Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2017

Lord TSC

GSPfan wrote: »

To be honest lads I think its all bollox. Özil to United writes itself and we all fell for it.

Did we "fall for it" or are we discussing it because there's nothing else to talk about?

Or should we talk about the reports from dross papers saying we've "banned" Pogba from playing Basketball instead? :P

bangkok

Seen some of the players that have been left out of the french squad for the up coming qualifiers. They have a serious talented squad and worth a bit of money to win world cup

yabadabado

Yeah France have a very talented squad.I think they are good value to win it out/get to final.
11/1 paying 2 places e/w.

Deschamp would be a concern,don't rate him at all.

bangkok

yabadabado wrote: »

Yeah France have a very talented squad.I think they are good value to win it out/get to final.
11/1 paying 2 places e/w.

Deschamp would be a concern,don't rate him at all.

Yea and he is 48. Will get it hard to play all the games in the world cup

brinty

bangkok wrote: »

Yea and he is 48. Will get it hard to play all the games in the world cup

Bom, bangkok makes a funny... :pac::D

brinty

is it 2010 with days of ozil talk...

is their anything to be said for signing Khedeira and Sneijder too????
Maybe we could look at that Thomas Mueller guy too....
That German lad in goals looks handy but i'd say he'll go to Bayern....

I reckon we're better fixed with this smaling guy and this little pea sounds intriguing...

I reckon we might try and sign a homeless guy too before the window closes...

jayo26

brinty wrote: »

is it 2010 with days of ozil talk...

is their anything to be said for signing Khedeira and Sneijder too????
Maybe we could look at that Thomas Mueller guy too....
That German lad in goals looks handy but i'd say he'll go to Bayern....

I reckon we're better fixed with this smaling guy and this little pea sounds intriguing...

I reckon we might try and sign a homeless guy too before the window closes...

Strootman is only 26 anyone hear of him?

brinty

jayo26 wrote: »

Strootman is only 26 anyone hear of him?

Its 2010 Jayo...

Strootman is 20 and playing for Sparta Rotterdam....

Jaysus lads is anyone else sick of this Harry Kane talk on Sky... (i'm working from home and Sky news is on in the background)

You'd swear he was Messi or Ronaldo the way they are going on...

I know he's a great player but he's no better or worse than Lukaku or Aguero

Giggsy11

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/915895603896504320

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Giggsy11 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/915895603896504320

Well deserved!

pjohnson

bangkok wrote: »

Will get it hard to play all the games in the world cup

Mitch Connor

Kinda funny - got player of the month but only played in 270 of the possible 630 mins.

bangkok

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Kinda funny - got player of the month but only played in 270 of the possible 630 mins.

I blame Donald Trump

International break does strange things to posters :P

Nalz

M!Ck^ wrote: »

International break does strange things to posters :P

Organic spleef

Jayop

brinty wrote: »

jayo26 wrote: »

Strootman is only 26 anyone hear of him?

Its 2010 Jayo...

Strootman is 20 and playing for Sparta Rotterdam....

Jaysus lads is anyone else sick of this Harry Kane talk on Sky... (i'm working from home and Sky news is on in the background)

You'd swear he was Messi or Ronaldo the way they are going on...

I know he's a great player but he's no better or worse than Lukaku or Aguero

Kane has scored more goals in 2017 than either Ronaldo or Messi can't remember which. He's comfortably the best striker in the league at the moment and better than both our guy and Aguero.

keane2097

Realistically anyone over the age of 13 who watches soccer regularly and still thinks Ozil is either lazy and/or not brilliant should just be put down.

Rossi IRL

I would happily take Ozil.

Play him Central, Mkhi right and then Rashers/Martial left.

Liam O

Jayop wrote: »

Kane has scored more goals in 2017 than either Ronaldo or Messi can't remember which. He's comfortably the best striker in the league at the moment and better than both our guy and Aguero.

Massive HK fan. He's not better than Aguero.

I wouldn't be getting on the English media hype train yet.

Kane is excellent no doubt about it, but still young and IMO a ways to go to be mentioned in the same bracket as Ronaldo / Messi.
Same can be said with Lukaku.

And Augero is a better player currently. Nothing to say Kane / Lukaku won't surpass him.

I tell ya who they are better than. Mbappe, the hype around a one season wonder somehow put that price tag on his head.
How do you price Kane / Lukaku now. I'd suspect 150 million easily in this market.

TheDoc

brinty wrote: »

Its 2010 Jayo...

Strootman is 20 and playing for Sparta Rotterdam....

