Seeing as it's looking increasingly likely we ain't gonna sign anyone.....

Originally Posted by Harri Jaffa

Stop calling me Go on

I only called you that once. Jeez, so touchy.

Originally Posted by The Return of JC

Cheese, so touchy.

I'd appreciate you not involving me in your lurid fantasies

I think Diouf will score more than 10 goals this season.


Well if everyone else is being optimistic

I'm really looking forward to this season.

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

I think Diouf will score more than 10 goals this season.

For the first team?

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

I think Diouf will score more than 10 goals this season.

Yep. Carling Cup top scorer.

Originally Posted by Pop

Yep. Carling Cup top scorer.

Worked for Tevez

Originally Posted by Harri Jaffa

For the first team?

Yes, Rooney will suffer a bit if a niggle about the mid point of the season and Doiuf and Berbs will form a strike partnership up front similar to that of Cole and Yorke.

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

Yes, Rooney will suffer a bit if a niggle about the mid point of the season and Doiuf and Berbs will form a strike partnership up front similar to that of Cole and Yorke.

No Chicarito?

Our team for the 1st game of the season, IMselection, will be:

-------------VDS---------------

Rafael---Evans--Brown----O'shea


Valencia--Fletcher---Scholes---Nani

-----------Giggs-------------------

--------------Berbatov------------

I've listed that out for no apparent reason, and have no idea whether I'm positive about it or not. If Rio (?), Vidic (?), Evra, Rooney, Park, Anderson (?) and Hargreaves (wum) come back then I think we are fine. 2 issues that cannot be ignored though, if Hargreaves retires and Anderson doesn't do a Nani, we are one central midfielder short. Secondly, our season literally fell to pieces the minute Rooney hobbled off against Munich. We all feared it, and in the space of two games our season was over. I see nothing in the current squad that suggests we could cope if we lost Rooney again in the key moments.

I would like to see the following tbh
1. Swap deal between Vidic and Benzema.
2. Valencia played centrally in a 4-3-3.

Gives us a goal threat without Rooney and an extra central midfielder, crucially without spending a penny.

At our strongest, something like:

--------------------VDS--------------------

Rafael---------Rio-------Evans--------Evra---


-------------Fletcher------Carrick------------

--------------------Valencia-----------------

Nani-----------------------------Benzema----

------------------Rooney--------------------

Bench:
Pole
Oshea
Brown
Park
Giggs
Scholes
Berbatov

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

Yes, Rooney will suffer a bit if a niggle about the mid point of the season and Doiuf and Berbs will form a strike partnership up front similar to that of Cole and Yorke.

Look forward to it

We've been running on empty for a while now.

I'm hoping Berb's abject failure and humiliation may liberate him for the coming season too.

I think we may make a signing or two but I doubt it'll be because we've aggressively gone after a player and more likely because we've sold someone. Certainly not the level of activity we've grown accustomed to.

Good shot of the title. Semifinals or further in the cl. Probably a cup. Can't argue with that.

In Fergie we trust

Originally Posted by Pudge_Bear

Our team for the 1st game of the season, IMselection, will be:

-------------VDS---------------

Rafael---Evans--Brown----O'shea


Valencia--Fletcher---Scholes---Nani

-----------Giggs-------------------

--------------Berbatov------------

I've listed that out for no apparent reason, and have no idea whether I'm positive about it or not. If Rio (?), Vidic (?), Evra, Rooney, Park, Anderson (?) and Hargreaves (wum) come back then I think we are fine. 2 issues that cannot be ignored though, if Hargreaves retires and Anderson doesn't do a Nani, we are one central midfielder short. Secondly, our season literally fell to pieces the minute Rooney hobbled off against Munich. We all feared it, and in the space of two games our season was over. I see nothing in the current squad that suggests we could cope if we lost Rooney again in the key moments.

I would like to see the following tbh
1. Swap deal between Vidic and Benzema.
2. Valencia played centrally in a 4-3-3.

Gives us a goal threat without Rooney and an extra central midfielder, crucially without spending a penny.

At our strongest, something like:

--------------------VDS--------------------

Rafael---------Rio-------Evans--------Evra---


-------------Fletcher------Carrick------------

--------------------Valencia-----------------

Nani-----------------------------Benzema----

------------------Rooney--------------------

Bench:
Pole
Oshea
Brown
Park
Giggs
Scholes
Berbatov

That team'd be better if you swapped Nani and Valencia.

Originally Posted by armchair

We've been running on empty for a while now.

True

Top team for next season :-

VDS

Rafael
Vidic
Rio
Mad Pad

Fletcher
Scholes

Valencia
Nani
Chicarito

Rooney

Originally Posted by armchair

In Fergie we trust

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

at the time of signing Carrick we had a terrific squad and were certain to challenge for the 06/07 title, i thought

the second half of the 05/06 season was top. Ronaldo and Rooney, Saha looking good, confidence returning; we won the league cup and very nearly took the title race right to the wire - still believe we would've nicked it but for that sunderland keeper...


on the liberation point I reckon much depends on the manager and on the support. will he give the young players the chance they need? and will the support concentrate on getting behind them if he does? another factor will be how our rivals start the campaign, and whether Ferguson is prepared to remain positive in his selections even if every shit team in the league carries on with the 4-5-1 %@#$&!s we've had to put up with of late

We should bring back the Giggs/O'Shea midfield axis.

The doom on here is cringeworthy tbh, even some of more sensible posters has given into it.

Originally Posted by Harri Jaffa

I'd appreciate you not involving me in your lurid fantasies

Stop cheesing me!

if as it looks and we are not going to sign anyone then i would like to see some of the kids given the opportunity, pogba, cleverly, eikrem, however I don't see fergie giving these kids a chance other than in the carling cup, i expect we will be wheeling out scholes and giggsy yet again this year in the hope that united can squeeze the last drop of ability from them.
Don't get me wrong, it's not like i don't think that giggs/scholes cannot do a job it's just that they shouldn't be used as often as they are, come on fergie give the kids a chance.

considering we played last season with #@&%!ed versions of anderson, carrick, rio and hargreaves and berbles looked shit, we did well to finish 2nd.

just to emphasise carrick-anderson was the best duo in our european cup year and looked ready to take us forward, then fergie decided he wasn't ready to give up on scholes or fletch and even giggs in the middle so he 'saved' anderson for the future.

well he only went and screwed him up. we've seen with him that he needs to play to get decent. same for nani and berbatov, tevez, forlan, rossi, pique..... the same will apply to hernandez,