We'll not be seeing Bebe and Obertan when Nani or Valencia are not available, and that's a massive plus in my eyes. SAF has created a very successful engine less car if you hadn't noticed over the last few years.
How would having Ashley Young have helped us last season?
Come on, is that a serious question?
We were without Valencia for most of last season, and Park for a significant amount of it, and had half a season of shit form from Rooney, yet we never had major problems with being weak in attack or on the wings.
We only really started looking good once Valencia came back from injury. Until then we were grounding out results without really looking good on the eye. The timing of Valencia's comeback was ideal, just when Nani started tiring and losing form.
I've asked it about six times and no one's managed to come back with an answer yet.
I am beginning to think that you are on the wind-up.
Absolutely, personally I prefer players who like to win rather than those who play to lose. Sometimes, but not all the time players who like to lose are negative for the team and dressing room.
Between December 28th and March 19th we played 20 games with Nani and Giggs as the only specialist wingers available for selection (Giggs wasn't picked for more than one game/week, as usual and started only 10 games in that run).
We only really looked good in the games against Chelsea, and one of Valencia or Nani was already sitting on the bench for each of those.
So is Valencia due to break his leg again this year then?
Evidently players (including wingers) are going to get injured. Young can also play centrally as an attacking player, and even as a striker
I am confused.
Haven't you answered your first point with your second?
No. Neither will he go the whole season without an injury.
Last time I checked that was because he's over 30. Something which won't help a player that has a history of getting injured as often as he has. We coped ok when he was away at the Asian Cup, it was the hamstring injury he picked when he got back to Manchester that really fecked us. For the record, he played more games last season than he did the season before, despite the Asia Cup.
You're not helping yourself with all this crazy hyperbole.
But noods, what makes you think we won't sign a midfield player or two? Are you ITK?
Right, so who does have more attacking players than us then?
As it stands, we have:
With Giggs often playing wide left.
You've forgotten Owen, Young, Macheda and Diouf.
Why and how is that relevant? This is a step in the rebuilding and revitalisation of the team. We have been doing it for years.
You might get a 1.1 litre economy job but I don't see any sign of the 3 litre V8.But noods, what makes you think we won't sign a midfield player or two? Are you ITK?
I certainly think that is the key fear yes. If this is the case I think alot more will subscribe to Noodles line of questioning - we're crying out for a midfielder.
Players who could play CM next year:
Hernandez was a 1.1 litre job!
You've left out Owen, and included players on Arsenal's list who are no more attacking than the likes of Anderson and Gibson.
I did.
Such as?
Exactly that Sultan, Jones is a young central defender, not midfielder anyway - I assume he'd take a half a season atleast settling into a destroyer role behind the midfield. Persistent questions about our three main midfielders is the most important thing at the moment. None of those three offer even a quarter of Scholes creativity or goals (earlier in his career.)
