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25 Jul 2024 19:04:15
Rumors of a proposed swap deal involving Man utd and Inter for Dumfries and AWB. For those who have watched him, is he one who is going to replace Dalot in the starting 11?
1.) 25 Jul 2024 20:18:49
Nope. Dumfries would be ‘first reserve’ at fullback.
Dalot RB
Shaw LB
Either of them get injured and Dumfries would be next cab off the rank, with Dalot moving to LB if necessary.
Stylistically, Dumfries is far more similar to Dalot than AWB is.
2.) 25 Jul 2024 20:15:05
Genuinely don't see the hype with Dumbfries.
I have deliberately typed his name wrong because watching him during the euros he always seemed a few passes behind the rest of the team.
Like maybe he was dropped as a baby or something like that.
I don't think he is better than Dalot based upon what I've seen.
3.) 25 Jul 2024 21:01:54
Very mature Jumbo.
4.) 25 Jul 2024 22:08:47
He is better at lots of things than dalot Imo. A much better attacking threat. Not sure how good he is at defending but dalot is inconsistent at that too.
Dalot getting lots of plaudits for last season. We finished 8th.
5.) 25 Jul 2024 22:43:12
Tumbleweed!, Ken,
Dalot was brilliant at times last season. Although he did have the occasional bad game.
However, considering how the squad was ravaged by injuries and poor performances, it is hardly surprising that he had those bad games.
Last season was a season to forget, other than the FA Cup final win.
6.) 25 Jul 2024 23:28:58
Eric. maturity is not something akin to this site in the 20yrs I've been following it.
Are we now saying we are to only hold mature discussions? If so, the Ed's should take the site down.
7.) 26 Jul 2024 00:29:48
Brilliant MH? I think he was decent but he is here years and still not really contributing much to our attack and sturdier in defence.
Not the biggest of our issues but imo not the best rb.
8.) 26 Jul 2024 05:29:13
Dalot was our best player last season and showed more desire and passion for the badge than most others.
9.) 26 Jul 2024 09:29:31
Feels like a pointless transfer this one, unless the player himself is agitating for the move given his contract situation.
10.) 26 Jul 2024 09:30:20
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but Denzel is a better player than Dalot. Every time I watch Dalot, I'm not convinced he should be our starting RB.
11.) 26 Jul 2024 10:47:23
Will Denzel really play second fisddle to Dalot?
I don't think so.
12.) 26 Jul 2024 10:56:19
He was kurtis one of our best players in a season we finished 8th fair play to him.
13.) 26 Jul 2024 10:59:41
Personally I feel this is a bit of a nothing rumour/ transfer.
Dalot was arguably our player of the season last year, and is not a player that needs replacing in the starting line up as any sort of priority.
AWB is a decent back up in terms of ability, but stylistically is a very different player. Which is ideal as a back up player as it means you have to change the way you play when you switch between Dalot and AWB.
Dumfries is a good player, but he has clearly weaknesses in his game. While he's physically strong and very quick, his positioning defensively is very erratic to say the least. Very good going forward, but not the most technical. He relies heavily on his physical traits. Which is fine, but you need to be aware that as he ages and his physicality drops off that there will likely be a massive drop off in his level of performance.
He is probably a more natural understudy to Dalot, with him being a front foot defender who looks to progress the ball forward and attack. Although he is a couple of years older than Dalot, so I wonder if he'll be happy to play second fiddle.
AWB either needs to be sold this summer, or let go on a free next year. It would make more sense to swap him for a player at a similar level, but more suited to the style of play we want to play this summer than lose him for nothing next year.
It makes financial and tactical sense, but it's not a transfer that is exciting or will be particularly impactful to the team.
14.) 26 Jul 2024 12:04:02
If he does sign shappy he will start more games at rb than dalot imo he imo has a lot less weaknesses to his game than dalot has.
15.) 26 Jul 2024 13:36:45
Ken, while they are both more front foot defenders than AWB, they have different strengths.
