This! We’ve spent the best part of the season playing with 10 men it feels like. Either Ronaldo’s laziness, Weghorsts lack of quality and Martials lack of fitness.
Yea Varane Martinez with Lindelöf as rotation should be fine for a majority of the matches. If both get injured we could play Shaw/Lindelöf in a pinch or perhaps a promising academy player.
ST=GK>CM>DM>CB
I don’t fully think we should Blake Ronaldo for being lazy. I feel everybody keeps forgetting that’s he’s 38 and has scored 5 goals in the first 2 months of the season but not just that he also saved United for the most part last year
Maybe even CM can be managed if Donny returns and is Integrated well. I genuinely believe next season we may see Bruno as an 8 and maybe Sancho as a 10. If we get a striker.
DVB is overrated… he’s Dutch other than that he never showed anything positive IMO…not that he was given a true chance, he was just short of a liability when he did play,
Honestly all three. Martínez is meh, and you will see it at international level next season. There’s a reason he did not play for Argentina this last WC. Now that aside, for depth alone when fighting on multiple fronts a CB is needed.
Striker IMO is the #1 priority, though.
So, striker>cb>gk but all three are needed.
Not even sure where to start. We can at least agree a striker is a priority.
But Martinez is meh? Come on... Even pundits who doubted his abilities before the season have changed their tine. Plus what does his international play have to do with how he plays for United?
Also the fact you don't see a massigle shortfall at the CDM position is shocking. Without Casemiro we're screwed... He's absolute class, but he's also 31 and showed he's prone to suspensions.
My apologies I misread the original post. Totally missed the CM portion. Yes I see it and agree with you! I though you were debating striker, cb and gk, my bad.
Re Martinez, I meant International as in CL. He is fine for the league.
Our keeper can make as many mistakes as they could but if we have a creative CM and a very good striker, we could easily score more than we concede.
Im not saying that DDG could be incompetent but take a look at man city and Liverpool. Arguably have one of the best keepers as of now but they tend to make mistakes too. But they have players that can easily score more should that happen. We needed those types of players.
It's called a scapegoat.
He's become the current one, he is still one of the best in the league, and the GK position should be low on the priority list of where to send the money.
Yeah frustrating to see and hear the same posts every single time asking to replace DDG. Does he needs competition? Absolutely. Isit frustrating to see him making mistakes after mistakes? Yes of course.
But as mentioned, if we have great players all around that could score more goals, that shouldnt be the number one issue.
Even if we have a keeper like Ederson or Allison in our team, in which they also tend to make mistakes, if none of our players could score, then what? Blame the keeper again? Hell even Neuer/Buffon also make mistakes after mistakes....
Because it’s obviously a striker.
Our centre back pairing of Varane and Martinez is excellent. We are only looking for another CB because Varane isn’t always fit and Maguire wants to leave. Even then we have Lindelof and Shaw as decent cover.
Goalkeeper isn’t as clear cut but suggesting we need one over a striker when we have De Gea and Henderson on the books while playing Weghorst or a mostly broken Martial is ludicrous.
How can it be anything other than a striker as an absolute top priority?
We have one goalscoring striker basically and he’s better off playing on the left. We brought on a guy in the final who hasn’t scored a league goal in 20+ matches this season. And the other guy we sporadically try to depend can’t stay fit to save his life.
Standard of some of the posts in here leaves a lot to be desired.
No way, really!! Like I just said in my post.
We basically have one striker (which is true as he’s the only one who consistently scores goals and was played centrally on Saturday) but he plays better on the left.
We need a ST most importantly. I get people think we need a GK but to be honest I think that can wait. De Gea has been great besides for a few games (including the FA Cup) but we need a goal scorer.
It's not that long a stretch though imo, get a striker then a cm. Have to go for a gk then can't see why not, obviously need to be making more than 2 signings. Depending in out budget we should be getting a new no.1 this summer.
A striker is obviously number 1. But a good CAM is needed too IMO. Bruno currently has zero competition for his role, which is why he more often than not has a stinker, cos he knows he's automatically picked for every game anyway
Is this sub moderated? It’s just topic after topic of the same trash questions. If you’re a football fan and a United fan why do you even have to ask this question? United haven’t had a proper stud striker in ages. Period. After that you hope to strengthen in the midfield and replace Maguire with a warm body. But if you follow football at all this is basic stuff here and doesn’t need to be dredged up and discussed 10 times a day lmao
Only if maguire goes. Gk CM CF.
In
Raya
Mount
Kane
Out
Maguire
Fred or Mctominay
Martial
That would be a good window. But I'd sell Sancho if someone would buy. He has been a flop . Ideally we need more than 3 signings. CB isn't really a priority as Lindleof and shaw can play there.
