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06 Jan 2023 12:20:05
Hi Ed, quick one on Vincent Aboubakar rumours.
Got any foundation or nonsense?
{Ed002's Note - Vincent Aboubakar (S) Al-Nassr are willing to let the 30 year old leave on loan after goals have dried up. Fenerbahce would like to take him back to Turkey. Interest of Besiktas has gone even though Pini has a good relationship with them. I am not aware of interest from Manchester United and it makes little sense to me.}
1.) 06 Jan 2023 13:00:01
Thanks Ed. I guess I am just waiting for our Ighalo esq striker signing which this rumour had a strong smell of.
Glad it's likely nonsense.
2.) 06 Jan 2023 15:31:02
What is Ighalo up to this January?
3.) 06 Jan 2023 16:45:26
Scoring tap ins and doing backstroke in a swimming pool full of wonga!
03 Jun 2021 19:35:11
Evening Ed,
If you have time.
Been reading a few more murmurs of Trippier being a strong possibility. Any update on that?
Also been reading that there may be a De Gea + cash for Oblak situation on the table but that depends on Henderson been sold. Does this have any validity?
{Ed002's Note - Keiran Trippier (RB) Atletico will sell. They are likely hoping for Everton interest as well as Manchester United but that may have left with CA.
Jan Oblak (G) PSG will offer an option if available.}
1.) 03 Jun 2021 20:30:12
Thanks a lot for that Ed. Much appreciated.
2.) 04 Jun 2021 09:04:10
Trippier would be excellent for us.
For those games where we play against a 5-4-1 and rely completely on Bruno or Pogba to do something special, Trippier’s delivery would be invaluable.
No brainer IMO.
3.) 04 Jun 2021 09:32:29
He isn't very good. IMO he is overrated.
4.) 04 Jun 2021 14:20:42
Solid EPL proven RB who is quick, works hard and has an excellent cross on him. At 30 years old he'll offer a great rotation option with AWB for a couple of years. While with a bit of luck AWB might learn some of Trippier's attacking traits and improve his all round game.
5.) 04 Jun 2021 18:03:18
2 months ago you posted this shappy changed your mind again again again again again?
Secondly, I find signing a RB frankly ridiculous in itself. In the past 4 years we have spent 20m on Dalot and 50m on AWB both primarily RB's. We also have Williams who is naturally a RB and Ethan Laird who is doing very well on loan.
Why spend money on a RB who isn't better than AWB when we have Dalot, Williams and Laird already at the club who fulfil that role?
I just think its madness and further proof of how poorly run we are as a club.
6.) 04 Jun 2021 20:25:51
I think Trippier is a good option to be fair. Prem proven with Spurs and Burnley before that. Much more attacking edge than AWB so gives a different option. I think if Dalot was going to stay we would have know about it by now. He was a Mourinho buy when clearly we prioritised the wrong 'young Portuguese defender' when you consider we were linked with Ruben Dias around same time period. Another great CB option we let go to a rival!
7.) 06 Jun 2021 10:15:05
The first question is how we spent £50m on AWB if he doesn’t fully meet with what Ole wanted? 2. Why can his attacking not be improved by coaching? 3. Dalot was one of the most highly thought of young right fullbacks in Europe, how did we not coach him better? 4. Williams has the United DNA and all that, would accept being back up, so why ignore him? 5. Laird.
So great idea to spend our money and buy another right back. Lastly, is Trippier one of the 3 main purchases? Trippier, Heaton and who is the last?
11 Aug 2020 21:14:04
Looking through Uniteds alternative options to J. Sancho.
F. Chiesa doesn't seem to keen on a move.
F. Torres has moved on.
Are we still considering the 'risky but viable' Under Ed002 or has there been additions to the list of alternative targets?
Coman on loan is the other I remember being mentioned along the way.
{Ed002's Note - Chiesa will likely move but to elsewhere. Torres has gone to Manchester City. I would not hold your breath about Coman. A third party "representing" Ousmane Dembele has spoken with Manchester United and is trying to get a discussion going with Barcelona.}
1.) 11 Aug 2020 21:49:34
Thanks for that 002, can you see O. Dembele wanting to move to the EPL, more importantly, to Manchester?
