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Last chance to see what kind of formation we’re likely to start with and who’ll be on the pitch, hoping for extremely attacking with Valencia at right-back again because the combo with Nani was great to see.
Welbeck?…
Danny?
Echo?
It’s good to see cleverley back in the squad
Off to see the Match in Hannover …can’t wait
Whats with Tony V’s and Ando’s necktie?? Too short??
Tonite….All hell will break loose
Thumping win as a statement of intent…
Where is danny?plz young has a lot of training 2 do in pernalty scoring.
Bebe to come on with 10 minutes to go, the game still goalless, and thump one in from outside the box winning the game and becoming our top goalscorer of the DHL 2012 preseason tour.
Dear God, Kagawa is gorgeous! Having a King Eric type man crush moment
I think fergie is sending welbeck a message sign or else? my only fear is that would leave us short up front we have no chance of rvp wenger would rather sell his first born to satan than sell to us.
i like kagawa`s smile.. gud 2 see carrick.. i hope we gonna wn this last game to see if we are really ready for the next season…
Keano99
If thats the case then I fear for the worst. No way we could lose welbeck. I say pay him 60k per week which he is asking. We have already lost some good youngsters for whatever reason. Sign him for long term. No excuses.
Love how DDT anD Valencia are such good mates off the pitch. If only saf could sign up a couple more spaniards…
Who on earth is DDT? Was a famous bug spray brand when I was young
The olympics will be over. Its time for kicking off some balls. Itchy moment to start the season. Itchy and scratchy. Come on lads! Let’s revenge.
20 is coming to Fergie wonderland.
Cedars.
I can’t telll you how much I adore that guy. He’s our new ninja and he’s going to take the premier league by storm.
I was waiting for him to score ever since we signed him just so I could yell out ‘KAGAWAAAAA’ in true Japanese fashion
Cedars
I concur with you in that respect.Shinji looks the real deal.Nice to be back on here.Its been long.
utd_fc
Hi pal, yeah something about the kid that makes you love him…….Proper lad and hopefully will be a United great
By the way, I nuked the fuck out of that mosquito this morning! ha ha
Red Tash
Love his attitude mate, besides, he only wanted to play for us which is great…..
Nice to have you back
@Keano99 & Ash
Welbeck picked up a slight knock hence why he isn’t in the squad. It’s just some idiot on twitter who posted a rumour and everyone took it as fact.
Anyway I wouldn’t pay him £60k either myself. If it had no knock on effect then fine but if they pay him 60k it will see other players demand more (and we don’t know what clauses others have in relation to wages that it could trigger). It’s essential the club negotiate every deal and get the wage demands down otherwise the clubs just making a rod for its own back
A holding midfielder and two defenders to cover Evra and Rafael and the squad is complete. can`t wait till season start.
@Ash rumour has it welbeck is asking for 75k(for a 21yr old with only a full season scoring 9league goals,might be pushing it),really don’t knw what to make of all this.even if we get RvP,definitely not @ danny’s expense,he is going to be class.i pray all parties get it sorted soon,for what its worth danny want to stay.SAF has been there for him through thick and thin,am sure he realise that
@cedars
Fucking cute that kagawa lolz,hope he starts tonight
Wish they’d played at Peterborough last night, although it was a good chance to see the reserves in action. We lost 2-0 to two very good goals. Had a good old sing song at the Peterborough fans then realised I was sat in their family stand, had to be on my best behaviour so no swearing. Pretty hard trying to change the words to My ol man said be a shitty fan while in full flight.
I really think that Barcelona have really changed the way SAF thinks. I think he is going to start focussing on some of their qualities especially the fact that the best way to defend is not to let the opposition have the damn ball!
Right now with Shinji Included we have Players who can keep possession , last year was a start but we played with too much openness. This time I would absolutely love it if we could start a game like
DDG
Rafael -Rio -Vidic- Evra
Anderson-Cleverly
Valencia Kagawa Young
Rooney
Fuck me, now that will be a team , incredible amount of pace, comfortable with the ball and loads of stamina.
And with Substitues like Welbeck, Hernandez, Scholsey and Nani we could destroy teams!
UNITED
Not to sound like an army seargent, but why isnt rooney wearing a tie when everyone else is?
Wakey & Jay
But we cannot afford to lose him. He is one of the upcoming player. If you ask me any player would demand good amount of money. I think he deserves 60k a week.
Does anyone else agree that out transfer strategy seems to be in total disarray – other than signing Kagawa and Powell we have failed in the transfer market – not sure whether this is just being outbid by PSG and Chelsea or a cynical ploy on the part of the club to keep fans happy while the Glazers rip-off another £100m spends as part of the IPO.
What I cannot understand is where is Plan B. Other than this disastrous fucking coalition government any business strategy requires a Plan B in case Plan A does not work. We failed to get Hazard and Moura so what alternative players (if any?) had the club in mind to sign.
That puppet Gill says funds will continue to be available for transfers after the IPO but thats “pie in the sky” unless we see something more concrete before the end of this month.
The summer spending table in todays Guardian says it all:
Chelsea 4 signings £64.8m spent
Arsenal 3 signings £39m spent
Liverpool 2 signings £25.5m spent
Tottenham 2 signings ££18.8m spent
UTD 2 signings £15m spent
QPR have spent £11.5m and Southampton £9m!!!
Jimmy James
Still surprised you were not thrown out mate! Glad you had a blast though, never a dull moment watching the REDS in action
cedars
he’s already scored against city and arsenal for Dortmund. Been youtubing the fuck out of him. It’s getting to the point where my youtube page is filled with video suggestions of Kagawa this Kagawa that. He’s a great team player and so creative. Can’t explain how excited i am to see him play
@Sharma
Concur with your post, but am still at a loss as to why folks would rather see Young in the lineup than Nani. I feel like the only one who still isn’t convinced by him. He’s got pace and a wicked shot, but his possession and positional play are both lacking, IMO. He feels too much like a one trick pony lacking the creativity to flourish on the left. His crossing is above average to great, but I see us moving away from the “whip the ball in” bullshit we seemed to suffer from last season. AV7 is the only one I wanna see cross the ball, the rest of em should be pinging tiki taki style.
That said, I hope Young proves me wrong. Training with the best at United must surely do a player a world of good. And Kagawa will change the way the whole squad looks at a football match. Not only will he do well, he will elevate those around him. His decision making is a fantastic and he always seems one or two moves ahead of, not only his opponents, but the rest of the squad as well.
Great things to come this season, RVP or no RVP. LB, CDM or no LB, CDM.
20.
utd_fc
Ever since we’ve signed the lad I have created one motto……….He will simply……..??
If my calculations are right, and they usually are, the lad Kagawa will bank himself double figures in goals and possibly assists too. In all comps, that should read.
Either we sign ηεω players or not
We still got options in the squad even at LB where people are glamouring, i saw J evans played there thrice last season and he was Ǥõõϑ there.
No panic alarm…
All i care about keep the team hpy and we’ll be unstopable
We’re UNITED
@mansuy
Thanks mate!
The only thing that seems to favour Young at the moment is the fact that with this tracking back he can provide cover for Evra when he goes missing. While my logic was that bring someone like nani at the 60th minute when most defences start tiring will scare the shit out of most teams. Also i dont know why but i think nani and Rooney just dont play that well together. They really need to sort that shit out!
But yeah you are right, on his day nani can play with the worlds best and hold his own.Hopefully we will play 60 odd games this season and both will get enough opportunities to prove themselves
Also I agree with you about RVP and so on. there have been a couple of people here like wayne and Cedars who have said that they would be happy if we didnt spend anymore and I couldnt agree more .
All we need to make sure is that the Hargreaves curse on our medical staff is gone!
we probably should wait for kagawa to settle before we pile pressure t but no doubt, he’s a classy number 10 that will do damages. Looks like his best new friend is anderson. Not really bothered about their hair-cuts or whatever, baffles me when some scrutinise them for it, it’s their life. I’d rather see performances on the pitch instead of Gok wan’s catwalk
Cedars
I’m guessing you had something different in mind but I’m gonna go with: he’ll simply RAPE THE OPPOSITION
I’ve got this Gooner mate who’s been ragging on Kagawa simply cus he’s Japanese (the racist fuck
) and he thinks he’s not technically as capable as some of Europe’s finest. And he’s been especially cheeky since they signed Cazorla. Honestly, that alone is making me want us to sign VanPersie just so I can see his face when he sticks it to Arsenal in United’s red.
That being said I think signing VanPersie could prove problematic also. For starters, it will slow down DannytheLad’s progress here at the club and I’d hate to see one of our own playing 2nd fiddle to a Gooner.
Secondly, and more importantly, will be the issue of his wages. If he comes in and starts demanding a superstar salary isn’t that going to impact Nani and Danny’s contract negotiations too? They’re going to start demanding more, and not just them, the whole team in general.
Just a few points I thought I’d raise, see what some of the more sensible few here have to say about it.
Cheers!
@RedKeighley
Yeah I agree. Other than Kagawa and Powell, our transfer policy seems completely random.
I am really excited to see front five of tony v, cleverly, nani,rooney and kagaawaaaa
People should refrain from listening to idle gossip in the media. Danny will sign his new deal. Fergie won’t risk losing a player who he’s groomed from an early age. I think because we lost Pogba and Morrison, you have some fans thinking the worst on Danny. Same goes for Nani. We’ll get those 2 tied down to long term contracts. A lot of hysteria aroubd United atm. Once the actual football starts, we can concentrate on that, instead of the rubbish of the last few months.
