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Is coming 5th struggling though (for them)? The Prem has a lot of good teams and United have been shockingly mismanaged over the past years, so I wouldn't call 5th a huge failure or struggling, disappointing maybe, but relative to their goals, probably not a disaster.

I think he doesn't disagree with you that much and neither did I. I think the prediction of 5th and 6th is pretty fair considering they came 8th last season. They aren't close to City or Arsenal in league terms at the moment and likely worse than Liverpool, so they would fight for the 4th place...

Training with the U21s. Chelsea want rid of him at all costs it seems. This opinion will probably get me some flack but I think we should absolutely take him on loan if he's available and I think he would be a better striker than Lewandowski. It also allows us to bench Lewandowski this season...

Some news that Chelsea want to get rid of him and get his wages off the books. He's a little on the older side so paying a large transfer fee wouldn't be ideal but we should keep an eye on his situation in case Chelsea want to move him on favourable terms, maybe loan to buy or something...

I think the main items on the agenda should have been signing a DM and an athletic forward who can get in behind. Especially when we're considering that Xavi's best football was played with both Dembele and Busquets (declined, but still an actual DM), then they both left and we had no forward...

We have a good squad but it's unbalanced in terms of profiles and positions. A lot of players who are similar to each other and some big holes whereas some positions are overfilled. So the overall squad value if we were to sell all of them is probably pretty good, the main problem is it's...

Also Gundogan with Pedri or Gavi would probably be even worse against any good teams. Will get overrun, way too slow and weak as a pairing and unless the team has total control over the game they will be demolished on transitions. I can still see them trying to sign a DM even if its a short...

I don't really see what Perisic adds at 35 to merit his signing so unless he's coming on low wages and a 1 year deal no thanks. But I suppose if it's a dirt cheap deal then it doesn't harm anyone to bring him in as cover.

Agree. Far too weak and slow and will get stomped on by the more physical midfielders. Will struggle to maintain any control over midfield without more physically capable players like Frenkie.

After seeing Bernal in the friendlies he looks like he might be a good player many years down the line but for now it doesn't look like he's physically and mentally fast enough to play at the top level. A lot of slow movements and dithering on the ball. He probably needs some years to adapt to...

He never had a clear plan on the sporting side it seems like and wants to just wing it year by year, keep kicking can down the road with short-term strategies but no long term plan for how we will achieve parity with Madrid or become the top club in Spain again. I do sympathise with how...

I think the criticism is a little harsh against him to be honest. He has made a lot of mistakes but it was a tough situation and there have also been some positive elements. I don't think he's been terrible. The main thing I hold against him is the sporting direction. Signing a lot of old...

They need to pick up a DM urgently even if it's a cheap signing. It could just be a repeat of last season if we go into it without a DM again, that was a huge weakness last season.

If they were a good cup team, would that mean nothing? Cups are also competitions and teams aim to win them.

I think your prediction of 5th is fair enough and probably where most people would predict them to finish. But it doesn't mean they aren't moving forward as an organisation and as a team and doing things better than they have been for some time now.

I don't think many people think they will challenge for the title. The current winner has 4-peated the title and looks to have no signs of slowing down whilst Arsenal are further ahead for now. United are clearly a club with long-running serious problems - that won't be fixed in a season or two...

Because they've won 2 trophies under his management already whilst not winning one since Mourinho in the Europa League prior to that. League performances have been variable (great first season and poor the 2nd) but its asinine to say that the 2 trophies don't matter when they've hardly won any...

It's true but Ten Hag has shown some really positive signs as a manager despite the team being poor for most of last season. The planning for the final with City was truly world-class stuff. Preparing the false 9 system with Bruno a few weeks before the final specifically and then beating City...

De Ligt hasn't set the world alight after Ajax (no pun intended) but seeing that Ten Hag has managed to already win 2 trophies, one against City, with that awful squad, I think it's fair to think that even some decent signings like De Ligt will make them much better. They were playing with...

I agree that having rhythm in your development is ideal but I would also add that the importance of that decreases depending on your talent. For a player like Vinicius who is so talented he will be able to quickly pick up rhythm and tempo of top level play when he returns and any concepts he...