abcdef said:
Wow, people have such high expectations. As if we are the only good side haha.
I would expect a strong title challenge (be us or Chelsea to win it) and some silverware other than the Mickey Mouse Cups. Champions League and Fa cup semis are realistic targets, hopefully winning one of them.
It would be nice to see our reserves doing better in the League Cup because usually we perform atrociously in that. Be good to achieve something similar to Arsenals kids in that tournament.
As far as players go, I want to see more from Carrick, Anderson and Nani. The first two need to add new dimensions to become top top players, and for me, Nani needs to prove that hes any good at all. For £17m, he could be shaping up as one of our worst transfers, but at present I still have faith. His end product just isnt good enough. I hope to see a lot more assists, not goals, as I do not fall into the trap of comparing him to Ronaldo.
I think Rooney will do more this season and he needs to add a few more goals to be considered at the top of his game.
good post mate, although its far to early to even suggest Nani could be a bad transfer. And remember, it wasn't 17M outright, it had loads of addons based on success.
I think Anderson needs to find his shooting boots, but most importantly improve his stamina. Obviously he'd just came back from a broken leg when he joined us so he wasn't 100% but if you remember he rarely finished the 90 mins.
hopefully he keeps another pocket in those shorts of his for Gerrard and Fabregas again
I expect to see more from Tevez aswell. He played well last season but again his stamina was poor and he was burned out. A full fit, rested Tevez will be great.
I expect rooney to improve his finishing, I think I could finish better than him.... then again maybe not but you get the point.
The defence should maintain its form, though i'm worried about Neville. 16 months out for a 33 year old is a looooong time.
hopefully Saha will give the phisios a rest this year aswell.
Finally on the players front, I really think th is is a big season for Giggs, am i the only one who thought he was incredibly poor last term? The blackburn game at home was the only good game I can remember, hopefully Nani can get a bit of consistency.
League:
I expect us to be there or there abouts in the league, but people are underestimating Arsenal. Wenger will no doubt pull a few rabbits out of the hat and suprise us with a good player to replace flamini and whoever else leaves. Don't forget, they were close last season, only to bottle it once we stuffed them in the FA cup.
CL
Like jazz said this will be down to luck really. What a lot of people don't realise is that last season we had all of the second legs at OT, which obviously is an advantage.
If we can get a decent draw I'd expect us to make the 1/4's, then we'll have to have an element of luck (like all teams do) to progress further.
Also, I want ITV to do our 'important' legs, lets look at the results:
SKY:
roma - 2-1 LOSS
Milan - 3-0 LOSS
Roma - 1-0 WIN
Barca - 0-0 DRAW
Lets compare that to ITV:
Roma - 7-1 WIN
Milan - 3-2 WIN
Roma - 2-0 WIN
Barca - 1-0 WIN
plus i watched the final on ITV.
(as you can see i'm very supersticious)(sp?)
FA Cup
Well its about bloody time we got a decent draw in the competition, I get the feeling Fergie wants this again as we have'nt won it for a while, and have lost the last 2 finals.
I think we'll be there or there abouts.
World Club Championships:
I can't see us not taking this seriously, but we have to play our 'ball players' herem especially in the final as if we an Argentinian team/Brazil team, the are are very techical.
I wouldn't play scholes either unless we play at night as, like at WC's, the weather is to hot for him with his pale skin/asthma.
I think we should win this, just imagine, champions of England, champions of Europe, champions of the world!
Super Cup
I will be very dissapointed if we don't win this as its just 1 game. Yes its not a big trophy, but the world will be watching (even more so) so lets show we are the best.
Carling Cup:
Again we will use this for the youngsters, Although we have such a big squad now we might need this for players to get games.
Hopefully we'll see the likes of Evans, Rodrigo, Fabio, Manucho etc play. Hopefully the likes of Martin, Cathcart and eagles(if hes still with us) will NOT play. I'm all for playing the 'kids', but only those who actually have a realistic chance of making it. I think its obvious that the likes of the names I mentioned are'nt gonna make it, so why put them in at the expense of others? I'd rather we play our first team that players who aren't gonna make it.
and finall, the most important one of all, the Community ShieldD )
meh, we'll probably play a strong team, though a few of the finge players may play. The only reason I am determind to win this is because its versus the team who (along with every bit of luck in the world) prevented us from getting a second treble as I am pretty sure we could use the players who didn't play in the CL final to beat Cardiff.
