Manchester United Talk/Gossip/Rumours Super-di-dooper-thread 12/13

ShooterSF · 11-05-2013 3:48pm

I wonder if United had made the CL final this season would we have missed out on the chance to wish Fergie a proper goodbye like he'll get tomorrow. Silver linings and all that...

yabadabado · 11-05-2013 3:50pm

ShooterSF wrote: »

I wonder if United had made the CL final this season would we have missed out on the chance to wish Fergie a proper goodbye like he'll get tomorrow. Silver linings and all that...

His final game in charge would have been in London instead of West Brom.I know which one I would prefer.

Pj! · 11-05-2013 3:52pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

Hey guess what, I have no idea if United will or will not win the league next year. Neither does anyone else. Funny that.

If we could only post facts and not opinions the soccer forum wouldn't be much of a forum really.

ShooterSF · 11-05-2013 3:53pm

yabadabado wrote: »

His final game in charge would have been in London instead of West Brom.I know which one I would prefer.

But would he announce his retirement before the match is what I meant?

onemorechance · 11-05-2013 4:04pm

Pj! wrote: »

If we could only post facts and not opinions the soccer forum wouldn't be much of a forum really.

If we could post more positive posts than negative posts (on the weekend that United are to be presented with the Premier League trophy) it would be a much more enjoyable forum, IMO! :pac:

NTMK · 11-05-2013 4:04pm

ShooterSF wrote: »

But would he announce his retirement before the match is what I meant?

not a chance he knows how the team would have reacted

i think thats why they were so poor against chelsea

onemorechance · 11-05-2013 4:07pm

Cool graphic! :cool:

Courtesy of www.manutd.com.

Cantona's Collars · 11-05-2013 4:08pm

Keano with nothing but praise for Fergie & support for Moyes: "He doesn't talk nonsense unlike many other managers out there":D

Did anyone else hear the Villa fans chanting "Rio,Rio" when Terry got injured today?

Mr.Crinklewood · 11-05-2013 4:10pm

Didn`t know that Keane almost signed for Everton when he left Utd. ( or i might have forgot about it ).

He just refereed to this on ITV.

yabadabado · 11-05-2013 4:12pm

zerks wrote: »

Keano with nothing but praise for Fergie & support for Moyes: "He doesn't talk nonsense unlike many other managers out there":D

Did anyone else hear the Villa fans chanting "Rio,Rio" when Terry got injured today?

Glad to Hear Keano speak positively about SAF ,didn't know what to expect but he admitted things ended poorly between the two but that couldn't take away from the fact he was a brilliant manager.Nice take on the whole hair dryer thing as well.

shadowcomplex · 11-05-2013 4:13pm

If we signed Fellaini I would still like to see another all round midfielder signed aswell because I think playing Fellaini just behind rvp with another all round midfielder behind him would make us extremely tough to beat and can you imagine the havoc fellaini would cause against the barca or real defences

de gea

raf

jones

vidic

evra

new world class mf-carrick---

-nani

fellani

kagawa--

rvp

Bale or Ronaldo on top of this would be awesome

DM_7 · 11-05-2013 4:14pm

Next season is very unpredictable right now.

a case for United staying strong in the league can be made simply because Moyes knows the league inside out. Europe is a bigger question mark.

if city bring in Pellegrini I would expect european perfromances to improve but league improvements are not a certainty.

Chelsea will have their own issues even with Mourinho, its not a team in his image that he will be walking into. So will want to change things and how much room he has to make those changes is far from clear.

It will be a very interesting summer all round.

Rayne Wooney · 11-05-2013 4:17pm

Chelsea will definitely win the league next year, United will definitely come 4th, Kim Kardashian will definitely marry for love.

I love these 100% true statements :rolleyes:..

Paul Tergat · 11-05-2013 4:18pm

The constant posting of these fantasy X1's is pretty tilting

shadowcomplex · 11-05-2013 4:21pm

Paul Tergat wrote: »

The constant posting of these fantasy X1's is pretty tilting

relax 9 of the players in it are already at the club

Liam O · 11-05-2013 4:22pm

United were in transition last season. I'd like to think that this season shows the young lads maturing while the secularisation of some of the older lads. With the right signings United should be looking to win the league and go to the quarters or semis of the CL, I'd almost say minimum. Moyes was brought in for continuity, he's not going to rock the boat too much so the expectations should not change.

