Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Note in OP, 25/08

GSPfan

J. Marston wrote: »

Neville annoys me greatly. He talks more shíte than sense these days.

Ah no I can't agree. If a pundit is annoying you it's mainly because they are giving an opinion they believe in and not trying to be everyones friend like Redknapp.

I don't tend to agree with him on everything but he has great insight into todays game. Unlike the RTE lads who are a disaster. An entertaining disaster though.

Cookiemunster

billyhead wrote: »

. TBH I think the Glazers will sell up in a year or 2 and some Oil tycoon, Sheik etc will take over.

The club is a cash cow to them. There's no way they'll sell when the can keep milking hundreds of millions from the club every year.

Your Airbag

Pro. F wrote: »

You pay too much attention to the fact that an argument or criticism might be expressed. The fact that lots of fans might say something bears pretty much zero correlation to whether it is true or not.

I know, today we had you rate his crossing 7/10

blueser

J. Marston wrote: »

Neville annoys me greatly. He talks more shíte than sense these days.

Best pundit on the box, by a mile.

Lucas Hood

homerjay2005 wrote: »

why would people lie? its not that hard to check ffs, it takes 2 seconds.

Why would I want to check when you can embed it and I'd be sure it's from who you are claiming it is from?

Great addition to boards. A well needed one too.

Whatsisname

Prefer Carragher myself, Neville lost a bit of credibility for me last year.

bangkok

RayCun wrote: »

Oh come on, Chelsea have pissed plenty of money away since Abramovic bought them
Scott Parker 10m
Crespo 16.8
Mutu 15.8
Veron 15
Glen johnson 6
Tiago and Kezman 8and 5m
Mikel 16m
Shevchenko 30m
Wright-Philips 21m
Malouda 13.5
Bosingwa 16
Torres 50m
Luiz 26m (just because PSG are bigger fools doesn't mean he was a good buy)
Meireles 12m
Moses and Demba ba 9 and 7.5
...

Chelsea have spent a lot of money on a lot of players, and a lot of them have been awful. (while Unitedhave had years of underinvestment)

yes you can add winston bogarde to that as well....most famous for signing for chelsea not playing and refusing to leave as his wages were too high...

and that 16m deal for mikel all went to united, they made a 12m profit on him and he wasnt even a united player for a day

UnitedIrishman

Must say it was a excellent bit of analysis of the formation and the pitfalls of it aswell as the potential upsides of it. Going to take a fair bit of getting used to.

beno619

Your Airbag wrote:

Again, I have credited his work rate multiple times, your either incapable of understanding this simple fact or ignoring it on purpose

Then stop ending posts with "Nani doesn't have the required quality to be at United".

Pro. F

Your Airbag wrote: »

I know, today we had you rate his crossing 7/10

We both already know that we have a fundamental disagreement on how the quality of a cross should be rated. Constantly repeating that you disagree with how I rate his crosses is utterly pointless.

RayCun

Montroseee wrote: »

In recent seasons Chelsea have spent very well and their are some very dodgy inclusions on your list there. How on earth can you call Luiz a bad buy? He was actually very good for Chelsea during the CL and EL wins and netted them a huge profit aswell. Despite being shown up this Summer he spell at Chelsea cannot be considered anythign but a success,

bracket Luiz then

Still a lot of money pissed away by Chelsea. Yes, they bought some good players and United bought some bad ones, but they are not a model for 'spending money wisely'. They've improved recently because they bought so many players some of them were bound to be good and they could focus on the gaps, and their net spend is better recently because they accumulated so many players they could offload some of them. Same with City. They turned on a money hose for a few years, got a few good purchases, a lot of overpriced players, and some downright bad. But now they can turn down the pressure on the hose, they have a team to add to.

J. Marston

blueser wrote: »

Best pundit on the box, by a mile.

Nah, not for me.



You wouldn't see that sort of crap in the Daily Star.

bangkok

di maria is def on the market, both United and PSG want him, imo a deal will be done on deadline day (or close to it), neither will make the first move as they dont want to get into a bidding war, PSG cant afford to pay mega money due to FFP and united want to get him at the chepest price possible so will wait until as late as possible...who will flinch first

beno619

Genuine question Airbag.

Do you believe Rafael is ****e full back ?

This is the general opinion held by the majority of non United fans in England, by your logic where popular opinion is fact, he wouldn't be fit to wear the Jersey.

Whatsisname

Anyone remember Arturo Vidal? what ever happened him?

Lord TSC

Whatsisname wrote: »

Anyone remember Arturo Vidal? what ever happened him?

We're preparing to consider a possible interest in him.....

bangkok

just going to say this about nani.... he is technically brilliant, 2 footed, good crosser of the ball, fast, strong, i think he divides so much opinion because people know how good he can be, but recently he hasnt shown it enough. given a good run in the team and if he stays injury free imo he has the ability to be the best winger in the league again

irishfeen

Whatsisname wrote: »

Anyone remember Arturo Vidal? what ever happened him?

Should know by Friday.. :rolleyes:

Headshot

You know what lads, its going to be a controversial opinion but id love to see the team without Rooney. Welbeck or Chico (possibly another player) along side RVP with Mata behind them. Im convinced we would play better

Maximus Alexander

Lord TSC wrote: »

We're preparing to consider a possible interest in him.....

I heard that the bid was already prepared as of last week, but that Juventus had to call in the army to assist them with preparing to receive the bid.

How Soon Is Now

Could be worse lads we could be losing to burnley!

irishfeen

Well at least that goal put a smile on my face (sitting alongside the brother who is a Chelsea fan) after such a horrible weekend

FortuneChip

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Could be worse lads we could be losing to burnley!

