Manchester United Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12

Son Of A Vidic · 03-03-2012 7:06pm

kryogen wrote: »

Oddly enough we dont really "need" those two back though

Personally, I'd take Van Nistelrooy and Solskjaer over Hernandez and Welbeck any day.

Al Capwned · 03-03-2012 7:26pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

while on this topic, if we were to end the season today, who would be our player of the year?

Think de Gea would have a shout, but for me, I'd think it would have to be carrick - he had a bit of a shaky period before christmas, but I think overall, he's been our most consistent performer.

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 03-03-2012 8:11pm

https://twitter.com/#!/SimonPeach/status/175993698901962752/photo/1

Macheda's tweet when it was announced he wasn't in QPR squad today. Understandable that he's frustrated, but it's fairly retarded nonetheless!

MagicMarker · 03-03-2012 8:13pm

Why is he even still there? Can Utd not get him back? It's pointless him being there.

eugeneious · 03-03-2012 8:15pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

while on this topic, if we were to end the season today, who would be our player of the year?

Carrick, Valencia or Rooney for me.

FutureGuy · 03-03-2012 8:24pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

Why is he even still there? Can Utd not get him back? It's pointless him being there.

I feel sorry for him tbh. Would rather him recalled and playig in the reserves than doing nothing at QPR.

kmart6 · 03-03-2012 8:24pm

baz2009 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/#!/SimonPeach/status/175993698901962752/photo/1

Macheda's tweet when it was announced he wasn't in QPR squad today. Understandable that he's frustrated, but it's fairly retarded nonetheless!

I see he tweeted now that he's deleting his account...obviously got a bollocking from someone!

Cantona's Collars · 03-03-2012 8:33pm

kmart6 wrote: »

I see he tweeted now that he's deleting his account...obviously got a bollocking from someone!

The homophobic tweets didn't help either,better off out of QPR than wasting his time there.

Kylo Ren · 03-03-2012 8:34pm

Looks like he's off Twitter now. Would you say he'll be gone in the summer?

homerjay2005 · 03-03-2012 8:44pm

eugeneious wrote: »

Carrick, Valencia or Rooney for me.

ya, valencia is up there too. in terms of PL team of the year, with the voting being done around now, i dont think we will get anybody, but a strong 2 months from those 4 plus valencia would see one of them get our own POTY i would think..

massive 2 months ahead now, its where the leaders stand up and be counted. if we win tomorrow, i think we will win the league. im going for a 1-0 win, a late winner from somebody like jones or rafael.

Son Of A Vidic · 03-03-2012 9:23pm

FutureGuy wrote: »

I feel sorry for him tbh. Would rather him recalled and playig in the reserves than doing nothing at QPR.

Agree and he should have been pulled out as soon as Hughes arrived.

Mars Bar · 03-03-2012 9:26pm

Maybe there isn't a clause in his loan contract allowing the club to call him back?

In saying that, I'd be very surprised if the club allowed a clause like that seeing as it isn't a full season loan and there probably is no fee involved.

DM_7 · 03-03-2012 9:44pm

Macheda would be best advised to keep his head down and work hard.

He was involved in Hughes first few games.

I understand why he would be frustrated, 2nd season in a row for this kind of thing to happen but it wasn't a great idea to react like that.

Son Of A Vidic · 03-03-2012 9:48pm

Maybe it's a bit old school, but if I was the boss I'd ban all players from using Twitter. There is just too much potential for bullshít on it imo.

SirDelboy18 · 03-03-2012 9:50pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

its definately the second time, and actually could be the third. delighted for him, he has had 2 or 3 bad games, but overall i think he is prooving that he will be a top class keeper for years to come.

while on this topic, if we were to end the season today, who would be our player of the year?

impossible to pick, injuries have halted progress, Nani and Rooney wouldnt be far off it, likewise Phil Jones, but perhaps carrick would be the favourite?

impossible to predict anyway as nobody stands out. a funny thing that could happen is that we go on a win the league, yet have no player on official team of the year, though a big 2 or 3 weeks for rooney, nani, carrick or jones would change that.

Carrick for me hands down. Which makes it all the more frustrating to see him fail to get the recognition he deserved by being called up to that tosser Stuart Pierce's line up.