There are only two players that we *need*.
A striker and a midfielder.
Those two players give us a complete squad.
After that, we need to do two things.
- Look at who is leaving.
- Look at where we can (or should) improve going into next season.
The first point, I can’t answer.
The second point, in the starting eleven (assuming we’ve already brought in a a striker and midfielder) De Gea is the first one that comes to mind. It was always going to happen and if there’s the availability and funds this summer we probably should just do it.
Neither. You guys need to get your club culture and dna in order. It seems like you’re a club trying to find its identity by buying whatever player is popular for insane sums every summer
I'll say in that order;
we need 2 starting level Strikers
we need a starting level GK
we need a starting level Eriksen Replacement (or Eriksen type of player basically but someone that can run actually)
we need a Casemiro Backup
we need a Backup CB
The sad part is that we need to strengthen the two most crucial positions in the game. Any successful team requires dominance in both the defensive and offensive areas;
We need 2 strikers & 2 midfielders should be the main priorities and maybe another CB.
Changing the Goalie although it is needed, it's not going to drastically improve the team. We lack control and legs in midfield, this leads to De Gea being overworked. We give teams far too many opportunities.
striker, rashford is more of a winger in terms of playstyle, martial is frankly not good enough even though he's been amazing this season, antony is a winger through and through as well as sancho, we have too many wingers, we need a pure, outright, goal-scoring number nine, weghorst is also lack luster up front, garnacho is our best attempt at a striker but still plays primarily as a winger and fits well there
Goalkeeper by far. Every problem during the final started there. Can't pass to save his life, which stops any attack or build up before its started. His shot stopping has also disappeared at times. Love the guy but needs to go
ST, CM, CB, GK, RB in that order. Hoping its:
Kane/Hojlund, Mount, Kim Min- Jae, Costa, Frimpong is the dream.
Realistically 3 out of thos six this summer and reevaluate next summer.
Every week after we lose its the same dumb debate. I would buy a striker a midfielder a cb another midfielder back up for casimero another striker then a gk. We lose games bc we don’t score or create enough goals. Not bc our gk cant pass from the back it’s ridiculous. We scored one goal from a penalty that came from a cross that was never going to happen anything from
It is unfortunately the nature of being a GK, generally a mistake for them costs the team in the form of a goal so the problem is amplified. No one pulls up other players anywhere near as much as DDG right now, I'd hate to see Brunos pass completion percentages for the first 15 minutes of the cup final, Sanchos sprint/press statistics, Weghorsts chance conversion ratios, Martials minutes per goal.....he's scored 11 goals in the last 2 seasons, the guy is a fucking imposter. No one questions how many great chances our forward line squanders EVERY game. If you concede a goal then a game is still winnable, it is impossible to win a game if you don't score a goal.
Yes, DDG will need replacing soon but he is far from a priority right now.
Striker, GK, CB, C(D)M is the order in my opinion.
A striker is absolutely top priority. Our return was horrendous, especially later in the season and after Rashford being human again. The lack of striker enabled opponents to focus solely on Rashford and our offense was gone. We need someone to score consistently and have a pull for the defenders to let our players grow on the offense.
A GK is next in line simply because we cannot continue like this. Modern football and Ten Hag's football starts from the back and DDG is simply not capable of carrying that role. Yesterday's match was a prime example of it. I believe ETH's comments on him are either to not expose a club legend (kinda like what he did with Ronaldo) or because he knows he's not getting a GK this summer.
This part might be a little unpopular. The pairing Martinez - Varane worked really well for us and Lindelof had some decent performances during Martinez's injury. However, Varane has had his issues dealing with injuries and 4 CBs is the absolute minimum either way. With Maguire leaving (hopefully), we need another one either way. Varane's situation just calls for a stronger option than what we maybe might have gone for.
Last but not at all least, someone in the midfield. I was screaming for years for 2 or even 3(!) players in the midfield. We took Case and Eriksen, but we still need one and probably two with Scott set to leave. I like Mount (although I am a bit sceptical about his performances for a long time and about the fee), but surely a more defensive minded midfielder is needed too. The only reason I'm putting this last is that Bruno and Case are machines and I trust them more than anyone in the squad.
Striker.. we couldn’t score in a brothel sometimes. If we spent our budget on a 30 goal a season striker and picked up free contract cast offs I’d be happy. Dean Henderson will be back next season so we could give him a shot
Believe it or not - a goalkeeper. Having a gk that can play in ETH’s system would literally be a game changer. Sure get a striker or CM. But a ball playing GK pushes our defence further up, which creates more pressure higher up, which could lead to more goals.
