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Yup. Saka and Mahrez are top tier and are the sort that work best for Arteta and Pep. They are great in tight spaces and are precision finishers and passes/crossers. Sterling was also great at Man City due to his movement off the ball. I think it's quite difficult finding players that will perform in that setup. Salah and Palmer would. Not sure if Mbeumo and Bowen would though. Equally the guys struggling for them at the moment, Martinelli, Doku and Savio would likely look very good playing out wide at Newcastle.

The slow build up and progression forward that then allows for defences to settle into low blocks causes wingers that aren't top notch to really suffer. The likes of Martinelli, Doku and Savio are all struggling due to the attacking approach at Arsenal and Man City. Stick any of those in our side and they would all look very different. Even the likes of Murphy and Almiron have had their moments in our setup.

God forbid Isak ever end up in this dull tedious Arsenal side man.

Kalvin Philipps is passing backwards with seconds left and a goal down.

They are infuriating.

Ipswich trying to outdo Arsenal with the pointless passing side to side when a goal down.

Can tell this Hutchinson kid was at Arsenal. Cross the ball you tit.

They should be blowing these guys away at home. But they faff about so much with the ball in the final third. One transition comes off for Ipswich here and they'll steal a point.

Draw. Perfect.

Oh boy ... if they send off Pedro for this.

Hope this stays a draw. Like the look of the table as it is if so.

Yeah, that's how the people at Man Utd perceived it, but it was a miscalculation. The same set of players have failed to respond to a multitude of managers now, and so it clearly wasn't Ragnick as a manager that was the issue. The issues were the things he raised in his report, but as has been typical at Man Utd, Ragnick was the easy fall guy and scape goat. I think they just didn't like hearing the truth from him, rather than it being because he had been undermined by his term as manager. So agree to disagree on that point if that's how you see it.

Finally went down the sides to the byline and crossed the damn ball, and they scored.

All these Pep coaching tree control freaks that keep passing sideways on the edge of the opponents box. So tedious in looking to penetrate the opponents defence. Will probably end up dropping more points here.

Funnily enough the players were already slagging off McKenna back then. Don't think they felt comfortable putting an assistant in charge. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1978326/Kieran-McKenna-Ruben-Amorim-Manchester-United

More of a left winger but also plays upfront, and is great whenever he's played there. So lethal with his finishing.

Offside. Unlucky.

Wissa is a killer.

Nah man. I disagree. Ultimately the point was to figure out the issues at the club from ground zero. I guess ultimately it made no difference because they didn't even listen to the man anyway. Putting in Carrick or McKenna would have just been another Ole situation. The team does a bit better till the players can't be bothered again and then down tools.

Ragnick also had previous extensive experience as a manager though. Once they got rid of Ole and we're going to wait till the summer, I think it made sense to put Ragnick in there on an interim basis. He could then also start reviewing things to change long term in a more executive role. Usually clubs just put some assistant in charge anyway.

Had no idea this was already being discussed there In that article it says he actually asked to join in the summer and Berrarda insisted on him coming in now. Seems he knew himself implementing what he needed to would be best done in the summer. Pushing for him to come in now is looking a really bad idea, and if the loses keep piling up, not sure how they can just keep him there.

Yeah, Rio and Vidic were such a great pairing, as they balanced each other out nicely. I've always liked having at least one centre back that is more aggressive and attacks everything.

Hasselbaink was powerfully built and could hold them off though, so that was his advantage. Doesn't apply to all strikers. There's always been a place for the likes of Rio's partner, Vidic. Uncompromising, physical defenders that are strong in the tackle.

If the team keeps losing games, will they just keep him in there regardless?

Since they asked him to do it. We've seen other interim appointments till the end of the season. Based on what he had to say at the end of it, it looked like a great call, had they bothered to follow up with his recommendations and keep him on to restructure the club. It seemed to give him a greater insight to all of the issues they had internally with the players. And every problem he raised is still in place there up till now!