There was a time when he let Hughes/Kanchelskis/Ince(all in their prime) leave to make sure that the youngsters are able to establish themselves.
He let go Beckham/Ruud to make sure Ronaldo/Rooney have the right environment at the club to progress. Sure we faced 2 barren years in 04-05 but the end result was worth it(3 league titles and CL).
Then we lose Ronaldo, he brings in low profile players like Chico/Valencia who become the backbone of our 2011 title and CL final.
But then, he brings back Scholes from retirement, plays Giggs in important matches alongside him which is just absolute stupidity, does not replace either of them, and plays a formation which is obsolete now with very few players in the world who can play a 2 man CM for a top club.
He continues to buy average wingers like Young, and some more strikers....... i mean none of this makes sense.
Even last year we were after Hazard/Lucas....wtf???????
In what world/realm of this universe does this make sense.....either millions of Man Utd supporters are blind/mind numbingly stupid or someone else is....
SAF has been and will be the greatest Manager ever to grace the game(atleast in my eyes).
Throughout his reign there has always been a long term plan at place, even if it means underperforming for some time because there is something special which is going to happen.
But this is probably the first time i m unable to see any long term plan, maybe i m not intelligent enough to see the logic behind his actions.....maybe someone much much more intelligent than me can explain me wtf is going on and what are our long term plans regarding our midfield???
Cleverson will never be good enough to play a 4-4-2 against a good team and i see no plans from SAF to change our formation...
Cheers
What has happened to SAF
posted on 1/10/12
Carrick and Cleverson
posted on 1/10/12
people are looking at the start of last season through rose tinted glasses and not the reasons it happened.
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The only person who does that here is you. You let your love of players blind you to what is actually best for the team. You just don't want to know what is staring you in the face. You come up with excuses and as many pedantic reasons as you can to suggest that Cleverson doesn't work. Only last week did you write an article saying how Rooney was a big difference against Newcastle, to say in the same breath that Cleverley and Anderson's performances cannot be taken seriously because it was Newcastle in the League Cup. How hypocritical is that? It's all ifs and buts with you and you just don't listen. I am 100% that if we play Carrick and Scholes every week then we will finish the season trophyless. That isn't fun at all.
posted on 1/10/12
Funrob
It's difficult to win football games when you don't dominate possession. Not impossible but very hard. It's also very difficult for the opposition to score when you keep the ball well.
This is Barca's greatest strength. They work teams so hard that when they finally get the ball they inevitably lose it straight away because they're all knackered.
posted on 1/10/12
If only we could have beaten an easy Spurs without Modric at OT this weekend
posted on 1/10/12
If only we could have beaten an easy Spurs without Modric at OT this weekend
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Had Rooney started in place of Giggs and Anderson / Clevs in place of Scholes, I'm confident we would have done.
We have to forget it now. No point dwelling on what happened last weekend. It's all about the next match now. And Spurs will probably go and lose this weekend knowing them.
posted on 1/10/12
A fortnight is a long time in football. Look at Liverpool. Playing poorly all season and a lot of supporters were demanding Rodgers leave and then they tonk Norwich and all of a sudden he's the best thing since sliced bread.
Same with Spurs. Drawing at home to West Brom and Norwich and AVB is booed by his fans. Now he's a genius.
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Only because like you and many here, they were looking at results and not how they play. Liverpool played a lot of their oppositions out of the park and spurs were playing a completely new formation after buying 5 new starters and as of the last 2 games being playing teams off the park too.
posted on 1/10/12
Only because like you and many here, they were looking at results and not how they play. Liverpool played a lot of their oppositions out of the park and spurs were playing a completely new formation after buying 5 new starters and as of the last 2 games being playing teams off the park too.
Agreed. Liverpool were having similar results under Hodgson but there is a number of differences.
1. Signings. Brendan Rodgers has signed a superior standard of player to Roy Hodgson. Brendan has signed young, hungry talented players compared to Hodgson's over-the-hill journeymen.
2. Style of play. Liverpools style of plat is far far superior in every way under Brendan Rodgers than it was under Hodgson. Liverpools style under Hodgson was like watching paint dry.
3. Media comments. Brendan Rodgers is open and honest and speaks well. Hodgson put his foot in his mouth at every opportunity. Brendan Rodgers lifts players that need lifting and gives players a kick up the behind when they need it too. Hodgson hust destroyed a few players.
4. Brendan Rodgers use of the youngsters is encouraging too.
posted on 1/10/12
Kagawa
Actually, what I was replying to someone saying that Cleverson wouldn't necessarily have been an improvement at Liverpool because it was just Newcastle B, not actually saying that Rooney should have started at Liverpool.
posted on 1/10/12
comment by funrob - Carrickschin (U9808)
posted 2 hours, 17 minutes ago
Look, I agree that Carrick and Cleverley would be a great midfield 3 and we may well see that but people are looking at the start of last season through rose tinted glasses and not the reasons it happened.
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did you really suggest others have rose tinted glasses on.... do you read your own posts????... at times you sound deluded/demented in your defence of the obvious ffs
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None of us know and i'm 100% certain that none of us will be able to correctly predict what will happen and that is the fun of football
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i confidently predict that unless Fergie gets his head out of his ar$e... we'll have our worst season since the 80's... crash out of Europe early and challenge for damn all domestically... Things really are that bad!!!
posted on 2/10/12
comment by funrob - Carrickschin (U9808)
posted 11 hours, 21 minutes ago
Dunc
Again, why so negative? Our luck DID run out on Saturday. It's just as likely that our 'luck will run out' as it is that we'll start to click and hammer a team.
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I was about to say this ^.
I think we were found out against Spurs after some good results masked our previous poor performances. I think there's more chance now that we'll turn it around than there is of us getting worse.
Whatever you say about SAF, he doesn't like losing, especially at home.