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He is, but Callum Wilson scored more than him, admittedly decent too. But nobody is paying 100m for Callum Wilson. Barca away was one of his best performances that season - maybe that is the one you remember and are extrapolating to his entire season. But I can assure you he spent a lot of...

Fair enough. I rate him far less than you, and given his mediocre technique, and the fact he's been wank in his career far more often than he's been good, I don't think I am harsh in doing that.

17 goals in the league, 1 in the FA Cup, 6 in the League Cup (one of which was a phantom goal in the final) and 6 in the EL. So basically, even in his best season he was a cup player, and couldn't break 20 goals in the league. And given stats are all he has, that's pretty poor.

Too much wanking over stats. I watched him the entire season and his general play was still absolutely abysmal. And seeing as you love stats, he scored less goals in the league than Ivan Toney. Scored a lot in the cups and EL. Plus like I say it was ONE SEASON. It was an anomaly statistically...

Anyway not in the mood to argue - just looking here quicky before I head out. But having Rashford instead of Raphinha is just swapping one set of problems for another and exactly the type of thing Barca's board shouldn't be doing but likely would if they had the chance.

LOL is he fuck. You're getting carried away with the hype - I notice you seem to have a positive spin on anything Man United often. Even at his 'best' his all-round game, first touch is an abomination, and he's at his 'best' one season out of five. Even at his best his general play is abysmal...

Rashford is pish in my very humble opinion. Has one good game in 15, even when he scores his general game is rubbish, and can't play against low blocks. One of the most overrated players I have seen in almost 40 years watching football. Total bluffer. Not that I rate Raphinha either.

That's true. Hope all is well anyway mate.

No problem. Just you're usually one of the go to guys for watching different leagues and knowing a variety of players and that. Plus you were in the Ligue 1 thread so figured you might have some knowledge. but it is cool. Let's see how they do this season.

Poor Claude

He's come a long way since leaving ER.

Yeah, Fort is talked up a lot, apparently a good prospect. I hear he's impenetrable :) Jokes aside, I have heard good things about him.

Let's hope the poor guy never finds Barca forum. He will be on suicide watch reading these posts. At least he has nice hair.

He's easier on the eye too. I'll get my coat.

No it's the other way about. They massively underperfomed ie they missed a lot of chances. They also finished lower than they should have based on 'metrics'. Same the season before. Edit: actually the season before last was way worse. Birdy doesn't like Understat but according to it Chelsea...

They've already got Donatello and now they want Blade.

Final posts to wind down. What do you all think was the moment of the Olympics? This for me. Watched it live and the crowd went wild. Duplantis had the entire crowd to himself as everyone else had finished their session and it was late in the evening. Marchand's endeavours were excellent...

Fair enough, it was just the first one I saw. Tbh it did seem to tally up with a lot of patterns I had seen over the last two seasons, not just with United, but trends in other teams too. Chelsea missing chances, Villa overperforming, United overperforming, City and Arsenal getting more points...

'They can take our lives...but they'll never take...our Frenkie!!!'

@Birdy I don't know if you have had the chance to read the posts as of yet, but thoughts on the underlying metrics of United in 22/23? And observations on other teams? Do you agree?