Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016 - Mod Warning link in OP 20/3

The_Kew_Tour

Tbh I hate saying it but getting through or getting beat will make little difference.

Top 4 or winning Europa looks unlikely.

jayo26

bucketybuck wrote: »

The worst part is that the season was completely salvageable in December, had the board done their jobs a good manager could easily have pushed that team on for some sort of title push. Its such a ****ing waste of a season.

With recent results to others our season would of been salvageable a couple of weeks ago the refusals to sack the man in January even is still baffling. If we had to of beaten Sunderland and west Brom two teams we should be beating with our weakened team we would be right back in the title hunt a change of manager to lift the spirits wouod surely of been worth at least six points in the past five weeks.

Giggsy11

bucketybuck wrote: »

The worst part is that the season was completely salvageable in December, had the board done their jobs a good manager could easily have pushed that team on for some sort of title push. Its such a ****ing waste of a season.

Or maybe the good manager didnt want to take over midseason or that good manager many United fans are desperate for has a clause not to sign for other team in the league this season.

We could have gone for someone who could have been here for just 6 montgs but not sure which good manager woud agree to such terms.

Kerrydude1981

Hard to know how these games will go with the Pool,both teams are great at being inconsistent.

Korat

grames_bond wrote: »

I got 9/10 on that quiz! damn that white suit question!!

The quiz was rigged for the scousers. Who apart from an LFC anorak will have read

Dominic Matteo's autobiography

?

Lord TSC

bucketybuck wrote: »

The worst part is that the season was completely salvageable in December, had the board done their jobs a good manager could easily have pushed that team on for some sort of title push. Its such a ****ing waste of a season.

Seriously, deja vu here with the Moyes season....

bucketybuck

Giggsy11 wrote: »

Or maybe the good manager didnt want to take over midseason or that good manager many United fans are desperate for has a clause not to sign for other team in the league this season.

We could have gone for someone who could have been here for just 6 montgs but not sure which good manager woud agree to such terms.

Or maybe magic pixies showed Ed the future and told him everything was going to be ok.

We can speculate all we want but the known facts remain the same, it was abundantly clear months ago that the manager was a busted flush and nothing was done about it, with the inevitable result.

Nobody says it isn't difficult to replace a high profile manager with a quality replacement, but good companies make difficult decisions every day and a well run football club would have sorted the issue long before now.

Giggsy11

bucketybuck wrote: »

Or maybe magic pixies showed Ed the future and told him everything was going to be ok.

We can speculate all we want but the known facts remain the same, it was abundantly clear months ago that the manager was a busted flush and nothing was done about it, with the inevitable result.

Nobody says it isn't difficult to replace a high profile manager with a quality replacement, but good companies make difficult decisions every day and a well run football club would have sorted the issue long before now.

If we wanted Jose then it makes sense to wait for him than appointing some other manager just because they are available.

No good manager would take 6 month job. I wanted Van Gaal out back in septemer or october when we were getting results but with poor performance, December was horrible but if we are waiting for Jose then this season is a write off as you cant expect good managers to take job for 6 months.

Or we should promote Warren Joyce as first team coach for 6 months. His team play superb football.

Julez

Giggsy11 wrote: »

No good manager would take 6 month job.

Excuse me? :P

dr.kenneth noisewater

Korat wrote: »

The quiz was rigged for the scousers. Who apart from an LFC anorak will have read

Dominic Matteo's autobiography

?

A leeds fan?

Past30Now

Julez wrote: »

Excuse me? :P

Good manager that. He's done another good (short term) job for Chelsea, despite last nights loss.

bucketybuck

Giggsy11 wrote: »

If we wanted Jose then it makes sense to wait for him than appointing some other manager just because they are available.

No good manager would take 6 month job. I wanted Van Gaal out back in septemer or october when we were getting results but with poor performance, December was horrible but if we are waiting for Jose then this season is a write off as you cant expect good managers to take job for 6 months.

Or we should promote Warren Joyce as first team coach for 6 months. His team play superb football.

In my opinion Van Gaal should have been sacked regardless of what direction the board wanted to go, for the simple reason that any choice they made would have been better than sticking with him. It was obvious that he had failed and that things were not going to improve, and this has been proven to be the case in the months since.

Whether it was appoint a new manager or appoint a caretaker manager and wait for Jose, either way would have offered a greater chance of success than doing nothing at all and letting Van Gaal continue his fumbling.

Sure the caretaker manager could have failed also, but on the other hand he might not have, and that possibility would have been better than the confirmed failure of Van Gaal.

