Man Utd (H) 26/12 Build Up & Match Thread

[Lupo]

Yeah I'll probably have further to travel than some of the United plastics and I'm only in Bridgnorth

 

[SSB]

I had a quick look at tickets since they were on general sale. Just behind the press box in W4 and this is what they expect you to pay. This club FFS.

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Although Shi would be in ear shot from there to tell him he doesn’t care about you.

 

[thisisgil]

Must start.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1870944254484435230

 

[Keef]

It is nice to remind United plastics that they have had two great managers in the history of the club and are now simply reverting to the mean while waiting for the next great manager in about twenty years

I’ve been posting this a lot on twitter, asking them being as the wheels are coming off this might be worth a call

 

[Indy Wolf]

I've never been a fan of RAN. RAN gets caught up in trying to do the spectacular when the standard pass would work. GON let him do whatever he wanted and as the season ran on, he became more of a ME player and not a Team player. It finally boiled over vs. Ipswich and he received his 1 game suspension. Keep in mind RAN was benched in favor or Hugo Bueno under Lopetegui. If anything, Rodrigo has shown he can play at this level and Vitor will give him even more confidence. So, I let Rodrigo start against United and let his energy be infectious.

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

Must starts for me, against manure
Sa, Semedo, Santi, Rodrigo
Andre, Joao,
Guedes, Strand, Cunha.
I would leave toti in for his speed and athleticism, so a toss up between Dawson and Doc.
Ran as a sub.

 

[sycophantia]

I've never been a fan of RAN. RAN gets caught up in trying to do the spectacular when the standard pass would work. GON let him do whatever he wanted and as the season ran on, he became more of a ME player and not a Team player. It finally boiled over vs. Ipswich and he received his 1 game suspension. Keep in mind RAN was benched in favor or Hugo Bueno under Lopetegui. If anything, Rodrigo has shown he can play at this level and Vitor will give him even more confidence. So, I let Rodrigo start against United and let his energy be infectious.

Just think he needs some decent coaching.

 

[slink]

Just think he needs some decent coaching.

I said the other week that he’s our most misunderstood player and it will always be that way because of the way he plays the game. He’s often labelled as someone that can’t defend when it’s so blatantly not true when you actually watch him defend and the stats back it up and so do the optics when you look at the chances and goals we concede.

Gary made his task so difficult too by asking him to play so many different roles and positions as seen in the Bournemouth game. What he needs is a manager who gives gim strict instructions to maximise what you want out of him, whether that’s as a left back, wing back or an attacking midfielder. He’s improved in the final third quite a lot in the last year, he’s added goals and assists and in particular his crossing is much better.

Obviously he’s not perfect, he often holds on to the ball too long in the wrong areas and his fitness while improving still isn’t where it needs to be but i do think being given better instructions will help him. It will be interesting to see if Vitor can get the best out of him in whichever capacity he uses him.

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

I think along with sarabia, he might be off in jan, especially if jeff spends more than a fiver in jan

 

[Tony Towner]

Those type of transfers don't happen in January very often and he's worth less now than at the start of the season, so we'd be better for both football and financial reasons keeping hold of him. The rest has been said by Slink

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

united seem very interested. i hope we keep him and develop him

 

[sycophantia]

Quite misty here, forecast all day and evening, what's it like in Wolves?

 

[ROVERT47]

Pretty thick at the moment.

 

[Wellen Wolf]

Glorious sunshine, a beautiful day in wonderful Wednesfield... as long as we win!

 

[ROVERT47]

Blimey, thick as pudding in Castlecroft.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Blimey, thick as pudding in Castlecroft.

But what’s the weather like?

 

[ROVERT47]

But what’s the weather like?

Ha, very good, bit of a tap in though.

 

[sycophantia]

Not liking the look of this fog on the way to Wolverhampton. Currently passing Albrighton, if it's bad at the ground as here, little chance it goes ahead.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Nowhere near in danger looking out of the window in Bradmore.

 

[sycophantia]

Nowhere near in danger looking out of the window in Bradmore.

That's good to hear.