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golden_blunder said:
The issue is that everyone has the magic number of 6 signings in their heads. We have 2, I suspect we may get 2 more. There’s going to be huge disappointment ahead I feel
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It's not about how many signings, but the right type of signings. We got 81 points last season, and would have arguably gotten more if we were actually in a title challenge instead of on an island by ourselves in 2nd place.

We have basically had no right side for 2 seasons, and I believe that is much more important than the left side where we have too many options.

We've got in a RB to compete with Valencia (and he seems like a proper talent), and if we get in someone to replace Mata then our team will be much better.
 
If we actually decide to ignore LB & RW and instead spend 50 million on Arnautovic and then buy some mediocre CB, who will be benched after a few poor performances (like Bailly), I don't think I'll be supporting Mourinho any more.
He bough Lindelof, I was OK with that but going into the next season with Shaw and Young as LBs and with no RW, that's just plain stupidity.
Please God, let this all be a distraction, a tactic to lower the price.
 
Adisa said:
We are competing with a side that got 100 points and we are making do with "OK"?
Just feck off. Our fullbacks are a huge reason our attack is so shite. That report better be fecking bollocks.
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Calm down.

It seems any negative truth is taken as gospel on here. It's a long summer. A lot will be written about United. Some true. But most of it not.
 
I do love the idea that a left back is the difference between not getting top 4 and winning the treble the way some of ye go on.

Womp said:
Shaw is done here and Young is a decent option, neither are what we need if we want to mount a proper challenge. Just look at the difference good fullbacks made to City.
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Yeah they had a barnstorming season with Delph as a left back.
 
Don Alfredo said:
I think it's plausible that LB will stay as it is. Young is offensively much better than Valencia, he has also been super reliable in terms of injuries last season. Shaw will be the one to play meaningless Cup games or games against lower placed teams in between CL matches.

Neither of Young or Valencia will be sold, those two are senior figures in the squad and fit Mourinho's definition of soldiers on the pitch. Shaw won't be sold because he sits on a big contract and he has no problems earning his paychecks for 1 game a month. If you add another Fullback, that would be 5 players, which is really unnecessary. FB is not a position like CM or AM where you rotate often. Especially if you have two players who can be used on both sides (Young and Dalot).

The funds could be used elsewhere and a CB is clearly the next in line in terms of priorities. I think Mourinho is fed up with Bailly and Jones, Rojo is seen as a back up and Smalling as the only reliable starter. I don't think a Lindelof loan is out of the realms of possibility. In that case, a ball playing CB comes in to take the starting spot next to Smalling.

Out of the ones mentioned in the MEN article, only Gimenez and Soyuncu would be cheaper than Alderweireld. I can see Utd going for Soyuncu now that Sokratis is at Arsenal. Freiburg wants 35m Euros for him and that fits the budget easily.

I don't understand the thing with the CF backup at all, especially if Martial is staying. Arnautovic is clearly the front runner for that since Mandzukic declared he would stay after Allegri confirmed to be at Juve next season. The Austrian, however, would cost 50m and thats not enough to compete with Lukaku or Sanchez for starting positions, but way too much for a backup striker.

The lucky case for Utd would be Bale becoming available and them channeling all the funds into that one to fix the RW position. Don't see it happen, now that Zidane is not there anymore. Bale loves it at Madrid and doesn't want to be pushed out.

That there is no chase after RW players like Mahrez or Pulisic is mind-boggling for me, the position with zero players in the squad is clearly the weakest, not the one with 5 internationals:wenger:

Seems to me like Mourinho has lost his mojo in squad building and hasn't got a clue about what to do with the squad to bring it to the next level.

Signing one CB and not addressing the hole at RW for the 3rd summer straight is a clear sign of desperation.
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Shaw's original deal has run out though and we simply triggered the one year extension. If we want to make any money on him, we have to sell him this month.
 
Sanche7 said:
If we actually decide to ignore LB & RW and instead spend 50 million on Arnautovic and then buy some mediocre CB, who will be benched after a few poor performances (like Bailly), I don't think I'll be supporting Mourinho any more.
He bough Lindelof, I was OK with that but going into the next season with Shaw and Young as LBs and with no RW, that's just plain stupidity.
Please God, let this all be a distraction, a tactic to lower the price.
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That never actually happened
 
The Bloody-Nine said:
You do realise that the window hasn't closed, right?
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It is well documented Jose is looking for a CB and a CF backup. The interest in Arnautovic is very obvious, he attened multiple Austria matches and has worked with him before at Inter. There is no indication whatsoever for Jose wanting to sign a RW. Mahrez has been whoring himself to PL's top clubs for 2 years now, he has been one of the Top3 RW players in the league and Mourinho has never shown any interest to sign him.

