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No reoccurring muscle or tendon injuries is alright in my book

He’s just taking the piss now Another toxic Man United player with a ridiculously inflated ego.

Yeah I’d agree with that I think. Frustrating for fans but a good thing really.

He played with huge names that he respected and looked up to at Juve, when he went to Man United he then felt like he was the big dog. He possesses an ego that is out of this world and hasn’t shown the personal growth required to mature past that point, shame as with a better head on his shoulders he could have been an all timer.

I feel like depth is often overlooked in favour of selling, we can’t continue naming multiple goalkeepers and teenagers on our bench every game

Hes really not average. I’ll stick my neck out and say that I anticipate that he’s back in the PL within 2-4 seasons for a huge fee. I think Liverpool will end up regretting letting him go.

I think it’s pretty much a given that they will attempt a more pragmatic style than that of Southampton, but if they do start losing week in week out while trying to counter teams my god will that place will turn toxic fast I think they are as good a bet as any to be relegated but it won’t be a record low or anything close to it imo. That squad just isn’t equipped and they can’t spend enough to fix it.

Kind of makes a signing like Pedro all the more important, if having a #10/SS means we can be flexible tactically and deploy 4-2-3-1 then we can take workload off of Joe until we want the 4-3-3 again. We need more effective flexibility with tactics and selection, the 4-3-3 doesn’t cut it vs stubborn low block sides.

This forum really needs a signing

Unsurprising to see him linked elsewhere

Away at Villa at 12:30 for the first game is particularly rough

Exactly this, he will be back to his best or even better next season imo. I think he can have his moments mentally, but ideally with no distractions and no sitting on the bench at an international tourney he should be coming out flying after a summer of rest.

He is brain dead

I think it’s a bit silly to write him off after some meaningless end of season games, those players didn’t look interested at all and wanted to be on holiday. His team selections don’t exactly inspire much confidence but again it’s end of a long season for some players, this guy does know what he’s doing and no doubt rest/rotation played a part. Give it some time. I’d like to see less direct play though, even if the selection is limited in some aspects.

Yep, just agreeing with you