Professey Chin · 11-05-2013 4:24pm

Paul Tergat wrote: »

The constant posting of these fantasy X1's is pretty tilting

I propose a fantasy lineup sub forum! Each team can have their own thread for it and no more posting of them in the regular threads!

ShooterSF · 11-05-2013 4:26pm

NTMK wrote: »

not a chance he knows how the team would have reacted

i think thats why they were so poor against chelsea

Exactly. So if United did reach the CL final chances are he'd have announced his retirement after it and wouldn't get the send off he is due tomorrow. I know we'd all prefer (himself included I'm sure) to have been in the CL final but it is a small silver lining that the legend will get his rightful send off now.

Paul Tergat · 11-05-2013 4:33pm

shadowcomplex wrote: »

relax 9 of the players in it are already at the club

Is there a need to post one every couple of days? Speculation is annoying enough without seeing those X1's all the bloody time

NTMK · 11-05-2013 4:33pm

ShooterSF wrote: »

Exactly. So if United did reach the CL final chances are he'd have announced his retirement after it and wouldn't get the send off he is due tomorrow. I know we'd all prefer (himself included I'm sure) to have been in the CL final but it is a small silver lining that the legend will get his rightful send off now.

I think Fergie would have like a third CL a bit more but you do have a point. its best that he gets to say goodbye at OT than at Wembley esp given the typical bull**** that UEFA do with tickets

although it would be easier for me to go to wembley the 8 hour round trip will be rough tomorrow but it has to be done:)

Rubber_Soul · 11-05-2013 4:37pm

GSPfan wrote: »

This idea that we are in transition next year can't be accurate. Our last manager didn't get sacked. We aren't a bad team that needs overhauling. Moyes would have to fail big time for us to drop to 3rd.

And how come City aren't in transition with a new manager? How come Chelsea aren't in transition with a new manager?

You could end up being right about it but I just don't see it.

It is accurate, if City do replace Mancini then all three clubs are in transition. It could be argued however that of the three only Utd are worse off. The improvement to Chelsea of Mourinho coming in is obvious. If the rumours are true about City bringing in Pellegrini, then imo they are improving on their current manager. Only Utd will be starting the season worse off. That's no slight on Moyes whatsoever, I really do rate him however he's taking over from someone that is a candidate for being the greatest manager of all time, it's pretty impossible to directly improve on him.

I don't think Utd are going to significantly drop off the pace and end up battling for 3rd or 4th like some of the doom merchants but I do think the title race is going to be blown wide open for the next few years with a proper 3-horse race that any of the top 3 can take. It's going to be a hugely interesting few years to come.

Backstreet Moyes · 11-05-2013 4:38pm

shadowcomplex wrote: »

If we signed Fellaini I would still like to see another all round midfielder signed aswell because I think playing Fellaini just behind rvp with another all round midfielder behind him would make us extremely tough to beat and can you imagine the havoc fellaini would cause against the barca or real defences

de gea

raf
jones
vidic
evra
new world class mf-carrick---

-nani
fellani
kagawa--
rvp

Bale or Ronaldo on top of this would be awesome

Why do people keep putting jones in their fantasy teams he is comfortably 5th choice cb.

onemorechance · 11-05-2013 4:45pm

Nuts102 wrote: »

Why do people keep putting jones in their fantasy teams he is comfortably 5th choice cb.

Because it's their fantasy*!

*The faculty or activity of imagining things that are impossible or improbable.

Pj! · 11-05-2013 4:48pm

onemorechance wrote: »

If we could post more positive posts than negative posts (on the weekend that United are to be presented with the Premier League trophy) it would be a much more enjoyable forum, IMO! :pac:

Haha true yeah. Fair point!

Kylo Ren · 11-05-2013 5:07pm

Al Capwned wrote: »

Just got a programme ordered from here

Ordered, cheers for that!

Winston Payne · 11-05-2013 5:07pm

We wants it.

CR 7 · 11-05-2013 5:21pm

shadowcomplex wrote: »

relax 9 of the players in it are already at the club

10. You've put Carrick in twice.

Dancor · 11-05-2013 5:30pm

Don't know if its been asked this week. Just a fun trivia question.

Name 6 players who have played under Ferguson and Moyes.

5 were obvious, I had serious trouble with the 6th.

Justin10 · 11-05-2013 5:34pm

Dancor wrote: »

Don't know if its been asked this week. Just a fun trivia question.

Name 6 players who have played under Ferguson and Moyes.

5 were obvious, I had serious trouble with the 6th.

Is the 6th

Jesper Blomqvist

Not sure if he played under Moyes?