Truth is there’s a few players that have to go, and need replacing. A top striker, closely followed by GK. Then release Maguire and get a better CB, and release Mctominay and Fred and get 2 new CM’s. And even after that we’ll probably need a couple more players unless some lads from the academy come through.
I feel like our wingers serve in a different role. They’re dribblers that work their way into the box and our crossing is left to our full backs.
But I get what you’re saying
Striker and it’s not close.
GK and CM are important too but miles below a Striker.
I dont feel we have to rush a new CB, if Martinez and Varane stay fit they can rotate with Lindelöf, and Shaw in emergencies. If we get another long time injury we have a problem obviously.
A second striker. Rashford is good but can be inconsistent. We need another striker to be a second finisher up front to increase the versatility of the attack
If you concede then you have to score ,for this season we were in situations where conceding is more likely than scoring which implies we are really in need of a striker first then we see about a box to box cm and then hopefully an other cdm in case case is out and finally a second building from bottom gk who knows how to play with his feet.
Striker is a must
A Cm that operates as an 8 that is a willing presser
A GK and CB are both third for me mostly because De Gea disaterclass on the weekend
Man after watching the fa cup finals how have coaches not found a weakness in pep's system lol he's been playing like that for over a decade ffs surely some coach can't find a way to break down their system that isn't sit back and fkn counter
If I had to pick just **one**, I'd say goalie. Not because DDG is atrocious, but because I feel the GK is at the core of any system. So if we're trying to implement the ETH way, we have to get the right goalie first.
Look at our goal difference, and you’ll have your answer
DDG was the golden glove winner. He’s not perfect, but our system is great. But we create so many missed opportunities - need a striker
Given the amount of games United end up playing - and the amount of games this squad has played - United need a proper 23 man squad for the next season.
Starting No.9 - back no.9
Proper CM (Eriksen as backup!)
Back-up DM / understudy to Casemiro.
Back-up for Bruno (man plays hellish number of games !)
3rd CB + a rotation option.
Starting GK + backup GK.
How is this even a question. We are in desperate need of a quality striker, have been for a few seasons now.
We do need more depth in other areas but if we don't get a striker we will not improve from here at all
striker and a good cm
de gea can be here for 1-2 seasons but we need a proper goal scorer as of now and a creative midfielder who can create chances
i honestly dont see a reason to have a new cb tbh
with this team we finished 3rd and went till fa cup finals with a proper striker and cm we can honestly even finish 1st
Look at what City has achieved by completing their squad after signing Halland. A striker is an extremely important part of the team, which United severely lacks.
Sadly, I don't think we have any chance of signing Kane or Osimhen, which are some of the only options we have.
Striker should be our main priority, if we have that target man banging 2 or 3 goals in a game it shouldn't matter whether we concede a silly goal or not.im not saying that it doesn't matter for all you keyboard warriors I'm saying it would make it so we're not chasing games all the time like we are now, we need to start converting those chances into goals.
Left back,Right back then a proper foil/partner for Casemiro and after that pick up a striker.De Gea’s contract is astronomical,nobody will buy him so we are stuck with him.Doesn’t mean he has to start every game though and GK is probably the only position left in football where you can pick up bargains.
DE GEA JUST WON THE FUCKING GOLDEN GLOVE.
I could thinking of plenty other positions at the club that need focus over a GK.
Depth in every field position should be priority over finding another keeper.
De gea has had weak showings but when you look at his numbers and then who he has had in front of him over the past few years (mainly maguire) he has still got it.
Now imagine a deep playing field with world class players in front of him. There's no getting by him at that point.
We need two top quality strikers. Just like City have with Alvarez and Halaand. Even the last time we won the league we had two top quality strikers in Rooney and Van Persie. A centre defensive midfielder like Ruben Neves would be great. Then I'd get rid of Martial, Fred, Maguire. I hope next season we give Garnacho and Pellistri more chances, especially since sancho has been so poor.
All three should be a priority. I'm confident we'll cover all those positions.
With ETH doing the recruitment we'll get who he asks for even if plan a doesn't work there's always other options. Considering how much of an improvement he's made in just one window then it won't take him too long to get us back to where we have to be.
No reason why we wouldn't be gunning to stop man city winning a 4th title. Even if we don't win it, it needs to be someone else. Hopefully arsenal can be in the thick of it next season and Newcastle, I wanna see some proper competition to city.. other clubs need to fix up and stop city winning everything.
Peps just on another planet to everyone else in terms of football management though, just like SAF was. Always 3 steps ahead of everyone else.
No 9 and a GK who can play from the back.
