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United getting Kane would be dangerous for teams so preferably they don’t. He would be better staying at Spurs than going to a United or whoever he may want to join to in the PL - for everyones sakes. I mean If Rashford in particular keeps up these performances and keeps kicking on (I think he will now he has a proper more than competent coach), him playing with Kane has the potential to be similar to what Son and Kane are.

Still get the feeling there is more to come from him. Times where he makes it look easy but then there are times where it looks like he’s going through the motions. I do think he is a future captain here though, as mentioned above, leading by example is just as vital in a captain as shouting and being boisterous around the park. The being more vocal/talking through the game more often will come too.

Thats the 3 monthly decent performance done, wait and see nothing else decent to the end of the season now. Why can’t he play like that more often? I do suppose thats why his future will be under scrutiny in the summer and again, rightfully so. Cant afford to rely on players who only show up once every blue moon when they feel like it.

Personally think he suits the European games better than the PL ones. The tempos slightly slower, not quite as quick as the PL but he did do pretty well tonight along with Cucurella. Still consistently doing it now has to be the key. He was decent in the first leg v BVB too tbf to KK.

Well thats the thing, what good is it beating Dortmund if we cannot show up against lesser PL sides? Fair enough beating big teams is good but to make progress we need to perform consistently every week and beat every team in front of us. Thats why I am wary of thinking we will turn any corners under Potter, he will probably have felt we were underdogs going into this tie despite having a superior squad. Wait and see back to usual v Leicester because we will crumble being favourites. This team is still very very fragile as we seen in periods tonight before and after the goals.

Also inadvertently just because we’ve won, can see people maybe starting to get excited/Potter in. I wouldn’t. We aren’t out of the woods yet. Not even close. As we seen after beating Milan twice earlier in the season, things can change. Plus bits of performance has not convinced me that we are going anywhere any time fast. We will play better teams than Dortmund, who over the 2 legs still had plenty of good opportunities to score against us, so lets see who we get and then go from there. A proper proper top team would of killed us over 2 legs but we also had plenty chances to score also. Be back to the same shite at the weekend now wait and see.

Another result to paper over the cracks. Not convincing throughout the whole game bar the odd 10-15 minute spells, luckily Dortmund were pretty tame going forward. Lets see what happens v Leicester now. A step in the right direction result wise but performances still leave a lot to be desired as their patchy in terms of consistency. Also can we stop the “why isnt he playing Mudryk/he will ruin Mudryk” I mean cmon to fuck, he done fuck all for 3 games in a row which he started. It’s absolutely criminal you’d think he was Messi by how you lot are going ok about him. If theres one thing Potter has gotten right is using him sparingly because he’s not shown anywhere near enough in the previous games. And even then, it could be just because of what the squad is. I mean we are in this position with a lot of players because of the club so its going to play on the manager. Boehly wouldnt loan Pulisic in the summer despite Tuchel’s insistence he wasn’t part of his plans (TB believed to gave vetoed it for “marketing reasons” of having US mens team world cup “star player” as part of the squad obviously hoping he and they would do well) then we fucked up getting rid of Ziyech. Not the managers fault he has 7362 attackers to pick from.

It won’t happen obviously but should have been done months ago. A scrappy 1-0 against Leeds and even going through tonight won’t hide the fact performances have been abysmal under him bar his first few weeks. Not to mention the win ratio he has in comparison to other managers, its poor. Its clear snd obvious he’s out of his depth looking at that. I think its likely end of the season we will be looking elsewhere, despite the rumblings they want to give him a pre season. I mean Boehly & co cannot be serious about becoming an elite club with this guy in charge.

Not sure what to make of Enzo and Kova partnership so far. You’d think we would have more a foothold in the game in terms of possession but we don’t really. And thats meant to be their strengths, getting on the ball and controlling games (particularly Fernandez that was the big lure for buying him because he could do that and play forward).

Typical. Knew De Zebri would be in the running either way. Honestly I think Boehly-Clearlake should of just bought fucking Brighton.

So would we all but even the likes of Badiashile and Enzo (in some games), both January signings, have looked a lot more ready and contributed more than Mudryk has. Different positions but consistency is key. He was always going to need time but people seem to think he is some sort of world class player and should be playing regardless for whatever reason. He is not. He is a good player but he is severely out of form and capable of playing much better than he has done. I think people are extremely keen to see him do well because we got him ahead of Arsenal. I mean Graham Potter has a lot to answer for this season but he’d given him a fair good number of games in a row after his Liverpool cameo where he looked good. Playing in his favoured position. I’m certain he was subbed in most of them. This would usually mean the player has not had an impact in the team, meaning he was dropped for someone else the next week. Hardly a bad managerial decision if I am honest. I only wish he’d do it with Kai also.

