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

homerjay2005

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

Should be an interesting week

could possibly be the busiest 3 weeks in the history of the club in terms of transfers.

we need 2 signings, 3 would be great. ideally they'd be done by now but it hasnt happened so we just move on to the next stage of hope and fingers crossed it gets done finally.

bullvine

Any highlights from last night available? thanks!

TheDoc

homerjay2005 wrote: »

Ole is on Sky Sports now picking the best united team during his career. interestingly he went for VDS in goal and beckham over Ronaldo.

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VDS

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GN----Stam----Rio---Irwin

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Keane

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Scholes

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Beckham

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Giggs

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Cantona

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RVN

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To be fair I think that former players who do this, make some intentional omission/inclusions so that it's actually meaningful, and not just the smae 11 everytime, or to be purposefully controversial (i.e Keane)

Obviously it's always opinion based, but I'd take Ole's team, replace VDS with Schmeichael and Beckham with Ronaldo, and then consider that the best starting 11 of the players who have played since the premier leagues creation.

Sometimes think people omit/included certain players to be intentionally controversial, or unique. There is nothing wrong with not being unique in this instance, as I think it's not that debatable in terms of our best 11.

I think by the end of his career, Rooney will most likely become a more frequent figure in these sort of teams, most likely replacing RVN.

bucketybuck

Did Ole ever play with Ronaldo?

Maximus Alexander

homerjay2005 wrote: »

could possibly be the busiest 3 weeks in the history of the club in terms of transfers.

You just know that 10 days from now not a single player will have joined or left! :pac:

DM_7

Ole played a lot more with Beckham than Ronaldo.

He only played three seasons with Schmeichel when he was on his way down.

I doubt he picked players based on their peak but how they played while he was a team mate with them.

DM_7

bucketybuck wrote: »

Did Ole ever play with Ronaldo?

Yes

Ronaldo signed for United when Beckham left in 2003. Ole retired in 2007

EDIT: I know he was injured a lot in that time so wouldn't have played many games with him

SeanJ09

bucketybuck wrote: »

Did Ole ever play with Ronaldo?

Aye, from 2003 to 2007.

DARK-KNIGHT

Mission accomplished I did not post once in the match thread

Good win for United but the issues are still there we need 1 maybe 2 defenders and at least one midfielder.

Hererra is a class act.

Rayne Wooney

Turan would be cover for the wing back positions, either that or Shaw will be cover and Turan first choice on the left with Young and Valenica the options on the right

LuckyLloyd

homerjay2005 wrote: »

Ole is on Sky Sports now picking the best united team during his career. interestingly he went for VDS in goal and beckham over Ronaldo.

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VDS

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GN----Stam----Rio---Irwin

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Keane

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Scholes

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Beckham

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Giggs

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Cantona

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RVN

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That's fair enough on Ronaldo though as Beckham would have had far more influence on his career specifically. Van Der Sar was brilliant for Utd too it has to be said. I think that's a reasonable team. Testament to the quality he had around him when you consider some of the omissions!!

Pro. F

Nuts102 wrote: »

Fletcher was poor last night but it was good to see him looking for the ball and pushing forward. His passing was off but i think too many games may have caught up with him.

cleverley by contrast showed up for nothing. Twice i heard him mentioned when he fell over the ball and when he got skinned. He spent the 45 minutes hiding away from the ball and offering nothing as usual.

This is hilarious. Your take on those two performances is the perfect example of what preconceptions do to cloud judgement.

Kerrydude1981

How did Kagawa play when he came on last night lads?

DrPhilG

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

either that or Shaw will be cover

£27m for a left wing back cover player?

bucketybuck

SeanJ09 wrote: »

Aye, from 2003 to 2007.

I always think Ole retired earlier, his career really fizzled out because of those injuries, such a shame.

Pro. F

bangkok wrote: »

so wheres that poster that said shaw was a better attacker than Ashley young and he would prefer to see shaw start ahead of him even on the right :eek:

Here I am. First of all, I said I might take Young on the right. Young has been transformed recently, especially last night. If you think you were predicting that performance then you are fooling yourself.

bangkok wrote: »

ah come on, "at that time" shaw has zero career goals and about 2 assists. compare that to young, its a non comparison

Judging a 19 year old left back, who up until this season was playing with a mid-table side on goals and assist, is ridiculous.

Rayne Wooney

DrPhilG wrote: »

£27m for a left wing back cover player?

Turan will probably cost nearly as much and maybe more if we do buy him and it wouldn't really make sense to have him as cover when he is nearer his peak than Shaw

Price won't determine who starts for LVG anyway, he will decide what's best for the team

homerjay2005

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

You just know that 10 days from now not a single player will have joined or left! :pac:

theres 3 players going and theres 2 coming...whether those 2 players will be the right ones is anyones guess.

balkieb2002

bullvine wrote: »

Any highlights from last night available? thanks!

Official highlights will appear here at 1am on Wednesday.

There is also extended highlights on Footyroom - 5min with German Com

RasTa

Bookmark this page if you're ever looking for highlights

http://www.redcafe.net/threads/manchester-united-videos.165623/unread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIuFWNnhM3E

Augmerson

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE DONE IT!

MANCHESTER UNITED ARE THE 2014 GUINNESS INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS CUP CHAMPIONS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M

:pac::pac::pac:

v3ttel

Tyler Blackett did very well on tour. He seemed very composed on the ball and defended very well when he had to. If we're playing 3 CBs, he'd be an option as 5th choice or 6th choice. He made a difference with his distribution from the back, even though Liverpool's high pressure faded a bit in the second half.

