Marco Reus has a €25 million buy out clause?

Originally Posted by dunk

One of the front 3 in a 4-3-3 once he has finally sorted the shit@#%&!s in defence and midfield out?

A pacier option in the No.10 role currently? One of the 2 forwards?

Go to Dortmund armed with transfer warchest and Cheech and Kags and come back with Reus and Hummels ffs.

Mata will be £#%&!ing class this season playing there

Originally Posted by dragflick

Mata will be £#%&!ing class this season playing there

Watching him getting out paced to the ball by just about anyone and everyone pre-season worries me a bit. He's class once he's got the ball, but damn he's slow.

I have visions of Reus playing in that role and driving forward with the ball, beating men and generally causing havoc

Originally Posted by dunk

One of the front 3 in a 4-3-3 once he has finally sorted the shit@#%&!s in defence and midfield out?

A pacier option in the No.10 role currently? One of the 2 forwards?

Go to Dortmund armed with transfer warchest and Cheech and Kags and come back with Reus and Hummels ffs.

I just can't see him playing 433 that much if this 3412 continues to be a success.

It was more of a rhetorical question really tbh but as one of the forwards would be interesting. He's made for united - ridiculously talented player and would add some much needed pace to our attacking group. Will be shocked if he doesn't end up at Bayern this summer.

Originally Posted by Part 36 Offer

I just can't see him playing 433 that much if this 3412 continues to be a success.

It was more of a rhetorical question really tbh but as one of the forwards would be interesting. He's made for united - ridiculously talented player and would add some much needed pace to our attacking group. Will be shocked if he doesn't end up at Bayern this summer.

Switched to it against the dippers reckon he might flit between the 2 quite often...

Originally Posted by dunk

Switched to it against the dippers reckon he might flit between the 2 quite often...

Yes mate i watched the game

you're not going to buy reus on the back of "switching" to a particular formation for 25-30 minutes in the first half of a game every now and then though are you.

We don't have the players atm to play 433 effectively. I can see the big man switching to it in certain games a la the vermin game but I think his default will be the 3412, but who knows I suppose

Originally Posted by dunk

Watching him getting out paced to the ball by just about anyone and everyone pre-season worries me a bit. He's class once he's got the ball, but damn he's slow.

I have visions of Reus playing in that role and driving forward with the ball, beating men and generally causing havoc

You're a £#%&!ing idiot.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

You're a £#%&!ing idiot.

No mate. You're the £#%&!ing idiot on here.

Originally Posted by The Watcher

Robben and Ribery aren’t getting any younger.

Neither is Reus

Originally Posted by dunk

No mate. You're the £#%&!ing idiot on here.

Bantz

Originally Posted by dunk

No mate. You're the £#%&!ing idiot on here.

Tell us again about how we don't need Mata.

You absolute plonker.

Originally Posted by dunk

I have visions of Reus playing in that role and driving forward with the ball, beating men and generally causing havoc

I have similar visions of Januzaj doing the same thing.

Imagine a 4-2-3-1 with Januzaj and Reus either side of Mata in that 3. Havoc-causing levels would be off the richter!

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Tell us again about how we don't need Mata.

You absolute plonker.

When we bought him we really didn't need him, the attempts to shoe horn him into the side for the remainder of the season proved that. We desperately needed to buy a competent central midfielder. And still do.

He was a desperation signing, the last throw of the dice from 2 very desperate men.

A world class player who's a united fan has a low buyout clause. Some other club's going to get a real bargain.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Tell us again about how we don't need Mata.

You absolute plonker.

what's this, dunk doesn't rate mata?

So add Mata to the list:

rooney
bale
mata

anymore for anymore?

iirc dunk didn't want RVP at first either did he?

Sparky taking on Dunk in a tactics/formation/selection debate.

Tell us again Sparky about how much you rate the likes of Jones and Welbeck.

Mata will be the PFA player of the year this year no question about that.
15+ goals and 20+ assists

Originally Posted by silv

Mata will be the PFA player of the year this year no question about that.
15+ goals and 20+ assists

Originally Posted by Part 36 Offer

iirc dunk didn't want RVP at first either did he?

It would "feel like cheating" iirc (I do btw).

Originally Posted by Part 36 Offer

what's this, dunk doesn't rate mata?

So add Mata to the list:

rooney
bale
mata

anymore for anymore?

iirc dunk didn't want RVP at first either did he?

NOt don't rate. Not at all. He's a lovely player, tremendous brain and left peg, great to watch. However, he is slow as £#%&! and just about all our front players are slow as £#%&!, so that isn't conducive to a fast paced attacking game, really. That and the amount of players we already had to play that role, the silly price considering Chelsea were desperate to get rid and the fact we were screaming out for players in other areas made it a ridiculous signing at the time. Ok, LvG might be able to build the team around him, didn't make it any less ridiculous at the time.

Originally Posted by silv

Mata will be the PFA player of the year this year no question about that.
15+ goals and 20+ assists

Amen. He's going to have a monster season nqat