10 Aug 2019 09:43:50
My take on the transfer window. We are rebuilding, we should only bring players in who we are confident will be part of a team that wins the league. In our three signings I see theee players who could be a part of this.

The rebuild was always going to take three or more seasons to be in a place to challenge for title.

A successful season for me isn't result based. It's about Ole implementing a style of play. It's about the coaching staff developing players to grow those who are going to be a part of that future into the players who are good enough to be in a title winning team.

Are players such as Greenwood and Garner good enough to develop then they need time and space and coaching to develop including game time.

Established first teamers such as Martial and Rashford need to continue to improve and if they are not good enough or not able to develop that's needs to be identified and they need to be moved on.

Players such as McTominey need to play and be developed to become the player that can be part of a title winning team.

We don't have a god give right to win titles. We have to earn that right which I accept means building a team which means developing our players and means identifying players who will be a part of that to bring in.

I am excited about this season not because I think we can win this year but because I hope to see the foundation being built for a team to challenge for a title in the future.

Even moving players out not good enough isn't going to happen in one window.

If we develop what we have, move on what will never be good enough and bring in 2-3 players a year then this team can in another two seasons be where we want it to be.

Success right now isn't about titles or champions league qualification it's about building blocks for the future and if we have achieved that this season it has been a success in my eyes.

I will reserve judgement on this until I have seen what transpires on the pitch this year.

1.) 10 Aug 2019
10 Aug 2019 11:07:05
Rebuilding the defence is complete.
In the Next window we will fix the midfield by signing Bruno, Saul Niguez and Jadon Sancho.

2.) 10 Aug 2019
10 Aug 2019 11:25:58
TRD, if we sign one of those player snext summer, well have done well and that's on the assumption we get champions league.

3.) 10 Aug 2019
10 Aug 2019 11:26:19
TrueRedDevil

Problem is that unless we make top four those players are very unlikely to come, so only fixing defence is short sighted.

4.) 10 Aug 2019
10 Aug 2019 14:01:03
Arsenal fan? Liverpool fan?

5.) 11 Aug 2019
11 Aug 2019 01:25:59
It might be a little premature to say the defence is fixed, those 5 players who look like a good unit on paper have not played a competitive game together yet 😊.