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spillo1:
Smart transfer dealings from INEOS. While other clubs are spending big sums on average players we have rebuilt the Midfield for a reasonable amount without overspending. Now they should be enough funds to get a left back before the end of the window.

When United finish 8th in May 2027, don’t blame Carrick.

Spy360:
A mad man spoke to Obi yet he didn't lick microphone to taste it when a Wiseman asked him to test it.

Whenever Obi starts licking microphones then we know you have sense

The microphone licker beat the highly ‘intellectual’ in a general election.

What does that actually say about the ‘intellectual’?

superfelix:
i think the club did well. Rashford said he wanted a new challenge and a consistent environment. barca came and he loved the club. it's not the club fault that Barca refused to pay up. same thing happened in city too. Cherki also took Grealish shirt number and he is currently back at club from his loan

Why would Barca refuse to pay up if Rashford impressed them?

They actually signed Gordon for £70m(including add-ons) instead of paying £25m for Rashford.

What does that tell you?

Lisandro = Team of the Tournament.

patrickmuf:
How much was Roma bidding for Summerville before Al Hilal came in with oil money? I reckon Roma would've gotten him for $50-55m

Roma went as far as €50M. INEOS would have offered €15m since they are too cheap.

Why is Summerville opting to play in Saudi at the tender age of 24? Ronaldo really paved the way for these Saudi moves. Nobody is ashamed any longer to go to Saudi and earn oil money.

odizeey:
We dey find bend down select deals.

Players who love us.

You know how many players love United for Lagos?🤣

You mean INEOS are in Yaba market looking for second hand products? .

You people have bad mouth on this app.

Wicked people.

Morgan Rogers: 6 years contract.

Chelsea making big moves without European fixtures.

superfelix:
i don't understand why he is entertaining the idea of him coming back. maybe it's beyond his power

It saves money for INEOS.

patrickmuf:
Where did you see me endorse Rashford? On this board, I am a renowned critic of Rashford, so don't even start with him.

Let me ask you, do you subscribe to the idea of us paying €80m for him?

Other clubs are paying it. Why shouldn’t United?

Why should the money matter? United are in 4 competitions next season. Each time Carrick played at 3 days interval last season, he dropped points.

The current squad is not ready for the fixture congestion of next season. Carrick needs at least 8 new players to be able to compete.

INEOS keep looking the other way each time a quality player is available in the market and making excuses the player is overpriced.

By the time all the quality players are mopped up by ambitious clubs, INEOS will be forced to buy low tier players for a huge fee.

We shall soon get to that point.

patrickmuf:
It's one thing to want the club to sign new players, but it doesn't mean we should pay over the odds for every player out there.

Anderson - overpriced
Fernandes - overpriced
Tonali - overpriced
Summerville - overpriced.

When will United find a quality player that isn’t overpriced?

patrickmuf:
€80m? Let him go far away from my club.

When Rashford starts stinking up the entire club by not tracking back or doing the recovery runs, I will come back and remind you of this post.

superfelix:
low-key we get small problem for this squad sha

we still need a lw, cb, dm and another striker

Summerville just agreed a deal with Al Hilal.

Rashford’s comeback is going to be a problem for Carrick.

popizaino:
Surpass who exactly?

I am ready to bet with anybody when FIFA ranks all time DM Rodri will never be above Sergio Busquet.

Rodri KO,Marco Senna Ni.

Busquets is better than Rodri.

Busquets engineered clean sheets throughout the KO stage of 2010 WC.

Godx:
There's no argument for Rodri not to win the balondor and yes, he has surpassed your favorites wether you like to admit it or not. Give him whatever he wants to sign that contract.

He was the best player in this tournament.

At no point did his level drop. He was consistent throughout. Goals and assists are important but shutting out killers like Messi, Dembele, Mbappe, Ronaldo, Barcola, Julian Alvarez is importanter.

odizeey:
Martinez was injured in the 44th minute
Mendez 56th, Saliba 30th minutes, courtios 70th

It might just be coincidence. Rondo or possession football does not injure players.

It indirectly injures players. Chasing the game builds the fatigue. The fatigue would cause injuries.

Argentina ran 130KM in total.

You would think they were the dominant team but their possession is only 35% and they had 0 shots on target.

This implies they chased the game for 2 hours.

The injuries are inevitable and Martinez is a sick note naturally.

odizeey:
Every team that faced Spain from round 16 had key defensive players taken out through injury.

Juju or witchcraft?

Chasing the ball for 90 minutes tires you out. It exhausts opponents physically and mentally, often leading to a collapse in performance late in the match.

If you ever played Rondo and you are the player in the middle versus 5 players that know how to keep the ball, you would nearly give up the ghost.

This is why using distance covered by Rodri to determine his greatness is a flawed argument. He’s the one dictating the play.

He’s the one making his opponents cover significant distances at varying intensities, with more high-intensity efforts, accelerations, decelerations, and recovery runs.

Possession-dominant teams often cover less overall distance but at more purposeful intensities, while the opponents burn bundles of energy inefficiently tracking the ball and players.

obonujoker:
Messi 39 years old, was too old to be in that game.... should have subbed himself out for a younger player with energy to mark

If he subbed out Messi and they still lost, what do you think the media would say?

KingTom:
The team has no standout star that everyone relies on, rather they play like a team reminiscent of the hey day 2008/2010/2012 Spain, each man performing his assigned role and the entire team working as a unit. The Haram ball Argentina tried to play with the intention of sneaking into Penalties was countered by that superb Spanish team. A well deserved Victory

They understand their individual roles.

They hug possession, deny the opponents any real chance of causing any harm. Unai Simon faced only 10 shots throughout the tournament.

