Manchester United Banter Archive September 09 2014

09 Sep 2014 17:01:08
Anybody else not been as excited for a match as I am for Sunday for a long time? This feels like the start of our season, we have just given a few teams a bit of a head start. I get the feeling LVG was hoping we could sneak some wins in them early games and then start properly now, but it didn't work out that way.

Hearing positive noises that Shaw and Herrera are fit, Blind, Falcao and Di Maria also available, I can't wait for an hour before kick off to see that starting line up and its only Tuesday. Hurry up weekend!

First time in years that I am genuinely excited about the kind of team we can put out on Sunday. The QPR players are actually going to look at our team sheet and think how are we going to stop these guys. we are going to have the fear factor back and I can't wait.

Rojo and Rafael also available?

That would complete our team and we would be in a position to field our best 11

Jones is out so our defense is going to patch work. Can anyone remember the last time jones, smalling or evans were fit for a 10 game stretch. The China brigade if you ask me and hope we buy 2 cb in the summer and be done with this charade.

09 Sep 2014 18:54:46
Looking forward to it immensely. Just hope it's not an anti-climax, or I'm getting a serious amount of abuse from my ABU mates.

Hope we go to back four. Smalling, Blackett and maybe evans do not fullfill me with a lot of confidence and don't want us knocking 40 yard balls into rooney and falcao, what a waste I would say.

GDS

Agreed, busting for it.
I hope we play some serious swashbuckling attacking football. There is seriously no excuse not to – QPR have a very poor defence, are low on confidence and we'll have the likes of Blind, Herrera, RVP, Rooney, Di Maria, Mata and Falcao in our attack.

09 Sep 2014 19:38:56
This will be my first game of the season Saturday, just hope it a good 1 lol

You'll be in for a long day then CTR.

10 Sep 2014 06:45:17
SB its a long week, the drinking started last nite lol

Hopefully we see a 4-3-3 with Rafael coming back in at right back and Blind starting in midfield with Di Maria and Herrera. For me that is our strongest team.

Looking forward to sunday as well, and as a bonus if we win i'm staying out for the rest of the night.:)

09 Sep 2014 11:27:02
Arsenal fans at my work place calling Welbeck the new Pele. got to love them, they're almost as deluded as the scouse lot.

Funny how he couldn't finish his dinner and all the gunners moaning that he is rubbish. But he signs for them, scores two international goals and now he's the best thing since sliced bread.

Funny.

09 Sep 2014 12:24:29
Liverpool fan here

I am not a huge admirer of Wellback Nor I was of Sturridge back at Chelsea.
Wellback was brilliant yesterday and might do another Sturridge at Arsenal.
Sometimes You need a chance.

I didn't want him to go andi think he'll do very well at arsenal. And we let him go dar too cheaply.

We have spent years thinking Welbeck was below par for a top 4 team, he still is he wouldn't get in the team and certainly not as the striker.
Now we have probably the best striker in the world and we have lost a pi$$ poor striker that can't score if he gets chance to think about it

09 Sep 2014 13:40:12
I'm not going to slate Welbeck too much but he isn't and won't be the required standard for a regular starter. His first goal last night could have gone anywhere with him missing it totally and it hitting his shin, his second he
would miss 9 times out of 10, luckily for him last night it went in. I would rather have Wilson in the first team squad than Welbeck, we don't have room for both.

09 Sep 2014 13:55:49
Brendon

What If that luck takes his goal tally to 20 and push his confidence to a level which starts working on his skills.

You never know mate.

09 Sep 2014 14:28:17
Just don't see it Boom, but as with all ex united youngsters I hope he does ok, even at Arsenal. He isn't going to be the difference between them being top four or us so I don't see him as a huge threat to us.

09 Sep 2014 15:33:23
Lol what ifs from the scousers again, well what if falcao hits form straight away or rvp doesn't get injured? What if blind turns out to be amazing? What if rojo becomes best center back in the league? See lots of what ifs, what if last season was a one off for sturridge? What if he gets injured(sorry that's fact).

I always thought Welbeck gave his all whilst a Utd. It was his decision making that let him down and at 24 now(I think) it's something that he should have by now. I was sad to see hi. Leave but like Boom said before a move away and perhaps with Giroud being out for 3 months he might excel up front. He will definately get a lot of chances playing for Arsenal with Sanchez, Wilshire, Ramsey, carzola and Ozil there. It's all about effort and working in your weaknesses which Welbeck needed and needs to do.

09 Sep 2014 18:10:06
Oh and i'm not in anyway celebrating sturridge being injured b4 the abuse lol

Every dog has his day, does not change the fact that we are talking about Bambi here :) Remember Macheda

09 Sep 2014 09:31:01
What was Roy Hodgson playing at last night as soon as Jones pulled up he should of been subbed off but instead played another 10 mins or so before having to come off if he is out for any length of time now we should refuse to release players for England duty if they are not going to be managed properly

Internationals are nothing more than a pain in the arse. As if we don't have enough injury problems.

09 Sep 2014 11:53:57
Everyone has to deal with it mate.

I know that but it was irresponsible of Hodgson to let him play on as it clearly wasn't a knock but a pull/strain he had Jagielka on the bench as well so there was no reason at all to let him play on with a potential hamstring injury especially with his injury record anyway

Internationals in our case this year are great. It allows us to get players fit and hopefully sort out whatever it is that has us playing the way we are.

09 Sep 2014 06:51:33
Best England player?

Have to say sterling, or maybe Cahill, or Sturridge.

Sad, we suck lol

At this point in time it's got to be Sterling. Honestly Cahill usually does a pretty solid job as well and I think Chamberlain could be a contender if/when he breaks into the team.

09 Sep 2014 09:49:51
We suck?

We just had a great result against a good Switzerland side and we are pretty much already qualified for Euro 2016. Remember we didn't qualify for the Euro's a few years ago, so for me we are at least stepping in the right direction. The average age of the side was just over 24 and there are a few good youngsters still to add to that (Shaw, Ward-Prowse etc). We need to lower our expectation for the England side, but we aren't as bad as the press make out.

Already qualified? You've won one game. Hilarious.

Have you seen our group RWWD? We would literally win the group now with an under-19's team.

09 Sep 2014 13:23:35
RWWD,

I would put my life savings on us qualifying from this group, the top 2 go through automatically and 3rd place even gets another chance. Even a defeat last night and we still should have qualified with ease, but a win last night means we are pretty much there already, simple as that really.

Expanding the competition to 24 teams means qualification for the better nations should just be a walk in the park. Don't think I am being 'hilarious' thinking that we will beat San Marino and Lithuania twice.

I would also bet that you will qualify. But it just genuinely tickled me to hear 'pretty much already qualified' after ONE game. In Scotland we sometimes (often unfairly) accuse the England fans of being too arrogant and ahead of themselves so to read this after one game gave me a chuckle. That's all.

Now, bring on the Scotland jokes .