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04 Jun 2020 17:20:24
@Ed002

Lots of reports of Manchester United interest in Joe Rodon from Swansea. Who else is interested and are United looking at taking a young CB this sunmer?

REDFAITH

{Ed002's Note - Bournemouth and Leicester City have both watched Joe Rodon on a regular basis this season but neither has made an approach. I am not aware of any approach from Manchester United.}


1.) 04 Jun 2020 18:27:06
Ed002, there were some rumours a while back about United being interested in Mohammed Salisu, is there anything to those rumours? Cheers.

{Ed002's Note - Mohammed Salisu (CB) Norwich were very keen on taking the Valladolid centre back in January but may face opposition from Wolves, Southampton and Everton. Manchester United and Valencia have been credited with scouting the player by his club, but they have also said the are in talks with Atletico Madrid.}


 

 

11 Jul 2019 00:38:16
Hi Ed002,

Is there any update on Nikola Milenkovic?

REDFAITH

{Ed002's Note - There has been another discusion with Fiorentina.}


1.) 11 Jul 2019 09:53:50
I was just going to say something similar.

ED02 on the money again with his knowledge and advice. :)

I now in your list of players you would sign for us ED02, you mentioned Dias, but would Milenkovic be a suitable alternative in your opinion?

{Ed002's Note - Try searching.}


2.) 11 Jul 2019 10:03:07
Ed002 said in his first update a while ago that Milenkovic would be a good option, I’ve been waiting for the link and it’s finally here.


3.) 11 Jul 2019 10:58:44
Thanks Ed002, bang on the money as always.


4.) 11 Jul 2019 11:14:04
SPot on again ed. I’m quite excited at the prospect of Milenkovic. 50m euros is steep but would be excellent business if he establishes himself for years to come.


5.) 11 Jul 2019 11:21:20
would use rather we sign maguire or milenkovic.


6.) 11 Jul 2019 11:42:49
Convinced Ed002 is either high up in FIFA or a time traveler. Bang on the money far too often 😂.


7.) 11 Jul 2019 12:58:09
I guess being a gentleman adventurer/ oracle wouldn't necessarily rule out a penchant for the art of time travel, Shappy.


8.) 11 Jul 2019 13:04:30
It's a mystery shappy. Honestly, this guy is so ITK, its remarkable.

How does one know so much about literally every club. Must be someone that works high up within the circles.

Ed001 how did you get this guy? Hats off.

{Ed001's Note - it is amazing who you can meet at one of Ed003's 'special' parties.}


9.) 11 Jul 2019 10:11:27
Morning ED02. I know that you mentioned Milenkovic would be a good option, but i just wondered if you had a preference between the two. As you put Dias in your list i will take that as a YES. :)

{Ed002's Note - Dias would be better.}


10.) 11 Jul 2019 16:03:15
Dias would be better and Maguire would be worse.
Ed 001 how does one get invited to one of Ed003's specials?

{Ed001's Note - you have to go through a whole qualification process, which involves signing over life savings and joining his cult, where you are only allowed to wear mandarin-coloured clothing.}


11.) 11 Jul 2019 19:23:57
Ed001 I have heard about them special parties they are a blast if you are into that type of party.

{Ed001's Note - Ed003 certainly enjoys them.}


12.) 11 Jul 2019 19:54:11
A journalist.


13.) 11 Jul 2019 20:28:07
Jred or Maybe he is an agent.


14.) 11 Jul 2019 20:47:23
Haha ed001, not sure I want to ever be at one of those parties 😂

Well anyway, however you did it, fair play. Incredibly connected.

{Ed001's Note - I saw things I can never unsee and the nightmares don't end!}


15.) 11 Jul 2019 21:23:34
Thanks ED02 for getting back to me regarding Dias. He would have been my preference also.


16.) 11 Jul 2019 20:56:33
Ed001 you have said too much!

While you're here ed, as always, your opinion is very much valued. I was just wondering what your personal thoughts were on Uniteds current situation.

I think we are all more than aware (thanks to ed002) that OGS seems to be out if his depth and a lot ishappening upstairs. So I just wanted to know your view on it and the transfers that the club are looking at it. Seems a mess.

{Ed001's Note - Ole is well out of his depth, he is a nice guy but he is not strong enough to take charge. He just doesn't have the personality to take control of the situation, so he ends up being led by those around him. That's fine if you have leadership elsewhere, but you have a bunch of people all looking to each other, so you end up going in 50 different directions at once and everything gets messy.

