Hargreaves purchase to spark new Treble winning Man Utd

May 23, 2005
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This guy's services will have a huge impact at Old Trafford and this is why .

As any dedicated football fan will tell you it was the foursome of Beckham , Keane , Scholes and Giggs that fed the front line in Utd's treble winning season .

Most importantly it was Keane's role in midfield that allowed Scholes to bomb forward and play just behind the 2 strikers of Yorke and Cole . This is exactly where Scholes wants to play and where he is at his most dangerous , hovering around the penalty area providing that lethal pass backed up with a deadly right foot .

Hargreaves (effectively resuming the role of Keane) addition will awaken the Scholes of old allowing him to play in a more advanced attacking position .

You take into consideration that the players Scholes will be feeding two lightning quick powerful strikers in Rooney and Saha (possibly even Nikolas Anelka who's linked with a move to Utd :shock:) .

Now you've probably at this stage forgotten about the devastating right flank with Cristiano Ronaldo running defenders ragged in that position backed up by Nani (which has the potential to be as good as Ronaldo) on the left .

United's weakness last season was no dedicated Defensive midfielder and that showed in the AC Milan second leg loss . There was no one player to negate the threat of Kaka where as Gattusso kept the Utd midfield in check , effectively killing off supply to the front .

Expect United to explode next season and the key to this success is the purchase of Owen Hargreaves . It will allow the likes of Ronaldo , Rooney , Scholes , Nani , Saha to play with an out-and-out attacking mentality , not to mention the pace amoung these players is immense . They might as well start their own 100 relay team :lol:

Watch out for Anderson to be successor to Scholes when he leaves . Andersons purchase also allows Sir Alex the luxury to rest Scholes for the big games against Chelsea , Arsenal , Liverpool etc.

Like i've said before , Hargreaves will give Scholes the opportunity to turn back the hands of time and we'll most likely see that lethal gingerhead of old return to Old Trafford playing in the position he's relished since the departure of Roy Keane .
As you know , a happy Scholes is a dangerous Man United .
 

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So where does this leave Carricks searching passes? on the bench I assume.
Hargreaves is really good in terms of effort. I think what he makes up for in lack of skill he provides for in effort used, but still I'm not sure about this.
I guess it gives them more options which is always a good thing, we'll see what happens.
 
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i think hargreaves is more of a replacement for scholes because although he had an immense season he will struggle to keep that form up over the next 2 seasons

uniteds attacking line is looking pretty deadly for next season and if any of the rumoured strikers (torres, eto, berbatov, saviola, anelka, that dutch guy) join them it'll be insanely good
 

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That dutch guy is Klass Jan Huntelaar, he is really good. United will have been very smart and invested in young players (Nani and Anderson). So they have a very solid team for 7-10 years with Ronaldo aswell. Hargreaves is a very good buy aswell because of the way he plays.
 
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[QUOTE="the_womble, post: 0]That dutch guy is Klass Jan Huntelaar, he is really good. United will have been very smart and invested in young players (Nani and Anderson). So they have a very solid team for 7-10 years with Ronaldo aswell. Hargreaves is a very good buy aswell because of the way he plays.[/quote]

thats the fella :)

united have made some shrewd purchases this summer. here's to an exciting (and hopefully very successful for united) 07/08 season
 
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Rooney and Saha need to prove themselves next season. Rooney has been out of form for quite a while. It should be when you think Man Utd goals, you think Rooney not Ronaldo. Ronaldo is amazing, and quite the player but Rooney should be the Drogba of Man Utd, not Ronaldo.

Has anyone considered with Man Utd's incredible midfield and lack of strikers than perhaps they should move into a 4-5-1? Put Ronaldo and Giggs (Nani isn't ready quite yet, and it is Giggs' last year) up high as true wingers not outside halfbacks. Then slot Scholes right behind Rooney with Carrick and Hargreaves sitting slightly back. I mean that screams lethal, I would be scared out of my mind to go against that side.
 
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[QUOTE="Beamer1112, post: 0]Rooney and Saha need to prove themselves next season. Rooney has been out of form for quite a while. It should be when you think Man Utd goals, you think Rooney not Ronaldo. Ronaldo is amazing, and quite the player but Rooney should be the Drogba of Man Utd, not Ronaldo.

