Goals are all well and good, but do you really have confidence in the likes of Jones, Smalling and Evans to keep clean sheets? the jury is still out on Rojo too. Then on to the midfield, which is a shambles to put it lightly. Herrera's injury proves that with the panic that's been going around. Cleverly and Fletcher in midfield on Sunday? Christ.Wrong if Di Maria settles we are dead cert for the CL, signing Benatia + De Jong brings us right back into the title race. With an explosive player like Di Maria our forward line will be too hot to handle, suddenly there is someone scaring defenders with pace and trickery meaning that there is more space for Mata to operate in and we have goals, plenty of them in RvP and Rooney. That front four alone is more than enough to get us into the top four.
They don't have any other prospective buyers do they either ?£50m for him would be about right. 60m and it's getting silly, but we're not in a position to bargain. Glad we're paying it either way.
With our injury record you can bet on him playing a fair bit. Also, Rooney is captain now so he's not getting left behind by a long shot.I rate him very highly and hope he plays a lot more this year, but I doubt it would be at Rooney's expense.
I'm not saying we shouldn't spend more, i think we should as our squad as not as good a City's or Chlesea's by a distance, and arguably Arsenal's. Our squad has had some underinvestment followed by buying that has left us unbalanced as a squad.Then he should have spent it to balance it more.
And our squad matches up pretty well to most tbh. I take the average of last 2/3 years as base point. Not just last season like some.
*Woodwards negotiating*
"£60m? How about £59.9m?"
Top 4 was people's minimum last season, now with the money we've spent we should be aiming to challenge for the title.Some folks really underestimate our squad i see.
Having spent 125 million pounds and potentially more there would be really no excuse for LVG now not to get top 4 at least.
That's exactly what people having been calling for... The man can't winAs good as he is 60 million for an attacking player who doesn't score goals? Truth be told we have grossly over paid for all of our players in this transfer window. Shaw, Herrera and Rojo are worth half of what we paid for them, mabe even less. Seems like Woodward has said "feck negotiations, here's the clubs credit card, take what you want and just drop the player outside carrington this morning"
Has any Nigerian rappers chimed in yet?
I remember that.I'm sure this has been posted a few times but just in case anyone missed it...
Jorge Mendes needs to fly back from Singapore first to hopefully wrap this up.Is the press already at the airport waiting on him and reporting exactly when flights from Madrid to Manchester fly in...
(The Munich press camped at the airport for the Martinez transfer - they even had a ticker... )
Omg I nearly wet myself!
According to Balague he already is.Jorge Mendes needs to fly back from Singapore first to hopefully wrap this up.
That's what we heard last year, before he went on to be our most effective attacking player bar Rooney. Also before our last match, when he was comfortably our best attacking player again. There's a pattern here.Not sure why Januzaj keeps appearing these lineups. He'll spend much of the year on the bench.
We ran away with the title last to last season. Finished 2nd on goal difference the season before. One bad season terribly underachieving and Moyes convinced some people that our squad was shit for some reason even after adding a top player in Mata.I'm not saying we shouldn't spend more, i think we should as our squad as not as good a City's or Chlesea's by a distance, and arguably Arsenal's. Our squad has had some underinvestment followed by buying that has left us unbalanced as a squad.
Haha!I remember that.
Must. Find. Way. To. Moan.As good as he is 60 million for an attacking player who doesn't score goals? Truth be told we have grossly over paid for all of our players in this transfer window. Shaw, Herrera and Rojo are worth half of what we paid for them, mabe even less. Seems like Woodward has said "feck negotiations, here's the clubs credit card, take what you want and just drop the player outside carrington this morning"
Sums up the Caf's reaction perfectly. *Naaa Sabanyaaaaa we've signed Di Mariaaaaaa*
People are also so willing to put Rooney in midfield but not on the wing? Like I said before he was effective when he played when Ronaldo was here. Mata was also effective on the wing he played for Chelsea. With LVG's 4-3-3 maybe the four of them will click together. Who knows?That's what we heard last year, before he went on to be our most effective attacking player bar Rooney. Also before our last match, when he was comfortably our best attacking player again. There's a pattern here.
Januzaj gets into these lineups because with Di Maria we'd go back to playing wingers, and Januzaj would be our second best winger. Better to leave Rooney out/let him compete for places with RVP and Mata than play him on the wing.
He's just been made captain...... He's not going to be dropped.Just because Rooney is a better player than Januzaj, doesn't mean he will play better on the wing. If this was Rooney from a couple of years ago that could still beat players Rooney would hands down play over Januzaj on the wing. He doesn't beat players that often anymore and he hasn't played on the wing in a long time.
Leaving Rooney out would be absolute nuts. With our midfield problems he's more than able capable of filling in CM until we get more stable thereThat's what we heard last year, before he went on to be our most effective attacking player bar Rooney. Also before our last match, when he was comfortably our best attacking player again. There's a pattern here.
Januzaj gets into these lineups because with Di Maria we'd go back to playing wingers, and Januzaj would be our second best winger. Better to leave Rooney out/let him compete for places with RVP and Mata than play him on the wing.
That's exactly what I thought reading that drivel.Must. Find. Way. To. Moan.
Herrera plays #8. Where does Rooney fit ?Leaving Rooney out would be absolute nuts. With our midfield problems he's more than able capable of filling in CM until we get more stable there
Yeah, I imagine the video would be a bit strange to someone who has no idea about the CafHaha!
I love that your vid has 1 comment, obviously from a non-caftard "wtf is this?"