The Official Manchester United Thread (Vol 11)

[Pommy]

Gone a bit AMG said:

Adam. said:

I think Eriksen is an odd signing but if viewed as free and he plugs a temporary gap it makes sense

We’ve lost 3 attacking midfielders this week in Pogba lingard and Mata. Good squad addition Eriksen. Mata was heavily involved towards the season close once Pogba decided he wasn’t playing anymore.

Regards to Eriksen I figure it appears to be much of the same old Man U thing to get a player past his prime and I would think most Man U fans would have been expecting a new approach and rebuild for the long term, rather than more patch filling players.

[Big Raff]

He would instantly be our best crosser and fk taker...not that he would be allowed to take any but it would be nice to see a few more goals from set pieces. I would have him.

[Challo]

Pommy said:

Gone a bit AMG said:

Adam. said:

I think Eriksen is an odd signing but if viewed as free and he plugs a temporary gap it makes sense

We’ve lost 3 attacking midfielders this week in Pogba lingard and Mata. Good squad addition Eriksen. Mata was heavily involved towards the season close once Pogba decided he wasn’t playing anymore.

Regards to Eriksen I figure it appears to be much of the same old Man U thing to get a player past his prime and I would think most Man U fans would have been expecting a new approach and rebuild for the long term, rather than more patch filling players.

If we only signed Eriksen and missed out on other midfield targets then I would agree with you, but we have large holes in midfield, not a huge transfer budget so someone like Eriksen would be ideal. At 30 is he past his prime? It didn't work out at Inter, but was playing very well for Brentford last season.

[franki68]

Challo said:

If we only signed Eriksen and missed out on other midfield targets then I would agree with you, but we have large holes in midfield, not a huge transfer budget so someone like Eriksen would be ideal. At 30 is he past his prime? It didn't work out at Inter, but was playing very well for Brentford last season.

Indeed I would consider most players to be in their prime between 27-32 .

[Gadgetmac]

Big Raff said:

He would instantly be our best crosser and fk taker...not that he would be allowed to take any but it would be nice to see a few more goals from set pieces. I would have him.

As long as he doesn't take the corners.

See the Spuds for details.

[selym]

MiniMan64 said:

A decent cheap alternative when Bruno isn’t at the races?

Poor old Christian will be tired.....

[ORD]

Challo said:

If we only signed Eriksen and missed out on other midfield targets then I would agree with you, but we have large holes in midfield, not a huge transfer budget so someone like Eriksen would be ideal. At 30 is he past his prime? It didn't work out at Inter, but was playing very well for Brentford last season.

If you ignore the fact that he’s died once already and has been playing for Brentford, his age wouldn’t concern me much.

[Gone a bit AMG]

Brighton at home on the 7th then the scousers on the 20th! Interesting August.

[franki68]

ORD said:

If you ignore the fact that he’s died once already and has been playing for Brentford, his age wouldn’t concern me much.

and yet when dead he still moved faster than Maguire.

[Pommy]

franki68 said:

ORD said:

If you ignore the fact that he’s died once already and has been playing for Brentford, his age wouldn’t concern me much.

and yet when dead he still moved faster than Maguire.

[Big Raff]

Gone a bit AMG said:

Brighton at home on the 7th then the scousers on the 20th! Interesting August.

Nasty October

Shamelessly taken from a good man on RC which includes all the cup runs/finals we will win this year as well

AUGUST
7 Brighton (H)
13 Brentford (A)
20 Liverpool (H)
27 Southampton (A)
30 Leicester City (A)

SEPTEMBER
3 Arsenal (H)
8 Europa League MD1
10 Crystal Palace (A)
15 Europa League MD2
17 Leeds United (H)

OCTOBER
1 Man City (A)
6 Europa League MD3
8 Everton (A)
13 Europa League MD4
15 Newcastle (H)
19 Tottenham (H)
22 Chelsea (A)
27 Europa League MD5
29 West Ham (H)

NOVEMBER
3 Europa League MD6
5 Aston Villa (A)
9 EFL Cup Round 3
12 Fulham (A)

DECEMBER
21 EFL Cup Round 4
26 Nottingham Forest (H)
31 Wolves (A)

JANUARY
2 Bournemouth(H)
7 FA Cup 3rd Round
11 EFL Cup Quarter Final
14 Man City (H)
21 Arsenal (A)
25 EFL Cup Semi Final L1
28 FA Cup 4th Round

FEBRUARY
1 EFL Cup Semi Final L2
4 Crystal Palace (H)
11 Leeds United (A)
16 Europa League Playoff Round L1 (Skipped if we win the group)
18 Leicester City (H)
23 Europa League Playoff Round L2 (Skipped if we win the group)
25 Brentford (H)
26 EFL Cup Final

