Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 154. (Read 59155 times)

This time I agree with you, regarding Ten Hag who always brings players from Ajax while there are many great players compared to the players he brought from Ajax, it is possible for Ten Hag to be able to bring success with Manchester United by taking Ajax players but Ten Hag is wrong that the game is different compared to the Dutch League, Ten Hag is not aware that he is in the English League where the game is fast and the individuals are very fast from the structure of the game, which makes Ten Hag speechless when he sees the game of his players who were brought from Ajax to Manchester United and the results we can see now, because that is the result of the Bald's selfishness.

I think you can't make a conclusion too quickly while this is just a friendly match not a real match.
The new season has not started and the club coaches will give warm-ups to all the club players and what Man Utd experienced is not something to be ashamed of because even though it was just a match that was not serious in fact Man Utd only lost by a difference of 1 score.
Everyone will say that the match was not interesting because in terms of performance it was not optimal like just trying a new strategy and testing the physicality of the players who had rested for a while to relax their leg muscles before the new season started.

From what I see, these two clubs actually have equal performance and are ready to face the new season that will start soon.

I also share the same sentiment as you bro, the current team of Manchester united is a disaster in the making if no further signing that can improve the team is being made, am saying so because if you look at their performance in the league last season, it was actually a disaster on my own point of view, and sincerely speaking, finishing in number eight position for a team like Manchester united is actually a disaster, and it was because of the FA cup that they won that gave Eric ten hang a chance of managing the team this upcoming season, because he would have been sack if it they didn't won the FA cup, that they won, but their overall performance throughout the season was actually a disaster for a team as big as Manchester united, so I totally disagree with the other guy saying that Manchester united has a very good team

Lastly, if you look at this Manchester united team, they really struggle last season defensively, and I think that it's the major area that needs to be strengthened, even though they still needs a  midfielder and a quality winger, since rashford is out of form, so they need someone there that can replace him if he isn't ready to step up his game.

Were you expecting a different result before? I actually did not expect something different other than this because looking at the performance of both and judging from last season standing, this result should not be shocking. In fact, I expect a scoreline greater than this. I know we are about to enter a different and a new season which we are not supposed to use previous performance as the basis of our analysis but it will definitely take Manchester united some time to recover their form if at all, they will have a great season better than last season. I don't think Manchester united even at their prime time would stand Arsenal with the current form.

I don't see either team taking this game seriously, they are just playing a friendly and the main purpose of this game is to get the players fit so there is nothing to judge from Man United's defeat, both played well and they are really just playing a friendly so there is nothing to gain from winning or losing so don't take this seriously.

Man United have some players who are not in their squad and so do Arsenal, and Man United still have one important game against Man City and of course they will give everything and this game is just a consolation game so you can't conclude that Man United will struggle next season, if you conclude like that what about Man City who lost their two friendlies? so there is no one to blame this is just a game to get the players back in shape.

Maybe he was talking about Manchester United during Alex Ferguson time as manager  , now Manchester United quality has declined drastically and they have failed to finish in the top four. Manchester United have some quality players, but their performance is far from what is expected, the players seem to have difficulty bringing out their best abilities, as a result they are unable to provide competition in the title race.

Bringing in new players is one of the things that needs to be prioritized, the coach also needs to change Manchester United's playing style to be more effective in carrying out attacks. His fans have been too disappointed with Manchester United's performance, even though last season they managed to win the FA Cup, but overall there was nothing interesting about Ten Hag performance.

In today's friendly match Manchester United was defeated by Arsenal, it seems that Man United's performance is still the same as last season, they have not been able to perform better than the top clubs in the Premier League (Arsenal and Manchester City) I think Man United will still have difficulty competing in the top 3 EPL if their performance does not improve. Even though I thought Man United could win the match after Rasmus Hojlund scored a quick goal in the first 10 minutes and they could add more goals in the remaining minutes, it turned out that was the only goal scored.



I see the line-up of both clubs are their mainstay players so I think they take this match quite seriously to see how well they are prepared so far.

Source : arsenal vs man utd https://g.co/kgs/s5CW1kt

Most likely Arsenal sold him for £35 m to Fulham. Emile Smith Rowe can't compete with Odegaard. He must leave Arsenal to save his football career. Arteta is not trusting him anymore, and Fulham is the right place for him.

So, Fulham is an average club. But, this will help him a lot to regain his best form, as long as he gets fit and stays fit.