Dalot is a much more technical player, better touch, control, passing, and reading of the game. He is a much better defender in every way bar heading (which is something Dumfries is good at) . Dumfries is a more physical player and tends to play far higher up the pitch overlapping the winger and creating goals. While Dalot has the capability to play high and wide, he can also invert into midfield as well, something Dumfries can't do.
If we went to a back three or wanted a very high, offensive fullback/ wingback then Dumfries would be more suited. Yet if we wanted a more complete player to bring stability and control in a more possession oriented system then Dalot is the clear better option.
16.) 26 Jul 2024 13:48:30
Apparently Dumfries is close to signing a new contract with Inter . Latest rumours suggest Mazarauoi rejected west ham and is waiting for us.
17.) 26 Jul 2024 14:11:03
Mazraouideal to West Ham has collapsed. Could be a shrewd addition if the rumours are true for us as he can play RB and LB.
18.) 26 Jul 2024 15:16:16
Shappy, I can argue all day that Dalot isn't a better defender that Dumfries. Dalot doesn't have a better defensive awareness and is not that good at passing too.
19.) 26 Jul 2024 17:08:34
Ziko, and I can argue that water is dry, night is brighter than day, and the earth is flat. Doesn't make any of it true though ??♂️?.
20.) 26 Jul 2024 17:20:11
Dalot = bang average, agree with TW. He cannot cross nor defend. He has got an engine but that's about it. Seems a bit stupid as well.
21.) 26 Jul 2024 20:20:50
Ken sorry but that's a ridiculous point. Where we finished has nothing to do with Dalots performance.
Check the stats, Dalot outperformed Ben White, who some would argue was the best RB in the league last season and Arsenal finished 2nd.
You can't use a collective team performance over a whole season to play down Dalots.
22.) 26 Jul 2024 23:16:13
I didn't play it down. He was above average imo in a team that finished 8th. Being the best player in a team that finished 8th is not a great achievement imo.
12 Jul 2018 12:56:56
With the signing of fred and the new contract for fellaini, does that end our interest in milinkovic-savic? Thanks Ed.
{Ed002's Note - No.}
14 Apr 2016 10:15:07
Hello Ed001,
sorry to ask, but what is the possibility of utd signing Renato sanches, looks a good player. thanks.
{Ed001's Note - they want him but I personally think Bayern, Barca and Madrid are more likely to take him.}
1.) 14 Apr 2016 13:06:40
Ed001, every player we seem interested in there is usually always a couple of clubs that's seem to be ahead of us. Are there any players you know of right now that we seem to be in pole position for?
Thanks for any info.
{Ed001's Note - it is not that you are not in pole position, there is no pole position to be in right now. You are chasing players that a lot of clubs are interested in, so the chance of one of the others going for them is larger. Which, as of right now, means there is a very good chance the player would choose the other team as United do not (as of this moment) have Champions League football or good prospects. Obviously, securing CL or appointing a well respected manager would completely change how the club is being viewed by players. Also you can throw huge amounts of money, in terms of wages, their way, and convince them to join you.}
2.) 14 Apr 2016 16:41:13
Ed001 you never know we might just bag ourselves a well respected manager or. we might just settle for giggs a throw shed loads of cash at them.
{Ed001's Note - or pick up someone that Barca or Madrid are selling to fund their spending...}
3.) 14 Apr 2016 21:31:01
Like who Ed?
{Ed001's Note - depends on who becomes available, but I expect United to try and get Kroos, Ronaldo, Neymar and probably go back for Ramos plus there is the probability Isco will be moved on and I would expect United to try and get him too. While I also expect Bale to be the subject of interest, he has no interest in going to United right now.}
4.) 14 Apr 2016 22:33:32
I'd only take Kroos from the above list and obviously Neymar, but don't think there's a hells chance in landing him.
5.) 17 Apr 2016 23:01:31
Id take ronaldo at the right price purely because he is a world beater. Only problem would be that he needs to play centre forward now as he isn't as pacey as he used to be.
