11 Mar 2016 11:51:51
One thing is for certain, the rebuild of this squad is still massive. We have made some pretty poor decisions as a club with playing staff over the Moyes and Van Gaal tenures.

Fellaini, a rush buy and never a player that fit with free flowing football or possession football. Mata, a name to appease the fans, slow but wasn't really needed at the time. Rooney, we have the opportunity to cash in but instead gave a player on the slide a massive contract until he's 34.

The CB's need replacing, we need a right winger. We need a striker and probably a 10. Carrick and Schweinesteiger need replacing due to age. The rebuild is huge! Good players are going for £30m+ these days the cost to correct the problems is monumental.

We need top 4 to attract top players, March sees us play West Ham and City so it's still possible.

1.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 12:12:26
I say bring in Poch, who has shown how he can make average players reach their potential, see Lamela and Dembele, whilst at the same time integrating English youth, he's everything we've stood for over the past 25 years. The only issues I have is it won't be instant success, maybe 3/ 4 years and as we've seen with our fans over the past 6 months, we're just as fickle as the rest of them.

2.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 12:21:54
Dembele is not average. Dembele is one of the best in the league.

3.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 12:26:08
Well, I say average, he was performing average and almost lost his way a bit.

4.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 12:30:04
I watched the Dortmund game first yesterday and the difference in ability between them and Spurs (a weakened Spurs) was huge. They would wipe the floor with us, and Liverpool for that matter - and under Klopp, I can see Liverpool getting to their level and beyond.

They don't have massive names with massive ego's. The biggest is probably Aubemeyang, Reus and Hummels. They have bough smart, Mikhitaryan is their biggest signing and is still under £30 million and is a million times the player Mata is.

We need a complete overhaul, and we are kidding ourselves if we think otherwise.

Starting in the boardroom, we need someone to come in that will allow Woodward to step back from the footballing side of things and focus on the business. Our recruitment has been pretty terrible - is this the scouts fault? The managers? Fellaini, Rojo, Schweinsteiger : (, Di Maria because he never wanted to join etc. have all been very poor signings. I'd include Mata in that too. Similarly, what are the coaching staff coaching? We brought in a fitness team that injured everyone last season, we have no direction, seemingly no game plan and no passion or leadership from the sidelines.

Looking at that team yesterday, I think only two or three of them starting the game will be here next year under the new manager (hopefully Mourinho) . We would be lost without De Gea. Martial has great potential but I think Scholes is right, he should be second choice striker and play wide while he develops. Memphis has potential but is no where near ready as the ed said - but we shouldn't have to put all our eggs in one young basket. In previous years the likes of Ronaldo have been eased into the side with cameo appearances here and there. Schneiderlin I maintain is a good player, but is not creative, nor is Fellaini. Schneiderlin needs to play alongside a creative midfielder, something to buy I think and use Herrera more. Other than De Gea, Martial, Schneiderlin and probably Varela can you really say that anyone in that team is good enough to be starting for Manchester United?

I'd say not. Memphis as I said needs time, Blind is a utility man that you have on the bench to do specific jobs. Carrick is way past his best now, Schweinsteiger also but I wouldn't want the dressing room to lose both figures. Smalling is proving how poor he actually is. Rojo is terrible and doesn't have a best position. Mata is so slow it's like he is running in treacle, compare his performance to Mikhitaryan for Dortmund, the difference is scary. Elsewhere the likes of Lingard aren't Manchester United quality starters. Jones is a permanent sick note, McNair I don't think has enough quality.

It really is sad, after three years of 'rebuilding' we only have De Gea, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Martial and arguably Rooney (depending on your opinion of him) that are good enough to start. I don't honestly see how Blind is a better centre back than Evans, Darmian is no better than Rafael, and can you say that right now Memphis or Lingard offer more than Nani used to? We still don't have a Scholes-esque player, we have no right winger of any significance and no striker to lead the line - an look how much we have spent.

This may sound like a bad reaction to a bad performance. But I don't think anything that I have said is unfair, or untrue. I'd love to hear your thoughts.

5.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 12:36:53
We don't need a massive rebuild in the sense that we need to ship out 10 players and bring in another 10.

What we need is top quality players in key positions.

One top centre back (godin is my preference) and one top striker (benzema for me) with mata and fellaini leaving the club would be an outstanding window in my opinion. Not too much upheaval, it hasn't worked in the past two seasons whose to say it will now.

6.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 13:59:43
Godin? You serious?

He's nearly as old as my grandad!?

You'd get a year out of him max, that's not forgetting adapting to the premiership?!

7.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 14:06:44
Well we can't get all of our players out of the under 8s like you would prefer ronnie lol. Experience and wisdom can get you a long way at the top level especially with defenders.

Godin has proven season in season out that he's a dependable quality centre back. Something we haven't had since vidic and ferdinand.

8.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 14:14:00
Your grandad is only about 30? What age are your parents Ronnie? By the sounds of it your interest in the younger players runs in the family.

9.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 14:56:48
30 is young for a defender Ronnie, I guess you play at a lot of FM considering who you always mention to sign, a team of 20 year olds is all well and good on paper.

10.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 16:31:15
Goal keeper: Sorted as long as DDG stays
Fullbacks: We appear to be ok, Valencia can go
CB: We need Two starters, Rojo/ Jones back up ( Smalling will get a decent fee)
CM: Carrick and Schweinsteiger are getting on so need replacing either internally or externally. Fellaini would also get a decent fee and needs to go.
RW: Don't have one so need to buy one, Lindgard as back up
LW: Memphis/ Martial so covered.
10: Mata would get a decent fee and needs replacing
ST: Martial/ Rashford. Need a striker as they are a bit young.

ST 10 and RW could be covered by a multi-rolled player Berardi, Promes, Dembele (Rennes) . Ideally you'd get two though.

CM and 10 could be covered by a multi rolled player like Delli Alli.

CM: we need a high energy, ball distributing CM who can sit back and dictate the play (more forward passes please! )

CB need two

Just to improve I make that a minimum of 6 players, and that's using them in multi rolls. I really really hope we have some lads in the reserves/ youth who can step up.

Sean Goss was labelled the new Carrick is he any good?

11.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 17:28:54
Hahahahahaha Danny 😂.

12.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 17:39:25
New manager, a Top quality CB, a Right Winger and a Top striker and a Big and fast number 10 would sort us out IMO.

Players like Rooney, Mata, Young are all getting up there in age and will become squad players and you can bleed in Depays, Janusaj, Perreira, Rashford etc etc based on performance and if they have what it takes to make it at United. Every great team has a combination of older players and young stars in the making, who need some experience around them.

Our issue is we are expecting too much from the younger guys and also too much from guys who are getting into their footballing twilight years and not what they used to be and hence people frustrated with the whole set up at the moment and nothing in between.

Thank god we have DDG.

13.) 11 Mar 2016
11 Mar 2016 18:09:44
Leicester have proven that good players can be found for what we'd consider peanuts, the problem for a club like United seems to be a) finding them and b) Appeasing the worldwide fan base with "big name" signings. I'd love for whoever is managing next season to bring in a couple of "budget" players who go on to become top signings, I just can't see it happening.