relax, you're not in Europe so you'll probably finish second, that's how liverpool done it, isn't it?
seriously united needs to get two decent central midfielders or this is going to be moyes part 2.
Personally, I think if we get Di Maria and play him centrally alongside Herrera then their work rate and defensive ability combined will suffice in a midfield behind Mata, a lot can be achieved simply by pressing the ball and making teams give it to you. Of course I am holding a candle in hope that Vidal does come to the club, but I'm not stupid enough to believe it will happen - If there is any truth to the De Jong rumours then I will be happy, I like him as a solid DM. Blind I haven't seen enough of to judge but the little bit's I have seen give me some hope that he can be a good signing. Either way give or take them I am not worried about the state of the midfield, once everyone is fit (and we no longer have to field that pillock Cleverley).
Get Rojo in at LCB (even though I don't rate him highly) and one more experienced - and more in the mould of Vidic - CB in there and we will be fine in that department. Benatia rumours are exactly the kind of player I think we need, but without paying a premium for their services I'm not sure where we are going to find someone like him. Jones still looks like an accident waiting to happen, though there is a lot of improvement in his overall ability while Blackett impressed me today - my MOTM if I'm honest, yet there is the obvious fact that we can not rely on youth players to get us through big games or grind results out when it matters.
A lot of the instant reactions I've seen via social media and Reddit indicates a lack of enthusiasm for this new formation.
A lot of us seem to be forgetting that the two players most suited to those Wingback/Widemidfield roles are injured in Rafael and Shaw, when they are back fit and firing alongside the midfield, it will definitely sure up the wide areas where we saw that for all he has done in the last few years Valencia just no longer looks bothered by playing football, his positioning today was abysmal as well as his inability to even jump for headers let alone win any and we will no longer have to see Young (for his good pre-season form) even attempt to defend, bar Cleverley, I don't think I have ever seen a worse tackler in recent memory - Going forward he looked more dangerous, though except maybe Valencia and Milner, he is the most predictable player in the league these days. This means that our only real issue is depth in these positions, which brings we back to Rojo who can cover and if we do indeed capture Blind then his ability to play LB could be useful - though I do not believe it to be his strongest role (again, I haven't seen enough to judge so could be wrong) which leaves just the wide right exposed when Rafa is out, personally Valencia just doesn't cut it for me - I would prefer to see someone else signed or even Varela given a shot, as a dedicated right back he can't do much worse than Toni.
Personally, I would prefer to see us play a 433 but that isn't possible without dropping one or more of our stars at any one time and I have to believe that LvG can make this system work.
Coming up are 4 games that we should win without question, and if we do so could go along long way to fixing the "confidence issues" we supposedly have, and then we can judge just how we are doing when we come up against a usually tough WHU - a team that we look like we would probably struggle to beat if we faced them next weekend.
Sorry for the wall of text, and I rambled!
