Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was linked with moves to Blackburn and Portsmouth even before winning the league title with Molde on Sunday, but Sir Alex Ferguson has advised his former player to learn his trade in Norway before coming back to England.
“I don’t think he should rush into it because experience is good and the experience he has got at Molde is a very good one,” he said. “He comes from the area. His wife and family are all back home there. He has won the championship and there is no need to hurry. The time will come and the timing will be important but he is easily capable of coming into English football.”
Ferguson also reflected on what Solskjaer was like as a player and why it has come as no surprise to him that our former striker is now a successful manager.
“My knowledge of Ole as a student of the game is quite clear; every game he played and every training session he took part in he always wrote it all down,” said Ferguson. “That tells you his dedication to learn the game and also his attention to meticulous detail. That gives him a great start because you need dedication and sacrifice to go into management these days. He was a great player and a very nice person. Players will respond to him.”
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Ole
Ole Ole Ole,
well said Sir Alex Ferguson
and well done Ole,
Solkjaer has won it
Sandeep!!!! Good day!!! Man Utd al the way!!!!
19
MG still on holiday!!!!
“The time will come and the timing will be important but he is easily capable of coming into English football.”
Is it just me and my romanticism, or do I hint a slight subtext from the Master there?
Of course not. Fergie hasn;t retired yet.
This has 10 different versions on 4-4-2.
http://www.footylatest.com/man-utd-ready-to-make-stunning-bid-for-real-madrid-ace/25010
Solskjaer will be a legend as a manager in Norway.
Do not rush these things as there have been many managers (and players) who seem successful in one place and all of a sudden get pushed to take more than they can chew and fall very flat. Experience will make him wiser.
Like SAF says, “….there is no need to hurry”. ( read, my job is not ready for you to take it over yet)
Here is to another win tomorrow and blooding some of the lads in CL competition.
Zibbie
Di maria? Yuck, no thanks. he’s a good player, fantastic even ,and could play well for us but another winger? i hope not. there seems to be a lot of stories flying round since the 1-6 debacle
I’ll never, stop loving, Maria!!
Zibbie,
food day mate, UNITED till death and beyond it.
btw,
read that Juventus gonna bid for valencia in Jan,
i highly doubt it, krasic-Tony V swap?
never know, football is bloody hell
If many stories around and finally we are left with the same.
Fergie says no until I retire, between lines ha ha
good night Red Devils,
with a smile,
The awkward moment in court when Tevez’s lawyer refused to come off the bench to defend him against Mancini
Ryan Giggs on Sir Alex .”"He just loves his job. He loves watching United play. He loves seeing players develop. He loves everything about his job. You couldn’t do what he does at his age and have the work ethic he’s got if you didn’t love it.
“Like I said before, his work ethic is incredible. We might have got home from a European away game at four in the morning, yet you can pretty much guarantee he’ll be first in at Carrington at 8am the next day – and will be last to leave.”
@Sandeep
All silly rumours flying around mate..don’t think that’s gonna happen! Btw, just curious to know how many player swap deals has United done till date or has one ever happened? Englighten me please..probably Costas can help!
Offtopic – Came across this interesting link which tests Cristiano Ronaldo to the limit and analyzes what makes him such a top athlete. Apologies if most of you have already seen this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xmtwEwAf9Tk
Sounds like a euphemism for the fact that Ole was taking it all in. Doubt he had his note pad out on the practice pitch!
Still, good luck to Ole, wish him all the success that comes his way.
Off topic: UEFA have confirmed Vidic ban resulting from the red card against Galati. Vidic will miss Galati and the home leg v Benfica at Old Trafford. He should be available for the final away game v Basel
Sandeep1878 Very good ha ha
@ Prasan,
thanks for the reply mate,
my bad,
was trying to be sarcastic
by the way, in 2010 season 106 players were linked with us in trannsfer window and we signed 3 players and none of those 3 were in those 106,
baby faced assasin 2 – Chicha,
the great portugese bebe
and the ever improving smalling..
i know for sure, media earn money by publishing about us our club and publishing shit to be precise, few exceptions though
by the way,
in India, for football daily, DNA is the best and i put it above Times of India,
this is the first time i have seen u post pal, so will catch up close with you next time,
happy stay,
good night
good night Red Devils around the world and a post without a mention to Cedars is no good,
Good night Lebanese King
UNITED
@Sandeep
Haha..no worries mate..we all know how much trash these newspapers spout…take care buddy and have a sound sleep..I always enjoy reading your posts..always full of information and humour ..catch you later pal!
