Manchester United Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - 2013/14

Pro. F · 25-01-2014 3:56pm

irishfeen wrote: »

Right now, before the transfer is signed, these steps look too dangerous to me. Stop taking risks with him Moyes!

Fall_Guy · 25-01-2014 4:00pm

Am I mad to think that, even without getting in a top quality CM this window (which I do still think is pivotal to the teams long term success), a 4-2-3-1 (with Carrick and Fellaini as the two sitting midfielders behind mata-rooney-januzaj and RVP up top) should see the team being in a position to do more than hoof balls forward from centre back or sling diagonal crosses in from forty yards out??

If the style of football doesn't improve following the addition of Mata I will be near ready to write off Moyes from a footballing point of view. I'm not wholly confident it will.

Kerrydude1981 · 25-01-2014 4:01pm

What time will Mata's first interview with MUTV be on lads?

Rayne Wooney · 25-01-2014 4:02pm

Fall_Guy wrote: »

Am I mad to think that, even without getting in a top quality CM this window (which I do still think is pivotal to the teams long term success), a 4-2-3-1 (with Carrick and Fellaini as the two sitting midfielders behind mata-rooney-januzaj and RVP up top) should see the team being in a position to do more than hoof balls forward from centre back or sling diagonal crosses in from forty yards out??

If the style of football doesn't improve following the addition of Mata I will be near ready to write off Moyes from a footballing point of view. I'm not wholly confident it will.

You still need very good fullbacks to pull it off and Evra just ain't up to it at the moment. It could turn out very badly.

Has the bid for Shaw been confirmed by any decent sources or was it just paper talk?

Professional Griefer · 25-01-2014 4:06pm

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

You still need very good fullbacks to pull it off and Evra just ain't up to it at the moment. It could turn out very badly.

Has the bid for Shaw been confirmed by any decent sources or was it just paper talk?

Miguel Delaney said we did(or at least there was truth to it), I don't know if you'd consider him a decent source but I know a few do.

irishfeen · 25-01-2014 4:08pm

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

You still need very good fullbacks to pull it off and Evra just ain't up to it at the moment. It could turn out very badly.

Has the bid for Shaw been confirmed by any decent sources or was it just paper talk?

I think ESPN confirmed it but I couldn't tell you how reliable they are...

sReq | uTeK · 25-01-2014 4:10pm

Shaw and Vidal......yes

Rayne Wooney · 25-01-2014 4:11pm

I wonder if Southampton are considering it, we probably would have heard about a rejection

MANUTD99 · 25-01-2014 4:16pm

Shame that Mata has 81 minutes (1 appearance ) in the CL completed for Chelsea.

If we got a good LB that 4-2-3-1 formation would be savage.

irishfeen · 25-01-2014 4:19pm

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

What time will Mata's first interview with MUTV be on lads?

Wondering that myself - I suppose we'll have to keep an eye out on @ManUtd which should let us know a bit before the main event.

Vic Vinegar · 25-01-2014 4:20pm

Aww, De Gea got a new friend

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Lord TSC · 25-01-2014 4:21pm

Loving the way some people in other topics have suddenly started believing Mata is **** :P

Peanut Butter Jelly · 25-01-2014 4:21pm

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

Aww, De Gea got a new friend

Ah Juan will get his nice suit all dirty. I suppose 140k a week will nut him a few new suits anyway.

mitosis · 25-01-2014 4:22pm

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

Welcome to the greatest football club on the Planet Juan Mata.

I think i will call him 'The orchestrator'

Boy are you lads setting yourselves up for a big disappointment. Expectations are way too high. There is no way one player will turn your season around, much less one who couldn't get a regular game at Chelsea.

Kerrydude1981 · 25-01-2014 4:22pm

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

Aww, De Gea got a new friend

Football friend

irishfeen · 25-01-2014 4:25pm

mitosis wrote: »

Boy are you lads setting yourselves up for a big disappointment. Expectations are way too high. There is no way one player will turn your season around, much less one who couldn't get a regular game at Chelsea.

