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Amounts to same I suppose but I think contractually you would imagine it's the lack of a CL bonus as opposed to penalising players individual contracts because the best post war Man U manager can't string some results together.

It's a shame because he can strike the ball well (when passing).

Defo remember Longstaff.

is it just that some of them may have performance related contracts and they wouldn't be receiving the bonuses due to them for finishing higher? I mean, there's no way they're voluntarily taking a 25% cut just cause they love the club soooooooo much, like....

Longstaff seeing the pass and then not playing it, messing about, they get more men back then he passes it.... He can make the pass so I guess he's a little low on confidence.

I’m sure I remember ManU fans telling me ETH was the best manager they’d had post WW2…

C’est possible…..

Yep, and for that I’d run a mile. Madness to think he couldn’t improve us though.

Bruno is my favourite player. I think he’s awesome. Gallagher seems a bit weirdly underrated on here. I think he’s better than a lot,of,you are giving him credit for. Fwiw, for my own tastes I’d rather we were looking at players with excellent ball skills and vision over monstrous athleticism but it doesn’t look like the direction we’re going in atm.

Has done owt to look like he could genuinely contribute?

Don’t know how I feel about that tbh. If another midfielder goes down we’re looking at……who?

I mean, clearly wrong. None of us expected the Lyon Bruno to transform into the Newcastle Bruno. Gallagher wouldn’t have the flair or silky ball skills (from what I’ve seen) but he has a better physicality. Mentality, no idea. Bruno is obviously better. But let’s not make out they have a completely different profile as a player. That’s nonsensical. Xavi was a better player than Bruno. Same/similar roles in their respective teams though.

I think that the footballing profile of Gallagher is very similar to both Bruno and Sandro. In terms of determination and leadership he’s probably equal to Bruno (can’t say yet for Sandro). If we were losing one of those then Gallagher would be worth considering as a replacement.

Thought Liverpool played well on the night. Was nice to see a team just go for it. Didn’t see the 1st leg but quite aware they put themselves in a position where they had to. Still, plenty of teams can be cagey despite a desperate need. On that front I did enjoy Liverpool’s play. Fwiw, I also enjoyed some of Atalanta’s. Their passing was a times very very crisp and clever. Paid close attention to Ederson due to the links. He’s faster and has a good touch but doesn’t have the dominant character Bruno has.

Odd to have so little possession but have a much higher expected goals stat. It looked that way as well. We left a couple of goals out there tbh. 6-0 wouldn’t have felt like a robbery.