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I'm just saying based on the reports, and they seem to be linked to other top clubs. Prices are crazy in recent years.. Chelsea had a 50m bid rejected for Lavia last summer. It's hard to find players who has performed in the PL for around 20m.

Do you think we can spend £40-50m on one of those if we spend big on another midfielder? That's what they will demand for these players. What about the other positions then if we blow £110m on CMs? That's kind of the point.. A bit unfair to compare McTominay for £20m to £40-50m players.. (Saying £20m because most here would agree that we wouldn't want him for a higher price anyways)

If McTominay is the only signing we make in midfield, then ofcourse that's disappointing. But we can't really sign 2 £50m+ CMs.. I'd say one quality and another one for depth. I don't think McTominay would be terrible for the depth of the squad, although we could get something better for the money if we are lucky. I would say that we could've needed him the last part of the season due to Longstaffs injury. And to be honest, if other teams were linked to Longstaff for £20m, wouldn't they be also be sceptical? Longstaff doesn't look like a standout player, but the job that he does is still important and went unnoticed for a while.

I remembered it wrong, apparently it's £110k per week? That's not a third of 200k. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21756995/phil-jones-man-utd-cost/ The Red Devils surprisingly handed him a new four-and-a-half year deal in February 2019 - believed to be worth 110,000-a-week.

Phil Jones £200k per week Manchester United have had lots of Sancho signings.. Di Maria, Sanchez etc.

Sancho £80 mill

Well yes, players in general last longer now than 10-15 years ago. I remember everyone was amazed about Giggs scoring a goal at 37 years of age against a weak Premier League side. Today we have players like Ronaldo, Modric, Zlatan, etc. Fernandinho played 1000 minutes in the PL for Man City last season when they achieved 93 points, he was 37 years old. Times are changing.

Well, Modric is 6,5 years older than Casemiro.. Modric still did pretty well last season (not sure about this season).

I don't necessarily agree with some people saying it's very concerning that we couldn't break down a team who parked the bus, we were very unlucky. Also being ineffective in some games against relegation fighting teams can happen to anyone. We will probably get some players in the window who can score some of those chances or open up defences like that. The thing that did concern me a little bit was the last 10 minutes. We've been fine in high pressure games lately, and did okay against Leicester (not looking too nervous) until the last 10. But when it really mattered towards the end, they started making silly mistakes because of the nerves. It was really obvious just by watching it on TV, and Howe said it himself. Being able to handle nerves in the most important games are so crucial. Teams in the Champions League will punish us for that easily. Our defenders kept passing the ball around only to lose it any time Leicester started putting them under a bit of pressure. They looked like they were panicking at the end. Hopefully this is not something that repeats itself, especially with players of higher quality coming in.

I agree, last summer was probably your best window in a very long time. You have wasted a lot of money in previous windows on players that didn't work out or wasn't worth the tag, but last summer was really good.

The low GD is partly due to 4-0 vs Brentford, 7-0 vs Liverpool and 6-3 vs City. Still not better than our GD even if you gave them +14, but more than 40% of the goals that they've conceded are from those 3 games. They've kept 17 clean sheets and conceded just 8 goals from 17 games at home. That's crazy good. As you say, if they had a good striker they would've been cooking for real.

Apparently Botman likes to play golf in his spare time. We're screwed.

I was just replying to "away they are helmet". They crushed Arsenal away after losing 5-1 at home to Everton. Don't think it's about away or home with them.

How is Brighton not in the lead?

On the home table they're 9th while away they are 4th. They're a good away team.

Have they changed the rules for stopping counter attacks? I feel like it never leads to bookings anymore.

Hit the post twice against Chelsea and we have the PL woodwork record! I hope we aim for the post at the bridge!

We're so scared of losing..

Here we go First chance goal

I feel like we need Isak in the middle. Not out wide.

Honestly surprised Daka is not playing. I remember he was being scary with his pace last time out.

Honestly does Wilson score against teams that park the bus? I remember Southampton, but.. What if we sub Wilson for ASM and play Isak up front?

Atleast we basically secured the 1st place in the PL season at hitting the woodwork.

Draw is fine, but it's concerning that we can't score. If Leicester scores on the counter we are screwed if we keep being this ineffective. Not the first time we struggle when a team parks the bus against us.

Because we almost never score from open play crosses.