You are totally right mate, Mata can't turn our season around..... but Mata, Rooney, RVP and Fellaini playing together might have a go.

tallaghtmick · 25-01-2014 4:25pm

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

Loving the way some people in other topics have suddenly started believing Mata is **** :P

Paul Merson said its a panic buy ffs some ****e from jealous people.

irishfeen · 25-01-2014 4:26pm

bryangiggsy · 25-01-2014 4:27pm

Fall_Guy wrote: »

Am I mad to think that, even without getting in a top quality CM this window (which I do still think is pivotal to the teams long term success), a 4-2-3-1 (with Carrick and Fellaini as the two sitting midfielders behind mata-rooney-januzaj and RVP up top) should see the team being in a position to do more than hoof balls forward from centre back or sling diagonal crosses in from forty yards out??

If the style of football doesn't improve following the addition of Mata I will be near ready to write off Moyes from a footballing point of view. I'm not wholly confident it will.

How come you would have Fellani in ahead of Fletcher? Every game Fellani has played in so far he has looked lost in midfield with the play passing him out the majority of time.

Will I Amnt · 25-01-2014 4:27pm

mitosis wrote: »

Boy are you lads setting yourselves up for a big disappointment. Expectations are way too high. There is no way one player will turn your season around, much less one who couldn't get a regular game at Chelsea.

Awwwh really???
And here's every single last one of us thinking we were going to win the league now

Thanks for letting us know anyway, suppose it will be less of a shock when it doesn't come about.

KH25 · 25-01-2014 4:28pm

tallaghtmick wrote: »

Paul Merson said its a panic buy ffs some ****e from jealous people.

Paul Merson is just a walking caricature. He's paid to act like a fool.

Peanut Butter Jelly · 25-01-2014 4:28pm

irishfeen wrote: »

Mata signing jersey

Safe to say I'm not the only one....

bryangiggsy · 25-01-2014 4:28pm

bryangiggsy wrote: »

How come you would have Fellani in ahead of Fletcher? Every game Fellani has played in so far he has looked lost in midfield with the play passing him out the majority of time.

And its crucial we get a player who can take the ball from defence and unlesh the front 3

KevIRL · 25-01-2014 4:33pm

FA Cup

city 2 down at home to Watford :eek:

Cypher_sounds · 25-01-2014 4:34pm

mitosis wrote: »

Boy are you lads setting yourselves up for a big disappointment. Expectations are way too high. There is no way one player will turn your season around, much less one who couldn't get a regular game at Chelsea.

You are wrong, he couldn't get a regular game under a certain manager. Have a look and see how he did in the past two seasons under a manager who played him.
What are our expectations? For one player to turn our season around? I don't think so...maybe your a little confused! you are seeing manchester united fans very happy to see a quality midfielder brought into our squad, a winner not some mediocre joe.
We have spent heavily for him almost half of what we got for Ronaldo so i think we are entitled to show some appreciation.

shadowcomplex · 25-01-2014 4:40pm

mitosis wrote: »

Boy are you lads setting yourselves up for a big disappointment. Expectations are way too high. There is no way one player will turn your season around, much less one who couldn't get a regular game at Chelsea.

Your forgetting that Rooney, Van persie have to straight back into the team two. Those 2 along with Januzai and things are starting to look up, things arent perfect Ill admit that but with a left back a centre half and an allround worldclass centre midfield player we will be back

Liam O · 25-01-2014 4:41pm

Yeah, I'm torn up Mata couldn't get a regular game for Chelsea this season. It's not like Chelsea did anything like win the CL when he was playing regularly.

shrewdness · 25-01-2014 4:42pm

Still can't believe it, Mata! Delighted!

If you said 6 months ago that he'd be signing for Utd in January, you'd have been a laughing stock.

magnumbud · 25-01-2014 4:43pm

shrewdness wrote: »

Still can't believe it, Mata! Delighted!

If you said 6 months ago that he'd be signing for Utd in January, you'd have been a laughing stock.

if you said it 7 days ago you would have been a laughing stock:D

shadowcomplex · 25-01-2014 4:44pm

How happy would you guys be if this was our team at the start of next season

Dea Gea

Rafael--New worldclass centre half--Jones/evans/smalling--Shaw

Fellaini/Carrick/Fletcher--New World class Midfielder

Mata

Rooney

Januzai/kagawa

RVP

GSPfan · 25-01-2014 4:46pm

Pro. F wrote: »

Just stop.

Ha. Funnily enough you are one of the few people I was talking about. Bet you're a sweetheart in real life.

shadowcomplex · 25-01-2014 4:48pm

KH25 wrote: »

Paul Merson is just a walking caricature. He's paid to act like a fool.

