VIDEO: Tosic Scores Skillful Goal For Serbia

Talk abt speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed!!!!

That’s weird. I looked everywhere and the scoreboard said it’s Milan Jovanovic who scored and not Tosic. Who screwed up here?

He deserves a chance given Nani has been less than inspiring – still again always

Nice finish!!! If we are not going to give this kid a chance, we may as well get rid of. Seems to have pace and skill, needs to bulk up a bit.

I feel so sorry for Tosic, Fergie knew his size before he bought him, he isn’t going to be able to ‘bulk up’ and why should he the man is doing nothing wrong, he was fantastic in pre-season and a regular in his national team where he is never over rawed, if he is big enough for the national team, he should be big enough for at least a space on the bench, he is the most skilful player Utd has now Ronaldo is gone, our Benayoun, the guy is made for champions league and can’t even get into a squad of 25. Fergie has got this one wrong and Tosic won’t wait around for much longer. PLAY HIM FERGIE.

Personally, If he can play well in internationals then he should be at least good enough for a place on the bench. He’s clearly too good for Championship level football and yes, although physically he isn’t the biggest, Technique and ability wise there aren’t many at United better than him. Probably our best set piece taker too.

Great finish by the way and good morning.

I have to agree with King Eric – I can’t see Tosic getting much time. I wouldn’t say he’s our most skillful player either, sabian24 (that accolade goes to Berba or Ando, maybe even Obertan), but he’s definitely a great set-piecer. Even then, he has to get past the likes of Giggsy (left-peg), Hargreaves (right-peg) and to a lesser extent Rooney, Ando and Nani before he can establish himself as the free-kick specialist.

I also doubt that he’ll be able to bounce off Premier League defenders and get away with it the way he did off the Lithuanian defender, as tidy as the finish was. Competition for places is always good, but when you’re a peripheral figure even in the Reserves, you’ve got to ask yourself if you’re going to make it at all (let alone to the First Team bench).

Great goal. Would love to see more first team action from Tosic.

Tosic may not be amazing, but given the depressing state of our midfield, I don’t see why he isn’t at least on the bench.

Tosic should be given a chance against Barnsley along with the other youngsters.

Have to agree with pjch.

We’re in desperate need of a silky/creative midfielder. All are midfielders are above average in they’re all round game but none are paticularly exceptional. No real ball winning, hard hitting, holding midfielder. No one to challenge and win every aerial battle. A Keane, Viera, Gattuso, Makelele, Essien or Effenberg kind of player. Who’s are hardest midfielder? Fletcher maybe, but he’s not exactly a heavy weight. Hargreeves hopefully can take this role, and he can play a bit as well which is bonus. He did it for England for long enough.
In regards to a silky/creative midfielder, no-one really jumps out for me. Giggs is playing out of his skin at the moment and it’s a credit to him, but more often than not over the last few seasons he’s been poor. Carrick can pass, given time, but as they say, ‘he doesn’t like it up ‘em’. Put him under pressure and he flaps. Ando’s promising but it’s gradual rather than immediate. Scholes can control games against the lesser teams like nobody in the premiership. A genuine master but in the big games, you feel he’s always one tackle away from a red card. Gibson’s just breaking through and Possebon in away. No players that can really make a game their own. Compare that with many teams and overall it could well be up there, but who would make a starting XI in any of the top European sides? No one is world class. No-one. No players likes of Xavi, Gerard, Iniesta, Kaka, Lampard, Modric, Diego, Fabregas, Sneijder, Pirlo.

Wingers? Valencia – best crosser in the league. No doubt. Pace, skill. Not enough penetration just yet, but hopefully that’ll come as i think it’s a belief thing. Nani? – flashes of hope overshadowed by anxiety and subsequently, mediocrity. No good enough. Park – great player to have in any squad. Not a man really known though for his one on ones and ability to get round the back. More a link up man who likes to cut inside and make late runs into the box. Obertan will maybe bring something, but an unknown quantity and Tosic doesn’t seem to be cutting much delph. That’s it folks. That’s the entire midfield of Manchester United.
I understand Fergie doesn’t want to pay over the odds and respect it. But it’s an area that needs attention. He might have to wait until the summer though. With any luck Ljajic will be as good as i’m hearing but he’s just turned 18.

