You havent read my point. Im not saying that if a player doesnt fit in one team then he wont fit in any team. Burke has had a poor career thus far and I dont want him here but thats not my point. Im saying if he was any good, would a top 6 challenger lend a player to a direct rival?

You are going round in circles. Sancho has basically exclusively played wide, why so many excuses? What are his strengths? They dont have any strikers as good as Ronaldo, or ones who will score as many goals. By you and others he is being seen as some sort of liability, with the other underperformers going under the radar or getting excuses. Sancho has been crap.

Regarding Burke, it would say a lot that Sheffield United who I think are a strong top 6 contender would be willing to lend us a player considering our league position.

In spite of outperforming all of his attacking counterparts, Ronaldo seems to have become somewhat of a scapegoat and the other Was he a wise signing or part of a plan? Perhaps not but for some reason, it is implied that prior to his arrival, that all of these other players were performing and grafting and Ronaldo has upset the applecart. Prior to Ronaldo, they relied heavily on Fernandes to get the out of the shit whilst the likes of Rashford, Martial, Greenwood etc offered zilch. Sancho has played basically every game he has featured in from a wide role, and has looked awful, he looks slow, he looks overweight, he lacks urgency, he isnt scoring or assisting and his decision making is terrible as summed up by not slipping Ronaldo in in the first half. What are his strengths as none are on show? Why does he get excuses whereas Ronaldo who is massively outperforming him get all the blame? Why is the sole focus on what Ronaldo does?

He has played quite a bit and has been consistently rubbish to be fair. I didn't realise how slow he was.

I don't get the fuss over Rankin Costello and I don't think that he would be an upgrade or even a better fit at right wing back than Nyambe. When he did play (obviously for the sake of this we are ignoring the fact that he is beyond fragile) he was steady enough and versatile but going forward he was hardly whipping in lots of crosses or being brilliant bombing on, and there is more than one way to skin a cat, Nyambe showed through brute force (not for the first time) against Birmingham what can happen when he powers forward, the cross may not have been inch perfect but it led to a goal. As a wing back, the importance of defending shouldn't be discarded either, and there is only one winner there, Rankin Costello is really poor at one on one defending, ultimately it is blatantly not what he is best at. I don't see how such a definite stance should be taken, what if we get promoted? Should a run of form 18 months prior be focused on above an unexpected current season promotion? If he got promoted, would that classify as "having ambition?" There is a fixation with "death spirals" without equally taking into account good runs of form, ultimately it is unfair to cherry pick runs of games to suit an agenda, the end finish in the table is what matters and is why Mowbray needed sacking last year. But he didn't so lets see what unfolds first.

Maybe it says a lot about the Bundesliga, he looks hopeless here and has never really impressed in an England shirt.

He did but I wouldnt say that his heading ability is one of his strengths.

The financial side of it is all conjecture, assumptions and estimations. Even if you have specifically been told that its been doubled which I read from your post to be very much an aasumption rather than a known fact, we dont know what he is on know, what other right backs in the league are on, what our other players are on. Waggott has said in the fans forum that our last contract offers to all 3 were as much as we could offer with the current budget so it is down to money, but the ins and outs are unknown. He might only be on 3k now and a double your money offer could still be considered paltry, totally hypothetical but all we know is that Waggott said we offered him (and the others) as far as we could go and the deals all remain unsigned months after that, in which time on the pitch things have gone very well.

No chance.

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.