The Skipper

Lol he clearly hasn't. Stopped reading the post as soon as he said that.

He's only 22 haha, hasn't peaked at all.

I think he'd be very good at Everton.

Pass me some of that magic weeds, bro.

Sublime stuff from Tbo, looks like working with the new GK coach and Eduardo is paying off.

Can you find a source for this?

For LWB I would love Kurzawa, Grimaldo or even a hipster option like Jordan Amavi from Aston Villa.

Andreas should count as HG and also Club trained which is very important for the CL.

I'll piggyback him to China myself, this would be unreal.

Biggest man crush on Costa rn. What a guy.

Wouldn't say he was on fire but decent performance. Finally looking like he's going to cement a place in the first XI. Now we need him to push on and become one of, if not their main player.

Complete midfielder. Just as good going forward as he is defensively tbh.

Guy is a giant. Making Luiz look small.

How about thinking, you know, that Petr perhaps didn't say those things?

Nope. Not even better than Alonso imo.

Yeah they all qualify as HG talent. It's also why Christensen wasn't loaned till last season.

Fair play. This is one of the biggest reasons why I'd want him to play in Cahill's position if we do keep him around. Andreas is different to Stones in that he's far more intelligent with his use of the ball. He doesn't dwell on it stupidly like Stones does and is a very smart, elegant defender. Stones is quite elegant sometimes but not smart like Andreas so he's far less effective than Andreas. We have Hazard, a better wing back and Christensen on the left side and Hazard won't ever be disrupted by poor support behind him.

Yep. A difficult one.

I don't think we actually need to put CB as a priority next season. Without spending a penny we could have CB depth of Luiz, Christensen, Azpi, Zouma, Cahill and Ake. That's not bad.

What exactly does Luiz need to change or improve now? He's perfect for that central CB role. He doesn't need to change or improve on anything but his concentration and consistency which has nothing to do with his raw footballing ability. Still Luiz is being doubted on his one on one ability, when not one of the top players or strikers in the PL have got the better of him. We've played against Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Everton, City and United, the teams with the best forwards in the league, and apart from against Arsenal and Liverpool performed very well against all of them. Even against Arsenal and Liverpool he didn't look out of place - he certainly wasn't the worst player or defender on the pitch. So Luiz has faced the likes of Aguero, Kane, Ibrahimovic, Lukaku etc. and didn't allow one mistake that lead to even a goal scoring chance or goal but he's still essentially being labelled as a liability in the back, as someone you can't fully trust yet which is quite incredible. Bonucci was the same as Luiz before Conte was done with him, so it's only fair that you give Luiz the same time and luxury to work under Conte and prove himself which so far he has done well. He's been one of the best CBs in the league period. I think the LCB role is a lot different to the LB role that Azpi played thus you can't really compare the situation. Our LCB (Cahill) does not have to bomb up the pitch and deliver a cross or check back on to his right foot to deliver a cross. When we have the ball they are important in keeping the ball moving, which is why I think Christensen would do just fine their to alleviate your concerns. How often do you see Azpi or Cahill even in the 2nd third of the pitch? Not often at all Christensen is a passer, he's comfortable enough with his weaker foot to pass it forward well if he needs to. As we've seen with Cahill in the system however it can work. Now imagine we have someone who is far more comfortable on the ball and someone who's a passer and good at moving the ball forward. It would add another dynamic to our forward play. Christensen for me would be amazing in Cahill's role.

I have to disregard the rest of your post because Christensen and Luiz are pretty much the same height. Andreas is slated to be 188cm whilst Luiz is 189cm I believe. I think you've got it in your head that Andreas is short but he isn't. We aren't trying to be Pep hipsters lol. The thing he needs to do the most is put on muscle which is more than doable.

He's not better than Luiz in that position because he lacks the physicality that Luiz does. Can you imagine Christensen doing what Luiz does now defensively or can you imagine him doing more what Cahill does defensively? Luiz is a better passer as well so there's literally no argument to play Christensen in the centre IF Luiz is playing. If Luiz wasn't playing however, he'd definitely be my second option there. Also, we went for Romagnoli *before* we signed Luiz. If we signed Romagnoli then I don't see a future for Christensen here tbh.

HATE it when United fans say this. As if SAF had the luxury of spending £150m or whatever it was back then in his first season. United hadn't won a title since 1967 when Fergie took over, they were not the club we know now.

They've played better than they have before but that doesn't mean it's good football. If United play good football then so do most teams in the league.

Think he's a perfect replacement for Cahill personally.