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

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  • #5132
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Oh these Rodgers quotes.

    Karma is a beauty.
    Ah yes they doing the rounds on twitter alright :D ..


  • #5133
    mewe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭mewe


    Laughin at Liverpool fans after all their gloatin last season. And at the heel of the hunt what had they to gloat about? Winning second?
    And now they're comin out with sh1te like united fans are obsessed with Liverpool when last season it was non stop lets take the piss of united. Cowboys Ted


  • #5134
    The Moldy Gowl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,889 ✭✭✭✭The Moldy Gowl


    It's only funny because they were so arrogant and cocky last season and pre season.


  • #5135
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,338 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    I'm already looking forward to next weekend.

    EVENFLOW



  • #5136
    Whatsisname
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,927 ✭✭✭Whatsisname


    I can't wait until the 14th of December, the day we stuff them at Old Trafford :)

    Oh what I would do for a good 4-0 trashing


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  • #5137
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    Ah Karma - such a beautiful thing sometimes :)

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  • #5138
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


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  • #5139
    The Moldy Gowl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,889 ✭✭✭✭The Moldy Gowl


    Moyes had a fairly decent start in fairness. It wasn't until December/January when it went pear shaped


  • #5140
    Davis Faint Hive
    Posts: 27,583 ✭✭✭✭ Davis Faint Hive


    zerks wrote: »
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    Thats great :)

    Did Piers have another twitter meltdown after this??


  • #5141
    ElChe32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,690 ✭✭✭ElChe32


    M!Ck^ wrote: »
    Thats great :)

    Did Piers have another twitter meltdown after this??

    Just his usual ranting and raving. He's such a twát


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  • #5142
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,639 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Overall tone on the Pool thread is not a positive or promising one for Mr. Rodgers. If things keep going south over there, I'll look forward to the Paddy Power tweets which can't be far off at this stage.

    Anyway, I'm not sure on the rules for directly posting links to gifs from yesterdays game, but over on the United subreddit there's a great gfycat of the incident where Wilshire tried to get himself killed by Fellaini. Referee Mike Dean absolutely shít the bed in not producing a red card. Wilshire went in with the head on Fellaini's neck/chin, not his face only because a cherry-picker would have been called for - not even 5 yards in front of Dean. Red card all day. Is it still in the rules that the F.A. can take retrospective action once a card wasn't issued by the ref?

    I know that we can't exactly cry "shock! horror!" considering it was Fellaini who was on the receiving end and he's like Macho Man Randy Savage (R.I.P. brother) with that fúckin elbow of his, but each incident should be taken on its own merit and it appears Mike Dean either momentarily blacked out or crumbled under pressure at the Emirates.


  • #5143
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,257 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    The FA have taken 5 steps back in teh battle to get rid of divers and cheats. Had Fellaini gone down, it would have been an instant red card.

    He was a complete professional about it and Wilshire stayed on the field.

    Lesson? Go down in a heap.


  • #5144
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    I'm happy Fellaini didn't make a meal out of it tbh, would have been embarrassed for him and he actually would have come out of it looking like the clown.


  • #5145
    glued
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,446 ✭✭✭glued


    Another terrible performance yesterday. Hopefully we sign a centre half in Janurary. Great to get the three points.


  • #5146
    CantonasCollar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭CantonasCollar


    It is at this time of year that I like to remind fellow football fans without children just how much easier they have it than the rest of us. I missed the game last night because we were at the local fireworks display / turning on of the Xmas tree lights. I had managed to schedule the kids trip to see Santa for 13 December so that I could go for a beer during the Liverpool match, only to be told today that we have been invited to a kids Xmas party on 14 December. Allegedly I must go because the folks who invited us came a long way (20 miles) to our 3 year olds birthday party 2 weeks ago, guess who won't be getting an invite next year!

    So to all those without kids I wish you a merry football filled Xmas, because it appears I won't get to see 5 minutes of Utd before the New Year.


  • #5147
    Kylo Ren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,366 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    You should have pulled out






















    Of the fireworks display.


  • #5148
    Davis Faint Hive
    Posts: 27,583 ✭✭✭✭ Davis Faint Hive


    glued wrote: »
    Another terrible performance yesterday. Hopefully we sign a centre half in Janurary. Great to get the three points.

    Not sure if your relating the 'bad performance' to our defence yesterday but if you are Chris Smalling says no. He had an excellent game and made up for his idiotic performance against city.
    To note both Blackett and McNair had great games along side him


  • #5149
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Honest question, I see so many people talking about a terrible performance, and played **** and that kind of stuff, so my question is this

    What exactly is expected performance wise given the constant injuries, the constant change of personnel, the total lack of a settled defence, the lack of a settled team in fact. The system keeps on being changed, due to circumstance mostly, and will be changed again when other players are available.

    There is no consistency to the selection or the system, what kind of performance are people (who seem to be overly concerned by the disjointed performances right now) expecting taking all things into consideration right now?


  • #5150
    Al Capwned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,721 ✭✭✭Al Capwned


    CantonasCollar wrote: »
    It is at this time of year that I like to remind fellow football fans without children just how much easier they have it than the rest of us. I missed the game last night because we were at the local fireworks display / turning on of the Xmas tree lights. I had managed to schedule the kids trip to see Santa for 13 December so that I could go for a beer during the Liverpool match, only to be told today that we have been invited to a kids Xmas party on 14 December. Allegedly I must go because the folks who invited us came a long way (20 miles) to our 3 year olds birthday party 2 weeks ago, guess who won't be getting an invite next year!

