Why would you want to turn a solid Defender into a number 6? You seriously think a Centre Back against a Midfielder like Scholes or Keane would even compete? It's laughable. Comparing a Manager who was at the top of the game for years, did it at a lesser club and built 3 generations of United to someone who has had ready made teams and financial backing is just crazy. No doubting Pep's Quality. But to say he's the Greatest ever is ludicrous.
The PL was invented in 1992 dummy. The analogy was just a centre back to a midfielder. It's nowhere near ludicrous. You are just biased. Fergie the red nose dinosaur played 442 or 451. Never do I remember him playing inverted full backs, false 9s, false 8s(gundogan), false 6s(John stones)
Until Pep wins a league title with a midfield as crap as Cleverley + Anderson, there can be no competition here. As for fullback tactics, we knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup playing the Da Silva twins in midfield.
What's wrong with 442 or 451??? All systems have pros and cons and football goes in cycles, at some point 442 will be the thing to do again.
Got to give them all praise for the Old Trafford performances. Season opener against Brighton and EL group game vs Sociedad (moronic penalty decision if anyone remembers) were the only two home losses. Shame we can't play the upcoming final here. Let's hope we replicate a treble denier just like with Liverpool decades ago. As the season draws to a close, I will say it's been not too bad. It's the same feeling like on all other occasions when we had a high league finish, wishing the gap between ourselves and champions was not in double digits, though there is some sort of spine in the team. Watching competent center backs has been an ecstatic feeling, just like Casemiro's and Eriksen's control as well as Rashford unleashing his potential. Lots of work ahead still. Adding someone clinical up front as we had no issue creating chances, as well as working on general depth as injuries and second half performances, especially away from home, should be a priority the way I see it. With that in mind, oil dudes, get rid of these Murican leeches already!
I was with you all the way there except for the bit about Qatar . . . Talking to people at the match today there's an air of gloom about the Glazers, fans are beginning to think the parasitic twats aren't going to sell after all.
Among other things, Sir Jim's proposal would keep them around so what am I supposed to say... I imagine it will happen but it's excruciating how long this is being talked about without any significant steps forward.
Obviously you can say whatever you feel, my own view is that if Ratcliffe's buy-out means the leeches remain as partial owners for a while it's still better than being owned by a blood-soaked, tryrannical oil state like the bitters and the barcodes are. I'm fairly sure that Ratcliffe won't allow the Tampa twats to continue to milk the club's coffers for 'dividends' in any new deal, nor would they have any voting rights. That said according to Forbes Ratcliffe's worth £30 billion, meaning he could easily buy United outright and spend a further £2 billion on the stadium, so his reticence is certainly concerning.