At least this season they have settled on a recruitment policy, so one lesson has been learnt. Whether it is the correct one or not we will only know in the future, but you need to have a direction to aim at first.}


17.) 12 Jul 2019 07:39:36
Cheers ed001. Many thanks for that.

I hope, come the end of this window that we at least have the more correct players in place. I think james and wan bissaka are 2 very positive additions. If we can add to that and also weed out some of the problem players, it might give ole a fighting chance.

{Ed001's Note - it certainly looks a step forward.}


 

 

08 Jul 2019 19:30:25
Is there any interest in Bakayoko from Manchester United Ed002?

REDFAITH

{Ed002's Note - There is no approach from Manchester United that I am aware of at this time but there are a couple of other sides who have spoken with Chelsea.}


1.) 08 Jul 2019 20:35:03
Phew
Hope not.


2.) 08 Jul 2019 21:11:49
Remember when Jackson was on here laughing about us buying Matic because Bakayoko is twice the player 😂.


3.) 09 Jul 2019 05:07:52
Yeah Wazza :) Even Beast said the same thing.


4.) 09 Jul 2019 06:49:05
Can you find the post where I supposedly laughed at you? Because knowing myself I find that hard to believe as I always try to keep it respectful, especially with other clubs' fans.

If I did I apologize, because that's not who I am. And for what it's worth, I'd hate to see Baka sold. Good player.


5.) 09 Jul 2019 09:50:03
Baka just lost his confidence he came to a new country new league with a new way of playing and never really got a chance.

Hes still young given a run he is a very good player.


6.) 09 Jul 2019 09:54:31
To follow up on my post, I actually recall my calling the Matic deal a good one for both sides.

So I'm a bit disappointed you took a cheap shot at me, Wazza. Was uncalled for and incorrect to boot.


7.) 09 Jul 2019 13:38:45
Jackson, it got fairly heated with some other posters and you were clearly not pleased with losing Matic but responded by saying you are getting the better deal and that you would rather have Bakayoko than Matic.

Then a new manager came in and brought in two new central midfielders. I think you would have actually been better just sticking with Matic.


8.) 09 Jul 2019 15:26:06
I'm still happy we got Bakayoko as I genuinely like him :)

Wouldn't call that heated at all, just a discussion. And even if I did say we got the better deal, that's a far cry from laughing on here about it as if you'd just bought a clown.

In all honesty, Matic hasn't been top for you, but he's a good player still. Baka had some great games for us, but also a couple of really bad ones and then he sadly disappeared and went on loan. I hope he gets another shot as I know what he can do. Next to Kante he could be really strong in a 2 man midfield.


9.) 09 Jul 2019 16:16:53
Don't worry about it Jackson.

Matic has done well for us but as he has always done, run out of steam towards the end of the season. Unfortunately the dip is getting earlier and earlier and it looks like he needs to move to a slower league such as Serie A.


10.) 09 Jul 2019 19:46:44
Age gets to us all I suppose. McTominay is a fine deputy to rotate into the side and give Matic rest though.


11.) 09 Jul 2019 20:41:04
I was reading today that RM won't touch poggy due to his agent.
The old lady still trying to tie up De Ligt on the cheap.
Poor poggy has to travel with Utd. Has a little tiff with JL. Is this all for the social media so he isn't forgotten. Or has he fallen out with his best friend for real.

Where is PSG with a bid and take him off our hands!

Perhaps we could get an Italian off there books?


 

 

09 Jun 2019 21:52:53
I don't usually post rumors but I was told by a contact at Atletico Madrid that they were considering Ruben Dias as a replacement for Diego Godin but the 60mil euro valuation of Benfica meant they decided to look elsewhere, but may look to him again. Juventus have looked at him as well but they too don't want to pay the valuation.

Considering that the Editor has told us we are interested and if indeed Atleti won't complete the deal I think he would be a great signing for us.

REDFAITH

 

 

21 Dec 2018 09:50:08
@Ed002,

You mentioned that the club might go ahead with trying to sign players that Jose might not have wanted like Douglas Costa, is Toby Alderweireld on that list too? Or does the new contract to Smalling mean we won't sign a center back in January?

REDFAITH

{Ed002's Note - Toby Alderweireld was the player Mr Mourinho wanted in the summer when the club refused to sanction a purchase. As he has still not signed a contract he will be able to leave as a free agent in the summer. If Manchester United were to move for him it would certainly show considerable disrespect for the previous coach and cement the views of many about the club - all of which should make it unlikely in my view.}


 

 

 

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09 Aug 2022 13:43:48
Apparently we have now pulled out of a deal for Arnautovic after complaints from fans about his past actions.

