De Bruyne?

[TonyM]

Did Lacazette say he loved the club and was looking forward to the new season?

Very delphish of you!

 

[Ric]

I guess this is a discussion for the United thread in the General Football Forum. Let's keep this thread about De Bruyne.

 

[Damocles]

They'll be stronger than they were last season I think. Obviously that's inevitable when you throw huge amounts of money at a problem; some of those signings will prove successful. I think the notion that they are run by fucking idiots is, sadly, fanciful though.

I disagree. If we ignore the narrative for a minute:

United have appointed a great accountant into their CEO position who is responsible for all departments in the club.

During this time they have bought Blind and Rojo, both World Cup stars, Herrera who was a long term acquisition, then Di Maria, Falcao, Shaw, Depay, Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin.

This is hard to describe but take out the WC stars of Blind and Rojo then long term Herrera. Di Maria wouldn't have fit United if they paid 500 million for him. Falcao the same, Shaw is a much better United signing and have no issue with, Depay alright, Schweinsteiger laughable and Schnedierlin unproven.

Manchester United built a very particular brand which allowed them to dominate. They have abandoned this and they don't seem to know why their star purchases aren't working and fans are becoming far less interested.

United has a squad built off of an ideal on how to play, a bit like Barca. It doesn't matter how good the players are if they are lost on the pitch.

Have this conversation a lot with the United lads and they are circling the drain, snapping up any vaguely familiar players that they can

 

[Ric]

I disagree. If we ignore the narrative for a minute:

United have appointed a great accountant into their CEO position who is responsible for all departments in the club.

During this time they have bought Blind and Rojo, both World Cup stars, Herrera who was a long term acquisition, then Di Maria, Falcao, Shaw, Depay, Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin.

This is hard to describe but take out the WC stars of Blind and Rojo then long term Herrera. Di Maria wouldn't have fit United if they paid 500 million for him. Falcao the same, Shaw is a much better United signing and have no issue with, Depay alright, Schweinsteiger laughable and Schnedierlin unproven.

Manchester United built a very particular brand which allowed them to dominate. They have abandoned this and they don't seem to know why their star purchases aren't working and fans are becoming far less interested.

United has a squad built off of an ideal on how to play, a bit like Barca. It doesn't matter how good the players are if they are lost on the pitch.

Have this conversation a lot with the United lads and they are circling the drain, snapping up any vaguely familiar players that they can

Do you think they'll do better or worse than last season?

 

[Bilboblue]

Do you think they'll do better or worse than last season?

*cough* de Bruyne *cough*

 

[Damocles]

Do you think they'll do better or worse than last season?

I think they'll do about the same or better, but with a caveat that the very thing that has made them both special and have the ability to dominate has taken another season of attrition.

Have no doubt they've improved on the short term. My issue is that they've sacrificed their future to do so over the past 2 years and continue to do so

 

[Ric]

*cough* de Bruyne *cough*

Ha, fair point well made.

 

[SebastianBlue]

*cough* de Bruyne *cough*

There seems to be a TB pandemic on the forum.

 

[1.618034]

There seems to be a TB pandemic on the forum.

Talking Bollocks?

 

[SebastianBlue]

Talking Bollocks?

Finally a fellow Bluemoon epidemiologist.