TheTownie · 03-03-2012 11:46pm

Utd apparently looking at Dede.

Sir Alex Ferguson is on the trail of one of South America's top prospects after receiving glowing form reports on emerging Brazil defender Dede.
Vasco da Gama's 23-year-old prospect hails from the same area of Rio de Janeiro as Manchester United twins Fabio and Rafael and has already been tipped by a rival club's manager to be the cornerstone of Brazil's back line at the next World Cup.
It is understood Ferguson has closely followed his progress in recent weeks and asked former United centre-back and current Brazil talent-spotter Jaap Stam to run the rule over him.

Only quoting a small extract as ye'er brains might explode otherwise..

Someone is going to buy this guy this summer me thinks, just a question of who.

Mars Bar · 03-03-2012 11:53pm

We have enough centre backs though. Unless Fergie sees Jones going to CM...

TheTownie · 04-03-2012 12:02am

Mars Bar wrote: »

We have enough centre backs though. Unless Fergie sees Jones going to CM...

You would think so but I wouldn't rule anything out all the same..

Mars Bar · 04-03-2012 12:05am

TheTownie wrote: »

You would think so but I wouldn't rule anything out all the same..

Yeah but our injuries all together doesn't happen all too often. Imagine how hard it is to keep them happy when they are almost all fit! If Rio wasn't in the picture then I could see why we might be buying another player...

G.K. · 04-03-2012 12:18am

Pretty sure this Dede is a full back, despite what the article says.

Mars Bar · 04-03-2012 12:21am

G.K. wrote: »

Pretty sure this Dede is a full back, despite what the article says.

Fingers crossed a LB...

Kylo Ren · 04-03-2012 12:22am

G.K. wrote: »

Pretty sure this Dede is a full back, despite what the article says.

Nope, CB.

Vic Vinegar · 04-03-2012 12:25am

G.K. wrote: »

Pretty sure this Dede is a full back, despite what the article says.

A quick browse on Wikipedia (which we all know is never ever wrong) says he's a CB.

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 04-03-2012 12:55am

G.K. wrote: »

Pretty sure this Dede is a full back, despite what the article says.

Listened to a Brazilian football podcast a few wees ago and they were raving about Dede being the best CB in Brazil, sounds like a great talent.

eugeneious · 04-03-2012 12:57am

G.K. wrote: »

Pretty sure this Dede is a full back, despite what the article says.

You may be thinking of Dodo who is a Brazilian LB...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Rodolfo_Pires_Ribeiro

Jimmy Iovine · 04-03-2012 1:19am

Supposedly Scholes is thinking of another year at OT.

Paul Scholes has signalled he may be ready to play on for a further season at Manchester United, according to Eric Harrison, the club's former youth team coach.

Scholes came out of retirement in January after ending his career at the close of last season, with the 37-year-old and United initially agreeing he would play on only until the end of the current campaign.

While Sir Alex Ferguson said on Friday there was no reason why the playmaker could not continue for another year, Scholes is yet to comment publicly on his plans. But Harrison, who coached the famous United youth team of Scholes, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham, Nicky Butt and the Neville brothers, told the Observer: "I talk to Paul reasonably often and I said to him when he started again: 'Paul, you can play another season.' He said: 'Do you think so?" I said: 'Yeah, I'm absolutely certain.' Because there's an old saying in football: 'You can't move as fast as the ball', and he makes the ball do the work.

"What happens with Paul, I think he likes somebody to tell him — not how good he is because he's been told that a million times — but for somebody to tell him he can go on longer. He still runs the game. When he came on against Manchester City [in his first game back in January] he completely ran the game. There were some great players against him, don't get me wrong [and] they could not get near him. When Xavi and [Andrés] Iniesta say he is as good as any midfield player in the world that is a compliment because they're not bad either.

"He has certainly changed his game but I think it's for the benefit of Manchester United because we certainly still need somebody who can control the ball."

On Friday, Ferguson said of Scholes playing on: "It's not something I've discussed with him but on the evidence of what we've seen I don't see why he shouldn't. When I said to him last year: 'You'll give me 25 to 30 games,' that wasn't enough for him in his opinion. But I think he may look at it differently now."