Meanwhile, the latest on Rabiot is that his mother needs convincing since we are not the in the UCL.

What an utterly embarrassing mess.

REDFAITH

1.) 09 Aug 2022 14:07:34
Did his Mother tell you that? Why does everyone believe all the tripe that everybody writes but only believe it, when they want to!

Is Rabiot better then virtually every midfielder we have at the club…YES is the plain and simple answer.

Do we need bodies in, that are better then what we got YES is the answer again, so I don’t see the problem, YES I can think of 6-7 better midfielders are they wanting to come probably not, so it’s a matter of horses for course, and the course at the moment is steady this ship and get on a even keel, that include Ten Haag.


2.) 09 Aug 2022 14:18:58
But Newyorker, it's super important that they get the right personalities in the dressing room to create harmony and build a team spirit.

Utd have finally got rid of some disrupting influences so the last thing they need is to bring in some new ones.

Players' characters should be the first thing that the club investigates before they even entertain a signing.

It doesn't matter how good any one is if they are some kind of weirdo with their mother in tow.


3.) 09 Aug 2022 14:21:34
I understand convincing players to join with no UCL that I get

But buying deadwood players when we need to be buying players that are a lot better than what we have currently should be the plan

Players for the future that can improve not players in 12-18 months that we look to sell


If you have a plan stick to the plan.


4.) 09 Aug 2022 14:24:30
His mother is his agent and by all accounts he's a right old mummys boy.


5.) 09 Aug 2022 14:31:12
We get the deadwood toxic out mostly this summer and now we are replacing it with more. The club are a shambles. Telling the media quickly every one from the scouting to ten hag is in agreement with this signing. Do I believe them no!


6.) 09 Aug 2022 14:42:51
The club are saying this transfer doesn’t impact the de jong deal. So why now are we signing rabiot when it could have been done weeks ago. Again we have dithered behaved like amateurs. We were promised change was happening but nothing has changed.
We needed a mass overhaul this summer and when we don’t complete the bare essential signings we need it will just delay the process and we will need more Windows to get this team anywhere near competing. What makes no sense is that TH said clearly we need the right players not just players maybe he knew then that the club were targeting players he didn’t want. It wouldn’t be the first time van gaal for example that he is given 5th choice players to sign. I really can’t believe that Rabiot is a ten hag choice. This will end badly if that is the case.


7.) 09 Aug 2022 15:44:16
Twenty, I don't believe any deal for Rabiot impacts the FDJ deal or a deal for a midfielder with similar qualities to FDJ.

I merely think that EtH has had long enough now to assess the players he has, players like Garner, Donny, Fred and McTominay and he has decided that he needs a player with greater technical skill and experience.

At Ajax EtH played Lasse Schone alongside FDJ, his role was an enabler. He didn't excel at any one thing, he would work hard, win the ball without being crunching tackler, he'd move the ball on without being an expansive passer, he'd fill in holes around the pitch as and when they appeared and helped knit things together. Maybe Eric Cantona would have called him a water carrier. He intelligent and technically sound with enough mobility, strength and pace to play any role in midfield without excelling and any one particular. Who plays that role for us under EtH.

Lets say we sign FDJ, who plays alongside him?

Both Fred and McTominay lack the technical qualities and the intelligence to win the ball cleanly, retain it and move it on quickly and intelligently.

Donny is more of a No.10/ second striker, while he lacks the physicality/ dynamism to play consistently in the heart of midfield in the EPL.

Maybe Garner can do it, he certainly has all the skills, its just a question of whether he is ready and can he do it to the standard we need?

If EtH doesn't think Garner is ready or good enough then we need someone who can do that role.

Maybe he thinks Charlie Savage could be that player in a couple of season's time, so need someone for the next two years who could then be phased out in 3 years time for someone like Savage. Maybe a 27 year old Rabiot is the solution. Maybe not the one I'd have gone for, but I'm not the manager. If he's EtH's choice then let's go with it.


8.) 09 Aug 2022 16:21:48
I agree if it’s the managers choice then I will back the signing. If he’s gone for rabiot now then it’s suggests the original target we couldn’t get. I don't think he just realised on Sunday that the midfield was no good.
I would be shocked if we got FDJ now I don’t think we have or had a chance to get him.
Knowing our club we will be sat there on deadline day without anyone for that role TH wants. Then come the summer again we will need that position along with a striker a RB a CB aGK a RW and again the club will mess up and again the squad is lacking going into that season. What could be a 3 window change with this club will take a decade. They don’t have a clue. Mistakes happen but to continually make the same ones is unforgivable.


