Manchester United Banter Archive June 21 2018

21 Jun 2018 20:43:22
The population of Croatia is less than the population of Scotland, or indeed Ireland. Yet here they are heading into the last 16 of the World Cup.

However, the population gap is nothing when compared to England, or Iceland, the 2 absolute extremes. I’d love Iceland to progress and indeed they might!

21 Jun 2018 21:16:05
I hope Croatia do Well, that modric is a good player.
I think we should buy another player with an itch modric, perisic, rakitic, savic
We have matic already he needs a friend with an itch.

21 Jun 2018 21:25:56
I must be honest I do enjoy watching Argentina rubbish the bed and then roll round in it 😃 up yours Diego's both simeone and maradona.

21 Jun 2018 21:30:37
They ware a team that play for each other where as Argentina are full of individual stars with huge egos.

21 Jun 2018 21:43:57
I always cheered on the Argies. First World Cup I watched was 78, and I got their top. However, this is the worst team in my memory. Apart from Messi and Aguero, none of that starting 11 would get into one of the other major nations. Except maybe Dybala and he can't get a game. As someone who's always followed them, it's quite sad to see them so poor. I still backed Croatia at a ridiculous 3/ 1, so silver linings and all that.

21 Jun 2018 22:54:21
They have a decent side, but it’s completely se up for Messi. When he doesn’t perform, they’re terrible. He’s been poor internationally for the last few years. I just don’t understand how a team of such limited resources can keep Huguine and a Dybala on the bench. Crying out for a 4-4-2. Two holding mids, Messi and Dybala (but they’d actually need to track back and play for the team) as narrow wide players and Hugine and Aguero up front. Can’t be worse than what we’ve seen in their last two games.

21 Jun 2018 23:09:33
Their defence is terrible
Oatamendi is a bad defender.

21 Jun 2018 23:40:36
Otaemendi deserved red today for that disgusting kick of the ball against Rakitic's head.

22 Jun 2018 08:44:42
Di Maria, Messi, Aguero, Dybala forward line should be able to beat all the sides in the WC apart from Spain Germany and Brazil. But Danny is right, the team is set up for Messi and the supply line is not good enough from midfield.

22 Jun 2018 08:58:12
I couldn't believe their line up. Some of the worlds best players and they field a team of practical no-marks. All the flailing around was doing my head in as well, as men and professionals they need holding to account!

Dybala, Banega, ADM, Higuain all should have been playing instead of the likes of Acuna, Meza, Perez, Salvio. Coach clearly has no idea what to do with the talent and they deserved what they got.

22 Jun 2018 09:27:28
I think they genuinely miss a proper midfielder like Veron, Redondo or Riquelme. They've no one who can control the tempo of a match and there's no transition between the defence (which is shockingly poor) and the attack.

22 Jun 2018 09:58:47
Becks,

Hit the nail on the head, and Croatia had in my opinion the greatest player in the world right now at controlling the tempo of a game in Modric. That was the difference, Argentina never had any control on the game because of him, great performance.

22 Jun 2018 10:38:52
Gds2 I agree with you again.
Modric was the difference
There in with a chance of winning the world cup.

22 Jun 2018 11:54:17
Once read somewhere that SAF was gutted when Modric didn't sign for us i think it was before he signed for Spurs . Quality and seems to be ageless like his teamate CR7😆😆.

22 Jun 2018 11:56:54
Fully agree GDS2 and Leahy12 - Modric has been one of if not the best midfielder for the past 2/ 3 years.

22 Jun 2018 12:35:32
Come on Tony, you know it's not how big it is but what you do with it. Lol.

22 Jun 2018 14:24:32
Once you factor in gdp per capita vs england. Makes the disparity even starker.

21 Jun 2018 17:53:20
Hi Ed's I've just got a bit of a general question. I'm just wondering what transfer activity is like during major summer international tournaments? Do you find it gets busier or does it quiet down as player are more focused on the tournament. I realise there's only a minor amount of players there in the grand skeem of things so I guess I'm more referring to the top European leagues.

Love the site and cheers for whatever response you can give.

{Ed002's Note - Work on transfers continues whilst players are away. Some clubs have already agreed much of their summer work (e.g. Roma) and come July 1 there will be an increase in transfers being completed. Some clubs have done a lot less because of other matters that are constraining them (e.g. Milan). There is a long way to go but work continues.}

21 Jun 2018 19:00:50
Sweet! Appreciate the response Ed002.

22 Jun 2018 10:32:41
Do some clubs do the ground work and are ready for the transfer but wait to see if the player picks up any serious injuries at the tournament before finalizing the deal? Similar to Ruud's transfer to utd in 2000 although i know it was not tournament related.

{Ed002's Note - Clubs tend not to look on the dark side but will be aware of injuries.}

22 Jun 2018 16:43:19
Cheers Ed.

21 Jun 2018 14:35:56
Hi all,
Thanks to the Eds as always.
Ed002, with reference to my previous post, I believe despite 'obviously him not signing before the end of the month', we've got him - can you confirm?

Best,

{Ed002's Note - Subject to the usual matters, yes.}

21 Jun 2018 16:25:52
Thanks for the reply Ed!

21 Jun 2018 08:07:39
This fifa kit clash is mad. How can Australia (yellow) clash with Denmark (red) . It's all about selling away kits if you ask me. 😆😆.