Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2017

jayo26

Plenty of pace there in that team and creativity come from miki.

I'm just wondering will miki play behind Rashford and Martial be more if a 41212 maybe.

bangkok

wanderer100 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/utdreport/status/857653439777693698

Strongest possible team i reckon

4312 i hope. Rashford and martial up top.

jayo26

bangkok wrote: »

4312 i hope. Rashford and martial up top.

You always have to steal someone else's idea.

#vile

bangkok

jayo26 wrote: »

You always have to steal someone else's idea.

#vile

I think i actually posted that exact line up 3 days ago. Maybe shaw in for darmian

adox

Doubt very much it will be two up front.

bangkok

adox wrote: »

Doubt very much it will be two up front.

Id say it mighy be. Kompany and otamendi no great movers

Lithium93_

Depending on who wins, the match thread will hopefully be worth reading..

bucketybuck

adox wrote: »

Doubt very much it will be two up front.

I just assumed it will be 3 up front, as in the 3 lads floating around in their half giving an outlet to the seven players defending. They will be switching around, I doubt there will be a defined striker as such.

Perhaps not. Either way my prediction is a City win.

Mars Bar

4-3-1-2 will allow City's full backs to play the way they want to so I wouldn't think so.

Lord TSC

You reckon our unbeaten streak ends tonight, Bucky?

bucketybuck

Lord TSC wrote: »

You reckon our unbeaten streak ends tonight, Bucky?

I have a few quid on various bets involving a United win, but my gut feeling is that top four ends here.

Hopefully I'm wrong again.

Liam O

Lord TSC wrote: »

You reckon our unbeaten streak ends tonight, Bucky?

I do tbh. That front 4 for City will hurt United. Sane will tear Valencia to shreds imo and I don't fancy Darmian against Sterling either though with Zabaleta at RB he may have less to deal with than Valencia on the other side.

bucketybuck

bucketybuck wrote: »

Unironically one of my favourite ever players, that man was a weapon, it was just a shame those Russian mobsters caused his time at the club to be cut short. :pac:

Antonio Valencia should be made to watch a video of every Kanchelskis goal on repeat for about two months, he might learn a thing or two about putting the head down and going past a man instead of stopping and turning back.

Yeah, that was dodgy. Some Russian mobsters ordered United to release him and for he to sign for Everton, or something along those lines?

Excellent read (from Jan 2017) I just found on Kanchelskis' time in England: http://www.planetfootball.com/nostalgia/incredible-story-andrei-kanchelskis-time-england/

It goes into detail and speculation on his transfer to Everton, including a link to a bombing assassination at the time. It also reports on a falling out between Fergie and Kanchelskis which I was previously unaware of.

Liam O

bucketybuck wrote: »

I just assumed it will be 3 up front, as in the 3 lads floating around in their half giving an outlet to the seven players defending. They will be switching around, I doubt there will be a defined striker as such.

Perhaps not. Either way my prediction is a City win.

Despite my comment above one thing that has done well before is Herrera and Fellaini either side of Carrick. They are both great at getting up and down the pitch and supporting the wingers along with covering the full backs getting forward. Them playing well is the key.

jayo26

Wasn't the kanchelskis and the Russian mafia episode not until well after his United time?

jayo26

jayo26 wrote: »

Wasn't the kanchelskis and the Russian mafia episode not until well after his United time?

I'm not sure, I'm only reading into it now for the first time with 'adult' eyes. I will report back soon with an opinion which we'll go with as fact :pac:

bucketybuck

jayo26 wrote: »

Wasn't the kanchelskis and the Russian mafia episode not until well after his United time?

I'm not sure, I was being a little facetious earlier but I do recall that years after the fact rumours started to surface about the real reasons Fergie got rid when he did.

With Ince, Hughes and Kanchelskis all jettisioned at the same time it was easy to believe the narrative that Fergie was simply putting all his faith in the kids coming through, especially when one of those kids was Beckham. But in retrospect it doesn't really surprise to hear that when it came to Kanchelskis there was a little more to the story...

RobertKK

Lovely interview with Valencia on MUTV. It does crack me up that he still speaks his Spanish.

