Manchester United Banter Archive October 22 2012

 

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22 Oct 2012 22:53:15
Ferguson has said when asked about James Rodriguez,
"I hope not because it costs a fortune getting a player from Portugal".

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My guess they'll want 25-30mil for him.

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My guess is only PSG and russian clubs would be willing to pay that kind of money.

Shahram

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During the summer the club bid for both Witsel and Rodriguez without any luck. I think the manager is referring to this and perhaps Gaitan.

Sydney!

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22 Oct 2012 22:00:20
top 3 young players in european football, taken of an official site-
1/raheem sterling.
2/paul pogba.
3/jesus fernandez saez, aka-suso.
things are not that bad at liverpool eh, dont know much about pogba , but hey he must be good to be put up there with suso and raheem...............lfc
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So it just happens to be 3 names that would piss us all off? 2 Liverpool players and a player who left us in the summer? How convenient! Also, I just read an article of the top 50 young players in the world, and Sterling was 48th. Suso wasn't on the list, nor was Pogba. Yet they're the top 3 on this 'official' site of yours? PMSL.

G.A.G.U.S

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22 Oct 2012 22:34:50
haha kfc made to look a fool yet again

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To bad the rest of the team sucks.

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But what lfc doesn't realise is yes Liverpool har a few good youngsters but puts are better :)

Caolán.

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What a joke, those 3 would not even get into the top 10 of players I know. Rodrigues, Isco, Kroos, Varane, Dungodan, Muniain, Goetze, Reus, and barcelona conveyor belt of talent, alcantara, tello, Deulofeu, sergio roberto just to name a few. I am sure I have missed another 10 out there who play in eastern europe and russia

Good luck and hope you guys can at least finish in the top half.

Shahram

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22 Oct 2012 21:52:47
I hope Wooton gets a start. I feel like we should be pushing him more starts this season. Right now I feel we're way too weak and maybe he'll be surprise us. He's impressed me when I do see him play.

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22 Oct 2012 21:32:57
Strootman does continue to look like a great prospect! Scored two goals for PSV this weekend and helped his team win from 2-0 down. Vice-captain for Netherlands and Captain for PSV.

He seems like the perfect player to take over from where Keane was, very vocal and can sort a team out. Imagine if we brought him and let him start for around 4 years, he could very well be the next captain. Especially if Vidic is sold in the summer (Hope not).

-JakeW

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I watched the game and he plays a lot more up the pitch than how people describe him as a box to box midfielder. He is more like a Lampard in terms of getting forward than makele.

On thing for certain is that he is boss on the pitch for PSV and a lot of the play goes through him. BTW PSV is pretty decent team and playing good attacking football. They will go far in the Europa league.

Shahram

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22 Oct 2012 20:36:15
I think the main reason why saf has been developing diamond style of play is the fact that guardiola will replace him at hte end of the season,so the players are ready to play like-barcelona style of play under guardiola's command

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Or. - if you read the piece in the Times this Sunday - he thinks that tactics are evolving Nd that their is less need for wingers.
Very interesting piece well worth reading - was covering the latest reports from the Uefa technical team.

Mike

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22 Oct 2012 20:33:32
Sorry if i am being wrong,but don't you guys think the reason why sir alex has started to develop the diamond formation is that guardiola is gonna replace saf at the end of the season,and that oura players are starting to addapt the like-barca style of play for guardiola??

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Barca dont play a diamond formation.

Mick

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22 Oct 2012 20:24:08
part exchange offer of Vidic and cash for Busquets? Exactly what we are missing IMO.

Dan {Ed004's Note - No.}

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Don't want a ballerina in the squad let alone the league, he is a wasted talent.

-JakeW

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Oh My Goodness... NO!

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No no no, wouldn't want that fairy anywhere near our club.

Sydney!

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Yeah.. i hate this guy Busquets
But truth be told, he is one hell of a player... sometimes when you watch him, you get a feeling that he is better than xavi
Not that I want him in our team.. just saying he is absolute quality imo

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No way SAF will sell vidic guys unless we end up with a Hargreaves situation where the injury he has becomes chronic.

He is about a couple of months from returning and I have a feeling he is going to come back as good as ever and will be immense to us in the second half of the season.

People forget that a healthy vidic and his influence on the team is still better than almost every defenders around. The cost to replace him would be substantial.

Ferdinand will go first IMO as he will be asked to take a big pay cut for a one year extension and we will end up buying a top quality defender to partner Vidic if Smalling is deemed not reliable or ready.

Depending on how players perform we might even go with Vidic/Smalling and Evans/Jones back up and end up only buying a tope quality LB in the summer. SAF never does anything on the panic and will give the injured players plenty of time to prove they can come back.

Shahram

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22 Oct 2012 19:37:14
looks like ferdinand is going to sign on for another 12 month
jred

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Oh no !

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Vidic out in the summer then.

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Where did you hear this from?

-JakeW

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Fergie when asked about the defender's future given his contract is up at the end of the season. "We've always adopted the policy of offering them [the older players] one-year contracts. I think Rio could play for two or three more years. He has different issues to Paul [Scholes] and Ryan [Giggs] in terms of the injuries he's had. He's not as quick as he was but that's not a problem for me - the experience he has in that position is more important to me and he's still a great footballer. I didn't know his contract was up at the end of the season. Now you've made me panic!"
jred

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Fergie is losing it if he thinks Rio is good for another 3 years and if he doesn't think his lack of pace is a problem. If any player gets a run at him he is terrified. But this is the new club policy in action, keep old players well past their best and let young players rot on the bench. Close to £30m spent on centre backs in the last few years and they're both behind Rio.

Danny Pughnited

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I genuinely believe that one of Vidic or Ferdinand won't be with the club next season. Vida seems to be very injury prone at the moment and Fergie may see this as the last opportunity to get good money for him and Rio is a goal chance waiting to happen (he keeps backing off attacking players and its costing us every week). If Jones and Smalling can stay injury free then we'll be well stocked there with Evans, Keane and Wootton. What do you think?

An Dun Red Devil

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A healthy Vidic still head and shoulders above the guys mentioned and in a different league.

