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04 Dec 2024 13:47:10
Seeing quite a few links to clubs looking at dalot.
That would be a great result for us if we could sell him.
A very average player not suited to a wing back role at all long term imo. Really poor crosser of the ball and suffers from severe concentration lapses.
Always gives his all but so did ralph milne.
1.) 04 Dec 2024 14:06:02
Ken,
I agree with you. The club needs to raise their standards aswell. I do believer others should leave before Dalot. However, Utd could do with the money, if the PSR rumours are to be believed.
2.) 04 Dec 2024 15:26:09
Psr rules are all changing MH. I've a lot less concerns around that going forward.
3.) 04 Dec 2024 15:38:46
When he gets into high positions up the pitch, his head explodes. If we could get an upgrade, would be great.
Not unhappy if he stays as a backup though.
4.) 04 Dec 2024 16:09:20
Decent back up angel but if we can get good money for him it might pay us to sell.
5.) 04 Dec 2024 16:34:49
It's almost unbelievable so many clubs want him, given he is cr4p. Maybe they see something in him.
6.) 04 Dec 2024 16:55:48
He's not crap Tony, far from it. But I believe we need better as first choice.
7.) 04 Dec 2024 17:18:33
He is decent back up at best i'd agree so if someone wants to buy him for 20m plus I think it would be a good deal for us.
He is good back up for Portugal. He has good attributes and would do well I'm sure.
Does he possess the attributes needed to play rwb for our manager I don't think so.
All the noise could be him angling for a new contract. If the coach thinks he fits the system he will get one i'm sure. I don't see him being happy if not regular starter once the team settled down.
26 Nov 2024 19:17:55
One of the more interesting stories I read this week is the possibility of zirkzee going on loan to juve with Douglas Luiz coming to united on loan it's not gone well for him in Italy. Good player when at villa. He is a player that would suit us at the moment I would think.
1.) 27 Nov 2024 22:33:07
Doubt it would happen. Amorim hasn't had enough time to assess if Zirkzee fits into his plans, it would also leave us lacking more numbers up front. While Zirkzee isn't a striker, he can play as a 10 or false 9 whereas Luiz is a CM. I don't see him leaving Turin where he only recently moved with his partner, Alisha Lehmann.
2.) 28 Nov 2024 07:07:05
Easy story to write that.
3.) 28 Nov 2024 13:37:14
Not that anyone has been necessarily impressive to start the season (bar Amad), has anyone else been severely disappointed in Zirkzee? I don't see him excelling in any traits out there on the pitch.
4.) 28 Nov 2024 13:57:15
I can not believe after watching Martial is last few years, we signed one of the only strikers in the world that Martial could beat in a race.
5.) 28 Nov 2024 15:49:12
Very good dsg. ?
Martial tearing it up in Greece.
1 goal in 12 games.
23 Aug 2024 13:48:17
Ed002 good afternoon.
2 questions for you.
What do you think will happen with sancho come the end of the window. Loan out, sell or stay?
Secondly mctominay do you think he will get a move or stay? If he does move do you see united going in for another midfielder to replace him or do you think ugarte will be the only 1st team midfielder brought in (assuming they get him)
Appreciate i'm only asking for an opinion.
{Ed002's Note - Jadon Sancho (W) Borussia Dortmund would take the player back but will not pay more than half of what they sold him for and will step back unless the demands of the player and club are more reasonable, or a further loan is offered. Newcastle may have provided an option but moved on. Agent approached Spurs but they can be discounted. Perhaps a loan to buy for Juventus but wages are a huge issue. RBL may be open to a discussion.
Scott McTominay (CM) If available at the right price, West Ham, Fulham and Galatasaray will be interested. Napoli may offer a wildcard option but he is not first choice - and they would likely only want a loan. I suspect he will stay or may make a move to Napoli.
Manchester United have priorities to address first.}
1.) 23 Aug 2024 14:46:54
Cheers.
14 Aug 2024 13:40:37
Hi ed002.
Do you know if there is any serious interest from the Saudi pro league in any of our players?