I think someone has a crush on someone else?
Hey wee Wille
Cedars is a father figure in ROM
Remember Ronaldo and Sir Alex ?
Keep it simple, will you willie?
Good night mate, off now.
@ Prasan,
Cheers buddy
I’m right then? Just tell him!
Night Sandeep. 
No willie, you arent right
keep your mind busy, ha ha ha
4 hours nap before office at 5 :30 AM,
catch u tmrw buddy,
crashed,
good night
Sandeep – Only messing friend.
Goodnight, again. 
God i hate it when Sir Alex gives credit to these shitty teams, just so that if we don’t get a win he can wriggle out of not signing world class players that we haven’t bought for years.
Who the fuck has ever heard of Otelul Galati? Aren’t we supposed to be one of the best teams in Europe we should be trampling over teams like this 5-0 (like Barca and Madrid do), tell you what since Nev and Scholesy went we’ve turned into marshmallow and even though i say Giggs shouldn’t play anymore i think once we lose his cool head the shit we have in midfield will ruin this club.
Remember the performance we put in at City last season where we bossed them the whole game for 90 minutes and it was the Ginger Prince who got the winner and we had that iconic image of he and Nev at the end? Say goodbye to that and look forward to Fletcher and Anderson in the middle SMH.
Would love to see him as Fergie’s successor! In many years time though of course…
Right lads this if Fun. United are planing to launch their own Social Networking site.
Guess Scott has pissed em right off then?!
Be funny if it is big enough to see twitter dip
http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletin/brandrepublicnewsbulletin/article/1101597/manchester-united-unveil-global-social-media-network/
Hi all, don’t if this of interest but my daughter will be one of the pitch side flag wavers at OT tomorrow night.
This thread isn’t about Otelul, Carrick or Anderson. Have some respect for Solskjaer.
Costas, god i wish we still had player like OIe in the club, he and Ruud are my favourite united goalscorers of all time. I have nothing but respect for Ole but lets just focus on the match we have in ooo 25 minutes who Fergie is giving credit to a team nobody has ever heard of.
lol meant tomorrow got carried away watching sky
mbw7
Good to hear, great honour for her. Hope for a comfortable win!!
mbw7 – lucky girl, congrats.
Since when does Fergie disrespect the opposition? Remember Basel? Of course we should wipe the floor with Otelul. Then again, I thought we would see off Basel with ease. Anyway, what the manager says publicly and what he says to the players before they go out on the pitch, is probably different.
When I said it some assumed I was just old a senile (Which I am of course) When Sir Alex says it then its genius ! Ha? Oh well, I keep trying….. Ole will only come back to England for the United job, mark my words…..
Sandeep – Thanks again for the kind mention my friend
Evening all
mbw7 that is nice to hear.
Cedars is up and about!!!
LOL SAF why the fuck are we even playing this fucking piece of shit team?
Oh right mustn’t chat about anything else, has he died?
Very true.KR,Relax Mate…I understand your frustration.
Is that you Matt? If it is, congrats!
@KR
Like willie said, hopefully we will thrash them, but Ferguson never disrespects any opponent in public. It’s like a savoir vivre for him. And for most managers to be honest. Except from Mourinho, lol.
Anyway, we can’t look back forever. Obviously I wish we had the likes of Scholes, Ole and Giggs in their prime still around, but they are one offs and that’s what makes them special. And for the record, Carrick and Ando probbaly won’t play tomorrow, so no need to worry.
WillieRedNut, he could just say nothing at all instead? He used to go out into press conferences saying we expect X amount of points from the next few games meaning we will beat these teams but now he’s praising some romanian nobodies.
Who cares anyway we’re going to look average tomorrow and Galati’s midfield will outclass ours even though nobody has ever heard of them and it’s all because we haven’t invested properly when Scholesy went and for when Giggsy hangs em up.
