We don't need "big" players, we just need quality

ManchesterManchester said:
It’s not the managers who keep asking for these ridiculous players. It’s the board who push for the Ronaldo type signings. They just want the marketing $$$

You used a perfect example saying Man City don’t sign big name players. That’s because they don’t need to attract sponsors or earn any kind of money, they can purely concentrate on football unlike our brand.
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City were in for Ronaldo, and just two Summers ago were desperately trying for 2m a week Leo Messi.

There’s certainly something in what you are saying but Ronaldo and Cavani were last minute deals and looking at our squad and how others have fared away from it (Martial, DvB), they were signings that were also needed.

For me our much bigger issue is with our other signings.
 
Hughie77 said:
The scouts need to do there Job, trouble is the UTD hierarchy like there pin ups ie Roony, Ibra, Dimaria, Sanchez, etc. Quality is needed agree and there out there. We need to do another Evra, Vidic, signings noone new much about those. Same needed again.
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I agree with this but you highlight a key problem: Direction from above.

What are our scouts recruiting for? Contrast the job of being a United scout with being a Barcelona scout. As a Barcelona scout you know exactly how Barcelona wants to play. 4-3-3, possession style. Yes, there will be variations. However, for the most part, you know what piece of the puzzle you are looking for. You know your team will want to press high, so you know you need defenders with recovery pace, defenders who can do 1v1s and defenders who can play with the ball to feet. Before you even begin watching players you know the key things to look for.

With Man Utd what are you looking for? I don't think its possible to know because we don't even know what type of football we want to play. For example, we are looking for #6. But compare what a #6 must do in a Guardiola team, a Klopp team and a Tuchel team. Rodri, Fabinho, Jorgino. Three different types of player. Three different profiles. All play the same position. They're not interchangeable either, although Fabinho could probably play for Pep. Rodri and Jorginho wouldn't work for Klopp. Jorginho wouldn't provide the defensive cover Pep likes. Rodri could probably play for Tuchel but he wouldn't suit all the requirements Jorginho does. So if you're a scout at Man Utd you're shooting in the dark when told: 'Find a #6.'

The Board has not settled on a style of play. There's no Director of Football giving you clear steer. You're just compiling lists of good players and hoping a coach can make sense of it. Like those TV shows where they get a celebrity chef to go into a random kitchen, find ingredients they can and make something out of it.
 
#07 said:
I agree with this but you highlight a key problem: Direction from above.

What are our scouts recruiting for? Contrast the job of being a United scout with being a Barcelona scout. As a Barcelona scout you know exactly how Barcelona wants to play. 4-3-3, possession style. Yes, there will be variations. However, for the most part, you know what piece of the puzzle you are looking for. You know your team will want to press high, so you know you need defenders with recovery pace, defenders who can do 1v1s and defenders who can play with the ball to feet. Before you even begin watching players you know the key things to look for.

With Man Utd what are you looking for? I don't think its possible to know because we don't even know what type of football we want to play. For example, we are looking for #6. But compare what a #6 must do in a Guardiola team, a Klopp team and a Tuchel team. Rodri, Fabinho, Jorgino. Three different types of player. Three different profiles. All play the same position. They're not interchangeable either, although Fabinho could probably play for Pep. Rodri and Jorginho wouldn't work for Klopp. Jorginho wouldn't provide the defensive cover Pep likes. Rodri could probably play for Tuchel but he wouldn't suit all the requirements Jorginho does. So if you're a scout at Man Utd you're shooting in the dark when told: 'Find a #6.'

The Board has not settled on a style of play. There's no Director of Football giving you clear steer. You're just compiling lists of good players and hoping a coach can make sense of it. Like those TV shows where they get a celebrity chef to go into a random kitchen, find ingredients they can and make something out of it.
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Spot on and highlights the problem perfectly. Take AWB as an example. What was the brief regarding finding a new right back? Value for money? Money no object? Established? Young? Attacking skills? Defensive awareness? Because after reviewing how many hundred possibilities, we plumped for AWB at £50m! It’s madness. Clueless.
Watching Barca last night against the type of performance our sorry shower are currently putting in, was very enlightening.
 
#07 said:
I agree with this but you highlight a key problem: Direction from above.