@sharma
i agree with u mate you have raised a good point mate. We all will be very excited to see the football that they played last year on the beginning if they can do the same this year for whole season then we can take the shit out of any opposition
RedKeighley
Since when has spending the largest ammount of money equated to transfer business success. Surely the quality of the individuals coming in is a far better indication. Kagawa was the play maker that took Dortmund to the defence of their title and doing the domestic double last season. A player good enough over a prolongued time (throughout the season) to defeat the team with Robben, Schweinsteiger, Mueller, Gomez, Neuer, Lahm etc etc.
Chelsea got Hazzard, probably only pricks up your ears because his name is cool. Personally Hazzard has some skills but was mediocre in a chud of a league.
Kagawa > Hazzard – by a long fucking way.
14million > 35million.
Thats transfer business success there.
You go out and get someone to swap their £35m for your £14m and then you have the right to say what is success and what isnt.
And a mention for Powell. This boy could be the years Aaron Ramsey and I certainly wouldnt begrudge Sir Alex the praise for picking up a handy player like Ramsey for effectively peanuts. Why do fans constantly feel the need to replace 4 members of the team every fucking year just to make us look like the biggest spenders. Wheres the logic in that
Hope u are right willie
Talking about transfer, now that the IPO is out of the way, I think it’s time to put an end to the miserable transfer saga. “They” mentioned in the IPO prospectus, that we’d spend 40M this season.
So Mr.Gill, can we wrap up the RVP deal and forget Lucas, let’s get the Isco boy from Malaga instead.
And while at it, might you persuade the glazers to pocket a bit less and cut a deal for L.Baines too.
I promise to buy a couple of units if i can figure out how to buy the shares
WRN
Mate IMO, Morrison was never a loss. Sure, he had a decent left foot and might have broken into the first team, or at least used as a rotation player but there was no way he was making it to the top with his attitude.
Pogba on the other hand, I was banking on him being our new Keano. Or at least something close to that (who can come close to the great man himself?!). Boy was I wrong on that one. Turns out not only did he not have even a shred of loyalty that Keano showed, nor his leadership, and nowhere near his skills. Just another pretender.
Anyways just hope we get all this legal bullshit out of the way and get down to some real FOOTBALL
Oh and Goat
Ramsey won’t have shit on Nicky P!
Names are just thrown about when clearly none of this signing will be made. go buy this and buy that, when clearly united have youngsters capable of breaking through. The club isn’t run by an oil billionaire.
Okay, let’s not delude ourselves now. Roy keane was commited, energetic and a box to box dynamo but technically, he wasn’t as great as it’s made out. Pogba may or may not make it at the highest level but that boy has all the skill in his locker, just not the right mentality. He’s gone, time to move on from looking for another roy keane, the game has evolved. If keane was playing now, he’d be spending more time banned than he plays.
@samuel
very well said mate. Our club isn’t run by a billionare. We have some of the best young and academy players in the country probably in europe.
Goat
Very well said. People look at the amount of money spent and not the quality. Carrol was 35 million pounds buy, Our hernandez was 6 million buy. One more player we will be doing great. I think we are still in transfer market for one or two players.
AND goat Ramsey is an ok player. Nothing special about him. I know he suffered a shocking injury but he is not that strong. Meanwhile powell looks like beast. He is just 18 and is strong. Powell looks much better prospect than ramsey.
Willie is spot on………
Sammy I get let him settle, BUT I agree with Willie a double double, 14 goals 20 assist, but no pressure lad.
utd_fc
I hope so. but it goes to show then what I was saying money spent does not equate to quality then.
Either way Im pleased
Sufi – seems that the youngsters at the club get overlooked but we should raid a la liga club for another youngster. How about we integrate our own into the first team before they pack off looking for opportunities.
Using a different lap top and forgot my new name!
Sam, the $ is so crazy some kids will fly for more now then work hard and maybe break into the 1st team then preform and then get bigger $. The Rav and Pogba thing felt like I was kicked in the balls. Pogba got game. Some one posted almost 18 months back, Pogba would leave under threat of harm to his family, not just a Italian every guy is in the mob hype.
Zibbie – 14Goals and 20 assists is a lot of pressure but if kagawa produces consistency of quality like that in his first season then he’ll be contending for player of the year. One thing is, he has shown immense consistency at dortmund, holds him in good stead. He’s a very clever attacking playmaker, he’ll expose teams defensively with his vision and end product.
Ash
Even better than my 14m > 35m (6m > 35m)
In regards Ramsey, I wasnt trying to say he is a comparable rather he is a young prospect from a lower league team that has many suitors and all the big clubs were after him. As players I couldnt make a judgement because other than a few pre season games by the lad I have sod all knowledge of him. But it has to be said that Ramsey for such a young player has looked mature above his years and has done a very good job leading the Arsenal midfield after horrific loses in Fabregas and Nasri and other loses such as injured Song, pissed off Denilson, joke Frimpong etc etc It would be as if Cleverley came in and took the job and made it his own after the loss of Nani Scholes Giggs, Carrick and maybe even Young. And still give Arsenal a chance. Maybe not the superstar he is billed up to be by impatient fans but for such a young lad it was a stellar season.
But still like I said Kagawa and Powell was 30million+ of talent that we got for next to half price – that is transfer success.
If Kagawa adjusts to the pace of English football quickly, he could hit the ground running. For all the moaning over players we’ve missed out on, Kagawa was astute business by Fergie.
Sharp suits, altho trust Wazza not to bother with a tie haha #ThugLife
@Rednut – Agreed. Theres enough facts to concentrate on without all the negative speculation.
@Mansuy – thing to remember with Young mate, he has an amazing midfield goal record because he’s used to being well supported by his team to pop up all over the pitch as the main man. But last season he was asked to reproduce that form on the flank with a CM that wisely sat deep and relied on wingers attacking and defending.
Problem is, whenever Young got forward he was expected to beat his man on his own or with only Evra to pass short to, but thats not really his game as he doesn’t have a bag of tricks and he’s not a great tackler. Evra needing to get forward with every single counter didn’t exactly help our defence either.
My point is Young plays better when he’s on the ball with other midfielders to pass and keep possession with. Capello to his credit played to those strengths and thats why Young performed well for England prior to the Euros. Obviously United have better options but the Govan Genius has a plan for him.
Kagawa will improve the games of both Young and Nani, as he’s always available to receive the ball square from the flank and defenders know he’ll either turn and shoot or return the ball to Nani/Young bursting into space. Add Ando and Tom and our wingers have more support than last season and thats what we’ve missed.
Valencia is the archtype RW who will always beat his man and whip the ball in on his own. He isn’t dependant on support from midfield and thats why he’s so consistent and the best in the league imo. But asking Nani/Young to play the same role isn’t playing to their strengths, as both have feet to cut infield in a more FW role.
After Ando and Tom were ruled out our CM was wisely asked to sit deep and feed the flanks on the counter, but this season we should all expect much more triangular passing between CM and our wingers in those same situations. That seems to be the managers thinking imo.
Hopefully this all means criticism of Evra will die out as well, considering our defender won’t be expected to spend most of his time in the final third (ffs). He is a fantastic athlete who is clearly doing what the manager asks so more support from CM means both WB’s can concentrate on defending and chose the when to attack.
Isn’t it on the licence? Donnat donnant donnt donnt donnt
fast forward to 4:20 in the vidio!!!
I’m fucking clairvoyant! A couple of days back, I predicted something would happen on RoM and it just did! Must be all the THC giving me amazing powers of observation! Could it be?!!
Wolfie we are brothers of another litter mate, so spot on. Kagawa better for MUFC the Hazzy, Lucas ect. Time will tell.
Buy this,buy that(that aint the be all).with all the unfortunate injuries and some youngsters(many of them)coming into the team+the fact we lost lots of experience players before last season(edwin,gary,scholes temporarily)we fucking came second to the supposed greatest team ever at city.i struggle to see how they are going to improve on last season.for what its worth we ve strenghtened cleverly,that kagawa is class,shitty hasn’t.what’s there to worry about.maybe we need a midfielder/left back,yh maybe.all teams can always improve.if we don’t sign anyone,we still will win the league and maybe win the UCL if we don’t play the spanish teams.the prayer is just to be injuries free,simple.let’s just forget about this IPO,anti-glazers,we don’t have money,some executives are gaining plz.support the manager and the team.if we are succesfull on the pitch,we won’t have any problem off it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIFQUBQuq_E&feature=relmfu opps
Why do fans constantly feel the need to replace 4 members of the team every fucking year just to make us look like the biggest spenders. Wheres the logic in that
Goat we finally agree.
Every time we play a team in Europe there’s a total wankfest of who we must sign from said team. Don’t you think SAF wants Europe’s top players? Getting them to come and play at OT is a totally different matter. To us, The Fans it should be a fore gone conclusion because we are Man Utd.
Its stupid.
We loose out on said players we should move on.
*and chosing the best time to attack.
Rafa and Fabio can only benefit from a more adventurous CM as well, perhaps they’ll both remember they are defenders first and foremost!
haha “chosing” – I sound like Hernandez haha
right im off.
Like the people of the Savannah who eat the mushrooms from rhino poooo… beeter vision, more sexually active, and visions of the heavens…. Moriarty………
@samuel – I wish the club was run by a fucking oil billionaire
SAFE JOURNEY BACK HOME LADS, WE LOVE YOU ALL !!!!!!
Jimmy James just made my nipples hard,
Why do fans constantly feel the need to replace 4 members of the team every fucking year just to make us look like the biggest spenders. Wheres the logic in that
What a guy
What a fan
What a Red
GO JIMMY JAMES!!!!!!!!