I’m not going to lie i’m envious of some of the football the top teams in Europe are playing while we sit back and scrape a win against Fellaini and co.
Costas @ 19:16
Well said
Hello Zibbie
I am about my friend, had my nap and just took my last 2 pills for the day…… Once I start flying with the words cunt and fuck then you would know that the medicine has kicked in! hahahaha
Cedars, cool be well and fuck all the cunts.
KR – That’s negative mate. We could go out and thrash them. Most know, there’s issues with our midfield. I won’t prejudge tomorrows game though. Gonna hold fire, until it’s over.
By the way i like the talent in the midfield we have in the reserve setup but those asking for Pogba to be promoted are insane, its all well and good teaching some schoolboys from Wrexham a lesson on the pitch but try doing that to Mata, Toure, Silva, Gerrard etc. and he will be found wanting.
That’s a thing i admire about Sir Alex – patience. He knows when the time is right for any player at United and rarely skips a beat. The only criticism i can find of him as a supporter over the past few years is the lack of investment in centre midfield (as Barca and City ruthlessly showed us) other than that he’s the perfect manager and the greatest of all time.
@mbw7 That’s great, congratulations.
@CedarsDevil how are you?
Hey Cedars. How are things? Yeah, I kind of get bored of the same old player critisism day after day. At least lets save them for matchdays.
soren
I am very well my love, recovering nicely and the drugs are kicking in, so no pain felt… Thanks for asking
Zibbie
Thanks! Just put a smile on my face
Cedars = Joker
I was stuck with a choice to make, only 2 games I have on TV are the Barca one playing some team I never heard of, though with English commentary or the Le Arse game but with French commentary..
I went for Le Arse game in the hope of watching my new found love but he’s on the bench! Damn
Costas
Well said and I feel your frustration buddy
CedarsDevil Van Persie haha
Yeah, its funny when won against Arse, no one slagging off our midfields, and now after citehs humiliation suddenly they get smart & never stop whining about that…
Just checked the web, seems Torres starts for Chelsea, Genk must be pissing themselves …
With laughter of course! hahahaha
*They* = so-called fan
soren
Indeed…. But in a manly sort of way of course! hahahaha
@cedars
I hope le arse lose tonight^^
TheCANTONA – Loads have been saying united needed to strengthen the midfield even against arsenal, united always lacked strength and depth beyond anderson and cleverly. No one could play the disciplined role and protect the backline, shitty like them ore not have those very good sitting midfielders like toure etc. And going 4 seasons without strengthening the CM is far to long for a club like united
TheCANTONA
I do not care if they win or lose, I just want to see RVP in action!
Of topic, well done Billy Sharp. He’s put Doncaster one up tonight, after losing his newborn baby recently. Well played fella.
Willie
One of my few regrets in life is after having lived in England for so many years I never made the trip across to visit Ireland, be it the North or the Republic…… Damn I love you people with a passion…
You did produce a certain Best after all eh?
Well since we are all going off topic, Messi with his 200th goal for Barcelona. And he’s still 24.
Hi all
First time writing on here, been reading for ages though
Soo pleased for ole and I would love to see him back at the club in a few years, I reckon a couple of seasons managing in Germany or Portugal would be ideal.
There are rumors that Portsmouth wanted him, he should stay well clear..decent support but the club is a mess
Willie
How can your post at 20:08 be deemed off topic? Fuck the topic, that is a very touching piece
Costas, please don’t be so disrespectful to Ole. Kindly take your Messi discussion to one of the other seven Ole threads that have been posted in the last two days. This one is strictly for Ole!
Hey, I made the rules and I can violate them, Fred.
Cedars – Yeah mate, fair play to the man. If I’m in that position, I don’t know if football would be on my mind. I suppose playing football, maybe takes his mind off it for a while.
Costas
Wonder how many wee Messi would have scored if he was playing in a proper league, say like the PL? Pele scored over a 1000 goals in his career playing in piss poor leagues and they dare compare him to Best!
Fred
You’re such a piss taker and I for one love it
@Costas, yeh the ridicule of a past Capt, ect. I have got to where I start some posts the abort if nonsense. And some trolls I just do not read. This has helped me. And I know I am a huge off topic man. I always try to post to the story, some times with 4 Ole stories out of 6 much will be discussed.
