What do we still need? Post Summer 2017 edition

Its simple we need upgrades over shaw, rojo, jones, smalling, valencia, herrera, mata, mkhi, to go with DDG, bailly, pogba, matic and lukaku, and it is showing.

So our team looks like this with the current holes in the team

DDG
?? bailly ?? ??
matic pogba
?? ?? rashford/martial
lukaku

That is how I see the team, and this summer added a couple to our starting 11, but not enough to break the lines of our rivals, pep went out added and filled the holes of his squad which are reliable, we have kept to the same has last year and all we got was 6th position. Not too mention better coaching attacking staff, but knowing Mourinho he is too set in his ways how he wants his teams

suhaylah said:
First of all, We need to bring in an attacking coach who'll assist Mourinho in training. Then we'll need two full backs, a RW who can dribble past players, a creative number 10. We need a CM when Pogba is injured or rested.
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Fact we still relying on young and valencia at fullbacks, injury prone players like rojo, smalling, jones, shaw, that is almost our entire depth of our defensive options, and its all on bailly's shoulders, still playing no10's like mata out wide and no real options on the right, and we just keep chopping and changing rashford and martial, meaning we getting no consistency, some weeks rashford scores, some weeks its martial its like changing keepers every week.
 
Oneunited26 said:
Its simple we need upgrades over shaw, rojo, jones, smalling, valencia, herrera, mata, mkhi, to go with DDG, bailly, pogba, matic and lukaku, and it is showing.

So our team looks like this with the current holes in the team

DDG
?? bailly ?? ??
matic pogba
?? ?? rashford/martial
lukaku

That is how I see the team, and this summer added a couple to our starting 11, but not enough to break the lines of our rivals, pep went out added and filled the holes of his squad which are reliable, we have kept to the same has last year and all we got was 6th position. Not too mention better coaching attacking staff, but knowing Mourinho he is too set in his ways how he wants his teams



Fact we still relying on young and valencia at fullbacks, injury prone players like rojo, smalling, jones, shaw, that is almost our entire depth of our defensive options, and its all on bailly's shoulders, still playing no10's like mata out wide and no real options on the right, and we just keep chopping and changing rashford and martial, meaning we getting no consistency, some weeks rashford scores, some weeks its martial its like changing keepers every week.
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I was impressed by Rojo last season and I think he is fine as the starting CB alongside Bailly. I agree with the other positions needing new first XI players though.
 
Two new full-backs, a starting RB and a starting LB with Valencia, Young, Blind as back-ups. Not starters.

A Carrick replacement (seems like we've been saying this every summer since 2013).

A natural Right-winger, a top class one.

Perhaps a #10.

In other words, shitloads again.
 
I think fundamentally we need quality over quantity. We definitely do not need to be making 4+ signings and going through another period of transitionally starting from scratch. Things are going in the right direction (1.73 ppg 15/16, 1.81 ppg 16/17, 2.09 ppg 17/18), but we definitely need two quality signings to make another step.

I'd be looking at either Sanchez or Griezmann as the primary target. As goalscorers they'd hugely ease the burden on Lukaku, whilst providing a lot more movement and quality in the attacking position. They are both also somewhat versatile in terms of the systems Mourinho is employing.

In terms of left back the obvious candidate is Rose, although I certainly don't think he'd be worth the £50m cost. I was also very impressed with Grimaldo in both games against Benfica, although not watching him week in week out and also given his age etc it would be a risk. I think also bringing Pereira back into the fold would be a good idea. We don't need another first choice central midfielder with half a dozen midfielders already on our books, but we could definitely do with some versatile but creative cover in that position.

Talk of another central defender is bizarre though - we have half a dozen central defenders and the majority have performed capably under Mourinho. Likewise talk of signing a big name central midfielder - once Pogba is back they'd be warming the bench. Valencia also seems to be consistently playing well at right back so unless that changes I think replacing him will be a 2019 problem.
 
