Manchester United Banter Archive March 24 2012

24 Mar 2012 23:04:39
i notice no ex liverpool players on match of the day tonight. Suppose it saves them the embarrassment of having to say their mate has made a mess of it.

24 Mar 2012 23:03:24
Who would have believed the big scouse result today? Winning away at Swansea is no mean feat ;)

DodgyBanter

24 Mar 2012 21:33:07
on 'current form' I wish arsenal were playing city next week not week after. they are looking very shaky atm.

lucky against chelsea, lucky against stoke. roll on monday night!

24 Mar 2012 19:45:04
Congratulations to Cristiano Ronaldo in reaching 100 La Liga goals in the shortest amount of games ever. Come home soon!

RedDevil19

24 Mar 2012 19:35:44
Now we need United to finish the weekend off on Monday. City players looked very tired at the end. Lets hope they are that sluggish at the Emirates. I would love to go into the City game four points ahead. We could relax and play for fun.

Sydney!

24 mar 2012 18:56:21
come on utd
i would rather you win the title and shove those words down those ex arsenal players throats who said they left us to win trophies.
afc till i die.

24 Mar 2012 18:53:19
What a goal by Crouch! Stoke fans doing the Poznan, love it!

G.A.G.U.S

24 Mar 2012 18:13:39
Are you lot stupid stop laughing at Liverpool or their supporters will realise that agent Dogleash is working for us and doing a brilliant job. Do you know what the really brilliant thing is. They are all to scared to be the first one to say he is s**t and has wasted a 100 million. Just watch Match of the Day tonight as Hanson shuffles around and doesn't criticise his beloved Kenny. Well thank you to Kenny and all his boys as you are all doing a brilliant job. I just didn't realise when Alex knocked you all off your perch how far down you had fallen. I AM KLOOT

24 Mar 2012 17:33:43
I don't normally post about Liverpool, but here is something for you to all laugh about and highlights the gulf of class between that useless bunch and our title winning side:

They have dropped points to:

Man Utd
Sunderland
Stoke
Totenham
Norwich
Man City
Swansea
QPR
Fulham
Blackburn
Bolton
Arsenal
Wigan

That does include a 3-1 defeat to Bolton, 2-1 to Wigan, 3-2 to QPR...i could go on.

Thats 13 out of the 19 teams that they can play in the League.

We on the other hand have only dropped points to:

Stoke
Liverpool (an unlucky draw at Anfield)
Newcastle
Blackburn
Man City
Chelsea

Liverpool have lost 10 drawn 9, we have drawn 4 lost 3. We have scored 73 they have scored 35 and we've conceded 27 to their 29.

Liverpool fans don't like stats, i wonder why?

UnitedForever

24 Mar 2012 17:19:49
were looking over our shoulders now boys, liverpool might catch us.

haha

24 Mar 2012 17:07:03
When I blow the whistle could you all be upstanding and respectful to observe a 2 minute period of laughter at Liverpool Football Club.

PEEP!

24 Mar 2012 17:05:44
that guy who said wigan were a defo for liverpool sometime this week, must be really embarassed(or elated) now
DJ

24 Mar 2012 16:43:24
Regular reader and very rare poster... Here are my thoughts on what should happen this summer, being reasonable (at least in my eyes) and assuming not more than a 25M net spend.

Firstly, there is a lot of dross to be cleared imo, and a fair bit of youngsters to be integrated from loan / tied down on new deals. Between transfers and new deals for some of the kids, I think the following might happen

GK: Nothing major really, imo we are all set for a while with DDG and Lindegaard (always been a big fan of DDG btw, ever since i saw him for Atletico when they won the Europa)
Outs:
PIG - not much to add there really

Defence
Outs:
Evra - I'm sure SAF can see he needs to go! i guess we can get 5M for him
Ferdinand - assuming that Chinese club make a decently big offer for him (~4M maybe?)

Ins:
Clyne - 2M?
Fryers on a new deal
Either an LB or Fabio / Fryers next season

Midfield
Outs:
Park - 3M
Fletcher - doubt he will get back
Anderson - have a sneaky feeling he might get the exit door, really rate him a lot, but he just doesnt stay fit! 8M

Ins:
Pogba - new deal, fingers crossed
Scholesy - looks like he will stick around for a year too
Kovacic - free / nominal
Martinez / M'Vila / Sissoko - 25M tops. Really hope this happens
Brady and Tunnicliffe too - either play as subs for the first team next season or loaned to PL clubs

Forwards
Outs:
Berbatov - class act, think SAF just couldnt use him well. 8M easily
Owen - released
Macheda - has done jack s*** at QPR. 4M or so

Ins:
Will Keane will be promoted hopefully, else maybe Owen will get another year.
Alan Pulido (feel this will happen, all the signs similar to Chicharito are there) - 4M

If you look at it, all of this will pretty much balance the books and still save wages. I think there will be one additional 'marquee' signing, which could be a CAM / Left Footed Winger / Striker if we get the right targets in.

