Rolaholic
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Year in and year out since Fergie retired it's felt as if a fair share of United fans have something against having more than 1 or 2 good players. It's either that or we love pitting them against each other.
Just over the last few weeks I can't count the amount of times I've come across variations of the following:
It seems while fans of other big clubs constantly seem to bemoan their lack of depth and always want to add more talent while we seem to be fine settling on 'A or B' as if that's brought us anywhere close to challenging the last few years.
Wanting more squad depth isn't necessarily always an indictment on the players we currently have or a detriment to them. In fact it's quite the opposite, more solid players usually makes the talent you already have shine or raise their games a level or 2. The best sides that win silverware consistently always have multiple good options for most positions and can survive competing in multiple competitions at once even in the event of injuries as a direct result of that depth.
I feel like that's exactly what we should be aiming towards getting back to not unlike the great squads of yesteryear that we used to have under Fergie instead of always pushing back against the idea.
Just over the last few weeks I can't count the amount of times I've come across variations of the following:
- “Rashford or Martial”
- "We should get rid of Shaw since Williams seems capable of doing a job"
- “Greenwood is playing well I don’t really know if we need Sancho”
- “Look at how well we’re playing without Pogba, we don’t really need him so he can bugger off”
- “Who needs Pogba or Grealish when we have Bruno?”
It seems while fans of other big clubs constantly seem to bemoan their lack of depth and always want to add more talent while we seem to be fine settling on 'A or B' as if that's brought us anywhere close to challenging the last few years.
Wanting more squad depth isn't necessarily always an indictment on the players we currently have or a detriment to them. In fact it's quite the opposite, more solid players usually makes the talent you already have shine or raise their games a level or 2. The best sides that win silverware consistently always have multiple good options for most positions and can survive competing in multiple competitions at once even in the event of injuries as a direct result of that depth.
I feel like that's exactly what we should be aiming towards getting back to not unlike the great squads of yesteryear that we used to have under Fergie instead of always pushing back against the idea.