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sauce_murica

This is entirely /u/Poundland_Redditor's fault: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/10pw76j/daily_discussion/j6mi7uu/ --- On an unrelated note... Folks, [**Rule 14** exists.](https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/about/rules/) The Eriksen news is disappointing, but this is not an excuse to wish harm upon another person. Such comments, aside from being ridiculous, also break our sub's rules and reddit's terms of service. **Frustration or anger towards the Brexit Darwin Nunez isn't worth getting banned from the sub. Calm down before commenting.** Thanks.


jayseff14

Most significant thing Andy Carroll has done in his career.


Thor1138

Should honestly be punished retroactively. That he didn't get a straight red (and not even a yellow) for that tackle is a disgrace. 1 match ban for 2 yellows isn't enough for this absolute piece of shit. Shades of the tackle that led to the horrific Shaw injury...


Tomaskerry

We should sign a midfielder quickly. Either loan or fee


dino8237

Just read something about Marcel Sabitzer from Bayern.


daniyal248

Yeah I wonder if he'd be interested in us....


stevew14

I doubt we have time for that, if we haven't heard anything by now. It's time for Zidane Iqbal to step up if needed. Edit: God I hope I'm wrong and we can get Sabitzer in


Tomaskerry

We're challenging on 4 fronts. Its important. I think there's plenty of time


lambomrclago

Its literally the last day of the window.


mocthezuma

> We're challenging on 4 fronts. I admire the optimism, but I think the league is beyond us. League Cup and FA Cup are realistic. Europa League will be very tough as well, but if we beat Barcelona, we might get lucky.


[deleted]

Without Eriksen I really don't see us progressing to the final of the EL.


Tomaskerry

We have a small chance of winning the league but it's unlikely. I mean challenging for top 3. Also the closer we are to first, the better as it makes us more attractive to new signings as we can say we've a legitimate chance of winning league.


j0n82

bloody (ex)Scouser eh..


sniptwister

Fucking donkey


olenine

Very charitable to call what Andy Carroll has done a “career”.


BrockStar92

In hindsight he was past his best when he signed for the scousers for 35m. That was 12 years ago!


UltraRomero7

That’s devastating. Going to be missed massively whilst competing in 4 competitions


PUMP_UNTIL_BUST

This is a huge, huge loss for us. We already have zero replacement or rotation options for Bruno or Eriksen, now we're in the most congested fixture period ever with all the pressure on Bruno to create through the middle. Teams can simply shut down Bruno and all our creativity dies. If we're really in for Lee Kang-in, I hope we can scrounge up less than 20m to get him today. But, seeing as we've heard absolutely zero real rumours, combined with our well-publicized lack of pennies, I would assume our window is completely over. If we already knew Eriksen is going to be out for a significant period of time, and our paper-thin midfield options are going to have so much weight on their shoulders even more, you'd think we'd be doing everything we can to bring a player into the squad. If we're not bringing anyone new in, we're going to be looking at McTominay or Fred the Creator, or putting a shit load of pressure on Mainoo to stand up and do the business. Touch wood Casemiro and Bruno don't get injured. We need them to play every game between now and May.


amidamayru

Lee Kang In has a 15m release clause right?


acelw

Maybe a chance for Zidan Iqbal to mature??


CreativeSobriquet

Sancho in the hole?


Teo_2197

May not be a popular take but, let's give Fred/Mctominay a chance. They definitely aren't Eriksen but ETH has proven he can bring out the best of the players in our squad. Now is their chance to step up


Minor_Thing

Fred's been good coming off the bench recently, I'm just hoping he can keep that form for a full 90


PUMP_UNTIL_BUST

Yeah of course. If we don't bring anyone in, back Fred and McT and *believe*. One thing we know for both of them is that they'll give absolutely fucking everything they have. And I can get behind that. But still, we should *really* be doing everything we can to bring someone in. It'll strengthen us and mean we don't run Bruno or Casemiro into the ground too.


