GWT: PL Round 34
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I Eat Crow
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In Pogba's defense, he should be playing as a 10 in a 4-5-1 or as a 7 or 8 in a 4-3-3. He's being hilariously misused as a holding midfielder in the 4-2-3-1 formation.
Outside of that, yes, he's been disappointing.
hatterson
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Valencia and young have offered absolutely nothing going forward. Desperately need new fullbacks.
Well and a manager that actually employs anything resembling tactics moving forward instead of just having players play pickup ball
Well and a manager that actually employs anything resembling tactics moving forward instead of just having players play pickup ball
Jussi
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United play again on Wednesday and have the FA Cup game on Saturday so there was bound to be some sort of rotation in these two games before Saturday.
Jussi
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If he had managed to keep that early season form and not picked up that injury, his stats would look different. But reality doesn't play the "if-game"...
Auba and Lacazette on the pitch at the same time and we can only muster one fricken goal. Defencively we are the biggest train wreck in the league that is not in a relegation spot right now. Midfield is still a pathetic piece of display as well.
Never seen a manager do so little with all the talent on the pitch. Not only that, but never seen a manger have the funds that Arsenal does and play a midfield combo of El Neny and Xhaka.
****.
Congrats to Man City though, money wins trophies now, but that is one title which their team absolutely deserved.
Never seen a manager do so little with all the talent on the pitch. Not only that, but never seen a manger have the funds that Arsenal does and play a midfield combo of El Neny and Xhaka.
****.
Congrats to Man City though, money wins trophies now, but that is one title which their team absolutely deserved.
I Eat Crow
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His belittlement of Shaw in the media is a fireable offense with how Young's form has been.
hatterson
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kingsboy11
Maestro
300+ million spent on players and score 1 goal against West Brom and hand your crosstown rivals the Premier League on a plate. Sick of this Bull****. Never thought I'd long for Van Gaal or Moyes.
hatterson
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It’s not even the lack of a goal that bothers me. It’s 4 shots on target and IIRC only 2 of those were really dangerous.
Yeah, I saw that...Mourinho was never a good coach because he never has the right players since he always gets fired. However, if you give him a team filled with a million Kondobigas' and Witsels' with just one Fernando Torres he can wreck leagues.
Utd just pulled a liverpool - beat the best team one week and lose to the worst immediately after.
Artorius Horus T
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United will likely spend quite a bit this Summer if Mourinho stays. I would expect him to revamp that back line, but it will be a question of who they can get in. Still you have to wonder what other managers could do with this side.
I think some people made too much of that result.
I think some people made too much of that result.
jacobhockey13
used to watch hockey, then joined HF Boards
It's so nice to be here after the hell of the past few years.Might want to use that "edit post" functions Stray!
Haha
Just give Rafa a boatload of money. Somebody. Anybody. Just buy NUFC and put a printing press in Rafa's office.
If they can keep chugging along then a mid-table finish will give us some crucial extra cash along with the sale of Mitro (Credit to him at Fulham; a decent World Cup showing will allow us to at least recoup the 13 million that we paid for him). There's no way we're going to be able to snap up Kennedy cheaply; Slimani's been very positive but we really haven't seen him.
So we'll have question marks in attack that'll have to be addressed in the window. Atsu's a nice option off the bench but he's not a starter in my mind. Ditto for Murphy at this point. Gayle isn't good enough if we want to take a next step.
Though Ayo doesn't have pace and honestly is not great at making decisions while dribbling, he's proven that he's a starter with his workrate, team play, and finishing.
I don't want Joselu anywhere near the pitch. If they can't terminate his contract switch his role to chef or video analyst.
Midfield is good and injury proof with Merino (who's starter quality) and Hayden on the bench. Defending and goalkeeping are good. Wouldn't mind bringing in another quality fullback, which Rafa is on the record as wanting to do.
Attack is what we need to sort out if we want to make real progress.
Artorius Horus T
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Thank you Baggies! Thank you Jay Rodriguez!
Kinda poetic justice really...Burnley native scores
the game winner at Old Trafford against Manchester United
which wins the league for Manchester City.
Kinda poetic justice really...Burnley native scores
the game winner at Old Trafford against Manchester United
which wins the league for Manchester City.
BKIslandersFan
F*** off
Gecklund
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Obviously the answer will be to get rid of Mourinho. We need to cut the dead weight though. We need to sell Jones/Darmian, Blind, Rojo/Smalling, Shaw, Felliani, Lingard, and possibly Herrera. Bring back Fosu-Mensah, Pereira, and Tuanzebe. Bring in Manolas/Alderweireld/Marquinhos/Kalibouly/Skrinar, Sandro/Gaya/Rose/Kurzawa/Ghoulam, Fabinho/Jorginho/N'Zonzi. That's 3 players to bring in and 3 back from loan.
Our depth chart becomes a lot better
GK: De Gea, Romero, J. Pereira
LB: new LB, Young, Borthwick-Jackson
CB: Bailly, Lindelof, new CB, Smalling/Rojo, Fosu-Mensah, Tuanzebe
RB: Fosu-Mensah, Valencia, Darmian/Jones
DM: new DM, Matic, McTominay, Fosu-Mensah, Tuanzebe
CM: Pogba, Herrera?, Mata, McTominay, Gomes, Buffonge, Chong (might need to get a player here)
RW: Mata, Sanchez, Martial, Pereira, Rashford
LW: Sanchez, Martial, Rashford
ST: Lukaku, Rashford, Martial
Players that we could get to fill the last CM spot
CM: Zielinski, Fred, Wilshere
Our depth chart becomes a lot better
GK: De Gea, Romero, J. Pereira
LB: new LB, Young, Borthwick-Jackson
CB: Bailly, Lindelof, new CB, Smalling/Rojo, Fosu-Mensah, Tuanzebe
RB: Fosu-Mensah, Valencia, Darmian/Jones
DM: new DM, Matic, McTominay, Fosu-Mensah, Tuanzebe
CM: Pogba, Herrera?, Mata, McTominay, Gomes, Buffonge, Chong (might need to get a player here)
RW: Mata, Sanchez, Martial, Pereira, Rashford
LW: Sanchez, Martial, Rashford
ST: Lukaku, Rashford, Martial
Players that we could get to fill the last CM spot
CM: Zielinski, Fred, Wilshere
BKIslandersFan
F*** off
How many games did he attend this season or ever?
Was he a fan before Oil money took over?
Was he there when they were in lower leagues?
I am highly skeptical whether football wouldn't be any more meaningful without people like him.
Chimaera
same ol' Caps
It’s not as easy as saying Pogba should be a #10. He has a problem that his position isn’t completely defined.
He has been poor this season. That’s the long and short of it. Some of that is the manager, but he needs to be better.
He has been poor this season. That’s the long and short of it. Some of that is the manager, but he needs to be better.
IMO Pogba and Mata aren't Mourinho players. Sell those 2 and get Vidal and SMS. And probably get Perisic as well since he's a good defensive winger.
In addition to getting a new CB and LB + getting rid of dead-weight as you suggested.
BKIslandersFan
F*** off
Doesn't make it any less stupid.He's clearly a supporter of the club and "we" is regularly used as he's done.
Did nothing to contribute to title run, at best spent couple dollars on team merchandise. That justifies claiming he helped them win the title? Dumb.
