I don't think it was anyway but even if it was we've lost two of the players who were playing there so it doesn't mean its the same this time. Obviously we all know about the need for a striker but it seems a bit like people have got blinkers on about it and can't see anything else when the squad needs improvements just about everywhere imo.
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CielosGrises
Player Valuation: £25m
If his contract isn't up, why would he take a wage cut ?
Maybe United take a loss and cover some of them - but he's not going to personally / voluntarily lose money is he ?
same reason why the likes of tosun, gomes, iwobi, bolasie, williams, mina etc stuck around till the end of their contracts
no one will pay them the wedge they had
Marius57
Player Valuation: £70m
To be fair, we had like the 13th best defensive record.
However, that regularly included Mina/Coady rather than Keane or an unproven young lad (who I hope excels but it’s a gamble at this point)
Simon Buttle
Player Valuation: £60m
He isn't good enough but he still had better numbers than Maguire did last season and they both played a similar amount of mins. Too many fans are falling into the Kenwright trap of "He plays for a top 6 club so he must be good" imo. Don't even get me started on the age/wages side of it, do our fans not understand what our problems are?
Toffe3m4n
Player Valuation: £80m
Agree, would suit Dyche’s style much better than a higher line at United, Maguire is excellence when the defence drops deep. Like you said, just can’t see how we fund it and we almost certainly should be spending that kind of money on attackers which we need as an absolute priority.Absolutely no issues with Maguire for his ability & leadership qualities - I just don't see how we can budget for his wages in our current situation
Marius57
Player Valuation: £70m
To ensure he is playing football so he remains in the England team. To ensure he gets a certain length contract at his new club as at 30 he will likely still get 4 years.
If united want him out, then they pay off part of his contract for the final year to get him out, so they save money and new club are willing to take him etc.
He makes nearly a million a month, there’s probably a point when making half that a month won’t make much difference to him, and I’d assume he is past that point.
Agree with this, especially the first part. Last year was a freakish year. I honestly think in most PL seasons that went before even Southampton survive with what they had. Surviving it from where we were when Dyche came in is pretty remarkable.
When you look at where Leicester were in 21/22 to getting relegated in 22/23 merely after a summer of standing still you see how much the standard at both ends has been rocketing forward, standing still was going backwards fast.
Think this summer that trend is maybe at an end, looks like some chickens are coming home to roost elsewhere and the unsustainable arms race is slowing down, plus Luton and Sheffield don't have the quality of the teams going down. I don't think the overall standard will improve (at the bottom end anyway) this summer, for probably the first summer in a few. Steady improvement, particular at the top end of the pitch, should be enough for us. But we still need to make sure that happens.
moggeridge
Dogs don't know revenge
adams & maguire signing would make this window a 10
It's definitely pessimistic but I wouldn't say it's pathetic. It's a poor squad that's faced successive relegation battles and is in desperate need of a goalscorer.
Relegation isn't a certainty but it's hardly beyond the realms of possibility.
JohnJq
Player Valuation: £5m
United fans now saying a Maguire Branthwaite swap is on the cards.
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
That is hilarious
JohnJq
Player Valuation: £5m
It's criminal..
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