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Brev this is genuinely the funniest picture in football

@NickRTFM Maybe not a hot take but I genuinely worry this will be the worst World Cup in memory

Gimme your most unpopular take for World Cup 2026, no tap in’s

I guarantee we’ll still be dumped by some bum Spanish team in the first CL playoff round as is tradition

@htomufc How many times will we sign this same profile of physical, hard working midfielder that can’t play as a 6 and is suspect in possession

More detail coming on Ederson but I managed to watch a few games today [vs Chelsea, vs Bilbao & vs Milan] and it's a very mixed bag. I'll start with the good; he's a brilliant runner, way higher than the average whether it's his first step or over longer distances. He's good. He can make late box runs, has a good feel around the box and can sniff out a goal in the right spaces. Gasperini has spoken previously about him OOP and that he is very intelligent in pressing situations. I'd also say he does have good steel + robustness & there's certainly a defensive IQ to work with but........... I'm not impressed with him in front of the CBs or in possession generally, yet, to be honest, his first touch is very loose under pressure. He often times delays his actions for far too long and spaces close around him. In my opinion, he can't really play in front of the CBs & with EPL pressure on his back I wouldn't be confident in him holding the ball in the first bit. He can clip balls with pace to the full-backs and his carrying is scrappy but certainly a tool but the on ball stuff really worries me, far less than the off ball stuff. There's a very mixed bag for me. I like his work off the ball, think he'll score a good few goals and replaces that element of Casemiro but I don't think he'd push us far beyond as a starter in there so I hope that the +2 ahead of him will be 1st/2nd choices.

@JohnnyCrambo Would be fitting

what card would look good here? 🤔

@dharnyyoung @Iam_candyboy @UTDdefend Mounts first game btw he was signed to play in that position

@dharnyyoung @Iam_candyboy @UTDdefend

Carrick being the first manager to see Mount as a CM first before anything else is such a good sign for me.

@TelegraphDucker Tbf the Greeks might disagree with the good tourist part

Big tournament experience? Check. Good tourist? Check. Popular figure with players & staff? Check. Impactful in both boxes? Check. Used to handling intense pressure? Check. Can take a pen? Check Maguire’s WC omission is utterly bewildering #ENG #MUFC telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

this hatewatch is 0% logic but 100% faith in the bottle

@Ihartitz I feel attacked. What would I do without my unrealized air yards and expected fantasy points king

My therapist says it's actually a really good sign of progress that I've barely thought about drafting Darius Slayton this offseason

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@SuperrNova38 @ProFootballPSI And playing every single game!

@ProFootballPSI Ahh of course bell cow back Ken Walker is never leaving the field.

It's unfortunate Kenneth Walker just signed a massive contract. EJ is never seeing the field unless there's an injury

Now if a poverty franchise had drafted him I’d be chatting shit. But instead, welcome to LA ty Simpson!

Apologies Dan orlovsky. I wasn’t familiar with your game

@whitesox191 @EnolaJon The prem is not prepared for their promotion

@SmallTalkFF @EnolaJon Lmaooo was gonna send this to you

I was not prepared for what the actual image was 😭

Need to secure it in the next 3 so we can roll over for Forest

@MrTonalShift @semakulaema @pkwestel that's true, and important to note this isn't just a carrick thing. we've struggled to press high effectively since ETH's second season. too easy to get on the wrong side of our midfield

@SmallTalkFF @semakulaema @pkwestel Some of that is just the personnel. Casemiro can't press for long stretches anymore. Dorgu is injured, but he's a menace at pressing. Amad didn't start and he's also fantastic at pressing. This version of Shaw can't aggressively press anymore.

Michael Carrick has now managed two Utd matches at Stamford Bridge. United have been outshot 50-7 in those matches United have scored two goals. They haven't conceded a non-penalty goal. They're unbeaten When it works, it works 😂😂😂

@semakulaema @pkwestel The pressing structure is so much more solid when we sit deeper and tuck in the wingers like we did against city and arsenal. When we press high we’re still bypassed too easily

@pkwestel That game confirmed to me that he has a template for big teams, but the small teams are where he needs to improve.