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Football Thread 2011/2012 | OT11 | Roll on the Euros and transfer muppetry
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But Diaby, Wilshere and Mertesacker will be like new signings!
It worries me how little we've heard tbh. Obviously things are in the works but if this RVP saga lasts the summer I won't be happy at all.
Ignore the post, dc is Gandhi and GAF is his Salt March
Two of those players I doubt will even be fit.
Broder Salsa
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I know he prefers the 10'er role and that's what he has been playing most at Lille, but he will no doubt be used mostly on the wing at Chelsea. It's clear that he got the abilities for that position (and has been playing it on the national team too...), just look at all his assists and goals from this season, 90% of it is from a wing position.
You need to buy some players to put on the pitch first before they can get injured.
Vivalaraza
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This just isn't true.
Hazard has only played at AMC for like 2 months. He's looked great there and I'm sure he will be great but he has played 90% of his career coming off the wing.
BlindCommunication
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De Bruyne is going on loan, he's not ready yet for the PL jump, by his own admission he'd like to be loaned out to Dutch league. Mata will play on the left as people said, he's not that amazing centrally behind the striker even though Chelsea were forced to move him there this season.
Cech signing a new 4 years deal won't change anything for Courtois, he'll go on loan for the next 3-4 years I reckon, he's still got a lot to learn.
Rooney can be the CM everyone's been asking for if that's what it takes to get Kagawa on board. Welbeck and Hernandez can lead the
offside
Not that I wouldn't like a new striker if Berbasex is leaving
I was thinking Kagawa deeper, but yeah it's likely he'll put Rooney upfront but this season he had a lot of the ball and scored 30+ goals.
Next season formation (hopefully)
De gea
Rafael - Vidic - Evans - Evra / (new LB)
Carrick - Cleverly / (new MF)
Nani - Kagawa - Young
Rooney
Who will be Rooney's main backup?
Vivalaraza
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Young is not in the team ahead of Valencia.
Hernandez and Welbeck, with hopefully that young lad Powell who looks handy.
YOUNG INSTEAD OF THE GOD VALENCIA WHAT THE FUCK
Welbeck.
Steverulez
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Why would Sturridge feel anything? Drogba has left making him back-up striker, he can play wings which will held for rotation, if anything, he's got a big chance to prove him self next season. He should be buzzing.
Might finally get his chance in the middle. Just as a backup to Torres.
Young and Nani will compete for the left side. Valencia will always play right, I guess.
Young is better than a lot of people on here have given him credit for, his first season at United was very, very good.
Nani is shit on the left and Valencia can only play on the right.
Take your pick from Nani or Valencia on the right.
Agreed, Nani is shite on the left.
Surely Lukaku will get his chance next year? With Marin and Hazard going ahead of him on the wings.
Thought Powell was an (attacking) midfielder?
lol Yeah. We'll need Valencia on where Young is. Also, I'm pretty sure we'll have more signings than just Kagawa to beef up midfield.
I'd say that all 3 will be rotated amongst both wings, they're prone to switching mid-game anyway.
"Every day I'm shuffling" commentary quote and all that...
Edit: My opinion - Valencia > Nani > Young
Steverulez
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Lukaku is 110% going out on loan, Stoke were favourites last time I heard anything... also Werder Bremen were interested too.
Vivalaraza
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Nope. His best performance this season came off the left, Everton. He's better on the right but good on the left. In a 4231 those players will roam anyway.
With players like Hazard and Mata, they may be classified in one position in the lineup, but what makes them so strong is their ability to switch positions easily and perform well. So, even if Hazard is "officially" placed in a 10 role with Mata on the wing, I can certainly see those two swapping positions throughout a game.
The Incarnation
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Lightweights. Gonna get beasted by Stoke and West Ham.
It was funny last summer when Fergie signed Young and Jones. United fans were very much of the opinion "we don't need another winger!", "we don't need another centre back!". Then Vidic gets injured for the season and Nani is out for a long while too.
Somehow Fergie got it right.
Somehow Fergie got it right.
Valencia. More consistent and links up with Rooney.
PrematureQuiche
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Lukaku and De Bruyne will apparently be assessed during the preseason tour in the US. Where they play next season will be decided accordingly.
DOBERMAN INC
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Diaby has been cursed by some voodoo witch doctor, Wilshere has been injured for over a season, no one seems to understand why and Mertesacker, well the less said about him the better.
Yep, Deja vu. I'm at the point now where I don't expect buys and am now appeased by the news of players being sold off. If we go through the summer again losing a good player and not bringing in a similar quality player we will really need to question just what our ambitions as a club are.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Vivalaraza
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Luck. And all managers need luck, says the great man himself.
You're right though, judged it well esp with regards to Young and our reliance on wing play.
Poor form!
Yeah, if he hadn't signed Young, there'd have been periods this season where Park, Giggs, or even Rooney would had to have played left. Wouldn't have ended well.
So he does, I thought he was a striker.
Exception to the rule lol generally ineffective on the left then.
Good man, make sure to stick Smithies in nets!
Aguero
Nasri - Silva - Johnson
Beat Stoke 3-0.
City beat a lot of teams with
Tevez
Nasri - Silva - Aguero
You think Cleverly could play the role alongside carrick, he'll need to do more defending there. So maybe we could go for a DM. Prince boateng would be good.
Oh god, could you imagine. I'll be forever thankful to Drogba for this parting gift he has given us.
He's certainly more an attacking midfielder.
Asamoah or Martinez. Robben can suffer by us hijacking Bayern
Don't forget to thank Robben
KidA Seven
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I disagree. I'd take Nani > young any time on the left.
Its distressing that we literally are scraping the bottom of the barrel with our signings. It shows a complete lack of ambition not just to try to sign players of similar quality but to not sign talented players at all.
At the start of last season, United were playing a central midfield pair of Anderson and Cleverley out of choice. It was some of the most fluid, fast paced football I'd seen from the team in a long time.
In fact, the whole pre-season was the same too. I think it's the way Fergie wanted to play, then injuries dictated a change. No doicare.
In fact, the whole pre-season was the same too. I think it's the way Fergie wanted to play, then injuries dictated a change. No doicare.
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