Manchester United Banter Archive August 04 2011

04 Aug 2011 23:45:27
This isn't football related, but I'd just like to say there's lots of amateur psychiatrists on this site and a few who can use a thesaurus. That is all.

DB-Red

04 Aug 2011 23:19:15
Hi there guys. Does anyone know where i can watch the Mexican league games? Seems to be a lot of talent there at the moment and i.d like a better look.
Mac

04 Aug 2011 20:51:49
'jns'

De Gea(20), Lindegaard(27), Amos(21), Johnstone(18)

Rafael(21), Fabio(21), Smalling(21), Jones(19), Evans(23), Vidic(30), Rio(32), Evra(30)

Fletcher(27), Valencia(25), Nani(24), Anderson(23), Cleverley(21), Park(30), Giggs(37), Carrick(30), Pogba(18), Young(26), Morrison(18), Sneijder(27)?

Rooney(25), Hernandez(23), Welbeck(20), Owen(31)


__________De Gea

Rafa____Ferd____Vida____Evra

_____Fletcher___Sneijder

L.Nani______Rooney______Young

__________Hernandez


__________Lindegaard

Fabio____Small____Jones____Evans

________Carrick___Clevers

Toni________Anderson________Park

____________Welbeck


Sorry 'jns' but I do not share your view, Like I said I believe our squad is younger, fresher & stronger than last season, and if we buy Sneijder then our first XI will be strengthened too.

Sydney!

04 Aug 2011 19:52:16
With a deal for Wesley Sneijder still uncertain I think we should be looking at other options. I've said in the past I think its a risk signing Sneijder and nothing has changed that, he is without question a quality player when he is at his best but I winder how he would fit in. I think a perfect alternative is Borussia Dortmund's Mario Gotze. Only 18 years old, probably available for around £20million and would be a great signing. It's the kind of deal United normally do i.e investing in youth and developing them into top players and for me Gotze has huge potential and would flourish at Old Trafford. Modric would be ideal but I doubt a deal could be done.

Your thoughts, Syd or Ed?

04 Aug 2011 18:23:22
Anyone have a link to tonights match

04 Aug 2011 17:48:37
you should put that well know doctor of philosophy/part time footie puntit gan in the deep lying midfield role to tell everyone where they are going wrong and correct their position"""
dear mr lfc
finally someone with some sense
ngiak congratulates you
it took awhile for these wanna be managers to realise gan's true worth
so much better and cheaper than this wesley sneijder joke of a player
and sending through balls to ngiak to scamper through while rainfishtrombone and sydney do the dummy.... sorry dummy runs
gan

04 Aug 2011 17:35:54
Redfaith
matthew makes a good point sneijder is a true worldclass player pos the best midfielder out side of barce, nasri isnt at that level , people would not have a problem with sneijder getting big cash or expect the same, as big players get big wages look at rooney
jred"""
dear mr jred
sneijder, schmeider
ngiak would rather have goetze and parker
anytime anyday
a good experienced teacher and the best youngster in a long while
from a tough league
gan
ps... throw in hernanes, and there will be no need for any buys the next 5 to 10 years

04 Aug 2011 16:59:43
Any idea who will be starting Sunday? Hope vidic and ferdy start and give aguero a rough time. Would love to see him fail miserably and shut up city for a while.

04 Aug 2011 15:16:14
Why do people keep on going in about sneijder and nasri? Both are class players but i don't think that they ate needed at united. We need another class of fergies fledglings to come through like in 94 with the Nevs, necks, butt, scholes keane etc. Pogba, Morisson, clever are coming through and need to be given more playing time. We ready have gea, jones, smalling, Chico, twins, cleverly all in the making of another great team.

