DDG's price is fine. Listened to an older Graham Hunter podcast with Gary Neville. He said the Pep/Van Gaal/Barca possession control teams need a special talent like a Messi to actually score from all the passing.Without it, Barca finish with a lot fewer trophies. Obvious, sure, but it points out the fatal flaw of possession based football. When you couple that with LVG's presser a few weeks back that he needs a special talent to make it go, the Martial acquisition makes sense. It's a punt sure, but it's a calculated risk and hell, it's not his money....marlon wrote:De Gea price is fine. Would've been a whole lot better 3 months ago. Cost us 5-10 points and no time to get the right replacement.
Januzaj/Wilson going out on loan is great. If van Gaal's not going to allow them to make mistakes and develop its much better they go out on loan where they might actually play.
Unrealistic summer transfer wankfest III
- Twisted Blood
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Think he's always said it'd be the third year hasn't he? We seem to be further behind city than ever though. Let's hope this new kid really is a big deal.Sid wrote:It's a total rebuild. He literally doesn't want hardly any of the players he inheriteddozer wrote:
Rooney wants to be careful, he might not rate him either, and the Glazers are clearly backing Gaal on every decision, so he needs to start performing soon
Btw has Gaal actually said we're going for the title this season or is it just the fans, the pundits and the press - because they have decided amongst themselves that 2 seasons is enough to build a winning team? Because the massive rebuild is still under way, so it might be next season that we're nearer to the finished thing
Johnstone, McNair, Lingard and Pereira the only youth players left at the club now? Bringing in Navas and Romero so Johnstone won't even be in the squad. McNair is probably our 5th choice CB and 3rd choice RB. Has Lingard even been in a match day squad this season? Has Pereira played?
Reckon that youth player record will end some time this season.
Reckon that youth player record will end some time this season.
- Alfonso Bedoya
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Sid... I get what you're saying... but does the way we're going about our transfer business look like a carefully thought out "rebuild" job to you???... because to me, it looks like we're making it up as we go...Sid wrote:It's a total rebuild. He literally doesn't want hardly any of the players he inheriteddozer wrote:
Rooney wants to be careful, he might not rate him either, and the Glazers are clearly backing Gaal on every decision, so he needs to start performing soon
Btw has Gaal actually said we're going for the title this season or is it just the fans, the pundits and the press - because they have decided amongst themselves that 2 seasons is enough to build a winning team? Because the massive rebuild is still under way, so it might be next season that we're nearer to the finished thing
I don't think there's any great "plan" here... Van Gall has been given a job, by people who know nothing about football, and still, I bet they argue with him about the best way to go about it...
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MEN saying Rojo could be off now too. Alf's right - it's make it up as you go.
Yep, look at the Spanish national side (prior to Brazil) which was very Barcelona-esque. Obviously the best international side around for a good 6 years or so, won the WC and the EC, but without Messi they were dull as fuck, winning most games 1-0 or 2-0 if they really turned on the style.Twisted Blood wrote:DDG's price is fine. Listened to an older Graham Hunter podcast with Gary Neville. He said the Pep/Van Gaal/Barca possession control teams need a special talent like a Messi to actually score from all the passing.Without it, Barca finish with a lot fewer trophies. Obvious, sure, but it points out the fatal flaw of possession based football. When you couple that with LVG's presser a few weeks back that he needs a special talent to make it go, the Martial acquisition makes sense. It's a punt sure, but it's a calculated risk and hell, it's not his money....marlon wrote:De Gea price is fine. Would've been a whole lot better 3 months ago. Cost us 5-10 points and no time to get the right replacement.
Januzaj/Wilson going out on loan is great. If van Gaal's not going to allow them to make mistakes and develop its much better they go out on loan where they might actually play.