Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - See Mod Warning in OP, 09/11

Al Capwned wrote: »

Will we organise a banner?

Sure how will he get a game with all the beauty to market and advertise?

Who was the poster that had that theory?

http://gfycat.com/AshamedEquatorialKudu we just breed dirty players

Liverpool fans cracking up because they have one player injured, ONE!!! I sh*t you not!!!

That phrase is slowly becoming our 'next year'

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

Lukey baby

Not the worst looking Gent nowadays tbf

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

This stupid roundabout of a conversation is about how we left Welbeck go? With 2/3 stubborn posters.
He left because falcao came in right? That's a fair assumption ok. Let's just boil it down to that.
Saying the money should have been spent elsewhere is pointless,

On one hand I have falcao, the other I have Danny.


Hmmmmmm. Soz Danny, but your game time is going to be very limited this year? Wanna go out on loan? Nah man, I wanna leave. Ok my brother off you go.


I'm neutral about him leaving, which I guess has always been his squad position, neither here nor there.

I'm fully willing to accept the situation as it was - he was an unfortunate casualty of missing our in Europe, and the directness in his game has been sorely missing at times when we have looked pedestrian (it's typically something most of van Gaal' sides have had to offset the rest of his tactical approach). It's unfortunate and I'm not fully happy about it, but it is what it is. Falcao came available at the last minute and while it hurt to get rid of Danny we did replace him with arguably the best #9 of the last five or more years in world football, just with the injury risk (that we offset with the loan deal).

My major gripe though is that we sold him to Arsenal. Coming into the season some reckoned we should have been asking for 90 odd points but when you averaged out all the expectations I think it was fair to say beating out Liverpool and/or Arsenal for a CL spot while building a new team that could go for it all next year was the most realistic goal.

We have been lucky that Liverpool have faltered quite a lot this year (if not for QPRs own goal spree they would be 2pts off relegation), but as of now Arsenal are still one point ahead of us. He hasn't been banging in goals, but their fans are very happy with his overall play to the extent that a lot of them prefer him up there over Giroud when he returns. Now considering that the alternative for them was 5 months of Yaya Sanogo up top I just think it was inexcusable for us to sell him to them. Fair enough of he wanted out, but we should have bluntly told him "no Arsenal or Liverpool".

De Gea
Rafael - Jones - Evans - Rojo
Blind - Carrick
Young - Di Maria
??? - Falcao

We are one RVP/Rooney/Mata off having a top 4 team just out of our injury list (so long as we never, ever pass to Young). Young aside, that is potentially 9 of a legit starting XI (though one of Herrera/Fellaini would likely start over one of Carrick/Blind in all honesty).

Nuts102 wrote: »

While i like Wellbeck and think he will turn into a good striker he is not good enough to be the number 1 striker for a top4 side. I am far happier Arsenal got him instead of a prolific goalscorer.

Which prolific goal scorer was Wenger going to sign on deadline day? Balotelli?

Welbeck has proven he can be quite prolific when played consistently up top. The truth is at the moment that Arsenal aren't creating many chances at all and individual moments of brilliance from Sanchez are saving them. That's not to say Welbeck isn't contributing though, only two league goals and two assists so far but his work rate and movement is something all Arsenal fans are delighted with and I'm sure once the team begins to click and create more chances his goal rate will improve. His form for England has been excellent too, easily as good as Rooney.