13 Nov 2018 20:23:23
It's a favourite pastime of posters on here to discard our players. I remember a few weeks back all were against Lindelof, then he suddenly became a defensive god who just needs the right partner. Bailey is high on the list of players everyone wants to see gone. Martial was useless for some ( including me), but looks like he's a world beater again. Now Rashford is just a waste who will never be world class.
We all are quick to make up our minds about players. Wouldn't rashford be scoring goals if he was at City or Liverpool? Many of our players would look good in those teams. Do you guys think Salah would have scored so many goals in our team. If we had a front 3 of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar would we be any better on the points table?
We can keep talking about a solid foundation in our defense for the next 20 years but it won't help until we show some attacking intent. We can play a team of 10 world class centre backs but if we decide to sit back for 90 minutes, we will concede a goal and we would all be left pointing at that one guy who was at fault.

1.) 13 Nov 2018
13 Nov 2018 21:17:25
Have to reply to this but I'm pretty certain that with a front three of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar we would be better off. If you think we wouldn't then I can't help you sir.

2.) 13 Nov 2018
13 Nov 2018 21:47:10
Good point sailor. The majority wanted rid of Shaw as he was fat and lazy yet here he is, a regular starter. People want to write off Rashford, a 20 year old kid because he isn’t Messi. As you say, Lindelof has gone full circle, as has Matic in the other direction.

The question is, how long do you give players? I’ve been critical of Fred but he’s only been here 2 minutes so that is perhaps unfair. Pogba on the other hand has had long enough to prove his worth and sadly hasn’t. I’m happy to give the youngsters time but the established players need to get their finger out.

3.) 13 Nov 2018
13 Nov 2018 22:32:15
"If we had a front 3 of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar would we be any better on the points table? "

I'll take this one. Yes.

4.) 14 Nov 2018
14 Nov 2018 00:04:11
Haha glad everyone replied to that silly part of the post. If we had the 3 best players in the world up front would we Ben doing any better? Good one.

5.) 14 Nov 2018
14 Nov 2018 05:42:24
With Ronaldo alone up top, while Messi and Neymar defend deep inside our own half. I don't see anything different from what I've seen till now.