I believe the club will give him time and every opportunity to get back to being healthy before they make a knee jerk reaction and sell our Captain.

12 months ago he was in the top 3 best defender in the world.

Shahram

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Time to let Rio go, he was shocking on Saturday against Wigan. As for Vidic, yes when he's fit he's world class. I just don't have faith in our medical guys to get him back to his best again.
RedSince68

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I disagree I dont think he was shocking against Wigan considering we didnt play them.

Mick

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22 Oct 2012 19:17:35
To the guy who thinks we can beat Barca what planet are you on? We have never been further away from their level.... We could play both Lindegard and DeGea in goal ans still probably get beat.

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Totally agree there Valdez is better than de gea ATM , Alves it better than raffa at the moment , there cb are better at the current moment as a pair , alba is better left back than ours there , xavi iniesta an masc or busquets an song at better cm than ours Sanchez villa pedro thiago are better thn wa we got an then messi is better than any player we have so tbh they got 10-11 better players in there starting line up than we got ! Fans are just to bias about there own players think they are better than they are most of the time a fit vidic maybe the only player to make it in there starting team

Dio {Ed004's Note - Sorry I completely disagree with Valdes being better than De Gea, just my personal opinion but I have never rated Valdes highly. The Barcelona defence is dreadful. Look at the goals they conceded at the weekend. I personally think our defence is far better than theirs and I feel both Rooney and RVP could make a case in starting in the Barcelona team. However, saying all that I think they are still a far superior team and if we were to get anywhere near their standard are midfield needs some work done to it.}

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I didn't say we would beat them but the team I chose would have a chance and mate I also think that you should watch more football everyone said chelsea would be slaughter by Barca, the beat them and deportivo gave them quite a scare they are not the team they were 2-3 years ago.

Caolán.

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De Gea

Rafael Smalling Pique Alba

Cesc Xavi

Rooney Iniesta Messi

van Persie

Would be my team from both clubs

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Caolain

Is it not quite indicitive of how far we are away from the best in Europe now, when, even if 'Barca are not the same team' as a few years ago, most (IMO) of us STILL think we wouldn't get near them unless we got very, very lucky.

We shouldn't have to depend on other top teams getting worse mate, just to be able to grab onto their coat-tails.


StevieK

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I understand that but did you think we would win the champions leaue in 99 with 3 mins left did you think we would win it when terry stepped up in Moscow? But we did most people don't think we can eat Barca but stranger things have happened!

Caolán.

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Everyone's already beaten before we even take the field. I stand by what I say... We'd have a chance if we got the tactics right.

DodgyBanter

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This caolijn guy seems to b very young,i think everyone needs to take this into account when arguing with his very very naive opinions.
Mick the red fireman

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Mick optimism never hurt anyone.

Caolán.

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Just to back up Ed004, for all of their defensive frailties at the moment (what with puyol getting injured whenever he nears the 1st team, and Pique just having quite a lot of injuries) the worst player at barcelona is, and has been for a long time, Valdes. On average he saves less than 50% of the shots on goal. he is the school ground definition of a goalie (someone who wanted to play football, but was sh1t so they put him in goal). DDG may have his weak points, but only god can tell you how Valdes has stayed in "the best team ever", he is a shocking goalkeeper.

Jaxer

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Alves better than rafael?

pfftttt what planet are you living on son

defensively my 2 year old daughter is better than alves...hes pish

Robbo

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22 Oct 2012 18:51:37
Howerya guys just really wanted to talk about the kagawa situation. I was fuming when vs newcastle i saw kagawa on the right side of mf 3 with rooney in the am role behind two strikers. y cudnt kagawa play in that role with rooney upfront and welbeck on the bench?
time and time again we bring players who have played brilliantly in a position and play them out of position so other players can get games. rooney wud of done better than kagawa on the right of the mf 3. kagawa was outstretched all the time running to the wing back to defend and pick up balls from the rb posistion which made him useless. kagawa's best ability is to gather the ball from midfield and setup the strikers. really worried that kagawa might drift out of the 1st team, dont think he'll start against chelsea even though they play five men in mf. we shall see...
really want ppls views on the whole kagawa situation? eds syds kloots rd19 etc.


sulei {Ed004's Note - I agree to an extent. Kagawa can play in the midfield 3 but he needs to play centrally with two cdm's or two box to box players who will cover for him more}

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I'm currently wondering why SAF bought him as he doesn't seem to know what to do with him. He's got huge talent but he's in, he's out, he's moved around. You would hope there was some kind of plan but it doesn't appear so...

AJH

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23 Oct 2012 08:50:42
totally agree with you, he was brought in to link midfield with attack in the final 3rd. righ mf is not his position, he's just not effective there.

Rooster

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22 Oct 2012 18:45:17
SAF has confirmed that evra and ferdinand will not feature vs braga and with jones smalling and vidic out who is going to start with evans in the centre?

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Keane, Wootan or Carrick.

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Scott Wooton is my guess hopefully not Carrick!

Caolán.

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Wooton?

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22 Oct 2012 18:40:27
Right guys, SAF has said we have a great chance of winning the champions leauge if we keep our defenders fit as we can hurt any team going foward so I thought if we played Barca what team would you play? I'd pick this side
De gea, shot stopping would be vital
Rafael, attacks when needed and getting solid at the back
Smalling, fast and good tackler
Vidic, because he's pure class
Buttner, same as rafael
Jones CDM, cover ground well stay close to messi
Valencia will put the defence under pressure and help rafa
Ando cm and clevs left (like toon game) for energy and pace
Rooney behind rvp
I think that is the only team we could play that would be good enough to beat Barca,
What do you all think?

Caolán.

