Manchester United Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - 2013/14 Mod Warning: Post #7871

KH25

No

beno619 wrote: »

CB is the last position that needs strengthening I think, bring back Michael Keane or another young player but its time for Smalling, Jones and Evans to step up.

Agreed. They need to step up but they also need to be given a chance and a certain level of trust. They will make mistakes, everyone does. But both Moyes and the fans need to give them a chance to show they have what it takes to replace Rio and Vidic.

The_Kew_Tour

No

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Don't you mean Keith?

It was a joke;)

DARK-KNIGHT

No

So according to fifa14 i signed gundogan 3 years in past ie summer 2014 and im now in summer 2017 and that absolute horrible bucker has started wanting out and running down his 4 year contract.... you can swing for it ilkay :mad::D:pac::rolleyes:

Also bought reuss with intention of getting him to play cdm and the game shouted at me for being too bloody stupid to play the game.. i blame whoever came up with reuss playing cm for us.... you are ruining my career

SherlockWatson

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

So according to fifa14 i signed gundogan 3 years in past ie summer 2014 and im now in summer 2017 and that absolute horrible bucker has started wanting out and running down his 4 year contract.... you can swing for it ilkay :mad::D:pac::rolleyes:

Also bought reuss with intention of getting him to play cdm and the game shouted at me for being too bloody stupid to play the game.. i blame whoever came up with reuss playing cm for us.... you are ruining my career

Reus for cdm?

While your at it Falcao makes an excellent cb due to his heading skills.

The_Kew_Tour

No

Its 2020 in FM 2013 and Toni Kroos, Thiago, Neymar and Ronaldo are smashing it up.

tallaghtmick

No

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Its 2020 in FM 2013 and Toni Kroos, Thiago, Neymar and Ronaldo are smashing it up.

Any tax issues

The_Kew_Tour

No

tallaghtmick wrote: »

Any tax issues

No although Ronaldo the fecker wanted 300,000 in his Mid 30's.

I gave in. Maybe I should go easier on Moyes:pac:

bangkok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYsfoTNweW0

imagine the uproar on this if man utd players did this!!

The last time I played Football Manager was on Commodore 64 and I. Copeland was tearing up Division 1 teams for me in every match.

RasTa

No

What's with the lack of games this weekend?

Devil08

RasTa wrote: »

What's with the lack of games this weekend?

Fa cup?

The_Kew_Tour

No

RasTa wrote: »

What's with the lack of games this weekend?

FA Cup weekend too.

IvySlayer

No

FA Cup is balls nowadays tbh

Make them midweek games

Moyes is just depressing week after week

The_Kew_Tour

No

I was actually glad we did not play last weekend. did not ruin it

Agueroooo

Moyes Presser today..

Headshot

No

"played well"

A shudder just went down my neck

Deiseboy01

Macca07 wrote: »

Are you crazy man??? Everyone knows that Fellaini doesn't grow hair. He came out of his mothers womb with that afro and it hasn't changed in his 26 years on this planet.

Correct, his hair grows people!

shadowcomplex

No

Did any of you see the article on sky news where tony Kroos's brother said he was a manutd fan as a child

The_Kew_Tour

No

shadowcomplex wrote: »

Did any of you see the article on sky news where tony Kroos's brother said he was a manutd fan as a child

Yes was mentioned few days ago I think.

ShoulderChip

No

Agueroooo wrote: »

Moyes Presser today..

What does Moyes mean by Kagawa hasn't featured as much as he would have liked?

IvySlayer

No

If you disagree with him you're not a loyal supporter :rolleyes:

'Playing well'.....

greendom

ShoulderChip wrote: »

What does Moyes mean by Kagawa hasn't featured as much as he would have liked?

Fergie still doing team selection?

ThirdMan

shadowcomplex wrote: »

Did any of you see the article on sky news where tony Kroos's brother said he was a manutd fan as a child

So was John Terry. Don't get your hopes up.

tallaghtmick

No

ThirdMan wrote: »

So was John Terry. Don't get your hopes up.

He had a trial with us too.

irishfeen

Expecting a good decent performance tomorrow with Fellaini at the heart of it - 3-1 .... any points dropped would be a complete disaster.... it would not surprise me one bit too to see RVP benched from the start.

jaykay74

No

irishfeen wrote: »

any points dropped would be a complete disaster.....

annoying yes, but a disaster. Why? That ship has sailed. Each individual league games thats left it'd be nice to do well (especially Liverpool/City) but as a whole the league campaign is already over. The 2nd leg CL game is the whole season in one match.

Kylo Ren

The rest of the campaign should just be used to give Smalling, Jones, Evans, and Fellaini as much game time as possible. I'd love to put Kagawa in that bracket but....yeah.

The results are pretty redundant at this stage.

Lord TSC

No

Keno wrote: »

The results are pretty redundant at this stage.

I'll remind people of that when we are lamenting the loss to West Brom tomorrow evening :P

Maximus Alexander

Agueroooo wrote: »

Moyes Presser today..

I find it hard not to like the man. He handled that press conference well.

mewe

No

I've been critical of Moyes recently but i'd really love to be proven wrong and for him to succeed. I'm sure most who want him out at this stage would be on the same page.

The reality is he's taken on an unbelievably immense task and regardless of what some posters may say there still is glaring deficiencies in the team, let alone the squad.

I suppose what i'm tryin to say is i'd like the nice guy to win. A lot of people, myself included would have wanted Mourinho to take over and he is effective and successful in almost everything he does it seems. But i'm surprised also that the pantomime and facade hasn't faded yet because behind it all he's a bit of a dick really whereas Moyes is actually a nice man i think.

