Even before Rangnick joined he was playing just as crap under Solskjaer. Is playing from the left unnatural to him? No.

The thing is, its not as if without him, they have the personnel to play high intensity pressing football, they didnt before he joined. Rashford has always been fairly petulant and inconsistent, Martial the same although he has now been jettisoned, Sancho looks from the same mould, Greenwood has fizzled to similar, Fernandes is hardly high intensity, Pogba is currently out but as lazy as anyone, the list goes on. I think because its Ronaldo, he takes the headlines good or bad and I have no doubt that he is not at the peak of his powers, but others are hiding behind him and not pulling their weight themselves. Without his goals, they would really be struggling.

Being Uniteds best player tonight is like being the tallest dwarf. For perspective, his main rival for that award would be Phil Jones! Sancho has played out wide basically every game including most of his time on ths pitch tonight and has been shit everytime ive seen him. Ronaldo may have been a signing made out of nostalgia but hes got them out of the shit numerous times and without his goals, they really would be struggling with the supporting cast equally lacking urgency but also not scoring the goals that he gives you.

Its ok to be frustrated when we dont win. That doesnt imply that you expect to win every single game. I am always frustrated when we dont win at home, never more so than when we are up at the top.

As a team chasing promotion, anything less than 3 points at home is frustrating, so we shouldnt be afraid at home. That being said, Brereton is not known for his aeriel prowess nor are either of your suggested wide men especially Dolan known for their ability to cross.

He has done nothing in any of the games he has played, he cant blame a 15-30 minute spell as a wing back. He looks so slow, a bit overweight, and his decision making is really poor. I think the English trio of him, Rashford and Greenwood (a lot of furore over him being subbed, I thought he was little/no better than the rest) are somewhat hiding behind the Ronaldo narrative when at least he scores, those 3 barely do yet also dont seem to be giving 100%. Seen much of Ajax? Pochettino did well at Spurs but ultimately won nothing.

We dont know what wage he has been offered. Although I would suggest as a regular and important member of the starting 11, he would be justifed to ask for a wage towards the higher end of our wage structure.

They seemed sensible to me.

Sancho looks crap, seems to be running in treacle.

Nyambe isn't a totally blunt instrument going forward, see the first goal v Birmingham, it might not be the typical Alexander Arnold style pin point crossing from deep, but his pace and power is a threat and he is at least becoming cleverer at using said power further up the pitch, I don't think that crosses from deep suit our attackers anyway. Plus even as a wing back, the defensive side is still key, Nyambe has been integral to us getting all of these clean sheets. Our recent success has been built on a solid defensive foundation. Even if we did sign another right wing back, we need 2 and Rankin Costello is no use with his fragility.

If Nyambe leaves because we cannot afford his wage demands, why do you think we could afford an adequate replacement? I would say that he is above average for sure. I don't think he is the best in the league, but he is very much one of the better full backs. He seems to split opinion, some seem to think he is rubbish (one person in particular) and that the average Rankin Costello is better, some seem to think that he is the best in the league, the truth lies in between somewhere. He will leave a big void if he goes though, and be replaced by someone sub par no doubt. Defensively he is right up there, that is the most important thing.

Surely United are searching for a receipt for Sancho, Dortmund have had United's pants down. He looks so slow and lacking urgency and his decision making and final ball is so bad. Maybe he just thrived in a poor league.

I understood the Gallagher sub and would have done the same personally. On a pitch whereby the owners cost cutting is already showing in a bad way, it wasn't really a day for running with the ball, and I thought that Gallagher's power in behind and his strength could have been useful.

I don't think they have this season. Even yesterday, I felt like Khadra looked somewhat tired and was not surprised to see his number go up.

No way is Nathan Byrne better than Nyambe, especially defensively.

To be fair, I don't get the impression that any of the team is unhappy, very much including the contract rebels. Why would they be, team doing well, regular football and seemingly a close knit spirit, they have all opened negotiations with the club so there is some willingness. But ultimately it will come down to momey, and that includes with Kaminski; it is perhaps the most important contract of his career and if we cannot pay the going rate due to an overly strict wage ceiling, he wont sign.

Of course, but the issue is with the players quality or lack of, and inability to impact games. If Clarkson was a loanee, on a 1 year deal or on a 5 year deal, he should equally be nowhere near the team. If we signed an older player on a short term deal and he wasn't improving the team, or even if it was a player on a long term deal, the "getting in the way of our own youngsters" line wouldn't be trotted out, whereas with all of the loan signings, it was regularly regurgitated before they had joined.

I am surprised that this obsession regarding an unwillingness to treat loan players equally continues to be fair. Are you happy with Van Hecke and Khadra, both of whom have been very good, or would you prefer 2 inferior players (Carter and Dolan) to play, being our own youngsters? Football is not just about the long term, you can't take your eye off the here and now. If we treated players only here for this season unfavourably then Nyambe, Lenihan, Van Hecke, Rothwell and Khadra all wouldn't be starting games.

I also think that if Mowbray actually thought that Clarkson was a bit crap, will never make it even at Championship and it was a waste of time signing him, Mowbray wouldn't say as such in the media! Of course he will say positive stuff in the press, standard fare.

If people have made a judgement on Gallagher, it isn't because of an unwillingness to give him time. This is his 3rd season here, 4th if you include his loan spell, all of which he featured regularly in. I think that Brereton has come on leaps and bounds for a number of different reasons. The Chile situation will have given him confidence but mainly through the utter novelty of the situation and the prestige, most if not all of his games came in front of empty stadiums, its obviously a situation that couldnt be replicated at Ewood. He also has thrived being the main man for the first time this season, the way we play suits him, he is 22 now and has physically developed, all in though, no one could have predicted this a year or 2 ago, 20 goals before New Year. I feel like with the fanbase, you are unnecessarily and purposely provoking people with your opinions surrounding confidence, purposely yet not blatantly implying a lack of support. Anyway, back to the transfers. No thanks to Burke. Maybe he would show something he has never done prior in a Rovers shirt, but I would much prefer a striker who will help Brereton out, along with Dack of course.

Id suggest that bringing back up "a minority of groans" from 2 years ago is the overreaction. Out of interest, take today, a few times stray passes went out of play or a poor ball/unnecessary foul ended an attack. A few natural, totally organic growns ensue out of frustration. Would that be defined as abuse?

The specific form of abuse is never particularly clarified or specified. In ground, on here, elsewhere on the internet? Assuming in ground: Isolated idiotic individuals? Groups of people together? The whole crowd? Every game? Every mistake? Occasionally? Online chatter? Moans and groans under peoples breath? Booing? Chants against him? Aimed at the player specifically, the manager, the team, all 3? Its just all still to vague for me and seemingly others. What is defined as abuse to you? Is there a level of judgement that can be deemed acceptable (writing he didnt play well on here for example) or a line whereby you can get to whereby it is understandable, organic, spontaneous frustration? (a moan when a pass is misplaced etc) Could the lack of confidence stem from the actual underperforming rather than fan reaction?

That would be so unlikely as it would require firstly a valuation for Brereton but also mutually agreed valuations for 2 other bright prospects within that deal, not to mention the assumption that both would like to sign for a Championship side and also then be able to agree wages baring in mind that we will not be paying their full wage and that we are under a strict wage ceiling as shown with our inability to sign up our own assets. Think its safe to dismiss.

75m?

So you are putting Rothwell's poor performance mainly down to Nyambe?