Man UTD vs Southampton (H) March 2, 15:00 GMT

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Mar 3, 2019 12:04:56 GMT Karma said:

Mar 3, 2019 9:24:59 GMT caino said:

the problem is, we have to watch him in full games and not just highlights. as he looked really good on MOTD. his chances he missed weren't as glaring as initially thought.

I hope he sticks about, as a second striker, as there is no1 better at playing the back up striker role. maybe jesus. there is plenty of game time to be involved over a full season and it might just do him good not playing week in week out.

im glad pogba isn't playing this week in the CL.

Rashford isn’t reliable enough to allow us to get rid of Lukaku.

We had 4 strikers when we won the treble. I know most teams favour 1 up front but even so we need 2 players for that position.

Rashford was poor yesterday. Is he still carrying an injury?

Replace Lukaku with Icardi and we are all good.

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And lastly, whilst he's staying fit and has improved, I still think Shaw has a fair bit of room for improvement. Has a tendency to dawdle and get beaten too easily at times so hopefully that'll improve with a continued run of playing.

[Stew]

Mar 4, 2019 10:09:48 GMT alt said:

And lastly, whilst he's staying fit and has improved, I still think Shaw has a fair bit of room for improvement. Has a tendency to dawdle and get beaten too easily at times so hopefully that'll improve with a continued run of playing.

I disagree. I think he needs to up his attacking side but he’s pretty much rock solid defensively, certainly since Ole cane in.

[Karma]

Mar 4, 2019 10:02:12 GMT alt said:

Mar 3, 2019 12:04:56 GMT Karma said:

Rashford isn’t reliable enough to allow us to get rid of Lukaku.

We had 4 strikers when we won the treble. I know most teams favour 1 up front but even so we need 2 players for that position.

Rashford was poor yesterday. Is he still carrying an injury?

Replace Lukaku with Icardi and we are all good.

Icardi would be a circus. There’s no guarantee that he would fit in here either.

Maybe Lukaku deserves more respect ? His goal stats are better than his team mates .

Why would you get rid?

[Bestie]

Mar 4, 2019 10:44:24 GMT Karma said:

Mar 4, 2019 10:02:12 GMT alt said:

Replace Lukaku with Icardi and we are all good.

Icardi would be a circus. There’s no guarantee that he would fit in here either.

Maybe Lukaku deserves more respect ? His goal stats are better than his team mates .

Why would you get rid?

Why would you have got rid of Rooney? Even to the end his stats were fairly prettily padded.

[Monty]

Icardi is a wonderful player, but Karma is right. We've had rotten luck with South Americans, so signing one who is perpetually involved in drama sets off warning alarms. Has it been confirmed that Werner is officially off to Bayern? I think he would be a better fit than Icardi.

[Bestie]

Where has the goals thread gone??

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Mar 4, 2019 12:04:29 GMT Monty said:

Icardi is a wonderful player, but Karma is right. We've had rotten luck with South Americans, so signing one who is perpetually involved in drama sets off warning alarms. Has it been confirmed that Werner is officially off to Bayern? I think he would be a better fit than Icardi.

I think German players are a similar gamble. I struggle to think of a German player who has set this league alight with his performances. I'm happy to be corrected, but I just dont think Germans do very well here.

If at all we get in a striker to replace Lukaku , I think it has to be Kane.

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Nevermind Icardi, Dybala please.

[Karma]

Mar 4, 2019 11:29:52 GMT Bestie said:

Mar 4, 2019 10:44:24 GMT Karma said:

Icardi would be a circus. There’s no guarantee that he would fit in here either.

Maybe Lukaku deserves more respect ? His goal stats are better than his team mates .

Why would you get rid?

Why would you have got rid of Rooney? Even to the end his stats were fairly prettily padded.

Because he was finished?

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Kane would get a lot of goals for us and is premiership proven, getting him would be the problem.

[Rustin Cohle]

www.football365.com/news/premier-league-winners-and-losers-klopp-manchester-city-tottenham

Premier League winners and losers

Romelu Lukaku

Our early winner and finally here on merit, rather than me searching for a reason to fulfill some weird obsession that I’ve laid on way too thick.

Lukaku has had a fairly rotten season, comfortably the most frustrating of his career. His decline mirrored Jose Mourinho’s, isolated by his manager’s ‘handbrake on’ strategy and sapped of confidence in front of goal. Lukaku also looked heavy-set after a long summer of football that followed a long season of football. Perhaps his body was starting to creak. Playing 483 senior matches at the age of 25 will do that.

But if other Manchester United players have responded under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, now it is Lukaku’s turn. Four goals in two league games to lead United to six crucial points is the headline, but the devil is in the detail. The manner in which Lukaku slalomed past two Southampton defenders and finished with his weaker foot demonstrated that the confidence is flooding back in.

Given the (merited) criticism of Lukaku, particularly strong among Manchester United’s own supporters, it’s surprising to note that Lukaku is now the joint-sixth top scorer in the Premier League, and outright fifth if you take way penalties. Mohamed Salah, Harry Kane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are averaging a league goal every 145, 135 and 133 minutes in the Premier League this season. At one goal every 141 minutes, Lukaku is in the same company.

There is also evidence that Lukaku fits into Solskjaer’s split strikers strategy, comfortable crossing from wide areas and creating space for the advanced midfielder to push into. The summer will bring rumours of a move to Inter or Juventus, but right now Lukaku has a role to play at Old Trafford. He’s the club’s top goalscorer after all.

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It is strange how Lukaku can go from having a shocking touch to finishing so brilliantly in a few minutes, but goals are goals let’s see what OlePhelan can do with him for the rest of the season.

[RAZ]

Mar 4, 2019 12:12:00 GMT Bestie said:

Where has the goals thread gone??

was looking for it after the game at the weekend and it just disappeared shortly after

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Mar 4, 2019 12:49:29 GMT Rustin Cohle said:

www.football365.com/news/premier-league-winners-and-losers-klopp-manchester-city-tottenham

Premier League winners and losers

Romelu Lukaku

Our early winner and finally here on merit, rather than me searching for a reason to fulfill some weird obsession that I’ve laid on way too thick.

Lukaku has had a fairly rotten season, comfortably the most frustrating of his career. His decline mirrored Jose Mourinho’s, isolated by his manager’s ‘handbrake on’ strategy and sapped of confidence in front of goal. Lukaku also looked heavy-set after a long summer of football that followed a long season of football. Perhaps his body was starting to creak. Playing 483 senior matches at the age of 25 will do that.

But if other Manchester United players have responded under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, now it is Lukaku’s turn. Four goals in two league games to lead United to six crucial points is the headline, but the devil is in the detail. The manner in which Lukaku slalomed past two Southampton defenders and finished with his weaker foot demonstrated that the confidence is flooding back in.

Given the (merited) criticism of Lukaku, particularly strong among Manchester United’s own supporters, it’s surprising to note that Lukaku is now the joint-sixth top scorer in the Premier League, and outright fifth if you take way penalties. Mohamed Salah, Harry Kane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are averaging a league goal every 145, 135 and 133 minutes in the Premier League this season. At one goal every 141 minutes, Lukaku is in the same company.

There is also evidence that Lukaku fits into Solskjaer’s split strikers strategy, comfortable crossing from wide areas and creating space for the advanced midfielder to push into. The summer will bring rumours of a move to Inter or Juventus, but right now Lukaku has a role to play at Old Trafford. He’s the club’s top goalscorer after all.

Now with Sanchez out, Lukaku knows that he will play and needs to score.

This should be the test for Lukaku. Every good side needs a flat track bully.