Manchester United Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 12/13

While I am a big fan of Mourinho and his achievements, one thing that would stick in the craw should be become United boss is his association with and affinity for Chelsea. He will be forever associated with the Terry/Cole/Lampard/Drogba era and that doesn't sit well with me.

Jose is the only option, the only one with the personality to replace SAF. Lets not make the mistakes that Liverpool have made or United made when Busby left.

We need the special one.

Let Solskjaer take a job at Wigan or Blackpool and do well there and maybe he could be considered.

Jame Gumb wrote: »

I would not like to see Guardiola take over. I'd question his actual coaching and managerial ability as in my view Barca's success is more about a uniquely gifted group of players and less about him. No doubt I'll be castigated for that view.

And rightly so. Guardiola took over a group of players in disarray, turfed out some of the mainstays of the Rijkaarrd era and the biggest personalities in the squad like Ronaldinho and Deco, remodelled Xavi from a player that saying something this was even possible to contemplate into one of the greatest midfield orchestrators of all time:



He also presided over not only the development of many of this amazing generation of Barcelona players (and the bunch now beginning to come through like Alcantera and Tello) at underage level in his time as B manager, but also managed their transition to the senior squad and the presided over the development of the likes of Iniesta and Messi into behemoths of the game.

Check yourself before you wreck yourself yo - everything Barcelona have done well in the last five years has Pep's stamp all over it.

This article sums up Pep pretty damn well if you ask me, was published in FourFourTwo last Summer. It's a great read but I'll not copy and paste as it's quite long.

Xavi wrote:

We were just back from winning the Euros with Spain and instantly I could sense a different atmosphere, new standards and much more emphasis on getting fit. I recall saying to [Andres] Iniesta, ‘We’d better hop on this train or it’ll pass us by.

i think players who played in the premier league for the last while will see moyes has earned respect. ok he doesnt have much exposure to europe but i dont think that should matter. it was guardiolas first managers job. i also think the comments about what has he won as a player is also a bit stupid cause it doesnt matter what they won as a player they could have won everything as a player and make a poor manager and could have won very little and be great managers. we dont have the same kinda players who have a complete lack of respect like the chelsea players did with AVB. ferguson has drilled respect into them and the chelsea players were bigged up too much by mourinho as the untouchables as he called them giving them big heads and too much power.

i never want to see mourinho manage united cause he is a disgrace to football. his antics are disgusting and the way he has dragged must teams he has managed through the dirt and he is the last person i want to see in charge of us. sure he wins but at what cost? he also attacts the kinda scummy players i dont want at united. and does not have a good track record with young players getting a go.

as for pep i have a feeling he will be at chelsea by the end of the season.

homerjay2005 wrote: »

Evra at CB??? good lord....whats the point of that, at all?

surely if he doesnt want to play Carrick there, then its got to be

Rafael Vidic Wooten Evra.

thats our best available back 4 at the moment, no doubt at all. whats the point in having young players if your not going to play them during an injury crisis.

unless he is planning on playing Vidic, Carrick Evra as a back 3 with Valencia and Giggs as attacking full backs.

Agreed re Wooton

Whilst I (largely) think they were wrong, we don't want to replicate the whole Pogba, Fryers thing again. Can you blame Wooton if he was disappointed tomorrow at not playing a role?

He played well pre-season apparently.
We have only one fit first choice CB.
We are playing at home.
Fulham are good but no world beaters.
Carrick got a bit of a runaround on Monday and is needed elsewhere....

If not tomorrow, then when?? ... (and dont say League Cup or whatever its called now..he would be playing in a weakened team then anyways)

Pep Guardiola hijacking the thread again. I'm already sick of him. Think I'll skip the next ten pages.

glad to see Fryers didnt get his move to spurs and is off to standard liege

Heading to OT via Pool. Lets av a good result tomorrow. Cmon United!