You have a good point there.
Jose recently waxed lyrical about Bruma. The lad has also said something about wanting to play for Jose. It also looks like his club wants him out. Good option. Skillful, strong and cheap. But if reports are to be believed, Jose might be more keen on Perisic who is a more accomplished wide man.
Agreed which is why I said we need another player or two in the mould of Mane... signing one wide forward won't necessarily end their United careers (Miki and Martial) but would provide us with insurance should either of them fail. But if our forwards continue to fail then we possibly need to look at the coaching and the tactical restrictions placed on the team. Right now we already have a structural issue in the squad i.e lack of a truly solid midfielder which stops us from committing many men forward and shit fullbacks on the left. If the latter improves then pur wide forwards drifting in won't be detrimental.
Martial and Mhiki have great potential but they have mostly failed to deliver this season. If both of them had scored 4-5 more PL goals we might even be challenging for the title. I am disappointed with them but it is a tricky situation if we should trust them to improve next season or bring a new winger, unclear who though.
With the money we spent on them, and the obvious quality that we all know they have, I feel like you have to be starting them. No way should be be spending the kind of money we spent on Martial for him to sit on the bench. No way should we sign the best attacking midfielder last season from the Bundesliga, and then sit him on the bench.
The problem here is that if we player a #10 to accommodate those guys, we're either switching to a 3-5-2 or we're going 4-2-3-1 and that means we don't get the best out of Pogba by playing him in a two-man midfield. That also gives us a lack of protection for the back four, as Pogba isn't that positionally disciplined. If you want to play either of those two as the furthest forward in a midfield three, again that should be Pogba's role. If you play them in the three and let Pogba be the furthest forward, then you're not getting the best out of them as you give them more defensive responsibility.
Encouraging signs then, i too saw some articles about him wanting out and linked with us too along with hosts of other clubs with tottenham, southhampton and leicester. Really a great option as he can play anywhere left or right and even in centre somethimes.
In fairness to Mata he's a CAM with limited pace and minimal def qualities (prob why Jose sold him at chelsea). Still an integral part of the squad tho. Very interesting to see who Jose has on his shortlist of wingers. Hazard, Willian, Pedro, Salah & Cuadrado all fine players.
I don't think that both options are mutually exclusive because we can certainly bring in a new winger and trust in them as both are quite adept in central roles. If we sign one wide player, preferrably a versatile one, he can compete with both should they turn up or play with both in a 4-2-3-1 with Miki as a 10 or Martial as a 9. Discarding them after the investments we have made in them is not an option we should entertain and neither should trusting unreservedly that they will turn up be one.
all we have is bunch of number 10's and CF's playing as makeshift wingers.They certainly used to do it well but this season raised too much doubt in me. At a point, I got very frustrated with how poorly they were performing in terms of dribbling and first touches.
Well i think they still do, But most of the managers are using them as wingbacks currently, because of lower work rates. Wilfried zaha is a traditional winger still catching headlines in epl with his performances this season.
The proverbial shoe horn springs to mind lately when I think of Utd and wingers.
This. Especially the leftback. I don't see the point in this one attacking, one defensive fullback tactic. Just ends up stifling our play from the left side.
exactlyWe got no wingers
You're right, fact is our fullbacks are quite poor going forward, even Valencia.
Agreed. But going to be difficult getting a LB as so many teams in the market for one. And its also probably either Mendy or Fabinho and not both. I would have gone for Mendy and got Kessie instead but seems he's headed to Milan.
This!
We don't actually have any real wingers. Douglas Costa should update be available this summer and we should go all out for him. We need a pacy winger who can beat his man off the dribble and contribute a few goals as well and d Costa is that man.
The price is more flabbergasting.Speaking of wingers, I'm still in shock after reading this story on the Mail, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-United-looking-Porto-ace-Yacine-Brahimi.html which links us with Porto's Yacine Brahimi! The player has a £51m release clause.
I know the Daily Mail is anything but reliable, but of all available wingers in the world, Mourinho is rumored to be interested in Brahimi!?
The left back kid at Celtic is very good and wouldn't cost a packet.
I like the look of him but quite a few clubs do too and think he is maybe too young for Jose.
Yeah but that was the exception to the rule, because he had Marcelo; generally it's always been offensive rightback, defensive leftback.
maybe if you are watching the spurs game you'll see why we do. we are being ripped apart from the wide positions