As for sneijder and nasri. Why do people keep on mentioning about wes's age, wages, sell on value? Why would you want to sell him on? He is far better than most of our midfield men and can be a legend till he retires at OT. As for nasri he may or may not fit into the team. He might not want to stay after a few seasons. Look at what happened to other stars who we thought were going to be at old Trafford for life and become legends eg, becks, ronaldo. Ronaldo left. He was for the future but wanted Madrid. If man utd want players to remain and become legends they have to look at home
grown players. There's a couple of gems there like the clas of 94 and we know were they got to... {Ed007's Note - Manchester City have offered cash for Nasri and are confident of sealing a deal. They have been told that Eto'o is NOT for sale and they will try to sign another AM that is definitely NOT Sneijder. They have their eye on another well known player but as yet I don't have a name.}

04 Aug 2011 15:07:12
Nasri played primarily on the wing at Marseilles and has played on the wing far more than anywhere else at Arsenal. Also £20m - £25m with a year left on his contract is expensive. It's the equivalent of paying £35M+ if he had 2 or 3 seasons left on his contract. I didn't hear any United fans last season say "he's one we should go for". As for Nani, he's a far better player than Nasri. Nasri stats were good last season 15 goals and 4 assists. Nani's were awesome 9 goals and 18 assists. Toni Valencia plays as a centre mid for Ecuador, but he like Nasri does his best work out wide.
On another note, Toni would be an awesome wing-back/ right full back.
Mik

Mik, regarding your note about Nani in front of Valencia on the right. Valencia is very level-headed and is getting more experience all the time playing midfield for Ecuador, so is getting used to defending duties. You may just have a very valid point. They would be an awesome pair, and automatically negate a lot of opposing teams attacking wing play because they would fear the combined speed of the 2 together. I personally would prefer Nani over Valencia on the right and would play him there this season (pity he is such a moaner though, I'd love to give him a good slap at times).

J Bones.

04 Aug 2011 13:05:30
I have been thinking about the Sneijder saga and one thing simply doesn't make sense to me. It is that IF we are going to be able to get a wage package together for Sneijder then why do people think Nasri will join City because they are offering him a better wage package than we are because if we are able to fulfil Sneijder's demands, surely we can pay the same to Nasri?

Sneijder's wage "package" will undoubtedly be considerably higher than what Nasri will be offered at City. So where is the assumption that Nasri will be joining City coming from? Cough, from SAF's statement that "he has agreed to joined somewhere or may stay at Arsenal of course", cough. And the same people who say SAF is lying about nothing being there on the Sneijder transfer choose to believe this statement . Contradictory?

I am sure that SAF, Gill, Glazers will prefer to save almost 10+ mil, some wages and get Nasri instead of Sneijder with the added bonus of proven premier league experience and being a better fit into the team. We have always been ready to pay big for the younger players and preferred to put them on bigger wages instead of buying older players too. Or are we setting different standards on what we can afford and offer for Sneijder and Nasri? That doesn't make sense to me.

Or is Nasri really joining City for the "sporting project"? Surely that is better at United?

So imo, Nasri will either be staying at Arsenal or joining United unless he really prefers City and they are offering him more than what we are "supposedly" offering Sneijder which i think is unlikely. (Just an opinion)

Something to think about. Thoughts?

REDFAITH

04 Aug 2011 10:48:50
Hello there, could anyone tell me this. Is Howard Webb still a Utd employee? Player of the year for you for the best part of a decade now, could make all the difference this year too
Milamber

04 Aug 2011 03:50:15
"Liverpool guys as support" How dare you Gan mate. Me, "lfc" and The Next, should be your front 3. With me being your most consistant and valuable player.

Sydney can put the cones out for us in training. And RFT will be the only player, who actually likes living in Manchester, him being a "Real Manc" and all that. lol

Blair Mayne YNWA"""
dear mr blair mayne
ngiak is very disappointed
you guys have no idea what you guys are talking about
ngiak and gan are the big/small
holding large centre forward/nippy fast finisher
the classic combo - one-two-POW
and ngiak apologises
the liverpool guys should do what they do best
be the MAN UNITED CHEERLEADERS
thats why you guys come here anyway right?
and who was the one who put ngiak on the bench??
he is short but he is messi, aguero, tevez and a 20 year old owen all rolled into one.. with a touch of beardsley
gan