@Cedars FUCK THEM CUNTS! hehe Like 1 of 5 people in the US have at least 25% Irish blood, Ireland is a huge destination for Americans.
Come on Wenger, bring RVP on, you know it makes sense and it would also make me happy!
Costas – it makes you wonder where would barca be without messi at times
First time I saw Messi, he was on the bench in a U-something game against the USA. We tied them. Messi plays the next 6 games plays great beats everyone looking like one for the history books. He is so fucking good.
Messi would score in any league!
Zibbie
Fuck them cunts to bits, fucking idiots…… hahahah. Drug fully kicked in now
Messi thrives because he has quality all round him especially in a midfield that keep 70/80% possession of the ball, they feed him with precise accurate passes and with his individual brilliance, he shines. 200 goals at the age of 24 is ridiculous, bound to smash the 500 goal barrier if he keeps going.
Certainly he brings the directness and magic into barca’s play or they’d just keep passing and passing while going no where.
Cedars – We did produce Bestie. Not much else like lol. Apart from big Norman!
@Zibbie
Should have clarified at the time because my wording was wrong. It’s not off topic stuff that bothers me. But am I alone in thinking that we’ve read enough Carrick, Gibson, Anderson and Evans bashing in here? Even when United are notin action? I’d much rather read an opinion about Ole’s achievement, even if it was repeated in Scott’s 15 other Ole threads.
@Cedars
You know how I like numbers, but Messi (and Ronaldo’s for that matter) recent stats are very misleading imo. Ronaldo scored 53 last season, but does that mean he had a better season than 07-08? Nonetheless, history is partially written with numbers, so for that reason alone, Messi’s 200 at that age is a great feat. Who knows where he’s going to stop.
@FITB
I’ve often wondered that, but he never gets injured does he? There’s still a lot of talent in that side, but I don’t know if they have a direct replacement for him.
Cedars I leave Iowa for Southern Cal and her advice to me was, do and see the indigenous things to the area. I learned to surf a bogie board, scuba, snorkel, spear fish, fish the ocean, see the desert bloom, go to Mexico, hug a red wood, see Yosimite and the Grand Canyon ride desert cars see the shuttle land, go to Joshua Tree,see the Dead ect. ect. ect.
Fuck Messi, someone should take him and shove him up Platini’s ass… Where he belongs in a way
We have wee Thomas and I would not trade him for all the millions in the world
Get in APOEL!
Costas, my bad I got that, the bashing shit! Is what gets me to edit posters.
@cedars
RvP is injury prone. Maybe thats the reason Wenger didnt want to rush him tonight.
Sir alex has never played with sitting holding players, the midfielders have always been box to box so i don’t get why people are complaining now.
I’d rather have all round quality midfield players than a water carrier, certainly united need to strengthen, you wonder if anderson will ever make it even though people keep making excuses for him.
CedarsDevil
i see the drugs have started to kick in
No Barca players ever get injured. I wonder what their medical staff’s secret is?
Willie
Only produced Best and big Norm?…. Your nation are full of the most enjoyable people on earth… Humble, funny, love their booze and by enlarge know their stuff…
Would have ended my comment in a very abusive manner to the English in comparison but I won’t!
Messi is a fucking robot, never hurt always plays. He freaks out if he does not start every fucking game.
Slim, yes they have……….
Sir alex has never played with sitting holding players, the midfielders have always been box to box so i don’t get why people are complaining now.
I’d rather have all round quality midfield players than a water carrier, certainly united need to strengthen, you wonder if anderson will ever make it even though people keep making excuses for him..
Samuel – united WE stand
that may be but it never hurt to adapt and change wit the times, another example is the obsession of playing solely through the wings. I’ve heard some accuse Arsenal of not having a plan b, well the same could be applied to Us, if our wingers don’t get a sniff, the team pays for it. i mean we don’t even have box to box midfielders. we have one and he’s having a torrid time in my opinion
slim
Indeed they have buddy, cloud nine makes a lot of sense right now! hahaha
Zibbie
What the fuck is an Iowa? Sounds like some Latin food! hahahahaha (only messing of course!)
Zibbie
yes, he is
Any of you have canal+? The channel I am watching Le Arse on, the babe hosting the half time chat is to die for….
