MoroccanBlue

United have a dross lineup and are currently beating Wolves 0-1

Inconsistent bastard

Let's not use 2017 title win as a reference. We benefited massively not being in Europe and City+Liverpool weren't anything close to the animals they are now. Conte is better tactically however. You put Conte, Sarri, and even Guardiola to manage Burnley, no question Conte would do better than those two.

I think there is massive pressure on the manager, from the board, to play players that were invested on.

Premature, no? The step from the Championship to Premier league is massive. CHO already took the piss out of the Spurs and Arsenal defence when he's been given the chance.

This is totally on the hypothetical Sarri or the next manager even uses James.

He was one penalty away from winning his first trophy and looks to be on course making another final in the same season. Conte also had a horrid record in cup competitions and that changed. So long you have winners in the squad, it shouldn't be an issue.

He doesn't help himself. Which is why at this point I am on the fence with him. I see how he wants us to play and I can see that with an injection in quality, we'd be way better. But his treatment of RLC, CHO, and Emerson leaves me banging my head against the wall. He complains about poor player performances when we have three superior players constantly on the bench.

Which opposition? He's played 3 games in the league. One of them was getting mugged off by Jimenez. Bloke is a flower against physical strikers. I'd be more comfortable had he come back during the summer bulked up. Look at Stones.

He would want a starting role.

Doesn't explain why he was benched for Alonso against Everton. Alonso has been solely responsible for goals against Arsenal, United, City, Spurs and Everton. The sheer fact this twat can waltz his way back into the starting XI is absurd. The spurs and City performance should have been enough for Emerson to cement his place. Guess a decent cross against fucking Dynamo Kiev has Sarri thinking Alonso is Maldini again.

Imagine if we bought him.

It's Spurs or United we need to hope fuck up. Arsenal have a piss easy rest of the season compared to us three.

I feel like the only reason Arsenal are ahead of us is having two midfielders with end product in Ramsey and Ozil. Barkley and Kovacic wish they could of done what Ramsey just did there.

True. But I think our attitude is different. Think our players enjoy cup games. Especially in the latter stages. 3 finals in 4 years, and could be 4 in 4. I am convinced if Emerson played against United instead of Alonso, we would of won. What I tend to notice it is usually one individual mistake that has us capitulate. Only way I see us losing the Europa.

Top 4 is gone. I was convinced since the Arsenal defeat. We could have taken advantage of United and Spurs balancing the Champions league, but it's evident we don't have the quality to do so over a season. Call me crazy but I'm optimistic about our chances in the Europa league. Our players tend to raise their game when things are at stake.

Christensen has failed to impress when given the chance in the league. He was god awful against Wolves. He's so fucking soft it irritates me

From what I've seen he looks absolutely brilliant. Bayern is also interested. Landing him would be a dream

Rumored to join United. Devastating. Will be the best right back in the league eventually.

He's played holding midfield for Real a few times. And from what I've seen he is much suited there. More mobile and technical than Jorginho. I'd really like to see both of them battle it out for that spot.

CHO and Pepe our starting wingers next season and it won't be too bad.

Ok. Then we are a 7th place team without Hazard.

Simply playing RLC, Emerson, and CHO more or better yet making them starters, would change the atmosphere completely. It's like when Argentina in 2006 benched Messi, a young exciting player, for Pablo Sorin.

Barkley reached his quota for good performances in a season so he will likely be back to his mediocre self. Scenes at the stadium if Alonso is in the starting XI.