Hopefully we'll see some transfer activity (CB and CM) over the next week or so. I'm hoping that LVG can stop Jones from being so rash.

Pro. F

Giggsy11 wrote: »

I thought he was very good defensively against Sterling today. He was beaten once or twice but overall he was good. He had the pace to keep up with Sterling.

He might have done okay when facing Sterling with the ball, but I'd still have doubts about his positioning and I don't remember him ever being tested by having to cover the back post.

homerjay2005

so looks like the Vidal deal is dead and we never actually bid for him.

i wonder though, will that change now that we are on the way home from tour. have a feeling that this is going to run and run for a few more weeks yet

MagicIRL

I wanna' tell you, I might as well do, 'bout a boy who can do anything,
He comes from Holl-and, his name is Kev-in, Stootman, Strootman, Strootman!

ElChe32

Augmerson wrote: »

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE DONE IT!

MANCHESTER UNITED ARE THE 2014 GUINNESS INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS CUP CHAMPIONS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M

:pac::pac::pac:

beno619

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Turan would be cover for the wing back positions, either that or Shaw will be cover and Turan first choice on the left with Young and Valenica the options on the right

Think he would be a midfield option, as far as I'm aware he's more of a central player now.

Amirani

beno619 wrote: »

Think he would be a midfield option, as far as I'm aware he's more of a central player now.

He's always played wide for Atleti? You may be thinking of Koke, who is naturally a central player but often plays on the wings.

Lord TSC

homerjay2005 wrote: »

so looks like the Vidal deal is dead and we never actually bid for him.

i wonder though, will that change now that we are on the way home from tour. have a feeling that this is going to run and run for a few more weeks yet

Have heard people clinging to two things. That he never types his messages in English but did this (so is it a negotiation tactic or why English now) and the fact he hash tagged the name of the city he is in ("I am happy in this city"). Feels, to me, like it's someone in his ear sending a message which could easily be construed in multiple ways tbh.

Not that I believe we were ever really in for him, mind....

beno619

Diego Simeone wrote: »

He's always played wide for Atleti? You may be thinking of Koke, who is naturally a central player but often plays on the wings.

Going by your username I'd say you know what your talking about but did he not play centrally a few times for Atleti last season ?

fifth

I don't believe we're in for Vidal either, mind. But that instagram pic I reckon he's just saying how he likes it there in Jakarta.

Amirani

beno619 wrote: »

Going by your username I'd say you know what your talking about but did he not play centrally a few times for Atleti last season ?

He's played off the striker a few times in a more central sort of role, and him and Koke were often encouraged to cut inside when playing on the wings. Still, I'd say his best position is very much out wide. He can play either wing pretty well.

bullvine

Any word on P Nev? did he get a job afterall?

Shane.C

Don't know if this was posted already

LVG

https://vine.co/v/MEmzYUgFv3u

TheTownie

It ain't over til the fat lady sings.

Omid Zamani ‏@Juventus__fan 4m
Tuttosport confirms that Vidal's Instagram account is fake! - uncertainty still remains.

MagicIRL

TheTownie wrote: »

It ain't over til the fat lady sings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw

TheDoc

That video posted above was unreal.

Needed a double take to make sure that was United playing.

baldshin

Don't worry lads, I'm off to watch Juve train in Sydney on Saturday, I'll collar Vidal and find out what's what and let ye know!

RobertKK

3-5-2 and 4-3-3 are the formations we will play this season.

I can't see us not signing a midfielder and a central defender.

btw on Twitter Ireland all the the trends are do with the match last night.

Son Of A Vidic

v3ttel wrote: »

Tyler Blackett did very well on tour. He seemed very composed on the ball and defended very well when he had to.

I agree and at one stage later in the second half, he had one very nice piece of defending that Phil Jones could do with looking at. It was a lesson in how not to give away a penalty / not to give an excuse for a penalty.

Macca07

Highlights from last nights match, 7:41 in total, with MUTV commentary.

You can ignore the match report at the top where it says Anders Lindegaard scored the last goal.

MagicIRL

I really hope Jesse Lingard breaks in to the first team this season.

DM_7

The New Kit looks well on the players.

Reminds of the 80s kits,


mainly this one

NoviGlitzko

MagicIRL wrote: »

I really hope Jesse Lingard breaks in to the first team this season.

Yep. Can see no reason why he can't. Underrated IMO.

MagicIRL

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

Yep. Can see no reason why he can't. Underrated IMO.

Blackett should get a chance too.

It's a productive pre season if those two come in to the team, along with new , flowing tactics and a manager who knows how to win.

Montroseee

Although I wouldn't be happy if our transfer dealings are finished, the power of a top manager can never be underestimated. Even as things stand, I'd bet heavily on UTD. getting top 4 this year.

rockal

MagicIRL wrote: »

I really hope Jesse Lingard breaks in to the first team this season.

Was impressed when I saw him play a year ago in pre season.
Scholesy rates him better than Januzai
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/paul-scholes-slams-manchester-united-7334702

Giggsy11

Hopefully Nick Powell also get promoted to first team.

Whatsisname

Craig Norwood ‏@CraigNorwood 2m
Manchester United's flight GTI8758 being diverted due to a terror threat at the Manchester airport. #MUFC

**** flying.

Hococop

Whatsisname wrote: »

**** flying.

Wow crazy. Where are they landing now

Just heard it on the radio apparently a device on another plane landing in Manchester but not sure how genuine the threat is