Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete
Can I speak on United for a minute fellas.
I throw shots at them but I truly do respect them as an institution and yearn for those old days when we hated each other. There will always be respect there.
It's quite sad to see them this way. Not finishing 7th but it does feel like United were different to Real Madrid or Barca. They did feel like a family club even after tho they were the biggest club in the world. This new United spending money left, right, an center, doesn't feel like the same club. Just seems to be a giant Walmart.
No real structure, just crazy spending.
It's crazy to think Chelsea, City, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Spurs are better run.
I throw shots at them but I truly do respect them as an institution and yearn for those old days when we hated each other. There will always be respect there.
It's quite sad to see them this way. Not finishing 7th but it does feel like United were different to Real Madrid or Barca. They did feel like a family club even after tho they were the biggest club in the world. This new United spending money left, right, an center, doesn't feel like the same club. Just seems to be a giant Walmart.
No real structure, just crazy spending.
It's crazy to think Chelsea, City, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Spurs are better run.
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IMO Fergie fukked them over so he can leave on a high note.
AlphaOne
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Good post.
Was just reading the "We're just another big club" thread on caf in bits. Feel the same.
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Great post.
oh didnt you arsenal guys know? Welbeck picks up little injuries every 2 weeks
evolve or become extinct , we had a ton of deadwood and confidence shot from last season.
This kind of big splash wont be made every season, imo we will get strootman in january or next summer and a world class cb.
team is nearly set
OneManGang
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We had to replace like 7 players who left, and get the fodder out as well. Fergie's frugal spending in his last days and young homegrown talent not panning out like Cleverley, Welbeck, etc. is the reason for the massive spending. Also include shyt purchases like Fellaini and Mata to a degree and there you go. A transfer window like this was expected at some point.
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Also because van Gaal is just looking short term. So yeah just another big club, a revolving door of managers, they'll spend big, win a couple of trophies and fukk off.
He switched up in the last couple years.
Fergie adapted to the modern age of football, forming connections with that Mendes, Kia crowd.
I still don't believe Welbeck plays for Arsenal. I can't remember United selling a product of their academy to a rival and barely caring. That record of United products being in the first team since Noah was in diapers was always something I envied.
In a way it feels like Arsenal lost their last traditional rival. As much I respect Chelsea and City - Liverpool, Arsenal, and United (maybe even Villa) will always be different to me. They embody English football traditions.
evolve or become extinct , we had a ton of deadwood and confidence shot from last season.
This kind of big splash wont be made every season, imo we will get strootman in january or next summer and a world class cb.
team is nearly set
It's not about the spending or quality of the team bruh, it feels like United lost part of their soul. You earned the right to spend but it feels like the core values have changed.
United always had the Manc presence in their teams. They always had that player or players who embodied the United way, who passed on the spirit of Busby and all that shyt. I never got the mercenary feel from United.
All the big boys seem to have that one player who recognizes the spirit of the cub and builds on that legacy.
City - Kompany
Arsenal - Wilshere/Arteta
Chelsea - Terry
Liverpool - Gerrard
United had Giggs and Vidic but now I don't see it.
The spending of clubs like City,Chelsea were initially to build a core and without that initial prestige money was the only way they could attract players. Chelsea and City either by chance or design ended up with a core of players to build around , with City you could say Kompany,Yaya,Silva,Aguero and maybe Zabaleta became those dudes and Chelsea's initial core has been finally phased out after some turbulence with their managers .United lost theirs and the supposed replacements in Jones,Smalling,Evans,Welbeck,Cleverly did not pan out as well and they are going through that initial stage of building a team through acquisitions. Some of their purchases looked like panic buys because they wound up with multiple 10s and now that has moved on to a number of strikers that they need to find a way of utilizing effectively. I always thought Van Gaal would be arrogant enough to bring through and rely on a number of youth players over experienced one because he prides himself with his work at Barca and Bayern but the results he has had and the problems are too much to ignore.
