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

I know,you know and he knows players dont just get left on the pitch injured,he either didnt tell them he was injured or he told them he ran it off!

And I dont think he was slow with the sub,im going to guess that Zirkzee needed a quick warm up or stretch before being thrown on!!

I wrote zirkzee off when he came into team, then he start showing a lovely bit of form, before he got injured. When he gets going, he’s a really tidy player.

He's a decent footballer but won't score many goals.

I think he'd be useful to close out games, hold onto the ball.

I like Amorim and want him to succeed but I don't get why he says some of the things he says publically like saying he needs Cunha and Mount really really badly to compete.

For sure it may be true but morale of some of the other guys who don't start must go down when he says such things.

Did he mean it more in the sense we need them to compete for spots in the starting XI with other players? He is always talking about the importance of competition for places.

MOTD should be on the bbc player if you want to catch it.

Whatever hope we had of bringing in a CDM is pretty much zero at this stage if imagine. Zero links and 2 days remaining. In typical fashion we'll spend the remaining days to finalise Lammens

If Villa are moving for Lammens I wonder does that open the door for us to go for Martinez?

Fab reporting we've again gone to Villa over Martinez.

Just on the Sesko thing, we all remember when Rasmus came in he was thrown into the deep end and started almost every game after the cameo against Arsenal. Im just wondering are they purposely bedding him in and keeping him somewhat out of the limelight(like taking the 10th pen and not expecting it to get that far)

I think he will probably be benched for City and Chelsea and then start to go on a run for the Brentford & Sunderland games after.

Traore is shocking going forward and doesnt offer much defensively. Hes strong and quick, foot balling wise he'd be a downgrade imo.

Which CF did Liverpool have last year that was prolific? Answer: none

Which CF did City have between 2020 and 2023 that was prolific? Answer: none

Were those teams able to get top 4? Yep. They were even able to win the league.

Also Arsenal have been very high level over the last 3 years without a prolific CF. Comfortably a CL team, unlucky not to win the league at least once and very competitive in the knockout stages of the CL.

Lesson: you don't need to be desperate for a prolific CF if you can generate enough goals from elsewhere in your team.

The performances from Cunha, Mbuemo and Mount in the opening games have been extremely promising and they have the potential to rack up plenty of goals. Only 3 games in but already one of the highest xGs in the league, which is a stark contrast to the previous two seasons.