Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016 - Mod Note in OP, 13/9

Lord TSC

Well, that was an exciting summer. Let's hope everything kicks on now

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Mitch Connor

first... never follows.

alchemist33

Tonight, the second debut

#deuxbut






Wait, that sounds rude. The mods will be after me!

Lithium93_

First of many home wins this evening, José to make Old Trafford a fortress again.

ShooterSF

Dunno how I swung a Friday night off but can't wait!

Rossi IRL

Ibra hattrick, martial hattrick, pogba 6 assists.

I need ff points.

Mitch Connor

The other half is on nights tonight so a night of United and Destiny for me. Tis a tough life.

Polo_Mint

Football today - Holidays tomorrow

Woop Woop

Adamocovic

Lets start this on the right tone

bangkok

PogbaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAA

hufpc8w3adnk65

Our soccer season kicks off tonight! As in my first game of the season is tonight at 7:30. Disaster!

Toobz

Mmmmm, new thread smell

Hope we can give a thrashing to Southampton tonight and see this all over Facebook

DARK-KNIGHT

Pogba is God move over ibra

Jayop

This will be an unbeaten thread. I can feel it.

Adamocovic

Jayop wrote: »

This will be an unbeaten thread. I can feel it.

Well there's the kiss of death anyway, Southampton to win now :pac:

Jayop

Adamocovic wrote: »

Well there's the kiss of death anyway, Southampton to win now :pac:

On page 1 too.

Lithium93_

Mourinho's home record since he started in management 16 years ago..

Adamocovic

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Mourinho's home record since he started in management 16 years ago..

Yeah Mourinhos home record is brilliant and I hope he can replicate it for us. Would be brilliant.

Over the last few years with teams getting results against us at home the players and fans a like had been going into matches believing they could get a result.

We need to bring it back to the times where teams didn't fancy coming away with anything from Old Trafford and it was a daunting task. Currently everything is in place for that to happen, I just hope it does, would be brilliant.

Jayop

I'm not doing the math on that but I think SSN said last night he's maintained at least an 80% home win record through his career.

Lithium93_

Adamocovic wrote: »

Yeah Mourinhos home record is brilliant and I hope he can replicate it for us. Would be brilliant.

Over the last few years with teams getting results against us at home the players and fans a like had been going into matches believing they could get a result.

We need to bring it back to the times where teams didn't fancy coming away with anything from Old Trafford and it was a daunting task. Currently everything is in place for that to happen, I just hope it does, would be brilliant.

Brilliant is right just looking at it, makes me confident for the rest of the season ahead, the fear factor left when Ferguson called it a day, but José will bring that back and bring back the fortress feel/make the opposition afraid of coming to Old Trafford again as well..

Jayop

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Brilliant is right just looking at it, makes me confident for the rest of the season ahead, the fear factor left when Ferguson called it a day, but José will bring that back and bring back the fortress feel/make the opposition afraid of coming to Old Trafford again as well..

If we can win ~80% of our home games then that's 46 points at home this season. Add 17% draws and that's 49 points at home.

Recent points that would have been enough to win the league

15/16 - 72
14/15 - 80
13/14 - 85
12/13 - 79

So 85 points would win the league any of the last 4 seasons. That would leave us needing another 36 points from away games and we've already got 3 of them.

So assuming Jose keeps his home stats as impressive as they have been and there's no reason to think he won't do we need to win 12 games away from home to win.

crkball6

Jayop wrote: »

If we can win ~80% of our home games then that's 46 points at home this season. Add 17% draws and that's 49 points at home.

Recent points that would have been enough to win the league

15/16 - 72
14/15 - 80
13/14 - 85
12/13 - 79

So 85 points would win the league any of the last 4 seasons. That would leave us needing another 36 points from away games and we've already got 3 of them.

So assuming Jose keeps his home stats as impressive as they have been and there's no reason to think he won't do we need to win 12 games away from home to win.

May aswell just present us with the league trophy tonight! :pac:

Harry Palmr

WTF? How long was the previous one open 3, 4 weeks? :eek: Maybe I'm losing touch with time like an old person....!

Jayop

crkball6 wrote: »

May aswell just present us with the league trophy tonight! :pac:

There's a lot of "ifs" in that post of mine, but you can certainly see how we could do it. Two things Jose has always been good at in my memory have been beating almost everyone at home and beating the teams you expect to beat away. If you do that then you'll be close to the title.

jaykay74

Scoring in the first half at home... That'd be weird. Not used to it

Manutd_4life

Is there highlights showing on the TV after tonights game.

Unfortunately I'm gonna miss it due to a fcuking family dinner........fml

Jayop

Manutd_4life wrote: »

Is there highlights showing on the TV after tonights game.

