Darren Fletcher has again spoke highly of his club, claiming that anywhere after United is a step down.
“You look at it as a step down if you leave,” said Fletch. “If you’re lucky enough to stay, you’ll have played at the top for your whole career and it doesn’t get much bigger than Manchester United. Players who left say, ‘think twice before you leave, because there’s nowhere like Manchester United. Everything about the club makes it the place you want to be. No-one really thinks about leaving when you’re here. Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs are almost like urban legends. They’re fantastic role models for younger players like me to have.”
With David Beckham and Thierry Henry already making the move from top European clubs to the MLS, Fletcher reckons more players could be on their way. Currently in the US with the team ahead of the pre-season tour,
“Everything about MLS and America – it’s a great country – appeals to players,” he continued. “You see how MLS has progressed, the league keeps getting bigger. It’s a massively growing sport. There are great teams that would be big attractions to players. I wouldn’t be surprised to see more players head out here.”
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I See this guy as our captain, maybe he doesnt wear the armband but everything about him oshea brown are what united are about -neville=brown giggs=oshea fletcher=scholes. from the bottom to the top.
Erm
Giggs = Oshea! Erm Oshea dribbles like bambi!
Nevile = Brown – Erm Nevile is White skinned Brown is Brown Skined With Ginger Hair!
Fletcher= Scholes – Fletch doesnt have ginger hair!
come on lad have you been on the moonshine?
HAHHA
only teasing!
Fletch is so commited to us. You can’t teach that kind of passion.
It’s what seperates us from the other clubs in this league. How many other “big” clubs have a spine of players who came through their youth.
Our record is outstanding, yet people are questioning Sir Alex for a big money signing, have faith people!
On another note, it looks like Sunderland are in for Welbeck, the kid has shown some promise, but has also shown he has a lot to learn compared to say Rooney and Owen at that age. I hope he is not another Frazier Campbell, although he clearly has benefited from a move to a club like that.
Fletcher-Future cap
Rooney-Vice
Gotta disagree with the MLS statement, I mean who in their right-mind would wana play for (read the following in an annoying American accent)”The San-jose EARTH-QUAKES” or “The New-York RED-BULLS”. Besides . . . They call it “soccer”, yuk
It still amazes me that this is the same young lad that was playing for is 4 years ago. Talk about a success story.
I bet back in the day you would have had to travel far and wide to find a good opinion of fletch. Fair play to the lad.
I am against Rooney for Captain!
I love the lad to bits, i just feel the additional pressure and responsibility takes away from his game.
Rooney plays at his best when he is relaxed and Confident, In games where the pressure is doesn’t play as well!
Fletch is Ideal, Great in Interviews, Leads By Example & not afraid to Dish out Verbal to his team mates who are under-performing!
trevor
John OShea is a hero
i just saying those 3 are like those other 3
Sorry to go off topc but Please check this out this guy remixxed an Emily Chant
Chicharito Is Dynamite http://youtu.be/ZVCWfH2iGYM and its an excellent highlight video of Hernandez
Morning.
Off topic but bloody amused me.
Was watching a re run of the 2006 league cup last night when we beat Wigan. At the end John Champion was revelling in our possible demise. he said ” This is Sir Alex’s 17th major trophy, how many more will he win, WILL HE WIN ANYMORE AT ALL, THESE ARE DIFFICULT DAYS FOR UNITED,.” and “WHILE UNITED ARE ONLY SAVING FACE BY WINNING THIS THEY HAD TO WATCH THEIR RIVALS IN EUROPE”. Ha ha ha. Yeah will he indeed win anymore? Only 3 titles back to back another European trophy and 2 league cups and a world cup!!!1
Love it!!!
Anyone seen the fucking size of Obertan now? Huge he is.
Another amusing thing was I watched “kop talking” last night. The dippers REALLY believe they may win the title even this season under Roy!!!
This is their year King Eric. Don’t you know by now?
Fletch for captain.
Are there any songs for Fletcher??
Hes enough of a cult hero by now but I dont think ive ever heard a song for him, granted im only over to OT about 4 times a year.
kev kev there is 2 chants for fletcher knockin ABOUT
just youtube search darren fletcher chant
Hes an absolute legend. I hold my hands up and say that I thought he was crap 5 years ago but my old man in all his wisdom said he was going to be class. Me and my mates used to call him ‘Zinedine Fletcher’ in a more mocking way than anything………….however………..what a player he has turned into! I got bored of all the ‘hes the next Keano’ chat with the likeS of Liam Miller (toilet) Kleberson (average) Djemba Djemba (so bad they named him twice and but far the worst player I have ever seen at OT) Alan Smith and even Carrick. Im not saying the Fletch is the next Keano but he is class and getting better and puts 100% in at all times. United legend in the making
@ Red Phil:
Beat me to it! I was just about to say ‘Hands up who predicted this in 2005?’
I saw flashes of brilliance when he played for Scotland (in particular that backheel against Scotland), but I never imagined he’d develop into the talisman he is today.
To be fair, neither did Keano, and who were we to argue with Keano back in the day?
