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Nah, it would be a pretty bad formation taking into account our players. Our wingers like to get forward a lot near the baseline and a 4-3-2-1 would put them far too deep.
I would love to see:
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Rafael Vidic Smalling Evra
valencia some-awesome-CM cleverly young
Hazard
Rooney
With rotation of nani, wellbeck and a few others. Evra really needs replacing over the next season or so. Alright going forwards but far too soft at the back. He can't cross or shoot for toffee either.
In the French league, yes hes been good bloody good but in the EPL and other leagues hes been largely untested. I guess we will find out just how good he is when hes either at City, Utd or Chelsea.
Looking forward to seeing him play in the EPL but i hope he flops against us
. Will be interesting to see if hes worth the touted £200k a week he allegedly wants.I disagree. At the start of the season he looked fantastic. He hasn't been the same in the few games he has played in recent months but he was out for the whole season nearly.
We were steamrolling teams until he got injured and we had to go back to slow boring midfield play from Carrick.
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Wasn't he linked with Spurs most of this year? I'm sure that it was part of Levy's "keep harry at the lane deal"
Had too laugh when I read this morning. 70k might be Spurs wage cape but it's most likely entry level in Spain
Maybe you're so used to square passes that anyone coming into that midfield with a bit of an attack sense will make them look like Zidane
There is probably an element of that
Thank god Scholes came back for most of the season because it was painful watching our midfield get dominated by any half decent team.
Re. Kagawa, I had heard that we have upped our offer to £15.4 million which comes out at roughly €19 million which is pretty close to their request.
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shame we couldnt do a straight swap for anderson for kagawa, i think his time is up at united
Think thats the problem, hes crocked far too much for any other club to want for a serious fee at the moment. If he can play a bit next year we might get a decent fee for him.
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Fingers crossed. Yeah Hazard has "every right" to demand what he wants, but he's had 3 top clubs interested in him for ages. By demanding stuff he just seems to be alienating himself from respective fans. If playing time is his worry can City be his top choice? Obviously I could be wrong and he may end up playing loads, but it doesn't seem likely. If he wants to play just behind the striker, surely United would be perfect for him?
Its hard to know what is really going on with Hazard.
I think people are being a little harsh on the lad. Hes the top prospect in Europe at the moment and has actually said very little.
As far as I understand, he has said that he will be coming to England, he will be coming to one of three clubs and he will make his decision in the next week or so.
All the speculation is just that. He could have just tried to get the largest package possible but the fact that he has "accepted" 3 offers means that he is not going for the most money. I'm sure that all 3 bids will keep the heating on in the winter but I don't think hes mucking around that much.
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You've got a point. There's been a lot of reports going around, but not actually many quotes from the player. I wish he'd just say "I'll announce at this time.." and then follow it through. Everyone was saying he'd announce after the last Lille game, but he never did.
Put everyone out of their misery.
Put everyone out of their misery.
I love the way every now and then I come in here and you have posted some news about sheffield wednesday in amongst all the premier league multi-million pound deals.
You are the man that turns on the lights every day at the factory that has been deserted for years.
I read today his current deal is up next summer (not sure if thats correct though)
(edit) either way, I think Utd would be lucky to get even 1/2 his £16m ish transfer fee back
I thought one of BD's top management said they were after £20m, so even that 2nd bid might not be enough (however if he did initially say euros then the clubs are indeed very close indeed.
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If we're on a fairly level playing field about Hazard, we can assume these things from a Man Utd perspective: Fergie wants him. We've offered Lille enough money (£32m~) and offered the player a lucrative enough deal.
The past season (and probably longer) we've moved more towards a 4-2-3-1 of sorts, but it's always reported as a 4-4-2.
We look like this (with people fit) -
Rooney often drops behind the other striker and plays anywhere between central midfield, attacking midfield and as a striker.
As Rooney is our best striker (and the others aren't great compared), he needs to be told to play as a striker and stay up front, he could easily go into the position of Welbeck/Hernandez and Hazard can sit behind him. Kagawa could do this too.
Nani, Young and Valencia can be rotated based on form, injuries, etc.
That central midfield position is still a concern, and we need someone to go alongside Carrick. We have quite a few people who can play CM but perhaps we could sign someone fairly cheap too?
So, hopefully Fergie will agree with meo) and explain to Hazard that he'll be playing in behind Rooney, perhaps occasionally out wide but not often. I don't quite see how Chelsea can do this when they don't have a manager and we don't know how they will line up...? City can probably give him that role as well, but they've got plenty of attacking players!
Ps. sorry for the football 'managerness'.
The past season (and probably longer) we've moved more towards a 4-2-3-1 of sorts, but it's always reported as a 4-4-2.
We look like this (with people fit) -
Rooney often drops behind the other striker and plays anywhere between central midfield, attacking midfield and as a striker.
As Rooney is our best striker (and the others aren't great compared), he needs to be told to play as a striker and stay up front, he could easily go into the position of Welbeck/Hernandez and Hazard can sit behind him. Kagawa could do this too.
Nani, Young and Valencia can be rotated based on form, injuries, etc.
That central midfield position is still a concern, and we need someone to go alongside Carrick. We have quite a few people who can play CM but perhaps we could sign someone fairly cheap too?
So, hopefully Fergie will agree with me
o) and explain to Hazard that he'll be playing in behind Rooney, perhaps occasionally out wide but not often. I don't quite see how Chelsea can do this when they don't have a manager and we don't know how they will line up...? City can probably give him that role as well, but they've got plenty of attacking players! Ps. sorry for the football 'managerness'.
Oh dear. Thats quite a tricky one to play then. Offer a new contract and risk him never playing (I assume that he is on ~£100,000 / week) or don't offer him a new contract and risk him leaving on a free if he does regain fitness.
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