Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - See Mod Warning in OP, 09/11

Cantona's Collars

At least Barca's transfer ban has been upheld so they'll be buying nobody 'til 2016-that's one less club tempting any of our potential transfer targets to Spain.

Spazdarn

zerks wrote: »

At least Barca's transfer ban has been upheld so they'll be buying nobody 'til 2016-that's one less club tempting any of our potential transfer targets to Spain.

Reus to Madrid then...

Vic Vinegar

Spazdarn wrote: »

Reus to Madrid then...

Good. We've got enough injury prone players as it is.

Cantona's Collars

Interesting piece by Keown on some teams passing for the sake of it style,he wrote similar about United but said we are more direct in our style,not hoofball but using our strikers better by getting the ball into them quickly.

http://www.squawka.com/news/martin-keown-claims-strikers-like-christian-benteke-and-romelu-lukaku-needs-more-long-balls-to-thrive/260761

Gits_bone

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Yeah the last 30 year we signed was just the worst.

Ah lil Mikey Owen did a good job.

beno619

Gits_bone wrote:

Ah lil Mikey Owen did a good job.

Great bit of business I though, scored when he was fit and who can forget the derby winner

Cantona's Collars

beno619 wrote: »

Great bit of business I though, scored when he was fit and who can forget the derby winner

And got an EPL Medal.;)

thelad95

It's such a pity Owen was riddled with injuries throughout his United career. As a result, in the annals of time people will remember only his Liverpool career.

pablo128

thelad95 wrote: »

It's such a pity Owen was riddled with injuries throughout his United career. As a result, in the annals of time people will remember only his Liverpool career.

Twas Liverpool that fcuked him up. The man even said so himself.

6am7f9zxrsjvnb

thelad95 wrote: »

It's such a pity Owen was riddled with injuries throughout his United career. As a result, in the annals of time people will remember only his Liverpool career.

His 94th minute intervention with THAT winner will always ensure his popularity at OT.

ElChe32

His CL hattrick was pretty special too for us. He's an awful commentator though...literally have to watch a stream when he's on BT sports.

irishfeen

https://twitter.com/BlindDaley/status/549975999346393088

Twill be great to see this lad back, Ander Herrera and Adnan Januzaj back training too

Hococop

irishfeen wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BlindDaley/status/549975999346393088

Twill be great to see this lad back, Ander Herrera and Adnan Januzaj back training too

Any word on rojo or fellaini?

RasTa

When Blind, Herrera, Di Maria and Fellani are back who goes in? Same for Rojo and Shaw

Arguably have 5 starters injured for the first half of the season.

FutureGuy

I will never forget that Owen goal vs City. Neither will my voicebox!

RasTa

Also

And just expanding on the return to training of Herrera and Januzaj, van Gaal adds: "Herrera trained today for the first time with us but, yes, they don’t have match rhythm. Januzaj has also trained two training sessions with us, but he was ill and you have to recover from your illness, not from your tiredness. Maybe it’s worse to recover from illness."

The boss is also enjoying the lifestyle in Manchester: "English life is fantastic because I have met only friendly people on the streets and in the restaurants where I come. The food is fantastic because when I came to England everybody said the food is not good, but [it is] fantastic. Also, the wine list is fantastic. I have very nice neighbours; they are all older than me but very nice. I live in a surrounding environment [that is] fantastic."

More on the fans: "I think the main reason they have supported us is because of the fighting spirit of my team. We were not always ahead in matches but they have fought to the end and a lot of times with good success, so I think we can be satisfied about the points now – 36 points."

Van Gaal: "I think the fans [have been] fantastic because we were in a moment with 11 matches and 13 points – that is not good, I think more weak than good. In spite of that, the fans have supported us always and in the right way. I want to thank the fans for that."

More from the boss: "I think everyone can see that we are improving every week in spite of a lot of injuries, and that’s because of the philosophy. I think the players understand the philosophy, and that’s why we are improving – but we can improve more when we have all the players available."

The boss adds: "There are players coming back, we have seen the first signs of that in the last two games with Rafael, Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw. They don't have any match rhythm and that's my problem, it's the case with a few players. We played three or four games in the space of a week, so we need these players now more than ever. It's now difficult for me to select the team."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nklpkB4yo2A

ElChe32

Fantashhstic

TheDoc

Really enjoy his press conferences

irishfeen

Hococop wrote: »

Any word on rojo or fellaini?

Not that I have seen anyway lad - Rojo, Fellaini, Blind & Di Maria back fighting fit would be amazing...

LVG will earn his money in team selections if everyone is fit... it would be a lovely problem to have though.

newballsplease

I like the look of the next couple of months fixtures

irishfeen

newballsplease wrote: »

I like the look of the next couple of months fixtures

.. one game at a time - remember last year!

beno619

Hopefully well be able to field a strong but much changed side at Yeovil.

Would like to see Pereira and Adnan start and possibly Ando's farewell appearance ?

Cantona's Collars

The thoughts of Shawcross,Whelan etc. kicking lumps out of Di Maria if he makes his comeback against Stoke isn't nice.

homerjay2005

beno619 wrote: »

Hopefully well be able to field a strong but much changed side at Yeovil.

