Manchester United Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12

kryogen

Oh yeah, the Green and Gold till the club is sold ****e! how is that getting on?

kryogen

Grant Holt will score the winner for Norwich v City btw, it will happen.

Cantona's Collars

kryogen wrote: »

Oh yeah, the Green and Gold till the club is sold ****e! how is that getting on?

Didn't Norwich have a chant about United fans wearing "their colours"?:pac:

Grant Holt winner in the last minute would be amazing.........and us to smash 5 past Villa on Sunday.

Mars Bar

zerks wrote: »

Didn't Norwich have a chant about United fans wearing "their colours"?:pac:

Grant Holt winner in the last minute would be amazing.........and us to smash 5 past Villa on Sunday.

They said they wanted their scarves back.

Can't deny that it was hilarious!

Will I Amnt

zerks wrote: »

Grant Holt winner in the last minute would be amazing.........and us to smash 5 past Villa on Sunday.

I'd be happy with 1 nil.
I think goal difference is irrelevant now.
If we were to end on level points it would mean we would have to drop 5 points more than City so that's going to further negate the goal difference for us while increasing theirs.
A 5 point swing would put them out of reach in goal difference terms IMO.

grames_bond

zerks wrote: »

Didn't Norwich have a chant about United fans wearing "their colours"?:pac:.

we came for our scarves
we came for our scaaaaaarrrves
you theiving manc bastards
we came for our scarves!

Brilliant!

Professional Griefer

Its everyones favourite players birthday today. Go on Ando boy! :P

Its also Lindegaards birthday. That save against City in the cup was amazing, forgot about that one.

Blatter

cambo2008 wrote: »

I'd be happy with 1 nil.
I think goal difference is irrelevant now.
If we were to end on level points it would mean we would have to drop 5 points more than City so that's going to further negate the goal difference for us while increasing theirs.
A 5 point swing would put them out of reach in goal difference terms IMO.

I agree, if City beat us (which they will almost certainly have to do to stand any chance) that would have a double whammy on the GD as well. Unless we hammer Villa by 5 or 6 and win by at least 3 against Everton, we can forget about winning it on GD.

Just get the points in the bag at this stage. 5 point lead with 5 games (4 v mid-table sides, 3 at home) to go is a fantastic scenario for us, especially seeing as two of City's games are Norwich and Newcastle away.

PhlegmyMoses

Goal difference is almost always irrelevant. Not sure why people ever go on about it. Over two decades since it mattered at the top.

Blatter

Yeah it's always unlikely, but I suppose when you're a team that is closely fighting a rival at the top of the league it would be in the back of your mind as how sickening would it be to lose on GD?

If Chelsea had beaten us at OT last season we would have been level on points but they would have lead by a couple of goals with two games to go.

Saying that I'd prefer for players to be saving their legs and seeing out a game at 2/3-0 instead of pushing on for more goals at this stage.

PhlegmyMoses

It's handy to have and would be an absolute stomach turner if you lost out that way. I wonder if it has made any difference to the bottom of the table over the years. I kind of remember something like that a while back but I'm not sure.

Professional Griefer

Blatter wrote: »

Yeah it's always unlikely, but I suppose when you're team is closely fighting a rival at the top of the league it would be in the back of your mind as how sickening would it be to lose on GD?

If Chelsea had beaten us at OT last season we would have been level on points but they would have lead by a couple of goals with two games to go.

Saying that I'd prefer for players to be saving their legs and seeing out a game at 2/3-0 instead of pushing on for more goals at this stage.

Beat City to the league yesterday in Football Manager on GD, felt fantastic.:D

I fancy Norwich getting at least a point tomorrow, good side this year and tough to beat home or away.

MagicMarker

I don't think it should ever come down to goal difference.

If the top 2 teams finished on the same points then I think it should go to a best 2 out of 3 scenario, with a game being played at each teams ground and if it's 1-1 after that, the final to be played at Wembley for the title. :cool:

gracehopper

nicklauski wrote: »

You're not the only one, but this is the kind of mentality that is going around.

After the Newcastle game, people were saying Ferdinand should be got rid of in the summer.
Now after some good (albeit great) games, they want him in the England side.

We're a fickle bunch us football fans.


I want United to go out and absolutely destroy Villa and put all the pressure on City.

