Manchester United Banter Archive May 25 2015

25 May 2015 23:17:47
Dani Alves, Bastian Schweinsteiger now I know your age is just a number but there is a point at which every footballer starts to go in to decline and I'm not sure if going for the older players is the best choice. I'm not denying these specific players talents as they obviously aren't imaginary but shouldn't we go for medium aged players with age and to some extent experience on their side?

26 May 2015 01:28:56
At least at their age, they'll not want to go and play for RM or Barca, once they've had their fill of us. Beast will be happy.

26 May 2015 07:02:36
If they have still lot to offer and won't cost us much. I will happily sign them

26 May 2015 07:18:04
Schweini if available is a must. Alves on the other hand, we should stay clear of him.

26 May 2015 07:34:16
He is very good right back and offensively miles better than Valencia.

26 May 2015 07:48:09
Alves if signed for appropriate wages can give us 2 more good years . I won't be able to see Valencia playing LB again

26 May 2015 08:01:46
Sorry ! meant to say RB

25 May 2015 21:56:48
I think this is going to be such an interesting summer not just at United but at all the top clubs through Europe regarding players and managers potentially moving on.
It looks as though we are getting our transfers in nice and early so we can relax this deadline day. Biggest question might be if Bale becomes available will we make our move and does ADM and RVP stay. Going to be very interesting.
Great news by sly sources that BR is set to stay at LFC, hope this is true the scousers will be fuming ha.

25 May 2015 19:40:25
mufc have the money ready for Nicolás Otamendi but they want to negotiate the €50m clause. A deal is likely. [guillem balague on revista]

25 May 2015 21:46:29
50 million euro is around 35 million pounds, which already sounds a lot better. To be fair I wouldn't criticise Valencia from wanting at least 30 million for a good defender who has many years to run on his contract so how much further can you negotiate?

Did I read somewhere the other day that the owner of Valencia has a link with Man Utd?

26 May 2015 01:00:25
Peter Lim has interests in Valencia as well as a connection with Salford

25 May 2015 19:20:00
Let the game begin. Ancelloti sacked and suspect as already posted Benitez to be appointed.

25 May 2015 18:49:41
My transfer wishlist

rb - clyne
Cb - hummels
Dm - schweinsteiger
Cm - gundogan
St - benzema

Hopefully get some on that list

25 May 2015 18:56:40
Schweinsteiger and Gundogan yes, Hummels, Clyne and Benzema no.

25 May 2015 18:33:03
How about De Gea in a straight swap for Verane?

26 May 2015 07:14:18
Only if he wants to go otherwise no one swaps a keeper that will be top 2 in the world for the next 10 or years for a defender that is very good but not at that level. Marquinos is better and so is Sergio Ramos and Laporte is up there and so is the Atheltico Madrid guy who's name escapes me.

26 May 2015 15:02:00
Jose Maria Gimenez

25 May 2015 17:08:38
Interested to hear you guys thoughts on strikers for next year.

Obviously we will be playing with one up front and two attacking wingers. So do we drop Rooney, or do we stick with up top and bring in a back up / keep RVP?

The simplest and most likely solution is have Rooney starting with RVP and Wilson as back up. I think at this stage of his career RVP would take second choice at a club like ours rather than moving to somewhere like Fenerbache in Turkey where he has been linked. He has a young family and will want to keep them settled I'm sure.

Besides, I really cannot think of a striker that would be right for us that is available. Only Muller but I don't think he is available and Rooney is basically an immovable object in our team and can only play upfront - useless outwide and lost in midfield.

25 May 2015 17:47:54
I'm not so sure rvp is the sort of character who would be happy being back up and I feel he could cause trouble in the camp if not playing regularly

25 May 2015 18:03:18
Would love to see henriquez get the chance he deserves. Other than that we could honestly do with a top striker to be honest cause we've really lacked goals. I'd sign lacazette cause he can also play on the wing so wouldn't have to sit out if both him and Rooney are on form

25 May 2015 18:06:04
It would be difficult to purchase a striker that is as good though because they know they will be being bought for the bench surely.

25 May 2015 18:09:47
i think that's why we are looking at a player like ings

25 May 2015 18:58:16
Lacazette would expect to play every week. Perhaps sticking with RVP is what we need and is best for us right now.

25 May 2015 11:58:35
Hi eds, is there any truth in the Vidal to Arsenal rumours? Do we still hold an interest in Vidal?

Think he would be the perfect addition to our 1st team & would be extreamly disappointed to see h wearing an arsenal shirt!

Many thanks for all your input eds!

{Ed007's Note - Arsenal are interested in Vidal and contrary to what Juventus say publicly about wanting Vidal to stay, there is every chance he will leave Juve this summer. There doesn't seem to be anything happening with Utd regarding Vidal.}

25 May 2015 17:03:00
Shame he's a great player!

Cheers 007

25 May 2015 11:27:44
Biggest disappointment is the way we've finished the season. No enthusiasm and no pride. The players seem to be content with 4th place.
Also, we have created very little. I think Falcao will go elsewhere and become a hit. He might not hit the highs from a few seasons back but he will score lots of goals again.
We could buy all the strikers we want, but if there isn't a system to create chances for them then next season will be no better.
I am now worried that klopp might be going to Liverpool if they decide to get rid of Rodgers.
I hope we can go back to playing free flowing football next year.

