06 Jan 2014 19:42:32
I asked my 12 yo son what he would do if he was moyes. he said swap rooney for mata and torres). (Ive heard worse ideas. I asked why get rid of rooney and he his reply was he doesn't love the club. My son also feels huddleston and cabye would be a better midfield 2 than any of our current options. his team for feb would be ddg, raf smalling jones baines. huddleston cabye kagawa. mata torres januzai,, rvp for torres if fit. I told him i'd let him read your feedback so please remember his age ;o) thanks all happy new year

1.) 06 Jan 2014
What s shout. I was only just sayin the same about Rooney with maga but not sure about Torres.i see carricks not there😞

2.) 06 Jan 2014
I think your son is a bright lad. He's right about Rooney. The combination of Huddlestone and Cabaye would, I think offer more as a partnership than Carrick and Cleverley. I would though rather take Lukaku than Torres alongside Mata.

3.) 06 Jan 2014
Message for son of Ken.
I agree that Huddleston and Cabaye are far better than what we have and are both very under estimated players. Not so sure about Torres. I would do a straight swap Rooney for Mata though ;)

Message for Ken.
Get your lad to apply for the job asap! At least he has a plan; and a good plan at that!

4.) 06 Jan 2014
Always been a Huddleston fan glad to see him back from a career threatening injury not the quickest but great positioning, work rate and vision.

5.) 06 Jan 2014
06 Jan 2014 20:27:58
How about Rooney + cash for Mata and Hazzard.?

6.) 06 Jan 2014
Good idea with Huddlestone, Been a fan of him since he joined tottenham. Great striker of the ball, passing and does a very good job dictating the tempo of the game, Not a fan of cabaye. Baines is a great player but my only quarrel with him is his age. Mata would be a great signing. No thanks to Torres as I feel he is a shadow of his former self and wage would be not worth it.

Agree with Jones and Smalling as a CB pairing and losing the wingers as I feel A, we do not have the necessary players to use wingers, B, they seem ineffective when competing with quick wingbacks and tall CBs, and finally C, Hernandez does not have the strength, Welbeck does not seem to have the positioning and Rooney is rarely in that position to meet any crosses from the wingers so it seems like we could be using the numbers elsewhere on the pitch.

Good shout with Huddlestone. Could be in with a chance for an England call up.

7.) 06 Jan 2014
Huddleston cabaye mata and baines would all improve us would rather take lukaku than torres though. Then we might be getting somewhere

8.) 06 Jan 2014
Ah the purity of youth. Adults always dress it up whereas kids just give it to you straight.

Top top shout.

You have much potential my young padewan ;)

9.) 06 Jan 2014
06 Jan 2014 20:50:50
thanks my name is jack and I would love the job but I think i'm a bit young ;o) I do represent my county for soccer at u13 and have had a trial for Glasgow Celtic.
I like torres I think he will start to score if he leaves chelsea. I think carrick is great but not the future, nor is wayne who was my hero but he will leave if he gets a better offer but there is no better offer than playing for Man united I think. Thanks for your response dad says I can open up my own user name but he wants to read what I say 1st as its an adults site. I know I am lucky because Man United won nothing when my dad was my age. bye, Jack

10.) 06 Jan 2014
06 Jan 2014 21:10:49
to all who took time out to read my sons ideas thanks very much he has read you're responses replied himself and went to bed happy. he is a top little player and like most of us he sleeps eats and drinks footie great little STATO . I have promised him ill let him write again but have warned him that words can come back to bite him so if rooney signs he will eat humble pie. he says well either your red or your dead so if he signs then he is back inn the good books. appreciate it fellas
Ken

11.) 06 Jan 2014
Bright boy. If it is any consolation my 10 year old also does not like rooney anymore for the exact same reason. Used to be his favorite player. Your boy is very bright and knows his midfielders.

12.) 06 Jan 2014
Quality posts jack, makes a lot of sense.

13.) 06 Jan 2014
His idea's, though not the best we could get, would definitely be a big improvement. His Rooney for Mata/Torres idea would be interesting. I think Torres is past his best but you never know, if he came and scored a few goals in his first few games it could light him up again and can you imagine the scousers faces if he bagged the winner against them :-) priceless.

Personally in this window I would do all possible to get Coentrao and Vidal. Both would be worth every penny they would cost and I would happily spend £55m to have them both here by the end of January. Then a quality CB, Wide Player and forward in summer and we are back in the game. I love dreaming :-)

14.) 07 Jan 2014
I got my 11 year old a Utd shirt for Xmas, and when I asked him what name he wanted on the back, I expected the usual, 'Rooney'.

Imagine my shock, when he said he wanted 'Giggs'.

I asked him why, and he said, 'because Giggsy loves Utd, and Rooney doesn't'.

Out of the mouths of babes.

And no Deeps, before you say anything, I haven't been filling his head full of anti-Wayne propaganda :)

15.) 07 Jan 2014
I was thinking about Mata & Torres the other day for Rooney. It could really work.

16.) 07 Jan 2014
Stevie

I think its crazy to think that Wayne "loves" United. Even a die hard fan like me would not have such vague things to assume about him. But yes, for someone who has spent 10 crucial years at the club, the respect that he gets on this site is sometimes appalling. But then, we have had this discussion for donkeys now. On a side note, Stevie, do you think Bestie loved United? After all he said I won't go around the corner to watch United. I assume he is one of your firm favourites, somebody you grew up idolizing. Perspective may be?

Have a good day mate!

Deeps.

17.) 07 Jan 2014
Woah there, Deeps! I was only giving a little anecdote from an 11 year old's perspective, and reference to Ken's original post.

I'm not even going near another Rooney debate!

18.) 07 Jan 2014
What the hell Stevie! Why did you not bite? Its been a long time since we had a "Holier than thou" discussion on young Wayne ;-) . Ohh btw, as for Ken's little one (Jack I suppose), he hasn't quite seen the Rooney of (2010) CL Q/F vs Munich where he basically played with a limp and probably that took away some of his pace forever ;-) or when pretty boi CR7 jumped ship . I suppose he has only seen the dark side of the lad. I agree though, Rooney will never "love" United. But he has given as much as he has got, that I have no doubt about.

By the way, I should have mentioned it earlier, the post written by your son Ken is beyond his tender years. Superb stuff! Tell him to go a little easy on Rooney haha :p

Deeps.

19.) 07 Jan 2014
LOL, Deeps is Wayne's love child:)