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There is not a team selection who could beat barca we are far frOm there level an if you think we are on there level you are deluded

Dio

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Barcelona wont give us a touch of the ball to hurt them and even when we get the ball players like valencia jones and anderson cant play fast passes under the pressure the barca players will be exerting.

i knw this is prbly controversial but id play the same back five jones in centre aswell with the same back four of yours with raf and buttner operating as wing backs.

id have clev and kagawa in the centre ahead of jones when he pushes up.

front 3 of rooney welbeck and rvp rotating then we might have a chance . ppl will say barcas defence is week we might score 3/4/5 goals but they'll score 4/5/6 goals.

sulei

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Caolan stop drinking mate. The midfield you have mentioned are so below par against barca that our front guys will never get a sniff. In European football, Barca, Bayern,RM, Dortmund, Porto, Man City, PSG are ahead of us and we will find out who good chelsea is this coming weekend.

We need 3 major signings 2 in the middle and 1 in the back to realistically compete with the top clubs.

Shahram

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Shah ram is spot on, we are 2 or 3 big slayers away at the moment. SAF also needs to decide who he wants to play, and how he wants them to play. It's all a bit random right now...

AJH

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Good post

__________DDG
Raf____Small__Vidic___Buttner
___Ando___Fletch__Clevs
______Rooney_Jones_
___________RVP

Sit back, but break very quickly with pace and youthful exuberance Jones loves breaking forward and offers a disruptive presence in the middle. Likewise the two fullbacks can break with pace and capitalise on Barca's soft fullbacks (defensively) safe in the knowledge someone is covering)

Fletch to track Messi, but Ando and Clevs also need to sit and shield unless breaking for a likely goal scoring opportunity.

If we had the right discipline I'd fancy our chances to compete... Don't rate Barca as I think they are one dimensional. (Bloody good one dimension though ;)

Final point for all you doubters, Jones was excellent in this role for England verses Spain.

DodgyBanter

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Thanks dodgybanter I never said I think we would beat them i said that team could have a chance.

Caolán.

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If you pay them too much respect you've lost before you've even taken the field. Mustn't be much fun supporting a team and being so certain you've lost before the whistle's even blown.

I always believe we can beat any team... At least until I've seen SAF's team selections. You can definitely break quickly on Barca and cause them trouble. Bodies on the line stuff at the back, DDG MOTM... Why not? :) hope we draw them now :)

DodgyBanter

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Guys you can't be serious. Here is how the script will go. We all get excited and start believing that we can play with them and maybe beat them.

Reality check: Fletcher on Messi, I see him getting sent off within half an hour after his 6th foul lol.

Anderson would be knackered within 30 minutes and cleverly absolutely overwhelmed by the xavi, iniesta busquet show. Then Messi will destroy buttner/evra an take your pick pedro, messi, villa, Iniesta, alba score.

Christ we had a better team aka No 7 last time we played them and look at what they did to us.

Barca do their usual thing and pass us to death and we would end up parking the bus in front of goal with all eleven players chasing the ball and eventually no legs united breaks down and then they tear you apart.

The only teams that can play with those guys are teams that have fast and technically good midfielders with engines to chase for 90 minutes, defenders who have pace to stop all the little runs they make which opens up teams. Unfortunately,We have none of the above qualities in our midfield or defense at the moment.

Shahram

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I know at old Trafford we could beat we could bet anyone at old trafford if the fans would get behind them! De gea would have a blinder as he would just have to stop shots and we could break all day long against them!

Caolán.

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I agree with you Caolain, i think we have a chance at beating barcelona but we have to pack the midfield, and we can forget about wingers in this game. either play Valencia on the right of the midfield but not as a winger ( like he plays for ecuador ) so he can help the midfield and give us width when attacking while giving alba something to think about.

If not we can play Kagawa and Rooney behind RVP, so they can help the midfield, with anderson, cleverley and jones/ Fletcher marking messi. Ando, Cleverley, Kagawa and Rooney are very energetic and should be able to close down xavi and iniesta.

And at the same time jones, Rooney and Anderson present a physical presence which seems to be the only thing that barcelona struggle against. Its quite simple actually, if you can't beat them, beat them up. Mourinho and Chelsea proves that this orks 9 chelsea in 2009 when lampard, ballack and essien absolutely manhandled xavi and iniesta ).

Mick

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22 Oct 2012 18:28:51
top 3 young players in european football, taken of an official site-
1/raheem sterling.
2/paul pogba.
3/jesus fernandez saez, aka-suso.
things are not that bad at liverpool eh, dont know much about pogba , but hey he must be good to be put up there with suso and raheem...............lfc {Ed004's Note - You can actually brag when they have made it at your club. At the minute all this means is that people have high expectations for them, a lot of players have been predicted to reach great heights and failed.}

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Well if they are going good then thats amazing, cuz as it stands u are in a relegation fight lol
Chris the REDman

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Yeah like Richie Partridge and Neil Mellor, the new McManaman and Owen weren't they what happned there?

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I wonder if you would have had pogba at no.2 if he was still with us - you would be calling him over hyped. Sterling does look decent for englands sake lets hope he has a bit more about than walcott and knows how to use his pace. Adam

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An official site? Please let us know what site for a start. Also, with those three being the top 3, it seems slightly biased, as all three would be well known to British people, perhaps not elsewhere. I'm pretty certain there are a few gems that played their youth football outside of England, that are comparable to those three.

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Paul pogba , having watched him on youtube , all i can say is saf- what a big, big mistake you have made...............lfc

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This post would carry more weight if firstly you named the "official" site that you gleamed this info from and secondly you added young players from around the world because this is where all the "big" clubs are getting their young talent from.
Raheem Stirling is a good young prospect, but would struggle to get in the top 50 of world wide talent. The likes of Neymar, Oscar and Lucas Moura, 3 from one country would make him look ordinary.
As for watching Pogba on youtube, Stuart Downing looks good on youtube. Pogba was a player with talent but couldn't wait for his chance, if he stayed another season and was more patient he may have made it, but we'll never know. he's gone to the 4th tier of European football and may shine in Italy but it's not the premiership or La Liga.
Flyhalf Mitch.

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Raphael Varane, Thiago, Eden Hazard, Mario Gotze, Iker Muniain, Yann M'Vila, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Mateo Kovacic and even Oxlade Chamberlain all better prospects than Stirling.
Flyhalf Mitch.

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Sterling is like Walcott all pace nothing else, suso, looks decent but to light and if you ask me mats daehli would top that list any day of the week!

