Caporegime
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Yep, the pressure is huge. A lot of players can't handle it. I might wait for a bit more than a couple of games before writing off a 19 year old though.
Winter Transfer window 24/25
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pressure should be easier nowadays, your a mid table team these days shouldnt be nowhere near the pressure there used to be when utd were challenging for titles every year
also players like mount, casemiro, sancho etc they played at clubs that at the time were bigger than utd so the utd pressure thing is just garbage excuse imo
also players like mount, casemiro, sancho etc they played at clubs that at the time were bigger than utd so the utd pressure thing is just garbage excuse imo
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and thats an issue because??? Good riddance, I hope he does well for them but glad he and his hanger-ons are away from this club.
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Casemiro yes. Others no. If you seriously think Chelsea or Dortmund are bigger clubs then you need your head checked. And the pressure is huge, every time we have anything less than a win it's headline news. The pressure is far higher now, players a few decades ago didn't have social media, 24 hour news coverage or anything like that. Teletext pressure wasn't quite the same.
Are you deliberately being a bit obtuse here? It most certainly isn't any easier, the spotlight on Man Utd is far greater than Chelsea which you've used as an example. Obituaries are being written for players and managers every single week at this club, that isn't happening anywhere else. It's a combination of a sub-par squad combined with incredible pressure and scrutiny. It makes an already very difficult task of rebuilding the team, a near impossible one. It's not simply the case that you have a bad season and end up in mid-table and therefore you're now a mid-table side. In a way I wish that were true, as it would shift expectation and make the rebuild more straightforward.
We get the same treatment Man City are getting now, despite the gulf in achievements and squad quality in recent years. That says it all. It's flattering in a way I suppose.
Lets hope Rashford read both pages of the contract and it doesn't say £3.75/week wages. A court would probably uphold it on the basis that no rational human would expect to be paid £375k/week unless they were exceptional at their job.
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Mad that. Italian football used to be the envy of the world and now their most famous club is taking players who can't get a game in a Newcastle United defence. Funny old game.
Never said it’s an issue? I just think it’s a bad signing for villa.
Doesn’t improve Utd either way either and am all for Utd struggles to continue anyway