What are our scouts recruiting for? Contrast the job of being a United scout with being a Barcelona scout. As a Barcelona scout you know exactly how Barcelona wants to play. 4-3-3, possession style. Yes, there will be variations. However, for the most part, you know what piece of the puzzle you are looking for. You know your team will want to press high, so you know you need defenders with recovery pace, defenders who can do 1v1s and defenders who can play with the ball to feet. Before you even begin watching players you know the key things to look for.

With Man Utd what are you looking for? I don't think its possible to know because we don't even know what type of football we want to play. For example, we are looking for #6. But compare what a #6 must do in a Guardiola team, a Klopp team and a Tuchel team. Rodri, Fabinho, Jorgino. Three different types of player. Three different profiles. All play the same position. They're not interchangeable either, although Fabinho could probably play for Pep. Rodri and Jorginho wouldn't work for Klopp. Jorginho wouldn't provide the defensive cover Pep likes. Rodri could probably play for Tuchel but he wouldn't suit all the requirements Jorginho does. So if you're a scout at Man Utd you're shooting in the dark when told: 'Find a #6.'

The Board has not settled on a style of play. There's no Director of Football giving you clear steer. You're just compiling lists of good players and hoping a coach can make sense of it. Like those TV shows where they get a celebrity chef to go into a random kitchen, find ingredients they can and make something out of it.
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Get what you mean about the scouting, we scout random players rather than specific players for a system.
 
Speako said:
Spot on and highlights the problem perfectly. Take AWB as an example. What was the brief regarding finding a new right back? Value for money? Money no object? Established? Young? Attacking skills? Defensive awareness? Because after reviewing how many hundred possibilities, we plumped for AWB at £50m! It’s madness. Clueless.
Watching Barca last night against the type of performance our sorry shower are currently putting in, was very enlightening.
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DomesticTadpole said:
Get what you mean about the scouting, we scout random players rather than specific players for a system.
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Exactly. We just pick up random 'good' players.

There's no profile with any of them. Even Jadon Sancho, anyone who watched him regularly could've told you he plays just as much on the left as the right. You can go to websites and they list how many games he's played left, right and at #10. So what were were looking for, if the brief was right winger?

I would argue that, in most cases, the failed transfers we've had in the last decade have more to do with the lack of structure at the club than the players. Its as if we just buy players who, in a specific set up would be good, without factoring in that our set up is very different to the one they thrived in e.g., Pogba.

I can't think of many other clubs, not just big clubs, that recruit like this.
 
We need players that can fit together in a cohesive unit, bought with a specific style of play in mind.

We also need a coach who has the quality and is given the time to coach a style of play.

Neither of the above two points have happened in the post Fergie era and that is why we have spent around 1.3billion on transfers in that time and find ourselves struggling for the top 4.
 
#07 said:
Exactly. We just pick up random 'good' players.

There's no profile with any of them. Even Jadon Sancho, anyone who watched him regularly could've told you he plays just as much on the left as the right. You can go to websites and they list how many games he's played left, right and at #10. So what were were looking for, if the brief was right winger?

I would argue that, in most cases, the failed transfers we've had in the last decade have more to do with the lack of structure at the club than the players. Its as if we just buy players who, in a specific set up would be good, without factoring in that our set up is very different to the one they thrived in e.g., Pogba.

I can't think of many other clubs, not just big clubs, that recruit like this.
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I agree with your general point so I'm not trying to be argumentative but the Sancho thing I think was logical and he's a player I would have still signed if we were rigidly sticking to a right winger. His goal involvements were largely similar from the right as the left, but weighted more towards assists from the right and goals scored from the left. He was always going to struggle early on, he's a slow starter traditionally and obviously the transition from Bundesliga to PL is one players often struggle with. To be honest he's still a player I'd be looking to play on the right where possible but I do understand why we have stuck with him on the left since he came into form.

But overall yes absolutely. We're like "we need a midfielder" and we just sign someone who theoretically is a great midfielder but plays in a different shape or style to what we are used to. Pogba is an excellent example of that but this goes right back to Juan Mata in 2013. He didn't fit the system the manager at the time was playing, we signed an attacking midfielder and largely played him off the right.
 
Hughie77 said:
The scouts need to do there Job, trouble is the UTD hierarchy like there pin ups ie Roony, Ibra, Dimaria, Sanchez, etc. Quality is needed agree and there out there. We need to do another Evra, Vidic, signings noone new much about those. Same needed again.
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You and some other people here need to stop putting Evra in the "not known before" bracket. He played CL final with Monaco before we got him. If you didn't know him, that doesn't mean people in football didn't. He was one of the most popular left backs in the world even back then.
 
