Taking things with grain of salt. We're not there yet. Still in progress. But with more training + new good players = we can do it!


In case you can't view, here's the link: https://youtu.be/0Nh5n7VP5RY


Soccernet

This post has been edited by EightPhantomz: Jul 13 2022, 01:24 PM

Don't know which one is real, and not real. Unless we know FDJ personally.

I saw an article stating that FDJ blocks the transfer because he wanted to push Barca to pay his deferred payments. But Barca is taking advantage on the MUFC situation to distract FDJ and his agent.

That makes more sense to me atm. But what a bad image for Barca.

So chaotic because press love such stories.

You're right. It's just like work, go there for a year to have "Barca" in the their cv.

Cannot wait to see Christian Eriksen and Lisandro Martinez playing.

We have to accept it's going to be Lisandro-Maguire partnership.
And, maybe Fred-Eriksen. If FDJ still goyang kote.

5:45PM Msia time.

Cant wait to watch Eriksen and Martinez (test for both cb and cdm?). And more of Garner.

We had triple threats few 2 years ago in Martial, Rashford and Greenwood. The midfield and defence was more stable then.

Now we have Rashford, Martial and Sancho. And a more compact defence, even with Maguire.

My main concern is how thin is our midfield with no proper CDM.

So, I can't wait to see the next game with all 3 new players to see which part we need to prioritize.

Well, he did well against Haaland in CL. Let's see.

Number 6? Does that mean...

It would be interesting if Martinez plays as CDM. Maybe less pressure to the slow Maguire. Lindelof couldn't cover for him the last 2 years.

Martinez smol?? No problem.

This post has been edited by EightPhantomz: Jul 29 2022, 12:13 PM

Edited, Ok got it already. Just copy after =

This post has been edited by EightPhantomz: Jul 29 2022, 12:11 PM

The video is about Martinez (one of the shortest CB) against Haaland (one of the tallest FW). It would be interesting to see now that both are in EPL.

Well, everything has been said. We're still way behind everyone. Now need to compete with Newcastle, Salzburg pulak.

I guess it's a matter of when are we going to have our own Pep, Klopp... took many years to become what they are right now.

We've tried to move on from Fergie but everyone has failed miserably, except for maybe Jose.

Will ETH be the one? Only time will tell.

Hard to compare just like that because on paper, we bought a lot of players every season. And we paid more than any other team since Fergie left.

Yes, it's a matter of getting the right players, and the management willingness to fork out more to get those needed players, but like somebody above me mentioned, this is not FM.

I like the fact that ETH is sticking to his gun and said if he can't get FDJ, then he'll create one.

You're right. But that's not the point, we did buy a lot of players. Maybe not as many as Liverpool.

The difference between MU and Liverpool, Liverpool had a lot of hits (good new players) compared to MU.

MU got burned for more than 1B+ buying crappy players. And now Glazers are very picky.

So yeah, ETH might be unlucky to become the latest manager with probably the lowest transfer funds ever, but you know who to blame😉 for that.

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Just for fun, here are the players we bought after Fergie left.
1. Marouane Fellaini, £27.5m
2. Juan Mata, £37.1m
3. Ander Herrera, £29m
4. Luke Shaw, £31m
5. Marcos Rojo, £16m
6. Angel di Maria, £59.7m
7. Daley Blind, £13.8m
8. Radamel Falcao, £6m loan fee
9. Victor Valdes, free
10. Memphis Depay, £26.3m
11. Matteo Darmian, £12.7m
12. Morgan Schneiderlin, £25m
13. Bastian Schweinsteiger, £6.8m
14. Sergio Romero, free
15. Anthony Martial, £44m rising to £58m
16. Eric Bailly, £30m
17. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, free
18. Henrikh Mkhitaryan, £26.3m
19. Paul Pogba, £89m
20. Victor Lindelof, £30.9m rising to £39m
21. Romelu Lukaku, £75m rising to £90m
22. Nemanja Matic, £35m rising to £40m
23. Alexis Sanchez, swap
24. Diogo Dalot, £19m
25. Fred, £52m
26. Lee Grant, £1.5m
27. Daniel James, £16m
28. Aaron Wan-Bissaka, £49.5m
29. Harry Maguire, £78.3m
30. Bruno Fernandes, £49.5m
31. Donny van de Beek, £35.10m
32. Alex Telles, £13.5m
33. Edinson Cavani, free
34. Facundo Pellistri, £7.65m
35. Amad Diallo, £18.9m
36. Jadon Sancho, £76.5m
37. Raphael Varane, £36m
38. Cristiano Ronaldo, £13.5m
39. Tom Heaton, free
40. Tyrell Malacia, £13.5m
41. Christian Eriksen, free
42. Lisandro Martinez, £51.6m
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Total Spending: £1.147B

This post has been edited by EightPhantomz: Jul 30 2022, 04:22 PM

True. I also forgot to add, while Liverpool stick to Klopp, we've changed managers more than we sell.

David Moyes (Ryan Giggs interim)
Louis Van Gaal
Jose Mourinho
King Ole (Carrick interim)
Ralf Rangnick (interim)
Eric ten Hag

Will ETH become our Klopp (since everyone likes him so much)?

This post has been edited by EightPhantomz: Jul 30 2022, 06:07 PM

Hope to see Garner alongside the two new signings tonight.

There's another game tomorrow, that's why there's no Sancho, Ronaldo, etc.

Seriously not a bad first half. Doesn't feel like a friendly match.