Pep Guardiola comes out and states he needs a new player. This is on the back of a squad which dominated the numbers in the german national team. On top of which he added 4 players to his squad this season. I know the addition is to replace a new, unforseen injury but it does beg the question....
How does one of the best squads in the world need more strength and Man U need time to assess what they have in a squad of 1 world class player(RVP) who is constantly injured?
I get more confused when I see us pay over the odds for good but not great footballers like herrera and shaw which suggests that the problem is not finances. Maybe everyone realises this already and I'm late to the table but it tells me that our ambition doesnt match our reputation. We have fast become a second tier club in the eyes of the rest of the world.
This means that buying players is futile given we will buy donkies(fellaini) for millions, be forced to play them and further weaken our stance. The quote of "there is no value in the market" may be somewhat true, or at least should be rephrased " there is no value in OUR market". The solution may unfortunately lie with the current squad having the task of rebuilding the clubs reputation before we can get back into the market that chelsea, man city, barca, real and bayern exist in....
Thoughts?????
The truth aboout the market???
posted on 17/8/14
We have never competed with the elite clubs for signings however the 3 advantages we had over most other clubs was money, an attractive brand of football and the chance to work with SAF.
We no longer have more money than most, our football has been poor over the last 2 - 3 seasons and of course we no longer have SAF.
Add to the mix the woeful appointment of moyes plus the fact we have an unbalanced squad full of average players sprinkled with a couple of top players and it's not difficult to see why we are where we are at the moment.
I think LVG and Woodward need to sit down and understand the importance of top 4 this season, agree what is need to achieve that and get it done sooner rather than later.
posted on 17/8/14
Thoughts?????
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Don't overreact, you lot have a fantastic squad and Rooney, De gea, Fletcher, Carrick, Shaw and Herrera are all world class footballers
you don't need to add to your squad considering you have too many good players already. You will be fine this season, might even win the league like two BBC pundits predicted
posted on 17/8/14
Not having CL footy this year will definitely hurt you in the market.
I doubt the "attractiveness" would have gone after just one bad season but you'll have to pay over the odd to get WC players, especially when the set up precedents of paying almost £30M for unproven players (Herrera, Shaw, Fellaini, etc...)
posted on 17/8/14
The EPL while undoubtedly a great product, is overhyped and has far too much money. The hype extends particularly to English players, Shaw being a good example, decent player, but worth the lavish praise and transfer fee? Not a chance.
European clubs see the EPL clubs as a cash cow, hence the huge transfer fees. This gets even worse internally with English players.
When was the last time an English payer went abroad for a huge fee? Bale, but he's welsh and exceptionally talented, something most of our youngsters are not (at least near his level).
I am surprised, even without CL footy that united haven't as big a draw with the massive players. I mean against a team like Munich, maybe not (at this point in time(, but for the most part you'd expect us to be on that level.
posted on 17/8/14
Shaw will be worth the money but,an alarming lack of pace in the attacking third is worrying and centre halfs that can't play football don't help.
Since Rooney threw his toys out the club have struggled,really wish he'd left.Too much time spent on him last season added to all the other deficiencies.
posted on 17/8/14
comment by King Of Britain ^^^^^^^^^ (Always pay your tax) (U18007)
posted 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
Thoughts?????
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Don't overreact, you lot have a fantastic squad and Rooney, De gea, Fletcher, Carrick, Shaw and Herrera are all world class footballers
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Have you been sniffing hafis glue?
posted on 17/8/14
comment by (U19359)
posted 10 hours, 53 minutes ago
Shaw will be worth the money but,an alarming lack of pace in the attacking third is worrying and centre halfs that can't play football don't help.
Since Rooney threw his toys out the club have struggled,really wish he'd left.Too much time spent on him last season added to all the other deficiencies.
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I'm not convinced he will be worth it. But I agree on rooney, he should have been booted out as soon as he started throwing a hissy fit again. With the right money we could have bought someone else that would add more to the team, I don't think he has too much longer left at the top. But then the club do make a lot from his image...(surprisingly, as he looks like an Orc).