9.) 09 Aug 2022 17:12:32
Shappy - If you want to put a positive spin on the situation then that’s you’re prerogative but where is the evidence that we are going to buy another midfielder. All summer it’s been about FdJ, no alternatives have been muted. It has always been FdJ or bust. As recently as Friday EtH was saying they won’t sign just anyone and they must be the right players. Two days later bids go in for Rabiot and Arnautovic. The evidence suggests this is yet another example of the Club chasing a player all summer, not delivering, then panic buying. I’d be absolutely amazed if we got another midfielder in addition to Rabiot and if we do it won’t be FdJ but another panic buy alternative.

If Rabiot does eventually sign on the dotted line I think we’ll Eriksen converted to a No6 deep lying playmaker type role with Rabiot alongside him box to box. I wouldn’t even be surprised if Rabiot wasn’t even first choice.

I think (hope) Sunday put to bed the Fred/ Mctominay axis and if it didn’t then EtH is a fool.

I simply don’t trust the decision makers or the vast majority of the players at the Club. This may be a very unpopular opinion but I’m already questioning the judgement of the manager. Any sensible Utd fan could have told him that it’s complete madness to try and play a high line with Maguire or to play out from the back with McFred. We know those two just can’t progress the ball up the pitch. He might be a good coach but he’s not god!

I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt but if he plays the same team against Brentford then I have serious reservations already. I said exactly the same thing about RR. If he continued to play Maguire and McFred then his reputation would be tarnished and results wouldn’t improve. If you can’t learn from previous mistakes we have no hope of progressing.


 

 

27 Aug 2019 21:30:50
Red Man,

Why didn't you call for Mourinho to be sacked after his second season even though he has a ruinous 3rd season at every club he has been and has left teams in a complete mess? It was on his CV afterall and everyone could see it except you.

Why not call for Jose's sack after a disastrous league campaign in which we finished 6th after spending a sizable chunk of money?

LVG claims credit for the systems set in by Cruyff at Ajax and Barcelona and he actually caused a lot of damage at Barcelona and Bayern. Both clubs were glad to get rid of him. It was all on his CV. You blamed the board then but suddenly now its Ole and not the board?

You weren't right about Moyes when you called for him to be sacked before a single signing or before even a ball was kicked. Absolutely ridiculous. No manager would've succeeded with that squad with only Fellaini on deadline day as a signing. Not Pep, not Klopp, nobody. He was hung out to dry with the lack of signings.

What has Ole done for him to be sacked? Has he made expensive signings which have failed or caused squad disruption? No, that was Jose with Mkhitaryan, Sanchez, Lukaku, Fred, Pogba, an injury prone Bailly and insisting on giving Zlatan a new contract.

Has Ole brought in players who simply don't fit in the league like Blind, Di Maria, Memphis, Rojo, Darmian and wasted funds? Or has he signed passengers who are passed it for big wages who everyone knew had their legs gone like Bastian, Falcao? Or has Ole signed an average Schneiderlin for big money? No. That was all LVG.

Ole made 3 signings who are quality, fit into the team and style of football and clearly improve us in key areas and have hit the ground running. We all know he wanted midfield reinforcements and didn't get them. The problems with the team were inherited by him from the CV merchants Jose and LVG. He has shunned Smalling, Jones, Rojo and Matic. Let Lukaku who was clearly not working leave. Reinvigorated Martial by playing him in his best position. Is letting the disruptive influence of Sanchez leave. We would be doing a lot better if he had the rest of the pieces he wanted (and that would apply to Jose too. I like Jose, he wasn't backed last summer but he also made major mistakes in the market) . I see a manager who is making most of the necessary decisions. Who did he have on the bench that would've changed that game against Wolves? Maybe Greenwood but that's it. The 11 on the pitch were our best hope.

I didn't blame the previous managers when they failed to get results neither will I blame Ole. They did a decent job with the players at their disposal and so has OGS. I don't buy the argument that this squad is underachieving. Its about par for the quality it has. In fact Ole's signings are amongst our best players at the moment.

I blame the board for not having a coherent long term plan with a director of football and a good recruitment. Not the managers who have been hung out to dry by the incompetence of the people in the structure above them and amateur negotiators who can't get the deals done for the players they identify.

You are right that things aren't going well and we should be in a better position. But its not the manager (or previous managers) but the people above them in the hierarchy that are to blame. I criticized those who called for Jose's sack too by pointing that out.

We will continue to fail even if OGS is sacked and replaced with Allegri or Blanc or any other manager with a "CV" is installed, not because of the manager but because of the same people above them who are in charge of recruitment and long term overall football strategy. The cycle will continue. We need to call for restructuring and change in personnel at that level, not for managers to be sacked. Its completely pointless and won't get us anywhere.

