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26 Sep 2022 15:17:30
Any substance in the latest Ajax player to be linked to us, Kenneth Taylor ed? I've not seen anything of him but seems to be highly rated, both footed midfielder (although you'd expect that these days given salaries paid out to professionals) .

Supasub

{Ed002's Note - Kenneth Taylor (DM) will attract a lot of scouts during the season and efforts will be made for next summer. Ajax will resist.}


1.) 28 Sep 2022 15:04:55
He looks like a fine player supa and getting great reviews.
I think ajax will resist any more requests from us unless they need to build another new stadium?.


2.) 28 Sep 2022 15:18:56
Ken, fancy seeing your name sake in a United shirt?.


3.) 28 Sep 2022 20:50:09
On a serious note he does look a like great young player.

I think he'd do well to have another year or even two at Ajax to really establish himself.

Maybe we could swoop in for him in two years time when Casemiro is 32 going on 33 and will likely need someone to rotate/ replace him.


4.) 29 Sep 2022 09:35:45
On a side note, do you feel English (based) youngsters are at a disadvantage playing for Premier league clubs, given to the sheer quality and physicality of the league?
It seems like sides in other top flight leagues, such as Ajax or Dortmund et al, can bring through their top youth prospects pretty quickly and seamlessly, whereas over here you might get a fleeting glimpse of a player on the bench every now and then before they're sent out on loan a year later. probably to return and more often than not fail to cut the mustard at the very top.
Something in it, or do Utd in particular just have an underwhelming crop at the moment. Malacia is the only youth in recent years to make a great impression and he's not even Utd bred. I know there are a tonne out on loan but I would be surprised if more than one or two ever make it at Utd. Of all the thousands of youths players Utd churn through through their various academies and channels the success rate is abysmal.

{Ed002's Note - It depends on the club and the number of decent quality youngsters they have produced. If you look at Chelsea thay have produced a lot of youngsters that have moved on due to the club deciding they won't make it or opportunities being better elsewhere (for example Tomori, Olise, Musiala, Abrahams, Livramento, Brewster, Ake, Guehi, Rice and Lamptey) whilst some have stayed and become regulars in the first team or are on loan (e.g. Christensen, James, Mount, Loftus Cheek, Colwill, Broja, Gallagher, Hudson Odoi etc.). So opportunity is there but there needs to be a plan for each player - a roadmap to move forward.}


5.) 29 Sep 2022 13:05:35
Great reply Ed, true Chelsea do seem to have a better success rate. You could compare the likes of Mount and Garner as two players whho weren't deemed ready and made great impacts in a lower division, but whereas one was given his chance and has cemented a first team berth Garner wasn't given a chance upon his return. Granted Chelsea's midfield was in a better place.


6.) 30 Sep 2022 07:15:52
Thank you ed002. Highly appreciated.


 

 

31 May 2021 16:46:35
Question for Ed 002, I know your akways busy, but when you have time, reading between the lines of a comment you made the other day about Raphina and enquiring about one of his agents other players. Would that player we enquired about be Edmond Tapsoba?

Supasub

{Ed002's Note - No, not Tapsoba.}


1.) 01 Jun 2021 06:41:10
Didnt know Deco had become and agent.


2.) 01 Jun 2021 22:00:17
How about a game of Hangman Ed so we can guess which other player we enquired about? Or is it unimportant?

{Ed002's Note - It is unimportant.}


 

 

31 Jan 2021 14:01:02
Just like to say that we seem to lack any composure, patience and shape when we move forward when attacking during a match when needing to take the lead. Counter attacking is fine when you are winning games but teams like Liverpool and Man City gradually move up the pitch when they are searching for the 1st goal, they then move forward a lot quicker/ long ball when they counter. We just seem unable to pin teams back and just try and get the ball forward as quick as possibly generally resulting in lack of options and giving the ball away cheaply. That is down to the coaching and game management.

Supasub

1.) 31 Jan 2021 15:07:41
Agree, we lack proper structure going forward.
There seems to be a lack of direction how the moves needs to be constructed.


