Manchester United Thread 2024/25 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 26.09.24

.. way too drunk

We were absolutely brilliant the first 45 minutes. Hojlund played very well imo feeding Garna and Bruno but it took him away from the box.

I seriously think with a expiercend no.9 that can score goals we'd have killed the game early.

Our league position wouldn't be as bad either.

I'm repeating myself big time but please God let us get in a striker. Not a Delap mould in age but older and is proven.

Get someone like Cuhna in and the forward line looks way better, physical, can score but can drive the ball forward. Only player that does that is Garna with going forward.

Some CM's as well.

GK leave for a season,he played well tbfalthough the score line doesn't reflect it. Punched out many a danger and made some good close saves.

If a front line is firing in goals it changes a game completeoy and your defence doesn't get at much.

We are UTD, always been, attack attack attack. We don't have that so should be priority

Ah no I'm delighted with the result, I'm not that bad 🙄

Keeps our season going with a good chance of silverware. But I'd have very little faith in Amorim from everything I've seen so far, performances have been dreadful and we very much got out of jail last night. Jury still on him as far as I'm concerned.

Put the young lad who is mad into United to bed at full time last night. It's his birthday today so be was awake at 6 and for first thing he asked was did we win. Didn't tell him and just put on the highlights instead. Sat watching him watching them, unreal (and perhaps a little cruel 🤣 ) to see him go from devastation to elation in the space of 2 minutes.

I went to rewatch the end... My recording stopped recording at 114 minutes.

Hope everyone is OK. On the plus side at least Maz isn't injured.

Manchester I assume.

Forgot that, surprised they never included him given how awful we've been in front of goals.

Amorim said he is going to have to risk kids in the PL - wonder which ones are in line. Amass and Obi seem obvious. But Moorhouse for midfield? Fletcher? Mantato at RWB? Kukonki at the back?

I think he would've wanted to rest more players to be better prepared for these matches v Lyon but probably felt the risk of getting destroyed by City or Newcastle was too high and would be too damaging. They were horrible games to have sandwiched in between the most important games of the season. Particularly when the he squad is so thin, especially in attacking areas.

100%. If we get to the final I'll let him stay up for the whole thing but Bilbao are a much better outfit than anyone we've faced in the EL this season.

Yeah, I'm not confident about Bilbao at all. Hardest side we could have faced.

Lets hope we haven't used up all of our nine lives in this competition last night.

Full week off next week after Wolves on Sunday. Talk of rotation/resting. Also a good chance to get some players more minutes.

Maguire & Casemiro have to be rested after last night.

Maz hopefully is OK. Was badly missed when we went off at HT.

Shaw poor after long layoff last night. Needs more minutes but after last night won't be risked starting.

Mount needs to start at this stage, maybe even for Bruno but we know he doesn't rotate really.

Mainoo start as well and build him up more.

This are the squad players we need most for the Europa.

It could lead to Erikson & Lindelof featuring but needs must. They won't be here next season but if they stop someone picking up an injury then use them in nothing matches.

Agree that it’s a precarious position as we saw last night. I really hope Amorim succeeds too and for me it’s a case of him being someone worth hitching the wagon to. Seems like an accomplishment to still be in the hunt for something.

It hasn’t been a smooth transition but I honestly think there’s a portion of the fan base who are in a bit of denial or thinking that it’s the premier league of 20 years ago with plenty of mid-table fodder. I’ll go out on a limb and say it’s generally accepted that United have spent inefficiently for the bones of a decade, are average in multiple positions, have a poor injury record and have multiple players who are not consistently up to PL level physicality /athelticism.

Yet we would definitely be in the hunt for Europe if the right manager had been found. There’s an element of taking one’s medicine which people don’t want to accept.

Maybe my mind is fuzzy but there’s a bit of a whiff of some of the Liverpool teams with Gerrard about this team. Capable of some magic, particularly in cups, but generally not good enough. We haven’t really been in the title hunt for years.

Last night was amazing though and a fair result. So many games have been a tough watch this year and the Lyon matches had parts that showed why at time but deserved the win over the two legs.

What a miracle! If I didn't see it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it. Both Mount and Shaw made it to the end of extra time without going off injured!