VillaChris Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 hour ago, KentVillan said: I’ll stick my neck out and say, injuries permitting, he’s probably going to be the best English player in several generations. The finishing is there already and he’ll have that gift for his whole career. Whether he can keep his pace and dribbling ability remains to be seen, but he’ll always be a world class finisher off both feet. I think rather than the wage packet injuries are the things to avoid. Owen was amazing at 17-18 and doing it on the world stage. He then snapped his hamstring at Leeds in 98/99 season. Was still a very good finisher afterwards but he lost a bit of pace so all round wasn't the same force. You think back to the England players coming through from 2010 and it really is a lost England generation. Jones, Wilshere, Carroll, Welbeck and Sturridge. Yes most of them not as good as they were all hyped up to but combined they must've lost over 10 years of career due to injury. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 3 hours ago, The_Rev said: Dropping £65m on a midfielder in January appears to have helped quite a bit too. Well yes. As well as 150m on 2 defenders etc. He was always going to be backed to the hilt, that was part of the project. They were always missing that creative midfielder so they splashed the cash in January after missing out on August. Patience. Now they're reaping the rewards. I imagine next summer they'll strengthen even further and before you know it they'll be serious contenders. If you were to listen to impatient United fans or pundits over the last couple of seasons you would think they were going to be relegated by 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Still only 5th. Still not won anything. In comparison Mourinho won Community Shield, The League Cup and Europa League in his first season. Finished 2nd in his second season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Keyblade said: Well yes. As well as 150m on 2 defenders etc. He was always going to be backed to the hilt, that was part of the project. They were always missing that creative midfielder so they splashed the cash in January after missing out on August. Patience. Now they're reaping the rewards. I imagine next summer they'll strengthen even further and before you know it they'll be serious contenders. If you were to listen to impatient United fans or pundits over the last couple of seasons you would think they were going to be relegated by 2021. A lot of that is 35 year old blokes from Warwickshire/Surrey/America questioning if they chose the right bandwagon to jump on now Liverpool have won the Champions League and Premier League. They'll claim different expectations and see it as the same thing. You can't even be miserable about football without glory hunters claiming that too. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, The_Rev said: A lot of that is 35 year old blokes from Warwickshire/Surrey/America questioning if they chose the right bandwagon to jump on now Liverpool have won the Champions League and Premier League. They'll claim different expectations and see it as the same thing. You can't even be miserable about football without glory hunters claiming that too. You should have seen Redcafe over the past year or 2. I swear we were more optimistic in 2016 after we got relegated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 7 hours ago, villalad21 said: Still only 5th. Still not won anything. In comparison Mourinho won Community Shield, The League Cup and Europa League in his first season. Finished 2nd in his second season. I can see them winning the europa league. Still got a decent chance they'll win FA cup considering they've beaten Man. City home and away in league and will probably finish at least 4th now (Mourinho finished 6th in his first season). Quite a turnaround considering how bad they were up to February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Let's have a sweepstake. In which minute will their penalty be awarded on Monday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Wainy316 said: Let's have a sweepstake. In which minute will their penalty be awarded on Monday? 45+3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 43 minutes ago, Genie said: 45+3 With just 1 minute added time 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) Edit wrong Manchester club Edited July 13, 2020 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stevo985 Posted July 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13, 2020 On 11/07/2020 at 15:53, Wainy316 said: Let's have a sweepstake. In which minute will their penalty be awarded on Monday? I've jumped on the Bruno FPL captain bandwagon so I'm hoping this prediction is right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 13, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 13, 2020 On 10/07/2020 at 15:49, villalad21 said: Still only 5th. Still not won anything. In comparison Mourinho won Community Shield, The League Cup and Europa League in his first season. Finished 2nd in his second season. True, but have you watched them lately? I'd argue they look like the best team in the league since the restart. They're scintillating going forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: True, but have you watched them lately? I'd argue they look like the best team in the league since the restart. They're scintillating going forward. Fernandes is an example of what 1 quality player at the right time can do for a club. People talk about overhauls but sometimes 1 players comes in and gets the whole team working better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 43 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I've jumped on the Bruno FPL captain bandwagon so I'm hoping this prediction is right I triple captained him against us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 OGS is an absolute fraud. Take Bruno and Pogba out of that team and he is back to being a mid table manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Martial also having a good season, especially since the restart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, villalad21 said: OGS is an absolute fraud. Take Bruno and Pogba out of that team and he is back to being a mid table manager. Pogba is the fraud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, PaulC said: Pogba is the fraud One of those players that does nothing for 6 weeks then does a nice assist and it’s an outpouring of compliments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Pogba has been magnificent since the restart. Without him and Bruno, that front 3 is toothless. With them, suddenly they become frightening. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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