@Lionel_Lingard What exactly were Barca pre Cruyff - I don’t remember any hit t tikky takky about them. Arsenal known for possession prior to Arsene? Liverpool had never heard of heavy metal football before Klopp. The idea that a club has a persistent style is quite a recent phenommena
@dougsele@DicksonDawg@UtdCasi@markgoldbridge Also important to have decent squad mix - if we have players the manager believes can be an effective PL/ECL team and others who can be equally effective to cover squad depth, will extra £80-100m player(s) disrupt the squad? It might if the player(s) not recognisably elite
@StatmanDave We don’t need depth that doesn’t want to play for the shirt, puts effort in only on his terms and has said he’s better off elsewhere. Reintegration would be a huge failure for Utd
@TelegraphDucker Schneiderlin and Schweinsteiger were poor decisions but perhaps Sancho/Pogba/Casemiro are a fairer comparison. Agree social media and tfrs are a hellish combination - with no basis (never played as in my 50s) but I blame FIFA/EA Sports as assume tfrs must be easy and a big thing
@QueenMancunian No way - too lazy and disruptive - assume the hierarchy know and are just playing the game to protect a potential asset. Seems that it's only (part of) the Utd fanbase think he's worth something as no-one is busting a gut to make a bid
@benjonescricket Sure England have beaten England in an away series at some points in last 15 years as England have been awful/great at points ... it must have happened
@lauriewhitwell Wow - thats a strange take. Deliberate block on keeper with no intention of playing the ball and there is a view that it's not an issue? Free kick every time and we can start to cut this shit out of our game