Nick. said:
I was impressed by Rojo last season and I think he is fine as the starting CB alongside Bailly. I agree with the other positions needing new first XI players though.
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Nothing wrong with Rojo, just want players who can get through on average a 42 game a season and can take the bruises of 50 plus, too long does our CB's play 2 games miss 3, play 4, miss 8, too long do we rely on injury prone players, who's body's are not built for this sport, and its partly why we always struggle. Has rojo even appeared this season? its like hargreaves, he was fine last season, but we need them for the here and now, and they making allot of money by spending more time with the treatment table than the grass

Alabaster Codify7 said:
Two new full-backs, a starting RB and a starting LB with Valencia, Young, Blind as back-ups. Not starters.

A Carrick replacement (seems like we've been saying this every summer since 2013).

A natural Right-winger, a top class one.

Perhaps a #10.

In other words, shitloads again.
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Yet we have too many injury prone players, no10's who are has mobile has a dumpster truck, we spend more very little return from our players and managers. Still young, blind, valencia, shaw, smalling, jones, herrera these days, mata, lingard, fellaini, that is a huge chunk of our squad that needs rebuilding, and if I am honest we have not had a proper squad transitional building since 2004/05, we let our peak 2008 squad regress, when the penny dropped in 2014 during the catastrophic moyes sting, we throw money at a sinking ship when the signs have been there since 2010. Its pretty obvious we need a CB, LB, CM, AM and RW, but like always with our managers they always leave holes in our squads that need filling.
 
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Priority wise.
1)A quality number 10, it's a must. I hope we don't go for Griezmann type player and try to play him at an unnatural position. We need a number 10 that has played and performed at number 10 position.
2)A reliable left back, one that knows how to attack down the flanks as well.
3)Right Winger, not especially a dynamic one that can play on the left as well but a right winger that plays as a right winger right now.
4)Another young dynamic attacker.
Basically players for position so we wouldn't need shoehorning of players in unnatural positions.
 
According to the BBC Mourinho has been told he needs to sell before he can buy.

Which is great, as we have a lot of deadwood.
 
Just read this as well. Wasn't sure where to post it though.

Interesting. What happened to the Perisic Money or the hypothetical Griezzy money ?
 
Ijazz17 said:
Just read this as well. Wasn't sure where to post it though.

Interesting. What happened to the Perisic Money or the hypothetical Griezzy money ?
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I'd imagine the money is there, but we don't want to keep adding to our wage budget.

We have the likes of Young, Lingard etc on 100k a week. Do they really warrant that?
 
Bwuk said:
I'd imagine the money is there, but we don't want to keep adding to our wage budget.

We have the likes of Young, Lingard etc on 100k a week. Do they really warrant that?
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True, but we also got rid of players who were on insane wages. I thought our wage bill would be a little lighter than it was under the previous two regime's.
 
Ijazz17 said:
True, but we also got rid of players who were on insane wages. I thought our wage bill would be a little lighter than it was under the previous two regime's.
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We have far too many players - our squad is massive.

Jones, Smalling, Bailly, Rojo, Lindelof - 5 CB's who will no doubt be on first team starter wages.

We also have Blind and Tuanzebe who can cover that position. Do we really need so many players?

Young, Darmian, Blind & Shaw for left back. It's a tad ridiculous. I can see why they've told Jose to get rid of a few.
 
Bwuk said:
We have far too many players - our squad is massive.

Jones, Smalling, Bailly, Rojo, Lindelof - 5 CB's who will no doubt be on first team starter wages.

We also have Blind and Tuanzebe who can cover that position. Do we really need so many players?

Young, Darmian, Blind & Shaw for left back. It's a tad ridiculous. I can see why they've told Jose to get rid of a few.
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Jose usually likes two players for each position. Considering we ocassionally play 3 at the back against teams that operate in the same way, a middle ground of 5 CB's seems about right. Not sure about their wages though. Defenders are usually on more reasonable contracts if I am not mistaken.

