Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Note in OP, 25/08

ElChe32 · 21-08-2014 11:49AM

Must......resist......excitement...

The_Kew_Tour · 21-08-2014 11:49AM

LVG looks like he just seen a ghost in those picks.

Or just watching Young

TheTownie · 21-08-2014 11:50AM

xtal191 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SkySportsNewsHQ/status/502420877657800704

Tancredi thinks there a slight mistake there. Khedira rejected contract renewal, not asked to leave.

Tancredi Palmeri ‏@tancredipalmeri 2m
Correction. Ancelotti said: "Di Maria asked to be sold. Khedira rejected to renew his contract"

Coat22 · 21-08-2014 11:50AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2730752/Manchester-United-offer-Phil-Jones-improved-75-000-week-contract.html

Surely the most bizzarre story of the summer - how about earning the £50k a week he's on at the moment first?

Coat22 · 21-08-2014 11:51AM

TheTownie wrote: »

Rojo's first training

"See these f*cking balls - not as big as mine. Remember that yesh?"

"What the f*ck have I let myself in for???"

Lucas Hood · 21-08-2014 11:54AM

If we sign Di Maria I don't see a way to play both Rvp & Rooney.

MagicIRL · 21-08-2014 11:54AM

I want the ballsh in the back of the ****ing net on the weekend or elshe.

TheTownie · 21-08-2014 11:56AM

Plenty more training pics here.

Here are a few pics out of that lot

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MagicIRL · 21-08-2014 11:57AM

TheTownie wrote: »

"YOU'RE the Captain!?"

homerjay2005 · 21-08-2014 11:58AM

keane2097 wrote: »

Khedira is so underrated in this thread most of the time it's criminal.

really? i thought for the most part, people really rate him.

a player who has just won a world cup and a champions league (picked to start both finals even though he missed most of the season) says enough about him IMO.

perhaps not the best player to sign in terms of matching with herrera but overall, a really top quality player.

Nalz · 21-08-2014 11:59AM

that Ando pic pissed me off!

magnumbud · 21-08-2014 12:00PM

Lucas Hood wrote: »

If we sign Di Maria I don't see a way to play both Rvp & Rooney.

di maria played quite centrally last season so i would say a 442 diamond with him playing on the left of the diamond herrera on the right and mata on top behind the 2 of them. would required a DM signed to play at the bottom of the diamond but could work

homerjay2005 · 21-08-2014 12:01PM

Lucas Hood wrote: »

If we sign Di Maria I don't see a way to play both Rvp & Rooney.

Madrid were able to fit him, modric, Khedira, Benzema, bale and Ronaldo into the starting 11 for the CL final...

i am sure we can fit in Rooney and RVP, its mata that would be sacrificed. however, in a 4-2-3-1 we can fit in all 4, its the 2 thats the problem.

in a 4-3-3 (how madrid lined up) di maria played wide left of the 2, with Bale covering the other wing, but interchanging/floating with Ronaldo.

good players can/should be able to, play in more than one position.

MagicMarker · 21-08-2014 12:02PM

Is Ando even fit?

If he is I wouldn't mind seeing him and Herrera start on Sunday.

keane2097 · 21-08-2014 12:05PM

homerjay2005 wrote: »

really? i thought for the most part, people really rate him.

I always note with dismay a sort of "meh" tone about him from people in this part of the world.

Maybe my eyes are just drawn to the "I don't really rate him" posts disproportionately.

homerjay2005 wrote: »

a player who has just won a world cup and a champions league (picked to start both finals even though he missed most of the season) says enough about him IMO.

perhaps not the best player to sign in terms of matching with herrera but overall, a really top quality player.

Agree totally. Really improved Germany when he came back, and Real's actions around the ECL final are as ringing an endorsement as you'll see.

Possibly having two guys who are able to get up and back in midfield might not be the worst thing for United, could see Herrara and Khedira complementing each other although it would be the more standard thing to get a pure sitter in behind Herrera ok.

Mantis Toboggan · 21-08-2014 12:06PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

Is Ando even fit?

If he is I wouldn't mind seeing him and Herrera start on Sunday.

Are you having a laugh?

How people still this guy should be in the team is beyond me.
The guy will never start another game for the club.

