Yesterday i read Brian Reade and today Andy Dunn,in the Daily and Sunday Mirror ,they certainly mirror each other ,Dunns heading for his column depth charge aimed at what he see's as Ferguson's lack of depth to his squad seems to be exactly what the Mirror has with sports columnist's.
Reade and Dunn i dont think are good enough to be back up for back ups let alone first choice columnist,s,in Dunn's main story he trys to back up his point by saying how Real Madrid,s second string beat Ajax >>4 times European Champions<< of course he forgets to mention the last one was 15 years ago,and the previous one was 22 years before that,so has nothing to do with football today,he didnt of course mention that Ajax are only 4th in the Dutch League 8 points behind the leaders,and Dutch teams havent been doing well in Europe.
He then goes on to say how good Barcelona's second string were beating the those European giants BATE Borisov,a team who won 2 points in the group ,scoring 2 goals and conceding 14 and had nothing to play for and Barcelona were at home ,so half his main story realy amounts to nothing.
His claim is that Manchester United are so far behind Barcelona and Real Madrid,well on seeing Real Madrid getting beat 3-1 at home by Barcelona last night ,Barcelona are still way above everyone else,and it has been Manchester United who have been runners up to them twic in Europe not Real Madrid .
Most people believe Barcelona are one of the best club side's the world has ever seen if not the world .so no disgrace in that.
Manchester United's squad is stronger now than it was last year ,they have lost Scholes and Neville ,and they were only bit part players last season,and they have signed Jones,Smalling,Young,and David de Gea,which is i make 2 players stronger,then you can add in Welbeck and Cleverley ,thaT makes it 4,so i would say that Ferguson has looked at the depth of his squad and strengthened ,so Dunns comments are starting to look silly.
I think anyone can see that Jones is going to be a fantsastic player,at right back ,midfield ,and thats him playing out of posistion,he looks like a leader a captain of club and country .
Dunn claims Fletcher,Valencia,Carrick,and Park have stagnated,well Fletcher has missed large parts of last season and this with a virus ,and Valencia was out for most of last season with a serious injury ,takes a player time to recover get confidence back but has been showing signs he is coming back to his best ,so again his comments seem a bit silly ,although i have never been a fan of Park,but Carrick is a good squad player.
Dunn also says they should have made a blue chip signing ,maybe one like Chelsea made with Torres ,perhaps Dunn thinks that would be better than Hernandez ,Blue chip Torres £50 million or £Hernandez £7million?
It has been unfortunate that midfield players Cleverley and Anderson have been out so long at the same time ,having Carrick suspended ,and also having full backs Fabio and Rafael out at the same time,as Smalling was possibly to blame for the 2nd goal against Basle ,
Every team has bad spells in a season Barcelona havent had the best starts dropping silly points in the Spanish League ,Chelsea had a terrible spell last season after looking like they were walking away with the League ,maybe Chelsea didnt have strength in depth in their squad ,and Uniteds saw them through,
Dunn also said United were no match for Man City ,well yes that was true ,but it was one game ,there is not much between them,
Manchester City have a few players ready to explode from time to time yes United have Rooney ,but he isnt disruptive to the squad behind the scenes,City i think have like papered over the cracks ,trouble ahead a few to many players with their own self importance ,things have been going well enough for them,going out of Europe not so bad because they satisfy themselves with being top of the League,but if the gap closes if someone goes in front of them we might just see the cracks open up the tempers flare and the title challenge collapse .
Everyone has opinions and are entitled to have theirs ,but someone writing a page in the Daily or Sunday Mirror slagging of someone who has seen it all done it all won it all ,and that these sports writers would be way way way out of their depth if they were in charge of a a Premier League team is beyond belief .
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