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I can! Honestly don't rate him, unproven IMO. Will have a handful of games that he stands out, other than that will be a bit part.
Shaqiri, Afellay and Bojan are all ridiculous signings for Stoke City.
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Shaqiri will be decent. Quick, skilful, can pass, can shoot, looks pretty strong. Stoke are certainly going in the right direction. Dont forget they've got the likes of Van Ginkel in their side too!
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Who misses out at Utd if Pedro comes in?
I can see Mata, Young (or see below) and Valencia missing out
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Agreed, Pedro isn't really the position they need is he?
I assume they'd go 4-3-3 with Depay, Rooney and Pedro up top?
Said it all summer, we need 2 solid centre backs. Blind has said he will fill in this role so that would mean Pedro could fight with Carrick, Mata, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Fellaini...Cos we didn't have enough midfield options lol!
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Young
I reckon Young would go back to wing back like he did at times last season.
At least if Hernandez stays our forward options remain quite decent.
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Surely the team will be
Romero
Darmian-Jones/smalling-Rojo-Shaw
Carrick/Pig Farmer - Schniedelin
Pedro-Depay-Mata
Rooney
Pedro is neither a midfielder or a striker as an out and out player.
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Agreed, Pedro isn't really the position they need is he?
Quote - Marc - I assume they'd go 4-3-3 with Depay, Rooney and Pedro up top?
Said it all summer, we need 2 solid centre backs. Blind has said he will fill in this role so that would mean Pedro could fight with Carrick, Mata, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Fellaini...Cos we didn't have enough midfield options lol!
Mata, Pedro, Herrera and Fellaini are completely different midfielders to carrick, pig farmer and blind. They will not compete with each other for places.
[Edited on 12-08-2015 by MikeF86]
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Pig Farmer?
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Who misses out at Utd if Pedro comes in? I was there on sat, despite not being a Utd I go to a fair few home games with the in laws. Mata and Depay looked like they needed to swap, with Mata playing central and Depay out wide. I assume Pedro will replace Young? Still think they need a recognised No.9 tho. Also, not seen much of schniederlin really but was impressed on sat, gets about and likes to get stuck in. Can pass a ball too.
It looks like LVG is going to play Depay centrally. What I don't get though, is why he's playing him at what appears to be attacking mid, as that's exactly where Mata is at his best. I thought Depay would be deployed up front alongside/instead of Rooney. They really do need that out and out finisher tbh. Januzaj, Young, Valencia and a few of the young players (lingaard, Pereira?) can fill the wide roles.
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Pig Farmer?
I'm guessing Schweinsteiger (swine)?  Pedro is an out and out winger tbh. His ability to time a run and finish is amongst the best in his position though. Should be:
Pedro Mata Depay
Rooney
That's where all players want to play and at their best, but it'll be a huge year for Rooney tbh.
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Januzaj is shit.
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And on a non-childish note..
http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/12/why-arsenal-signing-mesut-ozil-from-real-madrid-for-42million-is-the-worst-transfer-in-premier-league-history-5335593/
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Can't get my head round why Depay is laying centrally and mata out wide either. Doesn't LVG have history of doing that with his front players. Like playing a left sided player down the right etc.
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Shaqiri will be decent. Quick, skilful, can pass, can shoot, looks pretty strong. Stoke are certainly going in the right direction. Dont forget they've got the likes of Van Ginkel in their side too!
Van Ginkel hasn't quite the reputation as the aforementioned. For now anyway. Hope he does well, though.
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And on a non-childish note..
http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/12/why-arsenal-signing-mesut-ozil-from-real-madrid-for-42million-is-the-worst-transfer-in-premier-league-history-5335593/
Irony being Ozil is a fucking damn good footballer. Not sure what on earth has happened really. I guess an accumulation of many things.
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And on a non-childish note..
http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/12/why-arsenal-signing-mesut-ozil-from-real-madrid-for-42million-is-the-worst-transfer-in-premier-league-history-5335593/
Irony being Ozil is a fucking damn good footballer. Not sure what on earth has happened really. I guess an accumulation of many things.
At RM, he had an abundance of world class talent making runs to play the ball to. At Arsenal, he has Giroud, who isn't the type to be making those runs. I think Ozil is class, but I don't think he's suited to Arsenal when they could just as easily have played Cazorla there.
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I can! Honestly don't rate him, unproven IMO. Will have a handful of games that he stands out, other than that will be a bit part.
Shaqiri, Afellay and Bojan are all ridiculous signings for Stoke City.
I can't see it personally. They couldn't cut the mustard at bigger clubs so have dropped a level? Seems the perfect fit to me. Dunno why the 3 mentioned above are held in such high esteem, surely a bigger club would have snapped them up if they were rated that highly in the game?
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Gohkan Inler in the bag tonight for the foxes 
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City in for Pedro 
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Saido to Spurs, Kane to Utd........
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City in for Pedro
Apparently we've been trying to offer 17m and addons but Barca want straight cash? If we lose out on him because we argued over a few mill I won't be happy!
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He isn't coming, just like Muller isn't coming and just like Evans is leaving.
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But the express said Muller desperately wants to leave one of the top 3 teams in the world to join United?!
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Desperately seems a bit over dramatic!
A player who plays for BM wants to join a team that finished 4th with a paper defence and too many midfield players that can barely beat Villa!
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Oh and if we do get Pedro and Muller to join the additions of Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Romero, Darmian and Depay I am going to be a little bit disappointed.
7 potential new signings and only one defender...
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Ramos signs new 5 year deal shocker 
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We should get a cut of that lol.
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