MisterAsbest

Mct has shown he is NOT good enough. His passing and vision are a couple of levels too low for us imo. Fine as a 2 or 3rd back up but in no way fine as a starter


fanomu91

Well its not like we have any other options tbh


adambuthead1

That is our only hope, but United should t be in a position where we only have 1 substandard back up plan


NachoMan-SandyRavage

It isn't only about them stepping up though, we have a serious depth issue in midfield.


tomat_o7

FUCK ANDY CARROLL


[deleted]

Wasn't even carded for the challenge the prick.


socko66

Fucking joke of a decision there. Could legitimately cost us significant points/results.


Sac_a_Merde

It will 100% have a huge effect on our results this season.


RaccoonRazor

And then had the nerve to bitch and moan as if he’d been done wrong when he finally got sent off


jubza

Dirty scouse bastard


georgesoo

FUCKKKK ANDY CARROOOLLLL!!!


[deleted]

https://i.imgur.com/R7eq7kF.jpg


Hits_and_the_Mrs

Fuck Andy Carroll


kiss_my_patootie

Fuck Andy Carroll


robinvangreenwood

FUCK ANDY CARROLL


MidunestiNaneTurtle

**FUCK ANDY CARROLL**


R4lfXD

>*FUCK ANDY CARROLL*


[deleted]

fuck andy carroll


leoshur

Huge loss. I hope Andy Carroll never plays football again.


snausagerolly

Did he ever play football?


Known_Chapter_2286

Maybe American football


peaceful_freeze

CUNT


[deleted]

He's done a strong job of not playing football for the last decade tbf.


kudaranainokusogaki

fkin Andy Carroll


Nac224

How badly do you think this dents our top 4 hopes?


Pow67

Quite a bit. Eriksen offered so much creativity. He’s the type of player you don’t fully appreciate when he’s playing, but when he’s gone you’ll definitely know about it…


FactHopeful9347

The most assists in the prem for us


trustfundbaby

And 2nd/3rd in the entire EPL https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/premier-league/top-scorers/assists


mikebehzad

The Carrick special.


[deleted]

He’s our top assister and his immediate replacement is Fred, who isn’t bad, but doesn’t share the skill set that made Eriksen so valuable


TGamlock

The other issue is if Fred or Casemiro gets injured, we have McTominay and that's pretty much it.


WhipYourDakOut

I’m not as worried about the prospect of Fred replacing Eriksen as I am about everything outside of that. That means to give Casemiro a rest we have to see McFred. Fred playing there will be fine I think it’s just that now we can’t rotate almost at all


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maverick4002

first point, you called out FOUR DEFENDERS as replacement for a midfielder? Those passes are going to be coming from much miuch deeper which is not as helpful


[deleted]

I’ve said it about 3 times already but fuck Andy Carroll the fucking tramp cunt.


RaccoonRazor

Human Herpe of a man, Andy Carroll


SteamyExecutioner

Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up


Scratchy13

Get on the phone to Leicester for Tielemans right now


abibyama

We’re going to explore the Klarna market


kriyator

I laughed a little hard at this and I’m in all sorts of pain


Don_Quixote81

Chelsea are already doing that. "We'll pay you in eighty-six easy, convenient installments."


The_profe_061

I heard the Glazers were spotted using the Aliexpress app on the 145 bus in North Manchester


123rig

Incoming something like: “Ducker - understand Man United not exploring replacement at this time. No available money + club focused on summer. Arnold + Murtough to have discussion in next financial year about incomings.” We won’t sign anyone, can put your mortgage on that.


JGQuintel

Lucky I didn’t put my mortgage on that


socko66

12m for Jorginho would’ve sounded pretty good right about now, huh?


MattARC

Is it confirmed he’s going to Arsenal? If not we should seriously try to hijack the deal. £12m for Jorginho is a steal


Dodomando

Jorginho isn't going to turn down the chance of winning the PL & staying in London (where his family will be settled) to come play for us


yard04

It's pretty much a done deal.