I now its not a question you can answer easily but thanks in advance for any extra info . if there is any.
{Ed002's Note - Ousmane Dembele knows that his time is up in Barcelona and that options are few. Barcelona have him on their lengthy list for sale or trade and he could be the only way they could do something with Neymar this summer. There is no reason to assume a move to England would be out of the question - perhaps even a move to the grim, wet and cobbled streets Northwest of England where there would be a significant cultural change, overweight tattooed women pushing wheelchairs with kids who look like their brothers, smog, dead & dying pit ponies laying on the street with only chips & fried curry to eat.}
2.) 11 Aug 2020 22:02:12
Dembele would be a disaster. talented for sure but he doesn’t seem fully invested and committed and he also gets injured even more than Phil Jones. No doubt that’s who we will end up signing 🤦â€â™‚ï¸.
3.) 11 Aug 2020 22:06:37
Loan move for Bale? I’m sure Real would subsidise some of his wages.
4.) 11 Aug 2020 22:13:48
You're wrong Ed! He can also have a Yorkshire pudding wrap if he heads down to Piccadilly Gardens
The rest is pretty accurate though.
5.) 12 Aug 2020 07:42:54
How about bringing back Zaha?
6.) 12 Aug 2020 08:52:59
zaha- he plays on the left when we are needing someone on the right Eric?
If we are going for a right sided player, Bernadeschi if available would be a good shout.
Costa 29 seems a bit like the perisic of last year, ed002 has already give info on chiesa, coman and dembele so it looks like we are reeling down the list of alternatives. Probably put a bid in for Kanchelskis or do what we usually do and pay up for sancho:)
7.) 12 Aug 2020 09:49:23
In addition, just noted ed002s comment on the european pages that Bernadeschi is being offered as available by exchange or sale.
8.) 12 Aug 2020 10:58:24
With good reason cooky. He is decidedly average. mind you could fit in well in that case.
9.) 12 Aug 2020 11:08:00
Cookyman, Bernadeschi has poor goal scoring ratio.
He has scored only 5 goals in 2 years.
If Sancho is not attainable, we must go for Adama Traore.
He is improving every year.
10.) 12 Aug 2020 11:10:38
I read an interesting article about Dembele recently. It suggested that Barcelona had conducted a internal investigation to understand why he gets injured there. He was never injured at Rennes or Dortmund so they contacted his former coaches and had the Aspetar Clinic in Doha Go over his GPS data in games and training. In training, only 20% of the time he is involved in plays was spent sprinting, while in matches that figure rose to a staggering 90%.
Apparently his lifestyle is good these days he has a personal chef and his agent and family support him to be a good pro.
Essentially the article concludes that Barca’s training style is responsible for his injuries. Apparently De Jong has found their training challenging in a similar way.
If managed correctly it sounds like he could be a great asset.
11.) 12 Aug 2020 11:14:23
I hope we give Dembele a wide berth, he neither has the attitude or the ability to stay fit long enough to be worthwhile.
12.) 12 Aug 2020 11:37:52
He looked the business before he went to Barca. I’d love him to join.
13.) 12 Aug 2020 12:08:28
what do you mean by that ken.
14.) 12 Aug 2020 12:27:11
TRD again it comes down to opinions -traore isn't an outstanding scorer to be fair -
i think we will get sancho by paying up as this drags on but although he is a talent, imo he is vastly overpriced and success has come in the bundesligue not the EPL which is a much tougher place to shine. we have other positions that could be sorted using the figures quoted for 1 player ; don't think it makes sense to put all our eggs in one basket.
15.) 12 Aug 2020 12:47:03
ID take Dembele over Jadon if it is half the cost and then go and buy a CB and CM.
16.) 12 Aug 2020 13:30:22
I know we all have our opinions on particular players but you make a good point Singh - let's say we could get Koubilay-VD Beek + Dembele rather than blow all the money on Sancho would make sense ( offloading Smalling, Rojo Lingard) .
The 3 I mention are just the first 3 that popped into my head - they are quality and would improve the team which was always the first objective according to SAF.
17.) 12 Aug 2020 14:47:07
I’m not sure what price people think Dembele will go for, but if people think we could get him, a midfielder and a cb for the Sancho price, he’d have to go for about £10m.
