Jump to content

 

 

Recommended Posts

The Fellaini move was desperation on his part, I think Fergie left at the right time. He saw they were done and needed a massive overhaul

 

27 million for Fellaini or 40 million for Ozil..... Moyes stayed within his comfort zone instead of acting as Man U manager.

 

Man U are a far bigger club than taking on players like Fellaini - I know there is a sense that managers will go with who they know, but Fellaini was neither the quality nor the TYPE of player they needed. They have pressing concerns all over the pitch right now.

 

CB - Ferdinand is done. Vidic will leave in summer if not this month. Smalling, Jones & Evans arent of the quality they need

LB - Evra is getting past it. No proper replacement.

CM - where do you start here.... he bought Fellaini but Carrick is good enough in the holding role. They needed a replacement for a young Scholes - a creative midfielder who will score you 10-15 goals a season.

RM - Valencia nor Nani are the answer

LM - Not convince Young is the answer - so they will need to rely on Januzai, who has great potential, but will he lack consistency.

 

An interesting stat.... It took SIXTEEN Premier League games this season before a Man U midfielder scored OR assisted a goal. That is a simply incredible stat for a team like Man U.

 

At the very least they need :

 

CB

CB

LB

RM

CM

CM

 

At the VERY LEAST.

 

They are a club who will have to spend big or they will head into decline quickly, if they havent already started

Link to post
Share on other sites

Man Utd have a pretty dire team and their squad is much worse than the top 4. Fergie winning trophies with such a poor squad is admirable but equally the fact he's signed so many poor players in the last 10 years suggests he is overrated.

 

Rooney and a fit RVP are the only players in the Man Utd team that would get near the Chelsea team. Januzaj is quality but Chelsea have Oscar, Mata, Hazard, Willian etc who are all superior.

 

For the record, Moyes proved at Everton that he's a decent manager but I don't think he is a great one. He was a strange appointment really. A club like Man Utd should be appointing a manager with a proven pedigree of competing for trophies and Champions League experience.

Link to post
Share on other sites

27 million for Fellaini or 40 million for Ozil..... Moyes stayed within his comfort zone instead of acting as Man U manager.

 

Man U are a far bigger club than taking on players like Fellaini - I know there is a sense that managers will go with who they know, but Fellaini was neither the quality nor the TYPE of player they needed. They have pressing concerns all over the pitch right now.

 

CB - Ferdinand is done. Vidic will leave in summer if not this month. Smalling, Jones & Evans arent of the quality they need

LB - Evra is getting past it. No proper replacement.

CM - where do you start here.... he bought Fellaini but Carrick is good enough in the holding role. They needed a replacement for a young Scholes - a creative midfielder who will score you 10-15 goals a season.

RM - Valencia nor Nani are the answer

LM - Not convince Young is the answer - so they will need to rely on Januzai, who has great potential, but will he lack consistency.

 

An interesting stat.... It took SIXTEEN Premier League games this season before a Man U midfielder scored OR assisted a goal. That is a simply incredible stat for a team like Man U.

 

At the very least they need :

 

CB

CB

LB

RM

CM

CM

 

At the VERY LEAST.

 

They are a club who will have to spend big or they will head into decline quickly, if they havent already started

Fellaini is better as AMC instead of in the holding role. He proved at Everton that he's a quality player. The Man Utd side is terrible.

 

Reminds me of Walter leaving our squad a mess before DA came in. Like our situation, Man Utd need to splash the cash. They produce zilch decent youth players so they need to go out and buy a tonne of top players.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Number of games won by Man Utd managers at this stage:

 

Moyes 18

Busby 15

Atkinson 14

Ferguson 12

Sexton 12

Docherty 10.

 

That is an artificial table though Gav.

 

Do you honestly think that Atkinson or Ferguson inherited nearly as good a team as Moyes did. Ageing or not, the team Fergie inherited wasnt anywhere near the top of English football and he had to build them into that. Moyes inherited the champions who should, at the very least, be close to challenging.

Link to post
Share on other sites

That is an artificial table though Gav.

 

Do you honestly think that Atkinson or Ferguson inherited nearly as good a team as Moyes did. Ageing or not, the team Fergie inherited wasnt anywhere near the top of English football and he had to build them into that. Moyes inherited the champions who should, at the very least, be close to challenging.

 

An artificial table? Analyse it however you like but the figures mentioned are fact.

Link to post
Share on other sites

I keep hearing pundits saying its an ageing team but its anything like an old squad. Only Ferdinand and Giggs are nearing the end of their careers. Evra, Carrick and Vidic are wrong side of 30 but could easily do 2 years at the top level.

 

De Gea, Rafael, Jones, Smalling, Evans, Cleverley, Juanazai and Zaha are all young. The players like Rooney, Van Persie, Hernandez, Young, Nani, Valencia, Fletcher, Felliani and Kagawa should all be at their peak.

 

Its all about the lack of quality. Throw Mata and Modric into that squad and all of a sudden it would look very different.

Link to post
Share on other sites

That is an artificial table though Gav.

 

Do you honestly think that Atkinson or Ferguson inherited nearly as good a team as Moyes did. Ageing or not, the team Fergie inherited wasnt anywhere near the top of English football and he had to build them into that. Moyes inherited the champions who should, at the very least, be close to challenging.

Moyes has inherited a very poor team...

Link to post
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.


×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.