I want us to keep Hernandez and gamble on Wilson, but if we're going to buy someone, this is the guy. Perfect age, perfect stage of his career, perfect style of play, perfect status within the game (very good, room to grow, not an established superstar).
Alexandre Lacazette
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Did you count Sterling? 11?
He can play in goal, in a starting 11 of nothing but strikers
IMO I'd prefer Lacazette over Chica, but I would absolutely love for Hernandez to come back from his injury to play well and score goals for us.
This guys has it all. Power, pace and a deadly finish. Right age and ticks all the boxes. Plus he's a god on FIFA 15. Sign him up with Schneiderlin for that French connection please
That'd be cool, but I really meant that keeping him would essentially let us give Wilson a proper go as second choice behind Rooney. Whereas selling him would mean we only had Rooney and Wilson, which would mean buying someone new, and that someone new would come in ahead of Wilson in the pecking order.
It would be a dangerous game to rely upon Wilson as our second choice striker. He has a lot of potential, but don't forget he managed just the one, solitary goal next season.
With van Persie leaving we definitely need a new striker. Personally, if he had stayed I wouldn't have seen it as an absolute necessity, but I'm not keen on the prospect of Hernandez as back-up to Rooney.
Its the 10th day of the transfer window. Why are clubs not rushing to close off a lucrative deal with this guy? What am I missing?
Surely Chelsea, PSG, Utd and even Arsenal shouldn't need to be thinking twice about the asking price/salary?
Surely Chelsea, PSG, Utd and even Arsenal shouldn't need to be thinking twice about the asking price/salary?
Not to be that muppet but...
DDG/Valdes
Darmian--Ramos--Otamendi--Shaw
Schneiderlin
Schweinsteiger-Herrera
Di Maria -- Lacazette -- Depay
Please god. Please let it be christmas in July. Darmian--Ramos--Otamendi--Shaw
Schneiderlin
Schweinsteiger-Herrera
Di Maria -- Lacazette -- Depay
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Not to be that muppet but...
DDG/ValdesPlease god. Please let it be christmas in July.
Darmian--Ramos--Otamendi--Shaw
Schneiderlin
Schweinsteiger-Herrera
Di Maria -- Rooney/Mata -- Depay
Lacazette
With DDG expected to leave that would mean 8 new players in the starting XI. And that with Van Gaal's difficult to learn system, although at least Schweiny would be familiar with it I suppose.
EDIT: Ah feck, correction: 8 out of the starting XII
Gotta love the 4-3-3-1 formation.Not to be that muppet but...
DDG/ValdesPlease god. Please let it be christmas in July.
Darmian--Ramos--Otamendi--Shaw
Schneiderlin
Schweinsteiger-Herrera
Di Maria -- Rooney/Mata -- Depay
Lacazette
Looks a natural born finisher from his Youtube videos.
I watched Gary Neville's Top 3 goals and thought the same.
Not to be that muppet but...
DDG/ValdesPlease god. Please let it be christmas in July.
Darmian--Ramos--Otamendi--Shaw
Schneiderlin
Schweinsteiger-Herrera
Di Maria -- Rooney/Mata -- Depay
Lacazette
Do they allow 12 players on the pitch on Christmas?
Isn't anyone worried that we might potentially have a new GK, rightback, CB, two midfielders, winger and striker in our starting line-up next season. That's not an ideal thing, it's almost like another season in transition.
Let's hope LvG has some kind of killer, supercharged bootcamp in pre-season lined up to make them gel and learn his philosophy.
Let's hope LvG has some kind of killer, supercharged bootcamp in pre-season lined up to make them gel and learn his philosophy.
Playing with 12 is always better than with 11 players.
Not to be that muppet but...
DDG/ValdesPlease god. Please let it be christmas in July.
Darmian--Ramos--Otamendi--Shaw
Schneiderlin
Schweinsteiger-Herrera
Di Maria -- Rooney/Mata -- Depay
Lacazette
that formationWe'll start the season with the team that ended the last. Any new signings will be integrated gradually.
Fellaini is suspended.
Yeah none of us know that. If Depay trains well he can start ahead of young for sure.
I didn't mean literally. Someone like Schweinsteiger will probably step in immediately since he's already au fait with the 'philosophy'.
@Adzzz has won this thread with his glorious 12 player lineup.
I doubt that very much, a new CB is almost certain to start along with Darmian at RB and If we got someone like Schweinsteiger he's certain to feature as well.
Oh how my head hangs in shame.... Never go full 12 man muppet.Drop the goalie.
Not to be that muppet but...
DDG/ValdesPlease god. Please let it be christmas in July.