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Did you get this off the official liverpool site?

19-20 MUFC

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Flyhalf mitch

Add to that Oscar, Neymar, Lucas Moura, Lucas Ocampos, Isco and Veratti. That allows you to see the extent of the deludedness of liverpool fans.

Mick

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22 Oct 2012 18:00:05
I wonder which of Braga's players we should sign after tomorrow night....

Andy S

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I'd imagine their CM's and LB and Assistant Manager/Coach :)

Ports

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How about Hugo Viana. Or Quim. Their the only Braga players i know.

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It was sarcasm.......

Andy S

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So was mine ........

Ports

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Ironically his may have been too. It's hard to tell........

Andy S

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LOL it is quite funny how every time we play anyone, someone from their midfield stands out. Kind of tells you about the state of our midfield.

Shahram

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22 Oct 2012 17:36:09
i see on caught offside that juve r lookin interested in rio what r peoples views on rio goin to italy...in my opinion i would be to get rid if we had more options at the back, or do some kind of swap for vidal....he has been our week link at the back this year and this could b our get out of jail card...just wonderin whats ur opinion

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Firstly, if it's on caught offside, it's probably nonsense. Secondly, weak link? Think you're confusing him with Patrice. Thirdly, even if it were true, can't see Rio wanting to go overseas.

AJH

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Don't believe anything Caught Offside has to say bud.

They make their money by people clicking onto their page, hence why they make up very attractive stories to attract football fans to their site.

Very exciting prospect to invest in, if I say so myself.

MPez

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No-one's going to listen to you until you learn to spell mate.
nov00

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Swap him for pogba

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22 Oct 2012 17:32:33
After hearing all these "Hernandez to Athletico Madrid" rumours, do you reckon we could use him as part of a swap deal for falcao. I know it a bit unlikely but would be a great way to get back at city and chelsea.

With a few signings next summer and all our players getting over injuries i think our team could look like this next season:

De Gea
Rafael Smalling/Evans Vidic Buttner

Vidal
Kagawa Cleverly
Rooney

RVP Falcao

This team I think could beat almost anybody. If the narrow tactics weren't working, we could always rotate on valencia and possibly young to change our style of play. Nani i feel has to go if we can get decent money for him.

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Why do we want/need to get back at Chelsea and City? The question is would he improve our team, where woud he play, and do we need him? Right now, we have more pressing needs than a centre forward.

AJH

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No chance mate. Falcao is pure
Class. If we buy him we win the league. Fact. If we stick with Hernandez we won't. Simple.
NoMidfield

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22 Oct 2012 17:13:52
The team for tomorrows match is a tough one to call, really is! Braga have threats in both Alan and Eder. Alan in particular could cause some trouble down the right, so hopefully Buttner will be able to track back well, because a counter attack will more than likely come through Alan. I think the team we'll see will be something like this....
--------Lindegaard--------
Rafael-Evans-Wooton-Buttner
-----Fletcher--Cleverly----
----------Kagawa----------
Nani------------------Young
----------Rooney----------

Andy!

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22 Oct 2012 17:08:43
Haven't posted in a while but I will share my thoughts on the 2 burning issues I've seen when scrolling through the site...

Welbeck

Lots on here saying he's not great others saying he is but IMO despite believing he will improve he will always be no better than a 3rd choice striker. I don't see him having the potential to be absolutely top class but I do believe he will be at United for years. Yes it is difficult to judge at the moment and he may become exceptional but he certainly doesn't look like one of those youngsters who will undoubtedly become a star like when a Rooney or a Giggs broke through.

Rio

Don't see how this is even a big story, seems like a complete waste of time. Yes it is a bit embarrassing for someone like SAF to have someone break rank but the fact is anyone should be free to make up their own mind about whatever the hot topic is. Either way it seems Rio has been dealt with and the manager in his press conference today seemed to want to put the issue to bed.

Also delighted because I'm actually getting down to the game tomorrow for the 1st time this season so hoping to see a couple of the youngsters get a bit of a chance. Obviously can't underestimate Braga as they are a pretty useful side but hopefully quite a strong side from the start and get 30 mins or so for the likes of Powell and maybe Lingard (who I think is very underrated)

Rjmanutd

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22 Oct 2012 17:05:37
just watch Norwich City v Arsenal

how can arsenal fans come here and tell us they got a better team ?

desiRED

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They didn't muster a single opportunity in the whole game. A pathetic performance and it will be a massive struggle for them to get into the top four this season.

Sydney!

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22 Oct 2012 17:01:19
think we will see giggs tomorrow, iv jus got a bad feeling.

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I would rather see him tomorrow than on the weekend.

Sydney!

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WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

never want to see him again... legend yes...

finished yes... younger players should be playing instead..

has fergie not learned from the Pogba situation.... and you may say it was for money but it does not look like that at the minute.. he is getting game time

oxred

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I think its very sad that most of us are sat here thinking o god not Giggs again when he should have retired after Moscow and we could all be sat going Ryan what a player he was.

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Agree totally no-name.

Noticed that there's a lot of people on this site who tend to be very disrespectful to good United servants, as soon they start to show obvious signs of fading.

These players have obviously started to decline, some are at more advanced stages of decline than others, but the language used against the likes of Evra and Giggs etc shows a lack of class. It seems fans nowadays forget very quickly, the service given to the club over the years by some of our players.

The tone taken on this site recently against Giggs in particular, a modern United legend, has turned really nasty and aggressive - no need for it people.

"Thanks lads for the great times over the years, and for all the success you've helped bring to the club - it's been a blast, but it's time to step aside for the younger players" - sounds a lot better than, "his legs have gone, he's shot, get him out now, he's lost it and it's just getting embarrassing now, never want to see him again, absolute liability, I'll just die if I see his name on the teamsheet for this week"....


StevieK

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22 Oct 2012 16:45:57
So Wootton could be starting tomorrow and the Rio/SAF rift was sorted out in an instant. Buttner should start and we could well look to play the diamond with Kagawa and Cleverley rested. Are you happy with all of that Red Man? A genuine question, I'm not being sarcastic.

