Manchester United Thread 25/26 - Teamtalk/Transfers/Gossip Mod Note in OP 12.02.26

I don’t think I said it was a very bad result but I opened the door to be proven wrong. I went back and checked and didn’t see it, but apparently I did numerous times. I asked to be shown but I was ignored. Anyway…

Going into that Fulham game, we had done the double over them the season before. After the Arsenal game where we looked good, there was definitely an expectation that we would do well. Bruno missed a pen, Cunha and Mount were linking up but it wasn’t fully clicking.

I get the Sesko on the bench being annoying, but from the start we looked like we would score from the players on the field. He came on early second half and didn’t really do much, but we had no control of the game at that point anyway.

My heart bleeds Pep, prick.

Impressive stat this, and as I say he's been more solid than spectacular.

Onana's last 18 games I believe we lost 9. Not all down to him of course but a big factor.

Lammens has been solid no question but I wish he wouldn't parry shots right back into the 6 yard box. He does it 2-3 times a game and whilst he's young and a reliable keeper hopefully he gets out of that habit!

Haven't noticed it being 2-3 times a game, although he did do it against Fulham from a free.

That was Onana's bread and butter though and the main thing I noticed on his highlight reels before he signed.

It's not a habit,no keeper does it on purpose,speed and movement of ball coupled with their vision and whats going on in their eyeline all effect how they connect with the shot,

so 9 times out of 10 it usually ends up being powerful shot into a box full of players that the keeper sees late that gets parried into danger!

Going to the Spurs game but don’t have flights sorted yet. Prices are crazy to fly to Manchester, anyone experience flying to alternative airports like Liverpool or Leeds? Or are there other ones that would have a good fast train service to Manchester? Would pay for a taxi either as we can split it between two of us

It gives a defence a huge boost in confidence if there's a solid keeper behind them. You're far more likely to commit to a tackle or a block knowing that if it doesn't work out there's always a good keeper there that could save it.

Another reason why it's been defensively better since Lammens came in; he uses the ball batter. His passing is so much better, defenders are comfortable with the give and go to him, and he does take up more central positions for the pass than Onana did meaning he's in position if something does go wrong, he's set. Even his his rushed clearances, they usually go out of play near the half way line giving our defence to set up rather than a quick throw catch us out.

That's not even taking into account the difference between Lammens and Onana in terms of catching the ball, punching the ball, and actual shot-stopping ability and closing down the angles for a shot.

And Lammens isn't the best keeper in the league, there's a few ahead of him on overall talent. He's just very competent at the basics, and it's certainly been a massive boost to the team to have that in place.

And once again for the record, what on earth were the club at signing Onana? They must have signed him purely on the basis that he played in a Champions League final, surely any sort of scouting would have seen he was stone useless.

Flew into Liverpool and we were under time pressure to get to the match so a taxi/Uber was our only option. Before ordering an Uber we asked a few taxis for a price and they were quoting £80-90. There was an Uber nearby and it was just over £50.

You would want a lot of spare time if taking public transport from Liverpool airport as I think all the buses and trains have to go from there into Liverpool center first, and then onwards to wherever.

Flying in to Birmingham is also an option, there’s a train straight to Manchester City centre from the airport.

If I was going for the day then I'd be on the first flight to Leeds at 6:25, gives you loads of time to get to Manchester and have some breakfast and get to OT for the 12:30 match and fly home that evening through Leeds. Makes for a long day but you have limited options unless you want to fly in the night before or fly home on the Sunday. The bus from the airport to Leeds CC is about 20 minutes and the train from Leeds CC to Manchester was about 2 hours IIRC.

He was asked about the injured players before Fulham and all he said about de Ligt was, “He's not trained with us yet, so we’re just working through the process really of getting him back as soon as we can,”. Before the Arsenal game said he had a set back and that he would hopefully be back in the next few weeks.

Lol... Garnacho is wildly unlikeable. Caused so much trouble along with his arse of a brother. Fairly uninspiring since he went to Chelsea. Then having little jabs like this before Chelsea limp out of the Carabao with him only getting the last 20 minutes.