Zibbie
Not my words, they belong to Goat. I was just using them to agree with the section of his post.
Lampard has a great goal record but i wouldn’t call him a great midfielder. Again, we’d be deluding ourselves if we think young will transform into this world class player. He won’t but he’ll contribute as part of the squad. His signing baffles me, you’d think he arrived to improve the team but that’s far from the case. Young is good but maybe expectations should be lowered with him. He’s a typical british winger. Workman like, will chase back and can deliver decent crosses but in the biggest games, he shouldn’t be expected to drag united to victory as often as others and the manager knows that.
Zibbie – Red brothers!
hE HAS GENIUS THAT GOAT.
I still are smitten by UUUUU
go rooney….
Dr mico – if an oil billionaire ran the club, FERGIE probably would lose his overall control on the footballing side. They’d buy players without his consent and play real life fantasy football. The pros are there but the cons also exist.
United are broke as fuck.:lol: We’re capable of going toe-to-toe with Stoke only
We need a left – But we’re looking at Brady and Evans.
We need a centre midfielder – But we’re hoping and praying for their fitness. Carrick is the only one expected to last the whole season, hopefully he’s wrapped in cotton wool by Angels.
We should be tying Nani and Welbeck down – But instead their being dragged into the last year of their contracts.
We should be looking to sell Berba and bring in a 4th striker…instead SAF is feeding us false hope of RVP.
hopefully today we wll see
ddg
valencia ferdinand vidic evra
nani anderson cleverley
kagawa
hernandez rooney
http://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/120811/Moses_joins_Chelsea
Chelsea sign one more player. No idea what they are thinking.
@ash
actually they said they want two more moses and a defender i think
at the moment they have terry cahill luiz ivanovic and cole bertnard ferreira
i have to say defensively they are SHIT AS HELL
Ash, 97% of the footballing world agrees. He has been lined there for ever as well. Nice player, but?
I had a great post gone mentioned an old time poster. shucks…
Moses is another attacking player that chelsea are signing. Moses is not an out and out striker like drogba so why are they signing him. THis is getting ridiculous.
So the United ticker at the NYSE is ‘MANU’.
Just shows how much the owners know about the club.
A slightly different slant on Lucas going to PSG.
Aren’t Chelsea Real Barca and Shitty just loving the fact that next season when they go to Santos to try and get Neymar, Santos are going to be asking for somthiong like 50 – 60 million, because OSG paid 35 for Lucas
The dark side does not work with the ugly, Shity, PSG ect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ14hxlIYaM&feature=related
I would like to watch the match against Hannover 96. Too bad I can’t watch it live.
Hit me in the face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF0M7g5WTC8
Bobby>Al ?????
Football news from Gill.
http://www.eatsleepsport.com/manchester-united/united-promise-squad-investment-1452844.html#.UCZZg6FmT1E
Well today I woke and bock, like collage wake and bake. With in 20 mins of being up. Coffee and northern lights/aka47. Saw the colors of the sun rise. Feel great with Kagawa and Powell. Evans with some down time will be refreshed raring to go. A year older. A man now, in defense that is awesome. Bigger, wiser and wanting to be 1st team selection!!!
Rio after SAF went public, changed his game and settled with Evans real well. Now the Capo is back. SAF said a month back, the way Rio has changed not relying on speed as much, he could recover so well. And use his mind and position well. He did. Rio can play to 37. yes 37.
we must offload ferdinand,evra,anderson,carrick,chicharito and young
I know Smalling is hurt, however MUFC has 5 awesome CB’S
Vida, Rio, Evans, Smalling and Jones!!!!! Defense and keeping win titles.
DDG and Lindy fighting it out
Rafa growing strong going for Gold.
Almost the reverse of the last 6 years but flipped, LB now the ????
4-1-4-1
Rafa — Rio — Vida — Evra –
———- Carrick ———-
TV7 — Nani — Kagawa — Young/Welbeck
————- Rooney —————
I love SAF so much, hey #7 play RB, Michael we need you at CB. Wazza go to LB tell Nani to play more central. OK gaffer, done no fuse no muse. Does my heart good.
The greatest winner of them all big Bill
Tree for your new found love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWFsL4Y8RVA
@samuel your constant criticism of young baffles me.we didn’t buy him to improve really,for what the?shirt sales,wish he is Asian.that was his first season in a huge club,he started brightly,got injured and came back to score important goals near the end(tottenham,blackburn)not to talk of the penalties he helped us win thinking he was gonna represent GB at diving in olympics.can’t you just appreciate a player instead of laying out his flaws,he is workmanlike,typical british winger blah blah.your views on young aren’t important,thankfully they are your opinion.SAF and many reds sees alot to appreciate in him,end of.
James21
Goat we finally agree.
You’ve come to your senses at last its good to hear. Must be damned annoying being wrong all the time. welcome to the side of knowledge and good judgement. lol
@samuel you said he will contribute to the squad yet we didn’t buy him to improve..why contradicting yourself? Do you buy any player that will improve you without him contributing? Omg Damn
Samuel
Keane was not a technical player? What a daft post……I have had my issues with him post his United playing career, but to doubt his ability is down right stupid
In my opinion Young is a fantastic squad player. Hes thankful hes not still roting at Villa Park where players go to die. Young has speed, a good cross, good corners, likes to cut in and twist the defender and is always willing to learn. Whats the problem.
People please see what is going on on the pitch rather than look up pointless stats about players and making judgement on his abilities by his press manipulated transfer value. Having a player like Young can be clased as a luxury. When you have players like Vidic, Evra, Carrick, Rio, Rooney, Valencia, whoever is in goal, Jones or Smalling on the right of defence, then you have players that can play the entire 90mins without the need to be subbed. Young is a player like Nani who will run at the fullback all the time and when it comes to 65mins that defender is usually on his knees. What a great player to bring on. A player isnt bought because hes the best player in the world, he is bought because there is a need. To fullfill a role within the club. Young is a great addition and gives Sir Alex a totally different player to Nani and Valencia and gives options.
I might be, and have been an arrogant fucker. Like Bill, I felt I was the best winner, all around dude. Any team I was on should and would win. Baseball, basketball, American football, any fucking thing I win. My brother a way better dart player then me and when we play I win more then he, pool, marbles any thing. That’s right I did that and if you come back again, I will do it again. Big Bill is so awesome. Rooney is that, he believes he is the best all around footballer on the field and he should and will win. He permeates this through his mates.
goat your genius now doubt,
TREE in da house Hey check out the Bill Russel Link, a quiet mind in the biggest times.
Cedars – you never read adequately and always come out with knee-jerk reactions. If you read well rather than throw out insults then you’d realise a doubt over keane’s ability was never pointed out in my comment. He’s a united legend but technically, better players than him have existed.
Keaneo a winner as well, I would go to war with him, want to go to war with him.
Mexico leading Brazil 1-0 after 29 seconds!!
Cmon Rafael, wake up.
Bill Russel 6’9″ 245 vs Wilt Chamberlain 7’1″+ 295 Battle royal, Wilt all the stats 2 championships, Russel Lost only one winner take all game ever, from high school, College Olympics, NBA 11 NBA titles. Cale Saunders and undefeated wrestler is close.
Exactly, he’s merely a squad player. Of course you can’t have a team filled with world class talents and young is not one but he contributes well with his role and different in style and that will benefit united.
So glad Lil Pea is with the Club.
With “reports” that Athletico Madrid would want £17m for Llorente who hear still reckons £20-30m for RvP is good business.
I would pay £25million for Llorente before I would ever pay £10 for RvP. But then I believe we have all the cover we need at the top so we don’t need either.
Malaga is a prime example of what could happen to City & Chelsea. Chelsea were lucky they got Mourinho early to built a core that lasted them until now, and City were lucky they scored that last minute goal against QPR. Otherwise both teams could well be in turmoil right now
Silly season will close soon, a game today and one that counts on the 20th and then 20!
19
Samuel
And if you read my post properly you will see that I did not insult you
14:51 Brazil vs mexico
Anyone???
Like I said at the beginning of the tournament that brazil gonna win the gold
I’m still betting for them to wi it
I said that assuming that Keane was not a technical player is a daft and stupid assumption, I was not calling you daft or stupid
Hello tree see any more basketball?
15:03 Rafael with a blinder mistake
, he had time and space to put it out of play
which led to the mexico goal
I’m really gutted for him
Mexico 1-0 brazil
Fastest goal in olympic history
Zibbie
Thanks for the link pal, but Michael Jordan is my hero, the man is from another planet
Kagawa is a sexy little minx
Mine as well, I was a Bull fan as well, all Chicago teams since I was 4. Bob Love an NBA all star, Jerry Sloan long time Salt Lake coach was a Bull. God gave Cub fans MJ for being the best supporting fans in the world. Long suffering that is… 3rd pick in the draft!!!
I saw MJ live some 20 times, wow , wow… giant humans doing those things!!! Did you see the interview with all the 92 dream team guys, on NBC or what ever you have. It was awesome.
What time is the MUFC game?
Zibbie
Help me out here, who was it that the Bulls smashed two years in a row to win the NBA when Jordan was playing? My memory is fucked
Wow Kagawa son! The missing link, with a Clever Clevs as well. 15 games by Giggs as a cam as well. Forwards be forward. With forward thinking of a forward pass. Powell being groomed.
Portland, Salt Lake, Lakers, Suns with Barkley
Pistons for the Eastern champs, rugby scrums under the basket, Isaiah was awesome
Cheers Zibbie……….Yep Salt Lake, that was the one……….Had a little play maker that used to rape shit! Cannot remember his name
Clyde the glide Drexler.
