United Midfield

For ages Manchester United were blessed with the best Midfielders on the planet. The kind of players who could not only break the play but also score loads and loads of goals when required.

The midfielders would have costed millions of pounds in today’s inflated transfer market. The strength on the bench and the competition was such that it kept all the players on their toes. Because of this talent, work rate and performance, we depended heavily on our midfielders to win the game. The likes of Cantona, Giggs, Beckham, Scholes, Butt, Neville, Veron, Carrick made passing and game play look ridiculously easy. Sir Alex, for ages, designed our game play based on the midfield play.

Last season, Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick both put in extraordinary performances to produce a level of football in the centre of the park that reminded us of the United of past. However, with Scholes on the brink of retirement (considering he almost retired last season), and Carrick also beginning to slowly approach the end of his United career, the younger players have to take the responsibility and step up to the plate.

This season, all eyes will be on how we perform in the middle of the park and who takes the flag in his hands and marches forward towards another silverware.

We have the likes of Tom Cleverly, Anderson, Lingard & Cole to take the onus and show us what kind of talent they posses. They either need to show us what they are capable of or just get off the ship.

People may say that we have just signed Shinji Kagawa and HE may be the answer,

Well, let’s not build expectations as I don’t want a Veron situation again.