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This past two weeks have been pretty meh if you are a United fan. Knocked out of the FA Cup and
Champions League, we had nothing to look forward to over the last weekend, and nothing to really
bother about over the past two mid-weeks. We lost at home to Ajax, which in itself is a pretty fair
summation of how we have been in Europe at home this season piss poor.
Does this man have your goals?So are they done?
United ticked one of the two big "need" boxes by acquiring Albanian international striker Hamdi
Salihi as a designated player (wait, I thought Uncle Will wasn't going to splash the cash?). Given
his impressive rate of return wherever he's played, he certainly seems to fit the poacher's bill,
though he also has decent size.
Could this Kiwi have clipped United's Canuck quotient?Between trips to sunnier climes, United did a little trialist-pruning, releasing journeyman
veterans Zayner and Svard along with the Suppie pickup Charles Rodriguez (conveniently just
after the last Roster Reset...sigh). Kasper promises more trialists for the Arizona jaunt,
but what I really want to see are (a) game time for Salihi against the MLS opposition on offer
there and (b) a left back, any left back.
Still no left back, but the slight defensive midfield depth issue has been addressed with the
signing of Brazilian journeyman Marcelo Saragosa. Given that Kitchen will surely miss time for
Olympic qualifiers (and the big show in London if we qualify) and isn't exactly a sure thing as he
steps into his first year in the role for which he's being groomed, depth was a concern.
It was another difficult weekend for the Premier League's bottom sides.
Only Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers managed to salvage a point as the rest fell to
another damaging defeat.
It looks like punters who bet on relegation have a choice between five sides at the bottom – with
Wigan, Wolves, Queens Park Rangers, Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers - all scrapping it out
for survival.