Fridge chutney said:
He did well with Madrid and Chelsea. Let's wait and see how next season unfolds before making such bold claims that go against all evidence to the contrary.
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I present you evidence:

Real Madrid 3rd season: fallout with parts of the squad, no titles
Chelsea 3rd season: fallout with parts of the squad, no titles

I wonder where it can go next season, especially if you consider those two sides came from a much higher starting point, having just won the league and lining up with some proper world class players like Ronaldo or Hazard.

Don't want to derail the thread any further with more Mourinho discussion, just wanted to answer to these replies.
 
M.E.N said Clement Lenglet was an alternative to Alderweireld three days ago and now they published a article of United eight man shortlist of CB without Lenglet.
 
The clamour for a LB is very strange, as if we have some sort of deficiency on that side. Our right side is far more of a concern.

Ashley Young is a genuine modern fullback, does a job in defence and most of his contributions come in attack. The only problem is that he is constantly cutting onto his other foot. Valencia is a far bigger concern who really struggles against deep defences, whereas Young is great at beating his man and delivering the ball into dangerous areas. Forget about our RW where we have played Mata and Lingard who are terrible when starting there because they just crowd other areas.

If not getting a left back means we can splash the cash on a RW then I'm all for it. A top class RW will do a lot for our attack.
 
legolegs said:
Apparently Ajax rejected a bid of 40m for de Jong this weekend and told Barca he's not for sale.
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He is very Barca.
golden_blunder said:
The issue is that everyone has the magic number of 6 signings in their heads. We have 2, I suspect we may get 2 more. There’s going to be huge disappointment ahead I feel
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Yep, I think there's a solid chance Mourinho will give Shaw/Young a go - potentially Mitchell, if it means we can spend more on an elite attacker in Griezmann or Bale ilk and a top CB like Alderweireld
 
breakout67 said:
It's not about how many signings, but the right type of signings. We got 81 points last season, and would have arguably gotten more if we were actually in a title challenge instead of on an island by ourselves in 2nd place.

We have basically had no right side for 2 seasons, and I believe that is much more important than the left side where we have too many options.

We've got in a RB to compete with Valencia (and he seems like a proper talent), and if we get in someone to replace Mata then our team will be much better.
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I agree,’I just think that there will be a lot of disappointment amongst fans if they don’t see a LB,’CB, CM, RW and backup striker bought in.personally I think we can get by with what we have now apart from a RW which is crucial. Anything else is a bonus imho
 
golden_blunder said:
I agree,’I just think that there will be a lot of disappointment amongst fans if they don’t see a LB,’CB, CM, RW and backup striker bought in.personally I think we can get by with what we have now apart from a RW which is crucial. Anything else is a bonus imho
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We thought the same thing last season when we signed only 3.... I don’t care about fancy names but we definitely need to improve in certain areas. We keep forgetting other teams are vastly improving as well, mainly City and Liverpool.
 
breakout67 said:
The clamour for a LB is very strange, as if we have some sort of deficiency on that side. Our right side is far more of a concern.

Ashley Young is a genuine modern fullback, does a job in defence and most of his contributions come in attack. The only problem is that he is constantly cutting onto his other foot. Valencia is a far bigger concern who really struggles against deep defences, whereas Young is great at beating his man and delivering the ball into dangerous areas. Forget about our RW where we have played Mata and Lingard who are terrible when starting there because they just crowd other areas.

If not getting a left back means we can splash the cash on a RW then I'm all for it. A top class RW will do a lot for our attack.
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The problem with Young is what you already mentioned, he's constantly cutting inside. All three of our left winger options also constantly cut inside. We need some width and we aren't going to buy a fourth left winger therefore the obvious solution is a left back.

Same problem on the right with width except Valencia is strong defensively and we just signed Dalot so it makes much more sense to get a right winger since we essentially have none.

If we go in to the season without a right winger and left back I can't see how we're going to improve on last season's performances at all.
 
Nick7 said:
I do love the idea that a left back is the difference between not getting top 4 and winning the treble the way some of ye go on.


Yeah they had a barnstorming season with Delph as a left back.
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Yep, let's ignore Walker? If anything that's further proof that simply improving even one fullback can go a long way to improving a side. The additional width, offensive threat, pace etc. they're extremely important in today's game.