John Stockton, to the Maiman Carl Malone.
Their coach at Salt Lake City Jerry Sloan was a 6 time all star for the bulls, a hard nose guard, kicked ass. My favorite player on the team.
John Stockton that’s the one! What a beauty he was
6 time all defense , 2 time all star.
All time assist leader by far!!!! Rape shit was right!!!
My Dick
Did you know that my shit hole excuse of a country made it to 5 consecutive world cup finals in basketball? For years we were ranked as high as 14 or 15 in the world and in Asia second to only China! People here are basketball mad!
Marq
Chelsea would have been in deep deep trouble had they not won the champions league. They would have missed out on champions league and that would have been a huge blow for them. They are signing so many players because of that one victory.
As far as city goes they are not in a good position. Yeah they won the league but the FFP will kill them . They are not able to buy a player because they are not able to sell their players. If they don’t win the league this season and don’t perform well in champions league then they will be screwed. One league win will not make them in a good condition.
Fuck you Robben its because of his stupidity we are seeing chelsea buying so many players.
Thought Danny had picked up a knock in the last friendly?
Roy Keane defined a period in United’s history. He didn’t have techniques dripping out his butt cheeks, but had heart and a winning mentality. You need those 3 qualities to become a top player. Football has moved from Keano’s day. The same principles still stand though. You can have all the technique in the world, but you need that winning memtality. Players like Xavi and Iniesta got world class technique. They also attain the winning hunger. Don’t underestimate that side of their game.
MJ Pippin and Jackson and the triangle offence were unstoppable. Power forward for dirty work. a high pivot center who could pass and a point guard to hit the 3. The had 2 3 peat runs between MJ’s year off,
Has Heskey signed yet?
Seriously, though. It looks like Chelsea have signed Moses. WTF. How many attacking MF’s do they need? They’ve gone bonkers this summer.
Cedars – “daft” i’d count as an insult. I never doubt keane, i just pointed out that technically, he wasn’t the Greatest but despite that, he was amongst the very best in his role in the premier league and europe.
Tree I did not, cool rhythmic people.
Bloody hell.
Robbie Savage had a bloody rod stuck up his ass!
According to him Rafael is our biggest weakness.
Fucking embarrassment !
But gutted for Rafael though. Shit happens, hope he has the strength of character to redeem himself now!
Cedars – dont forget Rony Seikaly who played for the Miami Heat. He was Lebanese as well…was huge in college basketball at Syracuse then Miami in the NBA.
@Zibbie
I grew up about an hour away from Jordan’s hometown. I played against his old high school in football. Crazy to think that MJ got cut from his JV basketball team.
Willie
Help me out here if you do not mind……..What technical ability did Keane lack? Perhaps he could could dribble like Maradona but other than that? Great pass on him, scored shit loads, was all over the park, huffed and puffed like a fucking tiger…..
What technical fucking ability are we talking about?
@United til I die
Appreciate the post. I agree with your analysis completely, but that’s exactly the type of thing I was hinting at with my “one trick pony” remark. United play different styles in different competitions and versatility is required for all first teamers. He seems to be lacking that, and for that reason, I don’t rate him as highly as others…
Willie me to, Danny is fine.
Vodka, Heskey is on his way, have no fear!
united.george
Yeah I remember him mate, besides, Jordan is originally Lebanese! ha ha ha
*Savage is a fucking embarrassment
Vodka awesome, he got cut from the sophomore team!!!
Oscar looks good man. Looks like the hype around him has been accurate. He’s the kind of Kaka that we need. And for 25mil! Perhaps another target that we could have really looked at.
Samuel
Do grow up mate, if you feel I have insulted you then I apologize
@Willie
Well you still need workhorses in that midfield area mate. Just look at our 2 finals against Barcelona and compare them with the Chelsea-Barcelona games last May. They had midfielders that got at them when they had the ball. We had midfielders that stood and watched. A player with Keane or Fletcher’s work ethic would be a huge addition to our squad.
Rony was real real good, awesome in college.
Utsava Sharma
The same happened for Rafael in Europe and some other matches this season for us that cost us dear. Im sure he’ll bounce back, he is still young and I doubt Sir Alex renewed a contract on a complete moron
Rafael is an attacking fullback they mature first as a wing back and then second a defender. I think thats why Sir Alex likes to go with the three CBs and 1 wing back. Its rare youll actually see Evra and Rafael in the same match with either Smalling or Jones filling in on the right when Evra plays (previously Brown, Oshea and GNeville who if it wasnt for height would have been CB) or Evans on the left when Rafael plays. I wouldnt be too surprised if we see Jones play some time on the left this season as Rafael will be expected to get more games. Good player along with his brother who I reckon is getting some conditioning with the idea of him taking over from Evra full time.
Willie – exactly, keane had winning mentality and determination in abundance. With all the skill a team possesses, you always need those that will knit things together and place emphasis on the team. They’re just as important as match winners. Keane did that, michael carrick is still doing that. That’s exactly what i’m trying to point out.
Costas
Thats probably the reasoning for why Park played the final to utilise his work rate but it didnt half make our attack impotent.
@Utsava Sharma
Just for you, my friend: http://undiesboyssoccer.blogspot.com/2011/07/robbie-savage.html
CDM for me as well, if only on comes.
Vodka NC is a big football state MLS should do well there
Yeah I know. As it stands, DC is the closest team. Mindboggling that the South is yet to have any MLS team. None in Atlanta. None in Florida. Bit of a head-scratcher.
samuel – united WE stand
Keane was a player that lifted every player around him by 10% with constant encouragement or a battering of abuse. He led by example but also encouraged others to carry on fighting – a real Sergeant Major. One of the reasons as well (changing the subject matter) why I prefer Lindegaard in goal. Because a goal keeper who marshals his players, keeps them alert but more importantly warns them of dangers. A keeper is facing the right way whilst a defender generally is on the back foot. A vocal goalkeeper probably has to face 10% fewer shots against just because he warned in the first place. Like Keane in midfield.
Ive been going on about this for years and wonder why 6ft4 goal keepers are all meek, skinny and girliefied and midfielder generals are all shy. What the hell happened? When did the men stop playing sports and the 5ft fags start.
@Goat
Probably, but it still didn’t make up for what we were missing. For one thing, Park was deployed on the wings. But even when he was coming infield, he was ineffective. Simply because he’s not cut out to play as a box to box midfielder. He lacks the physical presence. And like you said, playing him meant we had less of an attacking threat going forward. Having a pair in midfield that attacks as good as it defends should bring more balance to the side.
NC is so great the Sea and mountains ,my college lady and I did a 3 week stretch on the Appellation trail.
@Goat:
haha,I hope he does. I really want to see the twins in OT for the next year!And Not a day goes by when I dont thank God for SAF. What a man. Utd and SAF are lucky to have each other!
@Pint Glass of Vodka
LOL. That my friend just made my fucking day, Hate that cunt!
This cracks me up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbCuYuYlozA
Plonker!
Robbie got Savaged!
Goat
You funny sick bastard! ha ha ha ha…..That line ‘What the hell happened? When did the men stop playing sports and the 5ft fags start.’ Had me in tears…..Funny as fuck
Do not get carried away though, you ain’t getting any Cedars loving just yet
Brazil defence a big joke.
2-0
Get in there. Can anyone see the smile on chicaritos face.
Mexico 2-0 Brazil
2-0 to mexico
And it could have been more
78mnts
Ha, I’m a fucking looser
I have come along way scoring goals for fun
Only to be stunned by focking mexicans
Hulk a fucking twat
Is it only me or Rafael looked taller and bigger now.
Must say Neymar looks fantastic
That wee mexican CB Reyes is having a good game
Lucas twat coming on
Now I hate you lucas
Tree ignore Senior stalker.
A row between rafael and juan
Juan a moron
U-N-I-T-E-D
United are the team for me
With A knick knack paddy whack give adog a bone
Why dont City fuck off home
Juan was right to shout at Rafael. You don’t try those flicks in your own half and lose the ball when your team is chasing the game.
Cannot stand BBC commentators, it does my nut in how against anything or anyone united
Hulk you beauty
Get in there brazil
Get in there!!!!!!
911_DEVIL
Faker.
Rafael getting booed as hes getting substituted and the BBC pundits absolutely slating the “Manchester Utd fullback”… Wankers!!
Oscar just missed a huge opportunity to level the matCh
Only you can do that )ou looser!!!
Go join torres at chavs you, you rent
Congrats Mexico! Good play, deserve for gold.
Now to Hannover vs United.
Ha
Who could of believed
That our rafael would become brazils scapegoat
Crazy world
We aren’t loved by anyone, really
BBC commentators screw themselves
Fucking donkey robbie savage putting all the blame on rafael.. That cunt martin lawrenson as wel, scouse twat.
Instead of warming the bench for us, Hernandez would have won himself a gold medal. That is the kind of player who really wants to play for Man Utd and these are the players that we really need and not money mongers like RVP, Hazard and Lucas
Cedars – I think he gets compared to other players who were perceived to have better ability on the ball. The likes of Zidane, who Keano came up against on various occasions. He didn’t have Zidane’s wonderful gifts, but he brought a lot to the table for United. IMO, he was the right player, at the right time, at the right club and under the right manager, to lead our dominance. He was essentially Fergie’s eye and ears on the pitch. A flawed character, but a warrior on the park.
