Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2017

Nalz

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

Ha, no problem, couldn't have picked a worse account. Of all the accounts on boards, that is the one I least want to see.

He knew what he was doing. I got a yellow for it too ha

jayo26

Could be doing a zerks here but. Have no interest reading threw all that but anyway tuanzebe signed a new contract today

Take a look at @ManUtd's Tweet:
https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/827192380315009024?s=09

Nalz

duffman13 wrote: »

Valencia is a winger converted, Fosu Mensah is a center back who has filled in a couple of times. In Jose's on words, he likes specialists! I'll be surprised if we don't sign someone. Valencia is good player imo, however it shouldn't be a starter week in and week out

Isn't Mensah a midfielder, and very unproven?

duffman13

Nalz wrote: »

Isn't Mensah a midfielder, and very unproven?

I'm 99% sure he was signed as a defender, hes played midfield for the reserves a lot aswell but I think it was Paul McGuinness who said in an interview after a game I watched (about 2 years ago) he's primarily a centre back who has occasionally filled in at centre mid.

bucketybuck

Nalz wrote: »

Isn't Mensah a midfielder, and very unproven?

According to Bangkok he has shown that he is world class and will be our right back for years to come.

Cantona's Collars

spiralism

zerks wrote: »

Jesus, those away kits are something else. Home one's alright but the other two are superb. Hope they're legit

fergiesfolly

zerks wrote: »

When does the Chevrolet deal expire.
Really makes a sh## of the jersey.
Must be exasperating for the people designing them to have that plastered on them after all their hard work.

RobertKK

Nalz wrote: »

What?

They were having Swedish night in the Queen Vic, they had a cut out of Zlatan...

xtal191

The only one thats leaked so far is the 3rd but hopefully the other two are close enough to the real deal

Mars Bar

Apparently Dean Henderson has been called from loan because of a significant injury to a first team goalkeeper. Better not be de gea!!

Mars Bar

Link

http://mobile.grimsby-townfc.co.uk//news/article/2016-17/henderson-recalled-3552586.aspx

Trigger

Mars Bar wrote: »

Apparently Dean Henderson has been called from loan because of a significant injury to a first team goalkeeper. Better not be de gea!!

https://twitter.com/samuelluckhurst/status/827481911530553344

Pereira apparently..

Mars Bar

I wouldn't have labelled pereira a first team goalkeeper myself

yabadabado

Mars Bar wrote: »

I wouldn't have labelled pereira a first team goalkeeper myself

Wasnt he recalled to be third choice keeper and to let Johnson out on loan.?

brinty

bucketybuck wrote: »

According to Bangkok he has shown that he is world class and will be our right back for years to come.

Is Reus still a central midfielder

pinch of salt lads....

Timbo Fosu Monster was bought as a DCM, played Centre back and LVG put him at RB last season when we'd no other options.

But sure aren't all wide players failed central players according to a Mr J Carragher of Liverpudlian descent!!!!

bangkok

bucketybuck wrote: »

According to Bangkok he has shown that he is world class and will be our right back for years to come.

He has shown more than enough at his age to prove he can play there. Spurs away last season he was fantastic even though we lost.

brinty

yabadabado wrote: »

Wasnt he recalled to be third choice keeper and to let Johnson out on loan.?

This.

Isn't Sam with Villa or someone like that in the Championship!!

He's too old to be playing reserve matches etc so its doing no harm letting him out on loan for proper competitive game time. Assuming Romero goes in the summer you need one of Pereira or Johsnton having had some meaningful game time.

brinty

bangkok wrote: »

He has shown more than enough at his age to prove he can play there. Spurs away last season he was fantastic even though we lost.

Marco Reus #centralmidfielder.......

Hotblack Desiato

xtal191 wrote: »

The only one thats leaked so far is the 3rd but hopefully the other two are close enough to the real deal

That one's ok. In the other pic it looks like a pale sky blue which is obviously not acceptable!!!

bangkok

brinty wrote: »

Is Reus still a central midfielder

pinch of salt lads....

Timbo Fosu Monster was bought as a DCM, played Centre back and LVG put him at RB last season when we'd no other options.

But sure aren't all wide players failed central players according to a Mr J Carragher of Liverpudlian descent!!!!

