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Manchester United Superthread 2014 mod warning #8081

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  • #3992
    redzerdrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭redzerdrog


    glued wrote: »
    With our current players
    DDG
    Jones Smalling Evans
    Rafael
    Buttner
    Cleverley Carrick
    Mata
    Januzaj
    RVP

    will.gif

    But when ye sign Kroos, Reus, Vidal, Hummels and Shaw it should work out better for ye


  • #3993
    user2011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,071 ✭✭✭user2011


    redzerdrog wrote: »
    But when ye sign Kroos, Reus, Vidal, Hummels and Shaw it should work out better for ye

    Compare that to Lallana.. we'll be good redzer thanks


  • #3994
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,071 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    homerjay2005 wrote: »
    is it not actually a 3-5-2 though?

    never heard of it described as that before and considering we only actually have 3 centerbacks at the moment who are exceptionally injury proned, i cant see it ever working at United.

    A 5-3-2 would be without wing backs, and ultra defensive. A 3-5-2 can be very fluid if you have two good wing-backs.

    In a lot of systems, the 3rd CB is effectively a link between defence and midfield and helps orchestrate moves forward, not far removed from how Carrick can play for us at his best, where he'd operate in a defensive role but at the head of the 3 CBs behind the midfielders.

    Biggest deficiency though can be the gap between midfield and attack, and that would definitely not work with our current group


  • #3995
    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,134 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    redzerdrog wrote: »
    But when ye sign Kroos, Reus, Vidal, Hummels and Shaw it should work out better for ye


    Yeah they should all slip comfortably into our first 11 alright


  • #3996
    glued
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,446 ✭✭✭glued


    redzerdrog wrote: »
    But when ye sign Kroos, Reus, Vidal, Hummels and Shaw it should work out better for ye

    You forgot Ronaldo.


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  • #3997
    redzerdrog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭redzerdrog


    glued wrote: »
    You forgot Ronaldo.

    wouldn't suit the 3-5-2 system though so ye mightn't bother signing him


  • #3998
    glued
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,446 ✭✭✭glued


    redzerdrog wrote: »
    wouldn't suit the 3-5-2 system though so ye mightn't bother signing him

    Oh I dunno. Playing with Tom Cleverley is not an opportunity that can't be turned down.


  • #3999
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,775 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Owen Hargreaves says he believes the only sticking point over the move of Toni kroos to United is the transfer fee.


  • #4000
    glued
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,446 ✭✭✭glued


    RobertKK wrote: »
    Owen Hargreaves says he believes the only sticking point over the move of Toni kroos to United is the transfer fee.

    He said the other day that he doesn't know what's going on but he'd advise Kroos not to leave....

    He's a bit sour!


  • #4001
    Rayne Wooney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,134 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    Kanye-west-laugh.gif


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  • #4002
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,775 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    glued wrote: »
    He said the other day that he doesn't know what's going on but he'd advise Kroos not to leave....

    He's a bit sour!


    Yeah he said Kroos would be more suited to Arsenal, Barcelona or Real Madrid. He said he only moved to United because he wanted a new challenge, and for Kroos it would be the money but that he has also been at Bayern for a long time.

    I don't know how he thinks that Kroos would be better elsewhere, his passing ability is supreme, the best at Bayern last season, 92% for the season.

    He would set up a lot of goals with his long pass accuracy.


  • #4003
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,996 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    When everyone is running with a story, you get the most attention by going in the other direction. Fowler with LVG and Hargreaves with Kroos know this, and are getting the attention they wouldn't if they simply agreed and said it was a good fit.


  • #4004
    NTMK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,575 ✭✭✭NTMK


    why do people listen to Hargreaves? he's an insanely bitter man that procedded to blame united for his injury troubles and claimed city had rehabilitated him, he played a total of 4 games for city


  • #4005
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Shame it went that way for Hargreaves, he could at least have been remembered fondly for his contributions in 07-08 if he had not spouted such ****e after he left


  • #4006
    user2011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,071 ✭✭✭user2011


    kryogen wrote: »
    Shame it went that way for Hargreaves, he could at least have been remembered fondly for his contributions in 07-08 if he had not spouted such ****e after he left

    My lasting memory of him will be what he has said off the pitch then what he has done on it :(


  • #4007
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,338 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    He was super in 08 CL final. Fine Peno too.

    EVENFLOW



  • #4008
    Al Capwned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭Al Capwned


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    He was super in 08 CL final. Fine Peno too.

    Just going to say exactly this..


  • #4009
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,338 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Al Capwned wrote: »
    Just going to say exactly this..

    That Free Kick against Arsenal that season was huge goal. He was very good that season.

    Seeing him in flesh his positioning sense was super.

    EVENFLOW



  • #4010
    ElChe32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,690 ✭✭✭ElChe32


    Cracking free kick that season v Arsenal too if I remember right?


  • #4011
    Al Capwned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭Al Capwned


    I was always a fan of his tbh. We would have been a lot stronger with a fit and on form Hargreaves and that's for sure...

    But I have to agree that his comments after he left were bang out of order. I'm a bit "meh" about him now...


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  • #4012
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    It is that type of stuff I wish I thought of when he came to mind


  • #4013
    user2011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,071 ✭✭✭user2011


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    That Free Kick against Arsenal that season was huge goal. He was very good that season.

    Seeing him in flesh his positioning sense was super.

    That's how I would like to remember him by but his mouth is not letting this happen imo. But of the football he has played this would be the stand out for me.


  • #4014
    Al Capwned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭Al Capwned


    The Arsenal free kick



  • #4015
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,338 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    The first time I saw him was at OT against Boro in a 4-1 win. Nani got a cracker.

    His positioning and awareness was super. Always there to receive a pass but in the right position to find space or make a run.

    Pity about injuries could have done with him in 2009.

    EVENFLOW



  • #4016
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Super free kick, and Ando dancing and waving at Lehmann to put him off made it a truly memorable moment :)


  • #4017
    Al Capwned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭Al Capwned


    kryogen wrote: »
    Super free kick, and Ando dancing and waving at Lehmann to put him off made it a truly memorable moment :)

    Lehmann's little hissy fit immediately after being rooted to his little hate-filled spot is soooooo sweet in that clip...


  • #4018
    ElChe32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,690 ✭✭✭ElChe32


    Lehmann was a complete nutter


  • #4019
    user2011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,071 ✭✭✭user2011


    Only watched the 07/08 season review the other day.

    Always thought Cole/Yorke where the best combo but Rooney/Ronaldo/Tevez interchanging f**king hell amazing stuff from them and only for Portsmouth it was nearly sure to be another treble on the records for us, f**king c**ts :p seriously blessed they were that day.


  • #4020
    Hococop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,741 ✭✭✭Hococop


    Al Capwned wrote: »
    The Arsenal free kick


    It always depresses me to see this the quality of talent we had during that season, I know we have won the pl a number of times after that season but you knew when we had that team we struck fear into our opponents not now where opponents thought they had a chance


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  • #4021
    scudzilla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,023 ✭✭✭✭scudzilla


    Happy Sunday, this makes me happy, All of Erics 82 goals for us :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj_0swSltDg


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