Would like to see Pereira and Adnan start and possibly Ando's farewell appearance ?

after the MK Dones farce and considering that so many players are lacking match practice, youd expect Rafael, Shaw, Fellaini, Blind, Adnan, Fletcher, Herrera all to play anyway plus probably Wilson

we need to do what the other clubs do and have at least our top players on standby on the bench.

Rayne Wooney

Last thing I want New Years morning is seeing Stoke take lumps out of our fragile players, they don't have too many hatchet players these days though.


Last time out we had a solid enough midfield with Carrick, Ander and Fellaini and Mata in there. Can't remember much about the game at OT

Nalz

FutureGuy wrote: »

I will never forget that Owen goal vs City. Neither will my voicebox!

I was carried two rows fwd in OT after that goal went in, behind the goal in the family section!

phenom

Great to see Ander and adnan coming back. Would really like to see more of both of them. Great to see our list of injured players getting smaller.

Lord TSC

Would love to see Wilson and Falcao against Yeovil, with Januzaj in behind, and use it as a real confidence builder. Give Falcao even 45 minutes to try and bag a few....

The Moldy Gowl

Sure falcao is only a player you play in the cups against Yeovil anyway

Mikeyt086

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Last thing I want New Years morning is seeing Stoke take lumps out of our fragile players, they don't have too many hatchet players these days though.


Last time out we had a solid enough midfield with Carrick, Ander and Fellaini and Mata in there. Can't remember much about the game at OT

Charlie Adam seems determined to destroy everything in his path en route to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship...

https://vine.co/v/OrhWipWE0TQ

To say I'm worried is an understatement.

RobertKK

A bit of Roy Keane...

https://twitter.com/footymemes/status/549939750225051648

Headshot

God its such a shame the player I love so much has turned into a bitter old man that just grumbles and grumbles all the time.

Nolars

So 24 hours till the transfer window is open eh. I really really hope we sign a central defender and central midfielder.

Whatsisname

Nolars wrote: »

So 24 hours till the transfer window is open eh. I really really hope we sign a central defender and central midfielder.

Thats so 2013

Nolars

Whatsisname wrote: »

Thats so 2013

And hope we finally pay off Anderson to go back to brazil once and for all.

thelad95

In this transfer window, we shall sign Bale, Hummels and Reus with De Gea and Anderson going to Real Madrid and Finn Harps respectively.

Cantona's Collars

And it's started: "Real want Falcao and will sell Benzema to fund a deal."


http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/417705/Real-Madrid-to-SELL-Liverpool-target-Benzema-in-order-to-land-Man-Utd-s-Radamel-Falcao

pablo128

zerks wrote: »

And it's started: "Real want Falcao and will sell Benzema to fund a deal."


http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/417705/Real-Madrid-to-SELL-Liverpool-target-Benzema-in-order-to-land-Man-Utd-s-Radamel-Falcao

Swap and a few quid their way for Ronaldo and they have a deal.

Vic Vinegar

RobertKK wrote: »

A bit of Roy Keane...

https://twitter.com/footymemes/status/549939750225051648

He never said that. It's a made up quote.

kryogen

I love the ownership Van Gaal has, and has had on the team since he arrived, even things like saying, "my teams fighting spirit"

Its a stark contrast to last season and a very welcome change

MagicMarker

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

He never said that. It's a made up quote.

Made up by Nicky Butt by the sounds of it.

Hank Scorpio

I loved the last press conference even more, the journalists saying he said some things, and he said he didn't, he explained he was answering questions. Then he said "I can go" and stood up. Great stuff, he has them by the balls

niallo27

nuxxx wrote: »

I loved the last press conference even more, the journalists saying he said some things, and he said he didn't, he explained he was answering questions. Then he said "I can go" and stood up. Great stuff, he has them by the balls

He has to shut the **** about this christmas football thing, every team has to do it. It has always been the case in England and no one is going to change it because of him. Other than that he is good to watch and his honesty in a world of bull**** is great to see.

John Cherry

Happy Birthday to the greatest football manager of all time and the legend who is SIR Alexander Chapman Ferguson.

Gits_bone

nuxxx wrote: »

I loved the last press conference even more, the journalists saying he said some things, and he said he didn't, he explained he was answering questions. Then he said "I can go" and stood up. Great stuff, he has them by the balls

What do you mean? What does he gain over them? The press are the press. They are just there so they can write their articles and will do so no matter what LVG says or not.

At the end of the day it's about 3 points on the pitch. There's no points won in a presser.

John Cherry

My favourite quote from the great man as I'm sure it is for every Man Utd fan.

The response was delivered like a cobra strike, quick and brutal. "My greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their fecking perch," Ferguson said. "And you can print that."

Liam O

John Cherry wrote: »

Happy Birthday to the greatest football manager player of all time Liam O

Aww didn't think you'd remember

John Cherry

Liam O wrote: »

Aww didn't think you'd remember

All the success you have achieved how could I ever

Vic Vinegar

Anders Lindegaard on best dancer at #mufc: “Phil Jones – if he gets on the dancefloor, the whole party is saved.”

Imagine the faces he pulls when he dances.

Lucas Hood

Something like this I'd imagine.
http://youtu.be/EZHEBxeb6Ak