Sydney!

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Sorry, that's rested at the weekend I was meant to say.

Sydney!

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22 Oct 2012 15:16:48
This story is really quite pointless, just being magnified by the media as they always do with United. At the end of the day Rio should choose what causes he wants to support, not Ferguson. What was it Ferguson said, no one man is bigger than the club, we'll i believe he is starting to think he is. what about his antics with the BBC when he was costing the club thousands for not being interviewed.
Rio doesn't believe the F.A is doing enough against racism and he is right. How is Ferguson going to punish Rio, give him a 4 match ban and £250,000 fine?
Come on its pathetic, the media are trying to unsettle the camp, and they believe they have Sir Alex both ways, if he doesn't punish Rio he is weak, if he does then he punishing a player sticking up for his brother. What we all fail to see is that Rio Ferdinand not wearing the shirt has brought more attention to the "Kick It Out" campaign, and what should be going on at the same time, an investigation about racial abuse to England players against Serbia.
Of late Rio has been very good to United, a great servant for the team, especially in the last two seasons, when all other defenders have been dropping like flies, he has keep himself fit and in front of de gea, even with his own problems.

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Hes embarrassed me and let the club down and let me down i will deal with him make no mistake about that fergies wors after it happened funny how when the pundits and ex players and managers sided with rio he backed down and said we have had a misunderstanding funny that he is ok giving it out but cant take flak back

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22 Oct 2012 14:50:07
Team for tomorrow then gents?

SAF has said he is resting Rio and Evra (can't wait for papers headlines being Rio dropped! Jokers) and that Smalling and Jones are still a couple of weeks away.

So:

____________ De Gea
Rafael __ Evans __ Wootton __ Buttner
___________Fletcher
____Anderson ____Cleverley
Nani __________________ Young
__________Hernandez

I've gone for this team based on SAF saying Rio and Evra rested with the Chelsea game coming up so I'd imagine he'll want to protect RVP, Rooney, Kagawa and Carrick? I think (hope) this team would still be goo enough to beat Braga!

Also, pleased for Brady getting drafted in to the Champions League squad, potentially have him ahead of Young but I doubt that will be the case!

Looking forward to it though!

Ports

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Same team but i think smalling in for wootton and i think maybe lindegaard will play this one.

phil

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I think Kagawa on Cleverly will play

De Gea
Rafael-Evans-Rio-Evra
Fletcher
Cleverly-Anderson
Kagawa
Rooney-RVP

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Dont underestimate Braga i think a stronger team. possibly rooney and VP. tough call as such a biggie this weekend.

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I think kagawa will play and maybe rooney as well
jred

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Sorry wootton in for smalling,should of read the team news before commenting!

phil

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Too tough to call to be honest.

Sydney!

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___________DDG
_____Woots______Evans
Tony______Fletcher______Butt
____Clevers_______Anders
__________Kagawa
____L.Nani________Rooney

You have to think Nani and Anderson will play against a Portugal side. Players need games, but I doubt the manager will take Braga too lightly. Jred said that Ev isn't playing which is good news, but bad news that he will be playing at the weekend. I didn't expect to see Rio play and I think Carrick will get a rest too.

Sydney!

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___________Linders
Toni___Smalling__Evans___Buttner
______Cleverly__Anderson
Welbeck____Kagawa_____Young
____________RVP

Fletcher may also get some involvement. The game is important in that we rest the right people for the weekend and also give playing time to those who need it.

I fancy that the boss will try to give Smalling 90 minutes in the hope of playing him against Chelsea. Cleverly and Kagawa will play given that they weren't involved during the weekend. We cannot afford to underestimate Braga though, so we will play a strong attack that will feature either Rooney or RVP - its anyone's guess as to which one the boss goes for.

Fresh!

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Ports I think we will play a much stronger team and it is stupid to underestimate Braga and drop points and possibly open up the group. A win pretty much gets us through and leaves us needing to beat Cluj at home and then have the luxury of resting players for the away fixtures at Braga and Galatasaray and even give some of the younger guys a run out.

my prerffered line up is Lindegard, Evans, Buttner,Rafael, Fletcher, Kagawa, Anderson, Cleverly, Valencia, rooney. I know I am missing a defender but can't figure out who we play in the centre. It will be a big step up for wootton. Maybe robbie brady somewhere in there.

I hope, smalling and ashley young get a run out as subs. Don't be surprised to see giggs in the starting lineup and captaining the team.

BTW does anyone know what is going on with smalling as SAF said he was potentially available for the stoke game but did not even make the bench.

Shahram

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Fresh, I didn't realise Lindegaard was fit. Someone mentioned last week that he had done his ankle in, I didn't look to see who was on the bench at the weekend. I have to agree that Lindegaard will start tomorrow. I think Rooney will play ahead of RvP due to him needing games and it looked like RvP took a knock at the weekend.

Sydney!

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22 Oct 2012 14:48:46
A bit late but Very happy to hear about these new medical scanners being installed :D

James

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22 Oct 2012 14:44:22
A lot of the people on here has no idea about development,this isn't fifa manager mode,there alota factors to consider it not an exact science,welbeck will learn a lot in the next 3 years of playing top flight,its the highest level of football not sunday league,he has done well so far and reading of the game will improve and so will technique,Nani thou is completely down on confidence I think he got talent but we don't suit him,he needs to move get he's career back on track without united pressure on him,like it or not Alex isn't always right when it comes to man management but this is he's united while he here no ways we would have had this success without him,he'll always do things he's way that's a great character.Best ever imo

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22 Oct 2012 14:06:23
SAF on Rio: "It's been a communication issue more than anything. We've resolved the situation, there's no lingering problems. We move on."

Thoughts on his comments?

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SAF states it was a misunderstanding and its all been cleared up. Oh and Rio is being 'rested' against Braga with Chelsea in mind. Never mess with the boss.

Hope we see a few of the younger players against Braga. They need opportunities or they'll never be ready.