Reus has played majority of games this season through the middle

Trigger

bangkok wrote: »

Reus has played majority of games this season through the middle

Is he a CM?

Actually.. they way you are talking there makes it look as if he has played plenty of games this season when he only returned from injury in the middle of November(he has played 8 since then).. pretty sure the 4/5 matches that I have seen him play this season he started on the LW.. and I think he played up top in one of the CL games he played. So that's 5/6 out of 8.. where is your "majority" coming from

jayo26

astradave wrote: »

Is he a CM?

Actually.. they way you are talking there makes it look as if he has played plenty of games this season when he only returned from injury in the middle of November(he has played 8 since then).. pretty sure the 4/5 matches that I have seen him play this season he started on the LW.. and I think he played up top in one of the CL games he played. So that's 5/6 out of 8.. where is your "majority" coming from

How dare you question the theoryofbangkok

yabadabado

bangkok wrote: »

Reus has played majority of games this season through the middle

He hasn't. The few games he has played half have been from the left flank.

bangkok

astradave wrote: »

Is he a CM?

Actually.. they way you are talking there makes it look as if he has played plenty of games this season when he only returned from injury in the middle of November(he has played 8 since then).. pretty sure the 4/5 matches that I have seen him play this season he started on the LW.. and I think he played up top in one of the CL games he played. So that's 5/6 out of 8.. where is your "majority" coming from

he is an attacking midfielder, can play any position behind the front man including cm.

brinty

bangkok wrote: »

he is an attacking midfielder, can play any position behind the front man including cm.

So he's a central midfielder but he's an attacking midfielder who can play any position behind the front man....

Make up your mind... is he a swiss army knife too... given the amount of functions you claim he can do...

A central midfielder is a roy keane, michaeal carrick to me or maybe i'm just uneducated in my footballing knowledge

anyone playing behind the striker is an attacking player not a central midfielder...

Trigger

bangkok wrote: »

he is an attacking midfielder, can play any position behind the front man including cm.

He is a Left Winger who can play as a no 10 or a RW.. just because he can play there does not mean that he is one..

Now the piss take of you calling Reus a CM came about during the Vidal saga I believe.. I think you got confused and said Reus instead of Kroos as an alternative but because of who you are you have to knuckle down and state it as fact because you never believe that you are wrong. That's my take on it anyways. You can admit you are wrong in your opinion or that you made a genuine mistake.. people will hold your opinion higher if you didn't act the way you do.

Now that's not saying that you shouldn't be able to defend your opinion but more to do with admitting when proven wrong instead of doubling down.

duffman13

bangkok wrote: »

he is an attacking midfielder, can play any position behind the front man including cm.

He's a left forward/winger who sometimes plays through the middle as a striker or a 10. He is a center midfielder as much as Martial or Mkhitaryan. He's not a player who loves too tackle so don't think he would excel in that role

Liam McPoyle

I'm a little teapot.

Rod Munch

Rod Munch wrote: »

I'm a little teapot.

Short and stout

brinty

Deleted User wrote: »

Short and stout

Heres my handle and heres my spout....

Liam McPoyle

So Leicester on Sunday.

Our best performance of the season came against them.

They are flirting with the relegation zone.

Draw or loss for us would not surprise me in the slightest.

Its at the stage that I'm more confident playing a "big" team than teams we should be beating.

sky88

Rod Munch wrote: »

So Leicester on Sunday.

Our best performance of the season came against them.

They are flirting with the relegation zone.

Draw or loss for us would not surprise me in the slightest.

Its at the stage that I'm more confident playing a "big" team than teams we should be beating.

At this stage im not confident of the team scoring against anyone

TheDoc

sky88 wrote: »

At this stage im not confident of the team scoring against anyone

Do rivals play before us?

If rivals drop points, draw for sure, if rivals win, team will win. Seems that how it goes lately

sky88

TheDoc wrote: »

Do rivals play before us?

If rivals drop points, draw for sure, if rivals win, team will win. Seems that how it goes lately

we are super sunday match after them all

brinty

Arsene talking about how he's tried to sign Kante twice...
Now where have i heard that before....

