The Welbz Thread (official)

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

You know how we do that thing where we list strikers from our rivals to show how weak ours are? Well other clubs do it too. Glory glory:

'Liverpool - Balotelli
Man Utd - Falcao/Di Maria
Chelsea - Costa/Fab
Arsenal - Sanchez/Wellbeck
Man City - Got enough already

We have lost considerable ground. People can say we have a new signing in Lamela but he gets picked off so often at PL pace. Looks so rushed in possession. Soldado's situation has worsened (didnt think that was possible - looks 3rd choice and now injured).'

Maybe we aren't in a bad position after all.

[Power n Glory]

hoping he's out for the rest of the season and then we can sell him on, or operate a release clause in his contract

Behave!

[Bumble]

this signing is actually starting to grow on me. I think there is a place in the team for him, he is mobile and works hard which is a good start. and finishing is one thing that can be worked especially composure as they gain experience. so all is not lost.

defensively we are buggered though.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Injured training with England today

Training ground knock which I am fine with because if it keeps him out of a pointless friendly and gives him more time to get a feel of the club and ready for next proper game I'm all for it....Ox being out is good news too

[I am invisible]

Well, I've had a terrible night's sleep, and another shit day at work... and oddly enough I've warmed to this Welbeck idea (which may be down to the lack of sleep, or the fact that United fans have been coming up to me all day sounding angry and upset about this deal)? Not the big name I was hoping for, but I can see some useful possibilities here for us. At the start of the summer, a lot of us were saying that we need to make sure that we're adding attributes that we lack, regardless of the name, and I think what we've added to the attack with him and Sanchez is a hell of a lot of pace, variety and work-rate that was sorely missing (not to mention more runners for our play-makers to aim for) - not only will these guys be a big threat on the counter if opponents play too high, they'll also cause defenders problems going the other way too, with the way they press from the front. I can also see both players causing a bit of trouble in packed penalty areas too with the way they run at opponents. What I'm hoping for now is that some of that defensive work-rate rubs off on Walcott - if we can get him chasing and pressing opponents with the frightening pace he has, then I think we'll have a really interesting front line.

The big question of course is how many goals have we actually added? And is one of them a CF? In terms of goals, I'm honestly not sure how many they'll get individually, but the way I see it, we have 3 more attackers than we had last season - Sanchez, Welbeck and Campbell (I would have said 4, if you count Walcott's return from injury, but I figure that's been cancelled out by Giroud's injury) - not to mention lots more runners for guys like Özil and Cazorla to aim for, so, collectively we must be looking at more goals, right? As for one of them is a CF, I think one of them must be, because I just can't see us recruiting that many wide players...

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Have said before....don't mind this signing....I know he is not the marquee signing we were hoping for while it haven't seen him score a screamer from outside the box, I have seen him take half chances, something we don't do enough so I am definitely not giving up on him.....point taken he misses a few but with games (which he will get with us) can we dare dream he could get better!

I would love to see him sit a top a diamond of Sanchez Walcott and Ozil in the 10.....that would be pace galore with hint of directness.

Walcott I hope now is not going anywhere....time for us to breed a bit of loyalty amongst the ranks.....and would be great if he ignored the attentions of others namely Citeh and stay with us......need another cup to get that mentality going though

Falcao....what a bargain for Manure? 6 mil.....and then the wages and whatever bonuses are attached....there is no getting away with from it.....Utd are paying a mini fortune...then if they want to keep him will Monaco let him walk out for a small fee (not sure how years he has left on his contract but they obviously can't afford to keep him)....answer is no way....he could bring Utd some success for a season but then what....Utd have to fork out to get him in perm.

Wellbeck could turn out to be Wellshit but he could also prove to turn out Wellgood....young with bags of potential....here's to the latter

[Niall_Quinn]

Media said the option to buy Falcoa (his new name) is £51mill. This player will end up costing them around £150mill if they sign him on a 4 year contract next season. That's about half the cost of our stadium isn't it? Looking at the emerging financials it's little wonder we passed.

[Letters]

Can't believe we've signed him

He's gonna be fucking ace

Are you drunk again?

[Injury Time]

[GP]

haven't seen him score a screamer from outside the box

https://mediacru.sh/e4hk-VkJOvPf