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22 Oct 2025 13:26:47
Losing both Amad and Mbeumo for a month because of the AFCON will be huge drop in quality on the right side of our attack potentially for games against Villa, Newcastle, Wolves, Leeds, Burnley and City.
Bruno or Zirkze could be options to replace Mbeumo but I do think we have no replacement for Amad's quality when attacking the opposition fullbacks in 1v1 situations.
1.) 22 Oct 2025 17:35:00
More relating to the summer; would the sale of Bruno and Mainoo equate financially to the purchase of Baleba and Wharton?
2.) 22 Oct 2025 20:25:01
Those sales would enable it easily. The accounting for incoming is spread over 5 years on the books and the outgoings accounted for in that year. ECL qualification from a PSR presepective means you could buy two of the names linked for those positions.
In terms of total numbers you will pay more for Wharton and Baleba ( though i am big fan of Anderson personally) than you get for Bruno and Mainoo, the first in his 30s the later is on the bench, i think Mainoo leaves in Jan whether on loan or transfer. Its a World Cup year and he isn't going to get himself into the England squad staying at Unitws.
I think Italy or Spain would suit his skillset.
28 Jun 2022 11:28:03
Luke Shaw will be going into his 8th season as a United player, do people still think he has what it takes to make the left back position his own.
Personally, I think he is a good player, maybe not as good as we all expected him to be. He has had 1 season where he probably looked like the best left back in the league and just when he was expected to kick on from there, he goes missing. Maybe it's time he steps up in terms of his fitness ( he is a baby 'Anderson') or he is shown the exit door.
I do hope Alex Telles and Brandon Williams are both allowed to leave and ETH gives Alvaro Fernandez game time this season as I think he has a really bright future.
{Ed004's Note - He really needs to find his form that he had leading up to the Euros or else be moved on. He responded well to the challenge Telles originally raised for his position but Telles has really regressed. Potentially we need better competition but the concern is that there are other areas of the squad that need attention more so than left back}
1.) 28 Jun 2022 12:04:28
Considering its his 8th season and were still asking the same questions about him.
I would hazard a guess at no
But were not going to sign a whole new XI and we have more pressing concerns so we will have to make do with him and telles plus fernandez if he can develop.
{Ed004's Note - I was hoping we would show more interest in Malacia with Telles moving on but he looks likely to head elsewhere.}
2.) 28 Jun 2022 13:25:48
I agree DSG a bit like pogba after 6 years still wondering will he live up to the hype.
Shaw has fallen a long way short if expectation since he arrived.
But like all the players we have to hope eth will have a positive effect.
3.) 28 Jun 2022 15:15:37
Looks like we are trying to get Malacia so let’s see…. ;:) )
4.) 28 Jun 2022 15:20:06
Shaw will get a chance this season under EtH.
He has had a few times in his career with us where he threatened to kick on. He had a great start in his second season under LvG until he broke his leg.
His recovery and rehab basically kept him out for the best part of 18 months.
By the time he was back and playing regularly LvG was sacked and Jose took over. Jose never liked Shaw. Maybe he wasn't happy that Shaw joined United when Jose and Chelsea were interested in him. Maybe he didn't feel Shaw worked hard enough in training. Either way at times the relationship between the two seemed to boarder on bullying.
Ole came and Shaw's form saw a mini revival, especially after Telles joined and challenged him for his spot.
Telles sadly has never looked like getting to grips with the EPL. Is he any better than Alex Buttner?
Shaw on the other hand saw his form regress again last season. Whether it was a symptom of the lethargy around the club or whether he didn't feel challenged and under threat for his position who knows.
What we do know is that after 7 season's we are still asking the question of whether he will make it.
I think the answer is almost certainly not.
There are many excuses and only a few glimpses of the talent the showed early on in his career.
Whether it's the injury, moving away from his family at such a young age, or a lack of intelligence and/ or a lack of a hard working professional mentality.
For one reason or another there is always an excuse/ reason for Shaw not to reach his potential.
The reality seems to be he is a talented player, but is totally incapable of maintaining his form consistently.
