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  1. Ashur

    Ashur Member+

    Manchester United
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    May 31, 2015
    Riding off into the sunset
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    Manchester United FC
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    United States
  2. United 16

    United 16 Member+

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  3. benni...

    benni... BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 23, 2004
    Chocolate City
    Not enough depth in midfield. Not a lot of quality in other areas.
     
  4. Teso Dos Bichos

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    Sep 2, 2004
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    Not good enough. No quality anywhere on the flanks and not enough depth particularly in attack.
     
  5. gatekeeper2

    gatekeeper2 Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
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    There's an old Chinese proverb that goes something like this. You don't need to outrun the bear; you only need to outrun one other hombre whom the bear is chasing. We can sniff that we're "not good enough", but each of our rivals for the league trophy also have weaknesses. And so far -- only three matches into the season -- there's really not much to quibble with.

    As for strengths and weaknesses, it should be pretty clear we've got solid depth in attack. Lukaku has scored 3 of our 10 goals in 3 matches this season, in contrast to Ibra scoring most of our goals last season. Pogba hasn't hit top gear yet. Ibra hasn't even laced his boots yet. Our midfield may be the strength of the squad, apart from having the league's (by far) best keeper.

    The weakness is at the two fullback positions but our first choice at left back will return soon and we'll see what he's got. It will be interesting to see how the situation at right back develops.
     
  6. Ashur

    Ashur Member+

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  7. United 16

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    Manchester United
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  8. United 16

    United 16 Member+

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  9. United 16

    United 16 Member+

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  10. Ashur

    Ashur Member+

    Manchester United
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    May 31, 2015
    Riding off into the sunset
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    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  11. gatekeeper2

    gatekeeper2 Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
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  12. Ashur

    Ashur Member+

    Manchester United
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    May 31, 2015
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    Manchester United FC
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  13. United 16

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    Manchester United
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  14. JamesA

    JamesA Member+

    Dec 7, 2004
    Victoria
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    Manchester United FC
    @cr7torossi

    You modeling results on last year again?

    Who's up/down?
     
  15. United 16

    United 16 Member+

    Manchester United
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  16. Ashur

    Ashur Member+

    Manchester United
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    May 31, 2015
    Riding off into the sunset
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    Manchester United FC
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  17. cr7torossi

    cr7torossi Member+

    May 10, 2007
    Normalized standing for the top 6 (assumed par for league winner is 90 points)

    City +0.8
    United -0.1
    Chelsea -1.4
    Arsenal -3.65
    Liverpool -3.7
    Spurs -4.55

    Essentially, 2 clusters are starting to form though the criticism Wenger has received is over the top. Liverpool and Spurs have had worse starts.

    @The Jitty Slitter
     
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  18. Ashur

    Ashur Member+

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  19. Ashur

    Ashur Member+

    Manchester United
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    May 31, 2015
    Riding off into the sunset
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    Manchester United FC
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  20. gatekeeper2

    gatekeeper2 Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
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    Well, going into the new season most of us here believed that it was a three team race for the EPL trophy, with Spurs, Liverpool and Arsenal comprising the second pack of three. It's incredibly hard to repeat, thus we ruled out Chelsea.

    No surprises so far, other than the clean sheets we've kept in four of our five matches.
     
  21. Ashur

    Ashur Member+

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  22. gatekeeper2

    gatekeeper2 Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
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    Professor Neville is getting dangerously close to becoming Captain Obvious.

    "True tests" always await a club performing well against bottom half clubs. What would have been more useful for Gary to share with us is an assessment of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the two Manchester clubs, if not Chelsea as well.
     
  23. johno

    johno Member+

    Jul 15, 2003
    in the wind
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    A little early to say clusters are forming no?
     
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  24. cr7torossi

    cr7torossi Member+

    May 10, 2007
    Agreed. As I wrote, "starting to".

    We need to wait until match day ~15 or so before anything more conclusive.
     
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  25. Rooney20

    Rooney20 Member+

    Jan 8, 2007
    New York
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    Manchester United FC
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