Yeh your right about the fickleness, i reckon Ferdinand has proved a lot of doubters wrong this year. He is well worth his england starting place in my eyes. i couldnt care less about who starts for england but there is no english centre back performing more consistently than him. Evans has been top class as well and is also making Rio step up.

its been mentioned here the last couple of days but what is the feckin story with Phil Jones? He had a "bebe" against wigan the other night. completely out of his depth at right full. The most annoying thing about his performance was when he took a knock he wanted to go off when we had made our 3 subs. Fergie told him to go in and stand at centre half, I nearly threw the remote at the tv when i seen that. He just didnt fancy it

Al Capwned

MagicMarker wrote: »

I don't think it should ever come down to goal difference.

If the top 2 teams finished on the same points then I think it should go to a best 2 out of 3 scenario, with a game being played at each teams ground and if it's 1-1 after that, the final to be played at Wembley for the title. :cool:

I think that's a top idea - probable argument against it would be fixture congestion leading up to major European Finals or WC/EC's....

That said, i don't think it's gonna be an issue this year, and the last time it was needed was Arsenal/Liverpool 20-something years ago, so can't see it being ever changed!

Samich

Re goal difference.

Utd would be 2 points clear if they match Citys result and lose to City away.

Having a better goal difference would mean that Utd could afford to draw one game more and still win the title.

Blatter

Samich wrote: »

Re goal difference.

Utd would be 2 points clear if they match Citys result and lose to City away.

Having a better goal difference would mean that Utd could afford to draw one game more and still win the title.

stesaurus

Samich wrote: »

Re goal difference.

Utd would be 2 points clear if they match Citys result and lose to City away.

Having a better goal difference would mean that Utd could afford to draw one game more and still win the title.

You do realise we're miles behind on goal difference right? Just forget about it, not going to catch them at this stage of the season.

Adamcp898

s.welstead wrote: »

You do realise we're miles behind on goal difference right? Just forget about it, not going to catch them at this stage of the season.

3 goals..............

stesaurus

Adamcp898 wrote: »

3 goals..............

Nope currently 3 goals. For GD to matter they would have to claw back 5 points meaning a minimum of another 3 goal swing in their favour.

So eh 6 goals, probaly 8 or 9 realistically to get back with 3 remaining games.

If goal difference comes into play then Man City will be champions, no doubt about that.

Nalz

s.welstead wrote: »

If goal difference comes into play then Man City will be champions, no doubt about that.

Manchester United 7-0 Aston Villa

gracehopper

Trilla wrote: »

Manchester United 7-0 Aston Villa

scholesy is back so you never know!

Nalz

gracehopper wrote: »

scholesy is back so you never know!

Yep! Hoping for this XI:

De Gea
Rafael Rio Evans Evra
Tony V SatNav Rock Nani
Wazza Chico

Backstreet Moyes

gracehopper wrote: »

Yeh your right about the fickleness, i reckon Ferdinand has proved a lot of doubters wrong this year. He is well worth his england starting place in my eyes. i couldnt care less about who starts for england but there is no english centre back performing more consistently than him. Evans has been top class as well and is also making Rio step up.

its been mentioned here the last couple of days but what is the feckin story with Phil Jones? He had a "bebe" against wigan the other night. completely out of his depth at right full. The most annoying thing about his performance was when he took a knock he wanted to go off when we had made our 3 subs. Fergie told him to go in and stand at centre half, I nearly threw the remote at the tv when i seen that. He just didnt fancy it

Jones was stink but if he was injured you dont blame him. He doesnt want to hurt himself more and end up missing the last few games and his outside chance of going to the Euro's.

Adolf Hipster

Clev s a tomtom and scholes is a rock?

Will I Amnt

Just watching premier league years.
Reliving the last few games of last season ,we better not feck this up this year.

Chicos early goal v Chelsea in that game at O.T nearly hit the roof when that went in.
Great memories.

nicklauski

Little off topic but I see that Rossi has injured his knee again. Another 6 months out. Shame that, I don't like seeing players get bad injuries, least of all ex United players (who don't disgrace themselves when leaving)

Shane St.

Brutal on Rossi great little player. Could seriously effect him now esp the type of player he is.

Nalz

Adolf Hipster wrote: »

Clev s a tomtom and scholes is a rock?

