Alexander Büttner

Originally Posted by John Blazini

Played a blinder

He has done better than quite a few predicted, nqat.......

Originally Posted by Bobda

Genuine LOL.

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

He has done better than quite a few predicted, nqat.......

He's failed to address the real problem area, as many predicted. He's signed 1 injury prone proven world class player, in a position we didn't really need strengthening. Kagawa looks a very good signing, but I'm certainly not going to start pulling myself off over some Dutch nobody that 99% of people on here have never seen play.

We won't know for months if he played a blinder or not.

Originally Posted by John Blazini

He's failed to address the real problem area, as many predicted. He's signed 1 injury prone proven world class player, in a position we didn't really need strengthening. Kagawa looks a very good signing, but I'm certainly not going to start pulling myself off over some Dutch nobody that 99% of people on here have never seen play.

We won't know for months if he played a blinder or not.

This is true, but the addition of Kagawa & Van Persie will make us infinitely more watchable - providing Fergie has the balls to play an attacking side every week.
They're both great signings.

..but I agree it's weird how central midfield is ignored yet again - especially as our first choice central midfielder is gonna have to start the season at centre half

Originally Posted by John Blazini

Played a blinder

Four blockbuster signings

Everyone banging on about signing a midfielder and it's like 'helloooo, did we not sign that bloke from Crewe'?

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Everyone banging on about signing a midfielder and it's like 'helloooo, did we not sign that bloke from Crewe'?

Actaully what am I saying, it's five signings - 2 strikers, an attacking midfielder, a left-back and err Powell who's a second striker but will be converted into a midfielder .

Originally Posted by Liu Jian

Actaully what am I saying, it's five signings - 2 strikers, an attacking midfielder, a left-back and err Powell who's a second striker but will be converted into a midfielder .

If he does manage to produce an actual midfielder player in their early to mid twenties it will be one hell of a summer.

Just new contracts for Nani and Welbz to be sorted/signed and get rid of some chaff, Berbs, Macheda, Bebe etc. Michael Owen gone too, cracking summer

Originally Posted by dunk

If he does manage to produce an actual midfielder player in their early to mid twenties it will be one hell of a summer.

Just new contracts for Nani and Welbz to be sorted/signed and get rid of some chaff, Berbs, Macheda, Bebe etc. Michael Owen gone too, cracking summer

Good one.

I am genuinely interested in what they do with Macheda. Potential aside, with the age of the strikers we have, I reckon we may aswell just sell him.

How many places in the squad are left now?

Originally Posted by Liu Jian

Good one.

I am genuinely interested in what they do with Macheda. Potential aside, with the age of the strikers we have, I reckon we may aswell just sell him.

I think he needs to be sold in order to give him a chance. Loans haven't worked for him and being at OT certainly won't. There is a player in there, but until he is playing regularly he won't improve sufficiently.

A Loan to Wigan would be a decent shout if Fergie wants to keep him.

Originally Posted by Coracao

How many places in the squad are left now?

1 or 2 if we assume Berbs is on his way.

Originally Posted by dunk

1 or 2 if we assume Berbs is on his way.

he's like a £#%&!ing tick that @#%&! isn't he.

Originally Posted by MJ Ramone

This is true, but the addition of Kagawa & Van Persie will make us infinitely more watchable - providing Fergie has the balls to play an attacking side every week.
They're both great signings.

..but I agree it's weird how central midfield is ignored yet again - especially as our first choice central midfielder is gonna have to start the season at centre half

Just playing them in their right positions will be a start, surely to £#%&! we can't waste Kagawa by sticking him on the left in a 442 and just ask him to ping crap crosses over all game - we have some fabulous players now who could form part of a great side if we set it up right, it would be a shame to waste them.

I think with the midfield we do have a lot of bodies already in there - numerically we're fine on paper. What I would say is that it is one huge gamble to rely on what we have - to rely upon Carrick not having a major form drop as he is sometimes prone, to hope Giggs and Scholes' legs don't go, to have Trademark and Anderson not miss huge spells through injury, and to expect Fletcher to come back.

It's asking a bit too much to think all those are going to go in our favour, recent evidence suggests they're not and we're going to have a problem at some stage.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

he's like a £#%&!ing tick that @#%&! isn't he.

I certainly wouldn't be leaving willfully if I was him tbh.

Originally Posted by Barracuda

Just playing them in their right positions will be a start, surely to £#%&! we can't waste Kagawa by sticking him on the left in a 442 and just ask him to ping crap crosses over all game - we have some fabulous players now who could form part of a great side if we set it up right, it would be a shame to waste them.

I think with the midfield we do have a lot of bodies already in there - numerically we're fine on paper. What I would say is that it is one huge gamble to rely on what we have - to rely upon Carrick not having a major form drop as he is sometimes prone, to hope Giggs and Scholes' legs don't go, to have Trademark and Anderson not miss huge spells through injury, and to expect Fletcher to come back.

It's asking a bit too much to think all those are going to go in our favour, recent evidence suggests they're not and we're going to have a problem at some stage.

I think he'll use him in a similar way as Mancini has used Silva. 442 then, but with most of the width coming from Nani/Valencia.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Everyone banging on about signing a midfielder and it's like 'helloooo, did we not sign that bloke from Crewe'?

who dave fiesta?

bang on comments about saf not addressing the problem area. Goals weren't a problem last season. Playing decent football against teams that can keep the ball or holding a lead was, but lets forget about that and £#%&! over the shoot poster pull out.

Originally Posted by dunk

I certainly wouldn't be leaving willfully if I was him tbh.

What was the PSG business last year, did we turn their offer down or did Berbanator refuse to go? The latter would explain SAF's treatment of him last season as opposed to the former?

Originally Posted by Barracuda

What was the PSG business last year, did we turn their offer down or did Berbanator refuse to go? The latter would explain SAF's treatment of him last season as opposed to the former?

Dunno. Don't even know if there was definitely a bid, just seems to be widely accepted that we turned them down.

If fergie doesn't buy a defensive cm and this season ends as close as the last then it'll have been a major £#%&!-up.

I don't get what the coaching staff see in our midfield options which makes them think we don't need a destructive midfielder.