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Watched the full video linked by @Vesper. Of the 100 goals shown on the video I'd classify 35-40 as tap-ins, almost all of the others were actually quite well taken goals.
And the thing with tap-ins is that more often than not the goal is just as much a result of an intelligent and well-timed run being made by the forward as it is about the quality of the final pass. Can't even begin to count the number of times I've been frustrated over the last few seasons when for example James has played a really high quality horizontal pass to the five yard line but there's not a blue shirted player in sight who could put it in because the likes of Pulisic, Werner, Mount etc. are still just making their way inside the box.
While our chance creation may not be as high as City's it's by no means bad. Sterling should get plenty of chances and he will score plenty more than the likes of Pulisic and Ziyech at the very fucking least.

I disagree.
He created one big chance his entire time here (for context Lewis Hall created more at Old Trafford alone) and in 15 of 20 games he registered 0.00 xA and < 0.5 xG. 
Then there's his off the ball workrate which is next to non existent and that is a huge problem in a system like Maresca's, especially when we already have to find a way to somewhat compensate for Nkunku and Palmer off the ball (who look like Kante and Essien workrate wise compared to Felix).
I don't have any specific dislike for the guy, unless I've missed something he conducted himself perfectly fine while he was here and quite evidently grew to love the club but I don't think even the idea of him would mesh well with the current profiles we have, let alone the flattered to decieve version you get with him 9 times out of 10.

Like connor or not, this is a boy who's been here all his days, who loves the club and is being treated like absolute shit. Fans like you do not represent how most match going fans feel and never will. It's a disgrace the boys being treated like this but at least he'll go somewhere where he'll maybe be appreciated and the keyboard warriors will be happy. Clubs a joke

A source called 'Sports Unlimited' that gets quoted on msn.com is about as shitty as sources come though. 😂

A source called 'Sports Unlimited' that gets quoted on msn.com is about as shitty as sources come though. 😂

Too many? No rumors other than a comunicado oficial is going to be enough here.
I want to see a club statement by noon tomorrow.

Too many? No rumors other than a comunicado oficial is going to be enough here.
I want to see a club statement by noon tomorrow.

I'm pretty sure Maatsen, Chalobah and Broja will already fetch minimum £70-80M between them 'financial crisis' or not. Also quite sure the Hall sale to Newcastle will only officially go through in the summer so that's another £28M. 
The exact same 'financial crisis' sensationalism was happening this time a year ago as well. People were foaming at the mouth from the prospect of having their clubs poach the likes of Mount, Colwill etc. on the cheap because of this 'financial crisis' but in the end not a single player got sold the club didn't actually want to sell and the buyers for Mount, Havertz etc. were made to pay through the nose too. 

I'm pretty sure Maatsen, Chalobah and Broja will already fetch minimum £70-80M between them 'financial crisis' or not. Also quite sure the Hall sale to Newcastle will only officially go through in the summer so that's another £28M. 
The exact same 'financial crisis' sensationalism was happening this time a year ago as well. People were foaming at the mouth from the prospect of having their clubs poach the likes of Mount, Colwill etc. on the cheap because of this 'financial crisis' but in the end not a single player got sold the club didn't actually want to sell and the buyers for Mount, Havertz etc. were made to pay through the nose too. 

Exactly. Nail on head.
I bet hardly anyone on here saying he would be a good move has even seen him play yet he’s automatically “better than Broja”.
The same Broja who not too long ago, was better than every CF we had 2 seasons ago whilst on loan at Southampton. 
The level of idiocy on here sometimes blows my mind.
 
 
 
 

An upgrade over Broja, based on what exactly? Duran has been at Villa for a year and has fuck all to show for it. 
He's absolutely no more proven or better than Broja, just another inexperienced raw youngster in a long line of many. 

An upgrade over Broja, based on what exactly? Duran has been at Villa for a year and has fuck all to show for it. 
He's absolutely no more proven or better than Broja, just another inexperienced raw youngster in a long line of many. 

An upgrade over Broja, based on what exactly? Duran has been at Villa for a year and has fuck all to show for it. 
He's absolutely no more proven or better than Broja, just another inexperienced raw youngster in a long line of many. 

When exactly would you have expected him to improve on those said strengths and weaknesses? During the measly 1000 or so minutes (all comps) he's actually played club footall since the Soton loan or during the 10 month spell he spent nursing a knee injury?