Darmian is mostly backup for RB and LB, so doubt he will be off'd. Blind is back up to Young and vice versa. Shaw seems the only realistic player who could be sold in January which is a shame if true.

Our midfield is thin, so can't really sell anyone there. Attack is basically just Lukaku, with Zlatan coming in, so again, no one we can actually sell.

I know Shaw must be on huge wages, but even if we sell him, there's a chance we'll have to support part of his wages since whatever move he makes is likely to be a step down.

Not to mention we already sold Schneiderlin and Depay last Jan without ever replacing them, so it does seem there is room in our wage budget for another player atleast.
 
With the type of player we need no way will we be balancing the books if we sell/buy in January. Only way I can see that happening is some sort of swap deal with Spurs for Shaw/Rose. Even then I cant imagine why Spurs would waste their time with Shaw when he doesnt feature for us.

Selling one of Mata/Miki and replacing with Ozil/Greizmann will result in us spending more than we get in.
 
finneh said:
I think fundamentally we need quality over quantity. We definitely do not need to be making 4+ signings and going through another period of transitionally starting from scratch. Things are going in the right direction (1.73 ppg 15/16, 1.81 ppg 16/17, 2.09 ppg 17/18), but we definitely need two quality signings to make another step.

I'd be looking at either Sanchez or Griezmann as the primary target. As goalscorers they'd hugely ease the burden on Lukaku, whilst providing a lot more movement and quality in the attacking position. They are both also somewhat versatile in terms of the systems Mourinho is employing.

In terms of left back the obvious candidate is Rose, although I certainly don't think he'd be worth the £50m cost. I was also very impressed with Grimaldo in both games against Benfica, although not watching him week in week out and also given his age etc it would be a risk. I think also bringing Pereira back into the fold would be a good idea. We don't need another first choice central midfielder with half a dozen midfielders already on our books, but we could definitely do with some versatile but creative cover in that position.

Talk of another central defender is bizarre though - we have half a dozen central defenders and the majority have performed capably under Mourinho. Likewise talk of signing a big name central midfielder - once Pogba is back they'd be warming the bench. Valencia also seems to be consistently playing well at right back so unless that changes I think replacing him will be a 2019 problem.
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If there are 4 holes in the team then bringing in four players is not overkill. Man City and Chelsea had better squads than us and brought in 5 players in one transfer window alone. We need a LB, RW, AM, CM and probably RB that can cross the ball. We don't need a CB but we could do with an upgrade to one that is able to confidently play the ball out from the back (imagine a version of Lindelof that can defend). Our squad is too big and needs trimming. I would like to see 6 new players brought in over two transfer windows and eight or nine of the non-performers shipped out. We have far too many bang average players earning mega wages, for example, Lingard and Young earn about the same as Kane and Dybala which is ridiculous.
 
If Jose is planning for a regular 2-4-3 ( I don't really think he is) that changes the needs slightly IMO. I'd have opted for Ghoulam for LWB but he's going to be injured for the rest of the season and we can't be buying a player coming off a major injury in a position we've struggled in since Evra left.


 
New CB of Rojo can't regain previous form. Even then the jury was still out on him. Smalling and Jones not good enough to start every week.

New RB. New LB. New CM. New RW. Possibly an alternative to Lukaku if Jose doesn't trust Martial or Rashford, as Zlatan isn't long term. A new AM if we are going to play with one.

All depends on how we want to play.
 
pocco said:
New CB of Rojo can't regain previous form. Even then the jury was still out on him. Smalling and Jones not good enough to start every week.

New RB. New LB. New CM. New RW. Possibly an alternative to Lukaku if Jose doesn't trust Martial or Rashford, as Zlatan isn't long term. A new AM if we are going to play with one.

All depends on how we want to play.
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I don't know why almost everybody think we need a RB. It's probably our third least problem position after LW and GK. We have a consistent starter that hardly gets injured or loses form. Sure, Valencia's end product in attack isn't the best, but his all-round game is great - bettered by few and his defending is good too. Futhermore, we have a very solid back-up in Darmian and most of our CBs can play there. You don't need to have flashy attacking FBs on both sides.
 
