Manchester United Banter Archive February 24 2018

24 Feb 2018 20:36:21
Big game tomorrow, win and we make a statement. Lose and we are third with Chelsea level and potentially Spurs only a point behind. The performance is important but the result is critical. Which United will turn up?

24 Feb 2018 21:28:15
The usual one I fear mate.

24 Feb 2018 22:17:44
In which case we are buggered.

24 Feb 2018 22:51:54
We have to score first. If we do, I think we'll win, and win comfortably. If we don't, with the way we set up, the pedestrian nature of our football, and the lack of a leader on the pitch, I can't see us getting back into it. Obviously, I hope I'm wrong.

24 Feb 2018 23:28:53
I bet the odds for 0-0 or a set-piece 1-0 either way have never been worse.

Early goal is essential if we have any chance of a decent watch.

24 Feb 2018 23:48:40
I’m interested to see what happens. After a very positive start to the season there appears to be something not right at the moment. It could be a power struggle, it could just be players are out of form, it could be Jose’s tactics or man management, but it makes tomorrow’s game massive. Slowly but surely we have been caught and we now have several teams breathing down our necks.

25 Feb 2018 01:14:15
Unfortunately I only see Chelsea winning and probably 2 or 3 nil.

25 Feb 2018 08:24:32
Nou - I think our record says we have to score first, I read the other day that in the last 30 games where we have conceded first we have only won once!

25 Feb 2018 09:58:31
I didn't know that stat, mate, but it doesn't surprise me.

25 Feb 2018 10:48:37
2-1 for utd 😆😆.

24 Feb 2018 12:05:35
I've got my tin hat on and i'm ready for the pelters;so here goes, french and german journos' (and mostly bloggers it seems) are saying that if psg receive the slightest encouragement from the agents or those close to them, then they are willing to make an approach for both pogba and martial, could be a load of
tosh, who knows, or maybe its a way of agents getting their clients a better deal, time will tell, but today on the radio they said that seri's buy out clause had been enquired about the club, again probably flannel, but IF martial were to go, i'd like to see son from the spuds, he's just about the game, and i think he's not given the freedom at the spuds to reach his potential, or what about schurle at dortmund?

24 Feb 2018 12:41:25
Are you an international man of mystery 82? Last week you had the inside scoop from Spain.

24 Feb 2018 15:12:08
I don't believe those "reports" although a top French club going after top French players won't be strange. But that is a different matter I don't know whether true or not. I think Son is a good player.

BUT Schurrle? Really? The guy has found it hard to be a regular fixture in the Dortmund team and not playing that great for 2-3 years. I think we can and should find better targets.

24 Feb 2018 17:51:22
'82 - I think there's a rift with jose and pogba that could explode. Its early return days for PP but I would think he is a hard player to handle and petulance is a strong characteristic. In saying that he has the tools to be a world class player but if he doesn't step up to the plate sell him, simple. If he were to go I would take any 2 from jorginho, milvelocic (SP) seri. Based on we need another mid at least + replacement.
Martial imo has had long enough to get his S**t together and is frustrating and predictable. I agree with others that he hasn't had game time that would help but he is in danger of being replaced imo.

24 Feb 2018 19:48:28
Pogba is having a bad patch, but imo he isn't being played in a manner which suits him best. I agree that he clearly needs to work harder as well.
Compromise is the middle ground, and a top class manager needs to know when he needs to find that middle ground.

Cookyman, I'm surprised your not a fan of Martial, for me he is one of the few players who looks like he could make something happen, even when being played out of position on the left wing. Sure he is a little inconsistent but that is the same for nearly all creative forwards, its the nature of their position. Especially when that player has only recently turned 22.

24 Feb 2018 20:28:35
Deano1210-lol, i've been to wales a few times so maybe i tick the box! -the info my mates sometimes text or email me is from people they work with in the digital media world, you know, the ones who love being called hipsters and don't mind paying £10 for a coffee with a long name, but its okay because they get a 'free' cookie as well! i think the bloggers in europe are far more savvy over there and for all intent and purposes get a tasty morsel or 2 before rhe journos a good few times, the psg link is allegedly not far wide of the mark, like its been said on here, if neymar bolts then they need to bring in some big big names to calm the fans? whatever the reason who knows, but that's the buzz over the cable, and i think your on the money cookyman, both pogba and martial can turn a game in an instant, but once in a while isn't a good return, maybe we should get keano back to give some motivation lessons man management techniques old school style, and i'd like to know who in the current side is the enforcer, as in when a player makes a ricket, he's not so much scared of the rocket he'll get from jose, but more the fear he'd have from being cornered by someone like keano
and made to understand in very uncomfortable terms to pull his finger out, every team needs one, is there one in the team now?

25 Feb 2018 02:06:31
Are people being serious about martial being poor? He has scored and assisted more than the 500k man we have bought, but who cares about actual real facts. Let's sell him and pogba and rashford too while we are at it, what we need is more 30 year olds and 35 year olds.

25 Feb 2018 07:33:21
CSM-I think everyone wants pogba and martial to stay and be a success, but if their a lot more miss than hit week in, week out, then what's the point, if your jose, and you ask pogba to a job for 1 game out of position and the toys go flying out of the pram, surely you've got every right to question him, and look at his agent;i think its mino raiola, he's sticking his beak in and letting it be known he's not happy how pp is being treated! if SAF were in charge now, do you think pp would be endulged, his feet wouldn't touch the ground, martial is also a very talented player, great ratio on assists, but again surely if he had anything about him he'd be going nuts out in training to show he can do more then a job on the wing, or come on as a supersub, as for rashford, surely he needs a mentor in the team, but maybe that's the problem, there is no natural leader in the team, all great teams have one, i'm most likely wrong but i don't think there is one in the team, and that maybe the problem, maybe jose was hoping pp might step up and be that figure, i guess that hasn't happened, so who will step up, there needs to be someone surely.

{Ed001's Note - Fergie indulged some players, such as Cantona, when he felt it was needed to get the best from him. Not so sure Pogba would have been out the door as quick as you suggest if Fergie was still in charge, it would have depended on what he thought was best for the team. When you look at the United team, you have no one else who can do what Pogba does at his best, so I would think Fergie would have just ensured he got the best out of him, even if it required indulgence. At least until he had got the team into a position where it no longer needed Pogba.}

25 Feb 2018 14:29:39
Can't disagree there Ed0001.

{Ed001's Note - certainly would have been interesting to see Fergie deal with this squad.}

25 Feb 2018 16:51:08
Shappy- I really hope that martial would have kicked on and as my post said game time hasn't helped. but I really think he is a guy who could come off after 90 mins and play another match. He sure has talent but he is a bit predictable and goes missing if he gets a cruncher.
CSm- same reply -not saying he is poor just that he doesn't put a shift in and its the premier league, man utd and cup football on the greatest scale, not the dudley licensed vitulars sunday morning kick about. He is not the only one in the current squad but he could have a chat with Linguard and mctominay who may not possess his potential or raw talent but take every opportunity as if its their last. that's the type of player I want to see pull on the jersey, doesn't every fan?

24 Feb 2018 05:47:59
{Ed's Note - Tris Burke has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 24th February 2018

24 Feb 2018 04:00:00
{Ed's Note - Tris Burke has posted a new article entitled, Premier League Match Previews Saturday 24th February 2018