Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2017

Cookiemunster

VW 1 wrote: »

He's a hammer through and through, wouldn't play for anyone else.



The club mentioned was Sociedad. Presume they've relaxed their basque only policy. Or are they the basque club that don't stick to basques only?

Only Athletic Club have the Basque only policy. John Aldridge and Dalian Atkinson played for Real Sociedad nearly 30 years ago.

Cotts72

bangkok wrote: »

442 next season... build the team around Pogba

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de gea

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valencia---bailly

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lindelof----shaw


mkhitarayan----herrera----pogba----persic

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rashford

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morata

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destroy majority of teams next season with that line up

Pretty much same setup as last year,Pogba wont get the freedom/cover

Cantona's Collars

According to the morning papers,Smalling is a target for West Ham and Morata will sign within the next 24-48 hours.

Cotts72

zerks wrote: »

According to the morning papers,Smalling is a target for West Ham and Morata will sign within the next 24-48 hours.

Lindelof medical and confirmation potentially today also

Alf Veedersane

VW 1 wrote: »

He's a hammer through and through, wouldn't play for anyone else.



The club mentioned was Sociedad. Presume they've relaxed their basque only policy. Or are they the basque club that don't stick to basques only?

They relaxed it back in the 80s, IIRC, because they were losing out to Bilbao for the best Basque players and they needed to be practical

bangkok

adox wrote: »

Neither Herrera or Pogba can play in a two man midfield.

Pogba did against england and he was class and has done so plenty of times before.

wanderer100

P/L fixtures in 30 minutes!! Exciting times

Giggsy11

wanderer100 wrote: »

P/L fixtures in 30 minutes!! Exciting times

Don't worry, I'll spoil it for you.

We play 19 PL teams home and away.

MooShop

Opening Day.....home vs West Ham

MooShop

All opening day fixtures:

Arsenal v Leicester
Brighton v Manchester City
Chelsea v Burnley
Crystal Palace v Huddersfield
Everton v Stoke
Manchester United v West Ham
Newcastle v Tottenham
Southampton v Swansea
Watford v Liverpool
West Brom v Bournemouth

MooShop

Decent August/September, should be picking up the majority of points.

http://www.skysports.com/manchester-united-fixtures

Delboy5

Fixture list

12/08/2017 15:00 West Ham United (h)

19/08/2017 15:00 Swansea City (a)

26/08/2017 15:00 Leicester City (h)

09/09/2017 15:00 Stoke City (a)

16/09/2017 15:00 Everton (h)

23/09/2017 15:00 Southampton (a)

30/09/2017 15:00 Crystal Palace (h)

14/10/2017 15:00 Liverpool (a)

21/10/2017 15:00 Huddersfield Town (a)

28/10/2017 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur (h)

04/11/2017 15:00 Chelsea (a)

18/11/2017 15:00 Newcastle United (h)

25/11/2017 15:00 Brighton and Hove Albion (h)

28/11/2017 19:45 Watford (a)

02/12/2017 15:00 Arsenal (a)

09/12/2017 15:00 Manchester City (h)

12/12/2017 20:00 Bournemouth (h)

16/12/2017 15:00 West Bromwich Albion (a)

23/12/2017 15:00 Leicester City (a)

26/12/2017 15:00 Burnley (h)

30/12/2017 15:00 Southampton (h)

01/01/2018 15:00 Everton (a)

13/01/2018 15:00 Stoke City (h)

20/01/2018 15:00 Burnley (a)

31/01/2018 20:00 Tottenham Hotspur (a)

03/02/2018 15:00 Huddersfield Town (h)

10/02/2018 15:00 Newcastle United (a)

24/02/2018 15:00 Chelsea (h)

03/03/2018 15:00 Crystal Palace (a)

10/03/2018 15:00 Liverpool (h)

17/03/2018 15:00 West Ham United (a)

31/03/2018 15:00 Swansea City (h)

07/04/2018 15:00 Manchester City (a)

14/04/2018 15:00 West Bromwich Albion (h)

21/04/2018 15:00 Bournemouth (a)

28/04/2018 15:00 Arsenal (h)

05/05/2018 15:00 Brighton and Hove Albion (a)

13/05/2018 15:00 Watford (h)

DrPhilG

Giggsy11 wrote: »

Don't worry, I'll spoil it for you.

We play 19 PL teams home and away.

Obvious troll post.

There are 20 teams in the PL. :rolleyes:

jayo26

Thats not a bad second half of the season we have only one away game against the big clubs after January and 3 home games.

Trigger

Saga saga saga saga!!!!

https://twitter.com/sport_witness/status/874878900278632448

jayo26

DrPhilG wrote: »

Obvious troll post.