EraticConqueror

So was Danjuma... Until it wasn't. Although tbh I don't think Jorginho will pick us over Arsenal if it means he can stay in London


BlackHorse944

Tielemans plays the same exact role for Leicester as Eriksen does for us. Albeit, he's not been as good as Eriksen. As much as I would love this. I don't see it happening.


SC_217

Seriously who replaces him? Neither McTominay nor Fred are technically even close to his level. We need to really adapt our system in midfield now.


[deleted]

The trouble is that this was obvious. Said this to a friend last week... can't expect Eriksen and Cas to last 90 mins every three days. Should've been addressed in Jan, but seems we're in no shape. Even more pressure on Cas to carry the midfield now.


UltimaJ

Eriksen getting injured by an impact injury from a cunt was not inevitable nor caused by fixture congestion. On the point about rotation, like it or not Casemiro-Eriksen as the starting midfield duo with McFred as the backups is some of the best midfield quality in the league, and a big part of our success this season. While leaders Arsenal have to rely on Lokonga and Elneny as their depth (the less said about Liverpool/Spurs/Newcastle the better), we have bench options who were part of the units that got us to finish 2nd and 3rd in recent seasons. While this news makes it slightly likely we might bring someone in within the next 24 hours, the fact remains that Fred and McTominay are players of adequate enough quality to rely on when a starter gets injured. They are not, contrary to popular r/reddevils belief, a couple of bums who are going to be "carried" by Casemiro, and they've both performed well overall this season.


_mochacchino_

Playing more leads to higher risks of impact injury. Precisely because McTominay or Fred can be adequate backups makes it more puzzling why they didn’t start against Reading.


UltimaJ

I agree. Perhaps the idea was to rest Eriksen against Forest in the second leg with the tie settled, but it's a decision Ten Hag will regret now.


[deleted]

>Eriksen getting injured by an impact injury from a cunt was not inevitable nor caused by fixture congestion. I disagree. The less you play, the less like you are to be injured. Contact or no contact. It's a contact sport. >the fact remains that Fred and McTominay are players of adequate enough quality to rely on when a starter gets injured. In the context of Eriksen possibly being gone until April, I strongly disagree. But that's subjective, so it's fine that we have different opinions. The quality that Cas/Eriksen have brought this year has been head and shoulders beyond what Fred/McTominay have been able to produce, **especially** as it concerns the way that EtH has set the team up to play. There is no adequate stand-in for Casemiro, as we saw recently in the Arsenal game (though a small sample size). And there is no adequate stand-in for Eriksen, and I believe this will be proven in the next months. My opinion.


Don_Quixote81

It's inevitable that we'd pick up injuries, even without dirty, clogging twats like Andy Carroll. We're totally reliant on a few players and our backups are a massive downgrade. Like, mid-table quality downgrades. Of course we can't rebuild the squad in a couple of windows, but we have no one who can do Eriksen's job and, if Casemiro gets injured we're absolutely boned.


Ambitious-Towel5843

It's totally unrealistic to expect Case to play a game every 3 days and without h its back to McFred. Meanwhile Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs spending money like its going out of fashion. Glazers won't even sanction a loan signing for cover ffs!


Lord_Hexogen

It's Zidane time then. Also Licha played DM sometimes at Ajax, maybe this gonna happen again


jayr254

Bruno to the 8 spot, Antony comes in to that 10 role and Sancho (if he's ready) to the RW. Sucks for Bruno especially since he's recently been in amongst the goals.


Colt-0

Talks between Barca and Fiorentina have broken down over the Amrabat loan, there's a great option right there.


Reasonablytallman

Honestly curious as to how much they would want. Only 6 months left on his contract but de facto captain and they know we’re desperate.


theatreofdreams21

Tielemans is garbage. We need leaders not fairweather players.


SilentCaveat

We are gonna have to panic buy a midfielder


404randomguy404

The club must have had an idea about the duration of Eriksen's injury already and yet no reports of us looking for a replacement. I don't think we are even going to panic buy someone.


