Of course we can win more silverware but when you look at the players we brought in last season, we mainly relied on scholes and giggs for a large part of the matches, two players who are coming to the end of there careers. Tevez to be fair played loads but that was more out of neccesity as we only had two forwards fit, anderson,nani and hargreaves didn't play that much especially oh who worked out a million a game, so I would love for us to bring in another forward, a defender who can play wing back as well as central and a creative goal scoring central midfielder.

We have a good squad, but we're definitely light up front and at the back aswell.

Personally, I don't rate Johnny Evans at all, and would not be confident about him covering Vidic or Rio at CB.

Silvestre makes too many mistakes, especially at CB. He'd be ok to cover left back though.

Wes Brown has to start the season at right back. There is no point changing a back four that was so solid last season. Neville may be better going forward, but Brown is a better defender, and a defenders first priority is to defend.

I don't fancy Brown at CB though. He doesn't have the height for that position in my opinion and can be easily exposed in the air.

Everything said, we are light in central defence and could do with some quality cover there.

Regarding a new striker....

We've been after one now for 2 years, since Nistelrooy left and we still haven't signed anyone.

It would be suicide to start the new season again without bringing one in, so that really has to be the priority.

I expect Berbatov to arrivve though.

Same dribble he sprouted after 99. Whatever happened to the 2 or 3 players we were supposed to be getting??? (Gills words not mine) Still amazed we haven`t strengthened while chelsea (and SPURS!!!!) have been going about business buying quality players. We will not be champions this year.

As long as 'unnamed' striker comes in and Manucho gets a work permit.

we have to get berbatov he'll add so much to us if we do,rooney can then play in his best position so we can get the best out of him and if manucho gets his work permit and if we can smmooth out the rough edges with quality coaching and he settles well in england then i think it can be another great season, anderson will be awesome this year and nani will improve to

Edinburgh Red, I hear what you are saying and agree that we need to bring in another striker. That much is a given!
But I beleive Nani will have matured a bit more as a player in his 2nd full season, just as Ronaldo did and I definitely think that Anderson will break his duck this coming season and be the creative free scoring midfielder to take us back to the younger days of a certain Paul Scholes.
Other than that, we really need to promote the youth at the club and bring them through, otherwise there is no point in having an academy. Young players will stopping joining us because they will feel like there is no point being here if they are never going to get the opportunity and then be sold off to teams in lower divisions.

Mushhhty, I heard this type of comment 2 seasons ago when Carrick was the only player brought in, yet we ended up as champs. Let the others do the signing while we do the winning. Won't hurt though if we get a striker. Let's just support and support and support the team. Any negative comment should be left for the 'anti man utds'

stabbers wish list,
Players In

1. Berbagod
2. Lahm
3. Micah

Players Out
1. Saha
2. Mikel S
3. O'Shea
4. Fletcher
5. Eagles

On a side note anybody else still have a big question mark over Nani ? young and that but he seems to lack the ability to think.

i think everyone agees that the area we will stregthen in is up front.
But i still worry about our defence. we seem to be taking a big risk on neville staying fit. if an injury happens to vidic or rio we really want brown steppign in, btu if he has to play rb then we have the choice of silvestre or the untested evans.
apart from that i think our squad is pretty much perfect, although i hope anderson can start scoring and scholes can maintain a consistent performance level

yes..we have a good squad..but need another class striker before the season starts..my choice would be benzema..however not available..so am hoping berbatov can be signed fron spurs..berbatov still only 27..got five good years left for the premier league..hopefully manucho (sorry wrong spelling)will fit into the attack..he is tall and strong..however sell saha..hopefully the ronaldo saga will be resolved and this great young player remains at old trafford..all in all looking for ward to a great season for manchester united..enough said

wise-up Cat Stabber,, those players u want out provide the competitive edge, really.Yet given the right timing they can really be match winner.You should analise their last season performance.

I agree, I think unnamed striker would be a quality addition and would suit our style of play although I'm not sure at any price considering his age.

On Nani, I don't remember him playing shed loads of games but I was pleasantly surprised with the stats I saw for him the other day - 3 goals and 9 assists in the PL alone last season. I think he played well in the bits we saw of him during the Euro and he can only improve. He's a bloody good crosser too.

You lot are so finicky with your wish lists for players in and out.

The squad we have is the squad which won us the undermentioned double last year. (Pity that has been overshadowed by other topics this summer.)

Why break it up by shipping out fringe players that when called upon have done excellent job for the club.

