This reflected my feelings better than most
He was ripped to shreds yesterday - he is clearly not a United level full back, and never was. He was a decent winger but that's about it. Same with Valencia, and no doubt he'll get some kind of extension too.
We are truly the club that rewards mediocrity. Anywhere else and we'd have upgraded a long time ago.
Unbelievable how our transfer/contract activity is akin to a drunkard wandering about the streets after a booze fest...perhaps still wobbling come 10am the next day. Utterly lacking in direction befitting of this club. Rewarding mediocrity and drafting in more of it at the going rate +100% extra. The buck stops with Ed, with the ramshackle decisions of those he has hired and his own hamstringing the club
We have a lot of problems to solve. I'm not convinced right back is a priority with Dalot to come through.
After taking a step back though and thinking it through, this is what makes sense. As long as we are putting eggs in Dalot's basket, then no RB is not a priority. Ideally you want two natural players in every position, but with Dalot & Young and if we end up retaining Jones we have options at RB that mean we don't need to go out and buy. And boy are we going to have to spend for even 1 or 2 players considering the market. So wherever a position is deemed of secondary importance Ed will be saving money where possible.
Who knows, they might even slap Fred in at RB and convert him!
Everyone needs to look at the bigger picture.
He's going to be cover for Dalot and Shaw.
Valencia and Darmian will probably be shifted out in the summer.
We can do better, yes, but buying a backup right back for next season isn't really top priority.
And this sums it up nicely.
There are two other factors here as well. If we renew Young & Jones that is 2 towards the required 8 home grown players needed for squad registration. Yes they are now arguably average, mediocre, but the second factor is that of the fabric of the squad, the mentality, the experience. Both of those have been through the United mill these last few years, like the rest of us. Despite the benefits being arguably minimal, they are links to the Ferguson era, the mindset, the expectation. They form a core of that lifeblood along with the others still here, Carrick, Ole, etc. Whilst we don't keep that around just for the sake of it, I think in balance of all things considered keeping Young and Jones for a squad purposes is not a terrible decision. The only aspect of it I don't like is their wages, which as I mentioned above are probably 200% what they should be.
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If even remotely worthy of one, please help me out of Newb land with a like. Five utterances a day is killing me.
