Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Note in OP, 25/3

Rayne Wooney

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I don't mean to get carried away, but let's get carried away: 8 points off first! :pac:

5 when we beat Chelsea

Pardiola is a genius!!

jayo26

Caragher makes me cringe I actually cant believe he is a pundit, he spends ages showing harts position for the free kick and expect him to end up with a punch line to criticize him and in the end he says he don't have a problem with his position ehh ok. Its like he is clutching at straws for something to talk about.

Anyways cant wait for Sunday bring it on.

Vertigo100

Manchester United will finish 2nd.

Rayne Wooney

Vertigo100 wrote: »

Manchester United will finish 2nd.

By second do you really mean first?

Headshot

Gary Neville talking nonsense again

RobertKK

One can't write off the league title yet, very very unlikely though.

The_Kew_Tour

Just a matter of when we win the league.

Hopefully we win it at home in 2nd last game. Be pity to make it all the way to last game at Hull to collect the trophy. That would be a waste.

Lord TSC

Headshot wrote: »

Gary Neville talking nonsense again

What's he saying?

RobertKK

We win the league when Liverpool beat Chelsea

collie0708

Headshot wrote: »

Its funny I was thinking the exact same question

It will be extremely bad for City in quite a number of ways, Liverpool could cope without it but City could crumble

As long as united make it I will be happy, but given the choice would love city not to make it 😄

Headshot

Lord TSC wrote: »

What's he saying?

About FFP and City. Gary needs to do his homework before spouting. He thinks City should take on FFP and gave the example of PSG but he fails to see that FFP restricted PSG last summer.

pheasant tail

It's in our own hands to grab second. Hard to believe that now if you were to read some of the stuff bring posted here a few weeks back

Hotblack Desiato

collie0708 wrote: »

Who would you all prefer to fail to qualify for the champions league liverpool or man city????

BOTH :pac:


Tagged it at the time of the Evans incident lads, 'spitting distance of 2nd' and so we are

Justice4Johnny

KH25

Headshot wrote: »

About FFP and City. Gary needs to do his homework before spouting. He thinks City should take on FFP and gave the example of PSG but he fails to see that FFP restricted PSG last summer.

It confuses me why he would like to see them take on FFP.

Lord TSC

Spurs to leapfrog both and get forth, while we march on to win the whole thing :pac:

Hotblack Desiato

6 points gifted to Swansea and 3 each to Leicester and WBA fucking rankles right now!

A decent start to the season and fewer injuries than D-Day and we'd be top now.

Rayne Wooney

RobertKK wrote: »

We win the league when Liverpool beat Chelsea

Do Liverpool play Chelsea?

They'll be scoring own goals and their fans celebrating if that kind of scenario presents itself

Headshot

Would it be a thing of beauty that imagine if we're in contention for the PL and Liverpool need to beat Chelsea to get a CL spot but in doing so it helps utd win the league

I think I could cry with tears of joy for a week

If Carlsberg did PL titles....

onemorechance

United have a tough run-in, maybe the toughest of them all, but they are in a much more favourable position than most of us would have expected at this point.

Sun 12 Apr 16:00 : Man Utd v Man City

Sat 18 Apr 17:30 : Chelsea v Man Utd

Sun 26 Apr 13:30 : Everton v Man Utd

Sat 2 May 17:30 : Man Utd v West Brom

Sat 9 May 17:30 : Crystal Palace v Man Utd

Sun 17 May 16:00 : Man Utd v Arsenal

Sun 24 May 15:00 : Hull v Man Utd

I believe that Di Maria showing his quality for the remainder of the season could make the difference.

With Carrick, Mata, Herrera and Fellaini playing key parts in the recent victories, I see them all as essential starters for the remaining (big) games.

Young has also been key, and for sure Rooney will start up front, it won't be an easy decision to drop Young for Di Maria.

Hotblack Desiato

We're gunna win the league.

This is a fact, for it is written (right here.)

Our Year

Toot toot! all aboard the positivity express!

21 TIMES

Chelsea are no great shakes. 9 points from Arsenal, Chelsea and City are possible. We Dare To Dream.