J. Marston · 21-08-2014 12:08PM

Coat22 wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2730752/Manchester-United-offer-Phil-Jones-improved-75-000-week-contract.html

Surely the most bizzarre story of the summer - how about earning the £50k a week he's on at the moment first?

So not only do we seem to be accepting mediocrity, we're also rewarding it.

Adamocovic · 21-08-2014 12:09PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

Is Ando even fit?

If he is I wouldn't mind seeing him and Herrera start on Sunday.

Can't imagine him starting, might be given a chance of a run out due to Fellaini injury but seriously doubt he'll start. From the looks of things the he is still behind Fletcher, Herrera and Cleverly in terms of picking order.

Adamocovic · 21-08-2014 12:10PM

J. Marston wrote: »

So not only do we seem to be accepting mediocrity, we're also rewarding it.

I must be one of the few people who actually think Phil Jones is a good player. I see him as a longterm fixture in the defence and in most games I watch him he puts in great tackles and work rate.

Spazdarn · 21-08-2014 12:10PM

Fletcher I liked but he just doesn't have it in him anymore. No confidence in any of those players barring Herrera.

homerjay2005 · 21-08-2014 12:10PM

Coat22 wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2730752/Manchester-United-offer-Phil-Jones-improved-75-000-week-contract.html

Surely the most bizzarre story of the summer - how about earning the £50k a week he's on at the moment first?

oh dear....first Valencia, then Jones and talk of Cleverly. Young on ~100k and our wage bill overall is £181million.

Your Airbag · 21-08-2014 12:11PM

Trilla wrote: »

that Ando pic pissed me off!

I was thinking the exact same myself. He was all laughs doing his ice bucket challenge the other day too.

He seems to have little care about trying to push himself and become good player and a starter for UTD in one of our most in need areas. If he wanted to push himself he could become something as the need is there but he looks perfectly happy to be a bench warmer taking a wage from the club and joking around with the lads.

Spazdarn · 21-08-2014 12:11PM

Adamocovic wrote: »

I must be one of the few people who actually think Phil Jones is a good player. I see him as a longterm fixture in the defence and in most games I watch him he puts in great tackles and work rate.

No footballing brain, he has all the physical attributes to be brilliant, but decision making and positional sense are lacking at the moment.

Spazdarn · 21-08-2014 12:12PM

homerjay2005 wrote: »

oh dear....first Valencia, then Jones and talk of Cleverly. Young on ~100k and our wage bill overall is £181million.

This would be a good time to tell them to earn their money or hit the road. I wouldn't be bumping up any contracts.

FortuneChip · 21-08-2014 12:13PM

Adamocovic wrote: »

I must be one of the few people who actually think Phil Jones is a good player. I see him as a longterm fixture in the defence and in most games I watch him he puts in great tackles and work rate.

Mediocrity is a bit harsh, but 75k is insane money for someone that hasn't even been given a consistent run in a specific position, regardless of who's fault that is.

Can't believe he's really being offered that much.

irishfeen · 21-08-2014 12:14PM

xtal191 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SkySportsNewsHQ/status/502420877657800704

Big question is whether it's United or PSG.. Tbh if he pics PSG I wouldn't really want him anyway - the French league is Brutal.

UnitedIrishman · 21-08-2014 12:15PM

I'd actually explode in a haze of jizz if we signed Kheidera and Di Maria before the end of the window.

Adamocovic · 21-08-2014 12:15PM

ToiletFusion wrote: »

No footballing brain, he has all the physical attributes to be brilliant, but decision making and positional sense are lacking at the moment.

He may not be the finished product in terms of footballing brain, I'll give ya that, but he still is only 22, and has around 100 caps for United. I really hope this is the year he comes out and proves he will be a big part of our defence.

TheTownie · 21-08-2014 12:15PM

Wilson looks to be fit again.

RedMancunian ‏@RedMancunian 3m
[#MUFC] James Wilson has been taking part in first-team training at Carrington all this week.

redbaron_99 · 21-08-2014 12:16PM

UnitedIrishman wrote: »

I'd actually explode in a haze of jizz if we signed Kheidera and Di Maria before the end of the window.

Stay away from you so.

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