2.) 31 Jan 2021 23:28:59
I think team is progressing well. Really like the way we are playing. Unfortunately Rashford and Martial are so inconsistent. Once we get right wing sorted and get Rashford playing from the left then we will start winning things.


3.) 01 Feb 2021 07:19:30
Jgb19031976 really? I guess a lot of people just have this idea that sorting out the right wing is going to help this team go and win things. Well it would certainly help balance the squad but we need more than just the right players.

Unless the manager is capable of utilizing and bringing the best out of the players available to him and brings in a more progressive approach to his tactics and the style of play the team is going to go through phases of both good and bad performances and ultimately not win anything.


4.) 01 Feb 2021 19:26:22
The problem is that Rashford was looking more and more like a top class LW around Oct/ Nov/ Dec, then we moved him to RW to accommodate Pogba.

Every man, woman and child knows that our best side is EITHER Fred/ McTom alongside Pogba in the middle, with Rashford left, Greenwood right and Bruno playing off of Cavani, yet for some reason we now play Rashford on the right, where he looks like a poor man’s Nani.


5.) 03 Feb 2021 00:51:23
This aged well.


6.) 03 Feb 2021 10:01:10
Burnley,

We just don’t attack enough and never score haha.


7.) 03 Feb 2021 18:10:10
Well what can I say, I rest my case, albeit aided by an early sending off we actually pinned a team back and sometimes went back to go forward, and look what happens. We will see if they can continue and impose more in future games when needing to take the lead.


 

 

01 Jan 2018 11:49:15
Happy New year to all eds and posters old and new. Any chance of a inkling of a surprise transfer to us this January Ed002? Something to warm the cockles of my heart this grey Dorset day as I'm covering my wife's charming cafe having avoided any alcohol for the last few months including last night. I am plying myself with high grade caffeine this morning accompanied with a smorgasbord of green teas and a bacon sandwich.

Supasub

{Ed002's Note - Joao Mario will maybe emerge as a favoutite for midfield.}


1.) 01 Jan 2018 12:55:11
Are we targeting only one midfielder or two ed? . By us going after Mario means the end for milinkovic Savic and Soler or are these two transfers unrelated? .

{Ed002's Note - Why do you have to try and complicate everything?}


2.) 01 Jan 2018 13:52:46
Cheers Ed002 and a Happy New Year to you!


3.) 01 Jan 2018 13:51:06
Brilliant, thank you Ed002, cheered me up after enduring a shopping trip to the sales with the missus (part of the bargain reached to baggsie the big TV for Everton match later)

Does anyone have any info or opinions about Mario, apart from his penchant for Italian food? )


4.) 01 Jan 2018 14:02:09
I'll take Joao Mario. Think he a decent player who will fit well into the team. Will it be a loan with a view to buy or a transfer?


5.) 01 Jan 2018 16:01:45
No worries Ed. Happy new yr to everyone.


6.) 02 Jan 2018 11:41:58
Paper talk for me on Mario definitely can see Jose trying for Savic tho.


 

 

12 May 2017 20:40:36
Rumours that Renato Sanches is unsettled / Maybe available for transfer. Sorry ed not listened to sharkopod yet but wondered if a move was possible this summer or any inkling that this might be the case and that Bayern would let him leave for similar money in return?

Supasub

{Ed002's Note - He has been a disaster and if they could mug some club in to buying him they would - they are trying to get a replacement in. The player has not coped with the cultural change at all - Manchester United got lucky last year.}


1.) 13 May 2017 07:12:27
He's a 19 year old boy. Hopefully he will grow up to become the player he looks like he can be.


2.) 13 May 2017 08:56:40
Is he one of those players who are unwilling to adapt to a new country or is he homesick and will only ever be successful on the Iberian peninsula?