REDFAITH

1.) 27 Aug 2019 21:57:50
Poch was the best manager available and if the plan was to throw everything at him to get him once jose got sacked, the club should have stuck with that plan and done that.

Ole is making very good decisions when it comes to excluding poorly performing players at the club but does he really have the tactical accumen to succeed at the top level? I don't think he does.

Just because a couple of managers with top CV’s and records of success don't work out doesn't mean you suddenly abandon going for top quality managers. The same way one bad side effect from an antibiotic doesn't mean you only use herbal remedies to solve your ailments for the rest of your life.

The only thing gary neville has said that was rational and coherent in the last 6 months is that united should aim for the “ best in class” at every level of the club. They are not doing that at the moment, plain and simple.


2.) 27 Aug 2019 22:16:59
I know this isn't aimed at me but I seem to mirror the views of Red Man. As a United fan in his mid 30s I dreaded the day Sir Alex would retire but the optimistic part of me found the pros in Moyes, LvG and Jose. Over the last 6 years, everything from the decisions the club has made, poor performances from managers, players that I no longer feel a connection with, I have had the optimism knocked out of me and in the world of football we are miles behind the top clubs in every way.

I wrote in at the end of last season for Ole to rip the team up and start from scratch. Obviously this isn't happening in one window and the age of the squad has dropped. Ole has done some things that have impressed me but I honestly don't think he is a good enough coach to improve this squad of players into challengers. Maybe we have to realise that we won't actually be challenging for major honours anytime soon. We have owners that don't care if we finish 4th or 1st. Ole certainly hasn't been backed as well as the other managers in terms of recruitment. It is going to be whether those players that show glimpses of talent can actually perform for long periods.

I see posts like "just support the team" or "you're making snap judgements after one game". I still leap out of my chair when we score a goal, my heart sinks into my chest when we concede. Just because I don't see Ole as Sir Alex 2.0 doesn't mean I want him to fail.

A team that wins 9 games straight and then goes and wins 3 out of 15 games scares me. Is our manager good enough to correct our form when the wheels fall off? Was OGS first 10 games the perfect storm and this is now the real OGS. Or is it finally clicking after a good preseason and we will see the fruits of his Labour.

I'll reiterate, I want Ole to succeed, but if you give me a quid to bet, I don't think he's here at the end of the season. I don't think he's tactically astute. I don't think he is proactive enough and I think Woodward let him down and the majority of the players are just not good enough and consistent enough to meet the goal of top 4 this year. I think we fall short.


3.) 27 Aug 2019 22:28:27
Wow Redfaith . Looks like Redmans been analyized. Looking foward to the reply already 😂😂.


4.) 27 Aug 2019 22:33:19
REDFAITH

If we had gone through a recruitment process or heaven help us a restructure and then a recruitment process, do you really think Solskjaer would be in the managers chair? Not a chance.

I have said for years we needed a restructure but we also need a manager who looks forward not back at the old days and tries to recreate them.

We keep making mistakes, Moyes absolutely, LvG because we didn’t have a plan, Jose because we didn’t support what was needed, then we appoint Ole who wants the old days, who doesn’t have tactical acumen or in game management. We need to look forward and get a strong appointment but the manager needs to be able to inspire confidence in the players because they know it has worked for him, they can see it will work. We need new owners, new board, new structure, new managers and new players. But I won’t sit here and say the manager is untouchable because he is a playing legend like some.


5.) 27 Aug 2019 22:35:15
Redfaith that's some post .


6.) 27 Aug 2019 23:27:46
I think Redman has every rite to state in his view Moyes and ole were and are not good enough for United.
I think the perception though is under Jose when it was pretty obvious Olympus had fallen it came across as it can't have he has a good cv .
Your a great poster Redman as wether people agree or disagree you spark interesting debate.


7.) 27 Aug 2019 23:41:21
Good post redfaith.

I think OGS is the wrong man. but it's those above him that really need to be called out. Despite what I think of OGS as a manager, he's been hung out to dry here.


8.) 28 Aug 2019 07:19:44
Good post redfaith your right this squad is performing how it should be for the lat few years apart from the year we were 2nd.
The squad has been doing as well as it can under each of the managers.
Your right jred it was a good post talking a lot of sense.
If you don't have players not quite good enough you will find yourself about 6th.


9.) 28 Aug 2019 07:49:13
Great post Red faith.

