comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 10 minutes ago
Rashford?
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even if we think that rashford is capable of playing 50 games next season and scoring 25 goals - and he may or may not be, but he's never done it before - he will need help.
martial at no.9 hasn't been a huge success when tried, i assume that rooney (and wilson) are off, so the club needs to buy at least 1, if not 2, strikers.
only question is whether they should be first choice strikers or back ups to rashford (or one of each perhaps). griezmann and mbappe would at least allow you to play them out wide, lukaku would have to play up front.
Mbappe is nailed on to go to Real at some point but if love Griezmann and Lukaku
Bin off Martial, Rooney and say goodbye to Ibra and have a strike force of Griezmann, Rashford and Lukaku and alternate through next season and I think good things will happen
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 2 minutes ago
Mbappe is nailed on to go to Real at some point but if love Griezmann and Lukaku
Bin off Martial, Rooney and say goodbye to Ibra and have a strike force of Griezmann, Rashford and Lukaku and alternate through next season and I think good things will happen
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Would be a decent front line that . Why do you think mbappe is real bound?
Mbappe is nailed on to go to Real at some point but if love Griezmann and Lukaku
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Like Luke Shaw to Chelsea?
The Monaco big cheese was quoted this week as saying Mbappe has a buy out clause and mentioned Real by name
Id love us to get mbappe but tbh I don't think our style of play suits him as much as Monacos does so can't see us paying £100 million plus for him
Besides. I think Jose sees Rashford as our Mbappe so why spend all that money on the same category of player?
And I don't mean similar in style. More a very young player who needs to be nurtured and I don't see in a Jose squad enough space for two teen forwards.
A nice spread of ages is what we need imo
I'd like to see rashford keep getting game time, mbappe is essentially a better rashford, but we don't want him to come in and stunt rashfords growth. Lot of potential to be realised in rashford.
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 9 minutes ago
I'd like to see rashford keep getting game time, mbappe is essentially a better rashford, but we don't want him to come in and stunt rashfords growth. Lot of potential to be realised in rashford.
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Over the years I've seen this argument so much it's annoying.
Player x is better than what we currently have but I like what we currently have so let's not buy player x
Don't fancy Mbappe. If this season has taught us anything, it's that it's important to have a blend of youth and experience up front. Griezmann or Lukaku for me. Mbappe is a talent, but so are Rashford and Martial. He's no better than either at present.
comment by SouthLondonManc (U12028)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 9 minutes ago
I'd like to see rashford keep getting game time, mbappe is essentially a better rashford, but we don't want him to come in and stunt rashfords growth. Lot of potential to be realised in rashford.
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Over the years I've seen this argument so much it's annoying.
Player x is better than what we currently have but I like what we currently have so let's not buy player x
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We already have a similar player in rashford. Sure mbappe looks the better of the two at the moment, but rashford has a lot of potential to develop into something great, so let's not interfere with that was my reasoning. Let's give him the chance to develop. We spent enough money on ready made players, for once let's see how good we can get this guy.
If we buy two forwards, we might see one of the three in the OP come in. I'd say it's incredibly unlikely we'd spend upwards of £100m bolstering the attack alone, which is what would be required to bring in any pair of the three.
Lukaku or Griezmann I wouldn't be surprised at. Both I'd be amazed at.
We still need to shop for two quality midfielders, and I would suspect there are other areas Jose will want to look at, including likely bolstering options at RB.
My focus would be one forward (unless Zlatan is done and both Rooney and Martial leave), two CMs and a young RB.
comment by SouthLondonManc (U12028)
posted 47 minutes ago
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 9 minutes ago
I'd like to see rashford keep getting game time, mbappe is essentially a better rashford, but we don't want him to come in and stunt rashfords growth. Lot of potential to be realised in rashford.
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Over the years I've seen this argument so much it's annoying.
Player x is better than what we currently have but I like what we currently have so let's not buy player x
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In this particular instance if we're talking about Mbappe hypothetically displacing Rashford, it's not a simple case of replacing one player with a better one. We know that Rashford thrives at our club and in our league. Mbappe for all his talent could easily fail to settle and therefore as a Manchester United player be inferior to the Monaco player we admire at the moment, as well as inferior to Rashford. Think of Di Maria.
Break the bank for Griezmann. Make him highest paid player outside of China if needs must. With Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin, Depay n Rooney n Zlatan soon off the wage bill we have the cash.
Griezmann Rashford Martial Mikhitaryan Mata as our 5 main attackers would be great.
I think Mata might be off this summer
Maybe Martial too but I think Jose hasn't decided on it yet and a strong finish to the season from Martial might make Jose sit up and take notice
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 1 minute ago
I think Mata might be off this summer
Maybe Martial too but I think Jose hasn't decided on it yet and a strong finish to the season from Martial might make Jose sit up and take notice
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Mata? Hope not. Not convinced Shaw will still be here either given recent events. Reckon Jose thinks he can do better. That would be quite a few off the wage bill.
