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In fairness he’s not on his own in this game. An impressive number of the players out there have been rubbish so far. 

ETA: Chelsea really should have conceded 4 goals in this half and they’ve probably been the better side.

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I don't get these rumours about United signing another RB - Pavard and Frimpong. AWB has improved this season and reports are that Dalot is close to signing a new contract. Makes zero sense to sign a third RB. Midfield, CB and CF should be the priorities along with offloading players.

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11 minutes ago, Consigliere said:

I don't get these rumours about United signing another RB - Pavard and Frimpong. AWB has improved this season and reports are that Dalot is close to signing a new contract. Makes zero sense to sign a third RB. Midfield, CB and CF should be the priorities along with offloading players.

I think Pavard would be there to bolster your CB position. With Varane unable to stay healthy etc. CB is also Pavard's prefered position. The ability to also cover the RB position is probably really appealing for Liverpool.

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Chelsea being dunked on by their own academy players. 

 

 

 

Sancho had a good game today. Admittedly, it's hard to read too much into that against a semi-professional outfit, but the more we play acknowledging that he's much more of a playmaker than he is a driving winger/forward, the more success he has. Whether we can viably play that way long-term without exposing other weaknesses, who knows, but it's nice to see. 

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2 hours ago, Consigliere said:

I don't get these rumours about United signing another RB

Speaking of rumours, what's to be made of the Neymar stories?

Was talking to a United supporting mate, and he doesn't want Neymar anywhere near Manchester, unless he's wearing light blue.

Not sure he'd appeal to Ten Hag...

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Vinicius should pack himself and go to the Premier League!

...but then, arriving in London in a brand new Lambo, with some smoking hot woman beside him, a man approaches and knocks on the Lambo's window. Vini opens the window and looks at an extremely concerned Simon Jordan face. Simon says: "Vini, mate, when did it all go so wrong? Look at the state of you!"

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9 hours ago, Spockydog said:

Speaking of rumours, what's to be made of the Neymar stories?

Was talking to a United supporting mate, and he doesn't want Neymar anywhere near Manchester, unless he's wearing light blue.

Not sure he'd appeal to Ten Hag...

I don't want him either. I don't think there's anything to those rumours though and I seriously doubt that he's part of EtH's plans. United also have FFP concerns so I expect that the budget will be spent on a midfielder and CF. Any other business we do will depend on outgoings or if we pick up a free transfer like Rabiot.

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13 hours ago, polishgenius said:

Sancho had a good game today. Admittedly, it's hard to read too much into that against a semi-professional outfit, but the more we play acknowledging that he's much more of a playmaker than he is a driving winger/forward, the more success he has. Whether we can viably play that way long-term without exposing other weaknesses, who knows, but it's nice to see. 

I've mentioned this before and last night provided further evidence: Sancho plays better for us on the right wing. He was having another one of his anonymous outings until Antony had to be subbed off. He's turned into a one-trick pony when he plays on the left wing - all he wants to do is cut inside, slow down play and make backwards and sideways passes which kills the speed of any attack and he rarely looks to take on his fullback.

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11 hours ago, Mexal said:

 

So, let's check. Disgusting neck tattoos, had to apologize for using the n-word, can't score a goal for love nor money, and now this.

What a classless little prick. So glad we didn't sign him. Chelsea is the perfect club for him. Worst transfer in PL history.

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1 hour ago, BigFatCoward said:

Toney was betting against his own team, it should have been a much much longer ban. 

That's pretty bad. Though, in his defence, not in any games he played in.

I think the FA have got this wrong. Dude has a gambling addiction. And whose fault is that, I hear you say. Well, I'm sure his addiction has nothing, absolutely nothing at all, to do with the saturation of gambling adverts in football. 

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1 hour ago, Spockydog said:

I think the FA have got this wrong. Dude has a gambling addiction. And whose fault is that, I hear you say. Well, I'm sure his addiction has nothing, absolutely nothing at all, to do with the saturation of gambling adverts in football. 

Well, it's mainly his fault. Sure, those adverts don't help, but there are too many other players that don't have a gambling addiction to say those adverts are to blame.

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Football should offer players amnesty in wake of Ivan Toney betting ban

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If you stick a betting company logo on a young man’s shirt, beam his image around the world for 90 minutes every week and prop up the media coverage for his sport with a welter of gambling ads, then be prepared to shoulder your share of the blame if he can’t resist the temptation to break the rules and have a flutter himself.

Whichever side of the gambling debate you sit on, you can still view Ivan Toney’s eight-month ban from football as excessive.

 

 

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