Darmian--Ramos--Otamendi--Shaw
Schneiderlin
Schweinsteiger-Herrera
Di Maria -- Rooney/Mata -- Depay
Lacazette
World class muppetry there man - hats off to ya
Regardless of the extra player typo (we've all done that); a front 3 of Di Maria, Depay & Rooney could be quite tasty having that CM behind them & that CM having that defence behind them too.
I'm really feckin drooling about that possibility - that's a top class team if ever i've seen one. We'd score shitloads of goals & be absolutely solid also.
We'd be back to the United of old & maybe even an upgrade of what we've experienced over the years too..
A muppet can only dream, but dream we do
Drop the goalie.
Fly Keeper It's more ideal to have good quality in place that needs bedding in than it does to have way lower quality (and quantity) than what is needed.
Signing a right back is needed as long as Rafael isn't trusted and can't stay out of the physio room. Valencia is neither a right-back nor a winger anymore.
We might keep Valdes, meaning that he has been training with the players for quite some time and he has played under Van Gaal before, not a big change except for the very big drop in quality.
We need a CB, we have 2 injury-prone first-third choices whom neither are top-quality (yet), and behind them we have Blackett who is far from ready for even a backup spot, McNair who is a good backup and Evans who is a crawling dissaster. We definitely need a CB of top quality.
We currently have an aging Carrick who is also gotten more injuries, he is a key-player who will need replacing, either by a backup to Blind or a top-quality player. Having only one player to fill in for Carrick here is a issue. (Personally I don't think we need 2 midfielders, we need 1 and could get away with bedding in Pereira)
Depay is already signed, and though it on paper might not have been needed, he is a top talent and with Young aging, Di Maria not settling in (or deemed a winger for LvG yet) and Valencia pretending to be a right-back we only have Januzaj behind them who is more miss than hit.
With the system more set, Depay offering goals from the left, less injury issues and a proper defense and backup for Carrick, our attacking lineup will be fine without a striker, even if it ends up with us having Rooney, Chicharito and Keane as our alternatives.
Of course I'd love to add another striker, but failing to do so won't be a big issue if we can get a better platform for them to play on.
I get that you are worried about the amount of players that are potentially coming in, but the issue would be much bigger if we had to rely on a back-line of Blind, Blackett, Evans and Valencia, with a midfield where Herrera is our best defensive-contributor (and creator).
From whoscored: 26 goals, 6 assist, 2 dribbles per games and approx 1,6 key passes per game.
And still not even an option, cause he dont suit LvGs style...
And still not even an option, cause he dont suit LvGs style...
Here's hoping. He essentially had to work like that as a national coach - quickly bring players together and get them used to a system. So he has experience of it.
Problem was, last season he joined late and didn't really seem to know which system was best and was hamstrung by injuries.
We really need to get the signings in as early as possible so he can avoid that transition again and hit the ground running.
No dribbling allowed in the philosophy, sorry.
Madness isn't it? And I'm a 'Pool fan. There's something more to it that we're not hearing about. His (private) off field shenanigans? A yet unseen by the masses major flaw in his game? Something. Why jump on Depay but not him?
It is not either/or with Lacazette and Depay. Moreover, Depay was an easier transfer since PSV were willing to listen to offers. The same cannot be said about Lyon. Don't they have rich owners?
It makes sense for van Gaal to not buy a player he thinks isn't suited for his style of play. I don't know much at all about Lacazette but van Gaal knows what qualities he wants from his strikers, he's not changing that for anyone. If Lacazette is great at dribbling and finishing, but can't hold up the ball and stop dropping deep which van Gaal wants do we get much use out of him? We'd be wasting him and would be better off with someone else. (this is hypothetical- I can't judge Lacazette myself).
Depay is a complete goalscoring forward, he fits the profile of a winger for van Gaal.
Considering how many teams need a striker, I'm surprised there isn't anyone going for him really. Would be perfect for United, Arsenal, Liverpool, PSG, and a few other teams, yet there is hardly any links with him.
Exactly what I said above. This is the biggest puzzle. Sure he's expensive but not more than say a Benteke.
We have our 3 strikers now so we can be ruled out. Zlatan said he's staying at PSG I think and they have Cavani so they have no real need for him yet.
Not sure why the others aren't rushing to sign him.
He isn't an option?
Fair enough, we know Liverpool are rushing, jetting, speeding and begging. But the only chance we've got is if Lacazette is left with no choice. So that leaves Utd and Arsenal to rule themselves out first. Long live apathy!
Wenger is probably thinking he's got Giroud as his first choice, Welbeck, and now a healthy Walcott so he doesn't really need to spend £40m or more on a new striker.
Yeah I was thinking that too. And if Utd (LvG) were really interested a bid would have already have gone in. Lacazette must be wondering what he's got to do to get laid round here.
Come to the dirty slag Liverpool Lacazette. We will carress you in our bosom.
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