Jaysus lads is anyone else sick of this Harry Kane talk on Sky... (i'm working from home and Sky news is on in the background)

You'd swear he was Messi or Ronaldo the way they are going on...

I know he's a great player but he's no better or worse than Lukaku or Aguero

"Nice English lad done good" narrative

Giggsy11

TheDoc wrote: »

"Nice English lad done good" narrative

Or Amazing striker who won golden boot twice in his first 3 full seasons.

Not sure how anyone can say he is anything but the best striker in the league. He is easily better than any striker in the league and his shooting is ridiculous with both feet.

bangkok

To be perfectly honest, probably no one in our lifetime will ever be in the same bracket as Messi and Ronaldo.

IMO the 2 greatest players to ever play the game and probably will ever be.

pjohnson

Giggsy11 wrote: »

Or Amazing striker who won golden boot twice in his first 3 full seasons.

Not sure how anyone can say he is anything but the best striker in the league. He is easily better than any striker in the league and his shooting is ridiculous with both feet.

Kane better than Aguero?

Giggsy11

pjohnson wrote: »

Kane better than Aguero?

Yes. In the last 2 seasons he is.

bangkok

Giggsy11 wrote: »

Yes. In the last 2 seasons he is.

Aguero is still the best striker in the league for me.

Last 3 seasons he scored 32, 29, 33 goals all while he has had some injurys and suspensions.

Giggsy11

bangkok wrote: »

Aguero is still the best striker in the league for me.

Last 3 seasons he scored 32, 29, 33 goals all while he has had some injurys and suspensions.

In his first 3 full seasons, Kane has won golden boot twice, that's insane record.

Giggsy11

Giggsy11 wrote: »

In his first 3 full seasons, Kane has won golden boot twice, that's insane record.

On current form yes you may have a point

bangkok

Giggsy11 wrote: »

In his first 3 full seasons, Kane has won golden boot twice, that's insane record.

Yep he is class. Still think aguero has a slight edge on him though

jayo26

bangkok wrote: »

Yep he is class. Still think aguero has a slight edge on him though

How tho? Kane has consistently outscored him in the league in the last two years and was only 4 goals behind him in his first full year with club?

I think aguero is a fantastic player but Kane has been the better goal scorer too over the past two years and last season he assisted more too.

He has no slight edge Kane is as good as him if not better.

MagicIRL

Funny that neither of these play for Manchester United, isn't it?

Mitch Connor

MagicIRL wrote: »

Funny that neither of these play for Manchester United, isn't it?

Yeah, cause United have no ambition in the market.

Could have had Kane, or Neymar, or Mbappe - but nooooooo, penny pinching Woodward strikes again and United battle for best of the also rans.

here fishy....

Trigger

I see United are linked to both Aguero and Kane in one of the Nigerian papers today









*you're welcome

bangkok

jayo26 wrote: »

How tho? Kane has consistently outscored him in the league in the last two years and was only 4 goals behind him in his first full year with club?

I think aguero is a fantastic player but Kane has been the better goal scorer too over the past two years and last season he assisted more too.

He has no slight edge Kane is as good as him if not better.

Because i think aguero has done it more in high pressure games and in the champions league. Not much in it but aguero has been doing it for 6/7 years as well

Liam O

Aguero has a case for being up there with the best PL strikers ever and without injuries would probably be up there with the highest scorers already.

Kane has certainly started his career very well but he's not scored a league winning goal yet or had those big game moments. Aguero has been consistently fantastic even with a lot of injury blows.

Mitch Connor

Liam O wrote: »

Aguero has a case for being up there with the best PL strikers ever and without injuries would probably be up there with the highest scorers already.

Kane has certainly started his career very well but he's not scored a league winning goal yet or had those big game moments. Aguero has been consistently fantastic even with a lot of injury blows.

I always think argument based on trophies are poor. He's done all he could to help tottenham win stuff, I wouldn't say their failure to lift a cup could be blamed on him or his performances at any point. He hasn't been given the platform to score a league winning goal.

Donnielighto

bangkok wrote: »

Aguero is still the best striker in the league for me.

Last 3 seasons he scored 32, 29, 33 goals all while he has had some injurys and suspensions.

You can't discount them with him though he has a history of them that limits his effectiveness as he misses chunks a good bit.

Anyone else thinking about Zlatan's return? I'm excited at the prospect of him returning as the same effective player who left, but am wary at the possibility of him not being that same player. I can't write him off though until I see what he has to offer. Not this player.

If we had Zlatan back in time for some/all of the December run, that could be a big help to the team and Lukaku. Yes, Lukaku is in top condition, but even he will need a rest at some stage or we face the risk of him having that rest through injury.

