think you don't really need all that much to contend. always said your biggest problem was jose. with a new cb, rb, and dm your definite top three.
Without wingers, united are only half the threat they traditionally are.
Weirdly, united's recent lack of winger problem started when sir Gary Neville retired. For reasons inexplicable he wasn't replaced. Somebody must have joked that the resolution to such a vital and specialised position lie in sticking a Brazilian in there. Somebody misunderstood the sarcasm and carried that out, and then doubled down on the 'joke' by doing the same on the other flank.
When it was realised, by three successive coaches, that the joke wasn't that funny and so the positions repeatedly had to be filled by the only two wingers the club had.
Thus, not only was the fullback position weakened, the club also lost the threat from the wings.
Now its too late of course. The misplaced wingers are now too old, and the only defensively capable fullbacks (shaw and darmian) are not trusted because despite being proper defenders they don't "get forward enough" apparently.
It's a weird world.
But in short, yes wingers are desperately required.
No point in united's better players like lukaku, pogba, fred, Mata and Sanchez pointlessly battling though a congested midfield. And please let's not pretend any of those are wingers - playing players out of position is precisely what put united in this ridiculous 6-year, relative, slump in the first place
As I have no idea of the result tomorrow
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posted on 23/2/19
think you don't really need all that much to contend. always said your biggest problem was jose. with a new cb, rb, and dm your definite top three.
posted on 23/2/19
Willie Morgan.... I think I might have had a Man (boy) crush back then.
posted on 23/2/19
Zaha for the RW.
posted on 23/2/19
1. Whatever it costs to get Kante
2. Wan Bissaka
As for RW, no idea
posted on 23/2/19
Without wingers, united are only half the threat they traditionally are.
Weirdly, united's recent lack of winger problem started when sir Gary Neville retired. For reasons inexplicable he wasn't replaced. Somebody must have joked that the resolution to such a vital and specialised position lie in sticking a Brazilian in there. Somebody misunderstood the sarcasm and carried that out, and then doubled down on the 'joke' by doing the same on the other flank.
When it was realised, by three successive coaches, that the joke wasn't that funny and so the positions repeatedly had to be filled by the only two wingers the club had.
Thus, not only was the fullback position weakened, the club also lost the threat from the wings.
Now its too late of course. The misplaced wingers are now too old, and the only defensively capable fullbacks (shaw and darmian) are not trusted because despite being proper defenders they don't "get forward enough" apparently.
It's a weird world.
But in short, yes wingers are desperately required.
No point in united's better players like lukaku, pogba, fred, Mata and Sanchez pointlessly battling though a congested midfield. And please let's not pretend any of those are wingers - playing players out of position is precisely what put united in this ridiculous 6-year, relative, slump in the first place
posted on 23/2/19
Willie Morgan.... I think I might have had a Man (boy) crush back then.
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didn't he sue Tommy Docherty
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