Costas – True, to a certain extent, but it’s getting harder to pick up those type of players. Fergie doesn’t seem to want to buy that player. I’ve oftern mentioned Tiote as a possible signing. Can we really see Fergie doing a uturn and signing someone like Tiote?
I see Tappy is in the house!
It is always a United players fault even if the country isnt english. Fuck the BBC arseholes.
Glad to see the big arrogrant Brazilian get beat.
How many of that team are truly class players? up there with past Brazilian greats?
Just because a player is brazilain he is immediately labelled wortld class. People will try to say that Thiago Silva is one of the greatest CB in the world. My arse he is average at best
Rafael was at fault ? how about the second goal and the sitter Oscar lost in the very last minute ??? It is true that Rafael needs to learn more but today all the brazil team was at fault.
Edward
Don’t ever mention my name to slate me you wanker
I’ll chop you into pieces you immersed
Feel sorry for Rafael. I hope he gets ready for The season and forget this defeat . This season will be very crucial for him.. He has come out of his age and perform better and decrease his mistakes.
911
How exactly will you chop him to pieces over a blog? ha ha
By the way say hi to Sara and Tappy and sachu
Don’t watch these Brazilian lads enough to make a judgement but was thinking on the same lines as RedHarry,all the rentboy teams chase the overhyped players and the Olmpics adds to the hype.Also don’t think it’s going to do to much for a lads headspace to be making sick money at a early age,similar to a child star the fame and fortune can easily lead to a downhill spiral,only time will tell i guess
!!!Viva México!!! I’m very happy
You lot need to stop with the ‘every single person who criticises a United player at any given time is an ABU cunt’ Rafael had a shocker and got criticised which was absolutely nothing to do with the fact he plays for United. Honestly, some people on here put even the scousers to shame with the victim mentality.
Cedars
I may be near him right now, and he doesn’t know that
Its a warning!!!
I’m tappy??? Haha
I think Jack the Ripper has infiltrated the blog…
soren – Viva Mexico!
Yes, rafael made an error which he’ll again learn from. He paid the consequences for trying to play the right way. apart from his error, he was impressive and tried to make up for it with great attacking play. Then you get cunts like lawrenson and savage lambasting him and pointing the finger of blame. fuck off savage, no wonder why united got rid of him. Pathetic wannabe cinderella looking prick.
soren
My darling, I am happy for you, I bet Little Pea must be bouncing right now. Nice to see you here my love
50 shades
Good evening buddy
I saw you had a pop on me while I was out on the other thread
?
Why do you do that
I mean, really
You had my back on here but now it seems you are the one now setting the fire…
He made one error so i don’t get how that counts as having a shocker?. Rafael’s head never dropped in that match, he bombed up and down trying to create and make up for it. A non naive person would see that lawrenson was purposely targeting rafael. In fact, the whole BBC clueless batch of commentary team did, they continuously highlighted that error rather than analyse the fact That the whole brazilian team were below their best.
911 dog with a fucking bone !
go mexico!!! great stuff!
Fuck Friendlies. Bring on the Scouse Cunts.
UTD UTD UTD.
I sort of feel scared posting here now, just in case some one chops me up!
Zibbie is never sober!!
Hahahaa!!!!!
Wolfie Dr, J and Mr Hyde he hath 3 to 4 here.
He is an Advocate.
Where’s has edwards pissed off to now
I’m afraid he got afraid, what a coward
I must be “naive” if only I was as clued up as you Samuel. The BBC punditry team are awful so I would get so over sensitive because Rafael got some stick. I didn’t see the game because I was working but from what I did see Rafael didn’t have a good game. I’m not Rafael’s biggest fan if I’m honest either. Not sure he’s the solution to our long term right back.
Me myself and sachu.
Cedars
I’m scared too.
911
Yeah I bet you scared the life out of him Tappy, oh sorry is it sachu, no wait, what is it Fanboy?
Never saw the match but by some of your commetary it seems as though Rafael dropped a turd in the swimming pool. Oh well it means he will try harder when he gets to OT to make amends as reserect his career. I very much doubt one player can lose you a match unless he’s the goalie, to me in earlier games it looked as if Brazil had to many cooks in midfield and no one who could do Dungas old job of putting a foot on it and calming things done. Rafael can be like that a bit hot headed and attack at all costs but he’ll learn.
Hes still young.
Joffrey
So you didn’t see the match?
Get your facts straight then
In the event of an online argument, what’s the worst thing that someome can do to you? They can’t hit you or “chop you up”.
Maybe emailing someone a picture of an STD-infested wang. That would scare the shite out of me.
I’m your fan boy, growing into man
I even scare some on here
oh dear, Rafael.
I think this kid should learn quickly, The Brazilian people keep such a high hope for this young squad. I know he is kid and good potential but made mistake is one thing, do stupid thing is another.
It all flash back to me Rafa switch off, sent off stuff to me. He seems lack of enough stamina to concentrate full 90min otherwise I cannot explain a lot of his mistakes.
Get what facts right? I saw him make a clamber then piss a about with a fancy flick in his own half while 2-0 down any person in their right mind would criticise him for that. My whole point was it has nithing to do with the fact that he’s a United player to the reasons he’s got criticised. I saw people on here before crying about the fixture list, that somehow it was a setup by the FA and they’re out to do everything in their power to stop us or something along those lines. Yea of course….
Pint Glass of Vodka
What STD do you want, got the lot
Herpes, in full out break.
Let me put it that way:
I’m a fan boy of yours, growing in to a man
I even strike their nervous system on here
911_DEVIL
After slating Hulk as twat, you changed your skin by saying Hulk was beauty. That shows your skin you twat faker!
Come and chop me off, sucker!
Goat
Anything with an open sore.
I hope Rafa gets this out of his system quickly. We will need him on top form since he’s our only right back. And it’s about time he starts learning from his mistakes. I said it after the Bilbao and Everton games as well.
Edward Morgan Blake
Come and chop me off, sucker!
Shouldnt that be chomp
Yang,
Good sir, I can’t even understand what the fuck you’re talking about. Sorry.
Jofferey – Well, i watched the full game and he made one error in the entire game. Has had a great olympic tournament until today which wasn’t his best but he did all he could to make up for it. He never curled up in a shell or hideaway and that shows bravery along with skill required to succeed at the top. Up to you to make your opinion but His talent is undoubted for me. He’s accumulating experience and is improving his game. He’s the best right back united have and i’m sure if he fulfills his potential, he’ll nail down that position.
No player is beyond criticism but it should be constructive. The idiots that they have commentating (lawrenson, keown) speak vindictively and always try highlight united players. You can’t say their hatred for united doesn’t come to the fore when they commentate.
Pint Glass of Vodka
And where should I deliver said sad looking john thomas too, Im not posting on here, kids about and I dont want them to see what Im going to give mummy
Any news on these Man U shares?
Come on Joffrey get your facts right or it’ll be the chop for you too.
crowd booing Rafael as he was getting his medal….unbelievable.
Really happy for Mexico. Wish I could have seen Chicharito there getting a medal too.
Smalling and Jones, albeit both injured, have shown the ability to handle the RB position for long spells. TV7 could fill in as well.
911
You’re both funny and pathetic as fuck……..Bet you are one of those folk who shits themselves at the mere sight of a fly chasing them
What a dick coming on here playing hard ball
@goat
Aww come on. Be proud. Post that thing on twatter for all to see.
People would think twice before fucking with the goat again.
james21
what news are you after?
They were floated yesterday. Its saturday so no trading today. All bought up. They finnished the day at $14.00 dead after being listed at $14.05. They made an early rise to 14.20 but rapidly dropped down to the 14.00 mark exactly what you would expect on the day of a floatation. Quick interest boom, confidence, stocks rise, people who bought large volume sell to make a small profit only later to buy the shares back at the lower price when the sharp decrease sets in and people think theyre over valued. Happens nearly every time. The volume of stocks traded was 32million on a listing that was for 16million. Thats relatively high meaning on average nearly every single stock was traded in its first day. But overall it showed that the Glazers and their advisors got the valuation spot on and with such a large specemin held its own.
Rumours are Glazers pocketed some money but the ink isnt dry on the dollar bills yet.
Joffrey rafael was trying hard to create something
But when he did, no one covered his position
The young kid which was substituted by hulk was running all over like a headless chicken.
While rafael tried to create something up front his position became exposed..
Hulk at the other end, never was interested in creating inter play with rafa he was all selfish trying to do all on his own
And kept losing possession for rafa to run up and down without an really affect.
For me he did quite well except for that blinder
But atleast he was trying to play smart
Rafael has never lacked courage, that’s one of his best assets. He’s incredibly enthusiastic (perhaps too much) and will always give his all for the team but I really do fail to see the improvement in his game. He makes fantastic runs but his end product is woeful. He’s still tries to win balls when he should be staying on his feet and he’s been caught ball watching on countless occasions with Bilbao’s 3rd goal against us at Old Trafford a shocking example. I don’t doubt the lads commitment but I think he should have be improving quicker than at the rate he is. Maybe after watching Gary Neville play right back for a decade my standards are too high when comparing other right backs to him.
Rafael is enthusiastic and has exuberance. All i can say is, he needs to channel that and get better. He’s not the finished article, he’ll continue to improve.
Pint Glass of Vodka
I dont have a twitter account nor facebook, Maybe I should get one, I am a sick bastard and it would be an outlet for pervisity. Can you post pics on twitter then?
You know your women is nasty when she wants you not to get your dick warts fixed.
