Manchester United Superthread 2014 Mod Warning post #2237

v3ttel wrote: »

Did anyone else get that survey from the club today? They had a few interesting questions....

Favourite 3 players at the club? Nani, Chicharito, De Gea, in that order, for me.

Are they testing the water maybe to make sure they dont offload fan favourites

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

So apparently my new t-shirt empire does requests. :pac:

If you get it up and running let me know.:p

This would sell well in here:p:p

I'm gonna go ahead and draw one of these out with what I hope will happen, then come back and laugh at how optimistic I was later.

GK: De Gea, Lindegaard.

I really love our goalkeeping situation. David De Gea is better than we thought he would be when we were defending him against muppets who mocked him early on. Top keeper. But the best thing is should the worse happen, and De Gea miss a few games through injury, I am confident that Anders can step in and steady the ship.

No changes here (please god).

RB: Rafael, Varela, Jones/Smalling.

Rafael this time last year had nailed down our starting RB job. One year on and he has regressed, not so much that he needs to be replaced imo, but enough for me to feel uneasy with just Varela as backup, Jones/Smalling should not be an option. I feel we need to make a low-key, almost Buttner-like signing to give Raf some competition.

Low-key signing in, Varela on loan/U21s.

CB: Jones, Evans, Smalling, Vidic, Ferdinand.

Here is a position we will definitely see activity in. Rio and Vidic are gone, and we are left with 3 Centre Backs who are short of the level we would want them to be, but not by much. Each of them has positives and negatives, but I would rank Phil Jones as the best of the 3. I've really been impressed with Jones in recent weeks, he's a strong, commanding CB with great leadership, but has positioning problems. Get him a comfortable ball playing partner and we are talking. I also want to see Michael Keane get some action, we need 5 CBs in the squad because EVERY SINGLE YEAR we have an injury crisis at CB.

Starter brought in (Benatia, Mangala, Garay, Hummels), Keane in squad. Rio and Vidic gone.

LB: Evra, Buttner.

Goodbye Patrice, thanks for the memories but good lord hurry along now as you have been simply awful defensively for some times now, and shocker, defending is a pretty big part of being a defender. Alex Buttner proved he is a proper player in recent weeks and is certainly a capable backup, he keeps his squad roles, but we need to bring a starter in.

Starter brought in (Shaw, Moreno, Alex Sandro, Coentrao), Evra gone.

RM: Valencia, Januzaj, Young, Nani.

Valencia will stay. I've been one of his biggest critics this year but he still has a role to play. Januzaj needs a big year, he's a first team player now, and if he continues to grow we will have a star on our hands. Young could go, but that requires someone to want him. He's not good enough, and I would want someone else brought in, but again that depends on if he leaves.

Valencia, Januzaj, Young (or replacement like Lallana, Cuadrado), Nani gone.

CM: Carrick, Fellaini, Fletcher, Cleverley, Giggs, Anderson.

Wholesale changes here, and badly needed. Michael Carrick isn't performing at a high enough level anymore, and if Newcastle's interest is real he could go, but I expect him to stay in a reduced role. Fellaini is an awkward oaf, but we paid for him and he will see some time on the pitch, I only hope he improves. Fletcher is fantastic to have around, but his lack of athleticism means he only has a small role, same for Cleverley, who is limited as a player. We need signings here. I expect Cavalho. I'd like Fernando. I dream about Kroos. If we bring in all 3 (or similar in Fernando's case) we can compete with City and Chelsea in midfield. 2 would be the improvement we all want. 1 would feel light. Giggs will retire, Anderson won't be bought by Fiorentina but will leave).

Starters brought in (Carvalho, Kroos (pls)), Carrick, Fellaini, Fletcher, Cleverley, Giggs and Anderson gone.

LM: Kagawa, Januzaj, Welbeck.

Kagawa looks as though he will have to be the one who is played out of position, because he is a nice, polite, and reserved gentleman who will sacrifice his own needs for team success. Having Mata beside him will help him kick on and play how we all hope he will. Januzaj see RM. Welbeck has a real role to play here, in big games especially. Ideally we would sign a star to play here, and play like a true winger, I'm talking about Marco Reus here, but thats a pipe dream.

Kagawa, Star signing? (Reus), Welbeck, Januzaj.

CAM: Rooney, Mata, Kagawa, Powell.

Rooney will play here is RVP is fit and stays at the club. If RVP is missing Rooney goes up top and Mata plays here, which is what I think is best. Kagawa will play here if the situation allows it, and Powell should get a chance after a good year on loan.

Rooney, Mata, Kagawa, Powell.

ST: RVP, Rooney, Welbeck, Chicharito, Henriquez.

RVP is in a difficult position. He should play every game, but do we play better as a team without him? I think he will stay, but I'm worried about injuries, which is why is it vital to have Rooney to score goals. Welbeck will get chances here, but he needs to find his shooting boots. Chicharito will leave, good luck to him, I love him. I think Angelo Henriquez will fill the last spot. He is an interesting player who seems to work very hard.

RVP Rooney, Welbeck, Henriquez.

Players out: Rio, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Giggs, Anderson, Chicharito. 7 in total.

Players in: Varela, Benatia/Mangala/Garay, Keane, Shaw/Moreno/Coentrao, Carvalho, Kroos/Fernando, Powell, Henriquez. 8 in total.

These are my guesses, and if this is the squad we have next season, with no European football, I would be very upset if we weren't in a title contending position by Xmas. It's a squad so good that David Moyes should be able to get it playing at high level, if he can't, he has to be replaced.

Ernest Oreo wrote: »

if this is the basis for our new transfer policy....

:cool:

Crowdsourcing works well in lots of areas, maybe it would work for football management. :pac:

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Yeah sure, why don't they just get him tomorrow? might have him registered for the Everton game.

To be fair - why can't we get a deal done if we want him - we signed hernandez the day after we got knocked out by Bayern in 2010 - this time we signed a new sponsor.

Get the deal done and have it sorted so he is a United player on the first day of pre-season. Done with Chico and Ruud, and I'm sure a number of others.