    So to all those without kids I wish you a merry football filled Xmas, because it appears I won't get to see 5 minutes of Utd before the New Year.

    You've a lot to learn.....
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  • #5151
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    FutureGuy wrote: »
    The FA have taken 5 steps back in teh battle to get rid of divers and cheats. Had Fellaini gone down, it would have been an instant red card.

    He was a complete professional about it and Wilshire stayed on the field.

    Lesson? Go down in a heap.

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  • #5152
    Blatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,832 ✭✭✭✭Blatter


    stankratz wrote: »
    Is it still in the rules that the F.A. can take retrospective action once a card wasn't issued by the ref?

    Unless they've changed the rules recently, no action will be taken against Wilshere because the ref saw the incident and 'dealt' with it by talking to both players.


  • #5153
    Kerrydude1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,192 ✭✭✭✭Kerrydude1981


    zerks wrote: »
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    No doubt Wilshere is a footballer with bags of potential but by god he does suffer from short man syndrome.


  • #5154
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    M!Ck^ wrote: »
    Not sure if your relating the 'bad performance' to our defence yesterday but if you are Chris Smalling says no. He had an excellent game and made up for his idiotic performance against city.
    To note both Blackett and McNair had great games along side him

    I thought Blackett was poor. He's only young and has shown promise but if that was his only senior game I'd want him far away from the first team for a while.


  • #5155
    glued
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,446 ✭✭✭glued


    We could of been 4/5-0 down at half time. The performance yesterday wasn't good enough. With the attacking players we have, we should be doing much better. Injuries aren't helping but we should be much further along than we are.


  • #5156
    Davis Faint Hive
    Posts: 27,583 ✭✭✭✭ Davis Faint Hive


    kryogen wrote: »
    Honest question, I see so many people talking about a terrible performance, and played **** and that kind of stuff, so my question is this

    What exactly is expected performance wise given the constant injuries, the constant change of personnel, the total lack of a settled defence, the lack of a settled team in fact. The system keeps on being changed, due to circumstance mostly, and will be changed again when other players are available.

    There is no consistency to the selection or the system, what kind of performance are people (who seem to be overly concerned by the disjointed performances right now) expecting taking all things into consideration right now?

    Agree with you yet again. Team spirit has been steadily improving this year even with all the injuries and forced juggling of the squad and in particilar the defence. Arsenal were exposed as the brittle team they are by over committing and being destroyed on the counter. It was a professional display by us


  • #5157
    CantonasCollar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭CantonasCollar


    Al Capwned wrote: »
    You've a lot to learn.....
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSrYfJH6M_cezib48-x2KmL-6OHpsWLEMYignVhPGziN6QNImpQHGROq7wD

    Despite the hard times of the last 18ish months, Utd just can't compete with the wife when it comes to making life hard, and last season they really tried!


  • #5158
    adox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,061 ✭✭✭✭adox


    Didn't get to see the game as I was away but delighted with the result.

    I'm quite surprised we are in 4th given the continuos injuries and changing team.

    van Gaal must feel like he is still starting at the club in a way as there just hasn't been any platform to build on.

    I see a few on here complaint about the performance yesterday and calling it unacceptable etc. but really, beating Arsenal at the Emirates anytime is a really good result. Beating them with that dense put out and the amount of players missing really is an excellent result.


    As I said I didn't see the game and I get it that Arsenal dominated and possibly should have been a couple of goals ahead at least but they weren't and Utd took the 3 points.

    Onwards and upwards. Grind out a couple of more results now and then most of the injured players should be coming back for the Christmas period which is great.


  • #5159
    Maximus Alexander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,080 ✭✭✭✭Maximus Alexander


    I think what we've learned is that with Big Dave between the sticks United don't need to play well, as long as the odd goal is scored.


  • #5160
    PhlegmyMoses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,906 ✭✭✭✭PhlegmyMoses


    kryogen wrote: »
    Honest question, I see so many people talking about a terrible performance, and played **** and that kind of stuff, so my question is this

    What exactly is expected performance wise given the constant injuries, the constant change of personnel, the total lack of a settled defence, the lack of a settled team in fact. The system keeps on being changed, due to circumstance mostly, and will be changed again when other players are available.

    There is no consistency to the selection or the system, what kind of performance are people (who seem to be overly concerned by the disjointed performances right now) expecting taking all things into consideration right now?

    I thought we played crap for the most part and on another day we lose. I also acknowledge that having a revolving cast of defenders and midfielders isn't conducive to consistently good play.

    Basically, you can call it like it is and also understand the reasons for it.


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  • #5161
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    PhlegmyMoses wrote: »
    I thought we played crap for the most part and on another day we lose. I also acknowledge that having a revolving cast of defenders and midfielders isn't conducive to consistently good play.

    Basically, you can call it like it is and also understand the reasons for it.

    The question was what kind of performance are people expecting all things considered?

    What kind of level is the team supposed to be playing at with an out of form striker up top, a defence built on two players in their debut seasons, while being chopped and changed constantly and a midfield that is a revolving door of injuries also?

    The defence yesterday had Smalling as the senior player, a winger at right and left and two teenagers making up the rest of the cast


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