TheEnchanter Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Love the pundits saying they have to spend more money to compete. As if the billion plus since Fergie isn't enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WatfordOwl Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 If only they had a goalscorer...........oh wait they did. Sevilla's defence was immense, but Man U ran out of ideas once Sevilla got men behind the ball. Classic European performance from Sevilla, deserve to be in the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 minute ago, WatfordOwl said: If only they had a goalscorer...........oh wait they did. Sevilla's defence was immense, but Man U ran out of ideas once Sevilla got men behind the ball. Classic European performance from Sevilla, deserve to be in the final. Exactly and Sevilla had the Moroccan Leon Clarke up top and still won. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EighteenSixty7 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 United had their chances. I would’ve liked to have seen an Inter v United final. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 51 minutes ago, scram said: Man u won't do anything until they realise they wasted £70m on a semi mobile doughnut at centre back and replace with a REAL high quality defender. One who leads a well ala Ferdinand, Stam or Vidic Of course it is not all down to Maguire but the huge money signings need to deliver He's rank I agree. But it’s weird how Maguire has made pundits’ team of the season. Partly due to a Man U bias, but also indicative of the paucity of decent defenders around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Maguire is marginally - and only marginally - better than the laughably awful John Stones Sure they can pick a pass now and then - unfortunately they are hopeless defenders Every good team has defenders who can defend Look at Sevilla's 2nd goal - Lindeloff was coated for it - but he was doing his job - what the absolute f*ck was Maguire doing? He got drawn across the penalty box for what? There was no danger in that area, there was nop player mark, there were no opposition players to cover All he did was drag is co-defenders across with him - which was why Lindelof was out of position - because he was keeping his defensive line intact according to the positioning of his wayward defensive partner Maguire at best is a lower level premier league CB Man U need to wise up Swiftly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Man U have no depth. The first XI is decent enough and there is certainly something there with Bruno, Pogba and the front three. Still not overly sure on the defence. Ironically, I think you need to bring in someone world class to partner the 80 million pound CB...he's decent, but that's about it. Sevilla defended very well. Extremely dogged performance and clinical at the other end. Europa League is kinda their tournament. Wouldn't be surprised to see them lift a 6th one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 That Daniel James lad is way out of his depth imo. Even in his cameos he looks to have absolutely no end product and zero football brain. Very fast and that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 I think the problem with CB for man utd is that there not actually that many good CBS about anymore. I don't follow much European football so correct me otherwise, who could they go for? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkskaphil Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Setien sacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Ellis Rimmer said: I think the problem with CB for man utd is that there not actually that many good CBS about anymore. I don't follow much European football so correct me otherwise, who could they go for? Me neither. But apart from Van Dyjk the top clubs have all wasted a lot of on defenders who have been poor. Aresenal, Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City have all ended up with a defence that isn’t good enough at top level in Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 1 minute ago, oldishowl said: Me neither. But apart from Van Dyjk the top clubs have all wasted a lot of on defenders who have been poor. Aresenal, Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City have all ended up with a defence that isn’t good enough at top level in Europe I just don't think it's a fashionable position now, you need to be some sort of God to be regarded as a top player there like Van Djik since you not only have to have the traditional defensive skills, you also have to be as good as a midfielder on the ball too. Amazingly if they have to favour one or the other, it seems top clubs go for the ball playing skills rather than actual defensive abilities 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) I really liked Godin. Was excellent for Uruguay and Atletico Madrid. Getting on a bit and ended up going to Inter. Any of our big clubs would have benefited from him for a couple of years. Edited August 17, 2020 by Ever the pessimist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMacLean Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Not many decent defenders about, Upamecano will cost a fortune as will Koulibaly who is nearing 30 anyway. Really like Saliba at Arsenal although they'll probably ruin him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EighteenSixty7 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Shakhtar tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNChance Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Not many better pairings than Lukaku and Martinez this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNChance Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Would love to see those one leg knockout games carry on next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Maguire isn’t too bad, but he was overpriced and shouldn’t be Man U captain really - but there’s a lack of other options. On the back of De Bruyne being honest about City failures, it seemed strange to hear similar from Maguire - it feels like he’s only just got in the building. 2 hours ago, punkskaphil said: Setien sacked. Surprised it took so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNChance Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Paul Ince is a horrific pundit btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 9 hours ago, NorfolkNChance said: Would love to see those one leg knockout games carry on next season. Agreed. But presumably two legs make more money. Also favours the bigger teams so expect a return to that format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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