Mcking said:
He might be a WUM - I don't care, but just like the poster above said, we had the chance to sign James but didn't and more than 60% of the Caf didn't want him, including you. Why? Because we didn't need a #10. What do you think of that decision now?
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Against better teams we struggle desperately to gain a foothold in midfield and all of the forwards tend to struggle as a result. I'm not sure that James would be having any less trouble imposing himself than Mata or Mkhitaryan at present. He wouldn't help us to fight for ascendancy in midfield dogfighting, he seems like more inclined to devote his energies to attack. Like Mkhitaryan. I want 3 midfielders to get control and deliver better service going forward. I don't want more forwards that are only going to struggle to get by on scraps. No, I don't really care much for a #10, if we're incapable of getting the ball to his feet between the lines. We don't really play that way. We're basically a counter-attacking team. At our best with Pogba and Rashford, Mkhitaryan, we burst forward into space. If we could find an attacking mid to drop deep and win the ball in midfield and drive the ball forward through the traffic I'm over the moon. You might also have noticed I wanted Naby Keita. Not a #10 but essentially a midfielder who can win the ball beat tackles and launch dynamic attacks. I felt that Pogba & Naby Keita with a #6 sitting behind them would more than compensate for the lack of a James. But together they would provide more drive from deeper positions and help us win the ascendancy in midfield.
 
Mcking said:
Two unproven young players for our two of our main problem positions? Seriously, I hope not. Griezmann has been poor lately and we have to wait and see if he could turn it around. He's a class player but not really what we need anyway. Even if we sign him - I hope not, then the RW must be a playmaker not the explosive type.
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Yeah probably Griezmann isn't what we need, I agree. Something just tells me it's done though. Who are the unproven players? Malcom has well over 100 games in club football. He's never played in England of course, but so what. Tierney is approaching 100 games for Celtic and probably has a dozen NT appearances under his belt. We need young players coming into their prime, not players that are exiting their prime. Like: Mata, Schweinsteiger, Mkhitaryan, and so many others, and we are where we are. If we find young players that fit and look the part then we can build on that going forward. We will know what is needed to complete the team. If we sign older players, even if they perform for us, sooner rather than later we still need to replace them and it's an extremely problematic situation. That sort of situation often becomes very messy.
If we sign Tierney, Pulisic, Malcom and Carlos Soler I'd be very happy with where we're heading. You could argue all you like but you'll never convince me that signing the like of James ( or Griezmann, Mahrez et al.) is ultimately the more fruitful course to take.
There's a lot to be said for experience, but young players are often more agile, have more energy and more resilient against injuries. It depends on the quality and character of the players, but generally I would favor the younger team any time.
 
Bring in at least 2, but preferably 3 attackers, a LB and a RB.

Don’t know if it’s possible at all, but Meunier would be nice. Rose looks somewhat out of favour and he would fit. Pulisic/Fekir/Malcom/Bailey, basically every young attacking talent with flair and pace should be considered.
 
