05 Oct 2020 08:53:35
With Memphis waiting to sign on at Barcelona I have an awful feeling Demebele will come to us.
Telles
Demebele
Cavani
Donny

No defenders at all lol.


1.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:06:14
Telles is a defender.

Maguire and awb signed last season, ole has basically signed a new back 4.

We shouldn't be conceding an average of around 4 goals a game as we are currently.


2.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:06:57
Who is everyones preferred partner for Cavani - Bailly or Lindelof?

{Ed047's Note - love it!🤣


3.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:12:20
Telles is a defender.

We signed a RB and CB last summer.

I'm not for one second making a case for our shocking defence (or those in charge of signings), but I can see why those in charge will not sanction another defender this summer.

Jose did the same; signed Bailly and Lindelof, decided they weren't for him, and then asked for another CB.

It doesn't make sense to keep throwing money at the problem. At some point you've got to say, enough is enough, you've got what you asked for, now get the best out of them.


4.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:16:59
Telles is an attack minded left back, which is good, but we need x2 CBs i don't care wether we bought one last summer or not, he's not good enough.


5.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:17:52
Wazza, problem is we know Maguire was not Solskjaer's first choice, are we to believe Lindelof and Bailly were truly Mourinho's?


6.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:19:18
We have been saying for a while we need 1 more CB to partner Maguire. We are right that we do need another CB but partnering with the wrong player. We should be finding a partner for Smalling.


7.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:31:59
LLV yes Bailly was Mourinho's I believe.


8.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:34:24
Kurtiss we tried that for 7 years. remember?


9.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:40:19
Little bit of revisionism there re Smalling - like a lot of players who don't play their stock goes up. Smalling was poor last 18 months for us, and with VAR he would be a red card waiting to happen since he introduced wrestling to his game at every set piece 2 seasons ago. No upper body strength, passing was average.

Even Dr Frankenstein would struggle to get a defender out of our lot at the moment. So many have regressed.


10.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:33:03
Telles plays like a winger nevermind a defender. He will offer a great threat going forward but I'm afraid he won't solve our defensive frailties. They need to be solved with correct coaching.


11.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:46:34
LovelyLudwigVan
Maguire WAS Ole's choice.


12.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 09:49:11
Throw Mengi in . He is a left sided CB and is (from what i have seen) more than ready. 😁😁.


13.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 10:08:15
BFRO,

Throwing a kid into this disaster could absolutely ruin him, things will settle and they will improve but it needs to be quick.


14.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 10:18:48
ole is a numbskull, your right GDS2 its a disaster to have us playing the way he is with a talented, highly paid, and very expensively assembled squa.
The sooner he is fired the better and we can all move on.


15.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 10:40:44
GDS2

I get what your saying but all i see is Maguire playing on the left of the pairing and he has always played as a right sided CB with England Hull and Sheff Utd (not so much Leicester) and then we have this guy in the squad who plays on the left with ease . Maguire is not that comfortable in the position therefore looks like an accident waiting to happen.
What i'm saying is it looks like we are not bringing in a CB so try the pairing out . If it doesn't work then at least we tried it ( got to be better than yesterday buddy) 😁😁.


16.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 10:16:10
Deepandra, people forget too easily, De Ligt and Koulibaly were explored before Maguire, which makes Maguire third choice at best, because we simply do not know if any others were approached.


17.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 11:24:20
De Ligt was never a serious option, he was not first choice for sure. On top of that he is Mino Raiola's client who if you don't know OGS isn't fond of. And Koulibaly was a Mourinho target that the club continued the interest in even after Jose's sacking.


18.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 13:29:09
I think we get it now Ken, you don’t think Ole should have a job, you don’t need to post it anymore, we all know. This discussion wasn’t to do with that.


19.) 05 Oct 2020
05 Oct 2020 16:23:12
Nice bit of revisionism there Deependra, I remember the club pursuing De Ligt all summer until he chose to go to Juve instead, it wasn't until that move was cemented that United moved in for other targets. I seem to recall Skriniar and Dias being monitored too. Maguire was signed quite late, and only after other options were no longer on the table.