I've read reports that they are looking at the likes of lindelof casimero Anthony and rashford.
Just wondering if you think they will make any offers to united for any of the above?
{Ed002's Note - Casemiro at the right price may still be of interest.}
1.) 14 Aug 2024 13:56:25
I guess if Ugarte comes in then Casemiro has a decision to make.
2.) 14 Aug 2024 15:42:03
ED002,
What fee do you think a deal for Casemiro could be down for?
Thanks.
{Ed002's Note - I am not going to try and guess fees but at 32 perhaps £20M or so.}
3.) 14 Aug 2024 16:47:52
No it doesn't.}
4.) 14 Aug 2024 17:04:06
Cheers ED002,
I think the club just need to sell at a loss a s get his wages off the books.
5.) 14 Aug 2024 17:14:53
Paying him for a year and selling him next year might be cheaper and not generate a loss MH.
Not intimate with the detail but that's what a lot of us don't know.
6.) 14 Aug 2024 17:24:09
It depends, if it's going to cost the club the same regardless of whether he leaves this summer or next then surely getting another year out of him and his experience makes it worthwhile keeping him around for another year.
{Ed025's Note - that is not moving forward though Shappy, thats stagnating mate and if you want to progress you have to get rid of free loaders like Casimero and Anthony imo mate, they are bleeding the club dry..
7.) 14 Aug 2024 18:31:02
Assume we're amortizing his transfer cost at £15m pa and he costs us another £15m pa in wages, and his written down book value is £30m, selling him for £20m improves the bottom line by £20m in the coming fiscal year. That cost has to be reduced by the annual costs of his replacement. A 5 year contract for Ugarte at say £45m plus a wage of £5m year, for a total of £14m a year, still yields a better financial outcome.
These are all complete estimates based on info on the internet but, suffice it to say, if the Saudis are prepared to give us £20m+ for him we should take it and move on. We cannot be building teams around players at the end of their careers. Surely that's got to be the #1 lesson of the last 12 years or more.
8.) 14 Aug 2024 22:28:01
Ed025, I'd love to get all those players who aren't good enough off the books of the club this summer.
But if we did that we'd struggle to name a 5 a side team let alone a starting 11 and 7 subs.
Reality is that we need to ship some off this summer, a few more next summer and probably a couple more he summer after.
Currently Casemiro is the only special-ist CDM we have at the club. We need at least two special-ists defensive midfielders to cover for injuries and to rotate.
If we get rid of Casemiro this summer then we will also have to sign TWO defensive midfielders rather than one.
Therefore, selling Casemiro at a loss and then being forced to buy two midfielders is an extremely costly way to run the club.
Keeping Casemiro for one more season as the back up, while signing a player like Ugarte to be first choice. Makes much more sense. Then sell Casemiro next summer without him counting as a loss on the books.
Just like everyone else, bar City, we need to keep within PSR rules.
Say we bought Ugarte for 45m and kept Casemiro. That is the CDM position sorted for this season at a cost of 45m.
If we sell Casemiro for a 20m loss on the books, buy Ugarte for 45m and Sander Berge for a further 25m then solving the CDM position has cost us 90m with the two players and the loss.
Effectively you can add whatever loss we take on Casemiro to the fee of the player we sign to replace him.
9.) 15 Aug 2024 01:35:03
Doesn't add up Shappy. Casemiro costs United c. £30m a year in wages + depreciation. And if his departure means we have to buy 2 CDMs then surely we have to buy 1 anyway. So you can only compare costs between Casemiro and whoever replaces him. The second CDM will have to be funded by the sale of, say, McTominay and/ or Erickson.
Where are you getting the £20m loss from? Apparently we paid £60m for him on a 4 year contract. He's been with us for 2 so his residual value should be around £30m. Ed suggested we might get £20m for him. I'm sure United will be weighing the extent of the loss compared to the savings. If we can only get £10m for him then my guess is he'll stay, but they are not going to base the decision on the illogical proposition that we'll have to buy 2 people to replace him. If we keep Casemiro and get Ugarte, the bottom line cost for Ugarte is not £45m in year one, it's £9m amortization + his wages. Even if you assume a loss of £20m by selling Casemiro, you have to offset the £30m of annual cost you have avoided.
