28 Aug 2013 20:30:57
Several people on here saying that youth should be given a chance. It can also be argued though that it's the youngsters that get brought through that get the most grief from fans. Cleverley and Welbeck have come through the ranks and if they played for other clubs would be loved for being 'one of us'. At united though they're not considered good enough and people want them replaced with big name signings. They are still young and need time to develop, I saw a great stat today about Alan Shearer and how many goals he'd scored at Welbeck's age. Look it up.

Januzaj will be special. Powell could be very good. Lingard has potential. What happens though when one of them has a bad game or hits a poor run of form. Could even be that he plays well and does a good job providing options and energy, without affecting things in the final third. What happens then? We call for him to be sold to Hull or Crystal Palace so that a £30 million pound 'missing link' from Spain can be signed.

I was at Old Trafford to see the class of '92 play in the youth cup. I was also there as a season ticket holder in '95 when Beckham, Scholes, Butt and the Nevilles joined Giggs in the first team. I was proud of them and everyone around me supported them because they were just like us, United fans.

I'd rather have 11 Danny Welbecks out there playing for the club they love than any big marquee signing that knows nothing about the history and honour of our great club.

It's just a shame that they get so much criticism for doing the best they can.

Sorry. Rant over.

1.) 28 Aug 2013
Spot on, mate. Nice one.

2.) 28 Aug 2013
Maybe we should give a brief introduction of our history to our targets before buying them! Because RVP was bought, Vidic, Evra, Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, I doubt if the knew too much about our history before come here.

We have to give young kids a chance to prove their worth, because we believe in the youth. But nothing can stop us from trying to get better than we already are.

The "missing link" is missed my friend because Wellbeck's and Cleverly are not enough to win major cups like CL.

3.) 29 Aug 2013
Sir matts son

Do you not understand the modern game these days? Clubs are not just clubs they're businesses now. The amount of revenue from wining competitions it's huge, massive.

In an ideal world we'd all love 11 young local lads rather than buy foreign players, but we cant, we have to improve with the other teams to compete. Give youth a chance by all mean which we do. Adnan and zaha will get game time.

Welbeck needs to start scoring because at the minute he couldn't finish his cereal . And I'm sorry but Tom cleverly is not good enough. I really is as simple as that! If Tom was 18 years old fair enough, but he isn't mate, he's 24, why can't people see this, he isn't the young kid anymore. Look how effective Rooney was at 24, or Ronaldo, or cesc etc etc. he isn't good enough and never will be so get real

And about the 11 Danny welbecks, Ye I'm sure you were dead against us signing Rooney, or Roo, or Ronaldo, or RVP, or Vidic etc etc? You didn't want these players no? Bottom line is we need to spend on a world class CM and have done for 4 years. Shame our Fans can't take the tinted glasses of and be honest about it.

Hughesy

4.) 29 Aug 2013
Hughesy

Yes I understand the game and and I know that it's a business. My point was that there are too many people on here showing double standards. Saying "play the kids" one minute and slating Cleverly and Welbeck the next. Perhaps I was too vague but the point was we need to support these young players rather than constantly criticise.