We haven't conceded much either. By that logic, we don't need anyone and are good for everything thrown at us.
Hindsight: How are the Players that 'almost' joined United this Summer faring? Any regrets?
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Yeah exactly, they have rich owners, 50 million is toilet paper money to them and they said no. I think the 2 year contract debate no longer exists, clubs these days are far more willing to lose players for nothing since financially they can take the hit. The old saying goes unless they can replace the pair of trousers they sold, they won't sell
Sadio mane is a more creative and effective player than perisic who holds the balls superbly under high pressure and is always first to loose balls and first and second balls. Beats offside traps with ease. He's a better player and at a right age.
Perisic has been inconsistant at most clubs he's played apart from inter and is not that effective as well in terms of creativity. Sadio mane Should always be a higher range player than perisic.
Maybe you should try to comprehend what I am trying say. Mane would have costed much more than 40-45 m if he was sold this year. Perisic at 45m or so this year would have been minimum going by how the market is.
Things dont change that drastically. If so We should be selling the likes of lingard's and youngs for 40 m as well. Will we get that money ?
How impressed has Koeman been?
Ok. We have reached the end of discussion regarding this. I and many of us here believe Perisic at 40-45m is not that over the top, you don't. Will leave it at that.
Nah, He would have costed as much as city got bernardo silva.
Do you also mean that perisic was worth more than bernardo silva?
Not for us, as a wingback or rotaton option. That's why the deal dint go through i guess.
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No regrets at all. I can see Perisic being on fire for us too but there is just something exciting about seeing Rashford and Martial competing against each other. The only down side to us not signing Perisic is that he couldn't shut the haters who thinks he is a mediocre player up.
Not necessarily a regret but Benjamin Mendy has looked very good going forward for Man City and probably would've added another dimension to our attack (for the first part of the season at least).
I watched the Crotone-Inter game this weekend and didn't rate Perisic's performance much at all apart from the goal, which he was quite fortunate with anyway. The Martial/Rashford dynamic is more entertaining to watch and producing goals for us so there isn't a lot of point in disrupting that.
I watched the Crotone-Inter game this weekend and didn't rate Perisic's performance much at all apart from the goal, which he was quite fortunate with anyway. The Martial/Rashford dynamic is more entertaining to watch and producing goals for us so there isn't a lot of point in disrupting that.
It's interesting that people are saying they regret not getting Perisic in here when the left-wing position has been a massive source of goals for us this season so far with Rashford and Martial generally putting in good performances there. I know they aren't typical wide-men, but I'm not quite sure what more you could ask for at this stage. Certainly couldn't argue with how productive that side is. It was a wide right player that I always felt we needed.
Up until now no regrets. We seem to be creating chances and scoring goals a plenty. I do wonder though if against the better opposition we have enough - that remains to be seen. I also wonder if we'll get enough goals from midfield over the course of a season. It's not me being negative, it's the perfectionist in me.
Right now we only have our RB and our left midfield providing a threat/support for the striker. We need someone to provide the same from the LB and RM positions. Hopefully in Jan/Summer we sign Griezmann and can push Miki out to the right. He'd also give us more of a central scoring threat. Having Ibra back will help with the rotation options too.
Right now we only have our RB and our left midfield providing a threat/support for the striker. We need someone to provide the same from the LB and RM positions. Hopefully in Jan/Summer we sign Griezmann and can push Miki out to the right. He'd also give us more of a central scoring threat. Having Ibra back will help with the rotation options too.
No, inter were just desperate to keep him. Mourinho himself said that the deal was very difficult to do
Anyone who doesnt regret missing out on griezmann needs to see a doctor as soon as possible
Aurier
James
Semedo
Wont care a bit. The rest will have what ifs.
James
Semedo
Wont care a bit. The rest will have what ifs.
I never have been!
Nice thread @GM K
personally I wish we had gotten Fabinho. Very capable CM and I think Matic Fabinho Pogba is about a complimentary midfield 3 as we could get. Plus, he can easily cover right back where we are a little light.
I'm happy we didn't get Perisic in the end up because I think both martial and Rashford would have suffered, and both have looked amazing at times this season. The system we are playing is working (regardless of what others would have you believe) and perisic would have changed that. With Perisic in the squad I think we win those 3 games 1 or 2-0 instead of 4.
Griezmann will likely be here in 2018 so it's not really a loss right now.
I had no idea we were linked with semedo but from what I've seen at Barca he would have been great here. Looks like he'll turn into Kyle walker but with actual footballing ability.
Semedo, Griezmann and Perisic would have been great additions IMO. I don't miss Morata even though he's a very good striker but we already secured a top striker as well. Don't care about the rest.
we are like 5 matches into the season
They all would have been but it'd be interesting to see if we'd have been better off results wise. Those players demand a different style of football, especially if all of them were starting.
All these 3 will slot perfectly in our system imo. Semedo for Valencia on the RB as a long term replacement, Griezmann can do what Mikhi or Mata doing and even more while Perisic will be doing what Rashford is doing now on the left flank with better crossing and dribbling though.
I can get over not getting Perisic, though, seems Rashford and Martial are developing and can secure this LW for years coming with if they improved some of their weaknesses.
Morata, Samedo, and Aurier are all looking v good. Lukaku and Tony V are playing well so not feeling to much regret
Aurier, Perisic, Griezmann and Rose stick out.
Aurier - cheap future replacement/competition for Valencia
Perisic - winger, we still need one
Rose LB - we could do with a good starting LB
Griezmann - top player behind the striker, improving the squad and adding more goals to the team.
We can still buy Griezmann and Rose, only need to add another winger and we are good to go. Mensah can play as RB hopefully in the future for us.