Who would have been the caretaker or the new manager? Thats for the board to decide, for the board to make the right choice. The problem is that they didn't make any choice at all despite it being clear that they badly needed to.

Rossi IRL

5/10

Im blaming LVG

Rayne Wooney

The strangest thing of all is we had intended to let Van Gaal implement his philosophy throughout the whole club as a base for the future and the next manager in is just going to bin the whole lot.

We have completely wasted two years, we wasted a year before that after giving Moyes a 7 year contract.

The club is pining for a long term manager and appointing them based on long term visions yet when Van Gaal is sacked the last two managers will only have lasted a year on average. It doesn't make sense, 3 years ahead is as far as we should be looking in this day and age of football.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Literally ****ting it over tonight

Giggsy11

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

The strangest thing of all is we had intended to let Van Gaal implement his philosophy throughout the whole club as a base for the future and the next manager in is just going to bin the whole lot.

We have completely wasted two years, we wasted a year before that after giving Moyes a 7 year contract.

The club is pining for a long term manager and appointing them based on long term visions yet when Van Gaal is sacked the last two managers will only have lasted a year on average. It doesn't make sense, 3 years ahead is as far as we should be looking in this day and age of football.

Agreed. 3 years is the best big clubs can hope for from managers. There are only few exceptions.

dr.kenneth noisewater

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Little quiz to get things going 8/10

10/10 took 5 attempts mind, im great, I think I should get both parachutes

Maximus Alexander

I only got 7/10. Got the last one wrong, but I probably would have been right if United had played any football in the last couple of years. :pac:

TheDoc

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Little quiz to get things going 8/10

9/10. The quote about the white suits I got wrong.

TheDoc

I'm excited for tonights game, not so much worried. There is a certain "form out the window" when it comes to some games like this. Both teams are sporadic as each other so a tough one to try call accurately, so I'll just hope that we take a scored draw or a victory back to OT. But I think a goal will be required.

fatherted1969

Does anyone honestly think that if LVG was sacked in Dec and Giggs was placed in charge for the remainder of the season that results would have been worse ! Seriously !!

DARK-KNIGHT

fatherted1969 wrote: »

Does anyone honestly think that if LVG was sacked in Dec and Giggs was placed in charge for the remainder of the season that results would have been worse ! Seriously !!

what pub we watching the match in??

Rayne Wooney

fatherted1969 wrote: »

Does anyone honestly think that if LVG was sacked in Dec and Giggs was placed in charge for the remainder of the season that results would have been worse ! Seriously !!

There is uncertainty though, if Van Gaal has this group of players performing to an upper mid table standard then there is always a possibility Giggs could do worse.

Around January I would have taken Giggs but I guess that's why I'm not CEO of a billion dollar business

yet :pac:

Bret Hart

8/10 on the quiz. As for tonight's game,it'll be close just like it usually is in this fixture,but I feel both sides will be extra cautious tonight,with neither side wanting too give the other any advantage too take into next weeks game. I'm going for 0-0 tonight and United too win 2-1 next week. This is our whole season on the line in the next 10 days,that's of course if the West ham game in the cup doesn't go too a replay.

Cantona's Collars

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

what pub we watching the match in??

I'll be stuck in work:(

Damn the people paying my wages expecting me to actually turn up and justify them.No internet access either so it will be the good folk on Off The Ball for updates.

fatherted1969

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

what pub we watching the match in??

See you in Carmodys around 8pm. Will you have the night off from fighting crime do you think 😂😂

Jayop

jayo26 wrote: »

I agree but she is also a guaranteed yellow card. We just need to Convince Jayop to take the hit for it instead of us...... Shouldn't be a problem.

Where do I sign?

**** it turning on full optimism mode....

Glory glory Man united,
Glory glory Man united,
Glory glory Man united,
As the reds go marching on on on!

Just like the busby babes in days gone by,
We'll keep the red flags flying high,
Your gonna see us all from far and wide,
Your gonna hear the masses sing with pride.

United, Man united,
We're the boys in red and we're on our way to Wembley!

Wembley, Wembley,
We're the famous Man united and we're going to Wembley,
Wembley, Wembley,
We're the famous Man united and we're going to Wembley


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umNACDTH-BY

Martypants1

I'll take a 0-0.

Cantona's Collars

hufpc8w3adnk65

[Deleted User] wrote: »

**** it turning on full optimism mode....

Glory glory Man united,
Glory glory Man united,
Glory glory Man united,
As the reds go marching on on on!

