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

Will I Amnt · 16-08-2014 09:21PM

dahat · 16-08-2014 09:37PM

syngindub wrote: »

Just throwing this out there.
I think john joe shelvey would be a good addition is replacement of Fellani.
He gets stuck in, he's only 22, English

He is an utter c u n t.... Dirty dog of a footballer.

RVN10 · 16-08-2014 09:43PM

Just watching MOTD again , what the absolute fcuk was blackett doing giving the ball back to swansea for the quick free , i think I missed this earlier , i mean thats football 101 jesus

16-08-2014 09:49PM

One thing I noticed in the build-up to the first Swansea goal was United having up to 6 players in Swansea's half while Swansea had the ball and their furthest players back were up with the centre circle. Despite that there was only one United player chasing and pressuring. Surely it's mental to play that high-up and that compact without the ball without closing down the opposition?

LuckyLloyd · 16-08-2014 09:50PM

Utd can / will do better than Shelvey in the coming two weeks but - as it stands right now - he wouldn't be out of place in that squad given the current midfield options.

LuckyLloyd · 16-08-2014 09:52PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

One thing I noticed in the build-up to the first Swansea goal was United having up to 6 players in Swansea's half while Swansea had the ball and their furthest players back were up with the centre circle. Despite that there was only one United player chasing and pressuring. Surely it's mental to play that high-up and that compact without the ball without closing down the opposition?

Football 101: if you want to play high you press; if you don't want to press get deep and compact. I'm sure Van Gaal will sort it.

Hank Scorpio · 16-08-2014 09:56PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Football 101: if you want to play high you press; if you don't want to press get deep and compact. I'm sure Van Gaal will sort it.

Can't you take your incredible knowledge elsewhere, us mere mortals in the United thread aren't worthy

LuckyLloyd · 16-08-2014 09:57PM

nuxxx wrote: »

Can't you take your incredible knowledge elsewhere, us mere mortals in the United thread aren't worthy

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Harry Palmr · 16-08-2014 09:58PM

Effortless condensation!

irishfeen · 16-08-2014 10:02PM

So how can David Moyes get the blame for this one?

sReq | uTeK · 16-08-2014 10:02PM

RVN10 wrote: »

Just watching MOTD again , what the absolute fcuk was blackett doing giving the ball back to swansea for the quick free , i think I missed this earlier , i mean thats football 101 jesus

Seen him kick it back and was like WTF

RVN10 · 16-08-2014 10:14PM

What worry's me after today , was Moyes the problem at the club or is it the way we are being run? we've two players to replace 4 , with all the money Woodward is bringing us in commercially he has done absolute sod all with it. Mata was signed to appease us the fans but he has a tendency to disappear for e.g. today. All this revenue will mean sh1t if we don't improve the team with some players , need someone like Di Maria to show we have it in us and even vidal.

Pro. F · 16-08-2014 10:20PM

irishfeen wrote: »

So how can David Moyes get the blame for this one?

Would you ever stop. Moyes was a disaster. He was awful in the job and your defending him to the death was ridiculous.

He's gone now and if you start trying to use any loss as proof that Moyes wasn't utterly shíte as the United manager you will only make yourself look like an idiot.

kryogen · 16-08-2014 10:23PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

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Bit sore from the result I would imagine, doesn't see the post/poster, just the club allegience

J. Marston · 16-08-2014 10:23PM

@UtdReport

David Moyes has confirmed that he wanted Bale & Ronaldo at #mufc & that he was very close to a few 'major signings'. [via @MailSport]

Lord TSC · 16-08-2014 10:25PM

Glancing over the Moyes interview...strikes me he is in a lovely position where he can promise the moon and stars now he doesn't have to actually deliver anything...

kryogen · 16-08-2014 10:26PM

Lord TSC wrote: »

Glancing over the Moyes interview...strikes me he is in a lovely position where he can promise the moon and stars now he doesn't have to actually deliver anything...

Wouldn't even be interested in reading it at all, completely irrelevant at this point.

Blatter · 16-08-2014 10:29PM

Lord TSC wrote: »

Glancing over the Moyes interview...strikes me he is in a lovely position where he can promise the moon and stars now he doesn't have to actually deliver anything...