I feel for Rafael as he has had a great tournament. Yes he made a mistake but who does not? Hope this will not affect him like Evra got affected after the world cup! He is trending on twitter for the wrong reasons! Can’t believe trolls are lining up to berate him not because he made a mistake today but because he plays for united. Another united scapegoat after a tournament. The whole Brazilian team had a shocker!
Fuck everyone who booed Rafa
911 – You must’ve been high if you think I had your back.
You’ve basically mentioned everything that comes with experience. He’s learning. i see the game from a different angle and compared with start of his career, rafael has come on leaps and bounds. He’s not complete, he has to keep learning. All younger players develop at different rates, i’m willing to persevere. I hear keane, neville and all that. Maybe it’s time to start looking forward as the game keeps evolving while others hold on to the past.
@goat
Fuck yeah you can post pics.
I’m not sure how Mark Zuckerburg and his facebook goons would react to a steady supply of penis pics featuring bleeding scabs, open sores, and different colors of puss. You might want to carefully read the user agreement.
High on your list?
James21:
http://dealbreaker.com/2012/08/manchester-united-ipo-goes-nowhere-in-exciting-fashion/
Willie
He is high mate, up on a flag pole up his ass
Joffrey
Just admit it
You only saw the only mistake which resulted in goal
And that was just about enough for you to judge
”He’s not the solution to our long term right back”
Menezes is a coward as wel. Substituting rafael when the pressure heated up, magnifying the blame on rafael and pointing out he’s to blame for the defeat. Bilbao this, everton that. The whole united team was awful in this games, rafael should have done better at those moments but that wouldn’t have stopped united getting battered home and away by bilbao.
Here it comes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2012/08/11/old-traffords-naming-rights-could-fetch-1-billion-for-manchester-uniteds-shareholders/
Can any of the red yanks on here tell me who will be broadcasting the game in the US?
Ha, cedars
Spot on
I hate fly’s
They can get anywhere, in you nose, ears, eyes….
They are a terrifying shit
Specially the london bug which sucks the blood
Devil310, I am looking for the same, cannot find it on anything to be honest….fox, fox soccer plus, goltv, espn do not have it listed….
Bunch of yank fuckers! ha ha What the fuck is soccer?
The problem was that not only Rafael playing bad game, but the whole Brazilian team. That left midfield Sandro played even worst to allow Mexican right winger to cross the ball for 2nd goal. Neymar wasn’t that as effective as his last games. Neither were Oscar and Leandro.
And, of course all credit to Mexico who played with discipline. Good play for Peralta the goal scorer and No. 3. Defender who was solid as rock tonight (I think Alcides).
Viva la Mexico.
Willie- Cheers
Cedars- Thank you
Take care, lads.
and Viva Mexico!!
Come on United!!
lol cedars – name of the channel that brings us United! it is also pronounced “sakr” here in Amercha…
will be looking for some feeds for this one it seems!
Need streaming for the Hannover game as well, if anyone could help.
911
Pissed myself when I read that you will chop someone. What are you? Wolverine
Can’t find a channel either on the west coast
try this feed
http://88.80.11.29/49193/watch-hannover-vs-manchester-united
So now everyone will start blaming rafael. Great work by media. Rafael had a decent game. While attacking he is great. He knows how to dribble and runs fast. He just need to improve his defending. On a plus side the defenders peak at late 20′s
Right I am pissing off for a while, best I go find a soccer channel that shows man u then puke my self to death! ha ha ha
Going purchase some shares, do my bit to get the club out of debt.
Ash
Mate what can you expect from the british press . They just want a chance to criticize united and they will never fail in that. Sad fuckers. Jealous bastards. Ass Holes.
Last thing d club needs!!
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2012/08/11/old-traffords-naming-rights-could-fetch-1-billion-for-manchester-uniteds-shareholders/
@Bad Wolf
it’s a nothing story as they are simply speculating. They could have speculated that selling ad space on Rooneys forehead could raise $1billion and it would have had just as much validity about the story.
@george. Thanks mate. Please keep me posted if you find it mate.
@che cedarara you old cranky man. Dont let SOCCER bother you!!! Lol
Bad Wolf
Thanks dude, it works. Haha.
Ha me too pissing off for the moment
I couldn’t be soo proud of our player rafael
Well gained experience boy
Now comeback to manchester!
Wakey if you connect his freckles it say WHAT FUCKING WHAT!??? Or Coke.
IndiA wins its 5th medal, Great work by our wrestler.
Rooneys Shity goal was shown enough to be worth $342,629,741.00 if you calculate exposure like NASCAR.
AON , RRRRROOOOONNNNNNEEEEEEYYYYYYYY! Worse then me fox soccer was.
ASH cool,
Ash
Saw that mate. Proud to be an Indian. Maje aagaye.
Pretty soon Carrick will forget what it’s like playing in midfield…
Costas when does the game start, or has it?
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Kebab I never saw a sweeper play, would Mike make a good sweeper? And was that the guy in front of a back 3? Thanks
Lindegaard, M Keane, Vidic, Carrick, Evra, Nani, Cleverley, Kagawa, Young, Rooney, Hernandez
Zibbie game will be starting in 10 mins.
Me and Jungle book mate, and when I first met Indian people in CA I would love to visit the great land.
@Ash
Haha, Pretty awesome. I guess one of the better olympics for us lot!:D
Thanks I should find a link.
AWESOME Kagawa and Pea!!!
Zieler our former youth player is in the goal for hannover
Paddy Crerand is hilarious….I love how old age and becoming senile has made the fella love United with even more redder tinted glasses.
Zieler our former youth player is in the goal for hannover.
Im thinking a Kagawa, Cleverley midfield could be fucking awsome.
I am a little worried the boss is playing kagwa in CM, when he is best used off the striker
Those are the types of chances Hernandez always seemed to take advantage of during his first season.
For the first time
I’m going to miss united’s pre-season game
But watching olympics, fucking great sports going on at the moment
Good luck to the lads on the other hand
Sheppertonni-so do I
Bad miss from Keane.
Kagawa looks good at CM.
Reminds me of “sat-nav”
So 911, when are u gonna chop me off? You freak.
WHaT THE BLOODY FUCK IS GOING ON?!
I understand Keane is a youngster but that’s two open nets he missed on.
And this is what I expect everytime chicharito starts. Poor touches and misplaced shots. Honestly it happens all too often and its god damn frustrating. Where’s Danny!!
And now we got scored upon. Brilliant.
1-0 Hannover. HOWLER from Lindegaard.
I repeat: Those are the types of chances Hernandez always seemed to take advantage of during his first season.
Shades of Carroll/Howard from Anders there. Hopefully his fanboys will pipe down for a while now.
LOL @ De Gea explaining to Bebe what Anders should have done there.
1-0 down. Not a good covering by Vidic.
Come on u reds.
Is it ‘more fire’ the british distance racer????
Well whoever he’s, the guy has guts
And belief
What a cracking race that was
I have just seen this tweet it sound interesting ., Sir Alex Ferguson “on club business” and misses #MUFC match in Hannover
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHICHARIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hahaha.
Chicha with the goal just as a half-dozen asshats were slagging him on this board.
Blame Chicha? FUCK OFF!
On the golf course with you is he Daz?
Dazbomber
Last time that happened psg signed moura
As I’ve been saying all along, Chicha’s finishing has been clinical of late …
Hernandez needed that goal.
Young looks poor. He never once bring the ball on and keep passing back. Hope he improve and also his crossing is bad too.
@Fred
I laughed at that DDG/Bebe exchange too.
I hardly recognized Bebe though. He looks totally different without his khaki kimono robe.
Pint Glass of Vodka
So are you telling me that was a great goal from Chicharito? He scored on the rebound and some of the chances he missed were pretty frustrating.
I don’t think anyone is an asshat for expecting a high level of performance from a Man Utd striker.
For him to have ditched his Jedi robes, I can only assume Bebe has turned to the Dark Side.
Fairly inventive use of the free kick there. Nice.
What’s happened to this place? It used to be buzzing on big European nights like this.
Utd_fc- ha ha nice one
Apart from the goal conceded, its good to see that our team playing mindset is there already. Kagawa Cleverley combo is working quite well at midfield. It looks very fluid.
Fred
Think DDG is our #1 choice for sure, but can’t help feel for Lindegaard, the guy is fantastic and is quite hilarious too
SAF is on “official club business” and won’t be at the match? Twitter feed is has SAF in Heskey’s living room. Maybe his personal touch will seal the deal.
Fingers crossed.
Good effort from Thomas Cleverley.
The cleverly kagawa combo in midfield looks really dynamic and quick. Very interesting. Dunno how I’d feel about it agaainst stronger sides cus we might need more cover then. I still believe Kagawa is best when playing behind the striker, and a little further up the pitch
Fred- just got off the course thanks Fred , bad day at the office could not it a cows arse with a banjo, did not see The Boss but I know he will be looking after us.I am hoping for back page head line tomorrow and all good
Sure hope so Daz!
Now Park’s left, could Anderson and Kagawa be the new rush hour partnership?
Kagawa is a fucking fantastic player. I already love him.
Cleverley adds a lot to our team. Speed, urgency, good combination play. Hope he can stay injury free.
Michael Keane’s choke was hilarious:)
Very good football!
Great to see Cleverley back. His qualities are needed in the center.
That Kagawa kid has got some mooves! I would like to see him further up though.
Vidic playing like a master. Michael Keane looks like a full back. The kid has got talent.
Rooney sharper. Nani and Young better than last game. Carrick looks good. Evra is proving a point, and doing it well.
Hannover a Europa league team from the 3rd best league in the world. Agood team. On par with Newcastle/Everton.
