18 Dec 2017 15:13:10
My opinion tends to sway with performances but when I look at our squad I think it’s very unbalanced and even after so much money being spent, still looks thin. We seem to have square pegs in round holes which is contrary to what I thought Jose wanted. The squad also looks to be getting on a bit too so big investment still needed.

Playing a 5-3-1-1 this is how I see the squad;
Goalkeepers – Providing we keep DDG and Romero then this looks strong
Centre backs – Contrary to popular opinion I actually think we’re ok here providing we can get our players fit. A back 3 of Jones, Bailly and Lindelof looks pretty good, with Smalling and Rojo as backup.

Left Fullbacks – Young, Shaw and Blind = Old, inconsistent and slow. If Shaw can bring his A game regularly then the other two provide adequate cover for now but that’s a big if.

Right Fullbacks – Valencia and Darmian = Valencia will be 33 next year and that’s quite old for a FB and Darmian is just not good enough. Both need replacing quite quickly.

Centre Midfield – Matic, Harrera, Carrick, Fellaini: Matic will probably peak next year and then the legs will start to slow down, Harrera’s passes, much like his performances of late, seem to only go backwards, Carrick is already too slow and Fellaini is not quite at the level we need although he has done well this season
Creative Midfielder – Matta, Mkhitaryan, Pogba, Lingard. This is an area where we have strength in depth. Pogba is top drawer and Lindgard a good squad option. The other two just not good enough.

Centre Forward – Lukaku the jury is still out for me because the service to him hasn’t always been great and he’s feeding off scraps but I don’t think his movement is good enough. Martial and Rashford both inconsistent but I would like to see them both get runs in the CF position. Ibrahimovic quality player but 5 years too late to United.

Left/ Right Midfielder / Playmakers – You can argue the case for Rashford and Martial but I don’t think either of them are natural wide players and I’m struggling to think of any players who fit there.

This is my opinion on why we lack balance and pace. Next year I think we need a new left full-back and a new right full-back. A new central midfielder. A new left winger/ midfielder and a new right winger / midfielder. This looks like the best part of £500m next year to me.


1.) 18 Dec 2017
18 Dec 2017 15:45:53
There has only been a few games were lukaku didn’t get much service, one being agaisnt us, he turns like a bus and his first rich is awful, so the bigger games were he’s not given time on the ball he’ll struggle, but he scored a solid amount of goals every season so the their games he picks up a lot of goals. Rashford has been class that lad seems to have a good head on his shoulders too.


2.) 18 Dec 2017
18 Dec 2017 18:39:51
United red I think that's a very fair and balanced post.