Buy two players to replace Scholes and Carrick

Carrick can hardly be labelled a "Saha" ffs! He's played as many games as anyone in the 2 seasons he's been with us. He is a top top player and will be for years to come. We went downhill sat directly after he got injured. Scholes had a dreadful game, but cam someone explain Andierson's performance to me?

After last season's early promise, he's faded badly. Sat he started well, but was as awful as the rest of them in the 2nd half.

Need him & Hargo to step up to the mark on Weds & vs Rents!!

Originally Posted by borsuk

as far as i'm concerned drawing conclusions about players being finished/formations being impossible etc. is nonsense. scholes and carrick were the best cm pair in the premiership last season; they've hardly become crap in the space of three months.

for me the issue is form and fitness. we still look like we're in pre-season, slow, off the pace, lacking in aggression, sloppy, making individual errors. saturday was not a one-off: we were shite against newcastle, shite against zenit and £#%&! against the scouse. nothing to do with formations: we've been crap whatever formation we've tried so far.

plus no Ronaldo. Much as we like to say how much better the team is with Rooney in it, purely & simply Ronaldo makes other teams shit themselves. We can compensate with most out, but Ronaldo & Rooney in the same side is a completely different proposition due to the space afforded to everyone else when he's on the pitch.

Originally Posted by redrose

but cam someone explain Andierson's performance to me?

After last season's early promise, he's faded badly. Sat he started well, but was as awful as the rest of them in the 2nd half.

!!

how well would carrick play on the rw???

or is it because anderson is left footed and brazilian he should be expected to play well as a lw.

Originally Posted by borsuk

. scholes and carrick were the best cm pair in the premiership last season;

they started 11 games together last season.

Originally Posted by marlo stansfield

how well would carrick play on the rw???

or is it because anderson is left footed and brazilian he should be expected to play well as a lw.

To be fair Anderson does have experience of playing wide left though and his natural skill and pace lend them self to playing on the wing.

Originally Posted by marlo stansfield

they started 11 games together last season.

ah, ok. then i'd better change what i said from 'they were the most often played pair in the premiership last season' to 'they were the best cm pair in the premiership last season'. apologies.

Originally Posted by borsuk

ah, ok. then i'd better change what i said from 'they were the most often played pair in the premiership last season' to 'they were the best cm pair in the premiership last season'. apologies.

no need.

i was just saying i dont think we had a 'best midfield' partnership because we played so many combinations due to scholes being injured for about 3 months, carrick breaking his elbow, anderson being rested and hargreaves being hargreaves.

06/07 scholes and carrick were the best midfield in the premiership.confirmed.

Originally Posted by marlo stansfield

no need.

i was just saying i dont think we had a 'best midfield' partnership because we played so many combinations due to scholes being injured for about 3 months, carrick breaking his elbow, anderson being rested and hargreaves being hargreaves.

06/07 scholes and carrick were the best midfield in the premiership.confirmed.

fair enough. but i think scholes and carrick were our big game choice wherever possible. that's not to say that will be the case this season. on current form fletcher is easily our most impressive m/f this season.

Originally Posted by borsuk

fair enough. but i think scholes and carrick were our big game choice wherever possible. that's not to say that will be the case this season. on current form fletcher is easily our most impressive m/f this season.

Scholes was left out away at Liverpool and Arsenal.

Fergie stated that this season the intention has been to let Scholes take more of a back seat and for younger players to take over from him. It is hardly Scholes fault in this instance that players haven't been fit enough for this to happen yet. I'm sure it will over time this season. Having said that, Fletcher should count himself very unlucky not to have started at Anfield.