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29 Jan 2026 06:10:40
Shappy, I agree that it would be foolish to spend a fortune on Palmer at the moment for the reason that we have several creative left footed players that are comfortable on the right.
But I'm not sure about Cunha being a replacement for Bruno. Cunha is a fantastic talent, comfortable across the front 3 and in the number 10, but I don't think he will hold the number 10 role when Bruno leaves.
Bruno gives the ball away more than most in that role in recent years, certainly compared to De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Odegaard for example, but Cunha is even more risky in possession than Bruno, and I suspect we might look to replace Bruno with someone slightly more adept at retaining the ball.
In an ideal world, I would consider a perfect United number 10 to be able to break lines with their ball carrying ability and their passing range, provide goals both with late runs into the box and shooting from distance, retain possession and complement the double pivot in controlling the tempo, and still provide a significant threat on the counter attack.
And that basically describes De Bruyne, but I don't know if there are many current players that fit that profile as close as Palmer currently does. I really like Morgan Rogers, but I'm not sure he has the composure to drop a bit deeper and control games. Maybe Kobbie Mainoo will develop into someone that nearly fits that mold, and we will play a more conventional 4-3-3 with a single number 6 and two number 8s, with Cunha starting when we play with a genuine number 10.
I wouldn't be surprised if United aren't even thinking about Palmer this summer, given the cash it will cost to sort the central midfield. But perhaps the following year we might look at Palmer, and given his injury issues this season, it would be sensible to wait to see if he can put that behind him.
20 Jan 2026 18:06:48
I think Neves on loan would be fantastic. Hugely experienced, far better than Ugarte and would be comfortable playing alongside either Casemiro or Kobbie. I don't think there are any other midfielders that are remotely attainable on loan that you could say that about.
29 Jan 2026 06:32:33
I think Kobbie has a great chance if he continues to perform at a really high level over the next 4 months. Rice, Anderson, and Wharton are certainties, but other than that, he's competing with Gallagher, Henderson (God forbid), and maybe James Garner. I know I would rather have Kobbie in the England squad.
I think Shaw will probably make the squad if he manages to stay fit and perform between now and then, but I think Lewis Hall has got to be starting for England at the World Cup. Nico O'Reilly might make the squad over Shaw.
I expect Maguire will make the squad, he has been fantastic the last couple games, and generally pretty good for a few months, but it will depend on whether there are injuries to other players. At the moment there several better centre backs, namely Guehi, Stones, and Konsa, plus Colwill might make the squad if he manages to prove his fitness in time. But Colwill is a huge doubt, and Stones is injured as often as Luke Shaw, although he always seems to be fit for major tournaments for England.
23 Jan 2026 00:46:27
It would make sense to have a review system for yellow cards and red cards, and possibly offsides, though hopefully technology will soon be good enough that it will be completely automatic like in tennis where they don't even use line judges in the major tournaments any more. That way there will be no more mistakes by the assistant referee and no more mistakes caused by the VAR referee using the current technology incorrectly.
With regards to yellow cards and red cards, model it on cricket. Two reviews per match, it must be the captain that asks the referee for the review, and there is a timer that starts as soon as the referee has made their initial decision.
Ideally another timer that starts as soon as the referee has started to review the incident on the monitor, for example 1 minute, since if they can't decide whether or not they've made an error in 1 minute looking at replays, then they've probably not made an error, certainly not a clear one, so get on with the game.
Only issue with reviews in cricket is that sometimes the third umpire spends 5 minutes on a single review and there is already a significant issue with over rates in test cricket, and I would hate to see football start taking forever over every decision.
14 Jan 2026 16:41:39
I reckon we might go for Iliman Ndiaye in the summer. He's about the right age and proven in the Prem, which are both factors that the club seem to be paying more attention to at the moment. Plus he's strong on both feet and he can play on both flanks. I also suspect he wouldn't cost any more than Cunha did last summer.
20 Oct 2025 16:33:05
I actually thought Ugarte made some vital interventions in the latter stages, he's just not good enough on the ball unfortunately.
06 Oct 2025 14:18:04
MancMan, I really like Sesko, and I'm really glad we signed him. He clearly has all the attributes, and I reckon he will become a seriously good centre forward. But it is very early days. He has scored 2 in 2 games, but he also has 2 in 8 games. In his first season at United, once he got off the mark, Hojlund scored 6 in 6 games in the league. Interestingly, Hojlund now has 4 in 6 games for Napoli. I wonder if there is any way United can keep him next season and rotate him Sesko. I would certainly prefer Sesko plus Hojlund with a great season in Italy under his belt over Sesko and Zirkzee.