Scholes is the sat nav
Carrick is the rock, in name (Gaelic) and nature (consistent)

Al Capwned

Trilla wrote: »

Scholes is the sat nav
Carrick is the rock, in name (Gaelic) and nature (consistent)

Haha, that's deadly. Never made the connection to the Irish... :pac:

Pro. F

I had to work during the game and only watched it late last night after it went up on the usual sites. Pain in the arse result, but these things happen.

Just after reading through the posts here and I think some people are being very harsh on Hernandez, Cleverley and Jones.

Chico: Against Wigan they had the better of the play for a long time and Fergie had to change it around and ended up leaving Chico isolated up front. He didn't have a bad game, he just ended up in a game that he is not suited to. For the season as a whole, he has been demoted to second choice behind Welbeck and has missed some time injured, so he hasn't got a run of games at all. He still has 10 PL goals in 16 starts. He's not having a bad second season, he is just not being played as much because Welbeck has been made first choice. But he is still scoring goals at a similar rate to what he did last season when everybody was rightly **** over him.

Cleverley: Played well enough when he was on. Was the only central player who linked up the play and created openings consistently. Carrick and Cleverley would have been a much better option to start with than Carrick and Giggs imo.

Jones: Most people aren't being that hard on him other than Homer, but I just want to point out that he hasn't actually played that much recently so the Wigan game really shouldn't be a concern. It's the same when Rafa goes in to fullback for the first game, it takes them a while to get up to speed. I really hope that Jones doesn't get Michael Essien syndrome, because the way he is being moved around this season can't be good for him.

Fart

cambo2008 wrote: »

Just watching premier league years.
Reliving the last few games of last season ,we better not feck this up this year.

Chicos early goal v Chelsea in that game at O.T nearly hit the roof when that went in.
Great memories.

I remember arriving to the pub a small bit late for that match. Got a pint, just sat down and he scored. Was incredible.

Nalz

Fart wrote: »

I remember arriving to the pub a small bit late for that match. Got a pint, just sat down and he scored. Was incredible.

I was at that game with the oul fella, who use to go in the 60s alot. He's a diabetic and he got so excited I had to run to the kiosk and stock up on the double deckers and fanta!

We were lucky enough despite dominating the chances and a missed pen that could have made it 4-1!

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Anderson's apparently been stopped by the Police in Portugal and refused a breathalyser. Fined £300ish and could lose his licence. Idiot if true.

Son Of A Vidic

City dropping points at Norwich would be nice and would give us a 7 point cushion. Providing of course that United win their next two games. A draw would then give us the title at the Etihad and that would mean..........

kryogen

I couldn't really care tbh, thought I might, a little, but nope

Will I Amnt

So is the 2nd leg of the youth cup semi on itv again or just mutv??

Edit:Seems not,bit strange showing the first leg and not the 2nd

Cantona's Collars

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

City dropping points at Norwich would be nice and would give us a 7 point cushion. Providing of course that United win their next two games. A draw would then give us the title at the Etihad and that would mean..........

He's wearing the wrong coloured shirt in that pic.;)

Brian017

Barmby scores to level the tie on agg

Will I Amnt

Against the run of play it has to be said.
Decent strike,keeper probably would have got it only for the slight deflection.

shadowcomplex

I hope we go to middleeastlands and play the same system as we did v blackburn, provided we win our next 2 home games all we need to do is prevent city from winning, a defensive formation would suit us because they would need to win

Brian017

Chelsea score 3-2 on agg 20 mins to go. Been coming tbh

Son Of A Vidic

zerks wrote: »

He's wearing the wrong coloured shirt in that pic.;)

You would spot that now wouldn't you :mad:. I actually thought about Photoshopping a United jersey onto him, but I was just too lazy to do it .

amiable

Kylo Ren

Will I Amnt

amiable wrote: »

Could you not have cropped that??
Ya know like just the bottom part would have done

amiable

cambo2008 wrote: »

Could you not have cropped that??
Ya know like just the bottom part would have done

No

Will I Amnt

amiable wrote: »

No

It's getting late and there's youngsters on here,have some consideration.

niallo27

Whats that about, i cant read that small print, 3 million gone missing is all i see. It was a bonkers of a deal alright.

Will I Amnt

It screamed dodgy from the moment it came out.I'd be more surprised if it was all above board.