Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 26.09.24

I think this hits the nail on the head. When so many players are underperforming in one work environment for so many years and then flourish in a new environment (regardless of what they are paid) the root of the problem is systemic and that's a long term cultural problem that needs to be fixed from top to bottom. Swapping in and out the odd manager who has a different training / playing style doesn't address the core of the problem at all.

You always get the odd bad apple who just downs tools as soon as the big contract is signed but it tends to be the exception, not the rule.

if going PL proven I would be looking at

Huijsen - LCB.
Milenkovic - CCB
Guehi - CCB
Baleba - CM
Hackney - CM - but not PL proven tbf.
Gomes - CM
Wharton - CM
Nunez - CM (prob not possible but i'd ask the question)
Dibling - RWB
Cunha - L10
Gibbs-White - 10
Delap - ST

They'll be getting more in before we even get a chance to challenge

Utds decline will take years to reverse

I'm not even sure it can be reversed as long as the parasites are still at the club

Anothy watch.

An assist and a straight red card

He had 3 goals in his first 3 games for us. It was the other 90 odd games that were the problem

I was thinking the next international break might help Rasmus, if he got away with Denmark and maybe bag a few goals in a low pressure friendly against weak opposition…

Except they're playing Portugal in the Nation's League QFs.

He has a similar heat map to Hojlund

Watkins is the perfect map imo, no chance we'll get him but need to be looking at someone of that profile.

Not simple but I don't think it's an overly complex problem at the same time.

He has been brutal, his confidence is shot. At the moment, there's very little hope that he will turn it around.

But it shouldn't be a huge ask to get the team playing a bit better than they are, and in turn, getting him some more & better supply. I'm not absolving him from responsibility, just saying that he needs the team to help him get out of the terrible rut he is in.

I thought it was a well balanced and decent analysis from the MOTD studio, which is surprising in itself.

I don't like these cuts and think many of them are probably unnecessary as they are likely creating a worse atmosphere at the club in the short term. On balance, I wouldn't like to see as many.

But one positive (and it's a big one) is that other clubs will know about these cuts and it'll create a perception that we won't be suckers in transfer negotiations anymore ala the Woodword/Arnold days.

So while INEOS are only saving pocket money with some of these measley cuts, they will view it as creating a reputation that'll help save tens of millions in the long run.

Job losses formally announced. 150-200 jobs. Operation transformation. No mention of the free fruit.

Hard to take too much from the heat maps in terms of suitability imo. Ipswich just don’t consistently produce enough chances even compared to united and are the lowest for possession in the final third & penalty area. In a world where we had the likes of Dorgu, Fernandez, Diallo (and hopefully more!) fit and on form, could see someone like Delap getting more chances in the box and generally feels like more of a poacher. He’s more likely to take on shots that Hojlund, less one-footed and strong at headers.

The Rashford jokes (or memes) are starting to appear!