Just like the busby babes in days gone by,
We'll keep the red flags flying high,
Your gonna see us all from far and wide,
Your gonna hear the masses sing with pride.

United, Man united,
We're the boys in red and we're on our way to Wembley!

Wembley, Wembley,
We're the famous Man united and we're going to Wembley,
Wembley, Wembley,
We're the famous Man united and we're going to Wembley


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umNACDTH-BY

I'd settle for
ATTACK ATTACK, ATTACK ATTACK ATTCK

I'll keep it going


20 times 20 times Man United
20 times 20 times I say
20 times 20 times Man United
Playing Football The Matt Busby Way!



We fought in France, We fought in Spain,
we fought in the Sun and we fought in the Rain,
we took the Kop and Chelsea too,
but what we like most is kicking a blue,
kicking a blue,
kicking a blue,
what we like most is kicking a blue

markc91

Seen MEN said Rooney was in the 23-man squad anyone confirm this?

Cantona's Collars

markc91 wrote: »

Seen MEN said Rooney was in the 23-man squad anyone confirm this?

Bastian is in the squad,Rooney no-he was in Dubai the other day.No sign of him training either.

MrMac84

MrMac84 wrote: »

I'd settle for
ATTACK ATTACK, ATTACK ATTACK ATTCK

I'll keep it going


20 times 20 times Man United
20 times 20 times I say
20 times 20 times Man United
Playing Football The Matt Busby Way!



We fought in France, We fought in Spain,
we fought in the Sun and we fought in the Rain,
we took the Kop and Chelsea too,
but what we like most is kicking a blue,
kicking a blue,
kicking a blue,
what we like most is kicking a blue

Going on up to the spirit in the sky
It’s where I’m gonna go when I die
When I die and they lay me to rest
I’m gonna go on the piss with Georgie Best

Diego Forlan
Diego Forlan
He came from Uruguay
He made the Sc***ers cry

Ooh Aah, Ooh Aah, Ooh Aah
Cantona...
Ooh Aah Cantona
Ooh Aah, Ooh Aah, Ooh Aah
Cantona...
Ooh Aah Cantona

Maximus Alexander

zerks wrote: »

LVG looking relaxed and confident ahead of tonight's game.

Maximus Alexander

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

LVG looking relaxed and confident ahead of tonight's game.

Ya it was a wierd choice to let photos like that out, its like a pic a rag would use or sky sports when they are running a line like manager under pressure.

Or Rashford and Januzzi on different career paths

bangkok

a lot of people nervous about tonight, im buzzing for it.

Love playing at anfield, the losses are hard to take but the wins are memorable!!

glory glory man utd

Maximus Alexander

Deleted User wrote: »

Ya it was a wierd choice to let photos like that out, its like a pic a rag would use or sky sports when they are running a line like manager under pressure.

Or Rashford and Januzzi on different career paths

The image links are from the Daily Mail.

Cantona's Collars

I took them from Redcafe.

jayo26

bangkok wrote: »

a lot of people nervous about tonight, im buzzing for it.

Love playing at anfield, the losses are hard to take but the wins are memorable!!

glory glory man utd

We beat them Twice already they have more reason to be worried then us but I can see why they are confident because we havent perform against the crap teams lately.

Maximus Alexander

zerks wrote: »

I took them from Redcafe.

Aye, but look at the urls.

hufpc8w3adnk65

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Diego Forlan
Diego Forlan
He came from Uruguay
He made the Sc***ers cry

That should be
Diego woaho
Diego woaho

Cantona's Collars

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Aye, but look at the urls.

Saw that.the Mail took them from Getty,Reuters etc.;)

Maximus Alexander

zerks wrote: »

Saw that.the Mail took them from Getty,Reuters etc.;)

Heh, shut up. I was trying to have a pop at the Daily Mail.

Cantona's Collars

Joe Riley in the squad for tonight.


It will be the first away European game where travelling United fans will have to worry about car theft.:p

Rossi IRL

https://twitter.com/manutdvines/status/707945201768275968

MrMac84

MrMac84 wrote: »

That should be
Diego woaho
Diego woaho

Woahooooooops

But I do love all the chants I'm a big ****ing child.
Well hyped for the match now coooooooome oooooooon lets fecking ave em

Korat

There's always a special atmosphere when Utd visit Anfield, it brings out the true character of the home crowd.

Maximus Alexander

Calm down.

KH25

Going to miss the match and to be honest I'm ok with it. Couldn't handle the nerves otherwise.