Man U reaction and player ratings

[mandela8]

Yes he is, but he is always injured too. I read a stat the other day he has only played 58% of Arsenal's games since he has been here. He is unreliable, constantly crocked. If Arteta thinks Tierney needs competition with the Zinchenko signing then our priority purchase should be a new DM and we should blow our budget on one. Partey can be a rotation option. We can't build the team around a crocked player.

Ideally, maybe.

But it's really not that straightforward, is it? There's a reason Partey was 50m player and is on 200k per week. Replacing that takes the same again, thereabouts, and clubs like arsenal can't "rotate" that level of expendicture. You know this, so not really sure why you're posting this, tbh.

Apparently he was pretty resilient at Madrid. Weird he's had these issues. Someone like Tierney was predictable, given his history. They must think Partey has just been unlucky, but I'm speculating, clearly.

[selassie]

Ideally, maybe.

But it's really not that straightforward, is it? There's a reason Partey was 50m player and is on 200k per week. Replacing that takes the same again, thereabouts, and clubs like arsenal can't "rotate" that level of expendicture. You know this, so not really sure why you're posting this, tbh.

Apparently he was pretty resilient at Madrid. Weird he's had these issues. Someone like Tierney was predictable, given his history. They must think Partey has just been unlucky, but I'm speculating, clearly.

We were prepared to spend 50m on Raphinha with presumably the same kind of wage per week as say Partey. The money was available for that kind of signing this summer and it should have been made in Central Midfield.

As it stands Partey is only of half use to us, he spends far too much time out injured, he is not reliable and not a solid option, that is a fact. Whether he was resilient at Madrid means nothing now because he is unreliable at Arsenal.

[mandela8]

We were prepared to spend 50m on Raphinha with presumably the same kind of wage per week as say Partey. The money was available for that kind of signing this summer and it should have been made in Central Midfield.

As it stands Partey is only of half use to us, he spends far too much time out injured, he is not reliable and not a solid option, that is a fact. Whether he was relisilient at Madrid means nothing now because he is unreliable at Arsenal.

They could justify the outlay out wide given the abject paucity of senior options in that position. That's just not the case for Partey's actual fuckin position

WTF?

[selassie]

They could justify the outlay out wide given the abject paucity of senior options in that position. That's just not the case for Partey's actual fuckin position

WTF?

There is nothing wrong with our wide options compared to Midfield! You have admitted we only have one decent Central Midfielder at the club and he is a complete crock!

Spend on wide players when you have fixed Central Midfield!!!

[mandela8]

There is nothing wrong with our wide options compared to Midfield! You have admitted we only have one decent Central Midfielder at the club and he is a complete crock!

Spend on wide players when you have fixed Central Midfield!!!

wot

I think Partey partnered with Zinchenko is a good midfield. With Lokongo deputizing and possibly Viera an option too. I think Xhaka and Elnonentity are fuckin atrocious but there are other good options in CM.

Not the case for out wide. Sakashit is clearly not good enough, Martinelli is raw...is ESR even a wide player? I'm not sure but I'm sure he's overweight and also injury prone, since that term is out there. Viera possibly?
Wide options are awful and there's zero killer instinct out there. THAT is the biggest issue with this team.

[mandela8]

Just read ESR injured himself in the warm down, ffs.

Nothing wrong with the wide options though...

[KSE Comedy Club]

Our main priority at the end of last season was - make sure we get a decent CM / CDM - pretty much everyone outside of the club knew and could see that was a major area of weakness for us.

But as usual, it didn't happen. Then we spent deadline day low balling Villa, hoping they would roll over, for a crucial area of the squad.

I don't blame us entirely for that as Villa were being twats, but maybe we should have offered £30m instead, might have got the job done, rather than £20M with £2-3m increments. This isn't the 1990's ffs.

Also, Sambi was pretty solid tbf, Xhaka was a fucking disaster and yet somehow was kept on the pitch for the entire game.

How the fuck Arteta thinks he is good enough is fucking incredible!

[selassie]

Just read ESR injured himself in the warm down, ffs.

Nothing wrong with the wide options though...

Yeah he is injury prone.

I said compared to Central Midfield our Wide options are not that bad. Sure we need to add in this position, just like I believe we need to add another forward. My opinion is Central Midfield should have been a priority position in the Market.