10.) 15 Aug 2024 01:50:57
Sales appear on the accounts for that year, incoming you can spread across fives year in regards the accounts.
You will be going into future years already having to account for that 15 million of his fee.
Chelsea are committing themselves to having to sell a lot of players in each of the next few years, assuming there are no more hotels to move about on the accounts.
I am not sure why everyone isn't playing hardball with them over buying their players, they have to sell.
We have a number of players who are going to restrict future budgets if we move them on.
I rather fancy there has been a bit of robbing Peter to Paul about us this window, out of necessity admittedly, but we are going to have to sell a couple each year just to balance the books and allow us to be able to spend.
We are still hampered by the awful recruitment over the last few years.
11.) 15 Aug 2024 10:01:03
Oak your forgetting if we sell the players we are trying to sell the wage budget would probably be significantly lower and this in the end is almost as big if not bigger than money from sales.
12.) 15 Aug 2024 19:02:07
I think it's unfair to label either Casemeiro or Anthony as freeloaders.
Nobody put a gun against the heads of Utds recruitment and said they had to pay over inflated prices and salaries.
You can't blame the players for maximising their income as they have a short career and let's be honest we would all do the same as them given the chance.
Both players do try. Casemeiro had an excellent first season but in common with the whole team last his way last season. This year with decent defenders behind him and a stronger midfield ahead of himaybe he will be able to play to his strengths more. Anthony has talent but probably not good enough to cut it at the highest level. flashes of brilliance fail to hide the overall level.
13.) 15 Aug 2024 21:11:37
Salford you are right, that is unfair on genuine freeloaders who have perfected that art.
The surplus to requirements players have parasitic veins running through their bodies. That is a more fair and reasonable analogy of them.
14.) 16 Aug 2024 10:42:23
Cutting Jimbo.
15.) 16 Aug 2024 14:08:03
I don’t know Casemiro but if he has the professionalism off the park he could be an excellent mentor for the younger players and still play a part if we are injury hit. He’s long in tooth but has been a great player and demanded success. If his heart is still in it.
16.) 17 Aug 2024 08:18:30
Get Ugarte in and play Casemiro in Europe, cups and as/ when needed in the league. Let’s be honest, ‘when’ we’re winning 1-0 away at Liverpool later on in the season, Casemiro coming on for the last 20 minutes will be invaluable.
Sell McTominay, bring in Rabiot and that’s midfield sorted, at a cost of only around £15m net:
Ugarte/ Casemiro/ Collyer
Mainoo/ Rabiot
Bruno/ Mount.
29 Jul 2024 19:16:34
Hannibal may be off to rangers.
Pellistri? I think there is some interest
Sancho psg potentially
Mctom Fulham?
Awb West ham?
Ericksen ajax?
Lindelof? Not heard much
Clearing these players would be a lovely end to the window.
4 more in would be great. A cb rb and 2 xcm
If we do clear out those I think that will only leave dalot Shaw maguire bruno and rashford as players that eth inherited. 3 summer windows to get rid of nearly a whole squad is some going.
It really would be nice to see the above 7 go before the end of August . If we got fees in and around 85 to 100m between them all it would be decent imo.
Rb looks sorted fingers crossed.
1 x cm looks sorted with the Uruguayan chap from psg.
Hopefully 1 of jb challobah or deligt will come in at cb.
Ideally then we get another cm in although I think eth is looking at mount as a cm.
1.) 29 Jul 2024 20:13:43
Where is Casemiro!
He should be the first out of the door, his wages vs what he brings represent the worst ratio of any player on our books.
Yes worse than Eeyore and the petulant child Sancho.
In order of priorities out the door.
Casemiro
Sancho
Maguire
AWB
Hannibal
Pellestri
Lindelof
Anybody else that isn't viewed long term.