Can you be my nurse darling?
barca just keep the ball, and if you can’t get the ball then they hardly waste energy chasing and in turn that reduces injuries, would be good for sake of the competition if messi, xavi e.t.c can be out for a while, not that i’m wishing injuries but after two final defeats, you can’t help feeling they’re our nemesis.
Fred
Costas and i were talking about something similar a few weeks ago, they are very efficient in the. way the play football, no long bursting run to defend a goal or chase a ball down the touch line, expand energy through short distances. They play at their own pace, slow it down and then use pace to get past players. That and some good doctors i would imagine
We all know that Messi was pumped full of HGH throughout his adolescence. He is the world’s first genetically-modified football player and as such is the biggest drugs cheat in the history of the sport.
The good news is that when the rest of the world wakes up to this fact, we’ll be credited with the European Cup wins of 2009 and 2011. Happy days!
@FITB:
just get bored reading post from some whining fan here, always bitching about our midfield. HELL! No one knows about the future! No one know we’ll defeated le arse or get hammer by Citeh on such fashion. So’ chill out, stop whining everyday coz u could do it on the matchday.
Wow, so many making so much sense….. Makes me feel like an idiot… Guess I am ! hahaha
Fuck I am wasted on drugs
Cedars – Oh yeah mate. We love our booze. That’s not exclusive to us though lol.
Slim – i agree with you, i do think united apply a different while playing in europe for example which has bore us some great results, we should have applied that same pragmatic compact approach against barca rather than try fight fire with fire although i can’t say for sure that a change of formation would have made any difference. same against man city, playing a 4-4-2 against a team who has flooded their midfield is naive and again united paid for it with a heavy defeat, we shouldn’t necessarily change our style but for certain matches, we should definitely have a plan b to combat whatever team it is.
All i’m saying is the central midfield needs urgent strengthening, there is a lack of creativity and imagination there, only cleverly brings this and united can’t solely rely on him, whether buying or young players stepping up, something has to be done.
Without RVP Arsenal is complete shit. How does Walcott ever get in the lineup for Eng, he couldn’t finish in a whorehouse with a roll of 100′s in his pocket.
Well Rip Van Winkel has just come on, so good news for Cedars!
Genk score!
CedarsDevil
Spot on about Messi mate. Of course he is a great player,but he is probably a closer comparison to Maradona and not the one and only George Best. I would like to see Messi cope with the poor pitches and the sort of tackles that George Best had to cope with. Just think how good Best would have been on today’s pitches with modern Footballs and boots and the greater protection from referees. I am not saying that Messi isn’t a brilliant footballer, just that George was Best.
I don’t come on here and have red tinted glasses saying its all rosey in the garden, i speak exactly what i see, if you can’t express your personal views then what is the point of football, not that i necessarily give a fuck though, i will be honest.
Cedars LOL!!!!!!!! Iowa is an American Indian Tribes name. The Biblical land of milk and honey, bordered not by the Tiger and Euphrates. But The Mississippi and the Missouri.
Samuel – united WE stand
actually i disagree, its not so much the tactics. See i truly believe a team can play any formation they want so long as the players can play to the maximum using the said tactics or formation. In my opinion we didn’t get floored because of numerical advantage,(roo could always drop deep and help out or even Hernandez) yes they had one more than we did but he two tasked with doing the job in the center were not up to the task.
Going back to you earlier point , if SAF decided not to employ a holding midfielder then the MF’s have to very mobile, confident and calm on the ball, those characteristics aren’t what you’d use to describe the current batch. Painful/Harsh? Yes but thats the truth. I raised this points on early on before the season started that senior players needed to change and add to their game. I was met with rebuke, i waited patiently and lo and behold we cant help but mention it every single time. The whole side needs a change of approach not just the midfield, we have the ingredients.