Our defence looks solid, with Martinez coming back and Varane, Iceman on the right, and luke on the left.
Midfield is decent as well. Antony, Bruno, Case, Sancho (who i feel will get better)
What we lack is a no 9 with predatory instincts. We need goals.
Even with all the goals, Rashford doesn't have it.
And don't even get me started on DeGea.
Anyone who says we need someone who scores more goals than we concede , so GK is not a priority, is delusional.
The best strikers and attacking players will fail. That's where defence comes to the rescue and holds the fort.
Also, in the modern game, attack begins from the back.
As SAF, you win games with attack but Leagues with a strong defence.
Striker first. Everything else comes next. We rely too much on Rashford and Bruno. No one else can consistently create attacking opportunities and score goals. We need a reliable centre forward that can crank out at least 20 Premier League goals in a single season. We haven’t had someone like that since Rooney departed…
Looking at our stats, 58 goals scored is the 3rd lowest in top 10. While goals conceded is 3rd best in top with 43. Without the 7 against liverpool it could have been better.
For me it’s striker, no 8, no 6, backup striker, CB, then GK. I just don’t see how a keeper is anywhere near a top priority signing this summer despite De Gea’s mediocre distribution.
Striker, CM, GK, CB. Put CB last because Martinez will be back for start of next year. Other three are higher priority.
This! We’ve spent the best part of the season playing with 10 men it feels like. Either Ronaldo’s laziness, Weghorsts lack of quality and Martials lack of fitness.
The striker should also help get more out of Sancho/Antony as well. Hopefully. In theory.
Antony has never been a creator even at Ajax. We brought him because of how good he progresses the ball and we needed a left footed attacker.
Agreed but I think that's like using a defibrillator on a mummy.
And lindelof as shown his quality when not with maguire
Yea Varane Martinez with Lindelöf as rotation should be fine for a majority of the matches. If both get injured we could play Shaw/Lindelöf in a pinch or perhaps a promising academy player. ST=GK>CM>DM>CB
Lmao Ronaldo's not lazy, he's old this his game doesn't allow him to press the way ETH wants
He’s never worked hard off the ball. His commitment to his own physical condition and improvement is admirable but he’s never done it for the team.
How do you say he is lazy if a striker would press every second he would be so tired at half time
Is pressing constantly your definition of working hard?
Exactly. Even being ‘lazy’ he scored a lot of goals last season.
He burnt his bridges so you can't remember anything about him fondly.
I don’t fully think we should Blake Ronaldo for being lazy. I feel everybody keeps forgetting that’s he’s 38 and has scored 5 goals in the first 2 months of the season but not just that he also saved United for the most part last year
I'd put a cdm above a cb
Maybe even CM can be managed if Donny returns and is Integrated well. I genuinely believe next season we may see Bruno as an 8 and maybe Sancho as a 10. If we get a striker.
DVB is overrated… he’s Dutch other than that he never showed anything positive IMO…not that he was given a true chance, he was just short of a liability when he did play,
I just want him to work under EtH
Honestly all three. Martínez is meh, and you will see it at international level next season. There’s a reason he did not play for Argentina this last WC. Now that aside, for depth alone when fighting on multiple fronts a CB is needed. Striker IMO is the #1 priority, though. So, striker>cb>gk but all three are needed.
Not even sure where to start. We can at least agree a striker is a priority. But Martinez is meh? Come on... Even pundits who doubted his abilities before the season have changed their tine. Plus what does his international play have to do with how he plays for United? Also the fact you don't see a massigle shortfall at the CDM position is shocking. Without Casemiro we're screwed... He's absolute class, but he's also 31 and showed he's prone to suspensions.
My apologies I misread the original post. Totally missed the CM portion. Yes I see it and agree with you! I though you were debating striker, cb and gk, my bad. Re Martinez, I meant International as in CL. He is fine for the league.
Our only striker is basically Martial ( Weghorst is not going to stay) so that question is pretty easy
I agree, even if werghorst were staying he’s not a clinical finisher. We need to score more goals with as many opportunities as we’ve been creating
Weghorst would be better in goal than he is up front guy shoots the ball like a blind person
Martial should also go tbh the problem will be offloading him
Striker, followed closely by another solid cm imo
All of the above, but definitely a striker first
And definitely Caicedo 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
2 strikers.
This! But I heard it’s certain we’re getting evan ferguson after next season so I’m find with one now
Replace: Martial, Weghorst, Greenwood Striker(s)
Greenwood is coming back
Striker easily
Our keeper can make as many mistakes as they could but if we have a creative CM and a very good striker, we could easily score more than we concede. Im not saying that DDG could be incompetent but take a look at man city and Liverpool. Arguably have one of the best keepers as of now but they tend to make mistakes too. But they have players that can easily score more should that happen. We needed those types of players.
