Nobody Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Triggs will be delighted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Van Gaal has adopted the 3-5-1-2 fairly recently hasn't he? I don't see why people think he's so wedded to the idea apart from he liked how it worked for Holland and it accomodates RVP and Rooney in the same system in their preferred position. He won't be able to fit Di Maria into the system so will probably go 4-3-3 and p*ss off Rooney and RVP and possibly be the better for it. I really hope they get 7th again or something. Think Van Gaal will do fine though but will start slow. If board panic and sack him early they will sink further. Doubt it. Ooops Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Great player but its hard to see where he fits alongside Rooney, RVP, and Mata. Mata out, Januzaj and di Maria in and forget about wing backs might be one way. I bet loads of planks on Red Cafe etc. think they should just drop Rooney. Ozil arrived with a similar pedigree and hasn't set the league alight, so di Maria might take some time to settle. He's coming into an unbalanced team for a league record fee and the pressure to produce, most probably in a formation thats new to him, will be very big. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Great player but its hard to see where he fits alongside Rooney, RVP, and Mata. Mata out, Januzaj and di Maria in and forget about wing backs might be one way. I bet loads of planks on Red Cafe etc. think they should just drop Rooney. Ozil arrived with a similar pedigree and hasn't set the league alight, so di Maria might take some time to settle. He's coming into an unbalanced team for a league record fee and the pressure to produce, most probably in a formation thats new to him, will be very big. TBF to Özil he came into this league and was one of the best straight away, he just faded towards Christmas and disappeared and has never come back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 That Aboubakar chap we were fleetingly interested in has joined Porto. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Wow. Good for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 That Aboubakar chap we were fleetingly interested in has joined Porto. Only 3 mill euros, and now he has a 50 million euros release clause. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 What! Porto paid 3 million Euros?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 They only own 30% of his rights. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Rooney RvP Mata Di Maria Herrera Carrick ? Would ask a lot from fullbacks. Although ADM can easily shift closer to touchline to bring width Aye what I was thinking, any other setup causes strikers to play on the wing etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Agreeing with everyone saying he's phenomenal on the left side of a midfield 3. He might find it tough physically with some of the challenges but he's brilliant in that position. I would class Januzai, Mata, Rooney, Ozil etc. as forwards. Liability defensively when played in midfield but Di Maria is a proper misfielder. Real 'shuttler'. Add another top midfielder and things could get very tasty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Replacing Carrick with a Makelele or Wanyama would be better, so he can make a back three when the full backs bomb forward. Then they'd be all kinds of awesome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 After de Jong and Blind, aren't they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 After de Jong and Blind, aren't they? Bids made for both today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 After de Jong and Blind, aren't they? Ok now I'm confused Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 De Jong is a scumbag but that would be an excellent signing IMO. Blind can cover three positions as well that we're currently short in. 26m for both is what I've heard. Not sure on how it's split but assuming Blind is a few million more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Apparently Lassania Diarra has been released from his contract and is in talks with QPR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 De Jong is a better technician than he's given credit for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 After de Jong and Blind, aren't they? They must be if they're after de Jong, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudil Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 De Jong is a better technician than he's given credit for. He's a shit technician. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Dunno like, he fixed my laptop once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 De Jong is a scumbag but that would be an excellent signing IMO. Blind can cover three positions as well that we're currently short in. 26m for both is what I've heard. Not sure on how it's split but assuming Blind is a few million more. De Jong is exactly what you need tbh. Surely though Man Utd are going to get a real top class cb too, the replacement for Vidic and Ferdinand can't just be Rojo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 http://i.minus.com/i6UqqRrwxo2OC.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 http://i.minus.com/i6UqqRrwxo2OC.gif ;D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Michael Dawson from Spurs to Hull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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