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Leicester Lass

De Laet and Matty James.

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Carter The Boss

Carter The Boss

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Apparently it's pronounced Ritchie de LAT which is great news chants-wise.

"De Lat's the way, ah ha ah ha, I like it, ah ha ah ha."

Just thought I'd get that in there early.

Freaking love that. We have the best chants in the world

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brockmyster

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Not really sure about James if I'm honest we need a leader in the midfield, someone with plenty of experience like Nolan is for West Ham

Its experience that gets you out of this league, we wont do it with youth

You dont want him hes an absolute ****

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Basingstoke Fox

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This "young and hungry" thing is starting to piss me off already. Jesus christ if it goes on all summer i'm going to die. **** young, **** hungry, I want good players. I don't give a shit if you really really want to be good, if you're not good, **** off.

lol

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kingfox

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Not the two best signings in my opinion, but my opinions suck today according to a few people.

But I told people De Laet isn't a right-back and from his time at Norwich he only started centre back as part of a 5-3-2 or left back as part of a 4-4-2. Then in about October time he got dropped to the bench.

I have never recorded De Laet playing right-back for Man Utd, Norwich or anywhere he has played tbh, have always known him to be a left-back capable of playing centre back.

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Salieri

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This "young and hungry" thing is starting to piss me off already. Jesus christ if it goes on all summer i'm going to die. **** young, **** hungry, I want good players. I don't give a shit if you really really want to be good, if you're not good, **** off.

You really ARE desperate for attention, aren't you? lol

Typical Pearson signings, encouraging.

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foxes2011

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Both of the signings are under the radar and relative unproven players but i think if we went for 100 percent provens we would be paying way over the odds, the way i see it any signing is possitive, we have to trust the manager.

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Legend_in_blue

Legend_in_blue

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Where's king fox? He ought to be having a right old moan by now. Stirring it up.

I think these two will be just fine. I can't imagine them not having the ability to do well in our competitive yet lacking in the quality department championship. Much rather have them than some premiership hand me down who is here for the money and little else. Yes Matty Elliott I completely agree with the sentiments aired this am on the way into work.

Something to prove have these two, it's exactly what is required.

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Very happy with these two signings, will add strength and depth to our squad and at worst will be good squad players, like drinkwater in his first season, with time to grow, at or they will be rough diamonds like Ben Marshall.

Having said that we need to sign a couple of proven guaranteed performers at this level we can't rely on youth and hunger.

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Guest BlueBrett

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De Laet has always looked good when I've seen him. Don't know anything about the other kid but sounds promising

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Jaspa

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He's a slightly allright version of Ryan McGivern

Alot dirtier, and has been poor every time Ive seen him on highlights or live

But he could develop well with more competitive matches, and was obviously snapped up by Utd for a reason

Hope the lad works as hard as he can, this is a great opportunity in his career

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lysglimt

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After reading a good number of posts about de Laet, James and Cole - I decided to create a user and reply. I am a United-fan and have seen practically every reserve and academy-game over the last 4-5 seasons so I think I am in a pretty decent position to explain the strengths and weaknesses of these 3 players.

De Laet - true he had a poor spell at Norwich - but it was a bit down to 1 horrible mistake in one of his first matches which saw him dropped and after that Norwich went on a really good run and he never reclaimed his place. De Laet is not just quick - he is lightning quick. Probably the quickest United-player after Valencia last season. He is very good as an attacking full-back but he can be sloppy defensively. He can however usually get out of his own mess due to his pace. He is more than decent in the air and a good tackler. His biggest asset in addition to his pace is the fact that he can play in a lot of positions. Central defender, left back (never seen him played right back - but he should probably do that just as well) and in the last matches at the reserves he played as a striker - and was brilliant as a striking partner to England U-21 Int, Will Keane. He timed his runs to perfection and ran defenders ragged. He is well worth the risk for you guys

Matt James - a player I really rated 2-3 years ago. He used to play in central midfield for the academy with Drinkwater and then later on, Corry Evans. Matt James is not a winger or a right midfielder as some claim. I am sure he can play there - but it's a bit like when United played Fletcher as a right midfielder. He can do the job - but he won't be a great player there. James is a central midfielder or a central defender where he also played at academy-level. His main problem is his pace - he is not quick. He is a above-average tall, fairly strong player with a superb long-pass. When Macheda made his breakthrough for United 3 years ago following some superb reserve-performances, quite a few of his goals were assisted by a Matt James pass over the defense. He will probably need some time after being out for 6 or so months with injury but what you will get is a young, determined footballer who is good in the air, who is a good tackler in midfield, with a good pass - but who is a bit slow!

Larnell Cole - if he should join Leicester in any capacity - you should start celebrating. This guy has a lot of potential. I read some guy on here claiming he wasn't worth having because he hadn't made his debut for United yet. Well - Larnell turned 19 about 2 months ago - but he and another young player we have called Jesse Lingard have both been late developers because they are a lot more skillfull than physically developed. But both of them have taken major steps in the last 18 months or so. Larnell Cole is so talented that I would be worried if we sold him. On loan - fine, but not as a sale! As a player he reminds me a lot about Ramires of Chelses. He is small, with lightning quick legs - he can play either in central midfield or out on the right. He is good at running at players - and he is slippery with players around him. He is not quick like de Laet is - but his legwork is so impressive that he can glide past most players. And now he can also deal with the more physical part of football better as he is a more muscular player than he was a year ago. This guy is talented - and can go really far if he develops correctly.

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