18.) 12 Aug 2020 21:07:39
Hi cooky i don't ever remember him having a good game. I've seen lots of him coming on as a sub or being taken off. He gives away the ball a lot. He does work hard but imo is decidedly average.
19.) 12 Aug 2020 23:34:26
Bfb I would take Vdb and Dembele and go for another cb instrad of Koulibaly as i think he is reckless and we got a player like him in Baily already.
I remember ed sayin Barcelona are desperate to get rid of Dembele and will listen to decent offers and nothing as extravagant as Jadon.
If he puts his head down then he could be a very good player for us.
He is fast, technically very good and can score goals.
It is the attitude which has been the issue and that's the only concern I have with him.
20.) 13 Aug 2020 13:50:52
Dembele would struggle to get through the medical. If we miss out on Sancho and Dembele is an option on loan then I would entertain that idea but I would not purchase him at this time unless it was for a very low fee, on low wages and a small contract length. He missed 30 league games last season which is a worry.
21.) 13 Aug 2020 18:20:28
Ed I’m not sure if you’ve answer this, but do you know if dembele would be a permanent transfer or a loan? Only reason I ask is the links to Coman being a loan deal.
{Ed002's Note - There are no agreements in place about these players.}
22.) 13 Aug 2020 18:24:38
What type of fee are Barcelona looking for with Dembele Ed? Thanks.
{Ed002's Note - As much as possible. You should ignore the fees.}
14 Jul 2020 20:29:47
Just been reading that Sneijder is thinking of coming out of retirement. Just wondering if we have any interest 😂.
1.) 14 Jul 2020 21:01:47
Backup to Grealish is what I hear 😂.
2.) 15 Jul 2020 06:57:35
Schnieejdar is exactly what we need. Let’s hope we can get the deal over the line this time!
3.) 15 Jul 2020 11:03:30
We've signed Bruno we don't need Sneijder now, we need a winger. I wonder when Gaitan will sign, he's been lost at the airport longer than my luggage.
22 May 2020 19:55:29
Evening Ed.
A bit out the norm but are you aware of any ins and outs with the coaching staff? Always an interesting way to look at the direction on the field.
Thanks in advance.
{Ed002's Note - No, I am not aware of changes to the coaching staff. A scout has recently left but that is noise in the big scheme of things.}
1.) 22 May 2020 22:26:31
Nice one Ed. Enjoy your weekend.
{Ed002's Note - And you Peter.}
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18 Dec 2024 02:09:20
I would love Pervis Estupiñán at LWB. Would be perfect for this system I think.
08 Dec 2024 01:52:20
I want to treat this as a massive pre season for next season. This group of players are really going to make it difficult to do so.
1.) 08 Dec 2024 05:45:58
I am not happy at all about the result but it serves to temper the excitement that came from a couple of wins.
We are NOT top 4 material, hell we ain’t even top 10 at this stage, so this will indeed serve as a looooooong run up to next year.
The positives are we seem to have a straight shooting coach who I believe will win out over the slack ar$es on the park and push the team forward.
With EtH it was a process with no structure or indeed dare I say ability at this level. In Amorim we have, I believe, the right man at the right time.
2.) 08 Dec 2024 06:32:43
Peter
I don't see it that way at all. we have a fully fit squad bar Shaw, even ringing in the changes we should perform a lot better. Losing to forest is a really poor result imo. Losing to spurs and Liverpool at home with a squad missing quite a few players and both those teams can do that to you when they are on it and have shown it with other teams, but yesterday performance is a really poor imo.
It does not have to be a binary issue that we look terrible until the changes take shape. Amad was a positive but even him after beating his man gives the ball away with a poor pass and pretty sad he was better from a bad bunch.
I posted earlier in the week our next 8 league schedule and thought losing two would be a good outcome well we have lost 2/ 2 and yet to play city, pool spurs away.
This group of players are not great but better than what we are showing on the pitch. not going to win much if onana, maguire or deligt spend half the game trying to hit 40 yard diagonals across the pitch.
3.) 08 Dec 2024 06:44:17
Ouch. That must have hurt you Ahmad. Wasnt this the norm under EtH? You were ok back then. Ahh yes, you have the "injuries" excuse. Its a new structure, new manager. This will take time but i am sure it will not take 2.5 hours of crap to change.