Also Delph is their backup option, our equivalency is Young, who is our best option there. That's as I said, he's a good option to have, but providing players are fit, shouldn't be first choice. He's injury prone and misses large parts of the season as a result and isn't the most dynamic, not to add he isn't even left footed so is quite predictable in his play.

Good fullbacks won't be the difference between us being a great team or not, but it will certainly be a step in the right direction.
 
El-Manos said:
We thought the same thing last season when we signed only 3.... I don’t care about fancy names but we definitely need to improve in certain areas. We keep forgetting other teams are vastly improving as well, mainly City and Liverpool.
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We were on title challenging pace for half the season. I would say that City being so far ahead killed any momentum we had. They were on course for 110 points at the halfway points, very similar to 05/06 when Chelsea were 11 points ahead of us midway through the season.

We lost to every promoted team away from home, with every player insisting on coming short to the ball we became very predictable. We didn't have any players that would stretch the defence and we'd eventually concede a silly goal because Matic was covering the whole midfield by himself.

Fred is very good at providing defensive cover and tracking back. So the only thing left is to get in a player that will run and dribble behind defences and the ideal is a RW because we have no recognised RW.

gza the genius said:
The problem with Young is what you already mentioned, he's constantly cutting inside. All three of our left winger options also constantly cut inside. We need some width and we aren't going to buy a fourth left winger therefore the obvious solution is a left back.

Same problem on the right with width except Valencia is strong defensively and we just signed Dalot so it makes much more sense to get a right winger since we essentially have none.

If we go in to the season without a right winger and left back I can't see how we're going to improve on last season's performances at all.
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LB is a smaller issue than RW IMO. Young is a 7/10 fullback, can be a bit shoddy at the back but gives everything in attack and regularly breaks down teams given his position. He has also put in quite a few match winning performances for us. RW on the other hand doesn't even exist, Mata's finished as a regular starter and Lingard is horrible unless he is behind the striker.
 
golden_blunder said:
I agree,’I just think that there will be a lot of disappointment amongst fans if they don’t see a LB,’CB, CM, RW and backup striker bought in.personally I think we can get by with what we have now apart from a RW which is crucial. Anything else is a bonus imho
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And you'd expect us to challenge City with that?
 
Young gives us no width down the left flank. It's not as if we play a left footed winger.
Delph was adequate for City cause Sane played high up the pitch and provided width. We have nothing like that.
First of all, I think Young and Tony's dynamism is declined second, once Young is on the ball, teams know to defend the in swinging ball.
Can't believe some people swho spent the whole of last season saying our team wasn't good enough while defending Mourinho, now being OK going into the new season with one of the squad's weakest areas.
 
Adisa said:
And you'd expect us to challenge City with that?
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We finished 2nd - so yes I would. City had an exceptional season whereas we have room for improvement particularly if we add an outlet on the RW

Besides I said “get by”, I would prefer more shiny toys but I don’t believe the money is there for everything we need. We need to sell but I see no movement in that direction, instead new contracts being offered
 
I see and read a whole lot, in fact I have put stuff up here about players we were supposedly buying.

I will never Believe it until club announces them.
 
I think we will sign one more and thats it. No ideal who that will be though.
 
Imagine not signing a right winger and a left back this summer :lol: Talk about failing to address blatant weaknesses in our squad.
 
golden_blunder said:
Read my expanded post
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I said it in another thread. We need to be proactive in telling players to feck off.
You can't complain the quality is not good enough then refuse to improve on weak areas while keeping largely the same players.
It's why I say no one will listen if Mourinho starts complaining about quality again.
 
Lets spend a lot of money and buy a really good squad, instead of coaching our players to become better and gain a better cohesion and understanding of each other.
yay
 
golden_blunder said:
I agree,’I just think that there will be a lot of disappointment amongst fans if they don’t see a LB,’CB, CM, RW and backup striker bought in.personally I think we can get by with what we have now apart from a RW which is crucial. Anything else is a bonus imho
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I agree a RW is crucial to us, but attacking full backs who can cross the ball properly is also crucial.
 
Nick7 said:
I do love the idea that a left back is the difference between not getting top 4 and winning the treble the way some of ye go on.
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Amazing that City Spent nearly 200 million on fullbacks and went from 4th to 1st
 
ThomasEmil said:
Lets spend a lot of money and buy a really good squad, instead of coaching our players to become better and gain a better cohesion and understanding of each other.
yay
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Imagine not doing both. Posts like this make no sense.
 
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