You’re right on changing tactics for every match though, only confusion can be borne from that and it doesn’t allow younger players come through i feel. Costas has gripe with the medical team , i have one with the technical staff and as much as i respect the gaffer he has to share in that because he is part of the technical team. Injuries haven’t helped in trying to decipher his plans this season because i truly believe he had something in mind this year and the stop start nature so far has thrown a spanner in the works, we’ll see how we look after the international break
Red Neck
i’d like to see how George Best would cope with modern day contracts and their fat pay cheques, he was the BEST, but he’d probably get into hot water more often than not if had to cope with what others have to today. i doubt we’d see the best of him. His time was the best, and just right, other now have their time in the limelight. I think its pretty pointless comparing different eras anyway
wonder if any of the young players will make their debut in the champions league tomorrow, this little larnell cole boy hasn’t had as much hype as the likes of pogba and morrison but i wonder what his chances of making it are.
Looks like fryers is gradually getting established in the first team though, great to see the youth system producing quality players compared to a few years ago..
Slim
What has Modern day contracts and their fat pay cheques got to do with the mans talent? And what do modern footballers have to cope with today that George best didn’t. He was the first of the modern superstars anyway wasn’t he?
Don’t worry about slim Charles. He’s just popped one of Cedars pills.
Red Neck
really? take a look at the back pages and check out stories upon stories about footballers messing about doing daft things. And like you said he was the first of them and we all know it did have an effect, alcohol, parties,women and the like. Its simple modern day fans will remember Messi not Best. Fans from the old school will remember Best. Just the way it is. In the future people will be Leo Who?
You say what do pay cheques have to do with talents, i say what does a pitch have to do with talent also. How do you know Messi wouldn’t have played well enduring those challenges older players had to take. Ronaldo dealth with the rough and tumble of the EPL – not the same thing but it goes to show like you say if you’ve got talent you got it end of story. One can’t help what era they’re born in can they?
WillieRedNut
lol, who are you talking to?
Slim
Wow slim have I wronged you in a past life or something, lol
Red Neck
i don’t get it. lol?
Slim
Let’s all have some of Cedars pills and all will become clear.
APOEL have more points than United and they are in a tougher group. Mwahaha.
Red Neck
knock your self out.
Chelsea got Genked!
any ideas on the team for tomorrow
Hello darkness, my old friend! I think I’ve walked into the wall again! Thank ya, thank very much.
Both Chelshe and Arsenil looked pathetic today. Looking forward to Villarreal grinding out the heart from the blue glory hounds tomorrow. And our own game too of course…
We play otelul galati and judging by our naive Play against basel, i don’t think we can be putting the sword into arsenal and chelsea just yet, we aint played galati yet.
Rubbish. We show up with our heads right and take care of business. End of.
Good morning Red Devils around the world
does anyone else think if anderson does not play today its the end of him?
and does anyone think gibson will ever play ?
good morning everyone.
Yeah football is as simple as that isn’t it.
@JC : we showed up with our heads right at basel too.
i predict us to play piss boring football with no mobility in CM…
in the end winning 1-0 or 2-0 through the scrappiest goals.
but thats all fine. its just the group stage. and we’ll be better once we get cleverly back..
or say anderson starts playing like a united player rather than a galati player
@JC : we showed up with our heads right at basel too.
i predict us to play piss boring football with no mobility in CM…
in the end winning 1-0 or 2-0 through the scrappiest goals.
but thats all fine. its just the group stage. and we’ll be better once we get cleverly back..
or say anderson starts playing like a united player rather than a galati player
Rohan,
i dont think it will be the end of the Ando, considering we do not have any back up in his mode of play,
Tom is here so i dont think Gibbo will play, unless something magical happens, because Sir Alex wanted to sell him, that means almost the dead end.
we need something constant in middle of the park to compliment Tom, otherwise we gonna have to leave acres of space in the middle and continue to get outshined by the opposition.
Anderson, as you put it yesterday, the hit and miss..
by the way, Keano set to replace Sven..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2056403/Roy-Keane-set-Leicester-managers-job.html
Tonight’s game will be a walk in the park,
last home game was a spank, i m sorry to Galati is about to recieve our backlash
we goona bang them,
I find it extraordinary that in this modern age, there are players who take down notes after a training session or a game. Surely its not all about the money for such players. Can you imagine Tevez taking down notes after a training session?
ole is our legend
Weeks after a certain Carlos refused to play since his head wasn’t in The right place/tired of warming up ,
Billy sharp of Doncaster rovers played 3 days after his infant son died, after scoring he showed up his shirt “This is for you son!!”