RedMan, I too was surprised when Ole was appointed as the permanent manager because Woodward said out in public that "a thorough process will be conducted before hiring the next manager".
Like many, Poch was my choice to be the next manager.
But Ole's appointment blatantly contradicts what Woody said which clearly indicates he and the board lacks the acumen to run our great club.

However it's not Ole's fault that he was appointed as the club's manager. He is a great human being, conducts himself like a proud Manchester United manager. He is United through and through.
The bare minimum we can do is respect and back our club legend.

So far he has done really positive things which none of the former managers post SAF did.
The average age of our squad is reduced, the players who do not suit the club's ethos are being shipped out gradually.
The style of play is improving albeit lacking quality in certain areas, more academy graduates being given chance.
Rather than throwing players under the bus, he is protecting the young players.
He is showing ruthlessness by not including the likes of Jones or Smalling in the matchday squads instead having Tuanzebe as the 3rd choice CB.
Matic being replaced by Mctominay in the starting line up.
These are all great signs imo.

Unfortunately, the board has yet again not backed the manager fully. Ole has limited choice because of our paper thin squad and too many average players. But this is a young team with hunger who are destined to improve as the season progresses.

RedMan, you are a great poster but I feel you are being unfair on Ole. He has done more right things than wrong compared to the previous 3 managers.


10.) 28 Aug 2019 09:08:28
Let's put Solskjaer's CV into perspective. Ole led Molde to their first ever title in 100 years, and followed it up with another and a national cup win, which they had only won twice before. Sure the Norwegian league isn't the strongest, but he achieved something that had never been done. Yet, everyone seems to only focus on Cardiff, where to be honest most any manager would have failed.

He should only be judged on his United tenure after completing a full season and even then, until he has his own squad, it's still harsh to do so.

I also feel it's ridiculous when people speak about 3 wins in 15, those last games last season need to be forgotten, the squad was exhausted because badly prepared and it was clear for all to see. After three games this season, I'm an already more optimistic than I have been in the past 6 years and I'm looking forward to each match, which is the most important thing to me, that hasn't been the case for years. Sure we should have done better, but we were unlucky at times too. It's also clear the players are still getting used to the new system, but we now have a more established first 11, which is something we have also lacked in the past few years.


11.) 28 Aug 2019 20:05:56
Solskjær did NOT lead Molde to their first title in 100 years. absoulte nonsense.

{Ed047's Note - as Molde was formed in 1911 and won their first title in 2011 with OGS as manager it would suggest he’d won their first title in 100yrs.

Just saying. 🙂


 

 

11 Aug 2019 18:31:22
We've got some real pace up front. Inject that front 4 into my veins! What a performance in the second half. Counter attacking at its best. Maguire Lindelof look solid and Wan Bissaka shut out that right side completely. What a signing he's going to be.

Only negative for me was Pereira was a bit of a passenger. I'd rather play Jesse in midfield and play Greenwood or James on the right but I think Ole wanted United to keep them for later to exploit some tired legs with their pace.

The summer is done now. Nothing we can do about it. Let's get behind the boys and hope for more of this.

REDFAITH

 

 

07 Aug 2019 21:18:32
@GDS2

One of your replies to a previous post of mine.

"I wouldn't let a signing or 2 ruin the whole season for you. It isn't like we don't have midfielders, they are just yet to show their worth. This gives Fred, Matic and Pereira the chance to prove they are United players, if they can't then we might struggle, but I am hoping one of them can push on this year, you never know. "

This along with Shappy's post today has to be perhaps some of the worst blind positivity for positivity's sake arguments I've read on here for a while.

"Its not like we don't have midfielders" is an embarrassing argument, even for a glass half full person. "

REDFAITH

1.) 07 Aug 2019 21:44:32
I'd rather have a blindly positive person than a blindly negative person.

When the sticky stuff hits the fan the positive person gets on with it whereas the negative nelly is already defeated.

I thought it was a bit much for a fortune cookie but hey.


2.) 07 Aug 2019 21:45:58
Be careful that how Rafa Benitez started. weird statements and facts. 🤪🤪.


3.) 07 Aug 2019 21:48:10
Anybody who has hopes on Fred and Periera to save our season is in for a shock, i will rather play Gomes ahead of Fred.


4.) 07 Aug 2019 22:11:14
I can’t take it anymore are we going to sign anyone else or not!
Or is it going to be a deflating day.


5.) 07 Aug 2019 22:14:28
Pressed send too early.

"Fred, Pereira and Matic to prove they are United players". Really? Have you not seen enough of Matic to make a judgement? He has been awful even in pre season friendlies and teams have targeted him for a year now.