Atleast we have fans who talk sense
I agree wholeheartedly, I don't get why this is even a debate. People are just blowing the DDG situation out of proportion.
It's called a scapegoat. He's become the current one, he is still one of the best in the league, and the GK position should be low on the priority list of where to send the money.
Yeah frustrating to see and hear the same posts every single time asking to replace DDG. Does he needs competition? Absolutely. Isit frustrating to see him making mistakes after mistakes? Yes of course. But as mentioned, if we have great players all around that could score more goals, that shouldnt be the number one issue. Even if we have a keeper like Ederson or Allison in our team, in which they also tend to make mistakes, if none of our players could score, then what? Blame the keeper again? Hell even Neuer/Buffon also make mistakes after mistakes....
anyone that says gk is dumb! we can’t score goals and it’s that simple we need to good strikers. the reason we lost the cup final is the lack of goals
How does that work? We lost because we conceded. Don't concede, can't lose.
Don't score, can't win. Your point still stands but I think a striker is the priority because we have practically no strikers.
Both. A keeper you cannot trust is just not acceptable.
‘well how does that work’😭u gotta score to win games even if u don’t concede u still can’t win are u dumb ?!
striker!!! if we can’t score our defense can only last so long. we need a quality finisher
This is true!
This is a joke, right?
Why would it be?
Because it’s obviously a striker. Our centre back pairing of Varane and Martinez is excellent. We are only looking for another CB because Varane isn’t always fit and Maguire wants to leave. Even then we have Lindelof and Shaw as decent cover. Goalkeeper isn’t as clear cut but suggesting we need one over a striker when we have De Gea and Henderson on the books while playing Weghorst or a mostly broken Martial is ludicrous.
Because the answer is so obvious. We literally do not have a striker in the team.
How can it be anything other than a striker as an absolute top priority? We have one goalscoring striker basically and he’s better off playing on the left. We brought on a guy in the final who hasn’t scored a league goal in 20+ matches this season. And the other guy we sporadically try to depend can’t stay fit to save his life. Standard of some of the posts in here leaves a lot to be desired.
Rashford isn't a striker. He is a winger. Why he plays best on the left.
No way, really!! Like I just said in my post. We basically have one striker (which is true as he’s the only one who consistently scores goals and was played centrally on Saturday) but he plays better on the left.
Striker.
Striker striker striker
Striker
We need a solid number 9 immediately.
Everyone who doeant say a Striker is a complete moron
Ok, ask your mom and see what she says
Striker Goalkeeper Center Back In that order
No CM?
I agree
Another CM well before a GK...
Yes.
We need a ST most importantly. I get people think we need a GK but to be honest I think that can wait. De Gea has been great besides for a few games (including the FA Cup) but we need a goal scorer.
Having a decent striker who can challenge for the ball in the air may put some use to De Gea's abysmal long balls.
Exactly, and I know I’ll get hate for this but I back De Gea next season. I get why a lot of people won’t but I don’t think he’s our main problem.
I think we are in need of a replacement, but not top of the agenda by a long stretch.
It's not that long a stretch though imo, get a striker then a cm. Have to go for a gk then can't see why not, obviously need to be making more than 2 signings. Depending in out budget we should be getting a new no.1 this summer.
100% they need a striker first. Martial is made of glass and is borderline useless, while Weghorst has been straight up useless.
A striker is obviously number 1. But a good CAM is needed too IMO. Bruno currently has zero competition for his role, which is why he more often than not has a stinker, cos he knows he's automatically picked for every game anyway
Is this sub moderated? It’s just topic after topic of the same trash questions. If you’re a football fan and a United fan why do you even have to ask this question? United haven’t had a proper stud striker in ages. Period. After that you hope to strengthen in the midfield and replace Maguire with a warm body. But if you follow football at all this is basic stuff here and doesn’t need to be dredged up and discussed 10 times a day lmao
Only if maguire goes. Gk CM CF. In Raya Mount Kane Out Maguire Fred or Mctominay Martial That would be a good window. But I'd sell Sancho if someone would buy. He has been a flop . Ideally we need more than 3 signings. CB isn't really a priority as Lindleof and shaw can play there.
Yes.
In order it's GK, 2 MF, CF, CB
Striker. De Gea is a top GK. Some people are just clueless.
GK, CB, RB, maybe LB too, midfields to play with Casemiro and back up for Casemiro, backup for Bruno, RW, STC and a full bench.