MARCH
1 FA Cup 5th Round
4 Liverpool (A)
9 Europa League Round of 16 (Leg 1)
11 Southampton (H)
16 Europa League Round of 16 (Leg 2)
18 Brighton (A)
18 FA Cup Quarter Finals

APRIL
1 Newcastle United (A)
8 Everton (H)
13 Europa League QF1
15 Nottingham Forest (A)
20 Europa League QF2
22 Chelsea (H)
22 FA Cup Semi Finals
25 Tottenham Hotspur (A)
29 Aston Villa (H)

MAY
6 West Ham (A)
11 Europa League SF1
13 Wolves (H)
18 Europa League SF2
20 Bournemouth (A)
28 Fulham (H)
31 Europa League Final

JUNE
3 FA Cup Final

[Challo]

Big Raff said:

Nasty October

Shamelessly taken from a good man on RC which includes all the cup runs/finals we will win this year as well

AUGUST
7 Brighton (H)
13 Brentford (A)
20 Liverpool (H)
27 Southampton (A)
30 Leicester City (A)

SEPTEMBER
3 Arsenal (H)
8 Europa League MD1
10 Crystal Palace (A)
15 Europa League MD2
17 Leeds United (H)

OCTOBER
1 Man City (A)
6 Europa League MD3
8 Everton (A)
13 Europa League MD4
15 Newcastle (H)
19 Tottenham (H)
22 Chelsea (A)
27 Europa League MD5
29 West Ham (H)

NOVEMBER
3 Europa League MD6
5 Aston Villa (A)
9 EFL Cup Round 3
12 Fulham (A)

DECEMBER
21 EFL Cup Round 4
26 Nottingham Forest (H)
31 Wolves (A)

JANUARY
2 Bournemouth(H)
7 FA Cup 3rd Round
11 EFL Cup Quarter Final
14 Man City (H)
21 Arsenal (A)
25 EFL Cup Semi Final L1
28 FA Cup 4th Round

FEBRUARY
1 EFL Cup Semi Final L2
4 Crystal Palace (H)
11 Leeds United (A)
16 Europa League Playoff Round L1 (Skipped if we win the group)
18 Leicester City (H)
23 Europa League Playoff Round L2 (Skipped if we win the group)
25 Brentford (H)
26 EFL Cup Final

MARCH
1 FA Cup 5th Round
4 Liverpool (A)
9 Europa League Round of 16 (Leg 1)
11 Southampton (H)
16 Europa League Round of 16 (Leg 2)
18 Brighton (A)
18 FA Cup Quarter Finals

APRIL
1 Newcastle United (A)
8 Everton (H)
13 Europa League QF1
15 Nottingham Forest (A)
20 Europa League QF2
22 Chelsea (H)
22 FA Cup Semi Finals
25 Tottenham Hotspur (A)
29 Aston Villa (H)

MAY
6 West Ham (A)
11 Europa League SF1
13 Wolves (H)
18 Europa League SF2
20 Bournemouth (A)
28 Fulham (H)
31 Europa League Final

JUNE
3 FA Cup Final

Decent games in May for when we are battling it out for the title.

[unident]

Given the way we performed last year then September, November and December look pretty tricky too.

Reality is that whatever happens we should see an improvement in style and effort if not results in the short / medium term. It’ll be really interesting to see what team we can put out.

[G-wiz]

Leicester went from near-certain relegation to Champions, in wink of a season.

Jus' sayin'.

[unident]

G-wiz said:

Leicester went from near-certain relegation to Champions, in wink of a season.

Jus' sayin'.

The worry there is that their end of season form to stave of relegation was where they picked up to win the title. Our end of season form was a little ermmmmmm less than perfect.

[G-wiz]

Unident; the point is, you can have a dire season, and be a completely inspired team, the next.

Not saying we'll do a Leicester, but it's not impossible, either.

[unident]

G-wiz said:

Unident; the point is, you can have a dire season, and be a completely inspired team, the next.

Not saying we'll do a Leicester, but it's not impossible, either.

I’m only messing. We’re starting from scratch next season and I’m totally fired up for it. New manager, new coaching structure, new players, he’ll we’ve even got a new guy at the very top.

[jammy-git]

Apparently Dean Henderson is off to Forest on loan with an option to buy for £20m, with you guys paying a portion of his wages next season.

[Challo]

jammy-git said:

Apparently Dean Henderson is off to Forest on loan with an option to buy for £20m, with you guys paying a portion of his wages next season.

Yeah he doesn’t want to be on the bench again. Plus he signed a contract and is stupidly well paid so we will struggle to sell him.

I really want to see him perform well as I think he will replace DeGea

[ChocolateFrog]

Thankyou4calling said:

I think Rashford has had a break from football for around 4 years.

I'm not worried about Utd if Rashford is in the team.

That statement may come back to bite me but I just don't see him in a PL title winning team.