“Rafa Benitez’s 2004 departure from Valencia — after a dispute with sporting director Jesus Garcia Pitarch — brought one of the great expressions of managerial frustration. On Monday, in its 1-0 Premier League season-opening defeat at Everton, Manchester United was left wandering around looking for somewhere to sit down and seeing only covers for light bulbs. Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa are excellent players. That is not in dispute. The question is whether they are the players United needed.” SI – Jonathan Wilson

Who would you have had? I think they were good buys, and also Alex Buttner was a very wise move – not spending too much on Baines but also addressing a pressing matter: the LB spot and Evra’s loosening grip. I like what you have on this blog, I’m doing a similar one myself, maybe follow me too and we can exchange views sometime? http://oliandmattfootball.wordpress.com/