In all areas we were strong last year, although a bit more choice up front would have been nice we managed without. I'd like Berbatov in to address that but no others (unless players leave).

Even if we don't win the championship again this year, the ride to May will be exiting and that's what its all about. Ups and downs supporting your club.

As long as we give City and Liverpool a good mullering home and away I'll be satisfied and if we win the title then fantastic.

No wholesale changes required. Other clubs feel the need to spend, either to catch us up, placate new managers or just for the sake of it.

nar cat i think nani is a prize assent and will be a major player at old trafford,when he goes down from a tackle he jumps straight up and gets on unlike ronaldo.
He has great qualities and can be a brilliant central player aswell as a winger ,that goal against l.pool was such a screamer that when l.pool were in full song of youll never/cut totally short.
It was brilliant the way he got the ball and just advanced being persued by l.pool players and what a goal,or should i say goooooooooooooooooal.
Top class i thinks.

Have they taken the Silva twins on the tour? What about Possebon? From what I heard they would be the answer to some of the positions we're talking about.

RBhima, USA,

The Silva Twins are training with the reserves at present. They are not yet fit.

Rodrigo is not on the tour, he is with the reserves also.

Look, we don't 'need' to buy another striker. We won the EPL/CL double with the existing strike force with one of them injured all season and another with two serious injury absences and another knackered from the start of the season. However, it would be good to have another option up front. Not essential, but a very good thing.

I don't see how Manucho can get his papers. He didn't play in the Angolan qualifiers through injury. Whilst that may just about get rid of a couple of matches he didn't play in 24 months ago, he still doesn't appear to have met the criteria to automatically get his permit.

I guess that Campbell will go back out on loan. There's a lot of interest in him and he does need to learn a lot before he can take his place in the first team. Welbeck will come good but I don't know whether he'd be better at OT or on loan. His style would require a ball-playing team, rather than a kick and rush side. So I'm not sure who would be suitable. I'd personally like him to stay.

Which brings us to Saha. We're in an incredibly weak position with Saha. Whilst there is some interest in clubs buying him from us, no-one wants to pay unless he plays. Understandably. Saha is under no pressure to leave. He's earning more now than he could at Fulham or Sunderland and he has a year left on his contract (although it's sometimes quoted as two years). If it's a year, he'd be better off seeing it out at OT, getting fit and proving his worth and then picking up a much better deal with signing on fee at the end of it. I can't see him leaving and we can't easily force him to leave.

So, in the scheme of things, we don't 'need' a striker but it would be nice.

Personally, I think we are more in need of one more defender.

I'm not convinced that Evans is good enough and will be very nervous about the left back position if Evra were to get injured. I am also not sure that we have the right back spot covered if the great Nev is unable to do the business. Brown had a fantastic season but there were too many occasions when he was caught out and I will reserve judgement on Simpson.

I think there is sufficient strength in central midfield. This is probably going to be the last full season for Scholes (although I wish there were a way to clone him and keep him going forever) and I'm looking forward to seeing Anderson have a good season. Giggs will be used sparingly and I would like to see a left winger coming in. Park is a great worker but will never be more than a squad player and I'm not sure about Nani. As for Ronaldo, let's see whether he can put the summer behind him. My fear is that he will spend most of the year tripping over his bottom lip that will be hanging out. I can't believe I am saying this but the sooner we get shut and replace him with a real Red, the better.

As for the forward line, we clearly need a striker. I just hope Berbatov is the right choice. I would have liked to see Benzema arrive.

But, I reckon Fergie probably knows what he is doing better than the rest of us (Veron excluded) and that's good enough for me. If there were quality players out there to be signed, he would be in for them. I think we are doing the right thing in growing our own and bringing in talented youth signings. This has to be the way forward if the club is to maintain a sensible and sustainable economic strategy.

We need a striker and a full back !!

I'd like to see Anderson get a look on the left side of midfield rather than competing for a central role with Carrick, Scholes and Hargreaves. He is left footed after all.

i'm sick of hearing about our fringe players, Saha is essentially a cripple, Silvestre is dodgy beyond belief, Eagles isn't of a high enough standard"beauty vs everton aside", fletcher in fairness is a good player but when is he going to play ahead of anderson, carrick, scholes, and hargreaves cash in and strengthen other areas, john o'shea good utility player but lahm could provide a much higher standard of cover.

I recently watched a review programme on TV and saw probably the best striker around today. The Programme? Season in Song on MUTV (with the volume down). And the striker? Cristiano Ronaldo - he scores with either foot...with his head...from close in...from distance...from the spot, under pressure...solo goals...team goals. You couldn't ask for more. Oh yes, and he makes goals, too - I suppose that's why we call him a winger and not a striker.