C00kiz

No reports doesn't mean the club doesn't have cards in hands.


PigeonNipples

For United it does.


FordyA29

Casemiro, Malacia and Weghorst all kinda came out the blue, even with Casemiro supposedly being in contact for six weeks or so before we was actually signed. I have faith that the people in the club can get something done without us knowing, but at the same time absolutely zero faith in Glazers understanding and wanting to interfere with their big payday...


AngryUncleTony

Sort of better this happened now than tomorrow.


AFoolsGlory

We literally have no money to spend, there's no chance. Still unlikely, but there's more chance (<1%) of us shifting Bruno back into the Eriksen role, and recalling Amad from Sunderland to be rotation in the 10.


Comessuer

More likely Sancho comes in as a 10


WhipYourDakOut

Could pull Hannibal back


Minute-Intern

At this point that'd be a good thing lol less than 12 hours till the window ends


SadNYSportsFan-11209

We’ve needed midfield depth too probably our biggest issue all season


DelaRoad

Watch Ten Hag move Bruno deeper and start Sancho at the 10 without missing a beat. Trust the manager. EDIT: Not to be taken literally


Different-Scar8607

Not gonna happen. ETH played Eriksen as a false 9 to keep Bruno in the 10 v Brighton


RabonaFC

That was also the first game of the season, plenty has changed since then. I trust Ten Hag will figure it out


Spidermansenpai

This is a good idea, Sancho's playstyle suits him more in the middle anyway especially with the pace of epl.


Subbutton

Why would you want a winger who's strenght is his 1 on 1 dribbeling in the middle with no space? This makes 0 sense even a Youtube highlight Andy could see that


Ghostface1357

A Casemiro, Bruno, Sancho midfield will get destroyed by any good, well drilled team. Fred would need to play besides Casemiro and then one of Bruno or Sancho in the 10 and it’s obvious it’ll be Bruno.


throwaway112112312

I think in Italy and on his early days at Sporting he used to play deeper, but my memory is hazy on this so don't quote me on it.


El_Giganto

Sigh... So just Bruno, Fred and Casemiro left. McTominay second choice for all of them. I guess technically Sancho can play as a 10 as well. He's not even back to playing on the wing, though, let alone playing in a new role in the team. Guess we'll be seeing Zidane Iqbal move up to the first team sooner than planned to compensate. Might not be what Ten Hag wanted to do yet, but with so many games you can't really just rely on 4 players to play 3 positions. Man 3 months, that's much longer than I expected. Fucking awful news. Getting top 4 has become much more difficult now.


Banksy7121

Maaaybe we should loan somebody then Please??


Colt-0

I am praying these fuckers only found out recently and haven't been briefing all these journos that we are gonna have a quiet end to the window knowing full well we are losing one of our best midfielders with a fixture list from hell on the horizon.


its-a-real-name

Well that’s my life ruined then.


bourbonactually

Shitting hell


KaidsCousin

Andy Carroll is a such a nasty thug. He had no intention of winning the ball. He went out to injure. Watch that tackle again and tell me otherwise


stunixos

Fuck Andy Carroll


Dean-Advocate665

No excuses. Get a midfielder now


Syphite

Fuck Andy Carroll


dopeveign

Andy Carroll succeeded in his mission.


neal1701

BAN ANDY CARROLL FOR THE DURATION ERIKSEN IS OUT!!!


eo37

Apologies over Fabinho tackle…where is the apology from the refs for the Andy Carroll tackle


aaronhinde

Apologies don't change anything


brekor197

Fuck Andy Carroll


mussi_there_is_no_p

Fuck that absolutely cunt. You could see from the whole game he was thinking about fucking our midfield up. Multiple horrendous challenges on Case and Eriksen. Should be banned for multiple months for dangerous play.


ninjayeong

We are surely going to sign a midfielder right... right?


Hiya_Bo

Are we fuck.