41 year old Grandpa Ronaldo was the most threatening attacker Spain faced throughout the entire knock-out stage with 0.9 xGOT.

Alvarez, Messi, Mbappe, Dembele, Barcola, Brahim Diaz, etc were less threatening to Spain than Ronaldo.

Crazy tournament.

KingTom:
Ah! And I wonder why I never open Church

Spain were incredible.

How do you stop Messi without man-marking him or parking the bus?

The science behind yesterday’s game needs to be explained thoroughly.

LostMyZeal:
Manage this while I look for clearer one in 4k Res

Wicked people.

odizeey:
Recreate or stay in silence
The galadima himself.

I'm just finding out that no player played for Manchester United from 1991 till 2008. Then they went for break after 2009😃

In the modern era, Ronaldo is the greatest player that ever played for Man Utd.

Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed it himself.

KingTom:
Omo with INEOS, we are on a loooooong thing

INEOS are the owners OGC Nice in Ligue1 for the past 7 years. They haven’t finished 3rd once, never mind winning the league.

The Glazers should have sold Man Utd to Sheikh Jassim.

Lana1:
United don't need to start playing tiki taka tactics like Barca or Spain but we also can't be that team that has no choice but to sit back and defend for 50 mins against a superior team hoping to still be alive after 90 mins.

Teaching the kids to rely only on their "pace and pawa" hasn't really brought England or any of the English club teams much success in the last 20+ years compared to other countries.
All I'm saying is something needs to change if we are ever going to be that team that canonce again win the league and compete for the UCL in consecutive seasons and I don't even care about the three lions but if that change bubbles up to the national team then good.

You need good players to dominate a game. Sir Alex Ferguson used to win league titles at a canter by dominating any opponent with smart wing play and attacking football.

He was able to do it with quality players. In a situation where INEOS don’t buy the top players in the market, how is the squad going to dominate the better players of the other clubs.

During SAF’s reign, opponents confessed they already lost in the tunnel before the match when they saw Rooney puffing his chest, Ronaldo pulling up his socks and Tevez rolling his sleeves. The game hasn’t even started but the opponents have already lost the mental side of the game.

You think Rodri sees Santos or Tielemans and feel intimidated?

KingTom:
💯 If we keep rinsing and repeating every year, bringing in managers who are living on vibes and insha Allahu. If Carrick takes his time and impresses a workable system we will most definitely succeed in the foreseeable future, but I don't want to put my hope on any manager again after wetin my eyes don see these past few years.

The Man Utd model cannot work for any manager.

The priority is to make profit first before any relentless pursuit of trophies. If you look at how Man City move or Chelsea during the Roman era, that’s how United should be moving.

The trophies have to come first before the commercial aspect. It’s the reverse at United. These useless owners are not ready for a United domination. They just want a new stadium to make profits.

Lana1:
Spain is a prime example of why you need a team of technical players and a strong midfield. Without Rodri they would have still played Argentina off the park and 8 of them in that team are from Barca.

United should either go out and start buying good players or turn to the academy and start making them there. Yamal and Cubarsi never even 20 for Christ's sake.

We need to stop fooling ourselves that we can ever achieve more than champions league qualification with the average joes wey we get for this team

The Spanish way of playing is cultural. It’s the culture to retain possession, deny the opponents the ball and give them the least number of chances possible to cause any harm.

English kids are not coached in the same way. English kids are told to run as fast as they can and be physically imposing. They don’t teach them to keep the ball and make 10000 passes to deny the opponents the ball.

If England could keep the ball, they wouldn’t have had to park the bus after leading 1-0 against Argentina. This is not a Man Utd thing. The entire country does not have the required skill to keep the ball for a long period of time.

KingTom:
The bastards that doubted his Ballon D'or are real quiet now. What a player!

He just won the MVP.

I thought Messi was going to win it.

Rodri: what a performance!

Leyqute:
Some people say Yamal is ahead of him.

How?

Which competition has Yamal completely dominated?

Mbappe is officially Mr World Cup.

22 WC goals at the age of 27 is insane.

patrickmuf:
I perfectly understood your point, but I also see a lot of sense in signing Tielemans. If the rumored signing of a 3rd midfielder is true, then let's wait for the board's decision.

I have seen us splash the cash before with little reward.

United splashed cash on nonsense players. I remember shouting from the mountain top that Antony was going to be a flop at €100m.

If a top PL proven player is available in the market, United should be signing him. There should be no excuse. INEOS make more than enough money to sign elite players.

patrickmuf:
I perfectly understood your point, but I also see a lot of sense in signing Tielemans. If the rumored signing of a 3rd midfielder is true, then let's wait for the board's decision.

I have seen us splash the cash before with little reward.

United are a big club. If a signing doesn’t work, get rid and get another one. You keep trying until you find success.

Grealish flopped at £100m. It hasn’t stopped City from signing Elliot Anderson at £116m. United make the most money from stadium tickets in the UK, why can’t they just get one good signing that improves the team?

engrelvis:
Why Shud anybody pay that kind of money for Morgan?

I have told you people.

That’s the market rate for Premier League Proven Elite Players.

If your rivals are signing them, you have no excuses.

TrebleChamp:
Morgan Rogers sef is now worth £100m+, well United signed Dablord for a world record fee, signed Antony for €100m, signed Scamcho for €102m, signed Di Maria, Sanchez and many other players for crazy fee and gave them crazy wages, how did it all end? Some United fans also questioned why we didn't sign Jack Grealish for £100m ahead of City, guess he turned out a huge success for them. Someone should kindly name a £100m+ signing that performed for their club last season. Make we dey calm down, over paying for players does not guarantee success...

United won 3 trophies in the season they signed the Dablord.