Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2017

Training near complete
Time for some action

hufpc8w3adnk65

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Training near complete
Time for some action

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v3ttel

RobertKK wrote: »

I am not asking for much.
Leicester win
Everton win
United win.

That is all.

You're just 2 more steps away from being Paul Merson :pac:

MrMac84

MrMac84 wrote: »

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Match thread lolz
Edit* apologies drinking last night.....

Decent interview with Mkhitaryan, in fairness to the Mail...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4120708/Manchester-United-star-Henrikh-Mkhitaryan-Jurgen-Klopp-star-getting-early-struggles-Old-Trafford.html

He seems to have a really good attitude in general, and an honest outlook on his time at United so far.

newballsplease

DeGea
Valencia
Jones
Smalling
Blind
Carrick
Herrara
Pogba
Mhkitarian
Martial
Zlatan


Maybe Rojo for Smalling but is that the team everyone else is expecting?
Any place for luke shaw on the bench or is he being frozen out?

jayo26

newballsplease wrote: »

DeGea
Valencia
Jones
Smalling
Blind
Carrick
Herrara
Pogba
Mhkitarian
Martial
Zlatan


Maybe Rojo for Smalling but is that the team everyone else is expecting?
Any place for luke shaw on the bench or is he being frozen out?

Darmian will surely play instead of blind?

Oranage2

Interesting game between 2 sides, one team living on past glory and still thinking they're a big team, the other is Liverpool.

Can't see José doing anything other than parking the bus, both peverbial and parking an actual bus on the goal line.

0-0

GSPfan

Did you have a nightmare? You got up very early to come in here to talk bollox.

jayo26

Meet some Liverpool lads in hotel last night and had really good fun with them they were just like normal people. They not very confident but it really can go anyway.

GSPfan

jayo26 wrote: »

Meet some Liverpool lads in hotel last night and had really good fun with them they were just like normal people. They not very confident but it really can go anyway.

You over in Manchester for the match?

jayo26

GSPfan wrote: »

You over in Manchester for the match?

Yh pal.

secman

Oranage2 wrote: »

Interesting game between 2 sides, one team living on past glory and still thinking they're a big team, the other is Liverpool.

Can't see José doing anything other than parking the bus, both peverbial and parking an actual bus on the goal line.

0-0

Is it nearly 30 years... really ...that long... God doesn't time fly.... the old first division was it called ? Bus not allowed on hallowed turf of OT.

Leroy42

How do people think the teams will approach it?

Form says that Utd should not simply park the bus, they should control possession and attack.

On the other hand, Pool work best when when they have room to attack, they suffer when they are faced with a defensive opponent.

Also,Pool defence really struggle when faced with teams running at them, rather than just sitting back.

I think it will be a cagey affair, Utd can simply not afford to lose. A draw is not great but at least keeps them within 5 points. Pool would be happy with a draw as well.

https://twitter.com/MufcManUtdBants/status/820557845628391424

jayo26

Leroy42 wrote: »

How do people think the teams will approach it?

Form says that Utd should not simply park the bus, they should control possession and attack.

On the other hand, Pool work best when when they have room to attack, they suffer when they are faced with a defensive opponent.

Also,Pool defence really struggle when faced with teams running at them, rather than just sitting back.

I think it will be a cagey affair, Utd can simply not afford to lose. A draw is not great but at least keeps them within 5 points. Pool would be happy with a draw as well.

United won't park the bus today not after jose making comments about the crowd playing the game and getting behind the team the last thing he will want is a slow tempo start. I reckon we will have martial and mkhitaryan running at them wide and pogba doing his usual passing from deep.

If we are a goal or two up in last 20 minutes he will slow the tempo but there is no need to park the bust they don't have Mane to do the running for them so it will be a case of closing down Couthino and Lalana and making it hard for them to create anything while getting the ball forward as quick as possible and as you say run at them similar to what Southampton did but just more frequent.

Kerrydude1981

I would be disappointed if Utd didnt go out and take the game to Pool today,

Get stuck into them from the start,test these lads out.

fyfe79

secman wrote: »

Is it nearly 30 years... really ...that long... God doesn't time fly.... the old first division was it called ? Bus not allowed on hallowed turf of OT.