Shut up, shut up, shut up!!!
We've still to play them twice!!!

Maximus Alexander

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Could be worse lads we could be losing to burnley!

Well you've gone and jinxed it now! :pac:

Lord TSC

Headshot wrote: »

You know what lads, its going to be a controversial opinion but id love to see the team without Rooney. Welbeck or Chico (possibly another player) along side RVP with Mata behind them. Im convinced we would play better

I've been beating that drum for so a while :P
Think we will need a new top level striker next summer with Rooney and RVP ageing anyway.

Schwiiing

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Could be worse lads we could be losing to burnley!

In time I'm sure.

Mikeyt086

Whatsisname wrote: »

Anyone remember Arturo Vidal? what ever happened him?

We're preparing a bid.

It turns out the bid is really nervous, he hasn't done anything like this before, so we're getting a special life coach in to get him ready. Hopefully the bid can pull himself together when the moment comes.

How Soon Is Now

irishfeen wrote: »

Well at least that goal put a smile on my face (sitting alongside the brother who is a Chelsea fan) after such a horrible weekend

They will hammer them still I reckon but even still great goal!

There we go ha!

irishfeen

Ha well that was quick... the brother is up and jumping around again the little prick..

Your Airbag

beno619 wrote: »

Genuine question Airbag.

Do you believe Rafael is ****e full back ?

This is the general opinion held by the majority of non United fans in England, by your logic where popular opinion is fact, he wouldn't be fit to wear the Jersey.

I won't even bother answering the question based on whts in bold.

Never have I claimed popular opinion is fact. Your just pigeon holing me based on the fact you disagree, I have broken down quite clearly what I think of Nani I what I though of him Saturday.

Its based purley on what I have seen with my own eyes.

Someimtes popular opinion is formed by repeat veiwings on based on fact, not a video of something a kid said etc.

Maximus Alexander

irishfeen wrote: »

Ha well that was quick... the brother is up and jumping around again the little prick..

Well then it's the perfect time to mock him for jumping around at the prospect of drawing level with the mighty Burnley.

Headshot

Lord TSC wrote: »

I've been beating that drum for so a while :P
Think we will need a new top level striker next summer with Rooney and RVP ageing anyway.

I think we both have in-fairness my Lord

Rooney scored goals but he's all round game has been woeful for some time I think.

Pro. F

Headshot wrote: »

You know what lads, its going to be a controversial opinion but id love to see the team without Rooney. Welbeck or Chico (possibly another player) along side RVP with Mata behind them. Im convinced we would play better

I think Welbeck or Januzaj, or the like, could be the key to that narrow front three. Imo Rooney, RVP and Chico all represent the less creative, less mobile CF that need a guy beside them to run with the ball when playing this formation.

irishfeen

Fabregas ... ... I just wonder the talent we have missed out on...

How Soon Is Now

That's what where missing from fabregas anyway.

Hococop

Great assist by fabregas, hate we missed out on him

Nolars

That assist from Cesc already would just make ya sick.

GSPfan

That second Chelsea goal was amazing. Fabregas already showing why he is a bargain.

Lord TSC

Ah lads, this isn't the Chelsea match thread. Cut it out.

Lord TSC

Headshot wrote: »

I think we both have in-fairness my Lord

Rooney scored goals but he's all round game has been woeful for some time I think.

I think he can be utterly toss for 89 minutes and have one of magical if he scores in that minute, great, but if he doesn't, we are in trouble.

Would rather someone who can be a consistent threat all game.

GSPfan

Lord TSC wrote: »

Ah lads, this isn't the Chelsea match thread. Cut it out.

Oh you're right. The Burnley players also have lovely bottoms.

irishfeen

Lord TSC wrote: »

Ah lads, this isn't the Chelsea match thread. Cut it out.

... its absolutely sickening from our point of view but your right - we shouldn't be upsetting ourselves anyway..

jimmytwotimes 2013

Watching Chelsea move the ball about is absolutely deppressing, guess we can tell the grandkids we remember when united used to be that good!!

Your Airbag

Pro. F wrote: »

We both already know that we have a fundamental disagreement on how the quality of a cross should be rated. Constantly repeating that you disagree with how I rate his crosses is utterly pointless.

Well I've broken down what I think is a good cross and individually rated all of Nanis crossing on Saturday.

You said it was a 50% and marked it 7/10, or 70%. I don't know how you could rate the four crosses in that video a 7/10

If you want to break down your criteria of a good cross and how it relates to what was in the video I'd be happy to hear it.

I think you'll avoid though, in no reality was that a 7/10 crossing preformance

How Soon Is Now

Lord TSC wrote: »

Ah lads, this isn't the Chelsea match thread. Cut it out.

Where doomed we won't finish in the top ten Woodward can't sign anyone our best player is being loaned out to sporting........

Better? Ha :-)

redbaron_99

Lads, feck off!!!! I have sky pauses ten minutes behind!!

irishfeen

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Where doomed we won't finish in the top ten Woodward can't sign anyone our best player is being loaned our to sporting........

Better? Ha :-)

Fellaini's going to Sporting??

How Soon Is Now

irishfeen wrote: »

Fellaini's going to Sporting??

Him to ahhhh ffs!

Rayne Wooney

So the top 4 as it stands is City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool

Begin as you mean to go on aye

irishfeen

redbaron_99 wrote: »

Lads, feck off!!!! I have sky pauses ten minutes behind!!

How the hell can you pause live sport? ... not a hope I could do it..