For all the trumpeting about our scouting and all the analysts etc our scouting is about as basic as it gets.

Our main targets are all obvious ones, I fully expect us to be chasing Declan Rice around all summer with our dick in our hands when you could buy 2 or 3 midfielders for the same price elsewhere with the same level of play.
 
Gavinb33 said:
For all the trumpeting about our scouting and all the analysts etc our scouting is about as basic as it gets.

Our main targets are all obvious ones, I fully expect us to be chasing Declan Rice around all summer with our dick in our hands when you could buy 2 or 3 midfielders for the same price elsewhere with the same level of play.
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And we will buy him and realize we need a midfielder.
 
JB7 said:
I agree with your general point so I'm not trying to be argumentative but the Sancho thing I think was logical and he's a player I would have still signed if we were rigidly sticking to a right winger. His goal involvements were largely similar from the right as the left, but weighted more towards assists from the right and goals scored from the left. He was always going to struggle early on, he's a slow starter traditionally and obviously the transition from Bundesliga to PL is one players often struggle with. To be honest he's still a player I'd be looking to play on the right where possible but I do understand why we have stuck with him on the left since he came into form.

But overall yes absolutely. We're like "we need a midfielder" and we just sign someone who theoretically is a great midfielder but plays in a different shape or style to what we are used to. Pogba is an excellent example of that but this goes right back to Juan Mata in 2013. He didn't fit the system the manager at the time was playing, we signed an attacking midfielder and largely played him off the right.
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I think we're more or less coming from the same place and, broadly, I agree that signing Sancho made sense. However, I have this...I dunno, alarm bell going off in my head about the deal. Like we signed him, in part, because he can play various positions. As though the club was hedging its bets e.g., whatever we do he'll fit in somewhere so may as well. Take away the player from the equation, cos he is a good player, if I am right about the thinking guiding the club that's worrying. It again speaks to a lack of clear thinking about how puzzle pieces A and B stick together. It'll be alright cos he'll fit somewhere doesn't exactly showcase some real planning is behind this.

Gavinb33 said:
For all the trumpeting about our scouting and all the analysts etc our scouting is about as basic as it gets.

Our main targets are all obvious ones, I fully expect us to be chasing Declan Rice around all summer with our dick in our hands when you could buy 2 or 3 midfielders for the same price elsewhere with the same level of play.
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This is a good point. We are told, via the Athletic etc, that we have lots of scouts. I'm sure we have like two or three different heads of different bits of scouting. We seem to have scouts coming out of our innards. Yet, a lot of the time the players we're after could be identified just by having Sky Sports on your tele. The Declan Rice thing is a perfect example of this. So what are all these scouts for? Would you need a scout to tell you that Sancho, Varane and Ronaldo might be okay? I have so many questions about the way our club is run.
 
We need players who are monsters physically (fast/strong/aggressive) first and foremost. You obviously then need them to have quality too, if you ever hope to win anything, but in modern football, not being a standout physical athlete is a big problem
 
We need to stop getting mugged by agents offering us big name players on huge wages who have peaked years ago.

Hungry up and coming players looking to become world-class are who we should be after.
 
#07 said:
I think we're more or less coming from the same place and, broadly, I agree that signing Sancho made sense. However, I have this...I dunno, alarm bell going off in my head about the deal. Like we signed him, in part, because he can play various positions. As though the club was hedging its bets e.g., whatever we do he'll fit in somewhere so may as well. Take away the player from the equation, cos he is a good player, if I am right about the thinking guiding the club that's worrying. It again speaks to a lack of clear thinking about how puzzle pieces A and B stick together. It'll be alright cos he'll fit somewhere doesn't exactly showcase some real planning is behind this.



This is a good point. We are told, via the Athletic etc, that we have lots of scouts. I'm sure we have like two or three different heads of different bits of scouting. We seem to have scouts coming out of our innards. Yet, a lot of the time the players we're after could be identified just by having Sky Sports on your tele. The Declan Rice thing is a perfect example of this. So what are all these scouts for? Would you need a scout to tell you that Sancho, Varane and Ronaldo might be okay? I have so many questions about the way our club is run.
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Agreed I am not sure you need any scouts if you are just going to do this, I mean anyone who has played football manager could put together this transfer strategy for the first team.