Has anyone considered with Man Utd's incredible midfield and lack of strikers than perhaps they should move into a 4-5-1? Put Ronaldo and Giggs (Nani isn't ready quite yet, and it is Giggs' last year) up high as true wingers not outside halfbacks. Then slot Scholes right behind Rooney with Carrick and Hargreaves sitting slightly back. I mean that screams lethal, I would be scared out of my mind to go against that side.[/quote]

anderson is an attacking midfielder/second striker so that should give rooney a bit more freedom and support up front

as for saha he can't hack the pace at united, we need someone else
 
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[QUOTE="ajrobin, post: 0]anderson is an attacking midfielder/second striker so that should give rooney a bit more freedom and support up front

as for saha he can't hack the pace at united, we need someone else[/quote]

That's very iffy. A young kid, never played before in the Premiership won't always have the effectiveness he had at his last club. I have a feeling he'll be riding the bench at least the beginning of the season if not most/all of it. He'd made a good 60-70 minute sub and they could switch back to a 4-4-2 when he does enter. But few young transfers end up making the impact some more famous names have. I'd give him and Nani a season of getting their Prem legs before I throw them on a starting side. They may see some good time in early FA rounds and against lesser Prem teams.
 
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[QUOTE="Beamer1112, post: 0]That's very iffy. A young kid, never played before in the Premiership won't always have the effectiveness he had at his last club. I have a feeling he'll be riding the bench at least the beginning of the season if not most/all of it. He'd made a good 60-70 minute sub and they could switch back to a 4-4-2 when he does enter. But few young transfers end up making the impact some more famous names have. I'd give him and Nani a season of getting their Prem legs before I throw them on a starting side. They may see some good time in early FA rounds and against lesser Prem teams.[/quote]

you're completely right they aren't quite ready yet, i was thinking slightly longer term
 

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Saha? yeah he's good when he is fit, which is hardly ever i can see him going this season because he is to injury prone. We all know our midfield was key to our treble winning season but so was our attack and to be honest Rooney and Saha (when fit) are the only ones that come close to Sheringham, Cole, Yorke and Solksjaer. Smith is good yeah but he doesn't score nowhere near enough goals and Solksjaer won't be able to play as much as he did then. If we don't sign a striker i will be severely dissapointed and i hope we have got our eye on Klaas Jan-Huntelaar or even better Fernando Torres. Most people will say Torres is overrated but the fact of the matter is he is a 23 year old playing for a mediocre Spanish team he's a big fish in a little pond, the only thing he lacks is consistency and European experience, both of which he can gain at United.
 
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[QUOTE="ajrobin, post: 0]you're completely right they aren't quite ready yet, i was thinking slightly longer term[/quote]

Sorry, didn't know you were talking long term. If they can get used to the Prem league they'll prove to be quite valuable. Nani was a very good pick up with Giggs retiring after the next season.
 
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Rooney cannot play as a lone striker . He's wasted upfront on his own . He functions best a second striker or more withdrawn as an attacking midfielder .

Utd will continue the 4-4-2 next season . Nani and Anderson are only replacments for crucial players that are near retirement (Giggs and Scholes) . One more player needs a suitable replacement and that is Gary Neville . Utd need a future right back and all is sorted .
 

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In my opinon i agree with Boogie Woogie about Rooney as a second striker. United need a tall strong target man upfront to hold the ball for those few seconds when Ronnie isn't tearing up the wing after the ball.
 

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[QUOTE="the_womble, post: 0]In my opinon i agree with Boogie Woogie about Rooney as a second striker. United need a tall strong target man upfront to hold the ball for those few seconds when Ronnie isn't tearing up the wing after the ball.[/QUOTE]

Enter Klass Jan-Huntelaar or Fernando Torres. (hopefully :()
 

Phaded

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Well i just feel that he has everything to his game, all he lacks is a little consistency and European experience (Champions League etc.) both of which he could gain at United, i really think he could thrive and become a much better player at United than he can at Atletico.

Edit: By the way visit www.fifa.com and vote for your player of the year, Park Ji-Sung is in second :D.