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The Football Season 24/25: 115 Reasons For Man City Not To Win Anything
DKehoe
Member
Nice to see him get a goal after the week he’s had.
Incredibly bad luck with Garnacho’s goal getting ruled out. Hopefully they can get another.
T8SC
Member
cormack12
Gold Member
I'm not sure, without Toney, I don't think Brentford will score 5. I'll go for 3-1.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Sven-Goran Eriksson: Former England boss dies aged 76 after a long illness
Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has died; Swede was Englands first foreign head coach and led the country to the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and Euro 2004; Eriksson also coached Benfica, Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Lazio, Manchester City and Leicester among others
T8SC
Member
Sven-Goran Eriksson: Former England boss dies aged 76 after a long illness
Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has died; Swede was Englands first foreign head coach and led the country to the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and Euro 2004; Eriksson also coached Benfica, Roma, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Lazio, Manchester City and Leicester among otherswww.skysports.com
Never nice to hear of someone die from Cancer but at least he had a long and successful life. He should be celebrated not mourned.
DKehoe
Member
Not going to pretend I've seen him play a lot. But from what I've seen/read it seems like he can bring a lot of energy and defensive solidity to the midfield, which is something United have been missing. Last season Casemiro wasn't that mobile and it left big gaps in the areas he wasn't able to cover. Seems Ugarte is in that sort of Gattuso model of the guy that can chase down the ball and disrupt play rather than a 6 who will cover the backline through positional play. His passing game is also apparently quite simple but I think that might be less of an issue if you have de Light, Martinez, Dalot and Mazraoui then he can make the tackle then do the simple pass to one of them to progress play.
I think it will be good for Casemiro since he won't need to play as much and so might not get as worn down as he was last season, although it seems he has also shown up in better shape for this season. I'd also be interested to see the two of them play together for certain games, you could replicate the Stopper/Cover model you get with centre backs where Casemiro can be the one to make that initial attempt to close down/tackle the opposition and Ugarte can have the mobility to cover.
So Ugarte might not be the singular answer to United's midfield issues, but he should improve that area. Fingers crossed that's the case anyway.
Also, welcome to Football GAF!
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Hrk69
Gold Member
I'm honestly going to miss the Terminator
Always thought he was underrated, especially last season when he made a couple of important goals
T8SC
Member
I think you could be right, one of those "you don't know what you had until it's gone" kinda players. Underrated like Carrick was. He wants the minutes we can't guarantee though so good luck to McSauce, he'll excel in Serie A.
DKehoe
Member
It’s always a shame to see an academy lad leave the club. But it will be good for him to, hopefully, be an established starter and Napoli are a great club to play for. He’s maybe not the most silky, technical player around but he always did whatever was asked for him and scored his fair share of important goals. Hope he does great over there.
T8SC
Member
A great tribute.
21:30 - Ugarte unveiled. Unfortunately too late to be registered against the Scouse on Sunday.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Another hattrick for Haaland.
T8SC
Member
2nd week in a row, glad I've had him as my captain in FPL. (The only player from the cheating scum in my team though).
Hrk69
Gold Member
I love me some United drama
Put a Dutch manager in the mix and I'm in the clouds lol
I've got no particular team I'm rooting for actually, I've been a neutral watcher for years
DKehoe
Member
Oshimen going on loan to Galatasaray is bizarre.
United is the main character of the Premier League.
T8SC
Member
We're back! The international break is over.
Several live games this weekend:
Saturday
Hoping Ugarte gets some minutes.
Several live games this weekend:
Saturday
- Southampton - Man Utd - 12:30 on TNT Sports
- Aston Villa - Everton - 17:30 on Sky Sports
- Bournemouth - Chelsea - 20:00 on Sky Sports
- Tottenham - Arsenal - 14:00 on Sky Sports
- Wolves - Newcastle - 16:30 on Sky Sports
Hoping Ugarte gets some minutes.
DKehoe
Member
Hope so but Ten Hag seems to like to give it a while before playing new signings. From what I've read/heard I don't think he's going to be the single complete solution to United's midfield structure but he should provide an improvement. Annoyingly, I've got something on tomorrow so won't be able to watch the game live.
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Hrk69
Gold Member
It's awful. Ten Hag's days are numbered I reckon.
look's like they are playing for the sack.
It's like southampton are playing high school kids
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T8SC
Member
All leagues are welcome in here for discussion, whether its lower division English, foreign leagues like Serie A, La Liga or even pretend leagues like the Scottish ones.
cormack12
Gold Member
We have shit our own pants