The scouts for the young age groups seemingly have their shit together players like Garnacho and Hannibal but really we've seen these players before in names like Petrucci and Rossi and others who look like world beaters in the youth or ressies but never make they 1st team push.
 
wolvored said:
Their revenue was the highest in Europe while Utd had slipped to 5th Link
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In terms of City's revenue, how much of it is provided by companies that happen to be also owned by its current owners?

City sponsor themselves for example with Etihad on the shirts.
 
Gavinb33 said:
Agreed I am not sure you need any scouts if you are just going to do this, I mean anyone who has played football manager could put together this transfer strategy for the first team.

The scouts for the young age groups seemingly have their shit together players like Garnacho and Hannibal but really we've seen these players before in names like Petrucci and Rossi and others who look like world beaters in the youth or ressies but never make they 1st team push.
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Yeah. At the moment the youth team seems to be identifying really good players. Players you hope will have a future. Who knows? Maybe it'll be another class of 92 situation where we throw these lads and in and voila.

But if its not...if the bulk of them go on to have good careers but not here, like your Januzaj's and Welbeck's, then what?

My big question to the club is why does it always feel like we're after £80m players or nobody. Why has the club failed to identify anyone, in the whole world of football, who is available and wouldn't cost £100m to fix our midfield? Its at this point people will say they bought Fred. Fred is many things but he's not a #6 and he joined the club at a time when we had Ander Herrera, who was at least as good for us as Fred has been. So what was the thinking? Especially as Fred cost us £50m.

PS) I feel for Rossi cos injuries cost him but your wider point is good.
 
padzilla said:
Hungry up and coming players looking to become world-class are who we should be after.
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This is assuming that United is run like a club and not like a circus where a player's hype/media presence/marketability is more important.
 
Regulus Arcturus Black said:
City were in for Ronaldo, and just two Summers ago were desperately trying for 2m a week Leo Messi.

There’s certainly something in what you are saying but Ronaldo and Cavani were last minute deals and looking at our squad and how others have fared away from it (Martial, DvB), they were signings that were also needed.

For me our much bigger issue is with our other signings.
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Yeah understand your point and agree. I am not complaining that we have Ronaldo and Cavani, rather just confused as to who decides which signings are our priorities. Example, hundreds of million have been poured into our defence yet barely any money has been budgeted for midfield.
 
ManchesterManchester said:
Yeah understand your point and agree. I am not complaining that we have Ronaldo and Cavani, rather just confused as to who decides which signings are our priorities. Example, hundreds of million have been poured into our defence yet barely any money has been budgeted for midfield.
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It’s supposed to be a transfer board that agree on these things and that they and the managers have a right to veto each other.
It all clearly needs an overhaul, we shouldn’t be in a position where a deadline day Cavani is not just a good marketing opportunity but also essential for the balance of the team. Pre-Cavani we actually had no real striker, just fecking Martial and Rashford, of which neither is a striker.. it’s nuts.
 
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#07 said:
I agree with this but you highlight a key problem: Direction from above.

What are our scouts recruiting for? Contrast the job of being a United scout with being a Barcelona scout. As a Barcelona scout you know exactly how Barcelona wants to play. 4-3-3, possession style. Yes, there will be variations. However, for the most part, you know what piece of the puzzle you are looking for. You know your team will want to press high, so you know you need defenders with recovery pace, defenders who can do 1v1s and defenders who can play with the ball to feet. Before you even begin watching players you know the key things to look for.

With Man Utd what are you looking for? I don't think its possible to know because we don't even know what type of football we want to play. For example, we are looking for #6. But compare what a #6 must do in a Guardiola team, a Klopp team and a Tuchel team. Rodri, Fabinho, Jorgino. Three different types of player. Three different profiles. All play the same position. They're not interchangeable either, although Fabinho could probably play for Pep. Rodri and Jorginho wouldn't work for Klopp. Jorginho wouldn't provide the defensive cover Pep likes. Rodri could probably play for Tuchel but he wouldn't suit all the requirements Jorginho does. So if you're a scout at Man Utd you're shooting in the dark when told: 'Find a #6.'

The Board has not settled on a style of play. There's no Director of Football giving you clear steer. You're just compiling lists of good players and hoping a coach can make sense of it. Like those TV shows where they get a celebrity chef to go into a random kitchen, find ingredients they can and make something out of it.
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Agree with your overall post and you made some strong points there especially regarding what a scout in Manchester United will look at vs a scout in Barcelona or Bayern for example.