Jose recently said that Lukaku won't be rotated until Zlatan returns. The two strikers play very different games IMO, so I hope that the team can adapt quickly to whoever is leading the line and it won't take a few dodgy games/results to get used to the 'new' set-up.

On the possibility of Zlatan returning in early December and not being that same player and/or picking up another injury - I wonder would Jose look to bring in a new striker in January. By January, we will still have many games remaining in the season, and hopefully a lot to play for in 4 competitions.

We do have players currently in the squad who could technically fill in for Lukaku in the short-term. However, since Jose said Lukaku won't be rotated until Zlatan returns, I'm assuming Jose doesn't see these players as regular strikers at the moment (Rashford, Martial) and therefore things seem a bit scarce in terms of squad depth there.

Long season ahead, we need Zlatan to come back strong and soon IMO. Lukaku is coping with the heavy workload at the moment, and he is scoring, but is that sustainable over 50-60 games?

I know I'm potentially looking for dark clouds in the distance while the sun is shining all around us at the moment. However, if Plan Zlatan doesn't work out on his return, we could find ourselves short in stock upfront.

Liam O

I wouldn't worry too much about Zlatan not being at full capacity. There's still Rashford and Martial who can both play up front though that would still handicap the wings with regards pace somewhat I guess...

Liam O

Liam O wrote: »

I wouldn't worry too much about Zlatan not being at full capacity. There's still Rashford and Martial who can both play up front though that would still handicap the wings with regards pace somewhat I guess...

Absolutely they can play up front, just these comments make it seem that Rashford and Martial aren't as available to play the position...

Jose last week wrote:

“Look, without Zlatan, we cannot rotate the striker, especially because Marcus Rashford is playing also in other positions,”

“So until the moment we have Zlatan we cannot think about giving rest to our No 9, the same way we give in other positions. We cannot do that.

Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/09/29/jose-mourinho-underlines-romelu-lukakus-importance-man-utd/

We'll cross that bridge if/when we come to it I guess.

bucketybuck

jayo26 wrote: »

How tho? Kane has consistently outscored him in the league in the last two years and was only 4 goals behind him in his first full year with club?

I think aguero is a fantastic player but Kane has been the better goal scorer too over the past two years and last season he assisted more too.

He has no slight edge Kane is as good as him if not better.

I guess we are stuck with the guy who has more PL goals this season than either of them. Sad.

bucketybuck

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone else thinking about Zlatan's return? I'm excited at the prospect of him returning as the same effective player who left, but am wary at the possibility of him not being that same player. I can't write him off though until I see what he has to offer. Not this player.

I'm apprehensive about it to be honest, he limited our play last season almost as much as he benefited it, I have no interest in regressing to last seasons struggles.

It will all depend on his role, if he is content to be the wild card option coming on when the time is right and in the right conditions then fine, thats a great option to have.

But if Jose makes changes just so that Zlatan can be "accommodated", well, no, I wouldn't be too happy.

bassy

Is this the home jersey of 90-92 ?.reason i ask is cause not sponsered by adidas

Sorry pic size to large to attach.

Its the home jersey that looks the very same as the 90-92 jersey,but its not got the adidas sponsor on it.

Any ideas on the year?.

Nalz

bassy wrote: »

Is this the home jersey of 90-92 ?.reason i ask is cause not sponsered by adidas

Sorry pic size to large to attach.

Its the home jersey that looks the very same as the 90-92 jersey,but its not got the adidas sponsor on it.

Any ideas on the year?.

Huh? Have you a link or am I missing something

jayo26

Nalz wrote: »

Huh? Have you a link or am I missing something

It's the grey umboro jersey you can't see it 😊😊😊

Trigger

jayo26 wrote: »

It's the grey umboro jersey you can't see it ������

Its blending in with the background

bangkok

Liverpool renaming one of their stands the kenny dalglish stand before the game.

Hope we hammer them after it

paulbok

bassy wrote: »

Is this the home jersey of 90-92 ?.reason i ask is cause not sponsered by adidas

Sorry pic size to large to attach.

Its the home jersey that looks the very same as the 90-92 jersey,but its not got the adidas sponsor on it.

Any ideas on the year?.

Who is the kit sponsor so?
I think admiral were before Adidas and Umbro from 92 on

S.M.B.

Is Lukaku injured or is it just a minor niggle?

bassy

paulbok wrote: »

Who is the kit sponsor so?
I think admiral were before Adidas and Umbro from 92 on

Theres no sponsor on it.