25 Apr 2019 10:48:38
Morning to all posters and Eds. Not posted for a long time as i didn't want to upset posters or Eds. But here's my two pennies worth on the current situation and my wish for the future of the club.
Current situation is that we have a goalkeeper who seems to have lost concentration with all the contract talks and his annual wish to move away. Best shot stopper around, but lacks command, does not communicate, does not come out fir crosses, and pretty poor at distribution. I'll say thank you David and cash in on him.
The rest of the players, Rojo, Bailly, Jones, Sanchez, are always injured and have to go.
Young, Matic, Pereira, Fred are just not good enough, they'll have to be let go.
Brings us to Pogba and Martial, all the talent in the world but no application and generally can't be bothered attitude is an insult to the shirt and to the fans. Pogba in particular, has no future at United.
The future. Out of all the clubs i Europe, the club that has traditions similar to United for bringing on young players and trusting them is Ajax. They have a superb academy, they give youth a chance, and they play football in the right way. In addition, they have one of our own legends doing a fantastic job as DOF, Edwin van der Sar. The man is a legend, loves our club and is highly intelligent and clued on. If i had my wish, most of our transfer activity will be done with the present Ajax players.
De Ligt is simply the best defender around and at 19 is captaining the Ajax side. Veltman at right back, shackled Ronaldo completely, tough, no nonsense player with an excellent engine on him, and a good cross. Then we have de Beek and SchonÄ— in midfield. De Beek is extremely cultured and can connect defence to attack, while SchonÄ— is like a terrier and that's a quality we don't have in the cutrent team.
If we can add a right winger to the above four players and trust Mctominay as a defensive midfielder or even bring in Rice. Then the above additions will make a massive difference in the rebuild.
We have to get rid of the players who don't want to be here and the ones who are not good enough, and replace them with the Ajax nucleus i mentioned as they are used to playing with each other, plus a couple of the other additions and we will be on the right track.
I realize it is not a simple process, transfers are notoriously difficult to conduct in certain occasions, but we have to try. De Ligt at CB is a must to start rebuilding the core of the team. I hope the club goes in that direction.
Apologies for long post and stupid views!

{Ed002's Note - De Ligt, SchonÄ— and van Beek will not be moving to Old Trafford.}

1.) 25 Apr 2019
25 Apr 2019 12:08:35
Nice to see you back AAA. Hope you are well mate.

2.) 25 Apr 2019
25 Apr 2019 13:14:39
Having watched McTominay really closely for Scotland and Utd I think we are misusing him as a DM. His height and physicality seem to mean he is shoehorned into replace Matic. However, the big man has quick feet and a real desire to get into the box. I think he is a more traditional CM who can go forwards and backwards. Certainly a lot more like a more attacking Darren Fletcher than the sort of strict Matic-esque figure some want him to be.

3.) 25 Apr 2019
25 Apr 2019 16:41:04
Hi Park, many thanks, i read the site every day and enjoy all the comments. Shame that we're not linked with any of the Ajax players as Ed002 has pointed out. De Ligt is a much better defender than Koulibaly, he's only 19 and is Captain material. Anyway, it's a shame that we're not going down that route as it seems we'll be getting Mike Phelan as Sporting Director, a man that never inspired while playing or being Fergie right hand man.
Hopefully, we'll not be spending shedloads on overrated 29yr old players with no future.
I hope Solskjaer has the bottle to get rid of the players who are disrupting the club, and hope the owners actually learn from past mistakes. But reading what Ed002 said, I'm not holding my breath.
Carry on posting guys, it's what makes this site so enjoyable to read in good and not so good times.

4.) 25 Apr 2019
25 Apr 2019 16:44:07
SO72, he's a very good talent, and age and experience will show us where he'll be best suited. But i would much rather he played where Matic plays than Matic! I also don't think that a defensive midfielder should just stay in one place, it's up to the rest of the midfield to cover if the defensive midfielder sees a gap to attack.

5.) 25 Apr 2019
25 Apr 2019 19:54:32
AAA

Good to hear from you again. Phelan would be a desperate choice as Director of anything. Actually was Phelan’s most inspiring act not popping the balloon on the bench that made SAF jump?