Not to say we cannot get lucky and cliche the title earlier but this seems like building a solid foundation before applying the finishing touches.
Perhaps Rashford is the so called squad depth cause he's the only extra player in this squad that was not here last year and isn't replacing anyone in the squad.
Rare smile from Kobbie Mainoo
All jokes aside, Carrick has managed the squad really well in preseason.
I'm excited to see what he can do in a United Shirt.
No better place to dream than the theater of dreams.
The biggest challenge for Carrick this season will be his ability to utilize the whole squad and keep players hungry and fighting for their spot in the starting 11. I'll hate to see the favoritism culture which has lead to the downfall of previous managers return.
Journalist are scraping the barrel at this point.
Rashford needs to do his talking on the pitch. If he scores, great. But more than that for me personally I'm more interested in his hardwork on the pitch like tracking back, not just walking on the pitch when the team is under pressure etc.
He still has lots of time to break into the top 10 all time scorer list if he wants it!
Signing a third midfielder is more important than signing a left back. For the left back position we have options, Shaw, Nous, Amas, even Dalot. At CDM it's only Santos and that's it. Tielemans at Villa played with either Kamara or Onana and sometimes even Lindelof in midfield to think he'll come in and all of a sudden and solves our age old CDM problem, a position he doesn't primary play would be just naive.
Also, if Mount gets injured again, which is more likely than not, then we're left with on 3 midfield options.
Let's go!!
In a perfect world, Rashford and Zirzkee out, Watkins in. A new CDM, and a non injury prone CB would be nice.
Whether Mount can become a very good deep lying playmaker is something we'll have to wait and see but I believe switching to a deeper role is a very smart way to manage his injury in theory.
Overall, was going to the world cup a net positive or negative for Mainoo?
Best case scenario both him and Rashford leaves and we sign a proper backup striker.
Mainoo in action is just beautiful.
Collyer is probably ahead of Gore but his spot is up for grabs. Which academy player are you must excited to see in preseason?
He's at the theater, there's no better place to dream.
In Santos Carrick has a student to mold into his long awaited successor at Old Trafford.
Lammens will be fine.