He comes across very well due to the questions asked and the way the article was written. But then again he was always going to, he wouldn't have done the interview if that wasn't going to be the case.

twam2008 · 16-08-2014 10:32PM

Lord TSC wrote: »

Glancing over the Moyes interview...strikes me he is in a lovely position where he can promise the moon and stars now he doesn't have to actually deliver anything...

In fairness to him though, he was in an impossible situation, one of the biggest teams in the league comes calling you don't say no and I'm imagining things were in pretty bad shape when he arrived, situation was way too big for him though, saying that I think it would always have been too big for him, but do feel sorry for him, but think he can turn it around quick enough, Stoke job would be perfect for him.

Nalz · 16-08-2014 10:34PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Friendly reminder that MOTD starts in 15 mins for those who need to catch highlights.

Careful now or I will share that video I have of you losing it in the Aviva two years ago behind the goal at that obnoxious drunk guy

oh and

irishfeen · 16-08-2014 10:37PM

Pro. F wrote: »

Would you ever stop. Moyes was a disaster. He was awful in the job and your defending him to the death was ridiculous.

He's gone now and if you start trying to use any loss as proof that Moyes wasn't utterly shíte as the United manager you will only make yourself look like an idiot.

Ha ha it was only a joke - Moyes was a disaster your right but today was a disaster too... LVG will turn things round, of that I have no doubt but things might get worse before they get better if talent is not signed.

LostBoy101 · 16-08-2014 10:39PM

Lord TSC wrote: »

Daniel Taylor saying club has denied He is flying over.....

Which means it's on so.

Nalz · 16-08-2014 10:40PM

Think I might buy some of the fancy flavoured popcorn for when Homer gets back posting on this thread after todays game. Ya know the ones...you get them in tesco. They're like sour cream and chives or something like that.

LuckyLloyd · 16-08-2014 10:47PM

Trilla wrote: »

Careful now or I will share that video I have of you losing it in the Aviva two years ago behind the goal at that obnoxious drunk guy

oh and

Bit creepy that you keep bringing that up, just a little strange at a certain stage.

adox · 16-08-2014 10:53PM

Thank **** I'm still on holidays.

Didn't see the game.

Laughable at this stage that there's been no signings.

Still watching space.

Copper_pipe · 16-08-2014 11:02PM

J. Marston wrote: »

Moyes on transfers: "It’s been well documented that we wanted Fabregas, Bale and Ronaldo. There was talk of Ronaldo when I arrived." #MUFC

Son Of A Vidic · 16-08-2014 11:06PM

Larry Wildman wrote: »

There is another possibility...

That Van Gaal is a spoofer and a charlatan just looking for one last big pay day.

A spoofer who only last month, led a very unfancied Dutch team to third place in the World Cup. Now that's one impressive spoofer imo.

kryogen · 16-08-2014 11:07PM

Far more likely Larry "Vidal is signing this Friday" is a spoofer in fairness

Al Capwned · 16-08-2014 11:08PM

I'm well and truly off the positivity couch.

I was worried that the results pre-season were against inferior opposition or not at full competitive match pace, and that fear that we aren't as good as those results may infer have been realised.

I'm baffled. Really am surprised that an organisation as big as United, that have people that are experts in the game can not have realised that there is a great big gaping hole in our midfield, that there is a dire need for a centre back, that we have zero left back cover.

Mistakes were made last season, yes. Both in the summer transfer window and in the appointment of a manager that wasn't up to the job. I really hope that those mistakes in the transfer window are not going to be repeated, and I find it impossible to believe that a man of van Gaal's experience, knowledge and standing in the game was not fully aware of the issues that need addressing BEFORE the official announcement of his appointment.

So where does that leave us? Is it because we HAVE targeted players that aren't interested in coming to Manchester for whatever reason? Is the whole no CL football thing an issue? Are the Glazers to blame? Is Ed Woodward to blame?

None of us can really answer this definitively, we're all gonna have our own opinions as to what happens, but one thing is for sure: it's human nature for people to look for someone to blame, someone to target if these now blatantly essential signings aren't completed. That someone is inevitably going to be Ed Woodward, and I suppose that goes with the territory of his job.

I'm worried.

twam2008 · 16-08-2014 11:08PM

I'm hoping that's sarcasm Larry.

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