Young hasn’t got confidence at the moment, give him time and he’ll come good this season. I like the idea of holding back Valencia and then unleashing his pace and power against sides when a bit of fatigue sets in for defenders. The best for me has been cleverly, having him fit again is like a new signing! his vision oh my oh my!
Michael Keane was unlucky ….very nervous obviously and in shock
Take it easy you bunch of Rapists.
Chico is rusty and scored, fuck off criticisers….it’s pre-season.
Nani is doing decent, the midfield isn’t rough enough or physically strong but its smooth and has the know how when passing about so its ok for now.
One mistake from Lindegaard and people are backing DDG
Hypo-criticisers
Bebe to score off the bench !
For a player with such a small frame, Kagawa seems to be able to hold his own quite well when the going gets physical. But that really shouldn’t be too surprising given that he did so well in the Bundesliga.
Not sure how I’m a hypocrite Papii when I’ve always backed De Gea.
“Young hasn’t got confidence at the moment, give him time and he’ll come good this season”
LOL
Sam
That is racist…neither is African- American or Chinese….don’t make assumptions
utd_fc, Yeah but what is high level of performance. For all the people (not you) who compare Danny to Chicha, which I fucking hate, and say that Danny is better with the ball and can make better use of it. I just point to Chicha’s goal conversion ratio to say who is better.
My problem with this whole fucking comparison – which has gone for far too long – is that people expect Danny to be a goal machine which he may never be because he’s got different skills. And people expect Chicha to be an amazing player with the ball at his feet which he may never be because he’s got different skills. Chicha may never use the ball as well as Danny but Danny may never have the goal conversion ratio that Chicha does.
Thank God Sir Alex understands that each player under his disposal is different and has different skills and has different uses in different kinds of matches. And thank God that he isn’t going to compare them and think who is better in general. He’s just gonna think who is better suited against the opposition. He may use Danny for one particular kind of match and Chicha for another. In the end, they both will have played equal matches and contributed to our successes equally.
I don’t understand german language, but I must say that those german broadcaster frauleins always turn me on.
Jesus lads the manager is not on club business he ended up in hospital in may with bad nose bleeds he has a bad heart and as a result he can’t fly more than twice a week he already went to sweeden this week. So don’t listen to twatter he is not back in manchester signing anybody.
Well said keano99.
As for Lindegaard, that was a bit of a howler but he did make up for it in the end by producing a decent save. He’s a great keeper in his own right. Which one of them ends up as long term No. 1 is for Sir Alex to decide. All I know is that I love Anders as a character and want both him and De Gea to succeed in the United jersey.
There’s a reason why Chicharito is third choice. His link up play is terrible, he’s offside more often than not, and when he’s not on form he tends to fluff the simplest of shots.
people need to take off their red-tinted glasses for a second and try to see the situation for what it is.
Can’t for the life of me understand why some get their panties in a bunch when someone voices an opinion they don’t agree with.
Fred – I haven’t even read your posts
Have now though….50 Shades of Carroll
I won’t lie, I’m a fanboy of Lindy…but have a man-crush on De Gea…so I’m torn like Elton John during his first “park encounter”.
And the one thing I laugh at constantly on ROM is people saying Tom Cleverley is over-rated. I said that his injury last season was a big stumbling block. While that may have been a bit exaggerated given that it is our leaky defense that cost us crucial points, it is not far off from the truth. If he clicks with Kagawa and they both link up with each other and the forward line like they’re capable of, we’re going to have amazing, incisive, attacking football like what we saw last season and what we expect from United. The first half was just a small sample of that which was really exciting to me.
Balaji
I could not agree more. But the thing, or at least what i believe, is that with some experience Welbeck will add goals to his game. FFS he’s a striker! We need to give him time and the goals will come.
Chicharito is more the player who has to be the last one on the ball to tap it into the net. Which would be great if he did that because the rest of the time he adds little to nothing to our attack. The modern game requires more from a striker and i believe Welbeck is better suited for that.
There’s a reason why Welbeck just flew into the first team and displaced Chicharito and injuries weren’t exactly the main reason for that.
I want to make my point clear, I have nothing against Chicharito as he is humble as they get and that’s something I appreciate in a person, but he is a very one-dimensional striker.
utd_fc, Yeah, great way to use colorful language, really insightful that. I don’t agree with this whole debate at all. It is pointless to compare two players in your own team when they’re going to contribute equally in the end. They both play for United and they both have skills Sir Alex will use in the end. Simple. I am just sick of this whole debate which pits two players from our own team against each other in a battle of skills, when they’re not even similar players in the first place.
Great save from RRZ.
By the way, i’m very curious.
Where is Rio? :S
utd_fc, My apologies on that last post. I thought your “panties” reference was against me. Your subsequent post makes it clear that it wasn’t.
Although I still don’t agree with your opinion as such (read my previous post), I do apologize for my knee-jerk reaction to your previous post. No hard feelings.
utd_fc – rested.
Balaji
I try to keep it civil here. But when people here are going to criticize me (i don’t mean you my friend) for voicing an opinion, well then that’s not just going to stay civil then.
Eny body got eny new news on the rvp sale
no, not the lob rooney, please dont bring that one back
When was the last time we scored from a free kick? Rooney’s pair against Arsenal almost a year ago? Might as well just let someone hammer it like fucking Julian Dicks or Stuart Pearce used to.
Wow, that was a “robust” challenge on Rooney.
Fred
Aah, with our defensive crisis, it’s not a bad idea at all.
Balaji
No hard feelings at all mate. I try to keep it civil here and not cause offence as that is not who I am, I only react when provoked, never otherwise. I’ve seen you posting here and respect your views in general, so i’m not going to come and start attacking you for no reason.
RoM has become WUM central lately.
Fred- I agree and if it hits the wall at least it hurts ha
These fucks are playing a bit dirty for a friendly.
Rooney’s lob was embarrasing. He scores on one of those at a rate of about every third season.
Beautiful, just beautiful …
Daz – LOL yeah, might not score but might take one of the bastards out.
3-1 FFS. That was far too easy.
God damn that was some finish. Berb-like I’d say.
By the way, quick question who exactly mistouched nani’s cross and gave the ball away that led to the counter and ultimately the goal?
Fuck yeah! Moa!! #norwegian
This is fucking awful
utd_fc, Cheers mate.
How many of us are still worried about the left side of defense? I love Paddy to death and think that he is a hardcore Red, but even in pre-season we can see that most of the opponents attacks are coming from the left hand side. Not only that, they’re leading to pretty clear cut chances as well. I hoped Paddy would be back to Paddy of old but it hasn’t happened so far. And that is worrying. The return of the Rio and Vida pairing will mitigate some of the issue from that side, but that alone won’t be enough. It is truly worrying if Evra can’t find himself again, which he hasn’t done so far this pre-season.
LOL! Talk of the devil and another goal from the left hand side through an unopposed cross. Not picking on Evra but even he’ll admit that if he was the Evra of old, a lot of this stuff isn’t going to happen.
about damn time the ref starts dishing out the cards. what the bloody fuck is happening here? is this really a friendly?
Roooooooooooooooneyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!
HOW’S THAT FOR A FREEKICK. Aaaaah. Great workk from Wayne
oops Fred…..egg on face….
utd_fc – these fuckers are off their heads. Did we do something to upset them?
Fred, You fucking bastard. Please talk more about things we haven’t done during matchdays. That was a great free kick from Rooney.
Like I said: beautiful, just beautiful!!! Rooney!!!
Evra has been fucking shit since the World Cup. He’s awful now.
FUCK PINTO. COME UP WITH THE RED YOU FUCKIN REF. FUCKIN THUG
That’s not egg on my face at all. I invoked fate to get us a goal from a free kick. You should be thanking me.
Fred
I THINK IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME VIDIC BREAKS SOME LEGS.
FUCKINN MUDERRR THE CUNTS NEMANJA!!
How long is it since we signed a top striker from Arsenal? Fuck me it must be donkey’s years. Might as well give up…
Fred says:
utd_fc – these fuckers are off their heads. Did we do something to upset them?
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just dont mention the wars….
LOLLL
Thanks Fred
Fred & TonyBee
Hahahahhahaa. You guys cracking me up here.
Maybe I shouldn’t talk about these things. No sooner I mention Vidic and he’s off :$
Fred …fuck the arse-anal striker….whilst your in this form go for Messi…..
I think the time has come where we gradually phase out evra. He should not be starting every game. He can still be very useful with his experience but he has passed his peak.
fuck sake dancing like a bumboy….pass the cunting thing…idiot
Rooney made the most of that, let’s be honest. I approve though.
WAYNNNNNEEEEEE!!!
FUCK THESE ROUGHHOUSING BASTARDS.
Diving in a friendly? Really??!!
Good penalty though.
Was that really Anderson with the amazing through ball to Rooney?
hey up ,,….payback is a bitch aint it …..kicked Wazza all over the fucking place….
Or was it Narni? (My stream is that bad.)
@Fred
Most approved!
WHAT A GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great through ball from Anderson there. Is this going to be his year?
In all seriousness though, the big problem with Anderson is always going to be whether he has the right attitude, whether he can do this consistently and whether he is going to not have an injury. If he can overcome those personal obstacles, which he has never looked like doing, he has what it takes to play for United. But is he willing to put in the effort to change all those aspects and cut out all infractions from his game, I don’t know.
OHHHHH MY GODD.
I think I just camee!
BRILLIANT FROM ROONEY AND KAGAWA. MOREEE OF THIS PLEASE!
that’ll do Shinji ……
FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!
That’s United. Been a joy to watch!