Respect!!
Solksjaer is also probably the one person you’d hire a PI team to dig dirt up on and they’d return frustrated
I am always of the opinion that if a player misses X or Y game, that doesn’t necessarily mean that their United career is over. Ferguson’s selection policy isn’t that simple. And even though I do feel that Carrick and Anderson are being frozen out at the moment, that doesn’t mean that they won’t be back.
Gibson’s situation is a bit different because he’s still a United player by default. I’d like to see him play a bit more, but I have a feeling that Ferguson doesn’t want to depend on someone that’s not in his plans anymore.
so , i see no one has yet predicted the line up vs galati ?
@Costas, The problem is that I don’t see a reason to believe Carrick is being frozen out. He did not play in the City match and was brilliant in the European game before that, not to mention he has generally been above-par when compared to the rest of MF barring Cleverley this season. I have no idea why he is being frozen out, but surely it doesn’t have anything to do with the football he has played.
@sandeep, Now, that is what you call passion for the sport. Top-level pros should hang their heads in shame. In general, for obvious reasons, you can say that players plying their trades in lower leagues play more for the passion of the sport than those in the top clubs. Not saying that everybody who plays at the Uniteds or the Chelseas play for the money, but somewhere along the way some of them they do lose their love of the sport. It’s a pity really.
here you go…
DDG
Evra Ferdinand Evans Jones
Park Fletch Ando Nani
Rooney Welbeck
Line up? Here:
Taibi – Eckersley, Prunier, Wallwork, O’Kane – Chadwick, Djemba Djemba, Liam Miller, Pugh – Bellion, Nardiello
Oops. Sorry. Guess I am stuck in limbo and I am still seeing a nightmare.
@Stateside Aussie
I wouldn’t think so either. In fact, he’s hardly featured this season, but he’s played well when he has. His last 2 games were against Basel and Galati and he was our best player in both games imo. And normally I don’t work with cospiracy theories (yeah right
), but I do find it suspicious that he hasn’t even made the bench in the last 2 games and Fergie hasn’t given any updates about a possible injury. In fact, someone said that he was training alone yesterday?
Costas,
ur last post should be directed to balaji i believe?
my Line up anyway,
Lindegaard
Jones Rio Evans Fabio (if injured, evra)
Valencia Flletch Rooney Carrick Park
Welbeck
sorry,
rooney and welbeck upfront..
@sandeep & Costas, I thought it was Costas’ way of saying how similar my posts are to his or maybe he just got confused or maybe he has finally lost his mind, after all.
Either way, I really would like to know what’s the deal with Carrick. He does not look like one of those people who is going to have attitude problems since, barring Berbatov, he has been the best behaved of the current bunch. I am absolutely pulling my hairs out just to get an idea of what the fuck is going on.
He’s going to be sold. And the man who’s going to replace him is Javier Mas-toothycunt-ceranho. You heard it here first!
Morning all,
Feeling nice and fresh this morning before having to pop my first 2 for the day…..
Cannot wait for kick off and I hope to be able to watch the match…. For the CL I only have two channels that air matches live, if Barca or Real are playing then that’s one channel used for sure… Bloody Lebanese, no taste what so ever! hahaha So hopefully the other one will be showing our game
If anyone runs into smartalex do say hi for me
Morning Costas
Ya APOEL are having a dream CL campaign, well done to them…. Tricky group to be fair.
The Cypriots must be going nuts! Thank God we are separated by water from them…. hahaha
mascherano wouldn’t be so bad..
he was a cunt for liverpool no doubt.
but i think we need a midfielder like him
@ cedars : morning.. though its afternoon here..
im not looking forward to the game. it’ll be bloody boring
Hi Rohan
In that case, good afternoon to you! Have to disagree on both your posts my friend…
1- Mascherano is a BIG no no for me, good player but terrible attitude.