{Ed002's Note - It is not that he is unwilling it is that it can be very difficult to adapt where everything is cuturally different, where the language is a problem, where the food is different, where the weather is poor etc..}


3.) 13 May 2017 13:54:34
Never thought that joining Bayern was the best move for him, not surprised at all it hasn't worked out. Hopefully he get's back on track soon though, think he has great potential.


4.) 13 May 2017 14:32:19
I'd be delighted to have him. So dynamic, would compliment Pogba very well I think.


5.) 13 May 2017 15:04:24
Have you watched him this season fresh. He had a very good euros, was decent in the Portuguese league. Beyond that, he leaves a lot to be desired.

I'd rather a more experienced player with pedigree than sanches.


6.) 13 May 2017 16:00:44
He has so much potential but he just wasn't ready for such a high profile move. Probably lacks a bit of maturity. I watched a game on telly that he came on in, he looked lost. You're right ed, United definitely dodged a bullet there.
Hopefully he can get some good advice and make his next move right for him and realise his potential.


7.) 13 May 2017 16:56:19
25 games for a 19 year old at Bayern in his first season in a new country seems ok to me hope he is surplus and we take him cause the boy is a top talent but got to feeling he is playing understudy for next season its the Bayern way to ease talent in and let them grow. personaly i would like Nianggolon for midfield and if James Rodriguez is available him to. And Beloti looks perfect for the prem hope he on the radar but I know Jose will improve us dramatically no matter who the targets are, we have bags of cash and some big profile players leaving can't wait for the summer transfer window.


8.) 13 May 2017 18:52:17
I think he worth a chance for a reasonable fee, I wouldn't go over 25 million though, feel like Mourinho would look after him.


9.) 14 May 2017 08:23:41
Good point Shane - maybe the Portuguese connection would make him feel happier (though can't do anything about the rain! )

You'd think BM would've done more to help him settle in though, such as placing him with a Portuguese family/ privibding extra lessons at college. Maybe that's not how it works and I'm being naive - can't be easy for a young lad to adapt to a whole new situation, where everything would seem foreign.


10.) 14 May 2017 08:52:16
If he has struggled with language, food and weather then he will struggle just as much here so it probably wouldn't make sense spending big money on him right now. He may become great, he may not.


 

 

 

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06 Oct 2023 18:01:20
Whilst referee decisions have been discussed this week. Can someone explain the Palace decision or no hand ball where the ball was crossed and hit the players outstretched arm when ok, he was facing the other way? What's the rule there? I know Amrabat's late on could maybe now be considered too close.

Supasub

1.) 07 Oct 2023 07:53:25
I can't as i don't understand how one is given and one is not. it affects play in that moment and its a handball so go figure.


 

 

06 Aug 2023 22:29:53
Anyone else notice yesterday and today that when we were in possession we went 3 at the back even though we started both games looking like it was a back 4.

Supasub

1.) 07 Aug 2023 07:28:41
Cas usually drops into the middle of a 3 when we’re in possession. It allows the full backs to push higher up.


2.) 07 Aug 2023 08:24:06
Fernandez also moved into midfield quite a few times to good effect. He has caught the eye in preseason. If he sticks around he is going to be ahead of Malacia before the season ends.


3.) 07 Aug 2023 09:03:35
We've been doing it throughout pre season, setting up in a 3-1-6 in possession quite often. 3 at the back being the 2 CB's and either a full back or midfielder dropping in. 1 ahead usually being the pivot (Casemiro or Mainoo) but Mount drops in when the pivot player is the one dropping into the back 3.

Mainoo looked extremely comfortable doing this.


4.) 07 Aug 2023 10:42:33
That's the in vogue way of playing. You have one full back stay deeper alongside the CB's to create a back three, then the other full back either inverts alongside the CDM or pushes high and wide to provide attacking width.

The other thing most teams are adopting is what is being called the box midfield. Where you have a double pivot with two midfielders playing ahead of them to create a box.

How we are seeing it with United is normally either Dalot or AWB staying back as part of the back three, with Shaw often joining Casemiro in midfield. Mount is pushing up alongside Bruno creating the midfield box of Shaw, Casemiro, Mount and Bruno.