Hotblack Desiato

onemorechance wrote: »

With Carrick, Mata, Herrera and Fellaini playing key parts in the recent victories, I see them all as essential starters for the remaining (big) games.

Trust in Carramataerreralaini.

My previous post may have been satirical. Who knows. So long as we keep winning and rivals losing, who cares :pac:

Hotblack Desiato

and if we don't win the title, we can still get a book and DVD out of it

nullzero

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

Do Liverpool play Chelsea?

They'll be scoring own goals and their fans celebrating if that kind of scenario presents itself

Didn't Stevie G "accidentally" leave a back pass short against Chelski a few years ago to hand them the title? Karma got him back last season for that one the scoundrel.

nullzero

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

and if we don't win the title, we can still get a book and DVD out of it

Moral victory.

Cantona's Collars

nullzero wrote: »

Moral victory.

Alternative league too.:pac::pac:

Will I Amnt

"We Dared to Dream"

Hotblack Desiato

zerks wrote: »

Alternative league too.:pac::pac:

We are well top in the 'last month league'

Nalz

onemorechance wrote: »

United have a tough run-in, maybe the toughest of them all, but they are in a much more favourable position than most of us would have expected at this point.

Sun 12 Apr 16:00 : Man Utd v Man City

Sat 18 Apr 17:30 : Chelsea v Man Utd

Sun 26 Apr 13:30 : Everton v Man Utd

Sat 2 May 17:30 : Man Utd v West Brom

Sat 9 May 17:30 : Crystal Palace v Man Utd

Sun 17 May 16:00 : Man Utd v Arsenal

Sun 24 May 15:00 : Hull v Man Utd

I believe that Di Maria showing his quality for the remainder of the season could make the difference.

With Carrick, Mata, Herrera and Fellaini playing key parts in the recent victories, I see them all as essential starters for the remaining (big) games.

Young has also been key, and for sure Rooney will start up front, it won't be an easy decision to drop Young for Di Maria.

be good if hull has nothing to play for by the time we face them...Also cas I like Brucey and all the Irish lads

greendom

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

6 points gifted to Swansea and 3 each to Leicester and WBA fucking rankles right now!

A decent start to the season and fewer injuries than D-Day and we'd be top now.

just like reading the Arsenal thread !

Your Airbag

Premier League points in 2015: Palace: 22 City: 18


:rolleyes:

ElChe32

All aboard the Positivity Train

thelad95

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

6 points gifted to Swansea and 3 each to Leicester and WBA fucking rankles right now!

A decent start to the season and fewer injuries than D-Day and we'd be top now.

If your Auntie had nuts... We were shocking in the first few months of the season and despite our recent upsurge in form, we would be the least deserving title winners ever.

duffman13

thelad95 wrote: »

If your Auntie had nuts... We were shocking in the first few months of the season and despite our recent upsurge in form, we would be the least deserving title winners ever.

Got to agree with this. We've only looked promising in the last 3/4 games. We are lucky a lot of the teams around us have been equally crap. Top 4 was always the goal and we have huge cause for optimism now for next season. Be fantastic to nick second or third now to polish off a good first season for LVG

Hotblack Desiato

thelad95 wrote: »

If your Auntie had nuts... We were shocking in the first few months of the season and despite our recent upsurge in form, we would be the least deserving title winners ever.

Absolutely. That would make it all the sweeter were it to happen

thelad95

Putting my optimism hat on, Chelsea face a banana skin away to QPR, will lose to Arsenal in the Emirates, and will lose to a Sunderland team who desperately will need three points at the end of the season.

Meanwhile we win all of our remaining games including beating Chelsea in Stamford Bridge.

Stranger things have happened. Didn't Newcastle blow a 12 point lead in the 90s? And of course, we don't need reminding of 2011-12.

ElChe32

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/female-manchester-united-fan-who-8989219

Well this gave me a giggle. Mad love for Herrera.

andyman

One thing I want to bring up from last year.

I notice everyone who said we shouldn't 'waste' 40m on Juan Mata when we needed players in other positions have gone into hiding. Especially considering any United fan worth their salt could see that if a player like him was available then we absolutely had to sign him.

