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by **Fauxy** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:15 pm

Was interesting to see on sky sports news earlier that the average age of their most common starting 11 is actually 31 years old!!

Van Der Sar - 39
Giggs - 36
Neville - 35
Scholes - 35
Ferdinand - 31

These are the oldest players in their starting 11 and they are probably all going to retire within the space of a few years. How the heck are they going to replace them without spending shed loads

I know we dont have the youngest starting 11 either but Man U are gonna find themselves in a pickle soon!

by **bigmick** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:30 pm

Man Utd's starting eleven isn't as strong as ours IMHO.

by **fivecups** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:33 pm

Starting 11's matter little in the modern game IMO - so many f'uckin' injuries.

by **Dundalk** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:57 pm

Seen that on SSN earlier but they did forget to leave out Valencia, Nani and Rafeal which would have brought the average age of the team right down and they are all first team players

by **dawson99** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:19 pm

when did manure last actually sign a player? I think they know now just how much in the sh!t they really are moneywise

by **Fauxy** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:36 pm

dawson99 wrote:when did manure last actually sign a player? I think they know now just how much in the sh!t they really are moneywise

Well they signed Smalling in January for around 10 Million and from what ive seen of him he doesnt look all that.

And they got that Mexican striker for £7 Million.

But it's no question that they are in the sh!tter moneywise.

by **Greavesie** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:44 pm

dawson99 wrote:when did manure last actually sign a player? I think they know now just how much in the sh!t they really are moneywise

When Fergie and all those players retire their issues really are going to take centre stage

by **Redman in wales** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:52 am

tbh, i think they'll be ok

Foster

R. Da Silva Rio/Evans Smalling F. Da Silva

Valencia Obertan Gibson Nani

Rooney Mexican dude

Not a "great" team - but all under 25 and still one that has a lot of potential. One signing per year is all they really need.

by **dawson99** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:11 am

the da silva brothers are sh!t... Gibson aint all that,,, Smalling massively over rated...

by **stmichael** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:16 am

bigmick wrote:Man Utd's starting eleven isn't as strong as ours IMHO.

it wasn't last year either. it was just that our team massively underperformed to levels which were unacceptable. rooney carried that side almost singlehandedly.

i'm actually entertaining the possibility of city finishing above united this season. as far as value goes, presuming fabregas stays (and it looks as if he will) i think arsenal are a great bet to win the league this season.

by **aCe'** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:19 am

Much as it kills saying it but does anyone really doubt Ferguson rebuilding that squad ?

I think the Da Silva brothers are good (Rafael in a couple of years will be special).. Will probably start making more appearances this season
I think they have a dependable CB in Evans.. If Vidic leaves then his place in the starting 11 is secure i think..
Valencia, Nani, Rooney... excellent players going forward...

I think they've already done well to replace most of their older players... Obviously theey have a problem with replacing VanDerSar and perhaps to a lesser extent Paul Scholes but like I said, if there was anyone they would have wanted doing the rebuilding it would Ferguson...

by **aCe'** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:24 am

stmichael wrote:
bigmick wrote:Man Utd's starting eleven isn't as strong as ours IMHO.

it wasn't last year either. it was just that our team massively underperformed to levels which were unacceptable. rooney carried that side almost singlehandedly.

I think we had a largely unbalanced side last season so to me I would say they had the better starting 11...

Insua, Lucas and the left flank were a problem for us last season..
RB and AM were their main problems imo... Even then they had the likes of Brown, Neville, Rafael, Giggs, Park and Berbatov to bring on...

by **Redx** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:02 pm

To balance the books they might sell Rooney as they did with Ronaldo to Real Madrid..

by **Owzat** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:48 pm

I doubt the retirement of Scholes, Giggs and nobhead will impact them any more than Beckham leaving did. They'll just buy replacements like they always do.

by **Owzat** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:49 pm

Redx wrote:To balance the books they might sell Rooney as they did with Ronaldo to Real Madrid..

Not without a replacement. They sold Ronaldo when they had Rooney, I doubt they'll sell Rooney until they have a more than adequate replacement

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