AaronRedDevil
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As long as it's not valencia. I'm happy.
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Cannot wait to hear Howson's melt-down the agenda spouting prick!
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It's true for certain players though - In his case he is a very vocal and combative person, I doubt he's afraid to lay into some of the younger players if they slack off and if he helps keep standards high (whilst providing cover across a number of positions) then it's a solid contract extension.I'm fine with giving Young a 1 year extension but I hate the old 'he's a great person to have in the dressing room' nonsense that gets wheeled out and repeated every time a player who isn't performing great on the pitch gets a new contract.
You think that Young is a positive influence because he is combative, but if you look in the thread about Mata you'll see people claiming he is a positive influence because he is so nice. And back when we kept Anderson around for all those years people used to claim he was a good player to have because he seemed fun and liked to joke around. Point is that it doesn't seem to matter what kind of personality a player has, people just always repeat the idea they are good for the dressing room despite that being pure speculation which no-one outside of the dressing room has the first clue about.It's true for certain players though - In his case he is a very vocal and combative person, I doubt he's afraid to lay into some of the younger players if they slack off and if he helps keep standards high (whilst providing cover across a number of positions) then it's a solid contract extension.
In fairness, also managers time to time praise the impact some players have in the dressing room. But I agree that you cannot pick someone just because they are nice (Like Ferguson did with Solskjær when he came back from his last injury - not really being good enough for the first team).You think that Young is a positive influence because he is combative, but if you look in the thread about Mata you'll see people claiming he is a positive influence because he is so nice. And back when we kept Anderson around for all those years people used to claim he was a good player to have because he seemed fun and liked to joke around. Point is that it doesn't seem to matter what kind of personality a player has, people just always repeat the idea they are good for the dressing room despite that being pure speculation which no-one outside of the dressing room has the first clue about.
Besides which I don't even think think that Young's dressing room influence had any sort of meaningful impact on him being offer an extension. He's getting one because he's still performing to an adequate level and I think that would be the case regardless of whether he was shy or outgoing, combative or nice.
Name me one thing that makes young a leader please.Don't see what's funny about that. Everyone knows Young is one of the stronger personalities in the dressing room, he's been here since Fergie, always gives his all, even after being moved to fullback.
Think it's the right decision to keep Young. We don't have the squad depth to get rid of him this year. We are probably going to be 'losing' Fellaini, Valencia, Darmian and Rojo and possibly Jones, Mata, Sanchez and Lukaku. Potentially 8 players, which would be a massive turnover.
Your the one spouting rubbish not me.Great response. 10/10 would read again.
People have different opinions. What a shocker. The only rubbish here is your attitude and your post. Have a good night.Your the one spouting rubbish not me.
In what world is Ashley Young a leader?
Why do you think he makes a good leader, because in my opinion, I genuinely don't see it on the pitch. Off the pitch, I think I've read that he decides some of the tunes in the dressing room or something along those lines. I would say at best he is well liked, but I don't think that justifies keeping him either. I also think we should not neglect the rise of Pogba and Lingard for off the pitch team morale. I suspect they are very popular players and probably the most influential.People have different opinions. What a shocker. The only rubbish here is your attitude and your post. Have a good night.
He screams at the others on football pitch, talks a big game on mic so he's become a 'leader' in eyes of many.Can someone please explain how this myth that Ashley Young is a great leader has come about? He walked into the captaincy due to simply being quite old and being at the club for a while. The only leadership I see from him on the pitch is when he moans at his teammates after one of his own mistakes.
Despite all that you see people claiming his leadership experience would be 'invaluable'. Where has that come from?
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Yeah. I think he's getting worse defensively but as 4th choice FB after Shaw, the new RB we need and Dalot, who I assume will pass him by the start of next season, I don't mind him being kept around for one more season. Then in 2020 we'll need to buy an LB to compete with or backup Shaw and we should finally have 2 decent fullbacks for each side if both moves come good.I don't get the hate for him. No, he's not a great fullback, but we know he can do a job in both positions if necessary. If we buy someone in the summer and keep him as backup for one year, where's the harm in that? Better than buying a backup we'd be stuck with for years or be unable to sell.
Yeah, people discredit old guards in the team and forgot how many players in 30's Fergie had to deliver us success. We need Young next season.Yeah. I think he's getting worse defensively but as 4th choice FB after Shaw, the new RB we need and Dalot, who I assume will pass him by the start of next season, I don't mind him being kept around for one more season. Then in 2020 we'll need to buy an LB to compete with or backup Shaw and we should finally have 2 decent fullbacks for each side if both moves come good.
I know it's just bants, and I must say I have a lot of time for Statman Dave and quite like McKola and the all the radio dudes but Howson's really turned me off FTD altogether. Just can't listen any more. His agenda biased views on our experienced squad players like Mata and Young make me want to throw up! Knowing that a new generation of young, impressionable Manchester United fans, with their fingers on the pulse of social media networks, will be ready to re-tweet every word literally makes me worry for the future!This dude considers himself a professional...?
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