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

You wouldn't need mid-week games if the weeks were like these last couple of weeks.

Slot crying that he has no squad depth after last night's match. You would imagine that spending over half a billion, in the greatest summer window ever, would have resulted in him having some bit of a squad.

It's nuts. Current champions of England who have spent 500m in the summer are surprised that in October they need to compete on multiple fronts.

Throwing the league cup which means you have lost 6 front 7 is nuts.

There's no way a manager who has a team struggling for form should be sending out kids to get battered by PL opposition.

I'm really starting to think a lot of last season was Slot just not upsetting the apple kart.

Now he has had to make his own decisions they are becoming more and more questionable

No squad depth after spunking the guts of half a billion euro over the summer, making 10 changes to your last team, leaving most of the first team out of the squad, and then claiming he has 'no regrets' over the debacle last night?…………if this was Utd, the press would be having a field day.

Amorim was raked across the coals for a full month after the Brentford/Fulham/City results and plenty of journos saying he was on the chopping block for his refusal to adapt his system. They've lost double the amount of games and there's barely a peep from the same hacks. Combined with Slot throwing his toys out of the pram, you'd think this was a perfect time to highlight the woes Liverpool are facing, but no, he's allowed pout and strop and crib about teams having the audacity to…………..**checks notes**………play differently against them.

Kevin Keegan levels of delusion and paranoia and he, pretty much, gets a free pass.

There's a distinct possibility they end up with 9 losses out of 10, given their next three games. Will the knives be out? Or more 'kid glove' treatment?

Mbeumo & Amorim up for player and manager of the month.

Mbeumo up against:

Cash, Villa

Guimares, Newcastle

Haaland, City

Kroupi, Bournemouth

Mukiele, Sunderland

Thiago, Brentford

Timber, Arsenal

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Amorim against:

Arteta, Arsenal

Emery, Villa

Iraola, Bournemouth

I would be inclined to say that Shaw hasn't (or won't have soon enough) the legs for LWB. Even if he did, I don't think he would be a great LWB either. When Fullbacks were just Fullbacks, and when he was fit, his stats for assists etc were fairly poor compared to other fullbacks.

And on the other hand, I think he is really starting to understand/settle into that LCB role now. He was great at stepping out of the line and winning ball against Brighton.

Dorgu gets far too hard of a time imo. He is excellent at getting forward, yes, his distribution isn't great, but that will come imo. The fact that he gets into a lot of good positions going forward (a really good thing) probably highlights his weaknesses even more.... I.e If he wasn't as good/athletic going forward, his poor distribution wouldn't be to the fore / highlighted as much.

Having Licha back is not a bad position to be in at all. Dorgu has played more games than you would want.

Rotating Licha / Shaw for LCB while also rotating Shaw / Dorgu for LWB should really benefit the team.

I would hope that the Licha / Shaw rotation would be prioritised first as Licha is eased back in in a very sensible way.

Not that he was ever quick over the ground,but after the last serious injury Licha seemed to have become less mobile,I hope for his own sake this latest setback hasn’t affected him similarly.

If it has his days playing at the top level are behind him.Thats not hyperbole,it’s reality.

On the flip side, there are players there that badly, badly need game time,so a few not-all-that-important cup games would be useful at the minute. I suspect we are going to see a pattern all season of fringe players getting a run out and making no impact because they simply aren't getting enough minutes.

Its not a huge deal, not a huge number of players affected, but the likes of Mainoo and Heaven do need something more than they are getting.

I think it's a case of manager protecting him. Dorgu is young and going to make mistakes which he has done but Dalot has made plenty too. The manager aint stupid despite what some would have YOU believe so I think it's a case that he feels Dalot can handle the mistakes a bit better than a young player still settling in at the club.

In my opinion dorgu has a bright future at the club he will be a very good player it just might take him a couple of season to get that consistency and maturity.

amorim lost like 20 games or something and finished 15th in 24/25.
Slott won the league with 6 (?) games to go in 24/25.

IMO it is fairly obvious one would, and should, get a lot more leeway and credit to burn this season.

Not forever, but Amorim (rightly, imo) started with zero credit in the bank this season.

Hopefully the head of fabulous hair he's rocking now brings him Samson like strength. His distribution and getting the ball into midfield and the final 3rd is top notch.

Yeah great to have Martinez back. He is a leader in fairness. He was never the quickest but hopefully the injury won't affect him too much.

Still only 27 so potentially has plenty left in him yet. Tough ball playing CBs are hard to find.

We should sign Festy Ebosole for the other side then.

Frimpong and Kerkezz would of been the go to's, look how they've got on. There's a powerful wb in dorgu in this system

I think Dorgu is better in the right where he plays for Denmark.

Dorgu might be young and imperfect. But he is already a better player than Dalot on the left, I thought that was the original poster's point.

These are important games so surely we should be picking our best team.