This is interesting. Thanks for sharing!

Yes, yes I do. I hope he learned how to handle players a bit better after his time at PSG and Arsenal. He seemed to constantly undermine his own authority with us.

To an extent, this is true. Raul Sanllehi basically just got players he liked, not players that Emery wanted/needed. That said, Arsenal were an absolute mess on the pitch with Emery, even in his first year when we just missed out in Champions League. Emery was constantly changing formation and tactics to the point where the players clearly didn’t know what was going on. Combine that with the plan going forward appearing to be little more than get down the wings for crosses and cutbacks and the plan without the ball being crazy high line with little pressure on the ball and things were a proper mess. There still appears to be some of this in how his team’s play, as seen in the first half of this game where Spurs were constantly getting in behind (a fair number were offsides, but there were also some very good chances).

Still, happy with Emery doing well and it’s cool to see what a squad built to his needs can do in the EPL. Also, they knocked Spurs back, so that’s cool.

Everything is reasonable about this besides “No Spurs fan genuinely thought a title challenge was on after 2 months.” Sadly, every club has completely delusional fans and they will tear you down for being objective and claim you don’t back your club, manager, players, groundskeeper, boot room staff, etc, etc. Its why I’m mad at myself for opening this thread, much less scrolling this far down and writing something like this only to see it downvoted into oblivion because people are mental.

This is literally what every rival supporter says in this sub. Like United, other teams have injury issues AND other issues that keep them from being legitimate title challengers. Unfortunately for you, United’s issues may be the deepest and most systemic. It’s gonna be a long 4-5 years for United fans.

It’s not even worth trying to have a reasonable conversation about this on this thread.

This a totally reasonable take. The high line without pressure on the ball reminded me of Emery’s suicide ball style when he was at Arsenal; led to some mental games.

No. They’re different styles, different attributes, but both very dangerous and very young.

Foden is a tool and I wouldn’t want him over Martinelli or Saka. I understand that he’s talented, but he’s an ass. Besides, Benny Blanco hates him.

The key word is “alleged.” People’s social media accounts are full of social justice slogans but they’ll let the court of public opinion and social media decide if a man is guilty of a heinous crime. The point is we know NOTHING about his legal woes nor do we know why he isn’t traveling and everyone is freaking out. If he’s guilty, I hope he’s thrown in prison. But, as someone whose actually worked in the criminal justice system, I also understand that the general public knows absolutely nothing about any case even when it’s settled, much less in process. And yes, I know you’re going to respond with, “but so few sexual assault cases go to court, much less end in a conviction.” Very true, but that’s a societal and systemic problem, not a Thomas Partey problem. You improve the system, you don’t ignore it because you’ve decided one man is guilty based on some leaked texts that you have no idea of the veracity of.

Checked in for the first time today and found multiple people putting Partey in prison because of what some random Arsenal wallpaper guy posted. Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not, but can people please calm the fuck down?!?! It’s like I accidentally went to some Man United sub. Embarrassing.

We’ve had our preferred starting front three for one game, are bedding in 2 new midfielders and haven’t lost. Calm down.

It was crazy when Gervinho went to Roma and was super fun to watch and productive for a bit. Showed me the gulf between the leagues.

Unless we blow our just set transfer record out of the water, that isn’t happening.

I’d love Ferguson, but I’m assuming Chelsea will buy him for 200M.

Flavor of the last 12 months, you mean. His name has been bandied about for long before his suspension and he fills an obvious need. So does Neto, but as many have pointed out, they both fill the same needs in different ways.

We’re not getting 45M from anyone for ESR unless he stays healthy and contributes this year. That kind of thinking is simply delusional.