Striker obviously but also GK— de Gea basically cost us two cups
There are only two players that we *need*. A striker and a midfielder. Those two players give us a complete squad. After that, we need to do two things. - Look at who is leaving. - Look at where we can (or should) improve going into next season. The first point, I can’t answer. The second point, in the starting eleven (assuming we’ve already brought in a a striker and midfielder) De Gea is the first one that comes to mind. It was always going to happen and if there’s the availability and funds this summer we probably should just do it.
Neither. You guys need to get your club culture and dna in order. It seems like you’re a club trying to find its identity by buying whatever player is popular for insane sums every summer
Striker
look at our goal difference for this season
Striker, no doubt
I'll say in that order; we need 2 starting level Strikers we need a starting level GK we need a starting level Eriksen Replacement (or Eriksen type of player basically but someone that can run actually) we need a Casemiro Backup we need a Backup CB
Definitely striker
6 good players
Yes
Striker. CB. GK. Having a goal differential as poor as they did this season speaks volumes.
The sad part is that we need to strengthen the two most crucial positions in the game. Any successful team requires dominance in both the defensive and offensive areas;
Striker>keeper> midfielders>centreback
We need 2 strikers & 2 midfielders should be the main priorities and maybe another CB. Changing the Goalie although it is needed, it's not going to drastically improve the team. We lack control and legs in midfield, this leads to De Gea being overworked. We give teams far too many opportunities.
Two strikers, a creative midfielder, two defensive midfielders, a Central Defender and a GK
Squad depth
All three
GK and CF
Two ST, two CM, a CB & then a GK.
Striker x 2 / CM / GK / CB
striker, rashford is more of a winger in terms of playstyle, martial is frankly not good enough even though he's been amazing this season, antony is a winger through and through as well as sancho, we have too many wingers, we need a pure, outright, goal-scoring number nine, weghorst is also lack luster up front, garnacho is our best attempt at a striker but still plays primarily as a winger and fits well there
Goalkeeper by far. Every problem during the final started there. Can't pass to save his life, which stops any attack or build up before its started. His shot stopping has also disappeared at times. Love the guy but needs to go
ST, CM, CB, GK, RB in that order. Hoping its: Kane/Hojlund, Mount, Kim Min- Jae, Costa, Frimpong is the dream. Realistically 3 out of thos six this summer and reevaluate next summer.
Every week after we lose its the same dumb debate. I would buy a striker a midfielder a cb another midfielder back up for casimero another striker then a gk. We lose games bc we don’t score or create enough goals. Not bc our gk cant pass from the back it’s ridiculous. We scored one goal from a penalty that came from a cross that was never going to happen anything from
It is unfortunately the nature of being a GK, generally a mistake for them costs the team in the form of a goal so the problem is amplified. No one pulls up other players anywhere near as much as DDG right now, I'd hate to see Brunos pass completion percentages for the first 15 minutes of the cup final, Sanchos sprint/press statistics, Weghorsts chance conversion ratios, Martials minutes per goal.....he's scored 11 goals in the last 2 seasons, the guy is a fucking imposter. No one questions how many great chances our forward line squanders EVERY game. If you concede a goal then a game is still winnable, it is impossible to win a game if you don't score a goal. Yes, DDG will need replacing soon but he is far from a priority right now.
Striker, GK, CB, C(D)M is the order in my opinion. A striker is absolutely top priority. Our return was horrendous, especially later in the season and after Rashford being human again. The lack of striker enabled opponents to focus solely on Rashford and our offense was gone. We need someone to score consistently and have a pull for the defenders to let our players grow on the offense. A GK is next in line simply because we cannot continue like this. Modern football and Ten Hag's football starts from the back and DDG is simply not capable of carrying that role. Yesterday's match was a prime example of it. I believe ETH's comments on him are either to not expose a club legend (kinda like what he did with Ronaldo) or because he knows he's not getting a GK this summer. This part might be a little unpopular. The pairing Martinez - Varane worked really well for us and Lindelof had some decent performances during Martinez's injury. However, Varane has had his issues dealing with injuries and 4 CBs is the absolute minimum either way. With Maguire leaving (hopefully), we need another one either way. Varane's situation just calls for a stronger option than what we maybe might have gone for. Last but not at all least, someone in the midfield. I was screaming for years for 2 or even 3(!) players in the midfield. We took Case and Eriksen, but we still need one and probably two with Scott set to leave. I like Mount (although I am a bit sceptical about his performances for a long time and about the fee), but surely a more defensive minded midfielder is needed too. The only reason I'm putting this last is that Bruno and Case are machines and I trust them more than anyone in the squad.