I suspect long term he will need replacing for EtH to be successful, yet the beauty of a new manager is that Luke Shaw will be given yet another chance. However, this one really does feel like he's in the last chance saloon.
5.) 28 Jun 2022 15:17:25
Ed04 - we may have just put our hat in the ring for Malacia - let’s wait and see.
{Ed004's Note - Looks like I may have spoken too soon. He should offer decent competition to Shaw.}
6.) 28 Jun 2022 16:18:56
Surely a move for Telles and Williams/ AWB have been agreed, if Malacia is indeed signing?
7.) 28 Jun 2022 15:34:22
ED004,
It feels like it will be a long summer.
{Ed004's Note - Looks like that Mad Hatter. I’d say it’ll be a very busy window with a lot of sides looking to improve}
8.) 28 Jun 2022 17:18:50
I'd keep telles and sell Shaw to Chelsea. we can rinse them for a few quid hopefully ?.
9.) 28 Jun 2022 18:06:18
Shaw had one too season when their were no crowds, no one holding him to account for being a lazy bugger, bursting forward once in a blue moon albeit very well . Frustrating thing is he can do it but mentally he chose not to!
Soon as fans are back he buckled and goes back to being the Luke Shaw we all see regularly passing backwards and sideways and making zero effort to run forward or backwards!
10.) 28 Jun 2022 18:11:20
Bang on Chris.
As Jose said he had to talk him through games
Not the brightest bulb in the bunch our luke.
11.) 28 Jun 2022 19:00:37
The fact he needs competition for his spot to motivate him is a worrying factor for me. The fact he plays for Manchester United and is paid millions should be more than enough motivation.
12.) 28 Jun 2022 19:11:51
ED004,
For us it is about making the correct signings. For along time, we've made some shocking signings.
Personally I'm not sure how EtH can get anything out of Maguire. He needs two top holding midfielders to help him out, like England do.
I was hoping those Barcelona rumours were true hahah. I don't think they ar even that stupid or desperate to sign him.
{Ed004's Note - I do expect Maguires performances to improve in this coming season but he certainly is not a world class centre back. I’m hoping the intention is to pair Varane with Torres but the links have gone very quiet there}
24 Mar 2022 06:34:11
Rumors linking man utd to victor oshimen of napoli. What are people's thought on him as a player and would you rather sign a young striker who could lead the line for 8-10 years or an experienced striker like a lewandowski who guarantees your 2-3 30 goal seasons.
1.) 24 Mar 2022 09:07:37
Tough one, because osimhen will cost a lot. The club need to weigh up the potential of someone like McNeil and Hugill. If they think they can be good enough then maybe a shorter term signing would work- only if it would aid their development.
2.) 24 Mar 2022 09:52:08
Utd's frontline will need a serious injection of life come summer.
Osimhen is a beast and incredibly fast and I'd love to see him at the club, but he will obviously cost a pretty penny. We could end up spending well north of £200m on him and Rice alone once West Ham had been driven down a touch. I'd love to see it and I can imagine the impact those two would have in the team but the trouble is we'd still be a couple of starters short so could see us having to be a little more astute with at least a few of our signings.
3.) 24 Mar 2022 09:53:00
He's a good player with a well rounded skill set as a striker. Quick, strong able to play on the shoulder or hold the ball up and bring others into play.
He's young and should improve as he develops.
The three concerns around him would be:
1. He does pick up a few injuries each season. Which is not ideal given that we will likely be a little light up front in terms of numbers next season. We need someone who can play 40-50 games a season.
2. Is he prolific enough? Only once hitting 20 goals in a season back in Ligue 1, which isn't the strongest of leagues.
3. Finally he plays for Napoli who have a habit of refusing to sell unless for silly money. They demanded over 100m for Koulibaly over the last couple of summers and refused to sell for less. They would likely do the same with Oshimen.
Personally I think we should go for a younger striker who can be a part of the side for the next 4-5 years at least. I think we should be looking at signing players this summer between the ages of 22-25, players with some experience but who we can develop and who can grow together with the rest of our squad to be a strong team in a few years time when they hit their peaks.
