Manchester Utd Thread

The issue is Man United need quality and quantity. The squad is thread bare. They lack any sort of experienced head up front for one position. For me, United need an Anelka type character for that position. Battle hardened and been around the block and produces. Then you’ve midfield, they need Viera/Keane and then wing backs and CB. 

And that’s just the starting line up, they need players to come off the bench and make an impact.

Man United won’t bridge the gap over 12/24 months, it’s a long slog I’d suggest. English football now has an absolute fascination to buy within the league. Chilwell of Leicester isn’t worth half of the value Leicester will get for him, there’s much better talent in Spain/Italy/France. 

What ever happened to the likes of Wenger who found talent abroad and developed them in England. Ferguson done it as well, Ronaldo the obvious example. 

Funny that having spent around a billion pound on players since Ferguson left that the squad is so thin, and across Manchester, City have spent something similar and are also in need of several signings to get back up to challenging for the title this summer due to some big players leaving or coming to the end of their careers.

United have done a good job recently in getting rid of about half of the dead wood at the club, but still need to shift another few. The likes of Jones and Rojo for example. I also think they need to address their defence, need a holding midfield player and probably a forward to add competition to Rashford, Greenwood and Martial

 

Big close season ahead for both Manchester clubs

 

Liverpool will be licking their lips at the state some of their so called rivals are currently in. If they add Thiago which is widely rumoured then they'll be incredibly hard to stop

 

 

Fair assessment. United have been allowed to stagnate for a long time. Ole has made the right moves in terms of squad building, but more is needed. It has never been the problem that money is not available for United (despite ole having a net spend slightly above Villa's) but that decisions on when the money is available do not seem to be made with football in mind. 

 

There is no point in united hiring world class negotiators and scouts when ultimately Joel Glazer will have sole authority to decide how much Jadon Sancho is worth as a footballer. It's why stupid sums have been spent on the wrong players and why players with less Instagram followers see united refusing to pay the asking price. 

Is United's squad good enough as it stands to win the league? The answer is clearly no. Therefore, changes need to occur. There's no point saying that Mata cost 35 million pounds 8 years ago or an Inter Milan player once cost as much as he was sold for once upon a time as to why the squad should be winning titles now. As it stands, a rebuild is still required, and whoever spent before Ole is of no relevance to him. Neither is it totally fair to point out his spend purely in who he brought in. He sold the most expensive striker in the world, brought in zero replacement for him and turned the younger lads into one of the most prolific attacks in Europe. 

Good progress this season, very disappointing to exit the cups in the way it happened, but a good enough first season for OGS to get a passing grade. He deserves further backing this summer and will be expected to continue to progress the team further next year.

I wouldn't mess with the police out in those places like Spain, Turkey or Greece. They hit first and ask questions later and would love nothing better than to start flaking boozed up Brits who are looking for trouble. 

Not trying to be biased, but wouldn't have figured Maguire as the rowdy type tbh. 

 

Woodward and the owners are doing a great job, keep it up.