Yeah, not pleased about this move at all. But, that's best for ESR. It's reported that if he leaves Arsenal for Fulham for £35m, that's a decent fee for a player who hardly plays for us. If he stays fit, that's a good bit of business for all parties involved in his transfer.

ESR has the capacity to become a star if his new team guarantees him a spot in the starting lineup. Wish him all best at Fulham. ESR was a talented player, but sadly his quality doesn't meet Arsenal.

After Newcastle's change of ownership I thought this team would probably transform into another Premier League giant. And we have seen an unprecedented change in Newcastle's overall performance since the change of ownership. Newcastle qualified for the Champions League for the first time. So we almost all thought that Newcastle management would probably surprise everyone this time by adding star players to their squad at high prices. But we don't see anything like that in the last two years.

Newcastle management are very cost conscious. And I don't think they have any desire to dominate the Premier League at the moment. They want to improve slowly. If Newcastle's management plans long term, then maybe we will see some stable performance from Newcastle over the next few seasons.

Manchester United's team is not that bad, but what I just observed from the side is that they don't have a good head coach. If Manchester United can use that squad to defeat Liverpool and Manchester City in the final of the FA Cup, I believe that the squad is not bad. Do we know that the standard quality of players that Manchester United has? Aston Villa, which ended the season in the top four last season, did not have players up to the standard that Manchester United has.

If Manchester United can get a more tactical and talented head coach, all those quality players that are not performing well will start performing well. As for me, I still believe in Manchester United's players; they can do well next season if the head coach can be more disciplined with them. I can't say much, but even if Manchester United gets some more quality players with this head coach, they still might not improve that much.

Liverpool are yet to make any signing this summer transfer window and that has been a surprise to many considering the fact that the club now have a new manager after their former manager left the club at the end of last season. The club's new manager two days ago revealed that he's very happy with the current set of players at the club and might end up this summer transfer window without bringing in a new player. For me, I don't think it'll be a good for the club but since the manager is okay with that, then we'll keep our fingers crossed and see how things pans out at the club next season.

I rarely hear about Newcastle in the transfer market this season, maybe I don't follow them too much, or maybe because they don't make many moves to get big name players, even though financially they are actually able to do that. If they don't do that, at least there are other processes they do such as regenerating and accommodating more young players, but they didn't do that either.

There was hope when they managed to be in the Champions League last season, because the previous season they managed to finish in the top 4 of the English League. However, in the Champions League they performed disappointingly by only being able to be the bottom with only collecting 5 points. Yes, even though I know they are not so lucky because they have to be included in the group of death which includes Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint Germain and also AC Milan. And 2 of them managed to reach the semifinals and even reached the final.

If Manchester United actually wants to improve financially, the coach of Manchester United will have to think about bringing in other players instead of players from Ajax. I understand that he had a good success with Ajax team and he probably has a emotional connection with that club. But just choosing players from Ajax is not a good idea for Manchester United right now as this same idea has proved to fail Manchester United very recently under the same coach. The current financial situation of Manchester United is because of the failed transfer decision of the coach Ten hag. That is why Manchester United is having to sell players for such less money and for such a loss. and let me not get started about Antony. I also think that Manchester United actually spoil some players that they bring in. I don't know understand how a young player can get so arrogant in a club like Manchester United. of course this indicate to the Incompetence of the managerial job of Manchester United.

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Duke

I don’t really understand you, do you really mean Manchester United have a very good team right now? I don’t really think so, because if they have a very good team, then they won’t have ended last season in the position in which they ended it. I am sure it would have been in a better position. and I don’t thing with the players that Manchester United are having currently, they are going to perform well next season.
 
If Manchester City wants to perform well next season, then there are some things that are supposed to be done. If Manchester maintains their last season squad, then they are still going to disappoint most of their fans because they won’t be able to achieve anything serious by next season. Ten Hag really has lots to work on.

