All I Want For Christmas Is…
Posted on December 16th, 2011 | 31 Comments |
I suppose the first thing I’d ask is for Santa not to take any of our best players away and deliver them as presents to the boys and girls who’ve been good at other clubs. But knowing the track record of Ashley in dealing with transfer business I don’t suppose that’s very realistic. If the money is right, the presents will be delivered. So I’m left with the line from the current Fosters TV advert ringing in my ears “that thing you’re thinking? It won’t be that!”.
So let’s concentrate on what we could get – the positives. We believe that Santa Ashley has already got Modibo Maiga wrapped up in Christmas paper and hanging in our Christmas stocking. That pressie sounds like a really good one, with the mouth-watering prospect of Maiga lining up alongside Demba Ba as a perfect foil for our top scorer.
It would also appear that Santa has finally got the message that he needs to try really really hard to get a left-back to replace Jose Enrique, and that a left-footed left back would be a really good idea. It would seem however from stories circulating at the moment, that it will not be Erik Pieters who will be in the parcel under the tree, but possibly Taye Taiwo on loan from AC Milan.
But what about a nice pressie to ease the shortage of quality central defenders at the club, recently brought firmly into focus by the injury to Steven Taylor? The worrying thing is that this is one gift that might not materialise. Santa’s Chief Elf, Alan Pardew, was recently quoted as saying:
“In terms of players coming in, there is certainly one player who will come in (Maiga?) and we are hoping maybe two – if we don’t lose anybody.
Still, we’re talking about sending Santa a “wish list” here – so lets ask him for a central defender too.
But of course, the best present Santa could give to the long-suffering United fans, would be to stand up at his staff’s Christmas Party and say very loudly “None of our stars will be leaving in January or in the summer. We don’t need the money, so we will keep the players. This is one of the biggest clubs in the country and we intend to strengthen the side and push for a top four place”.
Now that is wishful thinking indeed!
Ashley dnt sell tiote!