Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2017

Flint Fredstone

Lukker- wrote: »

How many clean sheets has De Gea this season?

Who is miles better?

bucketybuck

Robson99 wrote: »

How many starts up top?????? If you are comparing him to Lukaku then that is what you gave to look at.

Why don't you tell me, you are the one that has seen him play there and thinks he can do the job.

Robson99 wrote: »

Hold up play fine.
Shown what he is capable of
Payed central and gadgets no problems with centre halves

Robson99

Rainman16 wrote: »

Happy with how the result is going between Spurs and Chelsea right now. United need to strive to win the league this season. Tonight could mark the beginning of the wheels coming off for Chelsea. And there is no team ready to take advantage of that , better than United.

Liverpool are 5 points ahead of us. Have a far superior goal diff and have no European distractions.
I think they are in a far better position to take advantage

GSPfan

Losing this game to Spurs shows no signs of Chelsea cracking. Spurs have been excellent tonight. Chelsea just never got going and Costa has had no effect on the game. Chelsea are still the team most likely to win the league.

bucketybuck

jayo26 wrote: »

I don't see this result as wheels coming off for chelsea

Not at all, I don't believe any team is much ahead of the others in this league and as such any of the challengers could beat any of the others, so a result like this is no more surprising than Liverpool beating City. It shouldn't affect Chelsea unduly.

Hopefully it does stop people overstating them though, they aren't all that special.

Lukker-

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

Who is miles better?

That's subjective. De Gea is a better shot stopper, Courtois is a better all rounder.

sReq | uTeK

Lukker- wrote: »

How many clean sheets has De Gea this season?

Man City have as many clean sheets as us. I know who I'd take over Bravo or De Gea.

Simply put, what's your point.

Flint Fredstone

Lukker- wrote: »

That's subjective. De Gea is a better shot stopper, Courtois is a better all rounder.

It's not subjective. Your clean sheet theory is subjective.

De Gea is a much better keeper. There's no argument anymore.

Flint Fredstone

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

Who is miles better?

who's da would beat the others only way to settle this conversation

Comic Book Guy

Very impressive stuff from Spurs second half. Chelsea haven't put a glove on them since the second goal.

bucketybuck

Deleted User wrote: »

who's da would beat the others only way to settle this conversation

Da Gea.

RobertKK

Now we need to beat Liverpool.

Robson99

bucketybuck wrote: »

Why don't you tell me, you are the one that has seen him play there and thinks he can do the job.

Id say 3 or 4 at most considering Ibra has started 25 games.
Let me remind you he scored 8 goals in 18 games at the end of last season. Not bad for an 18 year old when given a consistent opportunity. So yes I think he can do the job

Johner

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

It's not subjective. Your clean sheet theory is subjective.

De Gea is a much better keeper. There's no argument anymore.

I think De Gea is the better keeper. Not much better but still better. Courtois hasn't really improved a great deal like I thought he would.

adox

Disappointing result in the grand scheme of things.

RobertKK

RobertKK wrote: »

Now we need to beat Liverpool.

We needed to already in fairness.

Potential Underachiever

If I may interject, DeGea is the better keeper, just. Miles better is a gross exaggeration.

Mignolet obv better than both.

Dwarf.Shortage

No matter what transpires in other fixtures, if we beat Liverpool we will be within one win of 2nd place.

Potential Underachiever

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

If I may interject, DeGea is the better keeper, just. Miles better is a gross exaggeration.

Mignolet obv better than both.

His Da must be massive

jayo26

Dwarf.Shortage wrote: »

No matter what transpires in other fixtures, if we beat Liverpool we will be within one win of 2nd place.

Goal difference says no

alchemist33

RobertKK wrote: »

Now we need to beat Liverpool.

We ALWAYS need to beat Liverpool. We're in Ireland after all

I think that's a good result for the league, though it doesn't help Utd break into the top 4. It's not that interesting if Chelsea just run away with it. I'm happy enough the result went that way.

Does it also highlight a bit of a weakness in them, target the back post with guys decent in the air?

RobertKK

stankratz wrote: »

We needed to already in fairness.

For me it was a Spurs win.
Then next onto us beating Liverpool.

10 points off the top and we have now gained on everyone ahead of us, and number 1 in the form guide.

Hank Scorpio

Top 6 is so tight, one good weekend and we'd go third. Have to hand to the players for fighting back after the terrible start to the season.

Robson99

Lukker- wrote: »

That's subjective. De Gea is a better shot stopper, Courtois is a better all rounder.

De Gea is a better distributor /passer of the ball and better in 1 on 1s as well

RobertKK

alchemist33 wrote: »

We ALWAYS need to beat Liverpool. We're in Ireland after all

Yes, but giving some of us still have not given up on winning the title.
First we needed a Spurs win, and now it is back to us doing our own business.

Utd now picked up 24 points in the last 10 games, only Chelsea have done better on 27.

Top 4 is happening imo, that's way too prolonged a run of results to think Utd are going to fall away now.