don't sign old players said:
Against better teams we struggle desperately to gain a foothold in midfield and all of the forwards tend to struggle as a result. I'm not sure that James would be having any less trouble imposing himself than Mata or Mkhitaryan at present. He wouldn't help us to fight for ascendancy in midfield dogfighting, he seems like more inclined to devote his energies to attack. Like Mkhitaryan. I want 3 midfielders to get control and deliver better service going forward. I don't want more forwards that are only going to struggle to get by on scraps. No, I don't really care much for a #10, if we're incapable of getting the ball to his feet between the lines. We don't really play that way. We're basically a counter-attacking team. At our best with Pogba and Rashford, Mkhitaryan, we burst forward into space. If we could find an attacking mid to drop deep and win the ball in midfield and drive the ball forward through the traffic I'm over the moon. You might also have noticed I wanted Naby Keita. Not a #10 but essentially a midfielder who can win the ball beat tackles and launch dynamic attacks. I felt that Pogba & Naby Keita with a #6 sitting behind them would more than compensate for the lack of a James. But together they would provide more drive from deeper positions and help us win the ascendancy in midfield.
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James will give us more control. He's nothing like Mkhi, his passing is very good and he follows and help control the tempo of the game - he's a midfielder, not a forward. He doesn't win a lot of tackles, but he can evade tackles - and drive forward, feeding our forwards in transistions. I was too lazy to check all your posts in the thread, but the main reason majority of this forum didn't wan't him was because, we had Mata and Mkhi who were apparently better and he's a luxury player. Keita, Pogba and DM could have worked, but you will need a Jorginho level passer as the DM. Even he might struggle. Pogba have good range of passing and is good at passing between the lines, but his short passing and passing in tight spaces isn't the best, Keita likewise too. Just like Arsenal and City showed chelsea, controlling the midfield is not all-about drive and physique, its about ball control, movement and anticipation. Madrid play a four-man midfield, but only the DM - Casemiro, is not a playmaker; the other top teams likewise. If you are a fan of midfield-control and
drive from midfield, then playmakers get that Job done. I think I'm drifting off-topic, so will stop here.


don't sign old players said:
Who are the unproven players? Malcom has well over 100 games in club football. He's never played in England of course, but so what. Tierney is approaching 100 games for Celtic and probably has a dozen NT appearances under his belt. We need young players coming into their prime, not players that are exiting their prime. Like: Mata, Schweinsteiger, Mkhitaryan, and so many others, and we are where we are. If we find young players that fit and look the part then we can build on that going forward. We will know what is needed to complete the team. If we sign older players, even if they perform for us, sooner rather than later we still need to replace them and it's an extremely problematic situation. That sort of situation often becomes very messy.
If we sign Tierney, Pulisic, Malcom and Carlos Soler I'd be very happy with where we're heading. You could argue all you like but you'll never convince me that signing the like of James ( or Griezmann, Mahrez et al.) is ultimately the more fruitful course to take.
There's a lot to be said for experience, but young players are often more agile, have more energy and more resilient against injuries. It depends on the quality and character of the players, but generally I would favor the younger team any time.
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Malcolm might have more than 100 apps, but most of them were at ?Bordeaux? Tierney came into the limelight last leason, are still a few years from reaching their prime and nobody knows if they could do so or make the step-up. Take Luke Shaw and Memphis, they were supposed to run our left flank for years to come, but Shaw didn't turn out that way and we had little patience with Memphis, because we are desperate to get back to the top. That is not something we can afford again Just like I said in the other thread, we don't have the luxury of signing young players hoping they became top players:

Mcking said:
We don't have that luxury right now, not until we fill the gaping holes in our squad. Our mission is to get back to the top as quick as possible, time is not on our side, hence signing proven players. We can start cheerypicking after we have a settle team and start winning again.
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We need players in their prime. I would love Pulisic but I'm nov even convinced, Mahrez Griez James are the prime players we need now.
 
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Mcking said:
James will give us more control. He's nothing like Mkhi, his passing is very good and he follows and help control the tempo of the game - he's a midfielder, not a forward. He doesn't win a lot of tackles, but he can evade tackles - and drive forward, feeding our forwards in transistions. I was too lazy to check all your posts in the thread, but the main reason majority of this forum didn't wan't him was because, we had Mata and Mkhi who were apparently better and he's a luxury player. Keita, Pogba and DM could have worked, but you will need a Jorginho level passer as the DM. Even he might struggle. Pogba have good range of passing and is good at passing between the lines, but his short passing and passing in tight spaces isn't the best, Keita likewise too. Just like Arsenal and City showed chelsea, controlling the midfield is not all-about drive and physique, its about ball control, movement and anticipation. Madrid play a four-man midfield, but only the DM - Casemiro, is not a playmaker; the other top teams likewise. If you are a fan of midfield-control and
drive from midfield, then playmakers get that Job done. I think I'm drifting off-topic, so will stop here.




