Martial'sEmergingSmile
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De Gea, Henderson, Romero
Wan-Bissaka, Dalot, Laird
Maguire, Bailly, Rojo
Lindelof, Tuanzebe, Mengi, Jones
Shaw, Williams
Bruno, Pogba, Matic, VDB, McTom, Fred, Pereira - I'd feel really comfortable with any combo of greens starting...ordered by confidence.
Rashford, James
Martial, Ighalo
Greenwood, Lingard, Mata
Green - Ready to compete in a title challenging squad (15)
Yellow - Jury's out (3)
Red - Not good enough (7)
Blue - Promising prospect (4)
That's a 25 man squad and 4 academy kids - although Axel is maybe pushing the 'kid' title a little bit.
I think it's clear that our midfield is now a huge strength. Our goalkeeping situation is promising too - assuming the intense level of competition between the sticks ends up being a motivating positive and not a nerve-wracking negative.
We're very light at full-back. Personally, I'd have had AWB as a Red because I just don't believe that somebody who struggles so much against any sort of press, and is so awkward technically, can feature in a team who's eventual aim is to challenge for titles. Outside of 1v1 I'm not even that convinced about his defending.
Centre-back, hopefully Mengi or Axel can come through. We could definitely do with a quality addition, but it's not one of our glaring problem positions.
We're absolutely threadbare in attacking positions. A strong starting 3, followed by big drop offs in quality. In an ideal world we'd get a starting-calibre addition as well as a young talent. James is another one who's very much verging on a Red but deserves one more season.
Overall, we've got a very good starting 11 - 10 Greens for me - but very little by way of quality depth. With the fixture congestion that's going to plague this season any significant injury crisis is going to see us struggle hugely. Any rotation, which will be needed, is also going to see us struggle.
We desperately need some quality additions in the next few weeks.
Wan-Bissaka, Dalot, Laird
Maguire, Bailly, Rojo
Lindelof, Tuanzebe, Mengi, Jones
Shaw, Williams
Bruno, Pogba, Matic, VDB, McTom, Fred, Pereira - I'd feel really comfortable with any combo of greens starting...ordered by confidence.
Rashford, James
Martial, Ighalo
Greenwood, Lingard, Mata
Green - Ready to compete in a title challenging squad (15)
Yellow - Jury's out (3)
Red - Not good enough (7)
Blue - Promising prospect (4)
That's a 25 man squad and 4 academy kids - although Axel is maybe pushing the 'kid' title a little bit.
I think it's clear that our midfield is now a huge strength. Our goalkeeping situation is promising too - assuming the intense level of competition between the sticks ends up being a motivating positive and not a nerve-wracking negative.
We're very light at full-back. Personally, I'd have had AWB as a Red because I just don't believe that somebody who struggles so much against any sort of press, and is so awkward technically, can feature in a team who's eventual aim is to challenge for titles. Outside of 1v1 I'm not even that convinced about his defending.
Centre-back, hopefully Mengi or Axel can come through. We could definitely do with a quality addition, but it's not one of our glaring problem positions.
We're absolutely threadbare in attacking positions. A strong starting 3, followed by big drop offs in quality. In an ideal world we'd get a starting-calibre addition as well as a young talent. James is another one who's very much verging on a Red but deserves one more season.
Overall, we've got a very good starting 11 - 10 Greens for me - but very little by way of quality depth. With the fixture congestion that's going to plague this season any significant injury crisis is going to see us struggle hugely. Any rotation, which will be needed, is also going to see us struggle.
We desperately need some quality additions in the next few weeks.
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