The Official Manchester United Thread [vol 7]
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franki68 said:
Knowing ed we will sign cherry cola.
We tried that already...
Ok, her name isn't Cherry and they spelt Cola wrong, but they almost got it..
It's Alex Greenwood, Ladies team captain, in action against Liverpool today in a preseason game (but it's behind closed doors, sadly).
200Plus Club said:
I'm pleased for him but I hope it kicks him on at Utd and Jose. He's still too slow and lazy at times but he shows glimpses of greatness. Maybe him and Freddie will click too. Exciting times
He played with a discipline for France that's been all too frequently lacking in a united shirt. if he adds that to his game consistently next season then we'll improve dramatically. Gone a bit AMG said:
200Plus Club said:
I'm pleased for him but I hope it kicks him on at Utd and Jose. He's still too slow and lazy at times but he shows glimpses of greatness. Maybe him and Freddie will click too. Exciting times
He played with a discipline for France that's been all too frequently lacking in a united shirt. if he adds that to his game consistently next season then we'll improve dramatically. There's also the fact that for France he has Mbappe running onto his diagonal passes left to right - for us we don't have that pacey option out wide right. Play the same pass for Mata that he played for Mbappe and watch what happens.
France are set up very well to get the best from PP, we have not been. Hopefully Fred helps, but we still need the right sided flyer.
France are set up very well to get the best from PP, we have not been. Hopefully Fred helps, but we still need the right sided flyer.
bstb3 said:
There's also the fact that for France he has Mbappe running onto his diagonal passes left to right - for us we don't have that pacey option out wide right. Play the same pass for Mata that he played for Mbappe and watch what happens.
France are set up very well to get the best from PP, we have not been. Hopefully Fred helps, but we still need the right sided flyer.
MartialFrance are set up very well to get the best from PP, we have not been. Hopefully Fred helps, but we still need the right sided flyer.
Rashford
Lingaard
Sanchez?
Surely 1 could do it
You would think, yet Sanchez, Rashford and Martial seem to rotate on the left only. Well, I say rotate, I mean Sanchez gets 95%, Rashford 5% and Martial warms the bench. In fairness Rashford has been tried there and it didn't really work, Sanchez I think briefly also (same result).
Lingard does sometimes play there, but tends to drift around all over the shop. In principle he has the pace and movement to make it work but it also needs the manager to want it to happen so that is possibly also part of the problem - cant make the runs if you are being told to work back and defend.
Lukaku played out wide right for a while in one of Belgium's games too, I forget who against, and seemed to do alright.
Really was expecting that position to be sorted this summer, so time will tell. Perhaps we are waiting for a youngster to come through, iirc Tahith Chong plays out on the right and is a very exciting prospect - he's gone on the preseason tour too.
Lingard does sometimes play there, but tends to drift around all over the shop. In principle he has the pace and movement to make it work but it also needs the manager to want it to happen so that is possibly also part of the problem - cant make the runs if you are being told to work back and defend.
Lukaku played out wide right for a while in one of Belgium's games too, I forget who against, and seemed to do alright.
Really was expecting that position to be sorted this summer, so time will tell. Perhaps we are waiting for a youngster to come through, iirc Tahith Chong plays out on the right and is a very exciting prospect - he's gone on the preseason tour too.
bstb3 said:
You would think, yet Sanchez, Rashford and Martial seem to rotate on the left only. Well, I say rotate, I mean Sanchez gets 95%, Rashford 5% and Martial warms the bench. In fairness Rashford has been tried there and it didn't really work, Sanchez I think briefly also (same result).
Lingard does sometimes play there, but tends to drift around all over the shop. In principle he has the pace and movement to make it work but it also needs the manager to want it to happen so that is possibly also part of the problem - cant make the runs if you are being told to work back and defend.
Lukaku played out wide right for a while in one of Belgium's games too, I forget who against, and seemed to do alright.
Really was expecting that position to be sorted this summer, so time will tell. Perhaps we are waiting for a youngster to come through, iirc Tahith Chong plays out on the right and is a very exciting prospect - he's gone on the preseason tour too.
I would think Rashford or Martial could do it on the right, if they pushed and stayed up on the defender. We often have our players dropping deep to pick up a pass. Lingard is better floating and making those runs which make him hard to pick up. Lingard does sometimes play there, but tends to drift around all over the shop. In principle he has the pace and movement to make it work but it also needs the manager to want it to happen so that is possibly also part of the problem - cant make the runs if you are being told to work back and defend.
Lukaku played out wide right for a while in one of Belgium's games too, I forget who against, and seemed to do alright.
Really was expecting that position to be sorted this summer, so time will tell. Perhaps we are waiting for a youngster to come through, iirc Tahith Chong plays out on the right and is a very exciting prospect - he's gone on the preseason tour too.
I see Blind has gone to Ajax. Good solid pro, technically very good, just a shame he was lacking in pace. Hope he does well at Ajax.
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