Malcolm might have more than 100 apps, but most of them were at ?Bordeaux? Tierney came into the limelight last leason, are still a few years from and nobody knows if they could reach their prime or make the step-up. Take Luke Shaw and Memphis, they were supposed to run our left flank for years to come, but Shaw didn't turn out that way and we had little patience with Memphis, because we are desperate to get back to the top. That is not something we can't afford again Just like I said in the other thread, we don't have the luxury of signing young players hoping they became top players.


We need players 'in their prime'. I would love Pulisic but I'm nov even convinced, Mahrez Griez James are players in their prime which's w't we need.
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Well I can't argue with 'ball control, movement and anticipation'.
Just as nobody knows if certain young players can step up, it's equally certain that nobody knows which veterans will step up. There are plenty of young players that step up, and plenty of established ones that fail to deliver throughout history, and it works the other way too. There's no point arguing about it. I don't watch enough non United games to be absolutely certain about individual players. But I think the club has more success as a rule if younger players are drafted into the team.
 
don't sign old players said:
Well I can't argue with 'ball control, movement and anticipation'.
Just as nobody knows if certain young players can step up, it's equally certain that nobody knows which veterans will step up. There are plenty of young players that step up, and plenty of established ones that fail to deliver throughout history, and it works the other way too. There's no point arguing about it. I don't watch enough non United games to be absolutely certain about individual players. But I think the club has more success as a rule if younger players are drafted into the team.
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When they were brought in for competition or to replace outgoing players in a balanced team when we were dominating the league? Maybe. But for now, we can't afford to trust another season on young players we don't know how good they are. Unless they hit the groung running from day 1, we will be in trouble and their careers will take a hit - it will be same old story, because, we won't have the patience to wait for them to come good.
 
are Watford players more technically gifted than ours?.....are Burnley players more technically gifted than ours?

obviously not but both sides were able to create chances against Liverpool and Chelsea

a bit simplistic to judge our attack this way but I just think the Mourinho formula isn't working and it's hard to imagine that he's ever going to prepare a team able to go to a top team and dominate them

we are playing with a mental handbrake on and despite the limitations of some we should be able to create much more against ropey Liverpool and Chelsea defences- even with the Spurs game we only fashioned a few half chances until we got a nice hoof and knock on

we went into the season relying on Lukaku, Mhiki, Mata, Martial, Rashford and Lingard to perform but it isn't happening effectively enough - now it feels like we are relying on Pogba and Zlatan for a burst of energy and creativity

you have to ask yourself about Mourinho though - he's not getting enough out of the players in attack and we don't have a clear game plan

he has until the end of the season to sort this team out but I'd be seriously considering a replacement
 
What do we need to compete with City next year (since they'll be champion and probably get even better next year)

1) Keep De Gea
2) New Right Back
3) New Left Back
4) New Center Midfield
5 ) Winger or false Winger but a real game changer

This winter we can begin the building with Danny Rose.

Then, next summer we will be without Carrick and probably Fellaini, so it will be a must to fill their spot. I would play mainly 4-3-3 to get a better balance in the team and add few players.

Maybe Fabinho could field the RB spot....
And we absolutely need more control, technic and creativity down the middle

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Fabinho---------Bailly------------Jones----------Rose
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----------------Jorginho-----------Pogba----------------------------
Bale-------------------------------Lukaku---------------Martial/Rashford

????????-------------------Rashford/Martial----------------------Lingard
----------------------Mc Tominay------------Pereira--------------------------
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Blind------------------------Rojo------------Smalling---------------Lindelof
--------------------------------------Romero-------------------------------------
 
With PSG forced to sell a few players in the January window to meet their ffp limit, we could get Moura or the snake for the right wing. Don't know how I'll feel about the snake coming back but he might just be what we need right now.
 
Chaky_Best said:
What do we need to compete with City next year (since they'll be champion and probably get even better next year)

1) Keep De Gea
2) New Right Back
3) New Left Back
4) New Center Midfield
5 ) Winger or false Winger but a real game changer

This winter we can begin the building with Danny Rose.

