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Manchester United 15/16 thread

ManUnitedXI

Youth Team
Schneiderlin is basically a Manchester United player after passing his medical and paperwork tonight (england time) and will be announced with Basti in tomorrows USA press conference, these according to SkySportsNews.

Darmian, Basti and Morgan will be on the touring squad. Excellent work by Woodward to get those deals finalised in a space of 5 days or so.
 

Pogba4Now

Team Captain
Schneiderlin would be fantastic if he could play as well or better than the last 2 years. On top of that, he qualifies as a home grown player because he moved to England at the age of 18.

Schweinsteiger is past it but he still has some in him and could have 3 good seasons. He is also a leader which we lack and has experience. When he is not good anymore, we will still have 3 good young midfielders (Herrera, Fellaini and Schneiderlin if he joins).

There will be a lot of competition in central midfield with these 2 new acquisitions. We will have 6 players as central midfielders if you consider Blind a midfielder (Carrick, Herrera, Blind, Schweiny, Schneiderlin, Fellaini). At least this means Rooney will never play as a central midfielder anymore. Mata will probably have to sit on the bench as a sub for the wingers. With these players I assume we will play 4-3-3 with 2 CMs and 1 DM.
 

kp41

Fan Favourite
Squad depth is needed for title challenge and champions league ...

I think 4-4-2 Diamond is the best formation based on current signings ... it can be easily converted 3-5-2 with players like Blind and Darmian, and our current midfield additions.

Btw, there are rumors fucking Di Maria is on his way to PSG which is good. We are also linked to Benteke ... I think 1 striker and 1 central defender will finish the job. Good job Woodward.

Nady, lots of competitions, but really needed based on our luck and injuries ...
 

Pogba4Now

Team Captain
Yes we need depth but I hope we can keep everyone happy. 6 players who should be starting to compete for 3 spots will be tough.

Diamond 4-4-2 is not good because we invested a lot on Di Maria and Depay; 60 m + 22 m. We should play them in their best positions. I hope Di Maria stays because there are very little quality wingers. He had a bad year because he joined a new league and more importantly, I think that break in to his home impacted him significantly. Even in a season where he was deemed as shit, he made 10 assists and scored 3. i.e. 1 goal or assist every 126 minutes.

As a comparison Fabregas, who had a great season and was the top assist maker has 1 goal or assist every 137 minutes.
 

kp41

Fan Favourite
LVG really liked 4-1-4-1 and 4-3-3 at the end of last seasn ...

We have 5 players for 3 positions which is really needed for a long season ...
(Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Carrick and Fellaini)

Blind is LVG's first choice LB and Mata plays in those attacking positions

Yeah, Di Maria started well but then turned garbage and it seems LVG doesn't like his style and attitude ... PSG makes sense ...
 

ManUnitedXI

Youth Team
 

ManUnitedXI

Youth Team
And here is our official touring squad:

Notable omissions: Valdes & Rafael (??), Rojo (On holiday) Di Maria (injured & On holiday)

 

kp41

Fan Favourite
btw, Woodward is that damn good ...

Di Maria in the poster but in the final list ... I guess move to PSG is imminent ...
 

ManUnitedXI

Youth Team
I still remember the time when some of us criticized him so much that we wanted him out. 2 seasons later he gets us: Mata, Shaw, Herrera, Blind, Rojo, (Falcao), Depay, Darmian, Schweini, & Schneidi.
 

Mandieta6

Red Card - Life
Life Ban
Gotta admit this transfer policy seems much better. Schweini should help maintain a good level for 2 years until you get a replacement o system settles.
 

fender

Fan Favourite
The Nike contract expires at the end of July and they were so butt hurt about it they refused to end it earlier. So Adidas stuff only from 1st August.

I'm surprised Lindegaard is still at the club.
 

Pogba4Now

Team Captain
kp41;3834958 said:
btw, Woodward is that damn good ...

Di Maria in the poster but in the final list ... I guess move to PSG is imminent ...

What? Di Maria is on holidays after the Copa. He should stay. Stop with your hate for him.
 

Pogba4Now

Team Captain
ManUnitedXI;3834959 said:
I still remember the time when some of us criticized him so much that we wanted him out. 2 seasons later he gets us: Mata, Shaw, Herrera, Blind, Rojo, (Falcao), Depay, Darmian, Schweini, & Schneidi.

We were blaming him for only getting us terrible Fellaini but in the end it was probably Moyes who should have been blamed. He had unrealistic expectations and which top player would dream to play for Moyes?
 


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