James and Wan-Bissaka are 21 years young.
We are being (most?) strongly linked with the likes of Sean Longstaff (21), Bruno Fernandes (24), Matthijs de Ligt (19), João Félix (19), Ozan Kabak (19), Harry Maguire (26), and David Brooks (21), only one of whom is *remotely* close to being at the age at which we'd expect to see peak career performance.
If people are happy to see this new approach in us pursuing primarily - near exclusively, even - very young talents, as well as clamoring to see more of the likes of Chong, Greenwood and Tuanzebe, they are going to need to understand that a *lot* of patience will be required, not only with these players, but also with progress in terms of performances and results.
We are heading for a squad stacked with players very much still in the developmental stage of their careers whom we should see improve over five years or more and who will demonstrate immaturity in their games and make mistakes and mistakes and mistakes.
We may go several seasons trophyless and be in and out of the CL places as the squad is rebuilt and develops together.
My question is:
Will we have the patience with the approach, the manager and his team, and the individual players to even give them a chance? Can we invest ourselves in the process as the dippers did with Klopp?
Or come November will we be hearing more of, "We're Manchester United ffs, this isn't acceptable - we should be competing for the title every season!"?
In short, who's committing to buying in?
Patience
posted on 27/6/19
I know Jinja. Just messing!
posted on 27/6/19
This is the big problem. People talking about the title already. We aren't that team anymore peeps. It's a long long way off that.
We shouldn't lower our standards as Utd fans but I do think we have to accept that the title isn't likely to be coming home any time soon.
I just want to see a young energetic team playing good football and not giving up the first sign of trouble. And we'll take it from there.
posted on 27/6/19
I am not going to buy into it unless we also get in some
quality and at least one leader.
There is no one on the current squad who is a leader.
posted on 27/6/19
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 26 minutes ago
Yes, maybe Mata could do it. Worth a try perhaps.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I’ve been saying for weeks that it was really important that we re-signed him, the same way it was important that we kept ahold of Carrick.
I stand by that. We’re in desperately short supply of experience, footballing nous, and trophy winners in the dressing room.
And Mata brings all of that as well as impeccable professionalism and work rate throughout the week. He’s a perfect role model, mentor and tutor for the kids and will no doubt become a top, top coach.
posted on 27/6/19
For the record, Eric didnt play in that game vs Villa
Scmikes
G Nev
Pallister
Irwin
P Nev
Parker
Butt
Sharpe
Keano
Scholes
Choccy
posted on 27/6/19
Five of those were fairly experienced players by then.
posted on 27/6/19
I can’t see the Glazers moving away from their sacking managers for no CL approach (last season didn’t count with Ole IMO) which is the big issue.
They only look at things financially and irrelevant of the situation at hand if we don’t get into the CL then I feel they will think it isn’t acceptable.
posted on 27/6/19
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 21 minutes ago
Five of those were fairly experienced players by then.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Most of them would be shoo-ins for our team now as well.
I am trying to work out what formation that was though. Was Phil Neville playing in midfield?
posted on 27/6/19
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 2 hours, 45 minutes ago
I can’t see the Glazers moving away from their sacking managers for no CL approach (last season didn’t count with Ole IMO) which is the big issue.
They only look at things financially and irrelevant of the situation at hand if we don’t get into the CL then I feel they will think it isn’t acceptable.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
That’s the thing, the whole fanbase could have patience (which they won’t) but if the owners don’t it’s irrelevant.
posted on 27/6/19
comment by 🅳🅸🅰🅵🅾🅻 🅲🅾🅲🅷 77 (U2462)
posted 6 hours, 24 minutes ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 21 minutes ago
Five of those were fairly experienced players by then.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Most of them would be shoo-ins for our team now as well.
I am trying to work out what formation that was though. Was Phil Neville playing in midfield?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hard to believe now but we started that game with a sort of 532 formation that had been trialled in pre-season. Parker was a CB and either Irwin or G. Neville another, with Phil and the other as “wing-backs”. Sharpe had a couple of games in a three-man midfield. The formation didn’t last very long. That’s how I remember it anyway.
As has been touched upon, that makeshift line-up lacked Bruce, Giggs, Cole and Cantona, still banned until October. Beckham came off the bench to score our consolation goal; I think I remember John O’Kane also coming on.