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I'd say that's bang on. I don't think SAF was ever bothered that Rio didn't want to wear the t-shirt, I think he just wished Rio had told him he wasn't going to wear it so to save Fergie's embarrassment. Some of the reactions on here have been so over the top it's unreal.

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Glad it is over. Looking forward to this week.

Will get drunk for 2 days if we beat Chelsea

Shahram

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22 Oct 2012 13:29:01
i'm sick of hearing about Falcao. Yes great player. Yes him with van Persie and Rooney looks great on paper. I doubt it would work in reality. Especially if we blow our whole budget on a striker we don't need and the midfield behind them is still dirt! Lets have some common sense and prioritise: CM, CB, LB & LW Are what we need not more strikers!

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Amazing player but out of our price range these days. Chelsea bound i fear

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Hopefully he will go to some foreign country like russia for money

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22 Oct 2012 13:17:18
i appreciate Dortmund are a good team. I've kept an eye on how they do every since they knocked us out champions league. Plus Bayern are a bit arrogant. And i like the way Dortmund are run. But whats with us being linked to all their players. So far on this page we've been linked with Hummels, Subotic, Bender, Gundogan, Gotze, Lewandowski. I don't think any of those are realistic signings. I get that its wishlists. But there are other teams out there.

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22 Oct 2012 13:02:22
I cannot believe some of the comments that people come out a say on here without looking at the bigger picture.


Welbeck - People are questioning the lads ability on here which I think is unfair, unfortunately Strikers are judged on Goals but how often has Welbeck started as an out and out striker? Someone said that when he has time to think he struggles but all good strikers play on instinct and the two back heel goals for England he has scored should tell you the ability he has, these were not flukes, we once spent £7 million on Andy Cole, a record fee at the time and he used to waste chances galore and had a hard time from United fans but he came good, like GK's, Strikers get better as they get older. Alan Shearer became a regular at Southampton at the age of 19 and in 3 seasons he played a total of 143 games and only scored 40 goals, give Welbeck a chance, he has shown he can score a variety of goals, he just needs more composure in front of goal which he will get as time goes on, the biggest thing, like Andy Cole is that he keeps getting in the right positions and getting the opportunities and although frustrating if he scores 1 in 5 chances, at least he's scoring, the boy has pace, strength, a physical presence and a good touch so please stop hammering the kid.

Pogba - The kid got offered a big contrat for his age, Hernandez and Cleverley were on small contracts and after showing they could cut it in the Premier League got offered a bigger contract, money will find these players if they are prepared to wait. And before people say Pogba was not given a chance, at Youth level he was a standout performer, he went to the Reserves and senior football and wasn't bossing games like his talent may of suggested he would of, the step up from youth football to senior football is massive, speed of the game, the physical side of the game, the premier league is so different to when it began and it is not as simple as just throwing kids in like it was in the early days, they have to be eased in, not just the game but everything that goes with it, fame, spotlight and the attention you will get add to that these agents who want to sign you up and get their chunk of your worth then it is important these kids are protected, Pogba and his agent obviously felt differently, only time will tell but SAF's record with kids is second to none, whether through the ranks or brought in, he manages them correctly.

Pettrucci - Great player, not sure the situation with him, some people seem to think he's signed a contract, some not? All I know is the kid had 2 years of bad injuries therefore he is 2 years behind on his development so he needs regular game time in senior football, the reserves before making the step up to full time and I think we will see him come the new year, it's a shame we pulled Newcastle and then Chelsea in the league cup otherwise we could of seen him earlier.

Anyway gents, we are second in the League, top goal scorers, going well in the Champions League, still in the League cup, we attracted the best player in the German League and the best striker in the Premier League in the summer so I don't think things are as bad as some fans are making out, just relax and trust the man that put us on top of English Football again and has seen off Wenger, Dalglish, Mourinho, Keegan, Ancelotti, 1, 2 or even 3 bad seasons will not be the end of us, Arsenal have had 7 years without a cup!

Ports

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Completely agree with the Welbeck situation, he's only 21/22, give him some time playing with Rooney and RVP up front and we're laughing.

I also have a bet that Welbeck will score more than Lambert, Pogrebnyak, Carroll and Lukaku, I bloody hope he comes good!

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22 Oct 2012 12:28:16
I think SAF was wrong the way he said said of Rio, "he will be dealt with, no doubt about that".
It Rio had not told SAF he was not going to wear the shirt, then Rio was cowardly not to do so - but if it was a last minute decision on Rio's part that's different.
Either way, SAF could have just said he was unaware that Rio would not wear the shirt and he will have a chat with Rio about it - that's all he needed to say instead of acting like the classroom bully.
What's the betting that Rio will have to come out with an apology? SAF definitely wont.

On another note; saw the Mail heading where Hernandez would be wanted by A.M. when they sell Falcao. Does anyone think 30 plus Hernandez for Falcao would be good business for Us?
Imagine a front 3 of Rooney, RVP and Falcao, it would be best front 3 in the world, even better that Barca and RM.

J Bones.

J Bones.

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Agree with that, who has disagreed?

As for Falcao, if we can give them Hernandez plus £30m and bring Falcao in then we will have the best attacking force in world football. Lets hope it can happen, doubt it though.
NoMidfield

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Did SAF not say that Rio had agreed to wear the shirt? If so he should have told SAF he wouldn't not do it after the press conference had been told Rio would wear it...... Unless I got that wrong?

Pardoe

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No midfield how is signing Falcao going to help the more pressing issue of getting our midfield right and the back four. It would just mean either Rooney or RVP have to sit on the bench. Spending 30 million pretty much means we go with the same team another season as that is our transfer kitty.

Shahram

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Falcao won't happen we have to focus on where we need to improve

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22 Oct 2012 11:36:26
A lot of talking points the last few days. On Pogba, I can't believe that people still think he had decided to join Juventus at the start of last season. I would assume that if people on this site knew he had agreed to join, then the club would have known too, and if the club knew he was leaving he would have been nowhere near the first team. Personally I think it's a combination of money and managerial ineptitude.