Pereira its the same story every year. He has a decent pre season but then he finds his level when the real matches get going. He is average and should be sold to a team where he will play regularly for the sake of his career.

Fred has had one of the worst seasons of any major United signings in memory for me. But I can understand a slight hope that he will come good. But that isn't somewhere we should depend on. Do you really believe what you just wrote?

Another season out of the UCL will be absolutely disastrous for the club. Targets will become more impossible to buy and we will be quoted even higher prices for more desperation and sponsorships will dry up. Try looking at the situation objectively based on evidence we have rather than blind hope.

Unlike us, Arsenal have smelled the coffee and have invested with great intent and addressed all key areas to cement a 4th spot by even using next year's budget as explained by Ed002.

I really don't want to be negative but when I look at that midfield I feel sorry for our defense and our forwards.

"Don't get hung up on 1 or 2 players" you say. Remember how just one signing in Carrick completely transformed us and brought the best out of the rest of the squad? That is the effect a good CM signing can have. Makes everyone else look better. Remember how just one signing in RVP masked the deficiencies of the rest? Quality signings at the striker or CM positions can be transformative.

You made some poor banter about Christmas presents, the whole point is one shouldn't be waiting till Christmas to change the stove that broke in March.


6.) 07 Aug 2019 22:15:24
Agreed redfaith. Positivity on it's own is not going to turn Pereira and Fred into great midfielders. They need to have skill and application. Neither of them possesses either in abundance.
If we think a midfield containing our existing players is suddenly going to compete with the best, then they are sadly mistaken.
That's not negativeness, it's just reality. Just like I'm not about to beat Rory McElroy at golf.


7.) 07 Aug 2019 22:32:32
What's this great business arsenal have done?


8.) 07 Aug 2019 22:40:24
Thats all a bit weird that Redfaith . Looking foward to GDS2 reply already 😄😄.


 

 

06 Aug 2019 11:44:10
I'd be extremely surprised if we pulled this off but Eriksen would be a fantastic signing.

Someone said down the page he is past his best. Are you kidding me? What player have you been watching? Perhaps you may have watched the games where Pochetino shoved him out to the right wing to do a job as he had nobody else.

Whenever he plays in central midfield he is absolute class. He has that finesse and balance, ability to find space and has every type of pass in his locker.

Not to mention he is premier league experienced and will hit the ground running and we need a couple of midfielders who can. He is as good a Pogba replacement as we're going to get.

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1.) 06 Aug 2019 12:00:10
Fully agree redfaith. Everyone is saying we lack creativity, doesn’t Eriksen have more premier league assists than any other player since he joined?


2.) 06 Aug 2019 12:04:21
I think he would be a great buy,


3.) 06 Aug 2019 12:15:17
Red faith totally agreed.
I would have him as our no 10. He is a setpiece specialist and brings loads of creativity.


4.) 06 Aug 2019 12:18:26
Eriksen can play exceptionally when he has time n space when we have to unlock a defense. But at times seems to struggle in a high pressed game. He will undoubtedly improve us.


5.) 06 Aug 2019 12:23:25
Eriksen would be great. he is someone who i think would simply fit right away into the team. And he isn't someone who blows hot and cold.


6.) 06 Aug 2019 13:54:19
I think he would be a good buy too. Epl proven and has been a success.


7.) 06 Aug 2019 14:11:52
He would clearly be a great signing but some people are naturally just negative about everything. People made their mind up they want Fernandes and if we don't get him we are mid table fodder, he is like the Messiah, nobody is better than him even a top attacking midfielder with loads of assists in our league!


 

 

 

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21 Aug 2022 18:55:03
Thanks for the quick reply Ed002. If we can come out of this window with midfield surgery and a forward/ right back I'd consider it a success.

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21 Aug 2022 15:06:14
Ed002,

1. Are United still looking to add another central midfielder right as an alternative to Frenkie De Jong?

2. Or are the club prioritizing other positions like winger/ striker and another central midfielder signing is unlikely?

3. Are reports of a 80mil euro bid by United for Antony in recent weeks accurate?

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{Ed002's Note -
1. Yes
2. It doesn't wok like that.
3. Yes.


 

 

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12 Jul 2019 00:27:26
We have been quoted £50mil by Newcastle for Longstaff according to multiple sources. It's really ridiculous and we should walk away and play Garner instead. I like Longstaff but for that valuation we could get Thomas Partey who has European and international experience.

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09 Jul 2019 20:17:09
@Ed002

You're about to send the site into meltdown with comments like that mate although its the hard hitting truth that Solskjaer is out of his depth and should never have been given the job. He appears clueless and looks like a kid with a smile on his face who can't believe that he's got the job while everything seems to be falling around him.