Another striker is essential as well. If anything happens to Rooney, we’re in trouble and we know it. He must stay fit. Also Berbtov’s starting to really impress me. His attitude is top notch. He’s undoubtedly the most silky player in the league and he’s starting to get a bit of bite to his game. Knocking them in always helps though. Owen will hopefully come good, but you know I say that more in hope than expectation. The young boys are still pretty much unknow quantities at the highest level. It’s not enough to get through a season. Two world class strikers, another one in Owen (form and fitness permitting) and a couple of young boys coming through.

So we could do with a holding midfielder of the highest order, but will settle for what we have at the moment(not a priority), a playmaker
I think he should go for Modric personally. Jovetic seems like a diamond.
And maybe a David Silva on the wing.

I’d settle for that right now.

Consistency is the only problem with the midfield. The way we decimated Spurs is a sign of what happens when we really gel. Ando and Carrick have spurts of class, but are just all over the shop right now. Have no idea whether or not they’ll turn up.

About Tosic: I agree he’s too lightweight. He did well to stay on his feet and it was a well taken finish, but he almost bounced off that defender. Can’t see him being able to stand strong against PL centre halves. He’s at best a cup player, and even that to me seems like a season away. (That said, he was quality for the reserves a couple of weeks back)

To really assess the quality of these youngsters, they need to be played alongside at least 9 of the usual starters. If they fail, then …

I wish Fletcher was Irish – Of course it’s Tosic. Not the number 14 though that the camera first pans to after the goal. Tosic scored the goal.

King Eric, we don’t have a goal scoring midfielder. Not in the centre or not on the wing. Not one!!!! Why not? This should have been addressed. If Rooney’s injured, we’re in trouble. Fergie needs back up in Jan or I honestly think we’ll struggle.

Lampards only scored one so far. Gerrard a couple.

King Eric:
Scholes- Old. Good, but old.
Ando- Inconsistant
Nani- Inconsistant
Valencia- Impressed in the preseason but hasn’t really wowed us yet
Giggs- Old. Still brilliant, but what does it say about the team when we’re depending so heavily on a 35-year-old?
Obertan- Hasn’t played for us yet
Carrick- Useless lately imo
Fletch- Quality
Hargreaves- Surgery on both knees. There’s no guarantee that he’ll ever be back to 100% and even if he does play, there’s no guarantee that he’s still as good as he was.

They’re not completely shit, but I don’t think we can compete with the big teams with a midfield like that. During the Arsenal match, we were outplayed for 90 minutes. Yes, we got the result, but the match itself was far from encouraging. Imo, Cris’ presence covered up an otherwise mediocre midfield last season, which is why Barca ran the game for 80 minutes. Our strikers and back line are just as good as theirs, but their midfield is full of extraordinary talents and ours didn’t compare. Now that Ronaldo’s gone, we don’t stand a chance against teams like that.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=236573&cc=3436
amazingly, one of the world’s most reliable soccer news networks got the name of the goals scorer, and his resulting stats, wrong.
I hope to see Z.T and G.O on the wings in the first team.

“If they’re good enough their old enough”

looking at the way he just bounced of the defender before scoring, i think tosic’s gonna be a pinball(literally) in the premier league =(

King Eric- We did have an off day but it’s not fair to take away the credit Barca deserve. They won everything else too, so it’s not like the CL win was a fluke. Our midfield was good enough to compete until we came up against a side with as good strikers and back line as us, the difference was the quality in midfield. Iniesta was injured too, btw, and he still got them to the final and played well for 92 minutes, then had to take almost 3 months to heal.

I have to admire you King Eric defending the team as you do. We are all Utd supporters and want the best for the team and for us to win number 19 at least. Unfortunately I like many others think our midfield is not as good as it was or should be. Also the midfield were totally outclassed against Barca and I don’t think Fletch would have made a difference. Just read that we will be without Rooney against Bolton. Also Berba is a doubt too. I wonder who will be up front to score the goals this weekend with Owen not quite ready. Will be interesting to see the team sheet (especially with the CL on Wednesday) and I hope it doesn’t come back to bite the team when we have £80m sitting there.