Aurier - cheap future replacement/competition for Valencia
Perisic - winger, we still need one
Rose LB - we could do with a good starting LB
Griezmann - top player behind the striker, improving the squad and adding more goals to the team.
We can still buy Griezmann and Rose, only need to add another winger and we are good to go. Mensah can play as RB hopefully in the future for us.
With respect to mata and Mkhitaryan, both of whom I rate highly, neither are the focal point of the team whereas Griezmann would be. Not necessarily a problem, but his style is different to the other two and he would command a lot more of the ball. He's probably the least adept defensively of the three too, though you'd like to think some of simeones previous instructions would benefit him under mourinho.
Not so far. But potentially Griezmann could've improved us.
Was aurier actually good v Swansea? I only saw a little of the game and he looked kinda clumsy.
Him being the focal point of the team isn't a problem imo, in fact will benefit us more, like Hazard being the focal point for Chelsea's attack for example. I have always wanted this kind of player to be the main super star of the team who gets all the spotlights and does the magic things better than focusing it on Lukaku or Pogba who are elite players but they play better in a system not as individuals. Griezmann can provide that individual magic much better than what Mikhi or Mata doing either in number 10 position or right forward position. Also if you have a player like this in the attack who keeps producing in a consistent manner, his defensive side becomes irrelevant. He's not bad defensively btw ( considering he's playing for a highly defensive team ) but you don't buy a star like him thinking about his defensive attributes.
I like our play out wide at the moment, griezmann would centralize it. if he plays to his potential most games then obviously he's one of the most talented players we could have, I just feel on the whole, this season we are better off without him.
- Griezmann- huge regret. We need him.
- Morata- good but lukaku is better
- Dier- matic much better player
- Rose- we need him. Regret
- Perisic- he is great but we have martial.
- James Rodriguez- big no
- Renato Sanchez- regret??
- Fabinho- no
- Semedo- no
- Aurier- regret
- Michael Keane- big no!!!
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And, to be fair, he seemed to be the one that Jose actually did want (the others maybe being more speculation) - him and/or Bale. Oh, and Griezeman.Perisic seems to be scoring every game for Inter
All the others have been a big pile of meh imo and been no where near as impactful as 2 of the 3 signings we did make
I would take Perisic on the wing instead of Mata, who just isn't effective playing from the wide positions.
Was initially disappointed with Morata, but more than happy with Lukaku.
Griezmann, obviously, would have been a quality signing. I regret that one a bit as well.
Other than those, still disappointed we weren't in for a proper left FB. Glaring weakness and one that United didn't even kick the tires on anyone for. Baffling really.
For me, it's Mata that shouldn't be in the starting XI, unless he's in for Mhiki in the middle.
Persic would have provided a better option between himself, Rashford and Martial, both of which can play in the right or left.
Was initially disappointed with Morata, but more than happy with Lukaku.
Griezmann, obviously, would have been a quality signing. I regret that one a bit as well.
Other than those, still disappointed we weren't in for a proper left FB. Glaring weakness and one that United didn't even kick the tires on anyone for. Baffling really.
For me, it's Mata that shouldn't be in the starting XI, unless he's in for Mhiki in the middle.
Persic would have provided a better option between himself, Rashford and Martial, both of which can play in the right or left.
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Should we perhaps wait more than 5 games before doing this ?
If he plays as a number 10 for sure most of the attacks will go through him first. I think in 4-2-3-1 position the number 10 will always be the player who distributes the whole attacks and the ball will always reach him. The difference is Griezmann decision making is much better than Mikhi, so he'll be able to release the ball and move it forward and to the wide areas much better, and still can rush forward as a second striker to score when the ball goes out wide. The only thing not sure about is him being able to drop deep to help defensively on losing the ball but as I said before you don't buy that kind of player for his defensive attributes.
So I don't think he'll centralize the play much. The ball will go through him for sure but his decision making and skills will help him distribute the ball in every direction and find our wings as well. Think he'll slot perfectly in this position.
Perisic is the only one am disappointed at not getting as he gives a option we dont already have
Griezmann would have been nice but it would have probably been at the expense of Mkhitaryan who has been excellent so far.
Lukaku was always going to score goals, but Morata probably would have been better at linking up the play, but am still happy with Lukaku and what he brings
If Aurier was a left back and we missed out on him it would have been hard to take. Valencia is excelling at Rb at the moment so am not too bothered about not getting him. Am disappointed about not being in for Mendy though.
The only question was around Matic's age, playing wise hes been one of, if not the best player so far, so puts to bed regrets of not getting a different DM..
The rest i didnt give a second thought about when we were linked with them
Griezmann would have been nice but it would have probably been at the expense of Mkhitaryan who has been excellent so far.
Lukaku was always going to score goals, but Morata probably would have been better at linking up the play, but am still happy with Lukaku and what he brings
If Aurier was a left back and we missed out on him it would have been hard to take. Valencia is excelling at Rb at the moment so am not too bothered about not getting him. Am disappointed about not being in for Mendy though.
The only question was around Matic's age, playing wise hes been one of, if not the best player so far, so puts to bed regrets of not getting a different DM..
The rest i didnt give a second thought about when we were linked with them
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Let's hope so because the prospect of it is frightening.
- Griezmann yes, but a luxury.
- Morata yes, but a luxury.
- Dier no
- Rose yes though hasn't played anyway
- Perisic yes, more now than at the time
- James Rodriguez no
- Renato Sanchez no
- Fabinho 50/50
- Semido who?
- Aurier yes but not hugely
- Michael Keane no
Is it really regret if the player in question turned us down? I believe Griezmann decided to stay because of the transfer ban. It's difficult for Man United or its fans to regret his decision.
A bit hasty to conclude in the middle of September too
A bit hasty to conclude in the middle of September too
Sorry, I don't get this?