Nani! Rooney! Kagawa! Ohhhhhh baybayyyy!
Kagawa is a beast!!!
What a great goal
I think we’ve found a player, haven’t we?
keano99 …is it still fucking awful….
3-1 down, 4-3 up. THIS is the Manchester United I know and love.
That is the Manchester United we all know and love. That is the Manchester United we want to see playing week in and week out. Exciting, incisive and straight on the attack. No tiki-taka bullshit. No nonsense. Three passes and a fucking goal. Pure United. Nothing else even comes close.
As for the defense, that still needs work. Like last season, we are awesome going front, but that should never be at the cost of our defense.
So fucking awful! Oh this is so fucking awful! So fucking awwwwful… LOL
Fred, Some kind of inception at work there with our back-to-back posts.
August 11, 2012 at 21:04
Fred says:
3-1 down, 4-3 up. THIS is the Manchester United I know and love.
August 11, 2012 at 21:04
Balaji Sivaraman says:
That is the Manchester United we all know and love.
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What’s this guy stealing my lines for?
KAGAWA YOU FUCKING BEAUTY!!!!
LOL how’s the “fat overrated unfit” Rooney doing for ya? LOL like it or not this guy is the most important player on the team. Absolute GEM of a player.
Question did their goal keeper once play for us ?
Do we win some kind of Mickey Mouse cup for this?
Nani…once again you prove to me what a complete cunt you are….. dear oh dear
That’s a good warm up
ooh Nani….the lob aint working today…..but what a game!
Good to see that Nani still makes all the right choices:D
Why are they wearing bras?
Dazbomber – yes he did. We decided to let him go, and he’s now he’s the third best goalkeeper in Germany!
That is the Manchester United we all know and love.
now where the fuck have i heard that before…um…….um….
wow, these bras are really sexy……
Nani, Come on dude! Just strike the fucking ball. That would’ve been an awesome goal. I loved the line in Sir Alex’s autobiography that says his dad always used to say to him that to guarantee a goal you have to strike through the ball. Even if it is not the best directed of shots, if it is powerful enough and the goalkeeper saves it, it is going to look like he made a good save, rather than you having a poor shot. In contrast, if you try something fancy and miss, the blame is always going to be on you. That is something these guys should remember all the time.
Fred,
@Fred
I’m not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the historic Chevrolet Cup. Good day, sir!
@Tony bee
It picked up a wee bit ha ha
Lads I’m starting to get a bit of a man crush on kagawa. I think we found ourselfs a player.
Hahaha Colbert!
Tony b is a t always talking shit about Nani
Did anyone see one of the Hannover lads in a sports man-bra!?!
Fred
We win the Chevrolet cup apparently. Looks like we were destined to win that one ehhh
Fred- that’s par for the course with us . Sorry about the golf reference not
Ha
LOL Daz
Balaji classic right there
You beauty!!!!
“No tiki-taka bullshit”
You mean the same tiki-taka bullshit that just won Spain yet another major trophy?
Think I wrote on an other thread I need one of those bra’s
From what I gather, it was a typical come from Behind
win for us 
David Herd & Frank Stapleton comes to mind. The former was great signing in Busby’s era & the latter was (“ahem”) decent…
Anyway what’s the score lads?
“rooney should be benched once in a while” “Rooney needs competition, he is too fat and unfit” just a sample of some very impatient United fans. Kagawa, Rooney, Cleverley all were BRILLIANT tonight. they must be given PERMANENT spots in the team for Everton.
Evra needs a lot of help though. still holding out for Baines.
@Dazbomber
To masturbate with?
@Throat
Here people don’t like tippy-tappy bulshit dont u know that??
Colbert- may be I must admit I do like porn
ThroatwobblerMangrove, I mean the tiki-taka bull shit that I hate seeing. I don’t care if it won Spain the title of the greatest team of all time. I don’t care if it wins Barcelona the title of greatest team of all time. It is a brand of football that I hate with all my heart. There’s nothing exciting in watching a team hold 100% possession and wait for the other team to make a mistake to even breach the penalty box. I want to watch United do what United do best. And that is rip teams apart. Our primary goal is not possession. Our primary goal is to just buttfuck the opposition into submission. Kinda like what we were doing in the early part of last season. Nobody can compare it to what Arsenal, Barcelona or Spain do. That is why I call it pure Manchester United. Because nothing else in this world can quite come close to watching Manchester United ripping teams apart at their very best. And, yes, that includes Barcelona and Spain passing teams to death.
@CANTONA
Then they’d better get used to the same type of glorious results we had last season.
So the fat unfit mercenary of liverpool
Won the man of the match award
Ha it seems like the pounds doesn’t have an affect on the scousers game.
Well done lads
United, united, united!!!!!
Is it just me or does Nemanja look very gaunt??
@Balaji
If I recall correctly, yes, we did have some good results in the early part of last season, particularly against Arsenal, of course, but we also got prison raped by City.
But, fair enough, if you think that a steady diet of ball possession and skillful dribbling somehow goes against what United stands for, then fine. Personally, though, I doubt we’ll be seeing much European success in the foreseeable future. What’s more, we might not even succeed at home.
“I doubt we’ll be seeing much European success in the foreseeable future. What’s more, we might not even succeed at home.”
I meant to say we won’t be successful unless we emphasize better passing and more ball control.
@Dazbomber
Who doesn’t? It’s literally THE BEST.
ThroatwobblerMangrove, Not denying that their brand of football is unique or isn’t successful. Just that as some of my peers have already pointed out for the longest period of time and whose words I am going to use here, it is built on retaining possession and waiting for the opposition to make a mistake. If that mistake never comes, as in the defense are organized like Chelsea, then they don’t have a plan B. I’ve seen this happen a lot for Barcelona. Sure, you can’t be “that” organized in every match, but if you are, then that is your job half done against them. I don’t ever want to see United become that kind of a team. Our goal should always be superior offense with a forward thinking, not superior possession that might not have an end product in the end.
Secondly, I think most everyone agrees that the brand of football United played in the early part of last season is what we want to see from a United side. That is built on good attacking intents and making the best use of the ball possible. However, most everyone also agrees that we lacked a solid defensive core during that period. I think Sir Alex was trying to strike the perfect balance but couldn’t do it in time due to injuries to Cleverley and our defense being in disarray.
My guess is he’s trying to do the same thing to United again. Have a solid back line (something which is doubtful with the amount of injuries we’ve got back there) and have a free-flowing, interchanging, dynamic front line; like we did in 2008. It may take time to get that balance right, but if we do, it is going to be United.
And, yeah, as for your condescending question on whether I think a “steady diet of ball possession and skillful dribbling” goes against what United stand for. Yes, I do! Because both of that only leads to a goal if there’s a hole to be found. Otherwise it just goes back and it’s rinse repeat. Is it easy on the eyes? Yes, because the passing is good and the dribbling is good. Is it exciting? No, not for me personally, anyways.
@Balaji
Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t trying to be condescending. If I came across as so, however, then I apologize.
I suppose we can agree to disagree and leave it at that. Cheers!
@Throat:
well, i dont like tippy tappy, too fuckin’ boring & i doubt it’ll be effective in PL (take a look at Arsenal)
That’s what we call KAGAWASM!
So, are we ready for this season?
Defense:
Hope that Vidic will be fully fit on time. Carrick is not a defender that’s very clear tonight. But meanwhile, we can use M. Keane to back up for Evans and Smalling. Btw, where is Phil Jones?
We need another left back to cover Evra, unless Keane is versatile enough to play on right, left and center position.
Midfield:
Well, as I have said it looked fluid and it seems that we have plenty of options here. We can play Kagawa and Tom C infront of our back four. Or, Tom C and Carrick in the middle plus Kagawa as attacking midfielder just behind the striker. Anderson as a back up. But another new defensive midfielder will be a great addition.
Our winger is probably the best position we have now with Nani, Young and Valencia. I can’t see why we need Lucas Moura.
Striker:
Either Rooney-Welbeck or Rooney-Chicarito combination can play here. Both combos are deadly striking forces. When Rooney need to rest, Welbeck-Chicarito can be played. Do we need RVP? Yes it would be more deadly with Rooney-RVP combination. And his appearance will push Welbeck and Chicarito to bring out their potential skils
It’s simple. Valencia to play as right back, Rafael to cover left back if needed.
ThroatwobblerMangrove, And if that wasn’t your original intention, then I do apologize for mis-reading your post.
In this case, we agree to disagree. Cheers!
Balaji at 21:25
Couldn’t agree more. I can’t count the niumber of times I watched Barca play without dozing off. People say its beautiful but I found it plain boring
I agree with the few who say tiki-taka wouldn’t work for us in the English League. I’m convinced based on Arsenal that so much of its success with Barca and Spain happens BEFORE they step on the pitch as the media praise gets into the opponents heads.
Arsenal had success with it but teams started going negative against them which gave others a belief that they could be beaten by using the tactics. When more got results you saw teams like ourselves develop tactics that would nullify the play without being completely negative. Then the media started to turn and soon very few clubs went into games with them beaten and more and more got results.
We saw last season it happen with Barca and then it started to happen at the Euros with Spain in a couple of games. Sadly while the media would be all over United Barca & Spain are the medias favourites and even when showing no plan B they largely haven’t turned on them yet. And I don’t believe there is enough quality or the right players to break the myth anywhere near the rate the Premier League did to Arsenal.
Certainly at the end of the day I think Footballs better the way we play it, where we may have a preferd style but that styles a lot more balanced and allows us to change to other plans where needed which the tiki-taka teams have shown little evidence of being able to