No chance we are going to release Depay, Mata, Martial, Rooney n Zlatan all within 6 months Robb.
Mata n Martial will be going nowhere. Rooney is going and i cant see Zlatan getting a deal now.
I wouldn't be amazed if we saw one centre forward and one adaptable inside forward / winger / number 10 sort of player coming to the club. Thinking of the typical Mourinho front four, and assuming Rooney and Zlatan are gone next season, we only have one credible centre forward. But we don't have quite the consistency of end product from the supporting cast that guarantees translating those draws to wins. We don't have a Hazard. If Martial can realise his potential, then we're not far away but is Jose going to bank on that? I wonder how big a role Mata will play next season too, given his quality but also the fact that in an ideal Mourinho team he'd be able to run like Lingard.
If Swansea go down and Jose wants a target man I'd go for Llorente as a cheapish option for one. The other forward doesn't have to be striker for me but a powerful, pacy player (like Bale) who'll chip in with a few goals.
comment by Eric_the_king (SE85) (U21241)
posted 16 seconds ago
No chance we are going to release Depay, Mata, Martial, Rooney n Zlatan all within 6 months Robb.
Mata n Martial will be going nowhere. Rooney is going and i cant see Zlatan getting a deal now.
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I think a few more players will be let go this summer. At least 3/4. Imo Jose wants to make the entire squad one of players who follow his orders to a T.
The other forward doesn't have to be striker for me but a powerful, pacy player (like Bale) who'll CHIMP in with a few goals
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Fixed it for ya
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 14 seconds ago
The other forward doesn't have to be striker for me but a powerful, pacy player (like Bale) who'll CHIMP in with a few goals
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Fixed it for ya
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Thanks Kelvin!
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 1 minute ago
I think Mata might be off this summer
Maybe Martial too but I think Jose hasn't decided on it yet and a strong finish to the season from Martial might make Jose sit up and take notice
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Mata? Hope not. Not convinced Shaw will still be here either given recent events. Reckon Jose thinks he can do better. That would be quite a few off the wage bill.
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Shaw has looked a lot better in recent weeks so I think he has a future under Jose
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posted on 22/4/17
Rashford?
posted on 22/4/17
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 10 minutes ago
Rashford?
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even if we think that rashford is capable of playing 50 games next season and scoring 25 goals - and he may or may not be, but he's never done it before - he will need help.
martial at no.9 hasn't been a huge success when tried, i assume that rooney (and wilson) are off, so the club needs to buy at least 1, if not 2, strikers.
only question is whether they should be first choice strikers or back ups to rashford (or one of each perhaps). griezmann and mbappe would at least allow you to play them out wide, lukaku would have to play up front.
posted on 22/4/17
Mbappe is nailed on to go to Real at some point but if love Griezmann and Lukaku
Bin off Martial, Rooney and say goodbye to Ibra and have a strike force of Griezmann, Rashford and Lukaku and alternate through next season and I think good things will happen
posted on 22/4/17
*id love
posted on 22/4/17
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 2 minutes ago
Mbappe is nailed on to go to Real at some point but if love Griezmann and Lukaku
Bin off Martial, Rooney and say goodbye to Ibra and have a strike force of Griezmann, Rashford and Lukaku and alternate through next season and I think good things will happen
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Would be a decent front line that . Why do you think mbappe is real bound?
posted on 22/4/17
Mbappe is nailed on to go to Real at some point but if love Griezmann and Lukaku
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Like Luke Shaw to Chelsea?
posted on 22/4/17
The Monaco big cheese was quoted this week as saying Mbappe has a buy out clause and mentioned Real by name
Id love us to get mbappe but tbh I don't think our style of play suits him as much as Monacos does so can't see us paying £100 million plus for him
posted on 22/4/17
Besides. I think Jose sees Rashford as our Mbappe so why spend all that money on the same category of player?
And I don't mean similar in style. More a very young player who needs to be nurtured and I don't see in a Jose squad enough space for two teen forwards.
A nice spread of ages is what we need imo
posted on 22/4/17
I'd like to see rashford keep getting game time, mbappe is essentially a better rashford, but we don't want him to come in and stunt rashfords growth. Lot of potential to be realised in rashford.
posted on 22/4/17
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 9 minutes ago
I'd like to see rashford keep getting game time, mbappe is essentially a better rashford, but we don't want him to come in and stunt rashfords growth. Lot of potential to be realised in rashford.
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Over the years I've seen this argument so much it's annoying.
Player x is better than what we currently have but I like what we currently have so let's not buy player x
posted on 22/4/17
Don't fancy Mbappe. If this season has taught us anything, it's that it's important to have a blend of youth and experience up front. Griezmann or Lukaku for me. Mbappe is a talent, but so are Rashford and Martial. He's no better than either at present.
posted on 22/4/17
comment by SouthLondonManc (U12028)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 9 minutes ago
I'd like to see rashford keep getting game time, mbappe is essentially a better rashford, but we don't want him to come in and stunt rashfords growth. Lot of potential to be realised in rashford.
