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

Yeah, but did you see the goal?
Pickfords gone from world class against us, to his best Onama impersonation.

I keep finding myself making that mistake with Ugarte. Thinking have him in beside Casemiro and push Bruno up to 10.

But then I see Ugarte make a cameo and he's just horrendous.

I agree with you. It’s set up nicely for us to have the advantage going into today. We should be getting something out of it. The problem is, we’re not very good with advantages. Everton on Monday night showed us that quite clearly. Someone tried to put a positive spin on it by saying “we did everything in that second half but score” - It was the only thing we needed to do. Everton set up to soak up the pressure. They didn’t take a shot in that half. They didn’t need or want to. They were prepared to wait it out, feeling confident they would keep a clean sheet. It was a dreadful performance and they should be ashamed of themselves for the lack of effort and intensity, especially in front of their own fans.

Palace are a good side. Defensively solid. Munoz is a threat from RWB. Wharton, Sarr & Mateta are all very good players. We have this advantage of more training time and more rest but we don’t seem to look any fresher or better coached than teams this season, except for maybe Liverpool. As always I hope we win but I would be surprised if we do. If we do somehow turn up and give 100% and fight like dogs for the whole game and win, that will be great but the age old question with this team will remain.. why can’t you do this every week?

On team selection, I’d like to see Mainoo get a run in the team. The current midfield clearly is not working.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Martinez coming in for Shaw. Shaw was just shocking the last day.

Zirkzee,Mount and Mbuemo will need to press in an effective co-ordinated way…..otherwise likes of Guehi will send quick passes into their midfielders and Cas and Bruno will spend the game chasing shadows.

Looking forward to seeing him throw on the fresh strike force in the second half when …..Oh, Nvm

Well on the bright side mount starts hopefully he is fit, he will run, he will press well, he can play clever passes and score the odd goal, his only downside is he is a bit weak on the ball maybe That's injury related.

Himself and mebeumo are our smartest players so hopefully they link well