6th.De Gea
AWB Lindelof Maguire Williams
McTominay Fred
Bruno
New Signing Martial Rashford
Think we'll see this from the summer, maybe another few upgrades especially with Pogba money.
6th.De Gea
AWB Lindelof Maguire Williams
McTominay Fred
Bruno
New Signing Martial Rashford
Think we'll see this from the summer, maybe another few upgrades especially with Pogba money.
De Gea1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 formation.
Maguire
Lindelof
Taunzebe
McTominay
Fred
Pogba
Bruno
James
Martial
Rashford
Still won't battle for the title with that team with Shaw, Scott, Martial, Victor,James and AWB. Definitely get top four though.Our strongest XI isnt that bad actually imo
something like:
.............................................De Gea.........................................
AWB............Lindeloff..............................Maguire..........Shaw
...........................................Mctominy......................................
........................Fernandes.......................Pogba......................
......James..........................Rashford........................Martial...
But our back ups look frankly awful compared to a lot of the other top clubs:
...........................................Romero.........................................
..............Jones...................Bailly............Tuanzebe................
Dalot..................Fred...................Periera....................Williams
..............Mata....................Greenwood...........Lingaard...........
6th.
Yeah you're going to have to explain that oneI posted this in the Ole thread but I think that we still don't have a clear idea of our best 11 despite people saying injuries have prevented us (in some respects they have, in others no).
I just did. Read below:Yeah you're going to have to explain that one
Not sure who these people are that you keep referring to but we've got 90 minutes out of our strongest XI once this seasonI just did. Read below:
For a good 4 or 5 positions you can take one player out of this team and the replacement can perform at the same consistency (good/average to poor). I don't see an established 11 that would definitely play if everyone was fit and would add another ten points to the league table, although hopefully now the Bruno transfer helps with one of those positions.
People now argue (with some good reason) that Matic complements the team better than McTominay, others that Fred and Mctominay are a better midfield than McT and Pogba, and so on. Can you really name a first choice midfield that you'd say for certain are the best combination. Injuries to Mctominay and Matic have not been as significant as some make out because there simply isn't the quality there that will make a massive difference.
People said we had our best team available at the start of the season and guess what, we got 5 points from 4 games with Pogba, Martial and Rashford on the pitch. Our strongest 11 in terms of quality and balance is still a mystery at this point IMO. Injuries don't detract from the fact that we probably don't know our best team still.
Why on earth would that happen?With everyone healthy, I think it might be:
Rashford--------Martial---------------------
-----------------------------Bruno-----------------
Williams----Pogba---Fred------James
---------Lindelof-Maguire--AWB----------
We'd have wide players eager to get forward, 3 proper defenders and Fred to give Pogba the support needed to play him in a 2 man midfield. If the game is going poorly or we need a goal you just shift James to LW and Bruno tucked in on the right and we're playing a 4-4-2.
I could be talked into starting Shaw in the back 3 over AWB.
Shaw's done well at LCB I think (particularly against Salah). I think the actual solution is playing Wan-Bissaka an hour and then throwing Shaw in and just switching Lindelof from LCB to RCB, since Wan-Bissaka has done well but then looked noticeably gassed near the end of games.Why on earth would that happen?
This for next season?Ddg
Awb - Bailly - Maguire - Williams
Pogba - McT
Bruno
Rashford - Ighalo - Martial
Subs
Romero
James
Greenwood
Tuanzebe
Matic
Fred
Shaw
We won't sign anyone this summer so just preparing for what it's to come. Anyone but Lindelöf will do in defense.This for next season?
Ighalo? Rashford on the right? Bailey? whats the reasoning behind these choices if you don’t mind me asking? When has Rashford ever looked good on the right side?
If Pogba was to go, we’d need another creative midfielder in. Especially if Fernandes was to get injured.-----------------------De Gea-----------------
AWB--------New CB-------Maguire------Williams
------------------- New DM --------------------------
----------Fred/McTominay-------------Fernandes
New RW---------------New CF-----------------Rashford
Hopefully next season, and assuming Pogba goes. 4 new players in.
That's not 4 new signings, because once Pogba leaves we will need a new midfielder, it doesn't have to directly replace him, but we need depth.Next season we should be aiming for:
De Gea
AWB Maguire *New CB* *New LB*
McTominay Fred Bruno
*New RF* *New Striker* Rashford
4 decent new signings and that should be a good team. I assume Pogba will be off to help fund this.