Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2017

jayo26

Looking at our defensive record so far this season and the changes and injuries Josie has had to deal with all season it's a fair achievement.

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jayo26 wrote: »

Looking at our defensive record so far this season and the changes and injuries Josie has had to deal with all season it's a fair achievement.

Three central defenders out
Our top goalscorer out
Our second top goalscorer (and one of our more creative midfielders) out
Played more games than any other team this season
120 minutes on Thursday night
Rooney not played in a while
Blind not played central defence in a while
Martial not played centre forward all season
Burnley one of the best home records in the league
2-0 up at half time
Graeme Souness: "Not been great"

Souness so so bitter

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M!Ck^ wrote: »

Souness so so bitter

Over a quarter of a century seeing your rivals lift the title instead of your club will do that.:)

jayo26

zerks wrote: »

Three central defenders out
Our top goalscorer out
Our second top goalscorer (and one of our more creative midfielders) out
Played more games than any other team this season
120 minutes on Thursday night
Rooney not played in a while
Blind not played central defence in a while
Martial not played centre forward all season
Burnley one of the best home records in the league
2-0 up at half time
Graeme Souness: "Not been great"

Lads souness is pure bitter he can't even bring himself to say the club's name properly I couldn't give a toss.

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Good man Benteke.

M!Ck^

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Souness so so bitter

He will be worse now, benteke again!

jayo26

jayo26

zerks wrote: »

Good man Benteke.

Any rice crispie buns left from party?

Lucas Hood

Souness didn't seem bitter to me at all
He said they were professional but not great .

I'd agree with that it wasn't a classic performance but it didn't need to be.


Souness did a good interview on Eamon Dunphys podcast The Stand last week that is well worth a listen.

Jayop

Grand stretch in the evenings lads.

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jayo26 wrote: »

Any rice crispie buns left from party?

I think there's a few.I survived and saw the game.:)

RobertKK

Paul McGrath on MUTV earlier was there for the phone in, one caller who I think must be very myopic wanted Joe Hart to replace De Gea if he leaves.
Paul McGrath thought it was a great idea. Joe Hart got described as being world class.

Jayop

Jayop wrote: »

Grand stretch in the evenings lads.

Don't!!!

jayo26

zerks wrote: »

I think there's a few.I survived and saw the game.:)

Glad to hear pal. I went to the crown bar for grub and watch the game ended up leaving after 30 minutes because they put some rugby game on.

ElChe32

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Matip playing CF for Liverpool now,where are the lads that derided Jose for "hoofball" now?

Hococop

Massive chance Thursday now

Unearthly

Great day

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In the words of Ice Cube: "Today was a good day".

paulbok

Mu-waa-haaa-haa

Billy86

79 points (5 wins, 1 draw from our last 6) now guarantees us at least 4th place even if City and Liverpool win out (well, City drawing with us and otherwise winning out). 78 points (5 wins, 1 loss) would go down to GD - ours is +26, both of theirs is +28 so it's extremely close.

A tall order with our run in and injuries sure, but there's the UEFA Cup route as well and it's fair to say that most/all of us would have bitten someone's hand off to be in this spot not too long ago.




Jaysus though, the uproar there would be had we been given all that injury time!

jayo26

That's turned things around alot. I would 100 percent take a draw Thursday night now.

Lord TSC

So now a 3-0 win vs City puts us in third! :pac:

Let's have at em, boys.

wanderer100

Top 3 back in our hands now as well

Sand

Lovely weekend. Everything went just as well as it could.

Trigger

Goal difference down to 2 as well. Deadly

PhlegmyMoses

12 more points give us CL I reckon. 4 wins from 6, should be achievable.

nullzero

Today couldn't have gone much better for us.

TheDoctor

Time to cut the grass

A ****ing class week for Utd bar the injuries
Sunday to Sunday
Get in

Liam O

Lord TSC wrote: »

So now a 3-0 win vs City puts us in third! :pac:

Let's have at em, boys.

2 will do no?

Ah I see now it's Liverpool that would have to be overturned...

wanderer100

Oh how a win on Thursday would hurt so many rival fans!!!! Just the thought of it makes me all smily :P

TheDoctor

Thursday night!

Let's be avin em!!!!

Liam McPoyle

There is an old saying about games at this stage of the season all being like cup finals.



Obviously poor old Kloop had a difficulty with the translation because he has taken it literally.

Quandary

statto25

Despite what mourinho said about top 4, its in our hands now. Thursday is so so important now. Silva and Augero going off today could also be hugely important if they have picked up significant knocks. Christ I'm nervous already!

adox

Bloody hell who'd have thought it.

I refuse to get my hopes up because of being disappointed so many times this season but....................I'm hopeful. :pac:

wanderer100

Love games like these against rivals where there is so much on the line!!! But boy will my heart be pounding out of my chest for the 90 minutes :P

Liam McPoyle

adox wrote: »

Bloody hell who'd have thought it.

I refuse to get my hopes up because of being disappointed so many times this season but....................I'm hopeful. :pac:

I'm the same, I still don't think we will manage it between injuries and fixture's but by Christ, if we can manage a win on Thursday there is serious pressure on the others chasing top 4.

Quandary

What a glorious day

I still think with our injuries, fixtures etc... that we won't have enough to get top 4, but it's fun watching that lot lose anytime. Really brightens up my mood.

If we beat city then it might be time to get optimistic but I feel dropped points is almost inevitable.

adox

I'm all footballed out now and had planned on reading a book for the rest of the evening but **** it, I'm going to tune into El Classico and cheer on Madrid.

Been a brilliant weekend of football. Obviously our game today and the Pool result but the two FA cup ties were brilliant as well.

Lithium93_

wanderer100 wrote: »

Love games like these against rivals where there is so much on the line!!! But boy will my heart be pounding out of my chest for the 90 minutes :P

I'll be watching through my hands or from behind the couch :pac:

adox

Rod Munch wrote: »

I'm the same, I still don't think we will manage it between injuries and fixture's but by Christ, if we can manage a win on Thursday there is serious pressure on the others chasing top 4.

We have two teams we can catch now. Liverpool result was huge.

I certainly wouldn't put money on it but I'm going to be blindly optimistic for the next few days before we play again.

RobertKK

Great Sport day:

United win
Kilkenny women win Camogie final
United rival loses
Kilkenny's biggest rival in hurling loses
Was happy to see Nadal winning in Monte Carlo.

jayo26

The dilemma I have now is i don't know which thread I want to catch up on the most.

bucketybuck

I didn't get to see the game, was it a good performance or just a workmanlike one?

More specifically, did Martial and Rooney do well for the full 90 minutes or just have a few moments?

Delighted with the victory and the past week though, this squad is showing real character right now despite a few roadblocks in their way.

Lord TSC

adox wrote: »

We have two teams we can catch now. Liverpool result was huge.

I love that we're building a bridge away from Arsenal and no one has mentioned it :pac:

Sand

Rod Munch wrote: »

I'm the same, I still don't think we will manage it between injuries and fixture's but by Christ, if we can manage a win on Thursday there is serious pressure on the others chasing top 4.

Exactly, thanks to the Chelsea and Burnley results, the City game is huge. Win, and the extremely difficult becomes just very difficult. Lose or draw, and well, the EL is the priority anyway.

Hopefully Liverpool drop more points on their run in. The absolute ideal is both City and Liverpool dropping out of top 4 and Arsenal finishing 4th, United 3rd.

TheDoctor

Must have been very windy today at Anfield