Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Note in OP, 13/8

Lucas Hood

2moreMinutes wrote: »

I refuse to believe we've bid for anyone until people I trust confirm it.

BBC are very reliable.

Will I Amnt

homerjay2005 wrote: »

errm, one left Southampton and the other turned down Southampton....lets not get carried away here just yet.

Tongue firmly in cheek.

brinty

2moreMinutes wrote: »

I refuse to believe we've bid for anyone until people I trust confirm it.

There is no one reliable any more

billyhead

I am quite pleased with this signing myself. I watched all the Argies games in the World cup and hes a left footed central defender and he looked very decent. Hes a tall lad and is not afraid to put in the tackles. Now for Vidal and I would be delighted with out summer business:D

Professional Griefer

De Gea; Jones, Smalling, Blackett; Young, Fletcher, Herrera, James; Mata; Rooney, Hernandez

lordgoat

brinty wrote: »

There is no one reliable any more

The only thing that's changed is the people expect/want to know exactly what's happening.

For me, when I look back reading the sunday papers for transfer news and teletext were just as unreliable but less immediate than the internet.

Back then when you read a 'transfer' you took it with a pinch of salt and didn't believe anything until it was confirmed. This hasn't changed for me.

Now you can intereact directly on twitter with journos and glean information from interviews etc. Much more accessible than years ago.

Sure there was a sweet spot for twitter a few years back, but the world caught on and here we are.

Plenty of reliable stuff out there if people are bothered to look and read around rather than whinge about the dickheads that troll and put up lies and half truths.

Adamocovic

I wouldn't exactly believe the papers that the deal for Rojo is done. If that was the case we would already have Hummels, Vermaelen, De Vrij, Cavani, Cuadrado, Strootman, Vidal and Di Maria all at Old Trafford tonight :P

lordgoat

Professional Griefer wrote: »

De Gea; Jones, Smalling, Blackett; Young, Fletcher, Herrera, James; Mata; Rooney, Hernandez

Gwan the Reece James!


United subs: Amos, M Keane, Cleverley, Fellaini, Kagawa, Lingard & Januzaj.

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lordgoat

http://unitedlive.manutd.com/

Match there.

Rubber_Soul

Van Gaal arrives at Old Trafford

OctavarIan

Adamocovic wrote: »

I wouldn't exactly believe the papers that the deal for Rojo is done. If that was the case we would already have Hummels, Vermaelen, De Vrij, Cavani, Cuadrado, Strootman, Vidal and Di Maria all at Old Trafford tonight :P

BBC reporting it as news on the main football page is pretty much fact. They stick all the newspaper stories/garbage in a separate "gossip" page.

KombuchaMshroom

No Evans or Shaw. Just precautionary I presume?

Blatter

Taylor's take on Vidal saga.

Daniel Taylor @DTguardian
United have been trashing the Vidal link all summer. But there's too much noise. Something definitely going on.

Mitch Connor

Seemingly Evans is injured.

Thank god for our awesome backups in defence.

keane2097

Blatter wrote: »

Taylor's take on Vidal saga.

Daniel Taylor @DTguardian
United have been trashing the Vidal link all summer. But there's too much noise. Something definitely going on.

Not sure whether I credit that line of thinking or not, although it's the only reason I've been unable to commit to the position that it's 100% made up over the last few weeks.

Lucas Hood

Blatter wrote: »

Taylor's take on Vidal saga.

Daniel Taylor @DTguardian
United have been trashing the Vidal link all summer. But there's too much noise. Something definitely going on.

He's probably as reliable as they get for United yeah?

twam2008

Last Word said Rojo put in a transfer request. Sounds like its happening.

brinty

Lucas Hood wrote: »

He's probably as reliable as they get for United yeah?

About as reliable as Ogden and Jackson

kryogen

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Seemingly Evans is injured.

Thank god for our awesome backups in defence.

Finally a bit of positivity!

Didnt hurt did it?

ericzeking

Madrid team just tracking across SSN....fock me! Kroos and Rodriguez start.

On the is Rojo/Blind a left back or centre back or whatever, I think its worth considering the 3 centre back positions as 3 separate in that the right and left sided ones would be kind of hybrid centre back/full back players...in that sense Smalling/jones is a good fit on the right while this Rojo lad appears made for the left, its not only a case of being left footed in my opinion.

brinty

On Rojo,this seems to be another case of a player/ club linking themself with Manchester United.

Who's to say he is coming to Old Trafford? I'm not saying he won't but there's no word coming out of the club at the moment so who's to say whats going on

And don't forget BBC are just looking for clicks on their webpage too and thats why its there??? Same as the tabloids etc..

Adamocovic

OctavarIan wrote: »

BBC reporting it as news on the main football page is pretty much fact. They stick all the newspaper stories/garbage in a separate "gossip" page.

I could be wrong and have to check but did that story not say that he handed in a transfer request and that he wants to join Man United. I know many are reporting that the bid has been launched.

My point is I'm not taking anything as a done deal until it actually is done. Look at Remy and Liverpool that seemed like a done deal, anything can happen.

I'm just going to contain myself until an official statement is made by the club.

MagicMarker

brinty wrote: »

On Rojo,this seems to be another case of a player/ club linking themself with Manchester United.

Who's to say he is coming to Old Trafford? I'm not saying he won't but there's no word coming out of the club at the moment so who's to say whats going on

And don't forget BBC are just looking for clicks on their webpage too and thats why its there??? Same as the tabloids etc..