Mudryk at LWB and Cucurella LCB? Oh boy. Honestly not sure of what logic is behind playing Mudryk at LWB but it does seem like people have a hard on for shoehorning him in the team/playing him from the start when he’s done fuck all bar a cameo v Liverpool. I mean he did get a run of starts and looked off the pace, resulting in behind subbed in basically all of them IIRC. He didn’t have much impact in the previous game v Dortmund either bar maybe one half decent moment.

Madrid long been mooted with tracking him also though and with Benzema ageing, wouldn't surprise me.

Well he is desperate for goals but we will have to get players touching the ball in the box first to even draw potential fouls….. True. Not only that, Havertz has been pretty consistent….. consistently shit for about 14-16 months now. I mean Kai really does bring a new meaning to the term false 9, to the point he is that much of one, its like playing with 10 men. Hopefully GP gets the bullet before the end of the season/at the end of the season though. Sick to death of him and whatever he is trying to achieve, he can stick to his guns all he wants but this group has regressed even worse than anybody would of surely thought possible at the beginning of the season and he’s been here for 3/4s of the worst performances. Probably putting my neck on the line saying this but surely one of the worst worst managerial appointments any big club in England has made in the past 25 years. So out of his depth. I mean anybody thinking this spineless, personalityless man is turning us into a top team in the next 2,3 or 4 seasons are fucking delusional. Simple as that. Boehly & co included.

But he was also very poor against Dortmund no? Who pressed us high and had space in behind their backline? The amount of times he didn’t beat his man and lost the ball was frightening. And rightfully again, he was taken off. Ok maybe there was one or two moments where he did something that wasn’t too bad but he’s not done anywhere near enough and you cannot live off 15-20 mins v Liverpool.

Bar 15 mins v Liverpool, Mudryk has flattered to deceive every chance he’s had. His price tag certainly hasn’t helped him at all. Because people will expect more from him for 80m.

Personally, think he could have had a role here as Sterling’s understudy but think with the Mudryk signing his fate is sealed. Shame because if we hadn’t gone OTT with that contract offer back under Frank and he knuckled down he could of been of use here IMO. Probably sell him now though. And for maybe 15-20m max.

Some nice wee bits in his short time here so far but also a lot of frustration in terms of end product. Needs to add a clinical edge to his game or he won’t be a top top player, be it for us, Atletico or wherever he ends up as well as for Portugal. Simple as that.

He is not playing because since after that brief cameo v Liverpool, whenever he’s played, he has been useless. Not rocket science. I’d be intrigued to know how many times he’s lost possession since that game because he has shown a huge tendency of running into players with the ball. Shame because there is a good player in there - although never an £80m one.

Finally a goal. Maybe inject some life into the guys. Fucking hell its been that long 😂 just dont concede straight away.

Alvaro Rodriguez has been at Madrid since 2020 though and was born in Spain. Not 100% sure about Perrone but I read somewhere that he has a Spanish passport which would of made his transfer to Europe straight forward. So both are totally unrelated in comparison to Andrey’s situation.

Look I get having no confidence and not being able to do the hard stuff but basics are basics for a reason. Wanting to win tackles, headers, be compact and press of the ball largely comes down to work ethic. Not seen anywhere near enough of that under Potter which is why we’re always so easy to play against. And if I am honest we could be flying and we would still concede easy chances and goal’s because of this. Forget confidence, this side has no personality, fight or heart in it. Neither does the manager which I think is where the majority of the issue comes from. Big changes are needed ASAP to salvage an already fucked up season.

Confidence also but if your not confident at least do the basics well, win your duels, be hard to play against, win headers etc. Leeds came back into it there last 15-20 minutes causing some issues and will smell blood if we continue like that in the second half.

Got 0-0 or 1-0 Leeds written all over it. Can see the players not got the fight in them. Like they think the game lasts 25 minutes. Embarrassing, but Potter will massage their egos and tell them performances like that are acceptable.

Tbf Mudryk hasn’t impressed since Liverpool. He just runs into players and falls over. Should be firmly being Sterling and Felix in the pecking order as at least they offer something and results right now are more important than bleeding in players who cost 80m and have had good opportunities already to impress and haven’t. Great example of Havertz being useless there though