2.) 29 Jul 2024 20:57:29
Casemeiro is on big wages and understandably no elite team will need him and middle tier teams could not afford him. So difficult to move on.
Likewise Maguire and Lindelof.
3.) 29 Jul 2024 22:44:37
I forgot Eriksen and Anthony!
We are still a mess.
Top 4 whilst not necessarily out of the question this year, you have to say if the majority of the above players are part of the squad, somewhere between 4th and 8th is a reasonable prediction.
Not being a doomsdayer, more so realistic about our current squad.
You could replace
Eriksen with Collyer
Maguire with MDL
Pellestri with Lacey
Casemiro with Ugarte
Lindelof with JB
AWB with that Maz. Guy from Bayern
That leaves Hannibal Sancho and Anthony. I would say Rashford, Amad and Garnacho offers us quite a bit on the wings, plus Lacey to be integrated wherever possible. So what to replace those three with from the youth setup, or any shrewd signings available. there's been quite a few names mentioned on here about potential youth players, it isn't the worst strategy!
4.) 29 Jul 2024 21:58:11
Unless a saudi league team comes in for him Casemiro is going nowhere, Lindelof will go before the window shuts but i think Maguire will be staying.
5.) 29 Jul 2024 22:05:17
Casimero imo is much more valuable to the team than the likes of mctom or ericksen jimbob imo. Good experience in a squad not blessed with that.
He is also a lot harder to move due to the finances. We cannot suffer big losses on assets and nobody will pay enough for us to avoid that.
Maguire and cas are not going to walk away from millions.
If he stays casimero will make a positive contribution imo.
Lindelof might get a suitable offer.
6.) 29 Jul 2024 23:23:10
Let's pray for the Saudis to take Cas.
PSG to take Sancho
Ajax to take Eriksen
Anyone to take Maguire
Someone to take AWB
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7.) 30 Jul 2024 06:03:18
Have a feeling Ten Haag will want to hold onto a few of the players you listed. He loves peddling excuses and so will want to keep at least five or six pre-Ten Haag players around so that he can blame the squad he inherited when things inevitably go pear-shaped.
8.) 30 Jul 2024 08:52:46
This has reminded me, what happened with Hannibal?
He looked really promising not long ago, and I thought he looked pretty good at the start of last season, then he left on loan and suddenly his time at Utd seems to be over.
Did he just peak early and not expected to reach the level we need? Are there personal issues?
9.) 30 Jul 2024 09:19:46
Simply over rated over hyped.
10.) 30 Jul 2024 12:18:45
Hannibal has many good aspects of his game, technical skills, physically strong, reasonable quick and is seemingly a hard worker in the pitch.
But all of that is let down as he seems to lack the cerebral capacity to apply himself in a way that is beneficial to the team.
He runs around like a headless chicken, chasing the ball like a dog chasing a carrier bag in the wind. While he doesn't have the emotional intelligence to manage his emotions, leading to flashes of anger and petulant behaviour. Making him a red card waiting to happen.
Those drawbacks make him a hard player to fit into the line up. His most natural position at United would be in the No.10 as he isn't disciplined enough to play in the pivot. That means he's competing with Bruno, who has some of the same drawbacks (uncoordinated pressing - dragged out of position, and petulance) but without being able to have the same kind of impact on games. While Bruno is seemingly never injured.
We also have Mount, Eriksen and Amad who can all play there and are ahead of him.
Time to move him on and create space for younger lads who have a chance of making it, as long as there is a pathway for them.
Was he overhyped/ overrated? Well he's certainly never lived up to the hype. He has the talent, but is lacking between the ears. Something that is never considered when young players are rated. I keep saying it, but talent will only take you so far, mentality/ attitude are what makes the difference.
Have they got the right attitude to learn, to push themselves, to work hard, to look after themselves away from the pitch, the resilience to see setbacks as challenges and to relish those challenges.
Or do they let ego take over, get ahead of themselves, think they've made it, get distracted by all the things that easily distract teenage boys with money to burn.