However, I am a firm believer of the idea that a "quality player" will still be a quality player anywhere or in any system, for example, a player like Xabi Alonso was good at 3 different clubs and his national team that was dominated by players from Barcelona, I also bet that Rodri would do well with Liverpool, and Fabinho would be great with City, even though they are different to some extent, they still possess the necessary "qualities" to be top DMs for a top team.

But then again, the most important aspect, which probably is the crux of your post is that being a top team managed by a top "Head Coach" playing in a clear a defined style is the first step, and even though Fabinho and Rodri are top DMs, they would still not be able to perform to their best in a disjointed team like Manchester United (of course they will still be miles better than the dross we have now).
 
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Regulus Arcturus Black said:
It’s supposed to be a transfer board that agree on these things and that they and the managers have a right to veto each other.
It all clearly needs an overhaul, we shouldn’t be in a position where a deadline day Cavani is not just a good marketing opportunity but also essential for the balance of the team. Pre-Cavani we actually had no real striker, just fecking Martial and Rashford, of which neither is a striker.. it’s nuts.
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Yeah it could be that the structure is in place but they have just not been following process correctly, agree it all needs an overhaul.

Also as part of the decision making process, what’s going on with our scouts? I think their record is abysmal. It maybe that we have turned down good signings that they have recommended but from the ones we know about, their record is awful. When you see Liverpool and City’s signings, it just isn’t good enough. They have so much work to do this summer, we literally can’t afford more bad signings!
 
georgipep said:
You and some other people here need to stop putting Evra in the "not known before" bracket. He played CL final with Monaco before we got him. If you didn't know him, that doesn't mean people in football didn't. He was one of the most popular left backs in the world even back then.
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Listen did you hear in the press in the papers etc back then UTD were signing Evra and Vidic, NO you didn't not until the deal was done, that's what I'm on about not that Evra was at Monaco etc etc, so if you did know that those two were coming before it was announced your a liar.
 
#07 said:
I agree with this but you highlight a key problem: Direction from above.

What are our scouts recruiting for? Contrast the job of being a United scout with being a Barcelona scout. As a Barcelona scout you know exactly how Barcelona wants to play. 4-3-3, possession style. Yes, there will be variations. However, for the most part, you know what piece of the puzzle you are looking for. You know your team will want to press high, so you know you need defenders with recovery pace, defenders who can do 1v1s and defenders who can play with the ball to feet. Before you even begin watching players you know the key things to look for.

With Man Utd what are you looking for? I don't think its possible to know because we don't even know what type of football we want to play. For example, we are looking for #6. But compare what a #6 must do in a Guardiola team, a Klopp team and a Tuchel team. Rodri, Fabinho, Jorgino. Three different types of player. Three different profiles. All play the same position. They're not interchangeable either, although Fabinho could probably play for Pep. Rodri and Jorginho wouldn't work for Klopp. Jorginho wouldn't provide the defensive cover Pep likes. Rodri could probably play for Tuchel but he wouldn't suit all the requirements Jorginho does. So if you're a scout at Man Utd you're shooting in the dark when told: 'Find a #6.'

The Board has not settled on a style of play. There's no Director of Football giving you clear steer. You're just compiling lists of good players and hoping a coach can make sense of it. Like those TV shows where they get a celebrity chef to go into a random kitchen, find ingredients they can and make something out of it.
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Need to get the right manager in first and need it done before the season ends, as next season starts early.
 
Hughie77 said:
Listen did you hear in the press in the papers etc back then UTD were signing Evra and Vidic, NO you didn't not until the deal was done, that's what I'm on about not that Evra was at Monaco etc etc, so if you did know that those two were coming before it was announced your a liar.
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Good to know where you get your football knowledge. I do hope that the people in charge of our club (as I assume in most professional football clubs) have other sources than the press though.

And, on top of that, I guess you have missed your original point (which doesn't surprise me, reading through your reply) about unearthing less known players. How would it benefit the club if You, the forum blessing, hasn't heard of a player? It only matters if All clubs know of the player and thus competition is guaranteed. Which, also, nowadays is almost certainly the case because of YouTube.
 
Hughie77 said:
Need to get the right manager in first and need it done before the season ends, as next season starts early.
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Its more the head coach. You need to know what kind of team you want to be.

Just look at our current squad. Its the product of five different coaches, all with different ideas.