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Over the years I've seen this argument so much it's annoying.
Player x is better than what we currently have but I like what we currently have so let's not buy player x
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We already have a similar player in rashford. Sure mbappe looks the better of the two at the moment, but rashford has a lot of potential to develop into something great, so let's not interfere with that was my reasoning. Let's give him the chance to develop. We spent enough money on ready made players, for once let's see how good we can get this guy.
posted on 22/4/17
If we buy two forwards, we might see one of the three in the OP come in. I'd say it's incredibly unlikely we'd spend upwards of £100m bolstering the attack alone, which is what would be required to bring in any pair of the three.
Lukaku or Griezmann I wouldn't be surprised at. Both I'd be amazed at.
We still need to shop for two quality midfielders, and I would suspect there are other areas Jose will want to look at, including likely bolstering options at RB.
My focus would be one forward (unless Zlatan is done and both Rooney and Martial leave), two CMs and a young RB.
posted on 22/4/17
comment by SouthLondonManc (U12028)
posted 47 minutes ago
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 9 minutes ago
I'd like to see rashford keep getting game time, mbappe is essentially a better rashford, but we don't want him to come in and stunt rashfords growth. Lot of potential to be realised in rashford.
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Over the years I've seen this argument so much it's annoying.
Player x is better than what we currently have but I like what we currently have so let's not buy player x
----------------------------------------------------------------------
In this particular instance if we're talking about Mbappe hypothetically displacing Rashford, it's not a simple case of replacing one player with a better one. We know that Rashford thrives at our club and in our league. Mbappe for all his talent could easily fail to settle and therefore as a Manchester United player be inferior to the Monaco player we admire at the moment, as well as inferior to Rashford. Think of Di Maria.
posted on 22/4/17
Break the bank for Griezmann. Make him highest paid player outside of China if needs must. With Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin, Depay n Rooney n Zlatan soon off the wage bill we have the cash.
Griezmann Rashford Martial Mikhitaryan Mata as our 5 main attackers would be great.
posted on 22/4/17
I think Mata might be off this summer
Maybe Martial too but I think Jose hasn't decided on it yet and a strong finish to the season from Martial might make Jose sit up and take notice
posted on 22/4/17
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 1 minute ago
I think Mata might be off this summer
Maybe Martial too but I think Jose hasn't decided on it yet and a strong finish to the season from Martial might make Jose sit up and take notice
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Mata? Hope not. Not convinced Shaw will still be here either given recent events. Reckon Jose thinks he can do better. That would be quite a few off the wage bill.
posted on 22/4/17
No chance we are going to release Depay, Mata, Martial, Rooney n Zlatan all within 6 months Robb.
Mata n Martial will be going nowhere. Rooney is going and i cant see Zlatan getting a deal now.
posted on 22/4/17
I wouldn't be amazed if we saw one centre forward and one adaptable inside forward / winger / number 10 sort of player coming to the club. Thinking of the typical Mourinho front four, and assuming Rooney and Zlatan are gone next season, we only have one credible centre forward. But we don't have quite the consistency of end product from the supporting cast that guarantees translating those draws to wins. We don't have a Hazard. If Martial can realise his potential, then we're not far away but is Jose going to bank on that? I wonder how big a role Mata will play next season too, given his quality but also the fact that in an ideal Mourinho team he'd be able to run like Lingard.
posted on 22/4/17
If Swansea go down and Jose wants a target man I'd go for Llorente as a cheapish option for one. The other forward doesn't have to be striker for me but a powerful, pacy player (like Bale) who'll chip in with a few goals.
posted on 22/4/17
comment by Eric_the_king (SE85) (U21241)
posted 16 seconds ago
No chance we are going to release Depay, Mata, Martial, Rooney n Zlatan all within 6 months Robb.
Mata n Martial will be going nowhere. Rooney is going and i cant see Zlatan getting a deal now.
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I think a few more players will be let go this summer. At least 3/4. Imo Jose wants to make the entire squad one of players who follow his orders to a T.
posted on 22/4/17
The other forward doesn't have to be striker for me but a powerful, pacy player (like Bale) who'll CHIMP in with a few goals
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Fixed it for ya
posted on 22/4/17
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 14 seconds ago
The other forward doesn't have to be striker for me but a powerful, pacy player (like Bale) who'll CHIMP in with a few goals
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Fixed it for ya
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Thanks Kelvin!
posted on 22/4/17
comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Robb : the Martin Samuel of ja606 (U21234)
posted 1 minute ago
I think Mata might be off this summer
Maybe Martial too but I think Jose hasn't decided on it yet and a strong finish to the season from Martial might make Jose sit up and take notice
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Mata? Hope not. Not convinced Shaw will still be here either given recent events. Reckon Jose thinks he can do better. That would be quite a few off the wage bill.
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Shaw has looked a lot better in recent weeks so I think he has a future under Jose
posted on 22/4/17
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