It's a system that gives you an extra body in midfield which means you can control the game better, and it makes you defensively more stable.


5.) 07 Aug 2023 23:30:06
Yes we did that most of last season too with AWB probably the best of the back 4 at stepping up into the midfield. It’s clearly something we will be looking to continue to do going forward.


 

 

07 May 2023 18:20:01
Must admit Gabriel made a fantastic recovery. Down 4 or 5 times in the 2nd half in the week, only seemed to be when the other team got possession though. Strange, looked like a tweaked hammy and out for 2 months, but managed the whole of the 2nd half and only came off with about 2 minuted left. Impressive medical team at arsenal.

Supasub

1.) 07 May 2023 19:02:40
Ramsdale also, when he dropped that cross and gained a foul as he had been assaulted, I worried for his wellbeing.

{Ed014's Note - oh bless you pair of bitters! ?‍♂️


2.) 07 May 2023 19:37:51
Didn't take long?.

{Ed014's Note - for you to be pathetic, no I totally agree ?‍♂️


3.) 07 May 2023 19:51:11
Ed, come on, whether you think it's good banter or rubbish banter, it's a banter sight, you won, no need to be so aggressive ?‍♂️.

{Ed014's Note - don’t be a bitter plum then mate, just because supasub is doesn’t need you to be a little lap dog.


4.) 07 May 2023 19:51:18
Don't tell me Ed, clever from Garbiel, had it been Bruno, Antony or Rashford it would be vile cheating? I know, you only say how it is.

{Ed014's Note - you chat absolute shite mate and funny how you picked the 3 biggest girls blouses in the Prem!


5.) 07 May 2023 19:56:43
Seriously Ed, I thought Arsenal did well today, had a little luck but how Newcastle only got 2 yellows? Jesus got the treatment everytime he got the ball and it seems elbows are back in fashion again.


6.) 07 May 2023 19:56:43
Seriously Ed, I thought Arsenal did well today, had a little luck but how Newcastle only got 2 yellows? Jesus got the treatment everytime he got the ball and it seems elbows are back in fashion again.

{Ed014's Note - I was surprised the way they played as they’re better than that.


7.) 07 May 2023 20:20:00
I believe in the reverse fixture arsenal felt newcastle had took every opportunity to break up play, timewaste ect . So I guess if a team lives by the sword they can die by the sword .

I think most people are fine with it when their team does it to good effect and use words like clever or game management but when it's against the team you follow its just spoiling and unsporting.

{Ed014's Note - did you see me slating them for it or being bitter about it?


8.) 07 May 2023 20:28:51
Wasn't really aimed at you ed it's just an in general thing .
Lots of arsenal fans didn't like Newcastle doing it and I'm sure newcastle fans will be equally unimpressed at arsenal doing it .
It was a good watch regardless.

{Ed014's Note - no probs Slate and it was a cracking game regardless


9.) 07 May 2023 21:01:54
014….deleted

{Ed014's Note - good bye you imbecile


10.) 07 May 2023 21:13:12
Can ed014 be banned???.

{Ed014's Note - I’ll see what I can do ?


11.) 07 May 2023 21:23:40
Should….. deleted

{Ed014's Note - last chance, don’t be a bitter dick again.


12.) 07 May 2023 22:15:16
Ed,

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{Ed014's Note - please do not tell me what to do and I’ve given you some sound advice on your previous post.

Ensure you take it.


13.) 08 May 2023 12:11:25
No problem, if was just advice like you gave me, I’ll take it on board, perhaps do the same and everyone can be happy ?.


 

 

23 Apr 2023 14:29:50
I just want to say that Martinelli's challenge on Bednerak yesterday ( and I've seen it more and more in recent years) would be a red in rugby. Doesn't even get a yellow at the moment but it is very dangerous and very intentional to just shove into a defender/ player when they are jumping for a header.
The chances of concussion or serious injury are very high and I'm surprised with the concussion issues coming more into the game that it's not stamped on.
I've seen it at my sons level of play in rugby and even professionally its a red even if its maybe unintentional. A player has little to no control on their fall once they are flipped. Imo it's as bad as a studs up challenge up the leg. Can lead to concussion, broken collar bones, dislocated shoulders and more.