We offered him the biggest youth contract in the club's history? Well tough, Juve offered him more, and if you want to keep a talented player, regardless of age, then you have put up the money. We were willing to stump up £30m for a player only a year older this summer (and in my opinion Pogba would have been a lot more important), so we could have easily matched Juve. We chose not to because the club didn't want to set a precedent. But that's a pointless stance because the precedent has already been set by other clubs, so in the future we can either pay more or see our top academy players walk one by one out the door.

The second factor was, as Jono has pointed out, a lack of faith in the lad. In a few months at Juve he has been given more chances than he got all last year. And Juve have central midfield players that are far far better than what we have. Last year we had no Scholes, Cleverly and Anderson injured, and Fletcher on the sick bed. Pogba must have thought, that his chance had come, but no Fergie played an average player he was set on selling, a hard working journey man, a young right back, a young centre back, and a 38 year winger instead. After this he begged a retired player to come back before playing Pogba. This isn't about a player being impatient, it's about the manager taking the piss out of the best young midfielder to pass through our youth ranks since Scholes. The few cameos toward the end of the season can't mask the fact that Fergie didn't give him a proper chance when he was clearly the best midfield option we had.

On the issue of Welbeck. He has all the physical attributes you could want in a young striker, tall, athletic, fast, but his development as a striker has been really slow. He played a lot of games last year but didn't actually look like he got any better positional understanding or became more clinical in-front of goal. Welbeck can be a top class player, but only if the training is top notch. Hernandez is another case in point, no development of his game in the last two seasons, and now that defenders have learned to cope with him, he looks predictable. If players in their early twenties are stagnating then the club really needs to take a look at its coaching staff. The youth coaches seem to get the players into a good position, but after that there seems to be a lack of development, even in cases where young players are getting regular game time.

Danny Pughnited

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Totally agree with you about Pogba Danny. If I was him, the Blackburn game would have finished me with the club, a disgraceful selection by SAF.
Regarding Welbeck, you make a very interesting point about the coaching.
Look at Nani, Anderson, Fabio - they have not improved. Jones and Smalling are always injured. Young has had no long term impact at the club. What is going on?

J Bones.

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Hear, hear! This is an intelligent and direct analysis. One hopes that a number of matters will change quite sharply when Ferguson steps aside. That is looking increasingly likely as he embarrasses both and himself and the club with his vacuous and petulant outbursts. In my opinion his distemper and gratuitous aggression accounts for the instability of Nani, and the forever tragic waste of Anderson's talent. Quit while you are (recently) ahead!

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"He (Sir Alex Ferguson) told me that my time would come, but then it never came. And I wanted to play.

"Today was just one game. I won't let it go to my head."


When exactly did fergie suggest he would play... when there were only 10 more fit players so he had to play......

agree J Bones... the blackburn game must have really pissed him off.. it would have me....

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Agree with you completely Danny. Pogba did what was right for his career. When he came on he looked real class and would have been exactly what we are looking for.
But saf decided to be stubborn and yet again, he lost out and more importantly, we lost out. What a ridiculour situation to be in.
On the training issue, when you have Phelan as your right hand man, you are taking the piss out of every United fan by employing such a useless coach. Is it any wonder these players have not improved?
NoMidfield

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Perhaps you should all scroll down to see what the editor has to say about this situation.

Sydney!

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I have read what ed002 has said Syd, and I take it on board. But at the same time, the idea that Pogba had decided to join Juve a year in advance flies in the face of all the evidence right in front of us. If someone outside the club knew that Pogba had decided to join Juve, then we must assume the club would have know too, i.e. if ed002 knew then Fergie and Gill knew too. But then a number of things make absolutely no sense.

Why put a player who is definitely leaving the club anywhere near the first team? What do United get from this?

Why offer a player you know is leaving the biggest youth contract the club has ever offered? You know he isn't going to sign it, so all you are doing is setting a precedent for other youth players in contract negotiations.

Why re-introduce him into the first team, very publically, at the end of last season? This doesn't make sense unless the club thought there was some chance he would sign.

All in all, there is no way that Pogba's future was resolved last summer. Juve had clearly sounded him out, but Fergie knew this and made some very public attempts to convince him to stay. Nobody will know the exact reasons, aside from Pogba and his advisors, but as I said, money and playing time, are what I think are the biggest factors.

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I do not think he was joining Juventus a year in advance. But he was planning to leave a year in advance. PSG & Marseille were both approached over a year ago by his reps. I imagine the manager held some sort of hope that he may be able to change his mind with money, but the manager would have known it was fruitless and didn't see the point in promoting Pogba to go and leave at the end of the season. In my heart I have no doubt that he would have played far more last season had he signed, he would have been first choice this season. The boy was offered a chance of becoming a Manchester United first team player, but he was advised poorly by a couple people to move away from United so they can exploit their cash cow. United would have been too powerful for them had he signed with us so they needed him to part company with is. SAF was a massive fan of Pogba and he went on TV to say he is a 1st team player numerous times, he said he will do the right thing and stay numerous times. Rarely you see the manager beg a player to stay, especially a youngster. The manager and player had fallings out on a couple of occasions last season as the manager knew he couldn't keep him. Why play him and make him famous for him to f*ck off and join someone else? I fully understand why the manager was reluctant to play him due to this. I would have been. The manager's remarks about Pogba after he went said it all, the manager was gutted he left as he knew he was going to be a world-class player. He was my favourite player at the club and I think he is a real top talent. A 19 year old Frenchman away from his family was no match for Mino Raiola and Co.

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I dont NOT believe that Pogba was intending to leave anyway. But this isnt an isolated incident - none of our other talented youth are getting a chance ahead of tired, aging players.

Are they all joining Juve next season as well? Of course that aren't. So the idea that Pogba left due to not being played is far from ridiculous.

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I think danny makes some good points on the pogba issue.
pogba may well of been looking for a move away but would a run of games of changed his mind, I guess we will never know.
i always though it was strange that we offered him such a good contract but never really gave him a first team chance
jred

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Jred, well according to Ed002 he was never going to sign a new deal. I tend to agree, you and Danny disagree, lets move on.

Sydney!