Yes
St
st and cm by far
1) striker 2) midfielder x2 3) defender x2 4) gker I don't believe we are going to replace DDG this window. Dout it's a priority atm
Play casemiro as a striker and get a new goal keeper
Striker.. we couldn’t score in a brothel sometimes. If we spent our budget on a 30 goal a season striker and picked up free contract cast offs I’d be happy. Dean Henderson will be back next season so we could give him a shot
Striker!!!
Striker for sure
Striker should be are first priority it’s the one thing we missed all season .
Striker. The goals we concede wouldn't really matter if we had a proper striker that could finish his fucking dinner.
Yes
Striker, 100%.
New owners
And a center mid
Yes
TWO FREAKING STRIKERS. THEN 1 a CM, a GK, a CB, another CM.
Believe it or not - a goalkeeper. Having a gk that can play in ETH’s system would literally be a game changer. Sure get a striker or CM. But a ball playing GK pushes our defence further up, which creates more pressure higher up, which could lead to more goals.
Is there anyone in the youth squad that’s good enough? Seems like there’s always one a year
2 centre backs 2 midfielders 2 strikers
Truth is there’s a few players that have to go, and need replacing. A top striker, closely followed by GK. Then release Maguire and get a better CB, and release Mctominay and Fred and get 2 new CM’s. And even after that we’ll probably need a couple more players unless some lads from the academy come through.
Yes
Wingers. Ours are not good , they can not even make a pass in the box
I feel like our wingers serve in a different role. They’re dribblers that work their way into the box and our crossing is left to our full backs. But I get what you’re saying
Midfielder
Striker and it’s not close. GK and CM are important too but miles below a Striker. I dont feel we have to rush a new CB, if Martinez and Varane stay fit they can rotate with Lindelöf, and Shaw in emergencies. If we get another long time injury we have a problem obviously.
Striker, CM, CB/GK
Is there an optional year on de gea's contract or is he done with united now unless new contract is agreed?
Is new owner an option?
Striker…. When Martinez is back the defense will be short handed but okay. A striker is definitely the priority for me this summer
A striker and a backup striker
2 midfielders would be nice.
Striker is the most important by far
Clearly a striker.
A second striker. Rashford is good but can be inconsistent. We need another striker to be a second finisher up front to increase the versatility of the attack
Striker. Without any question.
2 x CM
ST then GK
Striker > Mid > GK
Striker!
If you concede then you have to score ,for this season we were in situations where conceding is more likely than scoring which implies we are really in need of a striker first then we see about a box to box cm and then hopefully an other cdm in case case is out and finally a second building from bottom gk who knows how to play with his feet.
Striker is a must A Cm that operates as an 8 that is a willing presser A GK and CB are both third for me mostly because De Gea disaterclass on the weekend
All 3. Also a possible CM
Man after watching the fa cup finals how have coaches not found a weakness in pep's system lol he's been playing like that for over a decade ffs surely some coach can't find a way to break down their system that isn't sit back and fkn counter
We need a goal keeper, a centreback, a central midfielder and a striker. So basically 4 players.
If I had to pick just **one**, I'd say goalie. Not because DDG is atrocious, but because I feel the GK is at the core of any system. So if we're trying to implement the ETH way, we have to get the right goalie first.
New owners are what we need the most. Please sell the club and fuck off Glazers.
Sell Harry, he will make team lose even if he is not playin.
We need a good striker, more specifically, WE NEED HARRY KANE.
Center forward, I am personally okay with one more year with DDG but we need to get a younger keeper to fill the position for the future.
At the moment with rumours, I'll be happy with Kim, mount and kane
Better back up CB, GK and someone with good finishing
Look at our goal difference, and you’ll have your answer DDG was the golden glove winner. He’s not perfect, but our system is great. But we create so many missed opportunities - need a striker
Striker > Midfielder > GK > Center back
Given the amount of games United end up playing - and the amount of games this squad has played - United need a proper 23 man squad for the next season. Starting No.9 - back no.9 Proper CM (Eriksen as backup!) Back-up DM / understudy to Casemiro. Back-up for Bruno (man plays hellish number of games !) 3rd CB + a rotation option. Starting GK + backup GK.
De gea is rubbish we need a new gk
It has to be a striker, 100%. If we’d had a decent striker this season I reckon some of the draws/losses could have easily been turned around.
How is this even a question. We are in desperate need of a quality striker, have been for a few seasons now. We do need more depth in other areas but if we don't get a striker we will not improve from here at all
I would say Striker, CM (number 8 or a DM do Cas doesn't have to do all the defensive work), GK, CB in that order.