Supasub

1.) 23 Apr 2023 14:54:25
Agreed supa.


2.) 23 Apr 2023 20:47:45
Totally agree. And it is a red, doesn't need a change to the rules. Just needs refs to apply them properly.

Players used to run under keeper in the air all the time and it was deemed dangerous play.


3.) 23 Apr 2023 21:23:33
Arsenal have been let off with a lot this season. They have had some questionable amounts of added time too.


 

 

18 Mar 2023 11:50:13
Ed014, apologies for my "topper" reply the other day. It wasn't thoughtful, I was trying to be righteous but instead come across as a bit of a k**b, I personally should know better.

Supasub

{Ed014's Note - no problems mate and thank you.


1.) 18 Mar 2023 12:46:01
Ed14 glad to hear your wife is doing OK. Best wishes to you and your wife.

{Ed014's Note - thanks Leahy, from where she was at the beginning of December she’s doing amazingly well mate.


2.) 18 Mar 2023 14:14:09
Good to hear ed, best wishes.

{Ed014's Note - thanks DB ?


3.) 18 Mar 2023 20:58:10
Sorry to hear about that Ed. Hope everything is on the up and up now for you and yours.

{Ed014's Note - thanks Mumbles and thankfully it is.


 

 

 

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28 Dec 2022 11:32:58
I think he's the new generation Veratti, Xavi, Scholes type player. If we get him then I think midfield is complete. Hopefully we just put the money on the table and as Ed has said, the player has a preference of coming to us.

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24 Nov 2022 12:20:19
Carlos Slim ed? Just chucking that name out there, he's got a few bob and I thought I saw years ago that he was a Manchester United supporter but I might be wrong.

Supasub

{Ed002's Note - No. If you want to go down thr route of the Liverpool supporters and simply ask about the wealthiest people the posts will all end up being deleted.}


 

 

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17 Nov 2022 10:45:36
Salary cap would'nt work, you'd probably find Mbappe would have a second job with Abu Dhabi airlines as cabin crew on £25 million per year.

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30 Aug 2022 15:40:29
Signing with Schneiyder apparently.

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18 Aug 2022 19:34:27
I reckon your more likely to have a meat raffle where you are Ed, I doubt any of the customers there will be getting in rounds of Cristal no matter how much celebrating or mourning they could be doing.

Supasub

{Ed002's Note - Meat raffle? OT that sort of area.}


 

 

 

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26 Jan 2024 14:14:59
Tactically I think he's potentially one of the best, But Ed002 said he's a bit of a "d**k"?
It also seems like he has a relatively short life span at clubs maybe due to his character.

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24 Jan 2024 15:54:49
My lasting memory will be buying Marital instead of Mbappe from Monaco. Surely the scouts got the names confuesd.

Supasub

{Ed002's Note - That wasn't an option.}


 

 

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14 Nov 2023 13:17:55
Sporting have got some very good defenders in Inacio (left sided), Diomande and St Juste (both more right sided) to name 3.

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02 Nov 2023 10:38:43
Am I right in thinking City had ETH as first choice to replace Pep if he were to leave? Their recruitment isn't bad. There is so much wrong with the club's structure from what I can see. No leadership or vision for the future for some time, toxic atmosphere, destabilising ownership process.
ETH is way down the list of any problem around the club, you put any manager in the world there now it'll be a fairly similar outcome.

Supasub

{Ed002's Note - No.}


 

 

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06 Oct 2023 17:44:21
Mumbles, I wouldn't have been surprised had it been given, so what about when Sa completely took out Antony after he chipped him? Is that not a penalty because it gets no clicks and doesn't involve big enough names?

Supasub