Yes, I know we need an extra attacker (Tevez and Rooney, willing workers though they are, were put on too much last season) but I've maintained that since the 'new United' emerged in the run-up to the League Cup win in Cardiff in February 2006, the perfect 'big man' for the fast mobile attacking that United favour is Louis Saha. If he stays fit (physically and mentally) for the next 12 months then we'd have no worries, especially with Wellbeck coming through and the unknown quantity that is Manucho.

The trouble with Saha is that it is an exceptionally big IF - that's why names like Berbatov, Huntelaar, Benzema, Eto'o even Robinho keep getting thrown up.

I'm a fan of Berbatov but I fear signing him could cause more problems than he solves. If we play him from the start of games, that would mean Ronaldo, Rooney or Tevez being relegated to the bench - and Berbatov's not as good as any of these. Yet he will expect a starting role, and if he's on the bench he might just sulk.

Not just that, we should learn from our own recent past. We signed a fantastic player in Veron seven summers ago, but had to reshuffle our three-in-a-row team to accommodate him, particularly the great Paul Scholes, who was shunted from pillar to post. Scholesy suffered and United suffered. Sign Berbatov and history kight repeat itself. And older fans might enjoy remembering how the signing of Rodney Marsh ruined City's title chances in 1972.

That's why I believe that if we are to sign a new striker then it must be Benzema, who is young enough to be moulded into the United way while possessing all the attributes that we need. And if we can't have him now then we should wait until we can.

We should also have faith in the kids. Rossi would have answered our striking questions, but he didn't get a decent enough run in the first team to prove himself, and we could live to regret letting him go. Similarly Ebanks-Blake. Selling Pique could also turn out to be a mistake, although I'm not convinced he is the calibre of Rossi.

So what I'm saying is, let's see the likes of Eagles being given a proper chance. He's too good to be wallowing in the reserves and too good for the Championship. Friends who follow other Premier clubs (like Spurs) would love to have him on their books (they'd also bite our hands off to get Fletcher, by the way).

Fergie makes great play of our traditions. Well, one of our traditions is giving youngsters a chance. So we should give such as Rodrigo a sniff of the first team and see how he performs (not just a one-off League Cup tie). And Wellbeck, too - he's just about ready as it is, so let him have a taste of the big league.

Fergie's right when he says there's not a lot wrong with his squad, or indeed the reserves and youth.

There is one position he needs to sort out quickly, though. And that is his No 2. Queiroz was a good counter-balance - that's why their partnership worked. Fergie needs a complementary talent, not a Yes-man, who has or will earn the respect of not just his players but those of other clubs.

In six (6) letters - STRIKER !!!

Jee!! Red Rob when is the book coming out!!!
Seroiusly though you mention some good points/ topics!!
Let's hope that we are READY for new season!!
Let's hop also we get the dtriker situation sorted. Still not aware that Manu(cho)is being granted work-permit!
Good that Brandy is not being sold too!!
I am beginning to get butterflies!!

Barry Lee I know what you're saying about Anderson, however he is a central attacking midfielder, that just happens to be left footed. It doesn't necessarily mean that he can play as a wide man. Look what happened when we deployed Scholes there, we became ineffective as a team. Both Hargreaves and Carrick are right footed but only Hargreaves is the one selected to play wide on the right because he is more versatile in that way. Just as Carrick can play defensive or attacking midfielder and Anderson can play up front.
Perhaps he can, you never know but from all the games that I've seen him play for Porto he was only ever in one of those two positions.

Cat Stabber - I know that you are passionate about the team and want what's best for the team, that's why I am not going to attack your comments, as we are all on the same side and shouldn't be in-fighting. Difference of opinion maybe but nothing more than that. However I feel that you may have over looked something that everyone else picks up on with regards to the 'fringe' players.
They can be, the true backbone of a team, the workers or non glory hunters. They probably know in their heart of hearts that they aren't going to get ahead of certain players but they will be there when needed when the bigs stars are suspended or injured. Proud to wear the shirt and give their heart & soul for the cause with a fighting spirit rather than complain and ask for higher wages all the time. We could sign the players that you would like as cover but only 11 stars can play in the team, so what would we do with 'star 14' signed in the summer from a club that he was playing 1st team football week in week out and an International just to sit unhappy on a bench with big wages, whilst his international career goes downhill for lack of being played.
It's not fair on him or us and he would only cause disruption