Where is his new deal Winstanley? 

He's an absolute beast! Insane levels this season. Best midfielder in the league and he's one of us!

Have to admit, was calling him a headless chicken not so long ago…. But he has proven me wrong, he is getting better and better and his work rate is outstanding. 
 

Some seem worried for when Nkuku returns, I’m not. Cardio G seems undroppable now.  

Imagine if we did let him go for £30m in summer like was rumoured.

Simply incredible this season, just needs to get his goal tally going now. 4 assists already and counting.

14 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Where is his new deal Winstanley? 

Seriously.

Bit worried the club may look to cash in on a academy lad when his stock is high but they better not.

7 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

Seriously.

Bit worried the club may look to cash in on a academy lad when his stock is high but they better not.

I'd be devastated but I can really see it happening.

Lavia due back soon, Newcastle looking to add depth and cover for Tonali's ban... If we're offered enough I really fear the draw of some "pure profit" would be too much for the board to resist.

Hopefully they wont sell without Poch's blessing though.

Really didn't think he had this level in him. Incredible improvement in awareness and passing the last couple of games. Earlier in the season he might need 2 or 3 touches to get control of both the ball and the situation, compared to now where he's already made up his mind before receiving the ball. 

Truly a leader on the pitch as well. 

Keep this level and eventually all those runs into the box will translate to goals and then there is nothing stopping him from becoming our new Lampard. 

I think the focus for "academy profit" will have now moved on to Chalobah and Maatsen, plus additional sales of academy players who are out on loan.

Got to admit, never in a million years did i think he'd have what it takes to surpass Mount as an academy product but its looking inevitable now. 

53 minutes ago, cfr95 said:

I'd be devastated but I can really see it happening.

Lavia due back soon, Newcastle looking to add depth and cover for Tonali's ban... If we're offered enough I really fear the draw of some "pure profit" would be too much for the board to resist.

Hopefully they wont sell without Poch's blessing though.

Given that he has started every game, and wears the arm band, the odds of selling him are remote.

1 minute ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Got to admit, never in a million years did i think he'd have what it takes to surpass Mount as an academy product but its looking inevitable now. 

Mount is a mystery. Seemed to plateau, not helped by injury and what looked like burnout. Wasting his time at MU while the manager sees him solely as a midfielder. That was never his strength. 

1 hour ago, cfr95 said:

I'd be devastated but I can really see it happening.

Lavia due back soon, Newcastle looking to add depth and cover for Tonali's ban... If we're offered enough I really fear the draw of some "pure profit" would be too much for the board to resist.

Hopefully they wont sell without Poch's blessing though.

I agree.

I think the striker situation is key. If Jackson continues scoring and Broja plays into form, we can look so strong atatcking wise, that if we can convert goals then they may not need to go in during January and try to get Osimhen or Toney. Its when we don't score against a low block that we look progessively sh*t.  If they do go after Osimhen it will need some offset funding, which could be Chalobah, Maatsen out the door, along maybe with deals for Kepa and Lukaku to get them off the books. Gallagher may also be too tempting to resist.

I hope not. I don't think that the turnovers we get from his doggedness can be overlooked. I found that with Gallagher, Sterling and Caicedo yesterday, the amount of times we nicked back possession was excellent.

38 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Got to admit, never in a million years did i think he'd have what it takes to surpass Mount as an academy product but its looking inevitable now. 

Not to make this into a Mason Mount thread or anything, but I bet Mount would've actually loved playing in this team with the way we are playing. Now he's being shoved into a CM in a sh*t United side because he's never going to take Bruno's spot. 

32 minutes ago, dermott said:

Mount is a mystery. Seemed to plateau, not helped by injury and what looked like burnout. Wasting his time at MU while the manager sees him solely as a midfielder. That was never his strength. 

MU is a club players go to for their careers to die, but their banks to be full. 

Varane and Casemiro both multiple CL winners now look a shadow of the force they once were. Sancho was destined to be what Bellingham currently is but look at him now. Still think whichever teams gets him on a cheap from Utd will get a steal.

2 minutes ago, Victor90 said:

Not to make this into a Mason Mount thread or anything, but I bet Mount would've actually loved playing in this team with the way we are playing. Now he's being shoved into a CM in a sh*t United side because he's never going to take Bruno's spot. 

I read that one of his main reasons for wanting to leave was that he saw himself as a CM and didn't fancy continuing in the role he had with Chelsea, where he was more of a link between the midfield and the attack (and did the role very well in my opinion, until injuries and a team/club in chaos saw his form take a dive). Personally I never thought we looked right with him in midfield, and I really do not see him being a success in that role at United.

As for Gallagher, he's been tremendous this season - our best midfielder by a distance so far, consistently outperforming the two £100m men. Unbelievable energy/ workrate, and his confidence and self-belief are growing by the game.

Strength in depth is only going to be more sensible starting next year with the new European football league table format. (Applies to Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League). 

 

Our very own Guttuso.. he is the closest we have to Kante .. love how he looked down at Rodri.. felt like a Chelsea captain .. the look on his face was amazing!!

18 hours ago, dermott said:

Mount is a mystery. Seemed to plateau, not helped by injury and what looked like burnout. Wasting his time at MU while the manager sees him solely as a midfielder. That was never his strength. 

And you have just described ten hag biggest problem 

19 hours ago, cfr95 said:

I'd be devastated but I can really see it happening.

Lavia due back soon, Newcastle looking to add depth and cover for Tonali's ban... If we're offered enough I really fear the draw of some "pure profit" would be too much for the board to resist.

Hopefully they wont sell without Poch's blessing though.

Poch played Gallagher as nailed down starter since day one, he even gave him the captain armband. It was clear what poch was trying to do. 🤭🤭🤭But it was also clear that the board wanted to sell Connor. I am not sure we will use  Lavia aka 50 m man as 4th string midfielder. 

 

Edited November 14, 20232 yr by Bob stark

Anyone else think he may turn out to be the better player than Mount? Conor actually seems to bleed blue, which didn't seem to truly be the case for Mount. 

3 hours ago, Bob stark said:

And you have just described ten hag biggest problem 

True. It's weird. As though ten Hag never saw Mount's best Chelsea days.

4 minutes ago, enigma said:

Anyone else think he may turn out to be the better player than Mount? Conor actually seems to bleed blue, which didn't seem to truly be the case for Mount. 

Nothing to do with bleeding blue. More a capacity and desire for self-improvement. Gallagher has blatantly obviously worked very hard on his game, no doubt aided and abetted by Poch. Almost unrecognisable from the Gallagher of recent years. Mount reached a level and plateaued not helped by injury and what appeared to be burnout.

1 hour ago, dermott said:

True. It's weird. As though ten Hag never saw Mount's best Chelsea days.

This united team is just a bit 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Out of all the top team I have watched so far they are the 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Watching Mount running chasing counter as if he is Kante is 😱😱😱. The problem is they need him to do so, but if he need him to do that why sign Mount, get onana from everton. 

59 minutes ago, dermott said:

Nothing to do with bleeding blue. More a capacity and desire for self-improvement. Gallagher has blatantly obviously worked very hard on his game, no doubt aided and abetted by Poch. Almost unrecognisable from the Gallagher of recent years. Mount reached a level and plateaued not helped by injury and what appeared to be burnout.

I don't think Gallagher has really improved though. He has always been pretty good. 

Under TT he was asked to pick up the ball from CB constantly which is his biggest weakness and Potter spell was just a mess.