17 Aug 2017 12:36:49
I find it strange and hard to understand that even after our best performance/ result in probably 4 years that people still find something to be negative about.
We played well, we won well. Then our main opposition didn't play well and several got a poor result to boot.
Yet we have people scrapping the barrel for a negative.
Oh what if Lukaku gets injured?
Well I guess we'll have to make do.
Zlatan got injured last season at a key time. And we won a European trophy without him.
Lukaku's style of play is much more similar to that of Rashford and Martial than Zlatan's. With the team set up for that kind of striker hopefully if Lukaku was to succumb to injury to team will be better placed to deal with it as the team won't have to change style so much.
But that's kind of besides to point, every team suffers injuries. How badly they effect that team will depend on which player it is injured and how they are able to cope with it.
If Real Madrid lost Ronaldo, or Kroos or Modric then would they not suffer?
If Barcelona lost Messi, Suarez or Busquets would they not struggle either?
If Bayern were to lost Lewandowski, Neuer or Hummels?
Chelsea are very reliant on Courtois, Hazard and Kante?
Arsenal have Ozil, Sanchez and Koscielny.
Liverpool Mane, Coutinho and Henderson.
City, Silva, De Bruyne and Fernandinho.
Every team has key players who if they got injured it would have a serious effect on the team.
If that is the only negative we can find about our club at the moment then we are clearly in great shape.
17 Aug 2017 13:04:30
Shappy, you are right, everyone gets injuries. We got our fair share last year, so I think people are rightly paranoid about it.
For me, I think we played brilliantly on Sunday and won convincingly and with style. But I can't help thinking that we are lacking a Left Back and a Winger of quality.
If we were to buy Alexis Sanchez, then we will win the league and my frustration at the moment is that the club and Mourinho has bought some excellent players and we really are looking the Real deal, but with Sanchez in the team, we will have another goal scoring threat which we seriously lack should Lukaku gets injured.
17 Aug 2017 13:14:23
Like Jose I still think we are a goal scoring wide forward short at the top level and a full back.
17 Aug 2017 16:41:49
Every team has at least one of two positions that could do with strengthening. Real Madrid could do with a world class GK and a back up striker. Barcelona could do with some quality defenders, have they had many in the last ten years even half as good as Puyol?
Yet they still won titles.
Yes we could do with a top level LB, more depth at RB and a world class wide forward.
Will those positions cost us a title? Time will tell. But atm we are winning and winning convincingly. Let's just be happy for a week.
17 Aug 2017 18:00:56
I depends on your mind set shappy. I've no problem with anybody pointing out areas that can be improved upon that's not being negative.
It does not mean those supporters don't support the team we have. Recruitment in any business is the key to success. Do it well and you will succeed. Jose does it well i trust him to do what's best with the funds available. i'm looking forward to the window closing and then we know where we stand.
17 Aug 2017 20:45:36
I have the same opinion as Schmid, buy a Sanchez or Bale and it brings goals and takes us to another level.
I would feel that failure to bring that level of player in would be Glazernomics at play again.
18 Aug 2017 22:42:56
Well said Shappy. It's usually the same posters as well.
We played well BUT.
We looked going forward BUT.
Player X had a good game BUT.
Tis the British mentality to moan.
We've started really well, we'll go all out for a win on Saturday and take advantage of our nice fixtures at the start of the season. Hopefully that will be enough for some people.