Being a professional footballer is harder now than ever, the expectations, the pressure, the social media element, the need to not just be good with the ball but to train your mind, marginal gains.
If a professional at the highest level drops their level by 2-3% that has a massive impact on their performance.
Staying up late playing computer games so you haven't had enough sleep can be the difference between a good performance and an awful one.
While I'm not saying it isn't worth it, the sacrifices that these young lads need to make to make that leap from youth to professional level are massive and significant.
While they are also too young to have enough life experience to fully understand the impacts of their actions. They need to have enough trust and belief in those older adults around them to follow what they say and not question it or think they know better. Anyone who works with teenagers or has had teenagers knows exactly how hard (almost impossible) that is.
I'm a massive advocate for the club creating pathways and giving opportunities to youth players. For me that is an integral part of the Manchester United identity.
However, I also know that at best only 10% of the lads in the academy are ever likely to get a real chance in the first team. While less than 10% of those who get that chance will actually make it in the first team for a multitude of reasons.
So out of 100 lads in the academy, 10 or so might actually get some games in the first team. Of those ten you'll be lucky if one of them turns out to be good enough to play regularly for the first team. Maybe a couple others might be okay as squad players for a year or two (but will eventually have to move on to have a career) .
Look at United over the past decade. McTominay and Rashford are the only ones to have actually made it at the club. Rashford being good enough to be a regular starter, while McTominay is a solid squad player.
Last season we had Mainoo and Garnacho really step up and look to readdress that and get more youngsters in the first team squad.
Hopefully there are a few more to come from a super talented group of players currently in the academy.
Collyer looks like he might be the McTominay replacement as one who goes on to become a good squad player. Although fingers crossed he kicks on and proves me wrong.
For most of the lads in the academy, becoming a solid squad player is likely the best they will achieve at our club (that isn't an insult, but is actually a compliment. The standards for our club need to be sky high, even for those on the bench) .
Maybe there is the chance that one or two of them possess the right level of ability, mentality and temperament, while also getting the luck they need to step up and make it as a starter. From what I've seen of the academy lads there are three who for me have the best chance. Harry Amass, Shea Lacey and Ethan Williams.
They all seem to possess that higher level talent, while they also play in positions both where there is potentially chances opening up with players leaving/ declining over the next couple of years, and in positions where it is easier to give young players a chance (wide rather than centrally) .
I think it's particularly hard for players who play down the spine of the team to make the jump up and breakthrough into the first team. Be that keeper, CB, CM or CF. These positions are too key to performance and results. Fullback and playing on the wings are much easier positions to breakthrough in.
11.) 30 Jul 2024 23:52:55
Thanks, that's a shame, I remember seeing him a few times a couple of years ago, and thinking he might end up in a similar mold to Ander Herrera, who was a big favourite of mine. But if he doesn't have the mentality, not much that can be done. Maybe he'll discover it as he matures.
12.) 31 Jul 2024 10:30:38
Agree there Shappy: Gary Neville has always said he was never the most talented, but made up for it with hard work and intelligence.
13.) 31 Jul 2024 11:36:48
Thorne, it's always a shame when a talented young player falls short of making it at our club, for whatever reason.
Hannibal I think is a classic case of a young player relying too heavily on their natural talent and not developing the rest of their game.
The tactical demands of the modern game at the top mean players cannot rely on individual brilliance if that isn't paired with the intelligence to follow tactical instructions and work as a team.
Players need to know how and when to press, where they need to be during different phases of play. While also having the reading of the game to know which phase they are in and what they need to do next depending on what happens.
For Hannibal I think it came too easy for him at youth level, he never had to move outside his comfort zone and push himself to develop all areas of his game.
He always looked like a player where it was a question of "when" will they breakthrough, rather than "will" they breakthrough.
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04 Dec 2024 13:50:11
I wonder if Ruud will approach eth about the assistant managers job at Leicester.
1.) 04 Dec 2024 15:41:46
Since when did Ruud's standards fall so low.
2.) 04 Dec 2024 16:10:14
Keeper coach joined him they might put the full band back together.