So, like i said, i hope i'm proven wrong and the nice man wins.

Rayne Wooney

We'd all love to be proven wrong, even the most hardcore Moyes out faction, because if he does prove us wrong United will do well and that's what we all want

Moyes seems like a good guy, everything is pointing to him being out of his depth, he's an intelligent man, he did brilliantly at Everton, but let's face it the United job is one of the most prestigious in football and he had to follow arguably the greatest manager, only a tiny percentage of managers could succeed with that pressure. Some just aren't cut out for the very top.

It's no humiliation for Moyes not succeeding in the job, I think he'll go on to have a good career if it doesn't work out.

As it stands it looks like he'll get at least the summer to buy players and then the first few games of next season to see if he can turn it around, so we'll just have to stomach whatever comes until then, be it a turn around or more failure. I think Moyes will buy the right players, it's just a question of whether he can use them properly. Ironically Moyes will probably leave the United team in a better shape than Fergie left to him.

onemorechance

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I find it hard not to like the man. He handled that press conference well.

He seems more confident than previously. I reckon that the club's hierarchy (and himself) have accepted that this season is a write-off and they have told him that they will support him into next season. In a way, it's like the pressure is off him for now and he can start to concentrate of building for next season.

He has a point, it's easy to support the team when things are going well, it's when things are not going so well that the team really needs support. I have been bemused and frustrated by a lot of what he has done this season, from using the word 'hopefully' ten times in each interview to team selection and tactics. However, I'm looking forward to the future and seeing him develop this team and club in a similar way to what he has done in the past. Watching his Everton teams over the years gives me confidence that he can go great things with United.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f75zhUga9jY

:pac: Never won away against top 4!

F.J.

Fellaini could be out tomorrow according to a journalist for the Manchester Evening News.Has back spasms apparently.

https://twitter.com/mikekeeganmen/status/442070265514958848

LiamoSail

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

It's no humiliation for Moyes not succeeding in the job, I think he'll go on to have a good career if it doesn't work out.

I think it will be a humiliation if he doesn't succeed, and one that will probably shape the remainder of his career. He won't be the successful everton manager of 11 years, he'll be the failed United manager. United's prominence dictates that.

Outside of the consequence to Moyes/United of him failing, I think the consequence to other upcoming managers in the league would also be severe.

Over the last ten years, Moyes is the first managers to get a job with one of the top four on the back of his work in the league. Him failing would reduce the likelihood of that happening again, and reinforce the glass ceiling that exists to an extent, which would be a shame IMO.

Its not like every manager coming in from other leagues is the next Mourinho either, plenty fail but the trend continues. Grant, AVB, Mancini etc were no great shakers, and it would have been good to see promotion from within the league in these cases. Obviously managers like Wenger, Mourinho, Hiddink, Benitez have come in from foreign leagues and succeeded, but there's something wrong when your reputation as a player at a specific club is as likely to land you a job with a top club (Sherwood, DiMatteo), as a number of years success at a smaller club on the league is (Moyes, Redknapp, Hodgson)

onemorechance

F.J. wrote: »

Fellaini could be out tomorrow according to a journalist for the Manchester Evening News.Has back spasms apparently.

https://twitter.com/mikekeeganmen/status/442070265514958848

Balls! Would be nice to see him starting full-time 'til the end of season. Would have been nice if he had started v. Olympiacos too! :P

beno619

No

So the usual pre match optimism has returned only to be dashed as soon as the team sheet is released.

ThunbergsAreGo

Interesting most of the Everton goals in the game above come from the dreaded cross :-)

Kerrydude1981

No

naughtb4 wrote: »

Interesting most of the Everton goals in the game above come from the dreaded cross :-)

Should have signed Tony Hibbert as a crossing coach

Cantona's Collars

I'm too busy watching Hayley McQueen on SSN to worry about the teamsheet for today's game.:D

Lord TSC

No

15 minutes of blissful optimism left...

IamtheWalrus

Kind of feels like the season is over, just going through the motions now.

Peter Flynt

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Kind of feels like the season is over, just going through the motions now.

It's over on 19 March.

Lord TSC

No

Yum yum, me likey the team!

2moreMinutes

Could be worse. My optimism hasn't completely disappeared. Yet.......

jebus84

No

De Gea; Rafael, Jones, Smalling, Evra; Carrick, Fellaini; Mata, Rooney, Januzaj; van Persie

TheTownie

No

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Manchester United ‏@ManUtd 21s
#mufc team to face West Brom: De Gea; Rafael, Jones, Smalling, Evra; Carrick, Fellaini; Mata, Rooney, Januzaj; van Persie.

#mufc subs at The Hawthorns: Lindegaard, Giggs, Vidic, Young, Fletcher, Kagawa, Welbeck.

Peter Flynt

De Gea; Rafael, Jones, Smalling, Evra; Carrick, Fellaini; Mata, Rooney, Januzaj; van Persie.

Peter Flynt

Kagawa back on the bench . . .We won't be having them through balls and clever passes. . . Get the ball into the box.

Rayne Wooney

That's the best team he could play

It's all down to what way he's told them to play now

Lord TSC

No

Actually, really happy with that team. Seems to be what I've wanted all season.

De Gea
Rafael, Jones, Smalling, Evra
Carrick, Fellaini
Mata, Rooney, Januzaj
van Persie.

If he can't get a win today with that team, then he really doesn't deserve to be in the premiership, let alone at United.