Then, next summer we will be without Carrick and probably Fellaini, so it will be a must to fill their spot. I would play mainly 4-3-3 to get a better balance in the team and add few players.

Maybe Fabinho could field the RB spot....
And we absolutely need more control, technic and creativity down the middle

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Fabinho---------Bailly------------Jones----------Rose
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----------------Jorginho-----------Pogba----------------------------
Bale-------------------------------Lukaku---------------Martial/Rashford

????????-------------------Rashford/Martial----------------------Lingard
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Two crocks in Rose and Bale? Nah. I doubt they will even be fit for the bloody competing. We need an advanced playmaker over a deep-lying one especially if we sign Fabinho. I doubt Fabinho will be going back to RB anytime soon anyway - he's too good a midfielder to be playing RB.
 
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I don't know why almost everybody think we need a RB. It's probably our third least problem position after LW and GK. We have a consistent starter that hardly gets injured or loses form. Sure, Valencia's end product in attack isn't the best, but his all-round game is great - bettered by few and his defending is good too. Futhermore, we have a very solid back-up in Darmian and most of our CBs can play there. You don't need to have flashy attacking FBs on both sides.
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For a couple of reasons. Our RB has to cover the entire length of the pitch due to our lopsided attack with no RW. It's a lot of work. We know Valencia can't play every game now, Jose has hinted at this, but when he's out we seem to lose our entire right hand side because nobody else can do what Valencia does. At least a backup would be nice, preferably a younger player that can grow into the role...perhaps even Fosu Mensah will be earmarked for this role.
 
abhayselvan said:
With PSG forced to sell a few players in the January window to meet their ffp limit, we could get Moura or the snake for the right wing. Don't know how I'll feel about the snake coming back but he might just be what we need right now.
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Di maria? Maybe. Moura? No way. He's as frustrating as they come; all pace, no end-product - like a glorified Townsend. I'd rather Draxler who is a far more technical and superior player to Moura. He's the first sub for their front three, so'd be the most difficult to get.
 
pocco said:
For a couple of reasons. Our RB has to cover the entire length of the pitch due to our lopsided attack with no RW. It's a lot of work. We know Valencia can't play every game now, Jose has hinted at this, but when he's out we seem to lose our entire right hand side because nobody else can do what Valencia does. At least a backup would be nice, preferably a younger player that can grow into the role...perhaps even Fosu Mensah will be earmarked for this role.
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A right winger that doesn't always have to cut in will help too. That's why we need one.
 
Ins:
0 m: Ozil
30 m: Moura
80 m: Griezmann
30 m: new left back or play Mitchell
30 m: new right back

Out:
Mata
Mkhi
Carrick
Shaw
Blind/Darmian

I doubt we will get Sanchez, but then again he'd be stupid to go to City to only play here and there when Sterling, Sane and Jesus are all flying.
 
ROFLUTION said:
Ins:
0 m: Ozil
30 m: Moura
80 m: Griezmann
30 m: new left back or play Mitchell
30 m: new right back

Out:
Mata
Mkhi
Carrick
Shaw
Blind/Darmian

I doubt we will get Sanchez, but then again he'd be stupid to go to City to only play here and there when Sterling, Sane and Jesus are all flying.
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How would you fit them in?
 
Mcking said:
How would you fit them in?
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I'd make them compete for the places like the Rashford vs Martial that has worked well so far. Imagine having a sub like one of those to come on at 70th minute. Lots of games to rotate too + injuries. (Mkhi / Mata gone)
 
ROFLUTION said:
I'd make them compete for the places like the Rashford vs Martial that has worked well so far. Imagine having a sub like one of those to come on at 70th minute. Lots of games to rotate too + injuries. (Mkhi / Mata gone)
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I'd rather get one of Ozil and Griezmann and sign a CM. We will be back to playing like we are doing right now if Pogba get Injured.
 
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