There are 20 teams in the PL. :rolleyes:

We don't play ourselves tho

RobertKK

A decent Christmas schedule once we remember how to win.

Hococop

astradave wrote: »

Saga saga saga saga!!!!

https://twitter.com/sport_witness/status/874878900278632448

If true leave him, Jose won't want that drama

Mitch Connor

quick scan shows nothing to horrid in terms of runs of fixtures - feel in previous seasons we have had a group of 4 massive matches in 5 or something like that - a couple of double headers. Obviously cup progression (domestically and european) might effect that in ways i've not bothered to work out yet.

fatherted1969

Last 7 or 8 look reasonable enough. Never really bothered with the rest of them tbh. Squeaky bum time hopefully

paulbok

jayo26 wrote: »

We don't play ourselves tho

Definite 1:1 draw if we did

DrPhilG

CL group games 4 and 6 are fun...

12/08/2017 15:00 West Ham United (h)
19/08/2017 15:00 Swansea City (a)
26/08/2017 15:00 Leicester City (h)
09/09/2017 15:00 Stoke City (a)
12&13/09 CL GROUP GAME 1
16/09/2017 15:00 Everton (h)
23/09/2017 15:00 Southampton (a)
26&27/09 CL GROUP GAME 2
30/09/2017 15:00 Crystal Palace (h)
14/10/2017 15:00 Liverpool (a)
17&18/10 CL GROUP GAME 3
21/10/2017 15:00 Huddersfield Town (a)
28/10/2017 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur (h)
31/09 & 01/10 CL GROUP GAME 4
04/11/2017 15:00 Chelsea (a)
18/11/2017 15:00 Newcastle United (h)
21&22/11 CL GROUP GAME 5
25/11/2017 15:00 Brighton and Hove Albion (h)
28/11/2017 19:45 Watford (a)
02/12/2017 15:00 Arsenal (a)
5&6/12 CL GROUP GAME 6
09/12/2017 15:00 Manchester City (h)
12/12/2017 20:00 Bournemouth (h)
16/12/2017 15:00 West Bromwich Albion (a)
23/12/2017 15:00 Leicester City (a)
26/12/2017 15:00 Burnley (h)
30/12/2017 15:00 Southampton (h)
01/01/2018 15:00 Everton (a)
13/01/2018 15:00 Stoke City (h)
20/01/2018 15:00 Burnley (a)
31/01/2018 20:00 Tottenham Hotspur (a)
03/02/2018 15:00 Huddersfield Town (h)
10/02/2018 15:00 Newcastle United (a)
24/02/2018 15:00 Chelsea (h)
03/03/2018 15:00 Crystal Palace (a)
10/03/2018 15:00 Liverpool (h)
17/03/2018 15:00 West Ham United (a)
31/03/2018 15:00 Swansea City (h)
07/04/2018 15:00 Manchester City (a)
14/04/2018 15:00 West Bromwich Albion (h)
21/04/2018 15:00 Bournemouth (a)
28/04/2018 15:00 Arsenal (h)
05/05/2018 15:00 Brighton and Hove Albion (a)
13/05/2018 15:00 Watford (h)

DrPhilG

jayo26 wrote: »

We don't play ourselves tho

Smiley detector broken? :P

Lord TSC

You'd hope we'd have the CL progression wrapped up by game six. Could see a weaker team in game four too then, and focus on the other four.

bangkok

Have to say the fixture list has been very kind to us. Nice run of fixtures and at home 4 times after european ties

Lithium93_

Group stage draw for the Champions League is August 24th.

Kerrydude1981

Is this the biggest hint that Rooney is on the way out?

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-wayne-rooney-facebook-13182091

Lithium93_

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Is this the biggest hint that Rooney is on the way out?

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-wayne-rooney-facebook-13182091

I wouldn't read too much into it to be honest.

Cantona's Collars

Just got confirmation that I'm headed to the Palace game.

Trigger

Lithium93_ wrote: »

I wouldn't read too much into it to be honest.

I would tbh, he's the captain of the club and it's basically just cropped him out of the image.. they are using the same pictures of the other three in the image. Fair enough if they changed the image completely

Claude Burgundy

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Is this the biggest hint that Rooney is on the way out?

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-wayne-rooney-facebook-13182091

To be honest they publish some real cr@p

Lithium93_

astradave wrote: »

I would tbh, he's the captain of the club and it's basically just cropped him out of the image.. they are using the same pictures of the other three in the image. Fair enough if they changed the image completely

For all we know Rooney asked to be removed, seriously too much time reading into him being removed from the cover photo of the clubs Facebook page.

