Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016

mikeym

I was very shocked to find out the match was abandoned today.

People coming over from Ireland and elsewhere to watch a football game.

jimmytwotimes 2013

Least we can play the reserves against Bournemouth now that 4th is gone and the first team can concentrate on cup final

Lord TSC

Mike Keegan of the Daily Mail saying he is being told the "bomb" was an elaborate hoax

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Lord TSC wrote: »

Mike Keegan of the Daily Mail saying he is being told the "bomb" was an elaborate hoax

Bangkok....did you do it

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Sad thing is if city ****ed up you wouldn't be confident of a win against Bournemouth

Manutd_4life

Very disappointing end to the season. Was looking forward to this game all week with the hope that we might see some magical scenes at Old Trafford but it wasn't meant to be.

When do u guys reckon this game will be played? On the one hand, playing it midweek may hinder the player's fitness for the FA Cup final but on the other hand, playing it after the FA final will only prolong this torture that is LVG 'philosophy '

Manutd_4life

More News

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/731895279188905984

RobertKK

If device was not viable, it doesn't mean it was a hoax either.

Bret Hart

Our transformation into Liverpool,has now been completed. We all knew Utd wouldn't continue on dominating after Sir Alex,left but we where at least still expecting too be in the CL places every year. 2 of the last 3 seasons out of it now and I've no doubt LVG will still be in charge if he wins the cup.

Throw out the likes of Varela,Pereira,Love,Riley and Weir against Bournemouth and rest all the key players for the cup.This season just can't end quick enough.

RobertKK

8pm on Tuesday is the provisional date for the game.

FutureGuy

Update: Experts carried out a controlled explosion at OT on what has been described as an 'incredibly lifelike explosive device'.

So it should be easy to spot on camera a bag like that being brought in? Hoping the catch the c**t.

Augme

RobertKK wrote: »

If device was not viable, it doesn't mean it was a hoax either.

What else could it mean?

Flint Fredstone

Augme wrote: »

What else could it mean?

A sh*te bomb?

RobertKK

Augme wrote: »

What else could it mean?

If you have a car that won't start, it is not a viable car, but it is still a car.

Korat

RobertKK wrote: »

If you have a car that won't start, it is not a viable car, but it is still a car.

It was probably made in England in the 80s.

Augme

RobertKK wrote: »

If you have a car that won't start, it is not a viable car, but it is still a car.

What if you have a car with no engine? Is it still a car? Or if you have just a car engine, is it still a car? :pac:


Non-viable means it had no explosives in it rather than they ****'d up making it.

Strumms

really hope they catch the individual behind this.. ruined a day out for and inconvenienced so many people. Despite the earlier bollocks posted by the knuckle draggers in the match thread.. United playing at the same time would put a hell of a lot more pressure on city as I said if we went in at half time with a lead and they were loosing or even drawing as they were.

Strumms

A white russian isnt a white russain without vodka in it. Just like an IED isn't an IED unless it has all 5 components required, or 4 depending on how you swing.

raze_them_all_

got a chuckle out of this

35 mins - Bournemouth have gone home. Man Utd kicked off anyway. Still 0-0 as Smalling passes it back to De Gea

The_Kew_Tour

Father was over for game and he said security was very good and police made situation very calm.

They were 100% on the ball

Iused2likebusts

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Father was over for game and he said security was very good and police made situation very calm.

They were 100% on the ball

It's extremely worrying that a game had to be cancelled and rightly so. The frightening thing is that I reckon it's going to be something that happens a lot more in the future. A sad day for football.

The_Kew_Tour

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

It's extremely worrying that a game had to be cancelled and rightly so. The frightening thing is that I reckon it's going to be something that happens a lot more in the future. A sad day for football.

Ya going to Euros and though I travelled fair few places and seen lot it still hard get it out of mind

But dont want see bad guys win

monkey9

Strumms wrote: »

really hope they catch the individual behind this.. ruined a day out for and inconvenienced so many people. Despite the earlier bollocks posted by the knuckle draggers in the match thread.. United playing at the same time would put a hell of a lot more pressure on city as I said if we went in at half time with a lead and they were loosing or even drawing as they were.

Surely this person has to be on CCTV somewhere? Hopefully they're easily identified.

Iused2likebusts

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

It's extremely worrying that a game had to be cancelled and rightly so. The frightening thing is that I reckon it's going to be something that happens a lot more in the future. A sad day for football.

Football stadiums in England can be fairly relaxed when searching and could be seen as a very soft target. Something like this might increase security. Sad day is right but actions taken from it will hopefully make things better for the future.

Strumms

monkey9 wrote: »

Surely this person has to be on CCTV somewhere? Hopefully they're easily identified.

I'd imagine a process of elimination... ID every single punter from the time the ground opened until the 'device' was discovered who used that toilet.. Won't be any CCTV in there and unlikely to be witnesses as anyone who saw someone do something like that would flag it straight away to security... So if it was one of the regular toilets in the stand and not a corporate type area you might hazard a guess that it was placed there not long after the turnstiles opened as those toilets are pretty much packed once a half decent crowd gets in there... no finger prints or usable DNA after a controlled explosion you would imagine so it might not be all that easy to nail someone for it but here is hoping... No laughing matter so you can guarantee it wont be for the want of trying on behalf of the cops..

Strumms

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Football stadiums in England can be fairly relaxed when searching and could be seen as a very soft target. Something like this might increase security. Sad day is right but actions taken from it will hopefully make things better for the future.