I'd be interested to know what knee jerk reactions you are mentioning Ed002? Milinkovic Savic and Maguire?

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{Ed002's Note - It is not a smile - simply wind.}


 

 

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03 Jul 2019 14:27:25
Thanks for the info Ed002. Hope you're having a much better than the rainy mess here for me in WI.

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02 Jan 2021 14:41:57
Red Man,

Own up for once. Whenever things went wrong in the first half of last season you blamed Ole, and never mentioned the players he was working with. Pereira and Mctominay in midfield, Pogba and Rashford out injured. The club had screwed him over by not getting Fernandes in the summer.

This summer they screwed him again. Its clear Van De Beek wasn't in his plans. We knew at the start of the summer he wanted Grealish and Sancho. I can clearly see what he wanted to do. Grealish cutting in from the left, Sancho stretching teams on the right and Rashford and Martial alternating at Striker and exploiting the space in the middle. So no kidding we don't have width, THERE IS NO special-ist WINGER IN THE SQUAD! Ole wanted to fix it but as always the board screwed him over. Grealish would've massively helped against teams that sit deep against us.

"We could easily have dropped points" you said. That is true of Liverpool in almost a third of their wins last season and some of their wins this year. Winning those games is what matters. With fatigue this season and during Christmas fixture congestion one can't expect swash buckling performances every week. Why don't you mention how we could easily have gotten 3 points instead of the 1 at Leicester. It balances out.

Reality is that its not "just good results", we create enough chances to win almost every game we play these days, result depends on finishing and that can't be said about any of our previous managers. Not even the ones with the "CV" that you so adored who served absolutely unwatchable dross most weeks. Pogba could've had a brace yesterday and Rashford too.

So you put the blame at Ole's shoulders when we weren't clicking and now that we're winning its "individual brilliance". No game is won on the tactical board. Its players that play and win. If the manager is putting players in a position where their abilities are shining then that's exactly what's needed.

Do I think we'll win the title? Not without January reinforcements. Its not Ole that will be to blame. Its the people above him that didn't buy Fernandes last summer and failed to get him Grealish or Sancho and a CB this year.

Ole is not the world's greatest manager but he was never as poor as you made him out to be and wasn't to blame for most of the things you blame him for. You even blamed him for Halland not signing when it was clear its the club's relationship with Raiola that screwed us. Reality is that you came to a conclusion before he had even presided over a game and now that the evidence is pointing to the contrary are struggling to come up with more excuses and it shows.

Own up and give Ole some credit. He's never lost the dressing room, players always play hard for him and his signings have moved us forward and the ones he didn't get would've too.

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28 Jul 2020 16:13:15
To be honest Ed001, we have Bruno and assuming we get Sancho, when fit Bruno Sancho Rashford Martial will be the front 4 so I don't think Kai Havertz would have joined to be a squad player. It was either him or Bruno.

We need someone to rotate with Bruno. I'm not convinced Grealish is that guy though.

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04 Jun 2020 16:46:00
@Ed002

Thanks for the info.

Although I don't understand how United would be able to move Sanchez or Pogba on even if they tried.

I don't see any club that will be willing to offer Sanchez anywhere close to what he earns at United. Its going to be virtually impossible to move him on. A loan with part of his salary off the books is the best we will get realistically. Unless Sanchez is willing to take a massive pay cut to move permanently (why would he? ) . We are going to continue to suffer from this massive mistake of the past.

With Pogba, I understand that we should let him go. But I don't see any club that will make an offer for what he is worth. Players in exchange + some cash is what will be on offer but looking at the players that you have mentioned that Juventus for eg. will be willing to offer (Rabiot, a complete whiny diva and Costa, a player in his 30s) why would United take any of them? When they're not really interested in them?

For any player + cash deal to happen the players need to make some sense for United and address needs in our squad which I don't think these players do. Juventus are just looking to get rid of unwanted players and United shouldn't take players who we don't really want.

I don't see Real Madrid coming in for Pogba either.

I understand your position on how we should move players on and that could be possible with Smalling and maybe Rojo but we are stuck with Pogba and Sanchez and I see why United won't take a players + cash deal on Pogba when we aren't even interested in any of those players.

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06 Oct 2019 15:51:04
Because his other option is Fred and he isn't any better either.

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02 Oct 2019 15:37:35
Ed001,

How do you think Pochetino would do at United with our current structure in recruiting etc?

REDFAITH

{Ed001's Note - same as he did at Spurs, an initial uplift followed by years of gradually dragging you down.}