No.

Whatsisname

brinty wrote: »

On Rojo,this seems to be another case of a player/ club linking themself with Manchester United.

Who's to say he is coming to Old Trafford? I'm not saying he won't but there's no word coming out of the club at the moment so who's to say whats going on

And don't forget BBC are just looking for clicks on their webpage too and thats why its there??? Same as the tabloids etc..

BBC don't need to look for clicks. They're not goal.com or the mail or something.

They're as reliable as it gets.

Blatter

Lucas Hood wrote: »

He's probably as reliable as they get for United yeah?

Yeah, essentially it's only his opinion though.

Bannerman7

#mufc XI vs @ValenciaCF: De Gea; Jones, Smalling, Blackett; Young, Fletcher, Herrera, James; Mata; Rooney, Hernandez
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Spazdarn

Whatsisname wrote: »

BBC don't need to look for clicks. They're not goal.com or the mail or something.

They're as reliable as it gets.

There transfer ticker does include rumours from other sources so they're hardly reliable if they're copying and pasting other sites' crap

ericzeking

brinty wrote: »

On Rojo,this seems to be another case of a player/ club linking themself with Manchester United.

Who's to say he is coming to Old Trafford? I'm not saying he won't but there's no word coming out of the club at the moment so who's to say whats going on

And don't forget BBC are just looking for clicks on their webpage too and thats why its there??? Same as the tabloids etc..

BBC are entirely government funded...no advertising... No click bate

Nalz

What time is the game at and is it on TV anywhere?

Rubber_Soul

ToiletFusion wrote: »

There transfer ticker does include rumours from other sources so they're hardly reliable if they're copying and pasting other sites' crap

All of which is clearly marked as falling under the heading "gossip". Their news section is as reliable as you'll get.

Cookiemunster

ToiletFusion wrote: »

There transfer ticker does include rumours from other sources so they're hardly reliable if they're copying and pasting other sites' crap

Those are reported as being from other sources. This is a story on their main page which states the transfer request as fact. There's a difference.

homerjay2005

An injury to Evans is all we need just now, hopefully its nonsense and its just people assuming he is as opposed to it being reality. Shaw being missing is strange one also tho.

NUTZZ

Trilla wrote: »

What time is the game at and is it on TV anywhere?

19:30 on MUTV HD

Bannerman7

"I am looking forward to walking out into the stadium as the manager of Manchester United, as I know it will be a special moment for me. I have been here before, of course, as a manager with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, and I know just how difficult it is for visiting teams at Old Trafford. I am really looking forward to having you on the same side as my players!"

keane2097

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Those are reported as being from other sources. This is a story on their main page which states the transfer request as fact. There's a difference.

The fact that people don't understand this simple yet crucial difference is exactly why this thread is such torture for much of the time.

Mikeyt086

The idea that the government funded BBC need to fish for clicks is mind blowingly stupid.

Reedsie

Marcus Rojo has handed in a transfer request and Utd have made a bid of €20 million. There's no doubting the BBC.

jimmytwotimes 2013

NUTZZ wrote: »

19:30 on MUTV HD

any way to throw them a few quid just for the match or do you have to subscribe to the station?

OctavarIan

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

The idea that the government funded BBC need to fish for clicks is mind blowingly stupid.

BBC are just a tabloid fishing for clicks. SourceRating: Don't trust
Twitter account with over 1,000 followers. SourceRating: Trust

Jimmy Iovine

I haven't watched a second of the pre-season this year and we've done pretty well.

I went to a shed load of games last season and we did pretty ****e.

Should I watch the match tonight?

Rubber_Soul

ericzeking wrote: »

BBC are entirely government funded...no advertising... No click bate

Not entirely, they do have limited ads for people accessing the site from outside the U.K.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc.com/faq/

twam2008

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I haven't watched a second of the pre-season this year and we've done pretty well.

I went to a shed load of games last season and we did pretty ****e.

Should I watch the match tonight?

Yeah, just don't watch any of the Premier League games.

Reedsie

Reedsie wrote: »

Marcus Rojo has handed in a transfer request and Utd have made a bid of €20 million. There's no doubting the BBC.

Well look, it's always possible they're mistaken, but they simply would not publish a story like this unless they completely believed it was true.

keane2097

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I haven't watched a second of the pre-season this year and we've done pretty well.

I went to a shed load of games last season and we did pretty ****e.

Should I watch the match tonight?

You have to see whether the curse is broken before important games start up IMO.

Kaizersoze81

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

any way to throw them a few quid just for the match or do you have to subscribe to the station?

http://unitedlive.manutd.com

1.99

Will I Amnt

Is the game exclusive to MUTV?
Anywhere across the Atlantic showing it? FOX or Sportsnet etc?

thelad95

It will be really interesting to see the difference between tonights friendly and Rio's testimonial last year. Last year, Moyes set up not to lose his first game at Old Trafford and we were over-run by a Sevilla team playing a friendly as it should be played -with the shackles off.

In contrast, I expect us to play some nice attacking football tonight. Win or lose is irrelevant as we'll probably make loads of subs anyway but I expect a positive attacking performance.

homerjay2005

That Madrid front 6 looks as good as any ive seen. Its scary how good it is. No place for Di Maria in it too.

KombuchaMshroom

Any mention of what number Adnan is wearing tonight?