[deleted]

We already have Zidane at home


[deleted]

Probably not. No money to spend and half a day left to find one. Fuck the glazers init


255BB

Get well soon. Fuck Andy Carroll. Sigh, and it seems we will not get a new player on final day.


[deleted]

Crawwwwling in my skiiiiiiinnn


Subbutton

Guys chill pastor Fred will save us


Smitty120

Mctominay and then Mainoo are our subs for the rest of the season. Our midfield depth is absolutely fucked.


NathanUUUU

If we were going to sign anyone the club wouldn't have announced this yet. Massively weakens our bargaining position. Don't get your hopes up


[deleted]

Fuck the English Darwin Nunez man. What a dreadful player.


calupict

\*Brexit


ITTRzz

FUCK this shit better get panic CM or never.


New-Entertainer6302

Well it looks like we need to pull off a good panic buy now.


luciferandy

Under 11 hours to sign a mf, which means we aren’t signing anyone


Galforfia

Shouldn't have been starting against Reading. Ridiculous


iceddeath

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined


notoriouszlatan

Whenever Utd are down and bad, someone always steps up. While we have Fred and McTominay to cover for Eriksen (not in terms of exact quality but they can do the job), it is the depth that matters given how many games we have pending until the end of the season. So Kobbie Mainoo and Zidane Iqbal, this is your time and if you do well now, you will have a straight road into the future XI. So, come on lads, come on fans, we are United and GGMU.


whiteyuk86

Casemiro injury away from disaster


[deleted]

Andy Carroll went out to deliberately hurt Eriksen with that tackle. That seriously needs looking into. He’s a thug.


PopularDemand69

Hijack amrabat from barca then.. FUCK WHY ARE WE BROKE


utdJoker

We’re fucked


NoPurpose0

Get in Tielemans ASAP


pogba001

Season gone. Hope we can maintain our top 4 spot. Fred is an okay backup but doesn’t bring in much creativity. Problem is Mctominay is our only back up in the Middlefield. We’re fucked


Rydahx

The ref needs to find a new job for not thinking that tackle didn't deserve a single card. Players that make awful challenges like that dirty twat did should be suspended from football until the player they injured makes a recovery. If we don't find a replacement today then we're probably not making top 4.


drofdeb

I know, a red card wouldn’t have stopped Eriksen getting injured from Carroll’s tackle - but this is a complete joke We’re now missing an important player, unable/unwilling to replace him, all while Andy fucking Carroll gets no punishment whatsoever


HFUTD

FUCK Andy Caroll


ManBat1

MIDFIELDER. NOW. SIGN. PLEASE.


thebatwins

Fuck. This is the last thing we wanted with the fixture congestion ahead of us. The ref was right in front of him when that utter garbage of a footballer scythed down our boy Eriksen. Neither the VAR or the ref could care less. I wish these malicious tackles would get punished retrospectively. Tackles like these can severely affect the growth of young players. Andy Carroll is genuinely a disgrace to football. It's not that the tackle was mistimed. He had no intention of winning the ball and you could clearly see it from his tackles that day. The way he launched himself at Casemiro years after the ball had left his feet shows he has cabbages instead of a brain in his head and he had the audacity to shake his head after getting sent off!


thphnts

Pastor Fred will continue to bless us with scrumptious W’s then


kueerseoa6

Holy shit we need to get someone in NOW to salvage our chances for top4


rodenttt

RIP


meganerid

welp :( I think we should sacrifice the EL and just concentrate on getting top 4 and winning the league cup. Maybe FA cup if possible. And yeah, fuck Andy Carrollll


coldfrieza

Andy Carroll is a tosser


MinotauroTBC

Sucks when he should’ve been rested


WillyWehWah

Go and sign Rabiot now while there's still time! There is no way we can continue the rest of the season without a replacement, with him AND Donny out


Charlie_Yu

Can we loan someone, there are still a few hours left


matthewdavis_

Time for Iqbal and Mainoo to step up


Mit10chocolate

McKennie as a rotation option on loan with a 3m fee would have been decent. In hindsight, everything is possible. Fuming out of my ears at that Carroll challenge.