Personally, I'd be happy even if only the above were to happen. I think by 2013 we would have finally replaced Scholes, Giggs, Carrick, Fletcher, Hargo and Anderson in the midfield with Cleverley, Pogba, Tunnicliffe, Martinez / M'Vila / Sissoko, Petrucci all hitting their prime years... and with Januzaj, Daehli, Cole and the other kids in the academy to follow... I also personally would like for us to get in Hoilett and get rid of Young, and use the money to fund a bid for either Hazard / Bale. But I'd be amazingly pissed if we hear the 'no value' crap again in the summer. I dont think this squad needs as drastic an overhaul as most people think, but damned if it doesnt need some fresh players. We dont keep pace this summer, and Sh***y will get ahead of us next year for sure!

TIPRA_REDDEVIL

24 Mar 2012 12:55:56
Last season you lot weren't good enough to win the champions league, this season you aren't good enough to win the europa league, next season you won't even be able to compete for the carling cup. Scholes and giggs can't carry on forever

Andy LFC

24 Mar 2012 11:59:10
would people be happy if we signed no midfielders in the summer but managed to keep hold of Pogba?

Del boy!

24 Mar 2012 10:32:10
What is it with people repeatedly saying Vidic is in his twilight, he won't be the same player, he won't be first choice. Vidic is 30,entering his prime he is fit and lean and his talents never included pace, something that players lose with age. Players like Bruce, May, Blanc, Pally, Rio etc all played on well into their 30's. None of which were as fit as Vidic. He has also quit international football so can concentrate on us. If Vida comes back from his injury he could play on til 35 no probz. Even if Jones replaces him at 33, he wouldn't make a bad backup would he? The reason Giggs and Scholes will play on til 39 and 38 is because they are both lean, and fit. Vidic is built in a similar way so could easily play on til 35. -MB-

24 Mar 2012 09:03:59
As we reach the climax of the season I am surprised to find us top of the league, whether we win it or not, who knows. Since Moscow we have lost the likes of Tevez, Ronny, Hargreaves, Brown, VDS from the starting X1 and with respect to their replacements, not made any marquee signings (Berba?). Valencia for Ronny, Berba for Tevez, No replacement for Hargreaves, not sure anyone in 2008 would have thought that was good business, but that was Fergie's choice.
Most supporters would agree that since 2008 we have not looked so good, at times it has been hard to watch at OT as we scraped a 1-0 win against a 'lower team. Funny, watching the away games, last season apart, it has been more enjoyable maybe because the onus is on the home team to attack us rather than us having to break down teams at OT.
The squad looked weaker again this season, Vida, Rio, Evra, Carrick, Giggsy all approaching their twilight years, Scholsey and VDS had retired. A blend of youth was added in Jones, Smalling, Clevs, Welbeck and De Gea, plus Young was signed. With youth you have to accept that they will make mistakes as they gain experience and we have seen that on a few occassions.
Being nice you could say we have been humbled by Palace, Basle, Benfica and Bilbao, maybe humiliated in some cases. Yet here we are in the final straight involved in a 2 horse race for the EPL, unbelieveable.
In nearly 50 years of following United this has to be one of the greatest achievements I have witnessed and it is all down to Fergie. This season, with the transition, the injuries we have endured I don't think any other manager would have got us into the top 4, let alone be challenging for the title.
Whatever happens (well not quite whatever, in case we lose the next 9 games lol) Fergie has proved what a fantastic manager he is and I believe if we do become the EPL Champions this will be his greatest achievement.
Many top class players have come and gone over my time following United, without doubt our greatest signing in that time is Fergie, take a bow Sir....

Keanooh

24 Mar 2012 02:41:50
really think this team could beat the likes of madrid and barca, not spending that much either ( we will sell some players) rooney jones cleverley captains in 2 seasons time :)

De Gea

Jones Rioferdy Vidic Baines

Valencia Scholes Cleverley Robben
Rooney
Llorente

Lindergaard
Evans
Rafael
Pogba
Carrick
Nani
Young
Welbeck