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

Dalot always puts in the effort and arrives in great positions but unfortunately that’s where his lack of talent lets him down but I would still rather keep him for another year and get rid of Shaw who is just a shadow of a former player.

Mainoo was slightly better today but his last few performances have been very poor.

As others have said here if we decide to cash in on him for a midfielder with legs so be it.

4 wins, if one of those is against Chelsea, should do it.

Looking forward to the Comms.

Yeah I think so too but with the players needed to build up the squad along with improving the starting XI I think RB is a position that can be put on the long finger for a year or two.

Well who are the other contenders?

Yeah I'm happy enough with the full backs we have (Dalot, Maz, Shaw) sure we could probably improve on them no one will confuse them for Cafu or Marcelo but they aren't unplayable. If you want to see an unplayable fb look at Malacia against Newcastle. The trio are fairly competent and could be supplemented by Dorgu and Amass so I wouldn't expect FB to be a priority.

We really should be trying to convince Case for just 1 more year, yes he is old and obviously he needs replacing as a first choice this summer but letting that leadership and quality he still has just walk away from the squad is insanity. Ideally he would hang around to help with the passing of the torch to his successor. Otherwise whoever we sign is getting fùcked in the deep end straight away with massive shoes to fill and no one to take the heat off them if they struggle at the start.

Coppell and the Greenhoff brothers I would add to the list as well.

Just catching up on the thread after yesterdays game. Was surprised to read some of the comments as thought we played well enough first half and certainly better than we have done over the last few games. Second half we were very good for the most part.

Yoro has been improving game by game. It's clear to me he is a massive talent. Easy to forget how young he is. Thought he was very good yesterday.

Was a big win and the other results all went about as well as possible. I think if we beat Bournemouth then we would want to have a monumental collapse to not get Champs League.

Not sure that's entirely fair, there's very little / no doom and gloom from what I see, but I do think people are a bit conflicted / cautious.

22 out of 27 points for Carrick is a pretty phenomenal return really. I think most fans, myself included, are very cautious about getting carried away. We've been here before with a caretaker manager.

While the results have been fantastic, I don't think it's unreasonable to look at the performances and say that they haven't been as fantastic. Now, I would take results over performances any day, but it is still holding my enthusiasm back a little.

And there's obviously the decision about our next manager hangs over these games as well. If Carrick keeps this up, they will give him the job imo. I would be concerned about that on a few levels, none moreso than I think Ineos will see it as an opportunity to get a manager on the cheap who is delighted to get the gig and who may not push for the same transfer budget that others might do.

We're in limbo, a very good limbo, but a limbo all the same.

Even though the announcement of leaving has been made I was reading if he started all the remaining games from January he could himself take the 1 year extension.
While that seemed unlikely back then I think he has started every game since.

The problem is we badly need legs in midfield and if we got an Anderson type with Casemiro it could be the answer but that means dropping Mainoo.

With the wages he is on I think Ineos will sacrifice him.