The Skipper 20,609 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 should have loaned Oriol and a few bunch to Saints in exchange of buying Jay Rodriguez.That way they wouldn't spend much money in rebuilding their team and we would have a decent (far from brilliant but decent) HG striker. we could have sent Oriol, Marko - if anyone even wants him - Moses, Atsu and who else they wanted from our U-21. All those kids would get EPL experience in a good club, Saints would have saved their rich little money (and make some more from Rodriguez) and in a year or two they could even have bought a couple of them (if we saw fitting). Even PIazon and Bertrand could have made part of the package if we have thought about it before. Except for two matches they play us, they could have had a few guys to replace theirs. Everyone would be happy and Mourinho could keep his three other strikers, as Jay counts in the 8 players from the 25 squad.Damn it.Southampton can spend lavishly, not only have they sold excellently, they also have a billionaire owner. They can get much better players than our u21s.Edit (not to you specifically but to those who think Soton are struggling) - plus add to the fact that they've already replaced Lallana and Lambert with two equally as good players in Tadic and Pelle. They really won't struggle as much as people are saying they will. Bertrand is an ok replacement for Shaw, Clyne is still there so Chambers doesn't need to be replaced... That's pretty much 4/5 players replaced - they're fine. Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinAshburner 1,270 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I have just completed making this edit Change to Liverpool FCLIVERPOOL FC YELLOW BANANAS KIT - ON SALE NOW AT THE (STEVIE SLIPPY-G & LUIS SUAREZ BITE SHOP)STEVEN GERRARD & LUIS SUAREZ PARTY COSTUMES My Twitter Post of This Picture: https://twitter.com/KEVINASHBURNER/status/496517335046291457LIVERPOOL FC YELLOW BANANAS BY KEVIN ARNOLD ASHBURNER #Liverpool #LFC #YellowBanana #YellowBananas guddy6969 and Muzchap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Just saw the line up Liverpool started with last night and I honestly think they will struggle this season. Yes they have some good players like Coutinho but they haven't replaced Suarez as yet and to be honest they look awful at the back. That won't be quickly fixed by Manquilo either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 United improving this season under a better manager is expected but they have done rather well in pre-season and are beginning to worry me a little. I know it's only pre-season and all but think they will put in a strong challenge for the Top 4(at the very least), if not possibly even the title especially if Van Gaal were to get a few more players in. Blue-in-me-Veins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Just seen the highlights of the game last night.....The first challenge on Sterling wasn't a penalty and it was given, then the challenge on Hernandez was a blatant penalty and wasn't given and the cross that hit the cross section of the goal, the ball went out, bounced back into play, Rooney tapped in, the ref gave it and then the linesman cancelled it out. :clap:Pre-season full of awesome refs and officials. The only place to be and Viper22 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 United improving this season under a better manager is expected but they have done rather well in pre-season and are beginning to worry me a little. I know it's only pre-season and all but think they will put in a strong challenge for the Top 4(at the very least), if not possibly even the title especially if Van Gaal were to get a few more players in.Remains to be seen how PL teams play that 3 def. There's always space to exploit on the wings in that formation, and wing play is one of the strong points of many teams in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Remains to be seen how PL teams play that 3 def.There's always space to exploit on the wings in that formation, and wing play is one of the strong points of many teams in the league.True and not to mention the narrowness of the formation. We suffered quite a bit under Ancelotti when he used his diamond system. But if the back 3 doesn't work, then I don't think it will take long for Van Gaal to change his system anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Southampton can spend lavishly, not only have they sold excellently, they also have a billionaire owner. They can get much better players than our u21s.Edit (not to you specifically but to those who think Soton are struggling) - plus add to the fact that they've already replaced Lallana and Lambert with two equally as good players in Tadic and Pelle. They really won't struggle as much as people are saying they will. Bertrand is an ok replacement for Shaw, Clyne is still there so Chambers doesn't need to be replaced... That's pretty much 4/5 players replaced - they're fine.They've lost the spine of their team, they've lost their manager and they haven't replaced them adequately whilst they could still lose Schneiderlin and Rodriguez (who is going to miss the first couple of months of the season anyway). They have lost their Chief Exec who was key to much of what they are doing, there's rumours of discontent amongst the academy and despite comments to the contrary they have an owner who looks like she's liquidising the assets before selling what's left. If they're not in a relegation fight next season then Koeman deserves manager of the season....but my feeling is that they're in trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 They can spend lavishly, of course they can. But we all saw how that ended up with Spurs last season. Too much too quick for me. The only place to be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,509 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 They can spend lavishly, of course they can. But we all saw how that ended up with Spurs last season. Too much too quick for me.To be honest, the spurs signings looked worse because neither AvB nor Sherwood knew what they were doingWith Pochettino, it'll be interesting to see how Spurs progress this season...from what i've heard, he gets that little bit extra out of decent players kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 To be honest, the spurs signings looked worse because neither AvB nor Sherwood knew what they were doingWith Pochettino, it'll be interesting to see how Spurs progress this season...from what i've heard, he gets that little bit extra out of decent playersI also heard a vicious rumor that Lamela has scored a goal this pre season.......Pochettino must be good. Viper22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chelsea 864 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 City still have the strongest squad, by far...With all this players we help them win the league[emoji33] we all know if we have half their striker we could have taken the league by storm, I see no difference in what is going to happen since Jose is still here and a descent striker I will hold head high over them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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