Why would the club even entertain the idea of selling Badiashile? To me he looked quite good whenever he's played, even during the cluster fuck of the 22/23 season. Maybe he's a bit rash at times but I for one have really liked his aggressive playing style.
He just got dealt a bad hand when he got injured and missed out on the entirety of pre-season and was always going to play catch-up when he got back to match fitness. Granted he's more of an LCB rather than the role Silva plays on the right side of the central defense but still with Silva pushing 40 it would be bizarre to lose BB now and selling him would just force us back on the CB market once again for absolutely no reason.

Why would the club even entertain the idea of selling Badiashile? To me he looked quite good whenever he's played, even during the cluster fuck of the 22/23 season. Maybe he's a bit rash at times but I for one have really liked his aggressive playing style.
He just got dealt a bad hand when he got injured and missed out on the entirety of pre-season and was always going to play catch-up when he got back to match fitness. Granted he's more of an LCB rather than the role Silva plays on the right side of the central defense but still with Silva pushing 40 it would be bizarre to lose BB now and selling him would just force us back on the CB market once again for absolutely no reason.

Here's an article from Ornstein for the Athletic when Maatsen first joined Burnley on loan last year:
https://theathletic.com/4165877/2022/07/13/burnley-agree-deal-to-sign-ian-maatsen-on-season-long-loan-from-Chelsea/?amp=1
It says the club hold an option to extend Maatsen till 2025 so no panic there.

Would probably be good for Chelsea but that just feels wrong tbh. Sporting are a great club in their own right so reducing them to being a feeder/satellite club for Chelsea would be terrible in the larger scheme of things.
Can't say I'd be in favor of something like that. 

I think the more important factor rather than the loan fee was that United insisted on a break clause for January. If he turned out shite for them too and in January they had Shaw and Malacia back from their injuries they'd 100% have sent him back while we'd have preferred to have his salary off the books for the whole season.

Would probably be good for Chelsea but that just feels wrong tbh. Sporting are a great club in their own right so reducing them to being a feeder/satellite club for Chelsea would be terrible in the larger scheme of things.
Can't say I'd be in favor of something like that. 

The inbred cunts over there on Bluemoon seem to have a consensus Palmer is getting £150K a week on an 8 year deal from Chelsea compared to just £10K/wk he was on at City. 😂
No doubt he's due a big raise over his current salary but whoever believes he's getting 15x his previous wage is dumb as a rock. 

The reports are saying we're after £7M as a loan-fee. It's not quite enough to cover his amortisation value (£9.5M) but not too far off either. Even if United haggle a few mill off the loan fee, getting Cucurella's big £9M/y salary off the books for the season would be the biggest upside here. Even a £4M loan fee and having United pay his wages would save us around £13M for the season. Maatsen's salary is quite small so counting him in the saving would still amount to more than £10M overall.
Next year Cucurella's remaining book value would be £37M. If he has a decent season out on loan it could be possible to sell him for £30-35M or just ship him out on loan at similar terms and try again in 2025. Either way getting him out now would be a big financial help in the short term and would probably make it easier to get rid of him on a permanent deal later on so I'm all for it.
At the start of the summer I thought that even if he's expensive, keeping Cucurella wouldn't be that much of a catastrophe squad quality -wise (and I still think that) but when Maatsen can offer just the same output as he does while being much cheaper, it makes all sense to get rid of Cucu if at all possible.

The reports are saying we're after £7M as a loan-fee. It's not quite enough to cover his amortisation value (£9.5M) but not too far off either. Even if United haggle a few mill off the loan fee, getting Cucurella's big £9M/y salary off the books for the season would be the biggest upside here. Even a £4M loan fee and having United pay his wages would save us around £13M for the season. Maatsen's salary is quite small so counting him in the saving would still amount to more than £10M overall.
Next year Cucurella's remaining book value would be £37M. If he has a decent season out on loan it could be possible to sell him for £30-35M or just ship him out on loan at similar terms and try again in 2025. Either way getting him out now would be a big financial help in the short term and would probably make it easier to get rid of him on a permanent deal later on so I'm all for it.
At the start of the summer I thought that even if he's expensive, keeping Cucurella wouldn't be that much of a catastrophe squad quality -wise (and I still think that) but when Maatsen can offer just the same output as he does while being much cheaper, it makes all sense to get rid of Cucu if at all possible.

I'll do a live stream from the game, £5 per viewer 🤑🤣