4.) 08 Dec 2024 06:59:11
I was surprised yesterday, we are not yet a top team but too many players were poor yesterday m, i found myself shouting at the TV.
5.) 08 Dec 2024 07:26:27
UA
If you don't think injuries are a factor, give pep a call he might have a different view. Its never okay under any manager to lose games at home to this kind of opposition. Whether you like it or not eth hardly ever had a full squad to choose from and it was piece meal line up for so long. I really like Amorim but whilst we are going through changes its not okay to sh. t the bed like yesterday. Upfront we look terrible imo and creating very little.
Why pull Garna and bring rash on and play him on the right. Rash is not a right winger and we look worse for it. Last two games that's been the substitution and we have looked worst for it afterwards.
I was watching the game and thinking what is rash doing over there with Mazroui and Amad already there. Dalot being our main threat from the left side just does not work for me. Sometimes in football you can over complicate things, if you are bringing in a sub, put him where he is best suited and let them do their thing.
6.) 08 Dec 2024 07:56:44
There's a reason they're 5th though, asked players should have shown more but you don't play the club history and name, you play the team in their current form.
7.) 08 Dec 2024 09:23:23
Why was yesterday’s game one we SHOULD have won? Forest are a solid physical team who can play. And win. At Anfield . We were so feeble though!
8.) 08 Dec 2024 09:35:47
It’s okay. SJR and Ashworth will sort it out……. oh wait!
9.) 08 Dec 2024 10:15:44
Ahmad
I didn’t agree yesterday with having Dalot on the left wing when Garnacho was taken off.
I said when RA was appointed that he needs to be his own man and not get drawn into the emotional clap trap of “we can’t do that because he is our favourite player”.
Start with Rashford, he plays like he doesn’t want to get injured, he won't need his kit cleaning. I think Keane would not have stood for his whole attitude. Sell whilst we can get good money.
Bruno. Utter frustration. That second goal was because yet again he carelessly gave the ball away. How many times has he done that and how many more before RA loses his patience. Bruno isn’t going to change. Yes he can score goals occasionally but bar playing him as a false 9 I only see that he creates an imbalance in the team. Sell whilst we can get good money.
You seem to continue to excuse ETH even now.
10.) 08 Dec 2024 10:39:39
We have to appreciate and understand that the manager has very little time currently to train the players sufficiently to actually start to see big changes.
When you actually breakdown what a week looks like for United you realise just how little time they have.
You have to do a light training session the day before a game to avoid injuries and burnout. Then you have a game day. The following day is recovery and mostly assessing the game looking at what went well and what needs to improve.
That's three days around a game where it's light training and tactical preparation for that specific game.
Play twice a week then that's 6 days. Which leaves one day a week where you can actually do serious training.
As the manager and many fans and pundits have pointed out the physical condition of this squad doesn't seem to be at the right level. We need to be fitter and stronger. That requires intense training to condition the body to be able to reach and maintain those levels. Given the schedule that isn't something that is possible right now.
I don't expect to see us be able to run harder and longer on a consistent basis until next season. After we have had a pre-season designed around getting our players capable of reaching those levels.
The rest of this season has to be about the manager getting to grips with the squad, understanding what they are capable of and understanding their mentality. Who is willing to run through brick walls for the club and who will call in sick when they have a runny nose. Who has the ability to understand the tactics and the capability to implement them. Then making sure all those players who have a long term future are working on developing the skills they need to play this system.
I expect to only see small steps in the right direction this season. I expect to see players make individual mistakes as they get to grips with the system. I expect to see the manager over time understand who is his best 11 and who needs stk find a new club.
Next season after we have coached the players for several months on what they need to do, have moved on players who don't fit and brought in 3 or 4 players to start to get the team we need, and a pre-season designed to get the players into the condition they need to be in to play at the level we need to be at. That's when I expect to see a bigger jump forward. Even then there will still be issues. We might have a first 11 suitable to play the system to the level required (if we have a good summer), but when we need to rotate I'd expect to see that level drop as the squad won't be good enough. That will come in two to three years time.
