03 Feb 2014 12:40:03
To Valley Gooner,

Your claim that Chelsea and Arsenal have a better Squad than us is laughable. You have added two player's to your squad from last season, and our squad pissed all over yours and Chelsea's last season. Chelsea have added a couple; but I don't think what they added makes their starting 11 any stronger.

Last season we took your best player; and this season we took arguably Chelsea's best player. We also added Fellaini - who Wenger wanted to sign - and a young exciting talent in Januzaj, to the squad.

The only area of the pitch where you and Chelsea have the edge is in the CM area. Everywhere else, we are stronger.

If SAF was still in charge of our team, we would be above you and Chelsea now; of that I have no doubt.

This is painful time for united fans' at the moment, knowing we have a team capable of competing for the PL title; but have a manager who has done everything possible to scupper our season with a catalogue of bad decisions.

I still fancy us to go to your place and get something. Even as sh.t as we are at the minute, your lot seem to bring the best out in us. And RVP just loves scoring against you.

1.) 03 Feb 2014
Are we currently living on the same planet? Our defense is better than yours, our midfield is 10x better than yours, granted you have much better forward options but that's it. How u can say Valencia, cleverley, fletcher, nani, fellani janazui, carrick are better than Ramsey, ozil, Wilshere, carzola. Walcott, arteta, flamini rosicky & chamberlain is outright hilarious. Fergie was a genius. Bit would not have made up 15 points. If he was in charge you would have 8-10 more points maybe.

2.) 03 Feb 2014
This is fickle football at it's finest. On paper MU have a better squad. We won the league at a canter last season, 16 points ahead of Arsenal. We have added Fellaini, Mata & Adnan and Arsenal have added Oezil. The only difference is one team is playing well, the other isn't.

3.) 03 Feb 2014
Your defence is better than us – atm - because you have two decent centre-backs who have had to form a strong partnership because you have no-one else to play there, apart from the Belgium lad, whose confidence is shot to pieces.

Ramsey has had a good season. Wilkshire is always injured. Carzola is a quality player, as is Ozil. Walcott is all about pace; but how much has he won? How much as Chamberlin won? Arteta is decent player, but no better than Carrick or Fletcher. Flamini does a job; but if he was that good, he would not have joined you for nothing. Oh yeah, you have kim kallstrom LOL. He might turn or-right if you ever get him fit.

We have Mata, Kagawa, Rooney, Januzaj, Valencia, Nani and young. That is without Powell, Lingard and Zaha. We have more over-all – and in-depth quality than you in the attacking department.

I won’t even bother talking about strikers. You have none of any note.

You were miles behind us last year, and we had a weaker squad.

If SAF were still manager, or Jose had taken over in the summer instead of Moyes’, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.

4.) 03 Feb 2014
Sam, let's not forget they were all calling for AW's head last season and the only difference was a freebie Flamini who was only meant to be training with them and Oezil. The difference between the disappointing dross of last season and this season is 'confidence' and 'continuity'. They are a team playing well as opposed to we are a team playing poorly. If SAF was still in charge and had Mata, Adnan & Fellaini at his disposal, we would be up there with Arsenal. That is why you are seeing the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool doing better than usual. They have continuity, the rest of us have a change in manager. On paper we have a better squad than Arsenal.

5.) 03 Feb 2014
Erm fellas, I think valley gooner might have a point. no point trying to stubbornly defend the indefensible.

just look at the league table and accept our squad is a long way behind arsenal and chelsea, plus light years behind city.

if we were so good, we wouldt be 7th. don't worry though, in time we will be back on top. just strap yourself in and enjoy the ride

6.) 03 Feb 2014
Exactly, Syd.

Arsenal have, hitherto, had a nice run of fixtures against teams of lesser quality. Granted, they have done the business and deserve to be where they are; but if they think they will win the league this season, they're only kidding themselves.

Wenger is a top manager. He has developed his current crop of players' well. They are now reaping the benefits. But to suggest that they have a better squad than us is ludicrous. If their squad was that great, they wouldn't have loaned a 33 year old player from the Russian League.

I am actually looking forward to when we go there next week. I have a feeling that RVP and Mata will have blinders. They both love scoring at the Emirates.

7.) 03 Feb 2014
Andrew, we have been poor this season. Our form is the consequence of a number of reasons. That said, looking at our 'whole' squad in comparison to Arsenal and Chelsea, we have - IMO - more 'in-depth' (in-depth being the operative word) quality than both sides.

Both Arsenal and Chelsea have benefited - this season - from having better defensive partnerships; while we on the other-hand, have played our best CB (imo anyway) in CM. Not having a stable pair at the back has cost us big time. The same applies to the CM area - although we do need a top CM player - and the attacking areas. We just haven't been able to put out our best side consistently enough.

At the end of the day, it is all about opinions; and it is my opinion, that we have a stronger, pound for pound squad, than Chelsea and Arsenal.

In short: we should be doing a lot better.