Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

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ShiverinEskimo wrote: »

Foster's so good he can do goals from the bench. :pac:

I meant Kuszack on the bench.:P:P

grames_bond

so the consensus here is the same, everyone wants fergie to start with a strong a line up as possible then make an arse loads of substitutions, then probably do the same on sunday against chelski!

Y2J_MUFC

Smegball wrote: »

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Foster

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JOS---Ferdinand---Vidic---Evra

Valencia--Carrick--Anderson-Nani

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Berbatov---Rooney

Yes please, except with Wes to come in instead of O'Shea, unless Wes has picked up a knock? Vidic badly needs some game time as does Valencia.

curry-muff

Wes and vidic are both injured if im not mistaken

grames_bond

i thaught vidic was due to be alright for this game....mg he needs a run out!

miralize

wes injured again? news to me

Mitch Connor

miralize wrote: »

wes injured again? news to me

went down injured on the far east tour. Fergie said it was a thigh strain at the time.

Hopefully he will be fit to play today, and against chelsea. Same goes for Vidic. Both need run outs before the season gets under way.

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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists he has not been told he cannot spend heavily in this summer's transfer window.

The Red Devils allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to join Real Madrid for a world-record fee of £80million in July as the Premier League champions finally agreed to sell.

It was thought that the profits generated from that sale would be used to reinvest, but the only significant expenditure has been on Antonio Valencia and Gabriel Obertan.

Rumours have suggested that United's owners, the Glazer family, have prevented Ferguson from investing, but the Scot insists that is not the case.

"Pay no attention to the cynics who have suggested our owners have stopped us spending," he told United Review. "Believe me, it was purely a football decision.

"Maybe it is the Scotsman in me but I believe in value, even when I am spending someone else's money, and the asking price for players we were looking at just wasn't realistic.

"What you must remember is that we are working from a position of strength.

"We don't suddenly have to splash out to try and compete at the top."

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sky are saying that owen will partner Rooney up front

hmmm very interesting

miralize

match on at 8 yeah?

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miralize wrote: »

match on at 8 yeah?

ya

daveyboy_1ie

Celtic 2-0 in moscow and well into injury time, fair play to them

correction, all over, they are through.

Next stop is United match

SlickRic

re: Fergie's comments...

to be fair, it means he would have liked to strengthen in certain areas.

he just won't be held to ransom, which is commendable. a key point imo, is that he's also been helped by the fact none of his closest rivals have been able to strengthen hugely - the only big 'signing' imo is the return of essien from injury for chelsea.

he can afford to not be as worried as he maybe expected to be before the window opened.

so ironically, man city's and real madrid's inflation of the transfer market may have aided you in a weird sort of way!

ShaneU

I'm assuming the Valencia match isn't on TV?

Mitch Connor

ShaneU wrote: »

I'm assuming the Valencia match isn't on TV?

It is on MUTV only.

curry-muff

ShaneU wrote: »

I'm assuming the Valencia match isn't on TV?

Just mutv, and of course good old streaming

Mitch Connor

Vidic and Brown still injured.

Tommy and Foster both to play a half each.

Ritchie De Leat plays (i think)

Just going by what Fergie said to the MUTV reporter. No confirmed full lineup yet.

Harpy

im looking forward to this match now.. hopefully its rooney and owen up front together..

IrishIrish

Harpy wrote: »

im looking forward to this match now.. hopefully its rooney and owen up front together..

It is.

Harpy

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Vidic and Brown still injured.

Tommy and Foster both to play a half each.

Ritchie De Leat plays (i think)

Just going by what Fergie said to the MUTV reporter. No confirmed full lineup yet.

have they given any time frame on how long vidic and brown will be out for? they meant to be back for the start of the season?

IrishIrish

Foster (Kuzaczk 2nd half)

Richie De Laet
Rio
Evans
Evra

Valenica
Carrick
Fletcher
Tosic

Rooney
Owen

Mitch Connor

Foster
Da Leat
Rio
Evans
Evra
Carrick
Fletcher
Tosic
Valencia
Rooney
Owen

Harpy

IrishIrish wrote: »

It is.

oh lovely..

MagicMarker

Can we give Hayley her own thread?

Mitch Connor

David Silva not starting. don't know if he is on the bench.

eclectichoney

Oooh delighted to see de laet start - think he could be a handy player for back-up for any defensive crises (i.e. the cursed RB spot!), so will be looking to see how he does, especially now that Eck is gone . Looked decent against Hull.

Nice to see Tosic and Valencia on the wings too.

Liam O

Mitch Connor wrote: »

David Silva not starting. don't know if he is on the bench.

watching from the United directors box hopefully

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ah dammit silva is on the bench

Dave!

IrishIrish wrote: »

Foster (Kuzaczk 2nd half)

Richie De Laet
Rio
Evans
Evra

Valenica
Carrick
Fletcher
Tosic

Rooney
Owen

Another conventional 442, looks like that's our formation for the season.

Great to see that Fletcher wasn't shoved into RB, hopefully he does a job in CM

Will be good to see how Rooney and Owen do together

Liam O

What time is kick off?

miralize

8

IvySlayer

Dave! wrote: »

WHERE THE FOOK IS MAH LOVAH BERBATOV

I agree! :P

daveyboy_1ie

Yeah I have yet to see Owen & Rooney together so should be interesting alright. This should be the best test so far, hopefully its an open end to end game

grames_bond

damnit no ms mcqueen today!! happy with the line up tbh, will be good to finally see rooney and owen starting together!

Mitch Connor

Mitch Connor wrote: »

David Silva not starting. don't know if he is on the bench.

He's at Anfield having a medical :P

eclectichoney

Hoping for a decent performance from the Roo. been a bit disappointed so far with his preseason

Im_No_Superman

rarnes1 wrote: »

He's at Anfield having a medical :P

Or locked in Fergies office! :pac:

grames_bond

eclectichoney wrote: »

Hoping for a decent performance from the Roo. been a bit disappointed so far with his preseason

i think he was on the gargle or havin late nights even in asia, the sweat was constantly pumping off him, think he was still on holiday tbh! id say SAF will clamp down on him from now on though!

Folks, does anyone know if this is Valancia's(fc) first pre-season game?

Dave!

IvySlayer wrote: »

I agree! :P

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looking well there dave

btw lol

yermandan

Any decent streams guys??? That pic is hillarious Dave

grames_bond

manager of the year - fergie
player of the year - vida
golden gloves - VDS

awesome!! \o/


i wish they would stop talkin about villa as if he is a possibility to sign...he is NOT!! get over it

Tom65

If anyone needs one: a stream.


Mmm, good to be back at OT. I should be there tonight. Damn you, lack of money.

Dave!

strm plz

btw that's not me in the picture

Liam O

Headshot wrote: »

looking well there dave

btw lol

Please everyone thank that and make it post of the day

absolutely hilarious Dave

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Dave! wrote: »

btw that's not me in the picture

Dont be modest now

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http://www.iraqgoals.net/

nicklauski

Looking forward to this game now. Hopefully get a good performance tonight. I hope De Laet does well. He was impressive enough in his last game. Got forward and back well.

Mikeyt086

Paddy Crerand's lastest musing:

"When you play for a club like United you HAVE to try and win."

Because clubs like Villa and Spurs its ok if you dont give a ****. :rolleyes: