Badboy

Danny would have to play in a 2 and so would Hulk. That would require a total shift in formation, we need a striker who can play on his own so we can retain possession in midfield ! Torres can play as a lone striker but we need someone else who can occupy that role for when he gets injured/tired.

I really don't want us to go into the new season with Torres as our only experienced striker. He could turn it around but I just don't think its worth taking the risk !

I don't see why he should go to the German league. I fully understand that its getting better but he needs to stay in this league !

I would like us to sign Victor but I think Hoilett is a better player now and he's got more potential. Hoilett will score more goals but i think Victor is a bit more skillful and he'll create more openings in tight games off the bench. We shouldn't let QPR just sign without putting a bid in because he's got great ability !

If we let go of Josh i won't go to another game for the next 5 years. I can't be bothered with bringing these young players through then other teams benefiting from their talents (Borini).

Well done LDN

For the 1000th time that was a joke between me and my work colleague's.

David its normal service resumed when it comes to the media.

That is 100% correct ! If he's struggling then IVO can be shifted to right back with Cahill and Terry in the middle. We have variation and one of the things that attracts me to this signing is his size. He's as big physically as Cahill and he's athletic and that is what we need in a team full of small players. He'll give us an extra option in the box which is a great help because i can't see many of the other players wanting to head balls out of the area.

LDN 26 is a horrible age for us because he'll be here for around 7 years and we don't want that. We want a player who will be here for about 2-3 years so the two right backs we have in our system (Who i rate by the way) can have a chance.

LDN we have so many young players its crazy. We need a little experience too and this guy is built like a mountain and he is physical and he can defend. He's a stop gap because to be honest there isn't much out there in his position.

I think its because a lot of members want a team full of nursery kids. They call it the FIFA generation !

His age is a little worrying but if he's a 3 year stop gap then its fine I guess because despite his age he's still one of the best around.

Then at least we can then say its the managers fault for signing sub-par players. I don't believe there is enough space for a football director and a manager to be honest and neither did Mourinho. I think if we are to fairly judge RDM then he must have the full power like Fergie has had at Man Utd for decades.

There is no point in Lukaku going to a weak league. We'll learn nothing !

I genuinely believe that young players development can be held back just by being ''patient''. Players blossom at different ages and the vast majority start at about 21-23 which is fine because not all players can do a Messi. The problem I have is that managers in this league are under so much pressure that even if a young player is as good as what you might have in the first team then the manager tends to go with the ''safe'' option. I'm not advocating for our whole team to be filled with youth players I'm just pointing out that young players will greatly benefit from playing for the first team if they can provide as good as what we have in the first team. Borini is now scoring goals in Italy (The hardest league in the world to find the net) and he has made the Italy squad and he's really highly rated in his home country.

See I'm a strong believer that the coach should be buying the players because at the end of the day he's the one who will be judged by their performances which is a sad reality. I don't like it when a club has a football director because the manager and the football director might like the same type of football but they might want to go about it in different ways tactically which can be an issue. Obviously the manager will have an input but history has shown that most managers feel very uncomfortable with other people at the club making any sort of power over him, you can look at Mourinho for that one.

Who the hell suggested that number 11 should be retired ? This is the kind of stupidity that winds a few members up on this forum :banghead:.

Yes I agree with that because you must also be flexible which is vital.

My point about being unsustainable was partly to do with the contract issue but also to do with the fact that different coaches demand different things from players which just causes confusion if there is a merry go round. This is what I believe will damage us in the future because each coach will want to sign a different type of player. Just because AVB and Pep might want to play pass and move football does not mean they would prefer the same types of players. When coaches sign players they look at off the ball movements as well as on the ball ability !

Yes exactly tactical philosophy and they sign players to fit in with their tactical philosophy which is an inbuilt culture within the club now. Alex Ferguson has always used the pitch to their advantage and its worked wonders for them and its been a consistent strategy, in the last 8 years we've gone from playing with 2 world class wide players to playing a diamond to playing strikers out wide.

What you fail to understand is the whole thing becomes unsustainable if the merry go round continues. The benefit of having a long term management system is much better because I believe the ends will justify the means. The fact that you view RDM as a ''stop gap manager'' worries me because that was exactly what i fear. If doesn't win the league then another manager comes in with another set of back room staff and we start all over again. Young players don't get a look in because the new manager is under pressure to produce a miracle then he gets sacked then start all over again.

I don't support the idea of having a statue because its just a silly thing to have. If tourists want to know about our golden generation then they can go inside the club and they'll have access to plenty of information on them.

Yes Man Utd do have a philosophy and its clear as day what it is. Man Utd use the size of the pitch through wide players to create pockets of space for their central players. They will dominate play against weaker opposition while still maintaining lightning counter attacks if the opportunity arrives. They will conform to a pure counter attacking game against some of the bigger sides because its a low risk strategy but the spreading of the play to the wide area's will always remain. I admire the way they use the pitch to their advantage because it opens up the game and that is the reason why they score a lot of goals that come from crosses.

That's not a philosophy you clown that's a target. I'm talking about a football philosophy that runs through the club from the youth to the first team.