ETH legacy on the line tonight we simply have to win this match

Casemiro was a last-minute substitution for De Jong. So it was either Case or nothing, and he’s not a bad player by any measure but not the type of profile ETH was targeting for his style of play. It ultimately changed the shape and way of play of the team. Ofcourse ETH would prefer Case over nothing, but would it have been possible to get a different De Jong substitute player in? I think so, if recruitment and the negotiators were better prepared.

Eriksen was a solution, but it’s a temporal one and not a 1 on 1 replacement for De Jong and his fitness isn’t up to scratch for a regular starter as we’ve seen. Plus playing Eriksen you lose too much in defensive capabilities.

And yes this season has been abysmal despite the ideas they have had instilled in them. I’m more than confident this season is still salvageable. And they will perform to that standard the more they stick to the managers game plan, i’m positive of that as well. But this team is not the longterm solution was my point.

I think making a list of players that need to go would be more extensive than those that ETH would need to stick around, hence a major rebuild.

Total current squad players: 30

Players to keep for the longterm rebuild (as it’s looking rn):

• Onana
• Bayindir
• Martinez
• AWB
• Shaw
• Malacia
• Amrabat
• Mount/Bruno
• Hojlund
• Garnacho

Who am i missing?

Perhaps Dalot if he can reach the levels of the first half of previous season?

Mount is not a 6 nor a ball carrier type to build up play from the back. He links up the midfield with the attack and sets up chances like Bruno, albeit he’s more systematic.

And AWB isn’t really the ball retaining overlapping player that ETH needs for a winger such as Antony.

Perhaps Antony with the right technical players set-up around him?

That’s 12 out of 30

And mind you, City have atleast one A and one potent B-team ready, so 22 players who can all slot into the team and execute the preferred style of play of the coach. This is also the reason Brighton perform so well, they have a very well rounded and recruited squad that is perfectly balanced.

United have 10 at best.

this is hilarious

Edit: lol it’s a skit

I love brits tbh, y'all are so classy. having lads as a daily word would be amazing

ah. well I still like it

also they should say that's a skit, if I see it on site ike here without going into twitter to check comments, would have no clue what real VAR audio is or isn't.

Seeing so much being made about Copenhagen’s atmosphere.

I fear some are going to crumble

Antony, rashford, lindelof, dalot, onana

That's jokes bc he's pretty terrible

Spurs played with more confidence two men down than we have all season.

facts. I wish we played anything close to Spurs like ever. they played better losing 4-1 than we have in 10 years.

United got 2 super-Danes to back em man

Arsenal tapped up Israel to make this bullshit lmao

Oh boy we are about to crumble

Wrong team again

Looks like Varane is next on his exclusion list as predicted

Was there anything else on that Varane rumour or any confirmation of him being injured bc Evans should not be playing

he can't be injured while sitting on the bench for 1 month. ETH has dumped him

wE nEeD mOrE fOoTbAlL - ETH logic for putting Evans instead of Varane

^ B**** boys complaining to no avail against the technical bald mastermind

Let it begin!

apparently copenhagen's home record in the UCL is incredible

I mean he gets injured a lot

Need a miracle tonight