Being functional is why at the start of the season I looked at Madrid, Barca, Bayern, Dortmund, PSG and Juventus and said to myself we ain't winning the CL. It's also one of the reasons why we've been embarrassed by Bilbao, Barca and Basel in recent years.
I'd rather we go back to free flowing, fluid football of '08 where we had a front 4 that would interchange positions throughout the game and 2 wide players in the team that could play on either wing and could cross and shoot with either foot.
We don't have the quality to do that.
Went in for Hazard he chose Chelsea went in for Moura PSG offered a few million more,
Didn't Mourhino make a comment about waitrose eggs and Lidl eggs and trying to make award winning omelettes whilst he was at Chelsea. The squad isn't blessed with the players we had then.
From when the season has seen De Gea, Rafael, Carrick and RVP come out with credit it's all plain to see. I said earlier in the season that winning the league this season would be one of Fergie's biggest achievements. He's has been the outstanding key figure in the tittle race. That's the position we've beaten City in this season. Replacing Ronaldo with Valencia and giving Owen the 7 shirt was a clear sign that functionality and efficiency would feature more than fluidity and flair.
Is what it is, still been a good season. Just hope City don't do what they should've done last pre-season and go out and buy quality.
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valencia is dead might as well play phil jones right wing
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Agony
This tbh
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And its not even just about his performances this season. He's so basic and predictable it hurts my soul having to watch his body freeze and his football brain shut down every time a full back shows him onto his weaker foot. Then he plays a pass backwards because he doesn't know how to beat a defender using skills. Ashley Cole should be ashamed of himself they way he's made him look like a world class winger over the years.
Evra, Rafael and Buttner have looked more threatening from the wings than Valencia, Nani and Young this season. Another manager would've switched to a wingback formation a long time ago.
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But he was one dimensional, basic and predictable from day one, People even said that was a positive (the fact that the front men knew what to expect and so goals would come) People gave it all a bly and voted him player of the season regardless, now everyones is taking him to task about the same things that made him a fan favourite,
this is where the word fickle comes into play.
the problem isn't his basic play predictability and one dimensional play its his inability to run with the ball at powerfull strength and pace.
people have already commented that it could be down to him bulking up a little too much and so he's lost a little bit of agility.....
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Benicio del Toney
Nah I can't have that Valencia talk, bar this season the guy has been 1 of our top performers.
Got us out of jail almost single handedly over the years, do not forget.
Tbh this season we have been a fucking boring team, it's not just Valencia who doesn't have flair.
And from Nani is looking like John Jensen then ykno Fergie is sucking the flair from this team, come like he's tryna make us a German machine.
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Kompressor
functionality has been the key to number 20.
Its worked and has been the increasing trend for the last few years.
Just think if the ref hadn't of given Nani a red and the draw had been the same Fergie would be leading this "Under-par unimaginative and merely functional team into the Champions league semi-final and be a dead cert to win the League.
terrible times
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Lieutenant
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Newcastle away this season
We shoulda just rolled with that formation for the majority
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i5_PRODUCER
Valencia will never be a true united number 7
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Badman
URGH
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Kompressor
now apart from if Nani was nurtured tenderly and given Ronaldo treatment for the last four years who in the current squad is a "True United number 7"?
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The Infamous
cold as fuck
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SLEAZE BALL
yughhh
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wahapen to phil jones?
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LOOOOOL
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C/S Kompressor & Toney,
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i5_PRODUCER
None mate.
Nani dont even fit the bill but is a step in the right direction.
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spat out my lucozade . dat face lmaoooo. Comedy
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Benicio del Toney
I think you're getting ahead of yourself there, nothing is a dead cert in Europe, as a Man Utd fan of both past and present you of all people should know this lol.
And Nani deserved his red tbf.
Being functional ain't good enough for a team like Man Utd, we have to do it in style, same reason winning managers at Real get the boot calm because they expect it a certain way.
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Being functional is why at the start of the season I looked at Madrid, Barca, Bayern, Dortmund, PSG and Juventus and said to myself we ain't winning the CL. It's also one of the reasons why we've been embarrassed by Bilbao, Barca and Basel in recent years.
I'd rather we go back to free flowing, fluid football of '08 where we had a front 4 that would interchange positions throughout the game and 2 wide players in the team that could play on either wing and could cross and shoot with either foot.
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