When you say the club are going to have to realise. Realise what. I don’t think anyone at the club are willing to rest on their laurels or let things slide. They will be assessing what went wrong , though if we finish second and win the cups we are still in not a great deal wrong. They , CAS permitting will act on what needs to be done. Don’t know why you would doubt they would realise that,The club are going to have to realise if they want to stay in the races and not play catch up at some point then there is need for an overhaul - it happens at all clubs when abolulte legends of the game who have won us title after title start to age - we have lost Zabba, yaya and Kompany - we will lose David Silva this year, and in the next 12 months Aguero and Ferna
Now we all hope that Foden can take Silvas place and it looks like he will - he deserves the cahne to and so far he is giving everyone reason to believe that he can fill that gap - but David Silvas ability to conduct a game has come with years of expereince and that is the one thing that Foden naturally lacks and we will miss
Kompany - it was always going to be a huge ask to replace him not just on the pitch but off it - we havent done it and we need to and it must be priority number one.
Ferna is another huge loss when it happens - i still believe he is the best defensive midfielder at the club and should be being played there and should be played their next year if we can sort the centre half out. Rodri is decent enough but he doesnt have that mobility and Gundongan is a waste of space for me
the biggest is yet to come - how do you replace Aguero - we will get another 12 months out of him and i dont think age will knock him too much -he has already adapted his game and 12 months more and he will bang in another 20 + for us - BUT we must be planning to replace him now. As good as Jesus is we do need another goal scorer - Sterling isnt a natural finisher as good as he is and though Foden adds goals players like Kun win you titles (literally at times!) -Jesus doesnt have that killer instinct - maybe its somethign he can develop but you would have hoped that he would have it now- he doesnt seem to have improved since he came here
On top of that you ahve the poor buys that are letting us down: Mendy, Cancello being two of them. Surely we can sell Cancello on and get some decent money back and even just selling Mendy at a loss and adding some money into a pot to then go out and get someone would be better than having him still. He fucks up too regualrly and for a defender he is useless - anyone who watches the reserves/under 23's - surely there has got to be some one that can come in and do a job at left back!!!??
I honestly don’t think an overhaul is needed, obviously a centre back to play alongside Laporte and a left back, that would transform the defence and help Rodri, don’t have any issue with Gundogan as Rodri back up. The forward midfield of Foden, KDB, Bernardo maybe plus 1. Attackers Jesus, Sterling , Mahrez Aguero, plus 1 maybe with an eye to replacing. So thats a c.b, lb, mid, attacker, maybe Laporte back up. So 5 players but only 2 that need to be first team ready. Get it right with the young players emerging those 5 would set us for a couple of years.Tbh, very few if any of us know how the club are feeling about this summer. Theres links and the ITKs obviously have their info but all we can go off is that and own personal feelings. I hope its an overhaul, last night as many games have this season simply reiterated the need for it. Lets fucking have it boys
Will they thoughWhen you say the club are going to have to realise. Realise what. I don’t think anyone at the club are willing to rest on their laurels or let things slide. They will be assessing what went wrong , though if we finish second and win the cups we are still in not a great deal wrong. They , CAS permitting will act on what needs to be done. Don’t know why you would doubt they would realise that,
Yes they will.Will they though
If you look at the transer dealings since Pep arrived it doesnt fill me with confidence.
hope you are rightYes they will.
Struggling to see the bad buys during the Pep era really,Will they though
If you look at the transer dealings since Pep arrived it doesnt fill me with confidence.
Struggling to see the bad buys during the Pep era really,
Danilo and Cancelo perhaps, but we made our money back on Danilo. Both been decent backup for Walker and Cancelo we will move on this summer if needed. Neither has overtaken Walker but then Walker has been consistent for over three years now and you could argue Danilo and Cancelo have helped him keep his consistency.
Bravo, been a good servant since Ederson came in as number one so can't argue too much with that. I admit his career started badly.
Nolito, we basically made our money back.
Mendy and Stones the big money "failures" but they have both been riddled with injuries. Both were up there in their respective positions at their age groups so the transfers made sense at the time.
Anyone else?
Nice take mate.PSG the only daft fuckers who will pay €90m & €250.000 a week for soon to be 29 year old, saying that it's only a piss poor Sunday League so its piece of piss for his last 4 years, if UTD had any spending money & in Champs League then they would splash out although he wouldnt come & play in England