It's high time Manchester United begin to make younger talents  their priorities over older ones like the likes of Casemiro who's major contribution to the team is more of Leadership than hardwork, Casemiro might be very experienced but he's becoming weak and could hardly fall back after a high press, the team needs a younger and quicker player, someone that would be very active on the pitch like Rodri and Manual Ugarte is the right man for that job, he'll make the work of a pairing with either Bruno Fernandes/Kobbie or Mason Mount more easier for them, so United should hasten with that deal or rather resign Soyan Amrabat. As for Lindelof, Eriksen and Maguire, I think their time is up at Manchester United, they need to be cleared, to make room for new signings and selling three of them especially would go a long way to sign one to two more players. Talking about Antony, he's a good player but in case he's not sold or loaned out, he should work on making sure he makes up for his mistakes in the previous season, many United fans, would be wishing they keep Sancho for another season but it's the boards decisions that matters mostly and they want to sacrifice the sale of Sancho to be able to afford new players. One player that would be really missed is Aaron Wan-Bissaka, He's one of the players fans love mostly and would wish he stays for another season, but then let's not forget that Erik Ten Hags tactics at Ajax require a right back that could perform very well in attack whereas Wan-Bissaka is more good in defence with few knowledge of attacking and crossing. Scott Mctominay is a good player but I'll prefer they sale him.

When Newcastle was owned by the rich man Mohammed bin Salman,  at least at the time of the statement that they would not  rush to make major changes to the team. Thus, it seems that this is really happening because eventhough Newcastle has good finances, but they also only buy players who I think are ordinary. If so, then ofcourse it will be difficult for Newcastle to be strong in the standings to have an achievements.

Because after all, if the team does not have a guarantee to be able to compete strongly in the title race, then ofcourse the team will have difficulty getting good quality players. With that,I also do not really understand what Mohammed bin Salman's concept is in owning Newcastle, because until now Newcastle has not made major changes to be able to make the team have above average quality.

Casemiro didn't do so well last season but, I do not think he should be amongst the names leaving Manchester United this season, he is a leader and I'd love to see him around until the season ends. Having him in the first team again would be no bad idea, hopefully, they wrap up the deal for Manual Ugarte from Paris Saint Germany before the Premier League Competition kicks off.

Victor Lindelof can leave even for free, it seems like Jose Mourinho is doing everything possible to get him back together at Fenerbache.

Harry Maguire is no good example of a modern day defender, not even a typical Manchester United player. Imagine taking 190k for a fourth choice defender for a big club like Manchester United? I don't think Manchester United will have him around within the next two seasons truthfully. I don't know if he'll be on the move this season but we'll see.

Christian Eriksen has something to give but, you need a vibrant defensive midfielder behind him because he doesn't have the energy to track-back and defend balls.

Antony is a dead player but, oke last chance this season to revive his career. If the right offer comes in for Jadon Sancho, they should cash out. You'll be wondering if he'll be third choice winger behind, Antony, Marcus Rashford, Amad Diallo and then Garnacho next season.

Aaron Wan Bisakka and Scott MC Tominay also should be on the list but I don't know what's cooking. Erik needs a possession base squad, some players do not fit in for that.

What's Newcastle doing lately by the way? Weren't they bought buy rich people?    They aren't taking much action as for making big signings. Clubs managed by rich people always aim to build a strong squad normally.

They are at least good with selling players for good sums this summer. As far as I can see, they have made 76 million euros from Elliot Anderson and Minteh until now. As for signings, Lewis Hall and Odysseas Vlachodimos are the only names I see.

I know they aren't very successful so it is also a factor for big names not to lean towards a deal with them. But they can still attract many other skilled players with paying nice sums to improve the squad.

Manchester United have always been a very big team, right now they have a very good team, I think they have enough material to be champions, even if they don't find more players I think they're doing great, I don't know, I think the facilities, the money, are something that always limits, and even more so a team, a management, everything affects that, I don't know what the facilities are like, I only know that when CR7 left he said that the club hasn't changed at all since he came in the Ferguson era, and at this point I think they should do that, just look at Madrid, even the Santiago Bernabeu itself they turned into a great sacred temple, and of course it's because of money, money is what limits everything, I think they have to do something, a campaign, something to recover, and the team has to believe in it, to me the Red Devils have always seemed to be on another level.

Lindelof was brought to Old Trafford many years ago but they will need to think of why they signed with Maguire, Eriksen, Casemiro and Antony. Casemiro was old when he was purchased by Manchester United two seasons ago. Maguire is not a too good central defender, Eriksen was old too. Antony is not a too good attacking player but Manchester United spent very big money to get him from Ajax Amsterdam.

Sancho case is acceptable because he played impressively in Dortmund and in one season, he came very near to stats of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The transfer from Dortmund to Manchester United destroys his career and I feel very unexplainable why Sancho failed in Old Trafford.