Will the team Gel?

[Mors]

Just looking at the transfers so far, and the ones we're being led to believe will happen, will the team have issues gelling next season? It's normally best to make small changes to a team playing well (which I think we did last year).

We're looking at the following coming straight into the first team next season:

Mignolet
A central defender (Carra gone and there's obviously issues with Skrtel)
Mkhitaryan
Aspas

Then maybe even a DM like Wanyama, and IF Suarez goes, they have to replace him with a costly Striker.

That could mean 6 new first teamers, I wonder if that's a disaster waiting to happen or whether flooding a team with new players isn't really an issue? It didn't seem to work for Newcastle last season, but there might be examples of where it has?

Some of them possibly dont speak english either.....

 

[Fabio]

We'll hamlet can speak 5 languages, so he can do all the translating

 

[Dirkus_Circus]

 

[dantes]

Not being in Europe will give them plenty of training sessions to work on it. Of course they will no doubt waste them all and carry on getting beat because many of them are cunts.

 

[King Binny]

It is a bit of a myth isn't it. I always remember how many point to Robert Pires as an example of players taking time to adapt to the league/team. However, as we've seen with other examples (most recent being Coutinho and Sturridge), there are those who fit in seamlessly. I think the bigger issue is fitting into the targeted/planned system, whether the player has the ability, confidence and intelligence to deliver what is expected of him in the tactic.

 

[hmmmmm1]

All depends if luis stays or goes.

 

[Judge Jules]

If the signings are the right ones and if the general atmosphere around the club is happy and purposeful, I don't have serious concerns about this. Everyone else will be making changes too.

 

[RolandG]

I don't think gelling will be an issue. All the front players are versatile. It will depend much on what our midfield line-up is going to be and if BR sticks to 4-2-3-1.

 

[Oncy]

Well Gel

 

[Squiggles]

We'll be fine.

Rodgers is signing Bolo next.

 

[Mersey86]

When we were a well-oiled machine in the 80s, we'd bring in one or two new players each season. Continuity remained and the team benefitted from it. United are similar now - a couple of players who will clearly improve the team. Clearly, a couple of things will change that policy. Firstly, new manager (so United may make more changes than customary this summer) - Brendan didn't change too much last summer, taking his time to ease out some of the dead wood.
Secondly, if the team wasn't doing so well anyway then less reason to keep them together. I think that enough changes will have been made by the end of the summer for us to truly say this is BR's team. They may take a while to perform at their best.