Mourinho tried to sign Valencia when Jose was at Real Madrid.
Antonio said he loves the club and loves the fans.

user2011

Please tell me some seen yer one in white United jersey and she wasn't a figment of my imagination..

yabadabado

user2011 wrote: »

Please tell me some seen yer one in white United jersey and she wasn't a figment of my imagination..

I saw her.Class .

J. Marston

Two greats run by Rashford. Two simple passes fúcked up.

S.M.B.

J. Marston wrote: »

Two greats run by Rashford. Two simple passes fúcked up.

Pogba would have done better.

Is Rashford injured?

Headshot

God that over the head camera is awful

bucketybuck

bucketybuck wrote: »

I'm not sure, I was being a little facetious earlier but I do recall that years after the fact rumours started to surface about the real reasons Fergie got rid when he did.

With Ince, Hughes and Kanchelskis all jettisioned at the same time it was easy to believe the narrative that Fergie was simply putting all his faith in the kids coming through, especially when one of those kids was Beckham. But in retrospect it doesn't really surprise to hear that when it came to Kanchelskis there was a little more to the story...

Go on, go on, I'm hooked ....

mewe

Rashford's pace is unbelievable

J. Marston

Martial has been bloody awful.

jayo26

Referee is bloody awfull

Donnielighto

Herrera to get a card for something with fernandinho

Headshot

ffs ander should buried that

should be 1 up now

jayo26

Donnielighto wrote: »

Herrera to get a card for something with fernandinho

Think he forgot his cards.

GSPfan

Pogba has been absolutely anonymous yet again. Waste of money.

adox

Okish first half. City more dominant as the game went on. Utd a bit too obvious with playing the ball forward for the pacy players. All or nothing balls that are starving Utd of possession.


They need to string a few passes together. They will still find room for the through ball as City are all over the pace at the back.

If they keep giving possession up so cheaply though City will eventually score.

I really think Martial should be through the middle with Rashford on the left. I think that would cause City a lot more problems.

Miki has been pretty disappointing and has lost th ball cheaply on quite a few occasions but he's the one most likely to provide a quality ball.

Lingard would lap up those huge areas of space in the City half and may yet have a big role to play in the game.


What a bad miss by Herrera.

how.gareth

Where's mata, Can't be cup tied in the league can he?

jayo26

Don't care what anyone says but that first half shows how much pogba brings to the team not enough creativity from the midfield 3 at all it's like they on a different pitch to the forwards.

jayo26

how.gareth wrote: »

Where's mata, Can't be cup tied in the league can he?

Injured for past month

jimmytwotimes 2013

https://twitter.com/PlayerProSoccer/status/850775539111649284

thelad95

IF we can just keep it together at the back, one of those balls through to Rashford will stick.

Korat

Herrara has been sent off twice for less that he's received in the first half.

GSPfan

Not too worried about City dominating possession but no one on our side seems to have any composure when we recover the ball. See what happens. We might sicken them yet.

J. Marston

Only a matter of time if it continues this way. Can't get out of our own half.

deadybai

Were taking a beating here. Rope a dope tactics

Cookie_Dough

Hopefully Martial will come off instead of Rashford. He's been bad. It's a brutal second half

Headshot

missing Ibra badly. No one out there can hold up the ball

super_furry

Real park the bus stuff from Jose. City not good enough to break them down.

paulbok

Cookie_Dough wrote: »

Hopefully Martial will come off instead of Rashford. He's been bad. It's a brutal second half

Martial looks disinterested out there

Cookie_Dough

paulbok wrote: »

Martial looks disinterested out there

Yeah, he jogged back for the last City attack and is giving the ball away cheaply. Sloppy passing.

bangkok

Liam O wrote: »

I do tbh. That front 4 for City will hurt United. Sane will tear Valencia to shreds imo and I don't fancy Darmian against Sterling either though with Zabaleta at RB he may have less to deal with than Valencia on the other side.

Valencia took sane to the cleaners. Never gave him an inch

J. Marston

Get off the pitch, you clown.

Headshot

bloody nutter rises again

Cookie_Dough

Christ! bangkok.....

I thought he got a yellow first, what's the story?