Lets have an analyse about our squad
Chapter 1 (Keeper/Defence)
Keeper:
Edvin Van Der Sar
Ben Foster
Tomasz Kuszczak
I hope Edvin stays on his best, Ben gets more playing time (some big games as well). Edvin should slowly pass the torch to Ben.
Defence:
Full Back:
Gary Nevile
Rafael
John O’shea
Patrice Evra
Fabio
Wes Brown
Danny Simpson (I dont think he stays)
There is no doubt that Evra is the first choice for Left Back but I’m not sure about the Right back. With all respects to Gary and Brown, I should say they’re not consistent and their killer mistakes are always there. Fabio/Rafael are still two young, I hope we see more from Fabio this season. O’shea is ok but I think it would be great if we sell Brown and buy a World Class RB like Philip Lahm but I don’t think that happens this season. If Hargreaves stays feet, he’ll probably play RB at key games especially in Europe, we missed him during CL Final last season BIG BIG TIME. Unfortunately, all of these players are injury-prone and that concerns me.
Central Defense:
Rio Ferdinand
Nemanja Vidić
Jonny Evans
Ritchie De Laet
Rio-Vidic was very solid in 90 percent of matches last year and Vidic scored some key goals as well. I’m glad that he’s still with us and I think he and Rio will perform great this season as well (especially I hope Vidic finishes a match against pool this year) . Evans is more mature and experienced now and as Sir Alex mentioned he is a long-term replacement for Rio. He should minimize his critical mistakes at this level as well. I have no idea about De Leat, did anyone saw his matches at Reserve team? Hopefully we can see his talents this year.
Overall, I think we have a good keeper and defense (except Right Back that we normally use lots of players due to injuries and poor performances). When we play 4-5-1 like our CL matches, one midfield will help the defense as well, Fletcher or Hargreaves. I think one of the priorities for us is a Right Back, It would be dream if Maicon or Lahm come to Old Trafford.
It would be a pleasure to hear your ideas about this part. so what do you think?