28 Aug 2015 18:19:18
Blackett to Celtic on loan
Evans to WBA permanently
Surely 1 defender is coming in?
28 Aug 2015 18:36:22
Not to mention the new bid from Chelsea for Stones is rejected. Hopefully we have a deal sorted for Stones already. Would be a great move for United and even better for the England team. If Smalling, Stones, Jones and Shaw can gel together for club, it would be that much easier for England
28 Aug 2015 22:32:21
Blackett on loan to celtic? Hopefully it's not van dyjk coming
{Ed007's Note - Nah, Utd seen van Dijk as back-up and the player wasn't interested in that. The amount of CBs Utd have lost out on might have pushed him up that list now but the deal to Southampton has looked a certainty for months unless there's a late bid from elsewhere, maybe Everton and a very outside chance of Newcastle along with a couple of teams on the continent whose names escape me right now, I'm sure one was Mainz and there was a French mob sniffing about as well.}
28 Aug 2015 23:10:27
I like your thought process amz, but for me Jones was good with potential when we bought him and he hasn't really improved as much as we'd hoped. A big season for him this season because he's getting to an age where he has to kick on or move on. Personally, I can't see him getting much football this season and especially if we signed Stones - I don't think we will - as he'd pretty much be 5th or even 6th choice centre back and 3rd choice right back.
29 Aug 2015 03:33:14
MDH, Jones has stalled due to the amount of injuries he's had. On the odd occasion he's been fit enough to have a run of games he's been very good. With Evans gone and Blackett on loan it only leaves Smalling, Jones, and Rojo as our only experienced center backs, with McNair as the only one without much experience. The way smalling has played has made him a definite starter. We've got Rojo to come into the squad and we're not sure on Jones yet. Any center back signing would fit next to Smalling, with Rojo a rotational option. Competing for 4 trophies means we need depth in each position. Right now, if Smalling picks up an injury, we'd be stuck with either a fairly inexperienced McNair or Michael Carrick dropping back
29 Aug 2015 07:44:23
You are forgetting blind who has played very well far better than I expected, I know he hasn't come across the likes of arguero or costa but he is doing a good job so far, also his passing from defence to midfield which l v g loves
29 Aug 2015 11:30:13
Agree Phil.
Jones gets injured too much, isn't that great on the ball and gets caught out of position. His best attribute is "getting stuck in" and that seems to cause injuries.
Amz, I hope he proves me wrong as I always do with United players, but I predict he will play less than 20 games this season and be sold next summer.