Isn't Oranage2 an Arsenal fan?

eagle eye

Dwarf.Shortage wrote: »

He doesn't and it'll never actually happen but he's been very impressive of late. I certainly think he's worth north of £30m given we paid £29m for Herrera and fee's in general have went up since.

In current form he's as good as anyone in the league.

Deli Alli is probably worth more than Sterling was when he went to City. Somehow people are suddenly forgetting the English player tax.

Lord TSC

eagle eye wrote: »

Deli Alli is probably worth more than Sterling was when he went to City. Somehow people are suddenly forgetting the English player tax.

IF we went after Alli, I'd be expecting Spurs would have a £70m price tag on him or so; young, English, already adapted to the PL, and it's Spurs.

Cantona's Collars

https://twitter.com/bbcthree/status/820573494748381184?s=09

TitianGerm

jayo26 wrote: »

they were just like normal people.

I actually just burst out laughing. Thank you sir :pac:

jayo26

jayo26 wrote: »

Yh pal.

Enjoy lad!

wanderer100

Really hope this is the day Rooney breaks the record!! Don't want to see him start but would love to see him come off the bench and get the winner!! Oh I can see the headlines now

Liam McPoyle

I see the pre emptive excuses are coming thick and fast in the match thread already.

Most expensive squad ever assembled : even though the vast majority of that squad were not bought by Jose, some of the players are there more than 10 years and they have finished 5th, 4th and 8th over the last 3 seasons. OK.

Injuries to key players / players only coming back : early in the season the gegen press is the only way to play ball but when the players get run into the ground like in his final season at Dortmund its unfortunate. OK.

Most expensive player in the history of football : early in the season they are glad they didn't have a cheque book manager. Now with a depleted squad they can't compete. OK.

Thread will be closed if united lose : must be to prevent more LFC fans getting banned considering a number of them have been since the start of the season for trolling. That's probably our fault too.

I hope we hockey them.

bucketybuck

wanderer100 wrote: »

Don't want to see him start but would love to see him come off the bench and get the winner!! Oh I can see the headlines now

Funnily enough the headline you wouldn't see is "Rooney dropped for big match!!!" which speaks volumes about how painlessly we have arrived at this point.

Nalz

Wow

Flint Fredstone

Rod Munch wrote: »

I see the pre emptive excuses are coming thick and fast in the match thread already.

Most expensive squad ever assembled : even though the vast majority of that squad were not bought by Jose, some of the players are there more than 10 years and they have finished 5th, 4th and 8th over the last 3 seasons. OK.

Injuries to key players / players only coming back : early in the season the gegen press is the only way to play ball but when the players get run into the ground like in his final season at Dortmund its unfortunate. OK.

Most expensive player in the history of football : early in the season they are glad they didn't have a cheque book manager. Now with a depleted squad they can't compete. OK.

Thread will be closed if united lose : must be to prevent more LFC fans getting banned considering a number of them have been since the start of the season for trolling. That's probably our fault too.

I hope we hockey them.

That was a good one. May as well have just said "we're bad losers but even worse winners"

Kerrydude1981

Lord TSC wrote: »

IF we went after Alli, I'd be expecting Spurs would have a £70m price tag on him or so; young, English, already adapted to the PL, and it's Spurs.

Ya standard Spurs and English player tax

Flint Fredstone

If we lose today I will have to either emigrate, lock myself in the house for the rest of my life or kill all my mates or myself.

Been giving it loads all week, I think one or 2 might want to kill me now anyway.

Hococop

Morgan on the bench today

Hococop

Hococop wrote: »

Morgan on the bench today

Off the bench to score the winner
Same with Rooney
Wonder what the odds of that are

Discodog

Good articles in the Sunday Times if anyone has access. Jose wants Pogba to be his new Lampard. Rio is saying how he couldn't really talk with the Liverpool players when training with England.

Also Jose did a huge amount of research & watched all our games before he was even offered the job.

GSPfan

Hope Everton can do us a favour today. In saying that, I wouldn't be shocked if they didn't turn up and lost 3-0.