4.) 24 Mar 2022 11:09:25
I like the look or Darwin Nunez at Benfica.
Strong, direct, scores lots of goals and his work rates if really good. Still only 22 years old as well.
5.) 24 Mar 2022 13:48:53
well on fm21 he won the balon dor at the ripe age of 31 so sign him up.
jokes aside i agree with sim, nunez is the one to go for.
6.) 24 Mar 2022 15:36:11
Darwin Nunez is the one I'd go for personally as well. A proper CF who can do it all.
7.) 24 Mar 2022 18:23:16
Nunez will be sought by many clubs and given the choice of playing for clubs who can offer Champions League games and have a well defined structure and successful playing style why would he sign for us? We don't even have a full time manager.
12 Jul 2018 14:21:59
Lovren's comment about him being one of worlds best defenders made me laugh out. While I think he is a decent player who often gets unfair criticism, he certainly won't make my list of the top 40 defenders in the world.
1.) 12 Jul 2018 14:34:44
Neither would Marcelo. 😀.
2.) 12 Jul 2018 15:20:06
Marcelo is in the top 1 left backs so yeh your right scholes.
3.) 12 Jul 2018 16:29:28
Shame he can't defend FZZ.
26 Jun 2018 22:08:21
I am a Nigerian. Can someone please explain to me how the referee did not award a penalty for that handball by rojo.
Also gutted that marcos rojo managed to get the winner for argentina against nigeria for the second time in a world cup game.
{Ed004's Note - Because it was accidental. It was head onto hand. I don't know how the first penalty was given}
1.) 27 Jun 2018 04:03:15
Ed more refs need to give penalties for holding on to opponents. Only way to stop the defenders from indulging in the homoerotica that goes on in the box during a corner is make it too costly.
{Ed001's Note - I tried to explain to him why it was given, it was 100% a penalty according to the rules. I really do not see why he found that so difficult to accept.}
2.) 27 Jun 2018 08:37:45
All this holding etc needs to be stopped, and it’s good to finally see some punishment for it. However the refs need to be consistent, if that means giving 2/ 3/ 4 penalties a game then so be it, the players will soon learn (or so you’d like to think) .
3.) 27 Jun 2018 10:15:00
I don’t understand how Rojo got away with the high leg in the first half. This foot was literally over the other player’s head. It’s pure luck that he didn’t end up kicking him in the face. Anywhere else on the pitch, and that’s a foul.
4.) 27 Jun 2018 13:55:15
Same ref that sent Nani off against Real as well Danny!
Not over that one yet.
5.) 27 Jun 2018 15:28:52
Eds, I just don't understand why the referee allow Mascherano to keep playing while he was bleeding. Isn't he supposed to be out until they treat the injury?
{Ed001's Note - he should have been sent to the sidelines to have the blood cleaned up and not allowed back until it was staunched or covered. Ref was weak.}
30 Jun 2022 19:38:18
Sign him on a 1 year deal and see how thing turn out with the Henderson loan. Seeing as there are still doubts over De Gea fitting in to ETH style of play, Henderson may well get his chance if things go well for him at forest.
07 Jul 2024 23:53:52
If you check the Liverpool site, you'd seem to think we were signing a poor player because he has not been able to get game time for his country. On the other hand, I don't see nobody saying Konate is poor because Upamecano plays ahead of him. If the right structure and style of play is in place, De ligt will certainly be an upgrade to the team. No defender would have looked good with the team setup and midfield we had last season. Hopefully the manager makes the right adjustments.
07 Jul 2022 19:39:07
Last week De jong deal was almost complete, yesterday he was not for sale, today he is moving to Chelsea. A lot of these reports are simply rumours, people need to calm down and watch things play out. We are all desperate for the board to make good signings, but the truth is that they have almost never been reliable so I won't want to lose sleep over something I have no control over.
05 Aug 2015 16:10:20
Didn't savic just join atletico de Madrid.