Re: Rumour of the day - For the miserable tw@ts amongst you
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:14 pm
RED BEERGOGGLES » Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:05 pm wrote:SkippyRed » Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:05 pm wrote:Anyone else still worried about our RCB, GK and DM?
Emphatically !!
I'm not as worried about the GK and CBs as much as I am about the CM. We need someone in the middle of the park to control things for us and dictate the tempo of the game. Utd struggle when Carrick is not around. Many wouldn't call him a world class player or a traditional DM but he plays in that holding role with any type of midfielder and you dont feel they are missing anything. I dont see Henderson being that player for us, and I dont see Milner doing it either. Allen could be the type of player, but he lacks in quality. It doesnt matter what you put around that CM core of the side; if they are not up for it the side will struggle offensively, and they will be a shambles at the back.
I really dont think that signing a new GK and CB will make a significant difference to how we defend or whether we start controlling games and subsequently concede less as a result.
Here's an interesting stat from last season for you: Utd without Carrick win percentage = 35%, with Carrick = 72%.
So they went out and bought another (Carrick is world class imo) world class CM who is capable of doing the same stuff.
Get a Kovacic or Illaramendi or Schneiderlin in there to get the best out of what we have for now. Gradually, I agree we'll need to improve in many positions but it isnt the priority imo.