Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Note in OP, 13/8

Crimson King wrote: »

I know Sky disabled Airplay last season for iPads, the Sky Go app does not work unless you buy a third party app.

If you have a PC, laptop or Macbook you could stream it on there and use an App called 'Air Parrot' which works with Apple TV. All depends on what devices you are using etc.

Will defo work on iPads and support airplay to Apple TV. I signed up for it for the US games and was delighted to find it worked on both so had the match streaming on my ipad and then used airplay to Apple TV to watch it on my plasma.

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Yes, this has been the woodward out sides arguement for the last 3 weeks.


Its ridiculous and I believe they look immature.

Well in fairness I’d love to see the lads annual review from last year:

Hit net income target with revenue increasing X% - check
Grew commercial revenues by X% with siging of XX number of new “partner” agreements – check
Negotiated new shirt sponsorship and kit deals for £50M+ a year - check

Ensured long term success of business model through maintaining strenght of first team playing squad – not achieved
Backfilled senior management roles with competent staff who will build on achievements of previous role holders – not achieved in 2013/14 season.

Overall Ed had achieved the short term goals of the business by hitting net income target and growing non match day revenues. However Ed needs to focus on medium to long term sustainability of the business by ensuring investment in the primary product, the football team, is sufficiently robust to grow the business long term. Ed has shown strong leadership in dealing with under performing senior management (albeit at a significant cost) and needs to ensure their replacement is sufficiently managed to ensure a repeat of this performance is not tolerated.

Adamcp898 wrote: »

I mean the season starts then, not on September 2 and all of our rivals have managed to strengthen their squad and move (further) ahead of us by now and look fairly settled.

but that ignores the fact that our rivals have had the same management team in place all year, while our manager started just last month. A delay in transfer business was the price of getting van Gaal

Cookiemunster wrote: »

But we're not playing any rivals in the first 2 months of the season. We have the 3 promoted teams plus Sunderland and West Ham in the first 5 games. We should be winning these even with the current squad. That's why I'm not bothered about early signings. There are still 20 days left of the window.

So we're fine with the attitude of ''Sure we'd beat them with half a squad, they're only wee teams''?

That's a million miles away from properly preparing.

RayCun wrote: »

but that ignores the fact that our rivals have had the same management team in place all year, while our manager started just last month. A delay in transfer business was the price of getting van Gaal

I agree, it's certainly a factor, but I still don't see why it's unacceptable to think that we could have been further on in terms of players in/out than we are now based solely on that.

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

By the way, O Jogo's front page claims we have made a €20m offer for Marcos Rojo. A centre-back who played left back for Argentina in the World Cup and had a good tournament.

I'd be happy with that.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/man-united-have-made-a-e20m-bid-for-sporting-left-back-marcos-rojo-o-jogo/

this seems to be gathering pace now. Southampton had a £9m bid turned down last week, i wonder would that have been accepted had the rumoured United bids not been in the pipeline?

i dont know enough about him to comment apart from the few games i seen him play during the summer - he looks decent, but again is mainly left sided - think however he is more comfortable at CB than Blind.

homerjay2005 wrote: »

this seems to be gathering pace now. Southampton had a £9m bid turned down last week, i wonder would that have been accepted had the rumoured United bids not been in the pipeline?

i dont know enough about him to comment apart from the few games i seen him play during the summer - he looks decent, but again is mainly left sided - think however he is more comfortable at CB than Blind.

He's got no right foot. Could we get him and Valencia on each wing?

We should all relax until the second of September unless we don't get 9 points in the games of course :pac:

I think business will be done at some point in the next few weeks and we will bring in 2 or 3 players, stupid leaving it so late again but if it gets done there will be no complaints

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

I think business will be done at some point in the next few weeks and we will bring in 2 or 3 players

i think this is the general expectations of 90% of our fans, but every passing day starts to raise our desperation levels and i believe that on deadline day this year, we will be panicing into signing a player or 2 which should never have been allowed to materialise after last year.

i expected Vermaelen in before now (not that i wanted him i have to add) though so my cautious optimism i had for transfers a few weeks back is now turning to extremely cautious. a player before Saturday would certainly help raise the mood as the initial euphoria about Moyes out/LVG in/Preseason/shaw/Herrera has started to die down considerably.

the things that do make me confident of players coming in, is down to the following -

LVG has said the squad is "broken" and unbalanced.
he has said that he needs defenders.
he has said that we lack wingers.
it looks like he has identified a need for a center half.
i believe he is also closely monitoring Vidal.
we should be in a position to attract players with him on board now and we have a huge gap in our wage bill which means we can attract players with the right cash - its sad it has to come to that, but so be it - we are in a desperate state now this late in the window.

now, whether or not the club can deliver on LVGS needs is another thing, though i think that players coming in now will be have some links to LVG thus should be easier to close quicker than last year.

homerjay2005 wrote: »

my cautious optimism i had for transfers a few weeks back

*checks homerjays posts from 3 weeks back
*laughs

M!Ck^ wrote: »

I hope so, I'm starting to get edgy.

A reported bid for Rojo this morning. He was good at WC but I would prefer an attempt to sign a central defender. Hmm

Is he not a central defender?

DM-ICE wrote: »

Van Gaal wants to look at his players, that could well include a wish to see them in a competitive game (or two) to see what he needs before the window shuts.

Ah, wondered when it would change to that. It began with "he needs to look at the players", now we have went past the pre-season games to "he needs to see the players in competitive games". I eagerly await "The players deserve a season under the new manager".

Lord TSC wrote: »

Lads, with the official stream, does anyone know if it works on iPads and thus also on Airplay?

Would love to get it on my TV tonight rather than my laptop. Anyone use an AppleTV with the other games?

If your laptop and TV both have HDMI connections you could simply use your TV as the screen.

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Seriously? Rio, Evra, Macheda, Vidic, Bebe already gone. The other players who are going were only told when they got back from the US. You can't just get rid of players under contract. Someone has to want to sign them.

Fair point but I was referring to the midfield. It was a given that Rio, Vidic etc would go.