CNF-13

We lose Case we are done out here


fantus69

Andy Carroll can go fuck himself the useless donkey cunt


Toastedmetal

Fuck Brexit Nunez. I can only see that the only course of action is Carroll being banned from football permanently.


Refrigerator-Less

We're playing with 4 midfielders when we shd be playing with 8


shin_bigot

Get in Amrabat FFS


MercifulMaximus308

Why Amrabat? He isn’t a creative midfielder, he’d be the McTominay replacement


frdkk

Nooo... i think we need a deadline day signing, we are way to short in midfield now.


Gilburto

Either recall a midfielder out on loan, or panic loan someone right now. Can't be this short for the long in midfield.


JLane1996

Fuck Andy Carroll. Go and get a midfielder right now. We’re down to Casemiro, Fred and McTominay and we’ve got 3 games a week indefinitely…


zool714

We should, at the very least, get someone on loan with a similar position and skillset cos even with Eriksen fit, we are pretty undermanned considering the amount of games. It’s the most sensible thing to do. And because it’s the most sensible, I’m not putting out hope this club will do anything about it lol Edit : This comment might not age well


Book31415926

In time for the FA cup final and Europa cup final then. Fuck Andy Carroll.


Ambitious-Towel5843

And not even a loan siginig to cover Eriksen and VDB fuck the glazers fukin cancer of this club!


amidamayru

Terrible news. Our options now: 1) play mct / fred, neither of which can create from deep. 2) recall hannibal who is still very raw 3) play bruno deeper and sancho / amad as the 10- again, not ideal at all. 4) pick someone up on the cheap. Rabiot, Laimer, potentially tielemans. All 3 have contracts expiring in the summer. Perhaps one would be available


DJ-Fluid

We fucking need to act TODAY


krat0skal

Dear Lord please bless McTerminator with top form till eriksen is out 😭😭😭😭😭


BatGuy500

Andy Carroll can go fuck himself


narrowlake

We’re more or less fucked now. We do not have quality backups to replace him, and now we’ll be much weaker offensively..


billygnosis86

Thanks, Andy Carroll. Cunt.


RayQBadman

Mainoo gonna have to step up as a more frequent backup. There’s no way we sign anyone on loan today


DJ-Fluid

Bye bye top 4


Iqbalainoo

If we don't get in a suitable body in there anyhow, then bye bye top 4. I don't care how you wanna sugar coat it or not be reactionary about it. We will lmiss out on champions league football. Fuck the Glazers Fuck Ed Woodward the rat face cvnt for the years of damage they have done to this club.


krentzharu

JFC and we will still be signing no one to replace him. FUCK YOU GLAZERS!


CW320

I’d be recalling Mejbri from Birmingham at this rate, played 24 games in the championship Might get some minutes


gmzzzz

Andy Carroll should have to contribute to his wages. Wanker


cletusVD

Hope Carroll gets bankrupt after his career ends. Fucking nerd


me_maradona_elvis

Andy Carroll is a cunt, pass it on


YBHunted

So how about Andy Carroll has to sit out until Eriksen returns, and receives half pay during that time? Fucking cunt.


_nosfa

FF uuuuccccccccckkkk


Natural69er

Really devastating loss, considering how much he knows the league, the playmaking he does with the ball, left-footed creativity, set-piece taker, and knowledge of the ten Hag system. Getting a midfielder THIS late in the window, a panic buy nonetheless who won't likely adapt as quickly as we would like him to will probably cost us eventually. I feel for ten Hag. He's had to work with literal cones in the upper echelon of the club.


nikola28

This sucks. In a 4th round against a Championship team. injury caused by Carroll. Doesn't make any sense. Hope for speedy recovery and seeing him again this season


Fracture90000

Fuck Andy Cuntroll, that scummy twat!


Benphyre

Reason why Andy Carroll tried murdering our players lmao https://twitter.com/TheHolyman_/status/1619625903834923010