Melville Red
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And we still have Young.
Fecking says it all doesn’t it.
Fecking says it all doesn’t it.
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Are we massively behind? For some time Skolsjaer showed what the United team is capable of. The likes of De Gea, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw, Dalot, Matic, Fred, Pogba, Martial, Rashford and Lukaku should form a solid base, team should be build around Pogba. Now add another cb, another right back, at least one midfielder and a right winger to this squad. If coached to the max, the team should challenge on all fronts, IMO.We are massively behind and it looks like they are after De Ligt, arguably the most talented teenager right now. How have we got any chance of catching up when they keep buying the best players?
Linked with De Ligt today. Probably won't happen but if it does....You rarely hear of these player-manager roles ever being positive, but this guy is a natural born leader.
Imagine seeing City sign yet another top class defender, let Kompany leave whilst we start next season with Smalling and Lindelof
It goes beyond Pep. Their structure is efficient behind the scenes. We were getting beat by City in the league standings before Pep and it looks like we will afterThe fact is City will be dominant as long as Pep is there unfortunately.
However, I wonder how they'll adapt when Kompany, Augero, Silva and Fernandinho all reach the end.
Was it solely their decision?If he was a United player, 100% he stays for another 3 years because Ole ‘likes what he offers in the dressing room’.
Hate City but damn they are ruthless, exactly how it should be.
ConfirmedHe's going to Anderlecht as player manager
Fair play hope the wanking continues. Great player and seems like a thoroughly likable bloke.Ugh the Belgian wankfest over him will be unreal, really didn’t want to see his big head at Anderlecht again. Feck sake.
Hopefully they do to stop us being linked.Were City linked with Harry Maguire recently? Wonder if they would go for him
What you "should be done with ", is people like the Glaziers and Woodward who A have no interest in the football club or B have no ability other than that of a glorified accountant . Of course city will sigh De Light or similar . They are a properly run club . Our demise goes way back to when we were signing the likes of Jones and Smalling with a view to competing with the best in EuropeIf they sign De Ligt I am done with football
Who knows. He said after the PL win that he wanted to stay.Was it solely their decision?
He's set to be a player manager for Anderlecht. Must have been in the pipeline for a while for him personally.
This nonsense line keeps getting rolled out...Not an ounce of sentiment from City, it’s how the big clubs do it
Community Shields, Carabao Cup, Premier League, FA Cup.No quadruple for him then.
I'm fairly sure he was rated as a wonderkid in his youth, was playing for Anderlecht as a 16 year old in CL and can remember Chelsea being linked.He only cost £7 million, an absolute bargain, and one of the rare pieces of excellent business during Hughes's time at the club (another being the £6 million signing of Zabaleta). In the same summer as far as defenders go, Liverpool spent the same around on Dossena and Chelsea spent over double that amount on Bosingwa.
I think he joined about a week or so before the Sheikh Mansour takeover was completed during the summer of 2008. I doubt he could have envisaged being so successful, so influential and winning so many trophies with the club when he made the move from Hamburg.
You compare Scholes, Giggs and other greats to Smalling, Jones, Young? Even Neville called it quit when he realised he cant did it anymore.This nonsense line keeps getting rolled out...
United under Fergie kept players who gave everything and were fiercely loyal the same amount of loyalty.
Scholars was brought back, after retiring. Giggs, Neville are two more examples of players not just tossed aside because they ended up the wrong side of 30.
Away from United there are countless examples. Robben and Ribery at Bayern being two recent ones. Del Piero and Juventus was what, 36/37 when Juventus decided not to renew his contract. There are loads more out there.
The reality is Kompany has a terrible injury record and likely doesn't have the legs to continue. It will be as much his decision as City being "ruthless". The fact he's gone to be player manager at Anderlecht shows he's been thinking about retirement.
So no, this isn't how the big clubs do it, it's not even how City do it. It's a 33 year old with a bad injury record making a decision to prolong his career while also planning for his next step.
Let's talk about that treble Mourinho won. And United's second treble in 2007/08 then.Community Shields, Carabao Cup, Premier League, FA Cup.
Quadruple..