The Premier League is back!
and there was much rejoicing
yey...
Van Gaal out.
The Premier League is back!
and there was much rejoicing
yey...
Van Gaal out.
How'd that work out for you?Originally Posted by Bubba
The End of United's Season will be proclaimed but it's nothing but a blip. All the top teams will have results like this throughout the season. And United had what, 9 players missing through injury? Well of course the blip will happen then. They'll be fine and they'll still challenge.
It does prove that the squad itself needs work. Even if they are just back up, Championship level players like Blackett and Lingard should not be starting - you need more depth than that. Nani and Young are not good enough for a top 4 team and while Darren Fletcher's story is inspirational and he is a fan favourite, he'd be lucky to get on the bench of any other Top 7 team.
United will be spending big in the next two weeks. Obviously they haven't had the perfect pre-season with Van Gaal being in Brazil and then waiting until the end of the pre-season tour before doing further business - which was probably a mistake, in retrospect, as none has been done in time for this game. The result is not a big deal, but then with a little more planning this could've been three points which might make all the difference in making the CL in May.
The main result of this is that the media will shut the smurf up about Van Gaal being God, Superman and inventor of the 3-5-2. And thank smurf for that.
Just noticed you guys added in cups etc.
League Cup: Manchester City
FA Cup: Liverpool
Champions League: No matter how many other teams I look at right now, I just can't see past Real Madrid. Too early to predict Bayern or Barcelona really kicking on, nor the English clubs. Gonna stick with the safe bet, even if it's the first successful defence ever.
EDIT: While I agree regarding Nani, Blackett, Lingard and Young not being top four side players, I really do feel that Fletcher is getting back towards his best, and at his best he might not have walked into any other side but he was very, very good for us, and isn't a player I'd single out in our team at all.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
Bring back Moyes. He'll whip this team into shape.
Most United fans I've seen are criticising Fletcher, but then I am basing this off the always rational and reasonable RedCafe so who knows?
Let's just say I'm glad I only have one Man U player in my Fantasy Football team
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SUPER GARRY MONK
SUPER GYLFI SIGURDSSON
SUPER SWANSEA CITY
>LOUIS VAN LEL
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Record setting start for United..... Just not the good kind.
I've been saying for weeks now that their squad looks very underwhelming and today was the proof. Their biggest problem is what Liverpool recently: they need top talent but don't have the European football that those players crave. It's a catch-22. They will have go pay over the moon go get a DiMaria or Vidal but they REALLY need them. If they don't address that defense as well, my prediction of top 6 may be flattering.
Glad football is back.
Take care all.
It was quite entertaining seeing everyone expecting Manchester United to storm against Swansea, and then to see them lose 2-1.
Glad the league is back!
To be honest as soon as I saw United line up with a three man defence including two players horribly out of form and that Blackett kid's first game I didn't think they'd win the match.
Vidal and Di Maria are all well and good but that squad badly needs defenders, Smalling shouldn't be anywhere near the first team at the moment and Jones only seems to perform at a reasonable standard when either Vidic or Ferdinand were barking instructions at him. They need leaders at the back, and with perennial backup man Jonny Evans as their most experienced defender (who still hasn't played 30 league games in a season) they simply don't have that.
Job done, Raheem Sterling is a boss.
In my Fantasy Football team, too, so I'm okay with his work today.
Speaking of Fantasy Football, I knew Vlaar would end up getting bonus points on the back of his World Cup fame.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
Rojo for £16m? Oh dear. Now you begin to see the desperation. Indeed, United are reminding me so much of Liverpool right now.
I don't know too much about Rojo so I can't really comment. But we needed depth of centre backs and this is an addition that suits that position. I dare say a World Cup finalist is a safer bet than Blackett. £16m is what you'd expect us to spend on squad players. Unless they are in a youth team, I don't think United really can buy first team players for lower than that in this market.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
He's only £16m 'cause of that third party ownership thing. There was better value to be had in the market, put it that way. Just gonna leave what Tim Vickery said here and leave it at that."Louis van Gaal is clearly thinking in terms of having a back three in his armoury and he might think Marcos Rojo ticks the boxes as someone who can play at left-back, can play centre-back, and therefore would be comfortable left-side of a back three. But two months ago, certainly before the World Cup, no one really imagined Rojo as a player of Manchester United's calibre.
"He did well in the World Cup and his market value has obviously risen as a result, but I'm having to get it round my head a little bit the idea he might be wearing the United shirt because, certainly until recently, I didn't really see him as that calibre of player."
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