24 Feb 2026 18:38:09
Let me add Dorgu to the excellent signings the new management team completed. Amorim was a mistake made in haste after ETH quite rightly was fired, but the squad has definitely been improved.
Under ETH we bought Antony, Højlund, Casemiro, Mount, Yoro, Onana, Martínez, de Ligt, Mazraoui and Ugarte, 5 of whom have been desperate failures. Yoro, de Ligt and Mazraoui remain to be seen. Martinez had a great season. Casemiro had a great first half of his first season and has done well in his final year.
I'm not going to say anything nice about Ratcliffe, but his team has done quite well - certainly in comparison to the previous dozen years or more. They were quite right to start rebuilding the squad with the sort of players who will survive/transcend any manager or system.
24 Feb 2026 19:09:12
Imagine what signings we can get if we are in the CL. They are vital.
24 Feb 2026 19:29:19
MDL hasn't played since November. He needs to go too.
24 Feb 2026 20:22:20
Feel for Mdl. Class player. But, he seems to carry his fitness issues to every club.
24 Feb 2026 22:14:25
Same Eric, but we have to get better, firstly, at not signing injury prone players (Mdl, Mount to name two prime examples), and also, in the event that we fail at the first hurdle, we need to realise our mistake, get them back to fitness, sell them and move on.Shaw is in a similar bracket.
This is a peak year to offload him, what with the WC etc.