Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [23rd - 25th August 2014]
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We all blame Ferguson for leaving the squad in the mess it was however we have had 3 transfer windows since then and haven't fixed these issues.
We have way too many injuries at the moment but that was still utter ****.
We did look a tiny bit better (but still bad) towards the end, after we'd hauled off Fletcher and stuck a winger in midfield and got faster players on. 
Cleverley is just terrible. I hate him, I hope he never plays for us again. The guy is a joke.
Our injuries are in the key areas of the team though where we are weak, so we're using god awful players like Fletcher and Cleverley.
I don't think the defence is that bad (and will be better with Evans and hopefully Rojo), no defence looks great when you don't have a midfield ahead of them.
Midfield signings needed (broken record). Di Maria's pace and quality will be a huge help too, we improved when we had a bit more pace in the team. Assuming he's not changed his mind after that.
Cleverley is just terrible. I hate him, I hope he never plays for us again. The guy is a joke.
Our injuries are in the key areas of the team though where we are weak, so we're using god awful players like Fletcher and Cleverley.
I don't think the defence is that bad (and will be better with Evans and hopefully Rojo), no defence looks great when you don't have a midfield ahead of them.
Midfield signings needed (broken record). Di Maria's pace and quality will be a huge help too, we improved when we had a bit more pace in the team. Assuming he's not changed his mind after that.
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He's not as good as Cleverley obviously. Come on.
Young and Valencia have just been utter **** so far
Man U would have been better playing with no-one instead of Young and Valencia. Shockingly bad.
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£63.9million agreed for Di Maria..... Neville bang on, they need him, right player but overpaying for him. How much is questionable. Ultimately James is supposed to be his replacement and he's basically cost the same hasn't he despite James being younger and with more potential really. They should be paying more like £40mil, but they need to get some players in before the window is up.
Di Maria is the better player out of the two.
Because he's ****? Clearly 3 managers have looked at him, 3 managers see him in training and 3 managers have decided he's ****. Now Moyes I can understand you might not trust his judgement but the other two?
LVG might not even last the 18 months I predicted.
It's kinda like watching a top manager take on the England job and then 3 games in they realise they are beyond saving.
Still hurts we didn't get Rodwell back
They're going to have to overpay to attract players of his quality, it's going to be an uphill battle just to qualify for the Champions League again over the next few years.
Man City have strengthened.
Chelsea have strengthened.
Arsenal have strengthened.
Liverpool have strengthened.
Everton and Tottenham look a lot better.
Man United look like a mid table side, too many key players have abandoned ship during the summer and not been sufficiently replaced.
Man City have strengthened.
Chelsea have strengthened.
Arsenal have strengthened.
Liverpool have strengthened.
Everton and Tottenham look a lot better.
Man United look like a mid table side, too many key players have abandoned ship during the summer and not been sufficiently replaced.
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Our strongest eleven doesn't...
Yup, and they aren't exactly the same type of player. Rodriguez is yet another number 10.
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Kagawa is just the latest in a line of players where we attempt to lower their value as much as possible before getting rid of them.
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Good player but that's an obscene amount of money that would be better off strengthening several positions.
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United are just becoming the biggest embarrassment in English football both on and off the pitch.
After Ferguson had gone we should have got rid of Fletcher, Cleverley, Wellbeck, Young, Valencia and Anderson ( ie pretty much our whole midfield) and put the paltry amount of money we would have got for that mediocre lot towards a midfield that can actually play football and towards replacing our whole defence (you know, the world class defence of Vidic, Ferdinand and Evra who have all got old and buggered off).
After Ferguson had gone we should have got rid of Fletcher, Cleverley, Wellbeck, Young, Valencia and Anderson ( ie pretty much our whole midfield) and put the paltry amount of money we would have got for that mediocre lot towards a midfield that can actually play football and towards replacing our whole defence (you know, the world class defence of Vidic, Ferdinand and Evra who have all got old and buggered off).