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[Pizy 18,848]

17 minutes ago, Vesper said:

he is not that great with the ball at his feet

better than DDG, yes, but not a revelation at all

Apparently he’s statistically one of the best ball playing keepers in Europe. I don’t have the stats on hand but it’s something I remember seeing recently. He’s no Ederson or Alisson, sure, but he will absolutely change the way United can play. And it’s a dimension Ten Hag can use that he couldn’t effectively last season.

Like you, I’m fine with us not going for Onana. Think he’s really overrated. But I am kinda annoyed that we have comfortably the worst starting keeper amongst the big clubs. None of City, United, Arse, or Liverpool will have to worry about the keeper position any time soon while we on the other hand have to enter this season praying that Kepa is merely decent.

Wish we could find our long term solution this summer. I quite liked the idea of Emi Martinez when we were linked months ago. But no chance a super ambitious club like Villa sell him to us.

[Vesper 30,083]

24 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Barella is the only Inter player I’d consider dealing with them for. 

IF we could dump CuCu (we likely cannot) and if there was no way to get Nuno Mendes or Alphonso Davies (super hard pulls) , then Federico Dimarco would be a great LB buy

this is the last summer José Gayà is on my lists (he turns 30 at the end of the season after this one)

no longer sold on Theo due to his defence

 Andrew Robertson turns 30 this coming winter

and I doubt Alejandro Balde would leave Barca for us at all

that is it for elite LBs (I include a healthy Chilwell in that list) atm

watch Destiny Udogie (20yo 1.88m now on Spuds)  and Milos Kerkez (19yo 1.80m Hungarian on AZ Alkmaar, ex of AC Milan)

(and of course, our own Lewis Hall and Ian Maatsen, who hopefully make it that we do NOT have to buy any more LBs at all)

 

[robsblubot 3,595]

17 minutes ago, We Hate Scouse said:

Yes, we also had terrible seasons under Roman. Unfortunately we have an administration that have come in under completely unprecedented conditions. There's never been a scenario like ours in the history of football and they have tried to work through the obstacles, shown they are willing to be accountable for their mistakes and learn from them. Which to me suggests that they deserve more time to steady the ship without the fans being needlessly fickle and creating even more of a negative attitude around the squad.

No one loves Todd or had claimed to, they just willing to give him an opportunity...

No argument about the bad seasons before, but we've also had amazing seasons under the previous leadership. Under the current leadership we've only had a terrible, perhaps the worst? season. So, is it fair to assume the new leadership will *eventually* reach similar level of success in the future? Have to say the first sample isn't great.

I get the nuance, but I also call it the way I see it. The current challenges could be caused by the the momentary situation, sheer incompetence, or a bit of both. We don't know that yet.

Speaking for myself now, I am pessimistic about the near future considering the moves so far.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,799]

When people are saying we were too slow to get Onana (GK), before the window opened he was twerking for Manure. After the Raphina debacle, I hope we never chase another player that doesn’t fully say he wants to be here.

[Vesper 30,083]

3 hours ago, Hashishi said:

Madueke- looks like he wants to be a gangster

what does this mean?

asking for a freind

[Vesper 30,083]

55 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Apparently he’s statistically one of the best ball playing keepers in Europe. I don’t have the stats on hand but it’s something I remember seeing recently. He’s no Ederson or Alisson, sure, but he will absolutely change the way United can play. And it’s a dimension Ten Hag can use that he couldn’t effectively last season.

Like you, I’m fine with us not going for Onana. Think he’s really overrated. But I am kinda annoyed that we have comfortably the worst starting keeper amongst the big clubs. None of City, United, Arse, or Liverpool will have to worry about the keeper position any time soon while we on the other hand have to enter this season praying that Kepa is merely decent.

Wish we could find our long term solution this summer. I quite liked the idea of Emi Martinez when we were linked months ago. But no chance a super ambitious club like Villa sell him to us.

we can snag Mamardashvili for only £21.5m

we need to do it

Edited July 7, 2023 by Vesper

[Superblue 6,372]

Just now, Vesper said:

what does this mean?

asking for a freind

Snoop Doggy Dogg on the right wing!

[bluesman2610 1,415]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

Funniest thing most of the ones moaning don't even know Todd resigned from his director role and when it comes to running the football side of things these days he's at best Eghbali's lackey. 

When I point this out of opposition fans I enjoy watching them trip over themselves after, for me to have to point it out to our own fans is embarrassing.

I feel like this is the third or fourth time it’s been brought up since the beginning of June. It’s really sad people still use this as a talking point

[robsblubot 3,595]

24 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

I feel like this is the third or fourth time it’s been brought up since the beginning of June. It’s really sad people still use this as a talking point

What would prevent him from unresigning tomorrow if he feels like it? serious question

[Gundalf 805]

Bc some people mentioned him here: Enzo Le Fee goes to Stades Rennes for 20m. 

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

2 minutes ago, Gundalf said:

Bc some people mentioned him here: Enzo Le Fee goes to Stades Rennes for 20m. 

I tought all the time that it's about our enzo 😆

[Mário César 1,231]

I know it was good to have Onana, but sometimes it seems people forget that it is much more important to know how to defend than to know how to play with your feet