Utopia Parkway

Enoch Old Pussycat wrote: »

Utd now picked up 24 points in the last 10 games, only Chelsea have done better on 27.

Top 4 is happening imo, that's way too prolonged a run of results to think Utd are going to fall away now.

Have to look at the fixtures as well though. United have a pretty tough run in from what I remember.

we have spent the last 2 months doin all the ground work to get into position to strike and Liverpool will be the first test, the top 6 is so tight that spurs could go from 5th to 2nd with 2 wins its fairly sick this year,,, just got to keep winning

Rainman16

Leroy42 wrote: »

Spurs surely!

Spurs are bottlers. They will crash and burn in the run in. United will the ready to capitilise

Jayop

Don't argue with rainman.

Utopia Parkway

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Have to look at the fixtures as well though. United have a pretty tough run in from what I remember.

Lordy me, Arsenal and Spurs, both away, in rounds 36 and 37. That is going to be interesting...

Rainman16

Robson99 wrote: »

Liverpool are 5 points ahead of us. Have a far superior goal diff and have no European distractions.
I think they are in a far better position to take advantage

Liverpool wouldn't win the title if they gave it away in a raffle. They are born losers and bottlers, They will fade away in the run in

20. Round West Ham Manchester United 0:2
19. Round Manchester United Middlesbrough 2:1
18. Round Manchester United Sunderland 3:1
17. Round West Brom Manchester United 0:2
16. Round Crystal Palace Manchester United 1:2
15. Round Manchester United Tottenham 1:0
14. Round Everton Manchester United 1:1
13. Round Manchester United West Ham 1:1
12. Round Manchester United Arsenal 1:1
11. Round Swansea Manchester United 1:3

O those draws :mad:

paulbok

Rainman16 wrote: »

Liverpool wouldn't win the title if they gave it away in a raffle. They are born losers and bottlers, They will fade away in the run in

And thats just provoked the sound of a million six fingered job dodgers, furiously bookmarking this post, praying that they can throw this back at us at the end of the season.

DM_7

Enoch Old Pussycat wrote: »

Utd now picked up 24 points in the last 10 games, only Chelsea have done better on 27.

Top 4 is happening imo, that's way too prolonged a run of results to think Utd are going to fall away now.

United have 18 league games and potentially 18 cup games. The cups could kill the league.

United need to push on now and make smart choices depending on where they sit but I think something will have to be sacrificed later on.

I still think some signings are needed or the squad will crack.

adox

Rainman16 wrote: »

Liverpool wouldn't win the title if they gave it away in a raffle. They are born losers and bottlers, They will fade away in the run in

5 European cups and 18 league title would suggest otherwise.

Jayop

adox wrote: »

5 European cups and 18 league title would suggest otherwise.

The vast majority of their current team have been born since the last league win tbf!

Rainman16

You guys need to get your minds out of settling for top 4 and start thinking about Premier League Champions.

The way I see it. The task is set. The goal is achievable.

We have 18 games to bridge the gap of 10 points on Chelsea, Forget about losers and bottlers in between us.

RobertKK

Sky not ruling out United

adox

Rainman16 wrote: »

You guys need to get your minds out of settling for top 4 and start thinking about Premier League Champions.

The way I see it. The task is set. The goal is achievable.

We have 18 games to bridge the gap of 10 points on Chelsea, Forget about losers and bottlers in between us.

You're going to be fun I see.

Jayop

lol, I don't care if Rainman is a looper. I like him!!

Quandary

the top 4 is wide open and I can see Chelsea getting pulled right back into the pack. I thought the two goals they conceded tonight were very very sloppy from a marking point of view. The crosses from Erikson were great but Ali effectively had two free headers.

If it wasn't big enough already, the Liverpool game is truly massive now. A win for them away to their arch nemesis could be the fuel they need to push on.

Very exciting league this year.

DM_7

Bolasie could miss a year for Everton, will that give them more reason to go for Memphis?

jayo26

Rainman16 wrote: »

Liverpool wouldn't win the title if they gave it away in a raffle. They are born losers and bottlers, They will fade away in the run in

Bit early for trash talk... They and us are complete different teams since we last won a league they have as much credibility to hang on to form as we do judging by recent seasons... but if you go on recent few games I think pool and arsenal look most vulnerable of the top six teams.

Rainman16

adox wrote: »

5 European cups and 18 league title would suggest otherwise.

adox

Rainman16 wrote: »

No idea what that's supposed to mean.

Trigger

Was just looking at the highlights from the middlesboro game there and i noticed this so took a screenshot. how is the ref supposed to see that hand ball that close to it and with his back turned.

Liam McPoyle

Tbh.

yabadabado

DM_7 wrote: »

Bolasie could miss a year for Everton, will that give them more reason to go for Memphis?

I hope United milk Everton for as much money as possible. Their squad is threadbare so shouldn't be doing them any favours even if Depay is surplus to requirments.