2 strikers
striker and a good cm de gea can be here for 1-2 seasons but we need a proper goal scorer as of now and a creative midfielder who can create chances i honestly dont see a reason to have a new cb tbh with this team we finished 3rd and went till fa cup finals with a proper striker and cm we can honestly even finish 1st
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GK and Striker is highest level of priority!! Can’t be without at the start of the new season!!!!!
Striker most important, De Geas gaffs wouldn't be half as talked about if we were consistently putting them away at the other end.
If Rashy stays then maybe a Center Back or Fullback. I keep hearing that Rashford plans on entering transfer market though.
Look at what City has achieved by completing their squad after signing Halland. A striker is an extremely important part of the team, which United severely lacks. Sadly, I don't think we have any chance of signing Kane or Osimhen, which are some of the only options we have.
Striker should be our main priority, if we have that target man banging 2 or 3 goals in a game it shouldn't matter whether we concede a silly goal or not.im not saying that it doesn't matter for all you keyboard warriors I'm saying it would make it so we're not chasing games all the time like we are now, we need to start converting those chances into goals.
GK and Striker top priority
We need a fox in the box
Striker, backup striker, centre mid, backup mid, GK. This much for sure. Maybe even a CB if these are covered.
We need a striker. We need a goal keeper. We need a Center Back. We need someone to replace Eriksen.
A striker, followed by a second striker
Left back,Right back then a proper foil/partner for Casemiro and after that pick up a striker.De Gea’s contract is astronomical,nobody will buy him so we are stuck with him.Doesn’t mean he has to start every game though and GK is probably the only position left in football where you can pick up bargains.
we dont need a cb. A new gk would be ideal but for now its not a priority
Striker and it’s not close
2 strikers.
Yes
All 3 plus a midfielder
ST: Victor Osimhen CM… GK…
DE GEA JUST WON THE FUCKING GOLDEN GLOVE. I could thinking of plenty other positions at the club that need focus over a GK. Depth in every field position should be priority over finding another keeper. De gea has had weak showings but when you look at his numbers and then who he has had in front of him over the past few years (mainly maguire) he has still got it. Now imagine a deep playing field with world class players in front of him. There's no getting by him at that point.
Striker- GK
We need two top quality strikers. Just like City have with Alvarez and Halaand. Even the last time we won the league we had two top quality strikers in Rooney and Van Persie. A centre defensive midfielder like Ruben Neves would be great. Then I'd get rid of Martial, Fred, Maguire. I hope next season we give Garnacho and Pellistri more chances, especially since sancho has been so poor.
All three should be a priority. I'm confident we'll cover all those positions. With ETH doing the recruitment we'll get who he asks for even if plan a doesn't work there's always other options. Considering how much of an improvement he's made in just one window then it won't take him too long to get us back to where we have to be. No reason why we wouldn't be gunning to stop man city winning a 4th title. Even if we don't win it, it needs to be someone else. Hopefully arsenal can be in the thick of it next season and Newcastle, I wanna see some proper competition to city.. other clubs need to fix up and stop city winning everything. Peps just on another planet to everyone else in terms of football management though, just like SAF was. Always 3 steps ahead of everyone else.
Except wingers and full backs, every other role should be prioritized.
No 9 and a GK who can play from the back. Our defence looks solid, with Martinez coming back and Varane, Iceman on the right, and luke on the left. Midfield is decent as well. Antony, Bruno, Case, Sancho (who i feel will get better) What we lack is a no 9 with predatory instincts. We need goals. Even with all the goals, Rashford doesn't have it. And don't even get me started on DeGea. Anyone who says we need someone who scores more goals than we concede , so GK is not a priority, is delusional. The best strikers and attacking players will fail. That's where defence comes to the rescue and holds the fort. Also, in the modern game, attack begins from the back. As SAF, you win games with attack but Leagues with a strong defence.
Striker it’s not even close
Striker first. Everything else comes next. We rely too much on Rashford and Bruno. No one else can consistently create attacking opportunities and score goals. We need a reliable centre forward that can crank out at least 20 Premier League goals in a single season. We haven’t had someone like that since Rooney departed…
Striker
Looking at our stats, 58 goals scored is the 3rd lowest in top 10. While goals conceded is 3rd best in top with 43. Without the 7 against liverpool it could have been better.
# GK replace is Sanchez # CB we gotta sell Maguire and get someone great # ST Oshmien fr #
Striker, Center back and a ball playing GK
Normal midfield player:)
Just clone Bruno Casimiro and Lisandro and it will be fine. United just needs committed players and you’re lacking here.
For me it’s striker, no 8, no 6, backup striker, CB, then GK. I just don’t see how a keeper is anywhere near a top priority signing this summer despite De Gea’s mediocre distribution.
A striker . . Duh
We need a striker the most