Transfer Rumours Let's ignore the big ****ing elephant and blame the latest manager, again. Are we nearly there yet?

I haven't seen that, no. Last I saw Aston Villa were after him!

He's an improvement on McTominay is what I'd say.

I would also guess that ten Hag would bring DVDB back and see of he can get a tune out of him.

The most important thing with regards to our midfield is showing Pogba where the door is.

 

Class player. He'll be brilliant in a better team under a better manager than Leeds. I'd love him to come to United.

But reason I've never mentioned him is bcos he's Leeds through and through and from what I've heard will never come to us.

But then, Alan Smith said the same. Only difference being there'll be plenty of top clubs in for him at some point and he can take his pick.

 

I have just read a few comments from Rangnick in the context of what we need in terms of new players. He states that we do not need technical players, instead we need more physicality -and he' absolutely spot on. Apart from Matic there really isn't anyone in our side that you would be concerned about getting a right hander from - look back down the year and we've always had some bruisers in the side, someone who'd take your leg off in a tackle but we lack that now. Vidic, Stam, Rio, Butt, Irwin, Keano, Rooney etc - were all players how were good at their game but also carried a physical threat. Look at us now - Sancho might have a pop as might McTominay but the rest are a bit wet. We need some grit and guile in the squad, let's get some Italians on board.

 

if Rangnick is to be believed he could be the type of player we need. Players who can physically compete. Phillips is good and I wouldn’t mind having him. I think we have to be careful not to overload our team with bruisers and card attracting types who will miss key matches through suspension. We need the right balance. It’s primarily a question of attitude. City and the RS have talented players but they have the right attitude. Ours don’t have it but who knows they may recover it under a good manager.

 

Ferguson built his squads on this.

The 93-94 original great side were hard as ****, Hughes, Cantona, Robson, Ince, Bruce.

You wouldn't mess with them.

I always found it significant that Arsenal turned to **** when Wenger tried to ban tackling. He replaced the Adams, Vieira, Petit and Bould's of this world with utter wimps.

They've not had a look in since.

This now also applies to us.

 

This is spot on. I've been saying for a while our players don't win headers, don't win 50/50's and easily get outmuscled off the ball. Pogba has aspects of this but I'd also include Bruno, Fred, Maguire, Rashford, Lindelof, AWB.

Shaw is one who seems to do well with the physical side, but his problems lie elsewhere at the moment.

 

I wonder how different our season might have been if Woodward hadn't foisted CR on OLE. He saw ££££'s in merchandising and financial gain for the club and I don't suppose for a minute he stopped to think how much his signing would destabilise OGS's plans for the new season - who knows, but its a sad for me to say but I can't wait for CR to throw a hissy fit at the end of the season and **** off.

 

Seems nonsensical tbh. Who exactly was Ronaldo holding back or taking the place of? Who else is there playing the Centre Forward?

If anything we should ALL be fcked off at Greenwood, for being a scummy little rapey twat.

 

You need new owners with billions and billions

 

Just a tad libellous.

I just believe that OGS had it in mind to rotate Cavani and Greenwood as CF. Trying to accommodate CR not only reduced Greenwood's game time but also disturbed Bruno whose game fell off the perch the second CR arrived.

 

Neither has played though and it's through no fault of Ronado. Cavani's been injured a lot and Greenwood's predicament is his own making. Even before his arrest, Greenwood had been poor tbh.

Bruno's form turned to **** from March of last year and hasn't recovered since.

 

Where Ronaldo coming in had an effect was the Daniel James debacle. He was forced out to accommodate a shirt number, when the simple solution would have been to sell Martial instead.

How was James sold and Martial and Lingard retained for **** sake? On what planet is that the correct decision?

I still don't get how Ronaldo has affected Bruno as they don't play in the same position, so it's irrelevant.
It's clear also that Cavani uses United to get fit for Uruguay, then comes back 'injured' again, also not affected by Ronaldo.

Any disruption has been caused by the Greenwood situation. It's also had an effect on his mate Rashford.

 

funny when Ronaldo gets blamed, he's one of the few players that actually seems to give a ****.

 

He only ever gives a **** about himself, how he looks, how he appears on media, how it affects his branded perfume, bog paper, dog **** scoops, trainers and a million other things. The last thing on that list is playing for the team rather than playing for what CR can get out of it - that is the real tragedy. He will play and play well only when it suits him - we don't want or need that **** right now. We have no need of players who are out to enhance their image rights or product sales ahead of the team - I only want to see someone on the pitch who hurts when we lose.......

 

Bullshit.

 

Is right mate

 

Yeh Ronaldo never looks like he hurts when we lose a game. Two days after getting rinsed for throwing some kids phone in anger

Not like he's strived all his life to become one of the best players to have kicked a ball, all the trophies and personal footballing honours, the fact he lives his life primarily to be physically fit enough to play at the highest level at the age of 37.

He done all that for his personal image whilst playing in a country where he's largely hated and perceived as the pantomime villain, yet feeds off that **** and answers it by performing on the pitch. Go figure!

 

Some people just believe what they read in the papers and ignore reality.

 

Tbh it was the same in his last season with us in 08/09. Really don't get it. The bloke's a true club legend. Without him we wouldn't have had one of the most successful periods in the club's history.

 

I don’t blame CR for our problems but I’ve said quite early when Ole was around that there was trouble brewing in the camp. Primarily because Ole was simply not good enough to manage Ronaldo. He is used to being managed by elite managers and play in a very good team. Not for a struggling man whom he had no respect for as a manager and a struggling team with players who cannot play to his level and to his expectations, It’s not his fault if they brought him with no clear plan of how to use him. Yes, things were not rosy just before he came but he definitely put the cat amongst the pigeons. Ole was found out as was Maguire as captain. Things went quickly downhill.

As bad as things are at the moment and many first elevens are being castigated as not being good enough, cast your minds to the start of the season. Almost every one said that with the arrival of Sancho and Varane the team could be challenging because the talent was there. Not winning the title but at least be among the top 4. The arrival of CR was welcome by most fans including me. I was hoping like many of us that he would like Cantona be a catalyst and an example to our young strikers. He’s not done that and I would argue that the current manager is no better than Ole and CR has very little respect for him either. Being the only striker in the absence of greenwood and Cavani hasn’t helped either.

That’s why I can’t wait for a top permanent manager to be appointed who can galvanise the undoubted talent we have and get team spirit back again. Because Rangnick as I said very early on is not good enough, even as an interim.