Recent content by Optimistic & English

Am I alone in thinking that fergie deliberatly avoided certain investments in the squad due to his awareness that he would be soon to retire so allow a new manager a chance to build his own team and be in a position to sort out the squad as he saw fit. Either that or he couldnt find or get the...

Im not really convinced that much alteration to coaches would be able to make much of a difference, to me I think the team is performing as well as it did last year without the cutting edge and clinical nature, injuries havent helped but without RVP banging in the goals last year we would not...

On a more serious note I think that the Liverpool result today has provided us with a last opportunity to go for top 4, but ultimatly I think that if we want it we can afford maybe 1 or 2 draws and maybe the one loss. A little good luck will be required as well, and of course a few dropped...

Well I could ask how many other top teams need a clear injection of new players as frequently mentioned on these forums? I constantly hear that our defence is crap, our midfield is crap and our wingers are crap, the strikers other than welbeck seem to be approved of but our two first choice...

I kinda hoped this whole jumping on the get rid of the manager bandwagon wasnt something my fellow fans would stoop to, the fact that many wouldnt even be willing to go along with Fergies request to stand by our manager is more hollowing than any loss on the pitch this year. Cmon I thought we...

Maybe right now we might be a little better off a few years down the line less so, neither has really shown great continuity, ultimatly the club wanted a long term manager and I have confidence that the right choice was made, a little short term pain is worth it for contnuity. To be fair to...

I do like to pick up on poor reporting, however I believe the paper took a comment out of context, I understand the question this quote used in the article was in reference to Moyes saying we would only buy the right players and not panic buy, hence why there is only one sentence quoted from...

Moyes needs time to bring in his own players especially a creative centre mid as carrick alone is not enough. Most of all though we just need some more consistency and a little more cutting edge, too many times this year we havent taken our chances when they have come. To my mind thats the only...

Cleverly has probably suffered from a lack of competion, now he isnt the only real CM who isnt either old, Carrick or always injured. With fellaini in the mix maybe tom will up his game some more

Ultimatly without really knowing all the details its hard to make a solid conclusion I do think the plan was to get both but woodward wasted too much time playing hardball over the fees of the transfers, had the fellaini deal been done in july then maybe the Herrera one may have been done yesterday

I think the only damning mistake that was made yesterday was not meeting Herrera's release clause, ultimatly we really needed a creative and defensive midfielder this window, and we got the latter. I do hope we do go back in for Herrera in the next year unless a better player e.g fabregas became...

Valencia apparently asked to have his old number back, maybe felt the pressure of the number last year so maybe the change will bring a return to form

to be fair to Rooney, although his versatility is a great bonus, at his age you cant blame him for wanting to play in his favored position, so if he was upset purely on this issue i'm not too bothered. Ultimately its best for the club and the player if he stays and signs a new contract

Our first transfer of the Moyes era has been confirmed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22822742 http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2013/Jun/Manchester-United-agreement-with-Penarol-for-Guillermo-Varela.aspx Sounds a decent deal, turns out he is a right back...

Ultimatly its hard to gauge these job changes, ultimatly as little has come out in the way of why these Phelan, Steele and maybe Meulensteen have decided to leave. I wasn't surprised about Phelan as usually the number 2 will leave when the manager changes, surprised about Steele though and...