Unfortunately I'm gonna miss it due to a fcuking family dinner........fml

I'd say MUTV will show it at midnight.


Edit: Actually no, but it's on Sky Sports 1. FNF- Man Utd v Southampton Hlts
Sky Sports 1 Sat 20th Aug, 12:15am

xtal191

Sign him up

https://twitter.com/AntoGriezmann/status/766673279960682496

Call Me Jimmy

Be interesting to see how he does this season after such a stinker last year. It's mad that most of his home losses came last year as well.

Jayop

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Be interesting to see how he does this season after such a stinker last year. It's mad that most of his home losses came last year as well.

Never lost a home game at Chelsea his first time there.

RobertKK

xtal191 wrote: »

Sign him up

https://twitter.com/AntoGriezmann/status/766673279960682496

I think we sign Griezmann in 2017 to replace Rooney.

MUTV just showed the press conference where Jose was aked to comment on Paul Parker's comments that Rooney is overweight and only in the team for commercial reasons.
Jose said he is "not paid to comment on comments of people paid to comment."

Anyway, I think Rooney is in his last season and Griezmann replaces him next summer.

Adamocovic

RobertKK wrote: »

I think we sign Griezmann in 2017 to replace Rooney.

MUTV just showed the press conference where Jose was aked to comment on Paul Parker's comments that Rooney is overweight and only in the team for commercial reasons.
Jose said he is "not paid to comment on comments of people paid to comment."

Anyway, I think Rooney is in his last season and Griezmann replaces him next summer.

To be honest Mourinho doesn't strike me as a manager who would select a player unless they were part of his plans. Also comes across as a manager who doesn't see anyone as undroppable, from his actions in his past, so if a player doesn't perform they won't be picked.

Now if people think that this isn't true and claim Mourinho only starts certain players based on fan, media and commercial opinions I would be far more worried about Mourinho as a manager than the players being selected.

But as I said Jose has shown in the past that he won't start a player unless they are part of his plans and won't continue to pick them unless they perform the tasks asked of them.

bangkok

xtal191 wrote: »

Sign him up

https://twitter.com/AntoGriezmann/status/766673279960682496

A year is a long time in football, maybe we won't need him next season.

IamtheWalrus

That Pogba/Henry interview is a bit cringy. Pogba comes across well, likeable but Henry makes it hard to watch. Too much BBC-like pally banter.

yermandan

Rachel effing Riley.. Jaysus

Mitch Connor

Pogba apparently on the bench with only change being Mkhitaryan coming in for Mata. None of Smalling, Jones or Memphis on the bench.

Surprised Smalling hasn't come back into the squad, on the bench, if the team news is true.

Rossi IRL

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Pogba apparently on the bench with only change being Mkhitaryan coming in for Mata. None of Smalling, Jones or Memphis on the bench.

Surprised Smalling hasn't come back into the squad, on the bench, if the team news is true.

Well thats me fecked.

Wont win the jersey in the team predictor.

Points from Pogs gone on ff (starting the weekend with -12 after making subs)

yermandan

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Well thats me fecked.

Wont win the jersey in the team predictor.

Points from Pogs gone on ff (starting the weekend with -12 after making subs)

Nah man he will play, and will have an impact

IamtheWalrus

I'm trying yet failing to uncurl my toes from the embarrassment of Sky's coverage so far. £6.99 tis costing me!

Adamocovic

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Pogba apparently on the bench with only change being Mkhitaryan coming in for Mata. None of Smalling, Jones or Memphis on the bench.

Surprised Smalling hasn't come back into the squad, on the bench, if the team news is true.

I got my hopes up a little overthinking the way the jerseys were laid out in the dressing room. Had all the same starting 11 beside each other except only difference was Pogba in for Fellaini.

We'll get confirmation soon enough of the team anyway. Be interesting

Mitch Connor

Rossi IRL wrote: »

Well thats me fecked.

Wont win the jersey in the team predictor.

Points from Pogs gone on ff (starting the weekend with -12 after making subs)

team news is from@mufcshirts - might be wrong.

RobertKK

Pogba wants to win the league, the cups and the Europa League in his first season

adox

Wow Sky's coverage starting very early??
Will tune in from 7.

Adamocovic

United twitter teasing big time with a tweet saying team news in ten minutes then a picture of someone wearing a Pogba jersey :P

RobertKK

Jamie Carragher happy to see Pogba in the English league.

RobertKK

RobertKK wrote: »

Pogba wants to win the league, the cups and the Europa League in his first season

Great interview TBH

yermandan

Southampton manager is the inage of Johnny Giles

ShooterSF

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Great interview TBH

I couldn't hear it over my hatred for Henry unfortunately

yermandan

POGBA STARTS

adox

Herrera out. Only change.