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/10754183/arsene-wenger-reveals-he-tried-to-sign-ngolo-kante-twice

Trigger

TheDoc wrote: »

Do rivals play before us?

If rivals drop points, draw for sure, if rivals win, team will win. Seems that how it goes lately

We are fecked so.. Chelsea arsenal spurs city and Liverpool all play before us we are the 4pm Sunday match

SteM

Talking of jerseys, Shoot are selling a weird one that's listed as Manchester United 17/18 Away Jersey. Throwback to the 91/92 season away strip, haven't see it anywhere before.

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Sgt Pepper 64

TheDoc wrote: »

Do rivals play before us?

If rivals drop points, draw for sure, if rivals win, team will win. Seems that how it goes lately

If Chelsea beat Arsenal, you all be like "yay, a top 4 rival dropped 3 points"

cue Vardy hat trick

Anyone get to see the presser? Anything good?

Was wondering if we could revert back to a 2 man midfield
Carrick / Pogba

Then play with two wingers (Martial / Rashford left, Miki Right) and then play both Mata & Ibra as #10 Striker respectively

I'm beginning to doubt this 3 man midfield, not enough penetration or width over the last month or so

Mars Bar

It was Pereira who was injured. Knee ligament damage.

sky88

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Was wondering if we could revert back to a 2 man midfield
Carrick / Pogba

Then play with two wingers (Martial / Rashford left, Miki Right) and then play both Mata & Ibra as #10 Striker respectively

I'm beginning to doubt this 3 man midfield, not enough penetration or width over the last month or so

2 man mifield wont work for me anytime ive seen pogba in a two hes not been good for france or united. Carrick for me needs the extra midfielder there for him to work in the team.

i just dont think we have the midfielders at the club to play the two man.

with the width problem i think its more so our players who play in the wing positions love to come inside leaving it to the full backs to provide the width and the delivery from all our fullbacks has been terrible

jayo26

SteM wrote: »

Talking of jerseys, Shoot are selling a weird one that's listed as Manchester United 17/18 Away Jersey. Throwback to the 91/92 season away strip, haven't see it anywhere before.

psb_13_65.jpg

Im not been funny but I'd be literally all over that jersey that is so cool.

bucketybuck

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Was wondering if we could revert back to a 2 man midfield
Carrick / Pogba

Then play with two wingers (Martial / Rashford left, Miki Right) and then play both Mata & Ibra as #10 Striker respectively

You could call it a 442 but with those players I don't think they would play it as one.

bangkok

duffman13 wrote: »

He's a left forward/winger who sometimes plays through the middle as a striker or a 10. He is a center midfielder as much as Martial or Mkhitaryan. He's not a player who loves too tackle so don't think he would excel in that role

We all know you dont need to tackle to play cm. Look at xavi, modric, iniesta. Anyway cm is just a name. Frank lampard was a cm but an attacking one. Kante is a cm but a defensive one.

U.P.O.

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Anyone get to see the presser? Anything good?

Caught one bit on SSN where Jose was asked about transfers.

He said he knows his squad better now than he did 6 months ago. He prefers to concentrate on realistic targets and has identified what he believes to be realistic targets.

Said no point chasing impossible signings. All it does is wastes the clubs time and does nothing more than inflate the pockets of the player and his agent when they have a club like Man Utd after them. (ie Neymar, Bale, Ronaldo)

Leroy42

U.P.O. wrote: »

Caught one bit on SSN where Jose was asked about transfers.

He said he knows his squad better now than he did 6 months ago. He prefers to concentrate on realistic targets and has identified what he believes to be realistic targets.

Said no point chasing impossible signings. All it does is wastes the clubs time and does nothing more than inflate the pockets of the player and his agent when they have a club like Man Utd after them. (ie Neymar, Bale, Ronaldo)

I would take it that Griezmann isn't coming unless we get CL

SteM

Leroy42 wrote: »

I would take it that Griezmann isn't coming unless we get CL

Don't see why not. Pogba and Zlatan did.

wanderer100

Leroy42 wrote: »

I would take it that Griezmann isn't coming unless we get CL

That argument isn't really valid anymore. We've made some of our biggest signings in recent years without CL - Di Maria, Pogba, Zlatan