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He did when they were both fully fit.

Yes but the club don’t get the profits if customers go elsewhere. The whole idea of it was a new revenue stream to help the battle against PSR. Needed to be bigger and maximise those 25 times a year surely.

Got it on now…

Sounds like a fine rather than imprisonment looks most likely… https://metro.co.uk/2024/08/09/man-utd-target-matthijs-de-ligt-investigated-hit-and-run-crash-21392212/amp/

I agree with all of this.

What’s everyone’s take on Torres out of interest? Obviously remember him scoring a load against us one game and the odd appearance for Man City. I recall him being homesick and him returning back to Spain fairly quickly. Not seen him play for Barcelona.

Tonali is going to the key player in changing how we play this season. How that will be and if it will be to our benefit the jury is out but I think it will the case.

Read my posts. I gave losing Pope the main reason for our defensive problems. That and we clearly pressed less aggressively (especially away from home) as our injuries piled up.

It was nice to see them as the frontline against Spurs and it seemed to work. Obviously Barnes might not be enthralled with the idea but he did look good coming on for 25mins on the left as a finisher also. Also with the Gordon situation a little delicate do you really want to be messing around with him moving him from his favoured LW spot. Going to be interesting to see who the favoured front three are over the course of the season.

Any truth in him being involved in a hit & run in the last couple of days?

Yes but like I said the reasons for that weren’t solely down to those playing in the back four positions.

Don’t recall our defence being shocking. Do you not think the drop was us A losing Pope and B the reduction in our pressing game from our forwards and midfielders due to our injury situation and limited options to rotate?

Didn’t catch the game but have JDT vibes/hopes. JDT never really recovered from first 60 seconds of the opening game of the season against Sheffield Wednesday when he missed that 1 on 1. I agree if he gets an early chance/goal he’ll have a positive season.

This was in reference to Guehi… as it’s the Guehi thread 😬

Do we need him this season?

10-15 years time maybe. They are doing a fine job. Remember being associated with Saudi isn’t always an easy sell to sponsors annd advertisers. Think the main gauge is the stadium plans.

Am I right in thinking buying in January is no different if buying this month? All counts as the same cycle?

No I wouldn’t disagree about scraping into the top 3. Think Stones, Pickford and Palmer would’ve pipped him but I’d say it’s fair to say he made it into top five. Top three if you give him the allowance he was a relative novice. However you flip that and if you put it to a vote England to a man were awful including their manager. So I think you’d agree also the bar was set very low for him to stand out?

You can totally understand Palace’s point of view as they will rightly embrace the UK press narrative of the tournament and want top dollar (£65m) Truth is he wasn’t the best player nor even the best centre half (thought Stones had the best tournament of the defenders). So it depends which side of the fence you sit on. I still feel we value him at £52m max and if we get desperate add ons for £55. Going to be a fascinating last 3wks to the window as we play cat and mouse with our fairly limited budget it seems chasing two positions possibly.

Download the NUFC app and watch for free no?

I appreciate its still new and shiny but even still I did think when I heard the capacity was only 3k it sounded way too small…

This. Obviously I want them nowhere near EH so that maybe clouds my thinking but ultimately if they don’t give it to Carsley FT what’s the whole point in ST Georges Park etc. Also I don’t think EH’s strengths are what are needed at international level. Not saying he wouldn’t do a decent job but you could equally find him looking as stubborn as Southgate in his selections once he gets sucked into the FA culture.

Sensible choice for the interim. Think they’ve only a couple of pretty meaningless games until 2025. Whats the rush?

Maybe Emerton and Barnetta are the half time guests