As I've said before not the most exciting signing we have ever made but one argument I disagree with is that we shouldn't be buying a 29 year old.
Now this is an argument that would be relevant if we had an ageing squad but we don't. We actually have quite a young squad. 4 of Jose's 7 signings so far have been young players and this just adds to the likes of Martial, Rashford, Shaw, Lingard, TFM, Pereira, Tuanzebe. Loads of potential there. You can still count De Gea as a young player too given his position.
Then there is the likes of Herrera, Blind, Mata, Mhki, Fellaini, Darmian, Jones, Smalling, Rojo, Romero. Regardless of how you feel about some of those players, they aren't exactly on the verge of retirement either.
Since Rooney and Zlatan left (I know a return is possible for the latter) we only have 3 30 something outfield players in the squad which is quite low and out of these 3 only Valencia will be a first team regular and he shows no signs of slowing down just yet. Carrick will be used more sparingly especially with the Matic signing. Young has a long term injury and even on his return I don't see him playing that much.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is that if we sign another player in this window, we are probably better off signing another established player over potential as it may benefit us greater in the short term without affecting in the long term as we already have plenty of potential that we will no doubt add in the next windows.
People complaining about Matics' age
posted on 1/8/17
Freedom
No problem.
On another note.
Thank god for those checks and balances.
posted on 1/8/17
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 32 seconds ago
On another note.
Thank god for those checks and balances.
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Told ya the damn system works.
We need to let Obamacare die though. Or are you talking about another incident?
posted on 1/8/17
No need to let Obamacare die.
If Trump wants to do something constructive as President, he should take ownership of it and fix it.
After all, it is easy. He said so.
posted on 1/8/17
Can't fix it on his own though, that's the problem.
The new bill is apparently just as bad as Obamacare currently. I can just do away with the whole "if you don't buy, you'll be fined" provision. Or let the state mandate their own healthcare bills and not make this a federal thing. My biggest issue is the first point I made.
Something like healthcare either needs to be 100% regulated by the government or 100% left to the consumers and Obamacare is right in the middle of it.
posted on 1/8/17
Matic is the best signing out of all players signed by Man U.
posted on 2/8/17
This might sound weird but Matic is the only signing we have made that has improved us.
Lukaku will do well to score as many as Ibra and for me, he is an iferior player overall. At best, we are on par with last season in the strikers department.
Lindelof is, at the moment, inferior to Smalling and Jones. I doubt he will start many league games before the year-end. Therefore, we have not really improved our CB department for now.
Matic, despite being a "boring" signing, will instantly become our best holding midfielder. Hands down. The domino effect of having a specialist defensive mid should benefit both Herrera and Pogba, which in turn, should improve the service to our forwarda whilst also providing defensive cover for our defenders.
posted on 2/8/17
comment by Freedom FC 🇺🇸 (⚽️🏀🏈⚾️) (U7214)
posted 9 hours, 43 minutes ago
Can't fix it on his own though, that's the problem.
The new bill is apparently just as bad as Obamacare currently. I can just do away with the whole "if you don't buy, you'll be fined" provision. Or let the state mandate their own healthcare bills and not make this a federal thing. My biggest issue is the first point I made.
Something like healthcare either needs to be 100% regulated by the government or 100% left to the consumers and Obamacare is right in the middle of it.
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How it looks to me is that the most of the Dems might have preferred a general state-funded / state-subsidised system closer to the European model but that was politically impossible due to the right screaming 'communism!' and the Blue Dogs not supporting it. So Obama went for the best thing that was politically possible - in fact, a system thought up by a Republican think tank and instigated by a Republican governor. Of course the right wing screamed 'communism!' anyway. It's certainly messy and problematic but it has (despite State-level, ideological/partisan resistance to implementation) given millions of poorer people coverage they didn't use to have.
It seems to me a lot of Republicans wanted to be seen to fighting Obamacare recently, while kind of hoping they wouldn't have to justify the actual consequences of dismantling it to their electorate.
posted on 2/8/17
Whoa, whoa....
I don't even know who or what to respond but it seems some spirited and tangential responses have been levelled at my earlier casual remark.
The OP stated 'people complaining about Matic's age'. A simplistic teaser in its right which deserved a simplistic answer hence my jape about signing Messi who was of a similar age.
I am not here often enough to indite reams of data carping about Matic's signing. I reiterate, he has already signed so little to get worked up over.
posted on 2/8/17
It seems to me a lot of Republicans wanted to be seen to fighting Obamacare recently, while kind of hoping they wouldn't have to justify the actual consequences of dismantling it to their electorate.
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This is exactly what has been going on.
You have seen many Republican Senators and Congressmen in recent weeks all call the Republican bill bad and a variety of poor things.
Yet they still went ahead and voted for it, apart from three of the Senate.
Quite how, as a party, you can say you are going to repeal a bill for seven years, and during that time have nothing acceptable to your own party to replace it, smacks of the kind of staggering incompetence we associate with Teresa May.
posted on 2/8/17
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 hours, 9 minutes ago
comment by Freedom FC 🇺🇸 (⚽️🏀🏈⚾️) (U7214)
posted 9 hours, 43 minutes ago
Can't fix it on his own though, that's the problem.
The new bill is apparently just as bad as Obamacare currently. I can just do away with the whole "if you don't buy, you'll be fined" provision. Or let the state mandate their own healthcare bills and not make this a federal thing. My biggest issue is the first point I made.
Something like healthcare either needs to be 100% regulated by the government or 100% left to the consumers and Obamacare is right in the middle of it.
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How it looks to me is that the most of the Dems might have preferred a general state-funded / state-subsidised system closer to the European model but that was politically impossible due to the right screaming 'communism!' and the Blue Dogs not supporting it. So Obama went for the best thing that was politically possible - in fact, a system thought up by a Republican think tank and instigated by a Republican governor. Of course the right wing screamed 'communism!' anyway. It's certainly messy and problematic but it has (despite State-level, ideological/partisan resistance to implementation) given millions of poorer people coverage they didn't use to have.
It seems to me a lot of Republicans wanted to be seen to fighting Obamacare recently, while kind of hoping they wouldn't have to justify the actual consequences of dismantling it to their electorate.
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You're absolutely right. Although I think there was a democratic majority Congress at the time it was passed.
Hence why Obamacare ends up with the best of two worlds, which essentially is the worst thing ever. You have to compromise between two parties needs and everyone ends up losing.
Leave it to the states to decide or regulate the whole damn system. From the Pharmaceuticals all the way to the receptionist in the doctor's office.