I'm not talking about boardsies but more the pundits. Have to give Moyes the credit where it's due on that one. Turned out to be an excellent signing now that we've somewhere to play him which utilises all if his qualities.

Love me some Juan.

Juan Two!

Vic Vinegar

There's a lot less 'Pool fans in here lately. I like it.

Hotblack Desiato

ElChe32 wrote: »

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/female-manchester-united-fan-who-8989219

Well this gave me a giggle. Mad love for Herrera.

She's not too bad but I'd rather ride Ander if I had to choose.

Hotblack Desiato

Yeah Mata and Fellaini were indeed signed during the Moyes era.

Pity he didn't seem to have much clue as to how to use them to best effect - or anyone else.

We signed Fellaini from Moyes's previous club on deadline day for way more money than we needed to pay, and then wasted him all season to the extent where he became the butt of every ABU's jokes. I always thought he was a much much better player than that and he's worked hard this season to prove it.

I thought we'd all agreed to draw a line under last season and not go back there.

rob316

Vic Vinegar wrote: »

There's a lot less 'Pool fans in here lately. I like it.

The title? Ye delusional cnuts! :pac::pac:

ElChe32

ElChe32 wrote: »

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/female-manchester-united-fan-who-8989219

Well this gave me a giggle. Mad love for Herrera.

Also from the 'Seperated at Birth' collection;


Vanessa Selbst, Professional Poker Player




Ander Herrera, Manchester United

Will I Amnt

rob316 wrote: »

The title? Ye delusional cnuts! :pac::pac:

RichFTW

rob316 wrote: »

The title? Ye delusional cnuts! :pac::pac:

Giggsy11

City are fighting for title, at least that's what was said when they played Chelsea and De Gea name was mentioned.

Hopefully they finish outside top 4, I said few days back that they have ageing squad and don't have players to sell for big money. If FFP is anything serious then they will struggle to cope without cooking up books.

rightyabe

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Yeah Mata and Fellaini were indeed signed during the Moyes era.

Pity he didn't seem to have much clue as to how to use them to best effect - or anyone else.

We signed Fellaini from Moyes's previous club on deadline day for way more money than we needed to pay, and then wasted him all season to the extent where he became the butt of every ABU's jokes. I always thought he was a much much better player than that and he's worked hard this season to prove it.

I thought we'd all agreed to draw a line under last season and not go back there.

Wasn't Herrera lined up by Moyes as well?

Mitch Connor

andyman wrote: »

One thing I want to bring up from last year.

I notice everyone who said we shouldn't 'waste' 40m on Juan Mata when we needed players in other positions have gone into hiding. Especially considering any United fan worth their salt could see that if a player like him was available then we absolutely had to sign him.

I'm not talking about boardsies but more the pundits. Have to give Moyes the credit where it's due on that one. Turned out to be an excellent signing now that we've somewhere to play him which utilises all if his qualities.

Love me some Juan.

Juan Two!

There was a lot of talk at the time, and since, that neither Mata nor Fellaini were signings Moyes wanted.

Moyes, APPARENTLY said Fellaini didn't have the technique and touch required for a club like United - which is why we didn't push for him til we could get no one else.

On Mata, he was APPARENTLY a Woodward signing - a marque player that Woodward could sign to prove he could sign marque players, and a player it was felt any future manager (cause Moyes was already in trouble at that point) would find use for.

Mitch Connor

rightyabe wrote: »

Wasn't Herrera lined up by Moyes as well?

He was - he also put a LOT of effort into signing Shaw, beating Chelsea out for him. Was in the papers at the time that the day he was sacked he had actually been on the phone to Shaw or his agent pushing the deal along - such was his trust in Fergie/Woodward saying he would get time.

He should also be credited for an improvement in De Gea, imo - I think Woods did excellent work with him.

Rooney is another credit to Moyes - had fergie remained in charge Rooney would have been gone. Moyes got him back playing for United, and putting a shift in.

ElChe32

ElChe32 wrote: »

All aboard the Positivity Train

Hope those people under the bridge were ok!