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22 Oct 2012 11:30:10
Rumours on ESPN MUFC blog that DDG has signed Jorge Mendes as his new agent. Doesn't sound like the best of news. Let's hope he concentrates on establishing himself as our No.1 and not worrying about top dollar.

Doc SK

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I was under the impression that Mendes was his agent when we signed him anyway?

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Cheers Fresh, obviously poor reporting/journalism from ESPN, ha!

Doc SK

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He was his agent when we signed him.

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22 Oct 2012 10:56:27
alright lads.just wondering do you think kagawa could play as part of a midfield two with a strong dm or b2b midfielder?

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No! Never!

J Bones.

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It would ruin his ability. He would only do well in a midfield 3 and him being the top of the point.

-JakeW

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22 Oct 2012 10:17:33
There are allot of rumours stating that DDG wants to leave us and returned to Spain, I for one wouldnt be too dissappointed, he is a good shot stopper, but cant cope with the physical side of our game, however we wont get anywhere near the 16m we payed for him, but i believe there are plenty of good gk's out there to replace him such as:- in this order for me,

1, Asimer Begovic
2, Jack Butland
3, Rene Adler
4, Tim Krull
5, John Ruddy
6, Fraser Forster
7, Micheal Vorm

Thats just off the top of my head, if we do sell him who would you like to replace Dave?

Tucker

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Your off your rocker if you think begovic,ruddy,vorm and forster are better than de gea. we would get the 16m back for him easily,however,i dont want to see him go,if he did though,id like to see krull brought in.

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What do you see in DDG? The boy and that being the right word BOY cant catch a cold naked in the snow, he panicks every time the ball is put in the box not just in the air either, some of his handling is very suspect and he gets bullied to easily. Begovic is twice the keeper hence why Chelsea tried to sign him. ruddy and vorm maybe not good enough but Forster, Begovic, Adler and Krull are all better, the talk is Mendez trying to get him back to spain for 9mill. He is a good shotstopper but you need more than that. We have had better gk's than him who made less mistakes and SAF sold them. Howard, Foster, to name a couple. I was at game saturday and he was terrified of commanding his box, which inturn makes the defence nervous as they havent got the confidence to organise and command. Pure & simple.

tucker

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I would be really disappointed to see DDG leave, the boy has so much potential it would be a shame to let him go. I for one think he is improving and his shot stopping abilities are second to none!

If he is to leave my replacements would be either - Marc-André ter Stegen or Tim Krull.

DC MUFC.

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I think you are wrong Tucker. Very very wrong.

Sydney!

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Sorry i left no name on the 2nd post,yes tucker chelsea tried to sign begovic as their number 2 goalkeeper,doesnt say much does it?hes a good keeper but to suggest hes better than DDG is nuts imo.if ddg was sold i can guarantee it would be for more than 9m and im not 'ITK'.the 1st thing i saw ddg do saturday was come though a crowd of players and get an excellent punch away,please dont say it was his fault for the 1st goal,it was just the perfect freekick,to low for him to come and get it,we all know he has to improve on commanding his area but give the lad a chance,the problem with some utd fans is they expect perfection straight away and for us to be winning everything in sight,every team has to go through transition periods every few years,just show a bit of patience.

phil

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Phil, I hope your right and he does go on to be a great GK, but I just dont see and yes I do think he should come and claim crosses in his 6 yard box. Ok he did get one punch in a crowd however he came for 5 or 6 more and got no where near them. Hes young so he will be given time, but when you spend 16m on a GK I feel we should get more than a good shot stopper. Even the fans at OT worry when crosses come in the box and I go to about 10/12 games a season home and away. Like I said time will tell, I personally think Anders is better than him at OT.
But I will trust SAF even though some of his recent decisions has left me abit bemuzed. ie Pogba never given a chance and forever showing faith in Evra.

tucker

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22 Oct 2012 07:55:54
Are we seeing the end of Rio Ferdinand at OT? There seems to be a battle brewing with SAF over the "Kick it out" shirt affair, and as we know, if you take on Fergie you are very soon shown the door? Next summer move to the MLS? I think it could be on.
Mike B.

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What do you mean the end of rio, you should be saying its the end of Man United and whisky nose. After are bad start we are picking the points up now and i guantee you mancs we will be above you by the new year, Rodgers is the new fergie remember that. Ben x5

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This story is really quite pointless, just being magnified by the media as they always do with United. At the end of the day Rio should choose what causes he wants to support, not Ferguson. What was it Ferguson said, no one man is bigger than the club, we'll i believe he is starting to think he is. what about his antics with the BBC when he was costing the club thousands for not being interviewed.
Rio doesn't believe the F.A is doing enough against racism and he is right. How is Ferguson going to punish Rio, give him a 4 match ban and £250,000 fine?
Come on its pathetic, the media are trying to unsettle the camp, and they believe they have Sir Alex both ways, if he doesn't punish Rio he is weak, if he does then he punishing a player sticking up for his brother. What we all fail to see is that Rio Ferdinand not wearing the shirt has brought more attention to the "Kick It Out" campaign, and what should be going on at the same time, an investigation about racial abuse to England players against Serbia.
Of late Rio has been very good to United, a great servant for the team, especially in the last two seasons, when all other defenders have been dropping like flies, he has keep himself fit and in front of de gea, even with his own problems.

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Deluded scouser!
Wow you scraped a result against a team which destined for the drop.
You really are a pathetic bunch arn't you!

Simmo

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22 Oct 2012 07:42:00
For every goal he scores he wastes 3 chances. He will score the spectacular goal and then be wasteful. I don't think he will ever be a natural goal scorer."""
dear unnamed sir
ngiak does not fathom the dislike for welbeck
he is technically very good and is a very intelligent player
his passes and his runs are far superior to players like chicarito
rooney plays every single game
and goes through long periods every season playing badly and not scoring
yet welbeck gets a smattering of games and he is "wasteful"
people who make these negative comments are either looking through very biased eyes regarding the plaer
or they have never played competitive soccer in their lives
ngiak finds these criticisms very unfair and unwarranted
rvp and rooney missed just as many and misplaced just as many passes.. stats anyone?
gan

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