Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Read Mod Warning in OP 7/1/15

Nolars · 03-02-2015 07:01PM

Id love to know what Herrera done, any good guesses yet?

Id say he said Chinese food was rotten or something

Manutd_4life · 03-02-2015 07:01PM

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

McNair Smalling Evans Rojo
.................Blind...................
.....Fellaini..........Di Maria
.................Mata...............
........RVP............Rooney......

Would love to see the above out of that group of players but it will be either 352 or this monstrosity no doubt

..........Blind.........
.....Mata Rooney.......
........Fellaini......
...RVP......Di Maria...

Jesus christ there is just too much wrong

03-02-2015 07:06PM

I reckon 4 at the back, with NcNair and Rojo at full.

Herrera must have pissed on a bed of gladioli or something.

Strong line-up, should win this no problem, hopefully that F.A. Cup giant-killing fairydust has been used up in the City and Chelsea results.

NUTZZ · 03-02-2015 07:08PM

Will I Amnt · 03-02-2015 07:09PM

jayo26 wrote: »

What's your anger over the team tonight??

No Falcao, no Herrera. 4 centre backs in defence. If Di Maria is up front you can add that in there too...

Manutd_4life · 03-02-2015 07:09PM

NUTZZ wrote: »

Now that i like

The Moldy Gowl · 03-02-2015 07:11PM

To be fair to Herrera. I can't see him getting in that midfield. Fellaini deserves to be there

thelad95 · 03-02-2015 07:13PM

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

To be fair to Herrera. I can't see him getting in that midfield. Fellaini deserves to be there

Said nobody ever.

Hnoestly though, you actually have a point. If you'd said that last June when we were all drooling over grainy youtube compilation clips of Herrera, you would have been laughed out of it but Fellaini on a number of occassions this season has been a game-changer.

bucketybuck · 03-02-2015 07:13PM

adox wrote: »

It does feel like some are falling over themselves here to criticise Van Gaal.

Lets all praise the mighty philosophy! Even though we have been totally cack all season.

Will I Amnt wrote: »

I worry about the future under van Gaal, formation and tactics have just been so uninspiring. Every time I see the lineup before a game it makes me angry for one reason or another. Usually multiple reasons.

Its incredibly similar to last season. Abject performances, players out of favour, baffling team selections, uncertainty about even making top 4, this season has been rubbish.

But hey, if you say that you get jumped upon. Such is the soccer forum.

Your Airbag · 03-02-2015 07:14PM

RVP over Falcao again. Load of balls.

keeponhurling · 03-02-2015 07:17PM

I guess the one thing that Herrera struggles to do us really impose himself in a game.

Blind was very good at the weekend, and Fellaini has also been good recently

I assume Jones, Val and Falcao have been rested rather than dropped

KombuchaMshroom · 03-02-2015 07:17PM

Every time I see a van gaal line up this comes to mind.

UnitedIrishman · 03-02-2015 07:18PM

bucketybuck wrote: »

Its incredibly similar to last season. Abject performances, players out of favour, baffling team selections, uncertainty about even making top 4, this season has been rubbish.

But hey, if you say that you get jumped upon. Such is the soccer forum.

It's not a case of jumping all over someone for voicing an opinion, it's that the minute the team is announced and Falcao or Herrera aren't in it then all you get is people saying 'he doesn't know what he's doing' or something to that degree. We have Mata coming in for Falcao, and Fellaini coming in for Herrera. It's not exactly bringing in Kilbane for Rivaldo and Niall Quinn for Ronaldinho in the gap in quality. People need to chill.

Your Airbag · 03-02-2015 07:18PM

The moneys men against moneys men? Fcuk off Jake Humphrey.

Rayne Wooney · 03-02-2015 07:19PM

If MUTV is correct I can't complain, spot on

Maybe could have rested Rooney and given RVP and Falcao a chance to gain form

Your Airbag · 03-02-2015 07:20PM

keeponhurling wrote: »

I guess the one thing that Herrera struggles to do us really impose himself in a game.

Blind was very good at the weekend, and Fellaini has also been good recently

I assume Jones, Val and Falcao have been rested rather than dropped

Your not alone. I also don't get the fuss with him so far. He hasn't been as good as the protests at him being left out would have you believe.

