05 Oct 2026 23:35:49
Leny Yoro made his full debut for France tonight and seemingly had a very good game. Some had him down as Man of the Match.
We need to start giving him more playing time, there is a good player there, but he does need more opportunity.
He did a lot of work in the summer on improving his strength and physicality, needed for the rigours of the EPL.
We need to be moving on from Harry Maguire, he should be a squad player, not a regular starter.
Can't help but think of the quote made by Bill Shankly many, many, years ago, while giving a team talk to his Liverpool team prior to a game against us when he was lauding Best, Charlton and Law. He said to his players - and watch out for that Paddy Crerand, he's even slower than you think!. That's were we are with Harry, he's not going to get any quicker.
We have to get more pace at the back.
06 Oct 2026 00:21:34
I saw the comments iwtb for Yoro, apparently if it was not Olises two goals he would be man of the match. He was theoretically their second best performer. But to be fair to our coaches, in Premier League sometimes gets exposed, international footie is like a different sport.
I like Yoro, he is a good lad with some good attributes, but he is nowhere near a player that can start at the top level. Or he was not, as you said he did a lot of work at summer and hopefully he is ready to kickstart his career.
06 Oct 2026 00:53:49
Maguire couldn't get much slower!!
06 Oct 2026 05:09:06
Yoro just don't look cut out for EPL and when and if he does play, certainly needs an experienced CB with pace next to him problem is we not got one of them
Carrick should send City a crate of champagne all the talk been about them so Carrick had an easy ride in these few weeks.
Let's hope that please we get a result against Spurs, otherwise the heat really will come on him and rightly so.
06 Oct 2026 08:22:05
He's class, he needs to play, you get better by playing at the top level.
06 Oct 2026 10:18:01
He needs game time. He needs to play alongside a top CB. However if Martinez and MdL stay fit, they will likely be first choice wiyh Maguire as third choice.
06 Oct 2026 11:34:06
I really liked Yoro at right back during pre-season. Felt like he gave more going forward and defensively then Dalot (although admittedly the sample size was very small)
06 Oct 2026 11:40:01
Think people forget how young he is. He needs time and games and to be allowed to make mistakes. Unfortunately you make a mistake at United and you're never going to be good enough and you need selling and replacing with a shinier model.
06 Oct 2026 13:02:28
We should be playing Yoro and giving him a run of games and have faith that he can develop, whilst also accepting there may be problems along the way. Unfortunately Maguire is a solid player and will give you 6/10 in all games so the highs and lows are not there.
I thought that Yoro as a CB playing at RB was an interesting option and looked okay in the pre season, lots of teams have used this option to success and was something that I thought Carrick had tried at Boro with one full back being more attacking than the other.
Either way if we do not see what we have got with him it is likely that he will move on.
07 Oct 2026 20:49:51
Pair Yoro and De Ligt together when the latter is fit and he will be OK. If Maguire had pace he would be ideal to talk Yoro through games but he hasn't and only makes it harder for the young man.
People always bang on about other European leagues being easier to play in yet when it comes to winning the or even getting to a final of the Champions League teams from easier leagues seem to win more than our teams.
Good playing partners good defensive midfielders and good coaches /managers are what he needs. With our defence so porous even Rio or Vidic would be all at sea.