2 – How can watching United ever be boring? They may be involved in boring matches (Rare) but watching them can never be a boring thing
Just to go back on topic….. I posted this link on another thread and I will re-post it here in case anyone missed it…… Really worth watching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jllklavpk6A
common. ‘ve found the champions league games generally boring as compared to the league.
always loved the league more.
well mascherano is a cunt. that i said. i’d love a player LIKE him..
the galati match and the benfica match were pretty boring.
nevertheless ‘ll still be watching the game..
can’t not watch a united game..
since about 13 years now.
and im only 22
Red Neck
I agree with you 100%…… Yes football has changed, the rules, the money involved and everything that comes with it but at the end of the day a football player is just that….. I disagree with my friend slim that its pointless to compare players from different eras, why not? Maradona is always compared to Pele is he not? Phil Jones has been compared to the late Duncan Edwards by so many, including my self…
Back to what you said in your post I would bet my last dollar that most (not all) footballers today would not last 5 minutes on the pitch back in the day when people like Best were playing the game.
Most footballers today have become too soft, nagging and crying like little girls every time they are touched
Rohan
I understand my friend, my point was that we are involved in the occasional boring match, of course we are…. However watching United is never a boring activity! Perhaps my point was slightly lost in translation…..
Enjoy being 22 buddy, God I wish I could role back the years! haha…. So you’ve been a fan since you were 9? Very impressive, more the fact that I am great at maths! haha
@Costas
Crazy that “GWANDANNY” could of been used for mr Pugh
Just give the ball to Ole he sill score, he ALWAYS scores! I do wish with all my heart that our Little Pea will emulate him… Certainly has all the right attributes
GHTT – Good to see you here buddy
Wow, the rate of posts at the moment is almost the same as my heart’s!
Gibbo is finished and i would be shocked if he gets back in the first team picture, call it gibbo ‘bashing’ as much as you like but he is everything united don’t want in midfield and i don’t have to list his deficiencies. good player but not for the highest level and i can imagine him getting shifted by january.
Cedars – you always bring the enthusiasm and exuberance to this blog, i can’t imagine it would be the same without you even though your man crush for robin van persie has raised a few eyebrows lol keep it up.
To be honest i don’t want to underestimate galati today, they’ll be potentially hard to break down again and united have to be on their game because in europe, anything can happen but 3 points are important but won’t come easy but hopefully united can get the job done.
Samuel
Thanks for the great compliment my ever nervous United loving friend…
Not sure I deserve it to be honest…
Have to agree with you on Gibbo, he was about to be sold in the summer…. Personally I always believed in him but I guess just like Obertan, his fortunes lay else where…. Good luck to the boy
Is there anything more fulfilling in life than loving United? Personally its only matched with the love I have for my baby girl……. But come on, how many moments of near heart attacks has this club given us over the years? How many greats that we will always talk about for the rest of our lives have they produced…..
Damn I love United, United are my life
Cedars, if there was a choice between the nurse’s delights (one-off, offer valid only for 90 minutes), and watching a united-liverpool match that you knew united were going to win, what would you go for? :LOL:
a> Nurse – she’s a black magic woman! And besides the match can be recorded!
b> One love, one United!
c> since I know United are gonna win, I’ll place a bet, and get an upgraded version of the nurse at a later date
For me, it would be , but not least because I would be too dumb to think of
So Chelsea fans have participated in racist changing en masse.
Whilst large numbers of united fans might be accused of controversial lyrics “without killing anyone” Chelsea fans obviously thought that by singing “anton ferdinand, you know what you are” rather than “anton ferdinand, you black cunt” that they could get away with it. Football chants are often controversial but Chelsea fans have gone too far.
I’m talking about fan behavior which cannot be dismissed as the inappropriate conduct of a minority. I have to say if I was a Chelsea fan I would pretty much have given up on my fellow fans at this point.
Jeet
Answer is simple, both at the same time…… Orgasmic pleasures of universal proportions!
Hahahahaha
Pissing off for my nap…. laters my friends
@Sandeep, Balaji
Yeah sorry guys. It was too early for me and I got the names wrong. I thought it was Stateside Aussie.
@Cedars
Yeah, I’m really proud of APOEL. Greeks and Cypriots are close, but I also have a soft spot for this team because some of its players left Greece because they were “flops”. Look where they are now.
@GHTT
Definitely. If you talked to United fans after the Leeds game at OT that is. Quite a few gave up on him that day.
They don’t call him kooky Cedars for nothing.
@cedars : yeah i became a die hard fan since juventus 1999
roy keane. boy that man caught my imgination..