25 May 2015 11:45:35
So what if liverpool get klopp, they are not even in the top 4 teams we need to worry about next season, a 27 point swing on last year between the two teams says it all, we have more money to spend and our best players don't all want to leave so they will just get further and further behind us.

I don't think we really finished the season with no pride, yesterday was a strange one as hull had everything to play for and we had nothing to play for, it's always going to be like that, but the arsenal game we played well and a decent result at an in form palace meant 4th was in the bag. The west brom game was the one that killed our top 3 chances, that was just one of them games where 99 out of 100 times we would have won.

I am looking forward to next season, we might not win the league but I have a feeling we are going to give it a bloody good go.

25 May 2015 12:08:51
Get a grip NM. Klopp will be Arsenal manager the season after next. And how did he do this season with BvB? Like I said, get a grip my friend. There's more things than this in life to worry about.

25 May 2015 12:40:08
NM has a point. Other than the purple patch against the big teams we gave struggled a lot. its been great fun and we made top 4 but I also think it has been disappointing. I expected a lot more this year.

Looking ahead, I think Shaw will be brilliant when fully fit but we remain short in key areas. This window remains critical.

I remain unconvinced about LVG'S philosophy. For the most part this has been pedestrian. If we give him the benefit of the doubt due to injuries and new players, we need to see an early step forward next year.

25 May 2015 12:41:35
Nomid

The game meant nothing mate and had we not had hull and relegation battle and forced to field a decent team, I would have liked to see a bunch of players from the youth system.

Falcao will end up back in Spain or Italy as the PL is just too much for him. He is physically not strong enough and got bullied mate.

Klop is no messiah mate proven by the fact that losing Goetze and Lewandowski has turned them into an average team and we can all argue he has done a Brendan Rogers by buying poorly as their replacements.

The PL whilst not sometimes the greatest league in terms of technical play is still the toughest league for most managers and given the expectations that comes with managing a top club and the English media, it is like being in fish bowl and many managers fail rather than succeed and hence the short tenure of most of them.

25 May 2015 13:08:27
I like Klopp, but the reason he left Dortmund was to manage a team who can challenge for trophies. Liverpool are miles off that, and I can't see him going to a side that have all the same budgetary constraints that frustrated him at Dortmund.

I do agree that this season has been less than reassuring. £150m + spend for a 6 point increase on last season is a worrying stat that is glossed over by our position. We look like a side bereft of attacking ideas, and this needs to change if we want to progress. New faces will help, but new ideas are far more important.

25 May 2015 17:06:29
All fair points. My worry was the way we have played the last 5 games. Not a lot of confidence or enthusiasm.
I know klopp is no messiah but his style of football suits United's.
I hope lvg can get the balance right next season. The most encouraging thing us the way we performed against the top teams, that bodes we'll. We need to be more ruthless against the likes of Swansea, Wba etc,no disrespect to any of these teams of course.

25 May 2015 17:09:50
Do you think we could get Rodgers in if LVG leaves ? Great young manager

24 May 2015 20:20:00
Do you think stephan el shaawry would be a shroud purchase with him being only 22, and Milan not being the side they were of old? Just a thought?

25 May 2015 11:37:02
Not done enough yet IMO.

25 May 2015 12:42:46
He had a bright start to his career but he hasn't done little the past 2 seasons to warrant a big move.

Maybe the form of Milan has affected his performances but then even the best of players still show some talent even when they're side aren't doing that well.

25 May 2015 09:38:00
{Ed001's Note - We have posted a new article entitled, Learning the lessons from Liverpool's failure.

25 May 2015 08:46:50
So the season is over.

I think its there for us all to see, we are missing height and power in midfield and generally just around the pitch, yes go on say it we got felliani but he can't be everywhere.

I think, Muller, otamendi, Clyne and Kondogbia maybe signed

Players of that calibre anyway,

Looking forward to the closure of the transfer window already just to see what our team will look like and perform like after all the ins and outs.

Just like to say I read this site all the time, don't post a lot but when i do i normally post on the liverpool page for the bantz, but them losing yesterday was enough for us all to laugh until august

Have a Good pre season guys,

Read you lot in august .

25 May 2015 08:20:27
You get my post about El shaawry of Milan? He's only 22, Maybe a shrood signing? Scored two tonight against Torino? Milan are not the Milan of old so? Just a thought?

{Ed001's Note - if they do get Emery, would he want to leave?}

25 May 2015 14:17:15
Course it wouldn't, we are Manchester United you know! Haha! In all seriousness we are still despite what people say one of the biggest clubs in world football, we would turn anyone's head if they knew we were interested?

25 May 2015 16:30:16
Can't believe he's only 22. Seems to have been around for years!

25 May 2015 07:20:54
What's the thoughts on utd apparently in discussions with Benicia for gaitan? seems odd as we have a lot of players in the role he plays.

25 May 2015 09:40:38
Personally for the money and age I would rather get felipe anderson. He has a lot more to offer in his game plus he's younger

24 May 2015 23:58:40
Todays game summed up the season for me, zero goal threat!!! I honestly think the lack of a prolific striker has cost us a minimum of 10 points this season and I would treat the importance of a new striker on par with the need for a quality cb.

Roll on August, let the transfer circus commence.

25 May 2015 06:44:48
We had 3 goal scorers in our team this year and none of them together a decent run of form. I just don't think we create enough.

25 May 2015 17:01:56
Sold on that, see ya Rooney, welcome Lewandowski!