not delusional enough to think we’ll get a couple guaranteed top level goalscorers this summer, but bare minimum they have to be quality players that elevate the floor of the attack drastically. Cunha would be ideal. Gyokeres is an obvious target. Dibling or Quenda would be great additions. There’s other names out there.

But yeah the team is going no where until we completely rework that forward line. Right now it’s genuine relegation quality barring Amad (who’s just broken through himself this season)
 
bosnian_red said:
The midfield is fine in terms of starters. The issue is depth for Ugarte, but Bruno and Ugarte are a good pairing. Right now everything in the team isn't clicking because the opposition feels 0 threat from our attack. You need a danger man in attack and without it, your whole team will be affected from back to front because teams can comfortably push up higher and press you.
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Yeah and I think people forget the wingbacks in this system are supposed to be essentially old school touch line wingers, NOT traditional fullbacks. An out of place Dalot and Maz kill our threat just as much as Hojlund and co further forward because we are expected to attack with 5 in possession and 3-4 of those 5 end up offering 0 danger.

Hopefully Dorgu is a hit and we sort the other side this summer along with two attackers and I think the team will look drastically different next fall.
 
Valencia Shin Crosses said:
Yeah I’ve said since pre-Amorim that we needed at least two QUALITY attackers. Right now you have Amad… and that’s it. Garnachos overall game is still very spotty, Rashford is gone, Antony is gone, Hojlund and Zirkzee offer almost nothing, and that’s it. Then you have Mount who’s a sicknote, and Bruno who honestly doesn’t fit well as an inside 10 given his lack of dribbling ability and pace if we’re honest.

I’m not delusional enough to think we’ll get a couple guaranteed top level goalscorers this summer, but bare minimum they have to be quality players that elevate the floor of the attack drastically. Cunha would be ideal. Gyokeres is an obvious target. Dibling or Quenda would be great additions. There’s other names out there.

But yeah the team is going no where until we completely rework that forward line. Right now it’s genuine relegation quality barring Amad (who’s just broken through himself this season)
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I think we should be all in for Gyokeres and Quenda. The former solving our long standing issues of the Striker position while Quenda helps two positions by being the starting RWB and backup for Amad at RAM too.
 
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