OK so despite the ridiculous speculation and gossip that exists around our transfers it seems a fact that we are in for both Lucas and RVP.
Although this is a mouth watering thought if we do manage to pull these transfers off what is happening with our starting XI? I know its a squad game but their seems too many players for the positions especially in midfield.
If we do get these two I presume we will be playing with a front two and therefore not changing the formation, and given the following points who would make up our starting line-up?
1. Carrick, Valencia, RVP & Rooney would start almost every game
2. Fergie rates Young and Nani highly and are seen as among the top wingers in the prem and still improving.
3. Kagawa was bought to go straight into the staring XI (although as a number 10 not a CM)
4. If Lucas came he would likely be in the starting XI
5. Welbeck, Cleverly and Hernandes have been praised for their abilities and potential, and seen as the future of the club.
--------------Rooney---RVP---------------
Lucas----------Kagawa-----------Valenca
-------------------Carrick------------------
That leaves these guys fighting just to get a spot on the bench!!!
Anderson
Scholes
Cleverly
Giggs
Welbeck
Hernandes
Nani
Young
Are we looking to get rid of players, abandoning our youth or just in for one of the two players??
I'm in a state of excited confusion...
Inside Sir Al's head
posted on 23/7/12
Red Russian (U4715)
I see what you`re saying but i think Sir Alex has a lot, maybe arguably too much, of faith in the central players we have.
As i said previously he`ll use Kagawa, Scholes, Ando, Carrick and more likely than not Rooney and Jones in CM roles but also blood the likes of Powell, who we can`t really gauge yet, and promote Petrucci and Lingaard. He`s as good as hinted at that in his pro-glazer interview on the bbc website this morning.
posted on 23/7/12
RVP will not come, Lucas however, might.
posted on 23/7/12
It`s a very much hypothetical article anyway i think.
Can`t really say much on either. Plusses and minuses pointing towards boths potential deals.
posted on 23/7/12
Rvp and Hundelaar played together in the euros, both are quite stationary. Rooney has better movement than both of them, espesially huntelaar, but I doubt we'll play in a 4-1-1-2-2 formation. Carrick can't do all that work, say he meets a 4-3-3 then he'll have problems. we'll have both kagawa and rooney coming deep if we gonna have this lineup..
not only can we get rvp cheap, this only illustrates that ferguson dont believe we have a good enough striker but for rooney.
i get why we want lucas, not is he only probably the next big thing coming through, he's pace and technique is far superior young's.. Also young do indeed have no real competition on the left winger, as nani and valencia is more of a right wingers
posted on 23/7/12
I agree with your opinions on the huntelaar/rvp combination. But then i do not rate huntelaar one iota.
But to say Sir Alex is trying to bring in rvp because he has no faith in Chicha, Welbeck and even Kiko and Berba isn`t right.
He just sees the leagues top goalscorer last season going for cheap.
The "V" word is what governs this one as much as anything, and i agree with him.
posted on 23/7/12
i doubt very much we will get van persie
posted on 23/7/12
SgtBoscoBaracus
He pretty much stated at a press conference last week that Kagawa needs to play in a more advanced role. I can't see him in midfield in a 4-4-2 unless there is a spectacular injury crisis.
Having said that, Fergie has often surprised me with his choices and he tends to make the right calls. Perhaps he is preparing to surprise us with a revolutionary 4-1-5 formation with a hard working and fluid front five...
posted on 23/7/12
Depends on if the mood takes him i guess.......
posted on 23/7/12
It sounds mad, but I guess the preferred starting line up for Spain in the Euros wasn't a million miles from this... albeit the five were mainly midfielders rather than forwards.
posted on 23/7/12
Basically if we sign Van Persie, Kagawa will have to play out of position!?