Rashford? Bloody hellThis year :
Right back
2 center midfield
1 winger
-----------------------------------------De Gea-----------------------------------------
Dumfries---------------Varane--------------Martinez-------------Malacia
------------------------------De Jong----------Laimer/Rabiot------------------
Sancho------------------------------Bruno-----------------------------Rashford
----------------------------------------Ronaldo------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------Martial------------------------------------------
Elanga/Garnacho-------------Eriksen/VDB-------------------------Ziech
-----------------------------------------Mc Fred-----------------------------------------
Shaw----------------------Lindelof----------Maguire--------------------Dalot
------------------------------------------Heaton------------------------------------------
Still need to offload Bailly, Jones, Wan Bissaka, Williams and loan Hannibal, Pellistri, Amad and Garner.
Next year :
New GK
New striker
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Very true. The current squad is so much worse than last year's, especially in terms of depth. We need to replace Greenwood, Cavani, Pogba, Lingard and Matrix.The list gets longer and longer.
To sit here and watch a squad thats even worse than the one that finished sixth last season is heartbreaking.
Could we stop putting Rabiot in the same group as Arnautovic just for a secondAnother 3 proper signings needed.
Not Rabiot. Not Arnautovic. Proper signings
That right side of our second team is dreadful.So for the last few weeks of the window, I think I'd end it relatively "ok" if we brought in Gakpo, Morata (provided Ronaldo leaves) and Rabiot. Obviously not ideal, but each would be smart signings that would address a need and suit Ten Hag and what we need IMO. Frenkie isn't happening if we're honest with ourselves, as great as it'd be.
We'd then have as our 2 11's:
Rashford Martial SanchoGet rid of the rest when it comes to senior players. Unfortunately no right winger to compete, but either way. We'd have bench options and a pretty balanced team I'd say.
Fred Rabiot Eriksen
Malacia Martinez Varane Dalot
De Gea
Gakpo Morata Elanga
Van de Beek Garner Bruno
Shaw Lindelof Maguire Wan Bissaka
Heaton
Yeah. New right back and RW are the 2 massive gaps to me where any injury to the starters and we barely have premier league players covering.That right side of our second team is dreadful.
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He would be perfectWhy in gods name are we not in for Sander Berge
That would be akin for waiting for ANderson to come good after his first season here. How many years have Rashford and Martial been here? I totally disagree, for all the problems there is with this club, the biggest one is the players on the pitch. We have several average players at best, we have several seriously over rated players and we have few hungry and talented players with the right mentality.A revolutionary thought but what we really need is for our existing players to improve their performances. Maguire, Rashford and Martial come first to mind but I also expect a lot more from Varane.
Need to bring in Frenkie. Do that and we've got a proper squad.
You raise a reasonable doubt, which is whether any of our players who badly underperformed last season are lost causes...or can return to their previous top form. There's only one way to find out, which is to let them prove themselves.That would be akin for waiting for ANderson to come good after his first season here. How many years have Rashford and Martial been here? I totally disagree, for all the problems there is with this club, the biggest one is the players on the pitch. We have several average players at best, we have several seriously over rated players and we have few hungry and talented players with the right mentality.
Keep hearing pundits talk about the talent in our squad, it isnt just the big salaries that is stopping us from selling players for decent money, we couldnt sell Martial who is one of several examples. Take away signing from last season and this, who brings in a decent transfer? Rashford ,aybe who should without doubt have been sold in the summer for me while he still had value.
Take away form, how many of this side get into the top two?
Also, still fell what I thought two weeks into thewindow, DeJOng doesnt come, said then he moves but someone else comes in at the last minute, even named Chelsea and was slaughtered and still expect another big side to possibly swoop
Sancho would be in contention, for sure.Take away form, how many of this side get into the top two?
That team will struggle to finish even in the top 7.So for the last few weeks of the window, I think I'd end it relatively "ok" if we brought in Gakpo, Morata (provided Ronaldo leaves) and Rabiot. Obviously not ideal, but each would be smart signings that would address a need and suit Ten Hag and what we need IMO. Frenkie isn't happening if we're honest with ourselves, as great as it'd be.
We'd then have as our 2 11's:
Rashford Martial SanchoGet rid of the rest when it comes to senior players. Unfortunately no right winger to compete, but either way. We'd have bench options and a pretty balanced team I'd say.
Fred Rabiot Eriksen
Malacia Martinez Varane Dalot
De Gea
Gakpo Morata Elanga
Van de Beek Garner Bruno
Shaw Lindelof Maguire Wan Bissaka
Heaton
Ronaldo?We need 1 world class player to begin building around.
Bruno used to be one, but he’s been mediocre for over a year, time to say this is his level until further notice.
We can still pay the sort of money you need to make that happen. We don’t need stars in every position, but we do need a few.
Were gonna build around Ronaldo? Gonna peak when he's 41?Ronaldo?
Varane?
Sancho ( at least he was touted as that when we bought him) ?
this is such a bad take. Comparing people wanting to get an actual midfield in vs watching mcfred feck it up weekly is hardly asking for perfection.Every Football Team should have a player that can play in every position, never makes an error, and knows exactly what the opposition is planning.
But so far, no one from the Caf has switched of his computer and come and offered his services to the club.
This is what I personally dont understand with these type of comments. As players for our club, what is this supposed top form of the players. And we are talking about performances for our club, not country or elsewhere. Have any of these players performed for more than half a season to the quality expected of a Mancester United player?You raise a reasonable doubt, which is whether any of our players who badly underperformed last season are lost causes...or can return to their previous top form. There's only one way to find out, which is to let them prove themselves.
We literally cannot replace entire squad or even replace all of last season's grotesque underperformers -- Shaw, Maguire, AWB, Fred, McTominay, Bruno, Rashford and Martial. All those 8 players will remain on the squad and even if we wanted to sell them, who among them could we sell? Maybe Maguire, Bruno and Rashford for 10m each but that would be about it. No chance we'll find a buyer for Fred or McTominay at any price and Martial's wages are such that we couldn't even give him away.
We are truly fecked.
But if there is any way to get these players back to even just 80% of their top form we've got some decent players. We need to be more than decent to crack the top four, but if we can get decent out of these players and bring in a proper central midfielder -- and at this point I'm counting on Eriksen, Malacia and Martinez as important contributors to the club -- we can compete for fourth place and the EL trophy. And that's all I expect out of this season -- an EL trophy and a top four finish in the PL.
Will de Jong be interested in a long-term project like this rather than being part of a squad that's built to win trophies now? I don't know.
