Originally posted by WeasteDevil:
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Me too, it makes more sense than this Ferdinand and Nesta nonsense. We built our success from youth, so why not continue?
There are too many of our supporters that want to win the CL every year. It's not realistic. And in 1999 we won the thing with what? Major signings? Stam and Yorke come to mind, but RVN is far better than Yorke ever was and our midfield (with the exception of Keane) came from the youth setup.
Why do people have such little faith in our two young CBs? Because Wes fecked up a few times. They forget that the rest of the games he played very very well indeed, and the blunders involving him and Barthez we soley down to Barthez not Brown. He is the senior play and should have made sure of the situation. As for the famous OG, does anyone have a go at Keano? No!
By building from youth once more, we can ensure future success. Of course we need major signings every now and then, but we had two of those last year, and we dont need any more right now.
I couldn't give a shit if we win anything next year if it means another 7 years of domination after that, and for that we need a settled and bonded squad. Give the kids a go I say, and lets see what happens. The worst that can happen is that we finnish 3rd.
Admit it people, Brown and O'Shea cant do much worse thatn last seasons first half fiasco!</strong><hr></blockquote>
You fail to recognize that the generation of Giggs, Beckham and Scholes is a one-off. O'Leary has built the team around young players for several years but yet still come up with nothing, not even getting a CL place. So the worst case is certainly not "we finish 3rd this season, then dominate the next 7 years". The worst that can happen is "Our young players simply don't have the same quality as their seniors. We finish 3rd in the next few years, then drop to mid-table after those Fergie Fledglings retire".
If faith alone can win thing I will have faith 24 hours per day. But at the end of the day we need quality where it is due. I have said we need to buy new defender for over 2 years now. Every time there are people who said our squad is already good enough and we should keep faith on our current players. But when we look back today we can see the fact that after 1999 we are in a continuous down curve (treble in 99, PL and World champion in 00, PL only in 01, nothing in 02). Why we get to such a stage? It is already not a secret or question that our problem lie in the defence. Fergie has finally agreed that we have a problem in defence needed to be addressed (though at least one year too late IMO). Directly plug someone from the reserve into the team is certainly not a reasonable thing to do at this moment. Especially in the area just in front of our own net, we need someone with absolute class, experience and reliability. Playing with lads there can only backfire and destroy us.
The best approach is still buying a world class and experienced defender, then have Brown or O'shea partner him in some matches and gradually learn the trade from him. In this way we can acheieve the target of building for the future, at the same time without seriously damaging our chance to produce good results in the next few years.
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