What we need to do is decide on what type of team we want to be and then get managers who suit that. For example, decide you want to be a high pressing, high energy team and pick a coach and players to suit that. It might fail. However, if it does, the next time out you just go and get another coach who plays that style of football. Not do what we've been doing since Fergie which is going in one direction, then changing and going the opposite way when it doesn't work out. Cos all you get left with is a squad that suits nobody.

If we decide that we want to be a high pressing, high energy team then that will shape our recruitment. For both players and coaches. It will mean if the next guy is not a winner at least when the baton is handed on it'll go to someone with a similar outlook, who can build on what came before him.
 
georgipep said:
Good to know where you get your football knowledge. I do hope that the people in charge of our club (as I assume in most professional football clubs) have other sources than the press though.

And, on top of that, I guess you have missed your original point (which doesn't surprise me, reading through your reply) about unearthing less known players. How would it benefit the club if You, the forum blessing, hasn't heard of a player? It only matters if All clubs know of the player and thus competition is guaranteed. Which, also, nowadays is almost certainly the case because of YouTube.
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Wow, I'm so sorry I will bow down to your superior knowledge, perhaps you should go and buy the right players, UTD need, or if not give them a ring and put your ideas to the transfer team, I'm sure they would listen, it seems you have the inside track on them. So let us all know who's on the way perhaps we can all get excited about it.
 
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Its more the head coach. You need to know what kind of team you want to be.

Just look at our current squad. Its the product of five different coaches, all with different ideas.

What we need to do is decide on what type of team we want to be and then get managers who suit that. For example, decide you want to be a high pressing, high energy team and pick a coach and players to suit that. It might fail. However, if it does, the next time out you just go and get another coach who plays that style of football. Not do what we've been doing since Fergie which is going in one direction, then changing and going the opposite way when it doesn't work out. Cos all you get left with is a squad that suits nobody.

If we decide that we want to be a high pressing, high energy team then that will shape our recruitment. For both players and coaches. It will mean if the next guy is not a winner at least when the baton is handed on it'll go to someone with a similar outlook, who can build on what came before him.
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Let's hope they do that, as what I've read is there hoping in getting the guy in by end of the month.
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Hughie77 said:
Wow, I'm so sorry I will bow down to your superior knowledge, perhaps you should go and buy the right players, UTD need, or if not give them a ring and put your ideas to the transfer team, I'm sure they would listen, it seems you have the inside track on them. So let us all know who's on the way perhaps we can all get excited about it.
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Compared to you, I probably do have the inside track. Compared to football people, not at all.
 
When you quote Lukaku, Cavani in the Big Players category (Bad guys), and Salah & Mane in the Good guys category, then this post is tainted.

In fact, even Sanchez is not a high profile player with colourful social life or big mouth agent, his only sin is too high wages, doesn't fit into the system, prefer playing on the overcrowded left hand side, and worse, didn't send gifts to the rest of the squad. Had he given a diamond ring to rest of the squad, may be he would be more acceptable.

The centre of the problem is, that players with "some" quality, tend to think they are big, wants this and wants that. So the argument should not be on Big Vs Quality, but how often he post on internet, and what kind of social life does he has, who is his agent.
 
If United is to progress, we need to come out of the next saviour mentality, the time has gone when one Cantona, one Ronaldo or one RVP can single handedly win us league.
 
MvG said:
Agree with OP and this is why I want Ten Hag. He identifies players who fit his system and make them better.
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Yep. Plus unlike Mourinho and LVG, his system has worked this side of 2014.
 
newgiz said:
Agreed. If you look at the most successful teams in the League and CL over the past few years, these are teams not necessarily with the biggest star quality, but more teams that are filled with system players i.e good players that fit in a particular system and thrive.

Modern football is all about movement and sequence of.plays based on scenarios. The players tend to need more specific instructions on how to act in specific scenarios than simply being told 'Go out there and show how you are better than them'. The elite players are those who can take in all these instructions and execute them on the pitch in an effective way.

That is why elite managers like Klopp, Pep, Nagelsmann, ETH, Potter etc don't have much trouble in replacing players as well. It's all about the system, sequences of play.
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I like how you summed it up because the title was false. It’s not about quality players but players that fit the system. Someone maybe quality as a AM in a counter attacking team but doesn’t mean they fit another system.
Figure out the system, get youth who fit in and won’t get a huge fat bill and then you have more money for the squad. One or two big players isn’t an issue. But they have to be established
 
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