Nice and tidy but average overall for me.

jayo26 · 03-02-2015 07:23PM

UnitedIrishman wrote: »

It's not a case of jumping all over someone for voicing an opinion, it's that the minute the team is announced and Falcao or Herrera aren't in it then all you get is people saying 'he doesn't know what he's doing' or something to that degree. We have Mata coming in for Falcao, and Fellaini coming in for Herrera. It's not exactly bringing in Kilbane for Rivaldo and Niall Quinn for Ronaldinho in the gap in quality. People need to chill.

Totally agree with ya. The team named should easily be beating Cambridge tonight no need to play falcao 3 times in the week if he is not needed.

bangkok · 03-02-2015 07:23PM

one thing i hate about van gaal, every single team he names, you are left guessing what sort of formation he is playing or why some players are starting over others, so frustrating.

adox · 03-02-2015 07:23PM

bucketybuck wrote: »

Lets all praise the mighty philosophy! Even though we have been totally cack all season

Why does it have to be one or the other? That's not what I'm saying at all.

People were already criticising him for playing three at the back tonight when it now looks like a back four.

My point stands.

Manutd_4life · 03-02-2015 07:28PM

bangkok wrote: »

one thing i hate about van gaal, every single team he names, you are left guessing what sort of formation he is playing or why some players are starting over others, so frustrating.

That is true. I wish for once he would stick to the same line up and formation

Manutd_4life · 03-02-2015 07:29PM

kick off is delayed till 8:05

adox · 03-02-2015 07:31PM

Manutd_4life wrote: »

kick off is delayed till 8:05

Jaysus, twelve and a half hours til kick off. :eek:

jayo26 · 03-02-2015 07:35PM

Cambridge lads pretty relaxed anyway doing interviews on side of pitch having the craic sure.

keeponhurling · 03-02-2015 07:38PM

Your Airbag wrote: »

Your not alone. I also don't get the fuss with him so far. He hasn't been as good as the protests at him being left out would have you believe.

Nice and tidy but average overall for me.

Yeah, nice and tidy describes him well, but doesn't control things like Blind or Carrick can

Manutd_4life · 03-02-2015 07:49PM

LVG has said the FA Cup is top priority this season

Hank Scorpio · 03-02-2015 07:50PM

No Herrera again, will be gone in the summer it looks like. If he can't get a start tonight something is wrong

The Moldy Gowl · 03-02-2015 07:54PM

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

No Herrera again, will be gone in the summer it looks like. If he can't get a start tonight something is wrong

I think that's too much of a cop out.

He is up against Fellaini, di Maria, blind, carrick. Fellaini has been our most effective.

Also he has Rooney, who is better at defending. It's the only reason I can think. Captain and better at defending and attack, obviously.

And mata to a certain extent.

If he wants to start he will have to do what we don't see, impress in training.

His performances are hyped up. He has only come on in the last 20 minutes against tired players. When he has started he hasn't been better than any of the others.

Lord TSC · 03-02-2015 07:56PM

I love Herrera. I do.

But the problem seems to be the "big names" are keeping him out of the team; Rooney and DiMaria aren't going to sit on the bench, even though Rooney should be there. And LVG seems to like one defensive and one creative type pairing, so it's always going to be one of Blind/Carrick/Fel and one of DiMaria/Rooney/Herrera. So Herrera is losing out.

He's struggling to get in cause of the names ahead of him

UnitedIrishman · 03-02-2015 07:57PM

Januzaj and Shaw have knocks after the weekend and that's why they're rested.

People on about Herrera: what was the biggest danger from Cambridge in the first tie? Set pieces. If Herrera plays we have 4 defenders that are decent in the air, Blind and the two strikers. Then we'd have three guys who you just couldn't have marking guys when defending set pieces. Considering Rooney or RVP normally do the front post role and don't mark then you're down another marker.

There's also the fact that Fellaini was playing well this season when before he got injured. You'd swear a) it's a Champions League final and b) that Herrera is twice the player that Fellaini is. We don't see these guys train every day - LVG does. But anyways.

Edit: Gowl beat me to it.

Maximus Alexander · 03-02-2015 08:06PM

Somewhere out there, you just know Larry Bateman is delighted to see Luke Chadwick back at Old Trafford.

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