*Holland
also, must just add:
@Mame looks just like 50c:
Unless you’ve got a guaranteed role at a top club challenging for honours, why wouldn’t you? It’s basically semi-retirement paying mega-bucks in a country where you can truly live a superstar lifestyle (if that’s your thing *cough Becks *cough*)
No fletch your wrong it doesnt get much better elsewhere? it dont get better at all, Love you bring us our trophies this year.
i agree with stretfordender sir alex has figured it out theres no long term future in signing mercenaries unless your like city with unlimited money. it just leads to ruin and theres always that missing ingredient the love for the club and a true will to win,with rentboys the main reason being a paycheck.bringing kids in young and them learning the utd way through legends installs what fletch has, its a ongoing cycle of utd life and thats what does seperate utd from every other team and why we win so many trophies
fletchers brilliant! 100% every game.didnt rate him much at first to be honest but now i think he’s pivotal in midfield. gets stuck in and ups the tempo of the play when he can. plays for the badge on the front and not the name on the back.quality!
By the way, Mame, it’s a bit of a myth that the Yanks introduced ‘Soccer’ as an alien word into the our world of football.
When I was a kid in the ’50s people always used to talk about soccer and there was even a regular magazine called Soccer Star, established in 1952, printed on rather dreary paper, like some sort of Soviet industrial-waste product. Even the famous Charles Buchan Football Monthly, founded in ’51, used to call its highly popular Annual ‘ Charles Buchan’s Soccer Gift Book’. In that era there was of course the ‘fingertip control’ pleasure to be gained playing ‘Subbuteo Table Soccer’. Showing how widespread use of the word was, we find the great Dennis Viollet talking of the ‘Soccer fervour’ surrounding the FA Cup Final between Preston and WBA in 1954. Or there’s the mighty Duncan Edwards advertising Dextrosol glucose tablets in 1957, when it was claimed, ‘Soccer Experts Say- extra energy makes the difference!’. When Matt Busby brought out his first autobiography in that same year, 1957, it was advertised as being ‘packed full of soccer knowledge’. and promised coverage of ‘Problems of 1957 soccer in Britain’. If that’s not enough proof of how widely used the word ‘soccer’ used to be, there’s Georgie Best promoting ‘The most revolutionary Soccer shoe ever’ (Stylo Matchmakers) in the mid-60s.
I don’t know if the word originated in English public schools, but people used to talk there about ‘soccer’ and ‘rugger’ (and ‘rugger buggers’…) way back when.
To change tack, to everyone else who says ‘who would have guessed 4 or 5 years ago that Darren Fletcher would be such a hit?’ my answer is, ME! I’ve been telling everyone who’d listen that this boy’s gonna be BIG from at least 2004. Forget what Keano was saying in his demon-driven latter days at Old Trafford, remember what good old Scholsey was saying about the boy Fletch. I think he’d make a great captain.
I’ve been saying for years that Fletch would be an awesome player
Glad everyone is catching up with my prophecy
Off topic
Madrid zoo – no bullshit are prepared to pay “whatever it takes” to transfer the fucking octopus from Germany to Spain
The Spanish – the mob – where have we heard that before – let me think.. hang on… wait… : )
@GHTT
She’s a star – that’s another prophecy : )
@King Eric
Well mate they are saying it now too – and the time will come where they will have to fuck off and eat their words yet again
United – a team for life : )
@GHTT
To rephrase – Emily is going to be star – it’s a prophecy : )
Fletch said Scholesy and Giggsy are “urban legends” haha.. love that one
Well it’s another good lesson from Giles Oakley, thank you. I’ll spread the knowledge to my frens here.
@MG n GHTT, Emily IS a star! well she’s got to choose on which music genre now haha
Just noticed on BBC’s fixtures.. it says United v Celtic is OFF.. anyone know anything about why? Was really looking forward to watching it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/fixtures/default.stm
Ghtt, meant to say, loved the Emily ‘dynamite’ show’, especially the enchanting giggle at the end. Nice goals too.
@Always Be Closing says:
Look underneath it…. its been moved from tonight to tomorrow
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Thanks for your time RoM bloggers!
“It doesn’t get much bigger than United”, no Fletch it doesn’t get ANY bigger than United!
Darren we don’t want you to leave either, you and players like Brown ,O’shea and evans are the heartbeat of the club.
@ Giles Oakley
fantastic history lesson for the use of the word soccer. If its good enough for Georgie then it should be good enough for everyone.
I have always admired Darren, I know thats easy to type and through away line.
Its not a Scots thing, I just think he is class, I think back to the video on here(Rom) with John and Jonny they looked together and a team.
Just lads having a laugh and totally together in the United way.
He in my humble opinion is turning into the new Keane, if only Darren would pop as much away as Roy.
But Darren mate stay out of the jungle juice! lol.
I wrote on Goal.com 2 days ago the new Manchester United captain in the making. but hayho what do I know a simple Scot.
I’m honest, I never thought he’d grow to have such an influence on the team 3- 4 years ago. I’ve always preferred JOS for his versatility, though his passing remains abysmal.
Anyway, I still don’t think Fletcher can single-handedly dominate the midfield like Keano used to do, he just lacks a certain air about him. He’s got about 2 years before he hits the age in which Keano was irreplaceable, so I hope he continues to go on and prove me wrong. But I no longer slag him off in front of TV as often as I used to, so that must mean he has become more and more consistent – though the infrequent loss of concentration or indecision still annoys me.