One of my initial thoughts was that it could be a trial run by some terrorist group.. test the evac timings and standards and the response times and quality of the emergency services, stewards etc. and the movement of people after the event... I agree that an event like this will be a learning curve and there will be a debrief and every facet looked at to see what went well and any scope for improvement.. however its not a good thing.. look how terrorism.. has ****ed up the enjoyment of air travel and certain other things......

Korat

By all accounts Tottenham had a better squad than Leicester so how did they finish third in the end?

Pochetino isn't all that maybe?

Cantona's Collars

Liam O wrote: »

The fact a supposed possession based team couldn't close out a must win game after taking the lead is indicative of the failings of this regime.

We were playing a brand of hoofball that Moyes would even wince at against Norwich.
Going ahead against West Ham and as Giles would say,we "lacked the moral conviction" to see the game out.

loobylou

So, as things currently stand, is Fellaini banned from the cup final?

Lithium93_

loobylou wrote: »

So, as things currently stand, is Fellaini banned from the cup final?

Nope, he'll be back for the final.

Xenji

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Nope, he'll be back for the final.

He will be banned if we do not play Bournemouth before the final, but if the game does go ahead on Tuesday he will be eligible to play in the final.

Cantona's Collars

Stan Collymore tweeting that the game has provisionally been scheduled for Tuesday at 8pm.

Rayne Wooney

You think of all the silly points we dropped this season

Just a complete disaster from start to finish

Cantona's Collars

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

You think of all the silly points we dropped this season

Just a complete disaster from start to finish

Trying to win games by doing the bare minimum was asking for it,can anyone name a single game where we went out to batter a team?
What we witnessed is light years from what we are used to,we score one,let's score 2,get 2 then try to get 3.Now it's score one and ah sure that will do,if we get 2 then it's a bonus.

sky88

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Football stadiums in England can be fairly relaxed when searching and could be seen as a very soft target. Something like this might increase security. Sad day is right but actions taken from it will hopefully make things better for the future.

I don't think I've ever been searched going into old trafford

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sky88 wrote: »

I don't think I've ever been searched going into old trafford

I have, was over for the Everton game earlier this year and me and gf were.

Strumms

sky88 wrote: »

I don't think I've ever been searched going into old trafford

frisk and bag check any game I went to this season and last. The bag check is very cursory though.. on a couple of occasions I had an extra top at the top of my bag ready to put on but I could have been hiding anything under it at the bottom and they never checked...

Cantona's Collars

We scored just 2 more goals than Newcastle this season and they were relegated,2 less than Sunderland who barely avoided relegation.

Moyes was sacked and we got 64 points that season with him not even there for the last 4 games,the most LVG can get this season is 67.

I'm not even confident of a result against Palace in the cup final.

Cantona's Collars

http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/05/15/nyheter/innenriks/rygge/evakuering/44242121/

From the newspaper Dagbladet:

A Ryanair flight headed to Manchester have been evacuated at Rygge airport, police officials in Oslo stated on Twitter.

The reason is what that the police say is suspicious behaviour of two people.

"Police have control of the two persons. Passengers and baggage are also checked".

The police bomb squad is on its way from Oslo to conduct investigations.

"The bomb group is sent to Eastern Police District following a request for assistance", said Christian Krohn Engeseth, operations manager of the Oslo police, told Dagbladet.

Engeseth do not want to comment further about the suspicious persons and why the bomb group is sent, and refers to Eastern Police District for comments.

The plane was scheduled to take off at 18.55."

Minderbinder

The one thing I still don't understand is why only half the ground was evacuated. There's a picture on Sky of a policeman and a dog searching an area directly beside the fans that remained in the stadium. How could they assume the threat was only in those two stands? And even if it was, how would they know any potential explosives wouldn't affect the other stands?

ShamoBuc

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

You think of all the silly points we dropped this season

Every team can say that though. Over a long season it's bound to happen.

Minderbinder

The game is likely to be on after the cup final according to Geoff Shreeves. He said it can't be played behind closed doors tonight or tomorrow for security reasons (not sure why it needs to be played at OT if it's behind closed doors).

adox

Minderbinder wrote: »

The one thing I still don't understand is why only half the ground was evacuated. There's a picture on Sky of a policeman and a dog searching an area directly beside the fans that remained in the stadium. How could they assume the threat was only in those two stands? And even if it was, how would they know any potential explosives wouldn't affect the other stands?

They said that they operated a staggered evacuation of the ground so as not to have everyone outside the stairs at the same time.

As for the sniffer dogs, they were on the opposite side to where the suspect package was found. I presume it was a precautionary sweep that was done systematically.

Smegball

LVG to be sacked after the cup final and technically before the end of the season as we are out of contention for CL similar to Moyes when he was sacked.

adox

Smegball wrote: »

LVG to be sacked after the cup final and technically before the end of the season as we are out of contention for CL similar to Moyes when he was sacked.

The Mirror reporting that the game will be played this Tuesday night.

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adox wrote: »

The Mirror reporting that the game will be played this Tuesday night.

Assuming the reserves should start to make sure no one gets injured for Sat but most likely will be strongest team possible.

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Match officially confirmed for Tuesday 8 BST

Lithium93_

Pheonix10 wrote: »

Match officially confirmed for Tuesday 8 BST

Any idea if it'll be shown on Sky Sports?

ArmaniJeanss

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Any idea if it'll be shown on Sky Sports?

Yes, live on SS1 according to their website.

lassykk

Wonder who will play from the regular 11?

Will Romero get a run out?