11 Nov 2024 10:49:13
What a very good interim stint carried out by ruud. I'm delighted it went well for him. He proved to be a very safe pair of hands and helped lift the players from all the doom and gloom, it must have been a terrible place to work for the final few weeks of eth's tenure. I know it been a hard watch as a supporter so being in the middle of it must have been very de-motivating . Rvn will.
31 Oct 2024 21:29:00
Banter at its best!
Thought I'd recount a funny story that happened to me yesterday.
We have a pass code on security gate by the stables and paddocks at home.
The code needs to be changed monthly.
I usually use a united player name.
The company who I've been using for years came to reset the system and put in some new censors so had to resent the password for a month.
I got a text from him saying the new password is set.
He sent it on.
Iloveliverpool
is the new password for a month. He told me the lad who did the job was a Liverpool supporter and sick of keying in united players names every time he came over?
Thankfully I only head down there once every few weeks but I think I'll give it a swerve for next few weeks. I can't be keying that in?.
1.) 31 Oct 2024 22:13:24
Stables and paddocks, got to love the humble brag.
2.) 01 Nov 2024 04:26:22
I’m sorry, Ken, but I help but feel as though revealing the passcode to your stables and telling everybody that the property will be vacant for the next few weeks isn’t the wisest thing to do, especially when you know full well that scousers frequent this page.
3.) 01 Nov 2024 08:30:42
Anyone want to buy a horse?
4.) 01 Nov 2024 08:44:22
Don't tell him your name Pike ? DUH.
{Ed025's Note - love it Fizz..
29 Oct 2024 18:46:51
The possible appointment of Amorin leaves me feeling very excited.
Not nervous if his track record or his CV but because he plays a totally different type of game to anything we've seen at the club possibly ever.
I can't remember us every playing 3 at the back for sustained periods.
I'm assuming he will stick with that.
This is good news for many of our players in my opinion.
This will also change our shopping g list for future windows considerably I'd imagine.
The squad shape will be different. Requiring 5 or 6 cbs and 4 wing backs. 4 cm
6 forwards.
Currently we have 6cbs lenny ndl martinez maguire lindelof Evans. The latter 3 are all out of contract in the summer so 3 needed there.
Dalot maz could cover rwb
Shaw malcia lwb so 1 new needed there plus amass.
Cm erikson cas ugarte mainoo. 2 new needed there. Bruno and possibly mount may move to towards.
Zirk rasmus rashford mount Bruno Antony garnacho amad fighting it out for 3 places I only see Bruno rasmus and garnacho as certainties to be here next season so work to be done there.
Really excited by the possibilities.
1.) 29 Oct 2024 19:19:16
Im super excited Ken but ready to be heartbroken again ??.
2.) 29 Oct 2024 19:19:19
I am more delighted to hear news coming out, that he brings his backroom staff, and is not made to forcibly work with previous coaches like RVN. No news on Rene Hake.
3.) 29 Oct 2024 19:25:22
I may be wrong but it could be the reversal of fergie era. Pep was there as fergie was coming to the end of his tenure but chose to go to city. pep coming to the end of his tenure and amorim chose to come to us. Let's hope so.
4.) 29 Oct 2024 20:33:01
I am very excited if, as I hoped, Amorim is appointed. Great age, modern coach, attack minded. Some of the things I heard were very positive, seen as potentially very special.
I also saw that he came to Carrington for a week when Mourinho was manager, so he has had a taste of the club.
This is a real change in direction, a decisive well thought out decision.
Easier to come now when 14th, rather than after the cup final when many may have resented the change, even if it was needed. Why go to City when potentially they will have similar challenges we had when SAF retired. Coming to us now, when we hit what we hope is rock bottom, gives a great up side.
I think this is the best choice of manager since they went to get SAF.
5.) 30 Oct 2024 02:48:32
I was not in the slightest enthused when ETH got the job. If I am totally honest I’d never really heard of him. That’s not to say I wished he wasn’t successful. Never was a fan since day 1 but no self respecting fan wants the team to lose because they don’t like the manager. I accepted the adults decision to keep him on as they are supposedly the experts but am equally pleased they pulled the pin.
