With Carrick being the season's stand out midfielder, I think he's hitting his peak as a player in the deep midfield role. I have faith that if Fletcher doesn't retire in the summer, he'll be able to make a recovery for us and adopt a role sitting in front of the back four giving us the bitey player playing seem to be desperate for, and Phil Jones has also performed this role excellently as well this season, and it's important he be involved as much as possible.
(I have two side points to make about my above paragraph. No.1, it's a disgrace that people genuinely WANT Darren to have to retire, and for me shows how out of touch and clueless they are about what's important in supporting a club. He's an academy product who's been an important player all through his career with us and deserves the clubs full support until he decides he can't keep it up or his contract runs out. No.2, At Phil Jones age, playing full back or as a defensive midfielder won't hinder his progress at all. What kind of dam fool logic is that. By playing in different defensive roles, he learns about them and where to position himself, when to press and when not to, and when to break and when to sit, all of which will help him with where and how to position himself as a center half in different situations. It isn't a case of "Jones played in midfield today, so he'll be one game less experienced as a defender". Full on rubbish that.
We've also just about managed to keep Anderson and Cleverley fully fit for a whole season. Cleverley has been fabulous for us this year, looks a bit tired now but we're coming to the end of his first full season playing every week for us. If RVP is feeling how hard it is to be a Manchester United player having played for a different top 4 contending team for 8 years, Cleverley can certainly be forgiven for having a shaky month, especially after the Madrid ties. Ando is also looking like being able to sustain his fitness, and nobody can doubt the lads talent. Gaurentee he'll play a lot next season too. On his day there aren't really any powerful CM's who can carry the ball and pick a pass better than Ando in the league, bar Yaya Toure. Not bad for a lad still not 25.
We also have Shinji Kagawa, who's been bought to give us an added dimension in games and facilitate fluidity in the line up, so one minute we can be operating from a 442, then her can move in field and our right hand side player press up to form a 433 formation. He's getting used to the PL more and more with every week and befits long he'll be a player who'd walk into any team's line up and be key. Gem if ever I saw one.
We've got Nick Powell, who's looking to me like he'll be his generations Frank Lampard, amongst players like Petrucci and Tunnicliffe who could certainly have futures with us, and excellent squad harmony.
We can all understand the benefits of having a midfield partnership of De Schwiensteiger and Modric with Wanyama and Gundogan available to help change the game from the bench. With that midfield we could potentially be 10 points clear by now, but who knows.
What we've got, what we've built and what we are in the process of building is very special. Yes a midfield addition would improve us, but this summer I want to see what we've got be allowed to flourish and develop.
What we do need however is out wings sorting out. Nani is off. We'll get a decent fee and be able to reinvest it into A Rodriguez or Ronaldo. Someone who can help remind our fans just how brilliant it can be to watch Manchester Unired playing the Manchester United way at full tilt.
We DON'T need a new CM this summer.
posted on 4/4/13
Scholes Tackling Coach
The thing is that Powell has played a full season in league 2 (40+ games) and taken that side to Wembley and gotten them promoted. That in itself is something that gives him vital experience in another side while playing against beastly older men and still managing to pull off pieces of sublime skill.
The boss must have taken note of that and it's why he didn't send him out on loan this season. Powell has starred in the under 21's for us and I personally think that he's ready to be a benchwarmer for us next season.
posted on 4/4/13
Rob
I think maybe the reason Ferguson didn't put him out on load straight away was because he wanted him to acclimatise to the United way. His development will have been very different to players like Cleverly and Wellbeck who have had Rene Meulensteen coaching them over the years and have great control and movement. Powell is still very young and learning and I'm guessing a season with United training and getting used to our style was far more beneficial to a loan but maybe next season now that he has a year of that in him a loan might help?
posted on 4/4/13
Hahaha! Did you actually just use the old "someone else agrees with me so you're wrong" argument?
I never expected this article to go down well on what is widely regarded as the worst football forum around for member quality on most other sports forum sites. But it was a good laugh in any case.
Everything about JA is great, except for the users, like yourself, who make up 85% of its hits. Great site for a laugh, not the place to talk abou football though. In any case, everyone knows a new midfielder would potentially make our midfield better, but a team 15 points clear doesn't NEED anything.
posted on 4/4/13
By widely regarded as the worst, I'm assuming you're basing that on opinions other than that of your own, and that of people who have presumably been banned from here? This is the 3rd or 4th time you've made either a completely nonsensical article, or made generalisations and sweeping statements against a group of fans and been shown up as a complete tool.
posted on 4/4/13
comment by Robb Lannister (U9808) posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Macca
I don't disagree with a lot of what you said there but as for Powell, he'll be in the first team next season. Not every game but similar to Cleverley last season.
The boss said he won't be going out on loan and has given him tasters this season.
Powell has done his season outside the Prem and has the talent to play a part in our CM next season, if only 10-15 or so games.
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Rob
3 seasons at least from becoming first choice
Yeah he'll get games, of course he will, he'd had a taste this season, but I'm talking how far away he is from being that top top player we need, and that won't be next season. Even 3 seasons might be asking too much
posted on 4/4/13
No Jay. It's from knowing, having tried loads of different sites, and discovering that this one was hopelessly poor for discussion, but good for a laugh or two, and realising I wasn't the only person who'd discovered this. You lot on here, on all boards, are so uninformed, yet gobby, it's absolutely astounding, and hilarious.
posted on 4/4/13
Your previous post was actually case in point. Condescension, coupled with extreme assumption. Then slagging off what I've posted, slagging of me personally, and then an outright insult.
How exactly do you think people view JA606 when THAT is the caliber of comment you get when jump to the defence of their beloved site over a simple observation?
posted on 4/4/13
So yeah. Cheers sweetheart
posted on 4/4/13
Ridiculous article. We need at least 2 midfielders not 1 if we want to start challenging for Europe again.
posted on 4/4/13
Wrong. But for a shocking decision RE. Nani, we'd be 3-0 up vs galatasaray instead of Madrid. Worst comment of the thread. Poor start newbie.