The way he talks about english players is as if his world 11 would be all english based, sur he said defoe was the best striker in the league only a few weeks ago, hes so bad its actually quite funny to listen to

irishfeen · 25-01-2014 4:50pm

I miss Ronaldo

- incredible bicycle kick against Granada leading to a brilliant save from the keeper.

manutd · 25-01-2014 4:50pm

irishfeen · 25-01-2014 4:52pm

manutd wrote: »

Seen that on twitter for a while now but don't know if its only someone taking the piss...

shrewdness · 25-01-2014 4:52pm

magnumbud wrote: »

if you said it 7 days ago you would have been a laughing stock:D

True! It's just crazy after 2 seasons of him being Chelsea's best player, and one of the best in the league, that we could sign him relatively easily just a few months later. I know it's a fair wedge of money to Chelsea for a player that wasn't playing, but he's a proper world-class talent with his prime ahead of him, fantastic deal.

Kerrydude1981 · 25-01-2014 4:52pm

shadowcomplex wrote: »

The way he talks about english players is as if his world 11 would be all english based, sur he said defoe was the best striker in the league only a few weeks ago, hes so bad its actually quite funny to listen to

Merson is a right pain in the nads,if Utd didnt sign Mata he would have said it goes to show that Utd cant attract the worlds "top top players" without having SAF as manager.

When they do sign Mata he says its seen as a sign of desperation.

Gas man that Merson.

manutd · 25-01-2014 4:54pm

irishfeen wrote: »

Seen that on twitter for a while now but don't know if its only someone taking the piss...

got it here https://twitter.com/_OfficialAgent_ I find it reliable

Saucy McKetchup · 25-01-2014 4:54pm

I have a feeling this might come back to haunt Jose in a couple of seasons, can't wait to see it

Headshot · 25-01-2014 5:01pm

Isnt it fair refreshing that utd are finally flexing our financial muscles

Son Of A Vidic · 25-01-2014 5:02pm

Delighted we have signed Mata, a world class player with his prime in front of him. With the guts of a season under his belt, Moyes no doubt now has a good feel for the team he wants to build.

irishfeen · 25-01-2014 5:04pm

Headshot wrote: »

Isnt it fair refreshing that utd are finally flexing our financial muscles

Another bit of flexing would be magnificent :pac:

Pro. F · 25-01-2014 5:05pm

GSPfan wrote: »

Ha. Funnily enough you are one of the few people I was talking about. Bet you're a sweetheart in real life.

Your chest thumping is sad.

TheTownie · 25-01-2014 5:06pm

Kagawa is gone in the summer now me thinks..

shadowcomplex · 25-01-2014 5:07pm

bantee wrote: »

At LB, yes.

well our sh1t RB needs replacing too

irishfeen · 25-01-2014 5:09pm

Some reports on twitter of first interview @ 4.30 on MUTV ... Don't know how accurate that is, we'll have to wait and see.

Pro. F · 25-01-2014 5:10pm

Headshot wrote: »

Isnt it fair refreshing that utd are finally flexing our financial muscles

I wouldn't speak too soon. There's been plenty of points where it's looked like United are turning up the spending over the last few years, but it rarely gets out of hand when you look at it over a longer time. Which I think is actually a good thing btw.

Headshot · 25-01-2014 5:13pm

ugh thought HomerJay was back there for a second

RobertKK · 25-01-2014 5:14pm

http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/dan-jones-the-chickens-are-coming-home-to-roost-for-manchester-united-9082702.html

On May 2 2013, 10 days after United had won the league and just under a week before Ferguson confirmed his retirement, United’s shares were trading at $19.04. Earlier this month they dipped to $14.84. Or, to put it another way, nearly a quarter of the club’s worth has been wiped out in the past eight-and-a-half months because of underinvestment in players.

That’s what has prodded the board into action — and for once, perhaps, United fans can be grimly thankful that the Glazers have such nakedly commercial priorities.

The Glazers need to invest to generate the money, so more signings of top players should mean better revenues, and better share price.

Will I Amnt · 25-01-2014 5:15pm

Headshot wrote: »

ugh thought HomerJay was back there for a second

Welcome to the thread manutd :pac:

Manchester United Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - 2013/14

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