But that's my opinion.

bangkok

zerks wrote: »

Just got confirmation that I'm headed to the Palace game.

Bit of a risk?? Game could be on a monday night for all we know

Cookiemunster

https://twitter.com/sistoney67/status/874919181761818625

JaMarcusHustle

Only watching Pogba's highlights from last night now. So tidy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCHGBKHrYAU

Trigger

Cookiemunster wrote: »

https://twitter.com/sistoney67/status/874919181761818625

The Chevy is red these days? Noice

Oh wait is that Morata hiding in the back seat

bangkok

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Only watching Pogba's highlights from last night now. So tidy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCHGBKHrYAU

Played in a midfield 2. Such a difference when there is a striker ahead of him that can stretch a defence. Rashford could be the man next season to do that. Would love to see us go back to a 442 in majority of games

TheDoc

Mitch Connor wrote: »

quick scan shows nothing to horrid in terms of runs of fixtures - feel in previous seasons we have had a group of 4 massive matches in 5 or something like that - a couple of double headers. Obviously cup progression (domestically and european) might effect that in ways i've not bothered to work out yet.

Was thinking the same about the cups, but that fixture list looks very nice. Really no excuses form my initial reading of it.

Obviously take into consideration at the time about injuries or whatever, but that looks as smooth a fixture list as you will get.

DARK-KNIGHT

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Only watching Pogba's highlights from last night now. So tidy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCHGBKHrYAU

pogba is a class player to be fair... love the bitters hating on the fact we signed him lol

bangkok

30m a season for 3 seasons for pogba. bargain

Trigger

bangkok wrote: »

Played in a midfield 2. Such a difference when there is a striker ahead of him that can stretch a defence. Rashford could be the man next season to do that. Would love to see us go back to a 442 in majority of games

Giroud played up front, if you are talking about Mbappe, he played out wide and they set up as 4231, Mbappe basically played the same role as Rashford has all season

Edit: sorry my mistake, was Dembele playing out wide and Mbappe playing in the middle off Giroud, got them mixed up

adox

bangkok wrote: »

Played in a midfield 2. Such a difference when there is a striker ahead of him that can stretch a defence. Rashford could be the man next season to do that. Would love to see us go back to a 442 in majority of games

Hes not good enough to play in a midfield two. Not a hope we will play that system next season.

adox

adox wrote: »

Hes not good enough to play in a midfield two. Not a hope we will play that system next season.

I'd argue the wording if I'm being pedantic! I kind of get your point though.

It's more that the preference is that he plays a more advanced role in a midfield 3 to maximize his potential.

I still think he is more than capable of a midfield 2 but that wouldn't be practical and wouldn't using him to the best of his ability.

adox

M!Ck^ wrote: »

I'd argue the wording if I'm being pedantic! I kind of get your point though.

It's more that the preference is that he plays a more advanced role in a midfield 3 to maximize his potential.

I still think he is more than capable of a midfield 2 but that wouldn't be practical and wouldn't using him to the best of his ability.

Id be of the opinion that none of our current midfielders could play in a midfield two up to a required standard.

DM_7

adox wrote: »

Id be of the opinion that none of our current midfielders could play in a midfield two up to a required standard.

If United were playing a really good side then a two man midfield would be a no go anyway.

Like how Kroos and Modric need Casemiro (example).

Against more average sides then Pogba plus one would be good.

Mitch Connor

adox wrote: »

Id be of the opinion that none of our current midfielders could play in a midfield two up to a required standard.

I think Pogba or Herrera could play in a midfield two, with maybe Kante beside them - or Roy Keane back in the day. Both players put in a bit of work, Herrera far more so, but neither can work together in a midfield 2, imo.

If we wanted to play Pogba as one of a two, we'd have to drop Herrera and bring in a properly defensive minded midfielder who would take some of the burden off Pogba defensively - same goes for Herrera.

As it is, I think our best bet would be a defensive midfielder to sit behind Herrera and Pogba. Give Pogba a load of freedom and reign Herrera in a bit more to work as a more box to box midfielder.

From what I have seen of Fabinho, he is the player I would go for. Hard working, good tackler, good on the ball too.

Rossi IRL

I see Rachel Riley has left Sky

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/riley-leaves-sky-job-after-spurs-jibe-gsvwt6s8b

DrPhilG

Rossi IRL wrote: »

I see Rachel Riley has left Sky

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/riley-leaves-sky-job-after-spurs-jibe-gsvwt6s8b

I'm not a subscriber, but if I did I would have to unsubscribe in protest!

https://twitter.com/Devils_Latest/status/874914821472387072

Mitch Connor

Funny how they get him the car coming off the plane!