BWFC tid said:
Here we go again, until the next defeat and then it's Mancini out! There's no inbetween with you lot.
United are one right back away from the best defence in Europe. Rooney is one of the top 3 players in the World behind Messi and Ronaldo. They have 12 players in their squad who are under 21. Players who have been retained by farming them out around the leagues to gain experience then playing them when they are ready. Macheda, Cleverley, Evans, Pogba, Bebe etc.. will be around for 10-15 years or more..if they can keep them from Madrid!
Many of your players are a short term fix. Yaya Toure will be around for 2 years max or however long the next manager wants to keep him for. I honestly believe that Ireland is a better player than Milner. And on saturday you had no attacking threat from the midfield. Milner doesn't put any fear in me, he's okay, but nothing like Lampard, Gerrard, Scholes class. Ireland had the potential to be, though.
United had a few dodgy spells last season though didn't they? They had a loss of confidence around about the time they played Leeds and looked pretty poor without Rooney later on.
They have an impressive, quick passing game. Might have a problem later on though, when they lose Scholes, in breaking teams down.
Yaya will be better than the over rated Gerrard and at least as good as Lampard. In Silva we have a genuine creative midfielder. Scholes is brilliant at his best, but how many games are you going to get out of him and how many performances?
I do have a bet on with a rag mate on who will finish higher. City have the better squad (IMO) and it is a question of how quickly they will settle down and develop as a team.