Cantona's Collars

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

If we lose today I will have to either emigrate, lock myself in the house for the rest of my life or kill all my mates or myself.

Been giving it loads all week, I think one or 2 might want to kill me now anyway.

I've kept very quiet about the game. My liverpool supporting mates would rip me apart if I gave it large and they win. There's a big clique of them in work too.Mondays are gas when they lose,you'd think somebody died.

Flint Fredstone

zerks wrote: »

I've kept very quiet about the game. My liverpool supporting mates would rip me apart if I gave it large and they win. There's a big clique of them in work too.Mondays are gas when they lose,you'd think somebody died.

Yeah but I've been getting it all season off them. This is my day of retribution, I'm all in, balls deep, cards on the table.
If it backfires I'm f*cked :pac:

Son Of A Vidic

City can't buy our history, our pedigree and the romance of coming from tragedy to greatness that the Munich disaster gave us. And Afaic concerned, they can win the next 5 PLs in a row cos they'll never catch us or equal us. Every year my bottom line is Liverpool not winning the league or anything else for that matter. So regardless of league table standings, Liverpool will always be our rivals, will always be 'The Derby' and City will always mean nothing to me. Come on United!

sky88

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

If we lose today I will have to either emigrate, lock myself in the house for the rest of my life or kill all my mates or myself.

Been giving it loads all week, I think one or 2 might want to kill me now anyway.

Days like today that I'm thankfull my friends don't watch football and can rest easy whatever the result.

RobertKK

Woo woo Lu Lu Kaku.

J. Marston

We dodged a bullet in Otamendi.

Cantona's Collars

RobertKK wrote: »

Woo woo Lu Lu Kaku.

City are a shambles at the back,if Everton play their cards right they could get a couple more.

GSPfan

Everton in the lead but their defence is all over the place. City will definitely score. Just hoping Everton get another one.

RobertKK

GSPfan wrote: »

Everton in the lead but their defence is all over the place. City will definitely score. Just hoping Everton get another one.

Yeah and City go to prove it, Everton fans better not have weak hearts watching this.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Rod Munch wrote: »

I see the pre emptive excuses are coming thick and fast in the match thread already.

Most expensive squad ever assembled : even though the vast majority of that squad were not bought by Jose, some of the players are there more than 10 years and they have finished 5th, 4th and 8th over the last 3 seasons. OK.

Injuries to key players / players only coming back : early in the season the gegen press is the only way to play ball but when the players get run into the ground like in his final season at Dortmund its unfortunate. OK.

Most expensive player in the history of football : early in the season they are glad they didn't have a cheque book manager. Now with a depleted squad they can't compete. OK.

Thread will be closed if united lose : must be to prevent more LFC fans getting banned considering a number of them have been since the start of the season for trolling. That's probably our fault too.

I hope we hockey them.

I pulled them up on this shïte in the match thread... talking outta their ass they were

RobertKK

zerks wrote: »

City are a shambles at the back,if Everton play their cards right they could get a couple more.

Everton will need to score more.

GSPfan

Its mad even if City lose and we win we are still in 6th. 3 point difference between 6th and 2nd if that happens too. Its a crazy year at the top.

Flint Fredstone

sky88 wrote: »

Days like today that I'm thankfull my friends don't watch football and can rest easy whatever the result.

You have to take the rough with the smooth.

I'll be all over the Whatsapp group chat or avoiding it :pac:

RobertKK

Jose has so many options with who who to put with Zlatan in the top three attacking positions.
Rooney will play some minutes because he is chasing a record, and sometimes history can be funny and wait for a big occasion.
Mkhitaryan will probably start,
Mata to come off the bench maybe.
Martial on the left.
Rashford will be a sub.
Not to mention Lingard who got a reported new contract of £95,000 a week till 2021.

Jose has good problems.

5starpool

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Off the bench to score the winner
Same with Rooney
Wonder what the odds of that are

You'd get huge odds for them both to score a goal deemed as the winner!

Trigger

According to the match thread Clyne is rumoured to be out. Big miss for them if true