11.) 08 Dec 2024 17:27:45
redman
The second goal is a howler by Onana. You keep talking about Bruno giving the ball away, go look up yesterdays stats and see how many times the other guys gave it away.
12.) 08 Dec 2024 22:14:22
Ahmad
It’s not just yesterday, Bruno has been giving it away, causing us massive problems for some time.
13.) 09 Dec 2024 14:52:13
Redman
We lose the ball all the time. Its all of them and not just Bruno. the rest don't exactly look like bernardo silva. If its about getting rid of people who give the ball away, 80 percent of this team needs to go including, rasmus, zirksee, rash, garna, cas and we can keep going.
08 Jul 2024 10:57:15
The club working on multiple deals at the same time is quite refreshing though isn't it!?
1.) 08 Jul 2024 13:14:20
Sure is lois.
2.) 08 Jul 2024 14:26:00
I'm still more interested in the outs than the ins.
I know they are interlinked so it's a matter of waiting.
3.) 09 Jul 2024 21:28:13
Ken of course you're more interested in the "outs" being Irish it's your favourite method ??.
21 Apr 2021 00:35:32
TeamViewer will be checking out that cooling off period!
26 Mar 2021 21:39:26
I'm going to focus on the general point of your post and say it was very well made and I agree with it all. Would really improve the club.
Too many keyboard warriors on this site. If you think for a second before seizing the opportunity to shoot someone down you would realise that he MAYBE meant Dalot. You know with MA clearly being muted as a RB option.
I usually Wade through the bullsh*t to find the good stuff on this site but these snap comments are begining to really grate on me.
P. s. There's probably loads of typos in this post for you to pick at. Enjoy.
{Ed014's Note - sorry Peter you’ve submitted this as a new post and I’m assuming you were replying to someone but don’t know who.
1.) 26 Mar 2021 22:26:21
Sorry Ed. Jodler was the O. P of the thread I was responding to. Just after the "Damian has left the club and already been sold mate. " was my intended slot. Apologies.
{Ed014's Note - no probs mate I just couldn’t move it for you.
2.) 26 Mar 2021 22:36:24
Maybe I should practice what I preach eh? 😅.
{Ed014's Note - that’s a good point! 🤣
3.) 27 Mar 2021 07:48:12
Get used to it. Any mistake, typo different view etc and they are on to you.
Amount of out of work world class international football managers on this site must be staggering.
4.) 27 Mar 2021 19:22:28
You are obviously referring to me as I said it. Also I was being polite when I said it and wasn't sure if the poster knew Darmian had left the club. Chill your beans I wasn't having a go in the slightest ðŸ‘.
5.) 27 Mar 2021 19:46:33
One of the good guys Damon. I think Peter read your post in a tone it wasn't written in. ðŸ¤ðŸ¤.
Peter Griffin's rumour replies
05 Feb 2025 20:05:23
I suspected so after I replied ?. I think your name being in capitals made me defensive ?.
04 Feb 2025 19:59:14
I'm referring to specifically targeting the back post from the left. It's been an issue all season. Clearly been exploited by the opposition.
04 Feb 2025 15:03:03
We need a new LCB regardless. How many teams have got in behind our RWB and stood the ball up to the far post knowing that if a player gets a run on Martinez then they're getting a decent opportunity. Doesn't help that Dalot is poor in the area too and only sees opposing runs as the go past him.
I love Martinez! Proper attitude but in the wrong league. He needs a move to Spain. Similar players like Mascherano and Cannavaro have had excellent careers there.
20 Jan 2025 18:02:14
Will give Bruno a run for his money with tantrums.
20 Jan 2025 14:31:37
Waiting 16 years until he is allowed to join is ridiculous!
Peter Griffin's banter replies
24 Dec 2024 01:42:23
Feliz Navidad from Mexico.
15 Dec 2024 19:26:19
Nice to see we didn't follow through with your prediction Ork.
09 Dec 2024 01:12:39
The devils greatest trick was convincing the world they didn't exist. There is still a glazer with a seat on the footballing board. Not to mention that they still own the majority of the club.
Would Rangnick really be an option?
06 Dec 2024 04:43:10
Hope you're OK Shappy. Keep on marching Brother!
01 Dec 2024 01:17:13
Shappy overthinking. Get out! ?.