However on this occasion I am really looking forward to an upturn in fortunes. Sadly it will once again be a process as we shift on unwanted players and rest the clock.
As a great man once said. “Ask me after 10 games”.
6.) 30 Oct 2024 06:52:40
Keefy
He never made it to 10 games:) In Amorim's case ask me after the season is over. He needs time and people are underestimating the jump to pl comparative to the Portuguese league.
The players will need time to get used to his system and do what they are supposed to and most have never played in a back 3 set up.
7.) 30 Oct 2024 08:06:10
A bit of patience will be needed too. He will still have the same players, I doubt the January window will buy much. He will need to get that front line working, at the minute they don't look good enough to me. The only player I have confidence in hitting the target is Erikson.
8.) 30 Oct 2024 08:15:33
Yeah I know Ahmad. Was just having a cheeky dig?.
25 Oct 2024 10:30:03
Any news on Antony?
Hopefully not badly enough injured to derail Any plan to offload him in Jan even on loan.
Is there any chance we could loan out our manager for the remainder of his contract?
Surely some team in Italy seria B Could take a punt on him.
1.) 25 Oct 2024 10:43:43
This is genius. Instead of paying him off, just get a new manager and leave ETH on the side, demand daily reports from him, on players, training regimes, footballing systems, etc, then never read them and throw them straight in the bin. But make him do it every day, especially thinga he really doesn't like doing.
He either gets bored enough to leave and take a new job eitheron loan or permanent, or he ruins his career doing nothing all day.
2.) 25 Oct 2024 11:22:24
It comes down to wages at the end of the day, which is why Ineos are looking to bring in younger players in a more sensible wage structure.
No one will take a punt on Antony because of his wages.
04 Dec 2024 17:18:33
He is decent back up at best i'd agree so if someone wants to buy him for 20m plus I think it would be a good deal for us.
He is good back up for Portugal. He has good attributes and would do well I'm sure.
Does he possess the attributes needed to play rwb for our manager I don't think so.
All the noise could be him angling for a new contract. If the coach thinks he fits the system he will get one i'm sure. I don't see him being happy if not regular starter once the team settled down.
04 Dec 2024 16:09:20
Decent back up angel but if we can get good money for him it might pay us to sell.
04 Dec 2024 15:26:09
Psr rules are all changing MH. I've a lot less concerns around that going forward.
28 Nov 2024 15:49:12
Very good dsg. ?
Martial tearing it up in Greece.
1 goal in 12 games.
26 Nov 2024 18:57:56
Shaw is not suited to the role now even if fit he is more a lcb now i think malacia does suit it a little more so.
I think it might be a role garnacho should be aspiring to fill in the same way amad has on the right.
I don't think there will be much to spend this winter without selling to generate amy substantial funds.
With maz and amad on right and garnacho and malacia on right plus dalot there are options until the summer at least. Not ideal but if the players apply themselves and stay fit they are OK options for a few months I think.
04 Dec 2024 16:10:14
Keeper coach joined him they might put the full band back together.
04 Dec 2024 13:41:52
It's pretty tough to try and guess the team nowadays.
But you can be fairly sure Shaw won't be in it.
That pleases me. I wouldn't want him in the team if he was fit.
Hope yoro makes his debut tonight. A real baptism of fire.
02 Dec 2024 13:50:28
He did indeed Patrick he was a volume of knowledge. He also knew where the Hague was ??.
02 Dec 2024 13:11:19
It's been a good start Patrick. I really like what I've seen and heard from him.
Lis of ups and downs ahead that's bound to happen but really looking forward to the games again.
02 Dec 2024 13:05:21
The Hague (/ heɪɡ/ HAYG; Dutch: Den Haag [dɛn ˈɦaːx] ⓘ or 's-Gravenhage [ˌsxraːvə (n) ˈɦaːɣə] ⓘ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, The Hague has been described as the country's de facto capital since the time of the Dutch Republic. [7].