New era?

Ahh, finally i have some football stuff to blog about. So Man United just signed 2 new players. Ashley Young and Phil Jones. Young players with the potential to get better and grow at a club like Man United. Here are the pros and cons in my opinion :

Pros : I'll start with Jones. He seems to be a decent centre back and his partnership with Chris Smalling at the U21 Euro Championships was praised by critics and fans alike. This could be a glimpse of the future for United. Those 2 strong ball centre halves winged by the Da Silva brothers, the future looks good for the United defence line. He displayed some good performances against United last season so I'm looking forward to what he can do to other opposition.

As for Young, he was a good buy. But not a great one. He would certainly improve the team. But not enhance it. He is effective on the left. A position that Nani is often deployed but usually ineffective. Valencia is even more right-ist. So i'm looking forward to what he can do on the left. Besides that, he can also play as an attacking mid. A position United is sorely lacking. Young is a consistent performer too. Nani may have been involved in the most goals last season, but he just disappeared towards the end, arguably the most important time.

Cons : For Jones, he's still young. And 16mil for that age is abit too much. Plus, where does this leave Jonny Evans? Depth in squad is very good but do either of these 2 want to be considered 5th choice?

As for Young, like i said, he's a winger. A position we already have 2 decent enough players. I would much rather see the money spent on a centre midfield. That i think is the position we have to strengthen the most. Young has also not performed at a top level such as the Champs League before. And he recently got in the England squad. One thinks that he will have trouble against foreign opposition in the early stages of his OId Trafford career.


Anyways, 2 decent signings to strengthen the squad. There are other areas that needs addressing but so far, this summer has seen Man Utd take a real big step towards replacing the golden generation of Giggs, Scholes and Neville. Carry on SAF!