1.) 02 Jun 2014
Come on GDS2 won't you love Jon Flanagan, better known as 'the poor man's Cafu' in our team? LOL.

2.) 02 Jun 2014
Oh come on GDS2, do you really expect anything sensible to come from PR? In his eyes, anything United is rubbish, compared to Liverpool, you know them, 'Next year we'll win this, that and everything else". Until they win the league he's just blowing out of his rear end!

3.) 02 Jun 2014
Tbf just to look at it from a banter perspective I think most of them would improve your team.

First point, looking at medals isn't the best way to look at things. Sturridge has a league winners medal, fa cup medal and champions league winners medal - doesn't mean he deserves them or is a good player because of that. Arnautivic (stoke how ever its spelt) has a champions league medal!

As for the players Sterling obvs would start for united and coutinho would easily compete for no 10 role with Mata or Kagawa, on his day he is immense but can be inconsistent.

Flanno, not sure maybe. solid defender but going forward isn't amazing (like an anti-Evra).

Sakho is better then Smalling and Jones. Don't rate jones but think Smalling is a good defender - though sakho starts for france (has captained them as well I think). looks awkward when passing but completes a lot of passes and physically is immense. When he settles and gets better with speaking english will see more of the player he is for France. Also smalling is behind jags, cahill, and GLEN JOHNSON for England - good player but needs to improve.

As for Sturridge, defo better than rooney as a no. 9 (even scholes has hinted rooneys best days are past him) he used to be a great striker but given the choice I would play danny up top. RVP is an interesting debate, world class player but age & injury go against him and Sturridge offers more (pace and ability to play wide) but even if RVP started sturridge would make the XI.

Finally, Henderson. Most non lfc don't seem to realise how good of a player he is! work rate is second to none and passing it technically quality. Needs to improve in front of goal but losing him is why we struggled at the end of the season. added to that Fellaini or Carrick are your best two CMs. Henderson is better then carrick (ask roy who will start henderson and didn't even take carrick) and Fellaini is a good player but is a number 10 and wouldn't get in that role when you have rooney, kagawa, mata, and januzi (don't know how its spelt).

But would be interested in seeing why you would disagree

4.) 02 Jun 2014
Honestly I believe give the chance as a main striker welbeck will score lots of goals. Over Christmas he scored 6 in 6. Yes his finishing isn't extremley prolific like someone like Van Nistelroy but neither is Sturridge. Definatley wouldn't take sakho, think he's a terrible player, always looked shaky this year. I think just because we have had one bad season, most fans (mainly Liverpool) seem to think we are a shocking team! Only players from the Liverpool team who'd make our side is gerrard, Suarez and sterling. We will be back next season, fact. Our midfield is atrocious yes, but I believe we have a lot of potential in the back 4, one of the best keepers in the world, and with mata, Rooney and van Persie up top we have the beating of anyone.

5.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 13:32:48
Your post is ridiculous mate. Flanagan is having his first season, Sterling his second (and has vastly improved already), Henderson is so important for the team (a bit like Carrick for United). If you don't find space for a proven goalscorer with bags of ability, I do understand why you finished 7th. Although I hate United, I am not so much a donkey that I can't see that De Gea>Migs, Mata>Coutinho and I would like Rooney at Liverpool too. Arrogance leads to downfall. Your fantastic squad finished 7th, 20 points behind the terrible Liverpool team, which scored 100+ goals. I guess the pools must have been lucky and Moyes is the only one to blame. Players like Young, Nani, Evans, Rio, Valencia, Smalling, Welbeck, Cleverley, Fellaini, Rafael (although talented), Vidic, Hernandez, Jones, Buttner, Fletcher do not make me jealous of you :)

6.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 13:49:31
Roland,

Obviously you are going to think all of your players are better than United's players, that's what Liverpool fans do.

I never suggested that some of your players wouldn't get into our team, they would probably fight for some positions, I was arguing with the original point by PR that they would improve us 'immensely'. Do you agree that playing Henderson in our midfield would improve it immensely? Because I think he would get hounded out for being a similar player to Cleverley.

I agree fully with Caolan, we have 1 bad season so the players must be terrible. But almost all of them players have won the premier league, some of them more than once. I think there is a saying, form is temporary, class is permanent.

Anybody else surprised that this Liverpool fan would play Sturridge instead of Rooney for England? How about John Barnes on the left and Jamie Carragher at the back as well?

7.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 13:52:07
TheRedDane,

Nobody asked you to be jealous of us and certainly nobody has said that Liverpool are 'terrible'.

The massive chip on your shoulder must be starting to get a bit heavy now surely?

I think when you start your post with 'I hate United' the rest of it is always going to be totally biased, but thanks for your input on the United site.

8.) 02 Jun 2014
GDS2, you can slate Flanngan all you want but he can actually defend unlike Rafael and Evra.

Sturridge has a UCL, PL and an FA cup medal

Coutinho has a Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana medal

Sakho has a Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions medal.

Smalling got picked over Flannagan because he can cover RB and CB, so you're killing 2 birds with 1 stone, if you really don't rate Henderson then you're an absolute twit, you'll see how good of a player he is this world cup for England, he'll become instruemental, he's also better than all your central midfielders.

9.) 02 Jun 2014
TRD, no one is saying Liverpool are a terrible team, in fact they are the opposite. As a "TEAM" Liverpool are a good side. Individually they are not great. But you do not need a team of great individuals to have a good team and Liverpool are proof of this. They all know their jobs, they all have kept fit and BR has installed belief into them so you had a good season. Pretty much the exact same team finished 7th last season. Playing with your tails up makes a massive difference to your performances. MU have struggled mentally this season and that's why we finished 7th. If LvG can get us playing well with our tails up, then we will be much better next season.

10.) 02 Jun 2014
Everytime I see Flanagan play he is fouling someone. Same with Skrtel. Both got away with so many fouls last season. Referees watching them wrestle players to the ground and turning a blind eye. Flanagan was playing in a Liverpool team that were playing well. Everyone looked good in that Liverpool team thanks to your attack.

11.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 14:24:43
Actually I am less biased than yourself mate. I did state that I think Mata, De Gea and Rooney would improve Liverpool. You do not seem to think that any of the Liverpool players would improve Utd. Not even a striker with 32 goals in 40 matches (if I remember it correctly).

12.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 14:35:26
Not slated flani alves once Plymouth, just because I don't want him at united doesn't mean I am slating him, I would just rather have Rafael and don't think flani would particularly improve us, definitely not 'immensely'.

Sturridge has a champions league medal? What did he do to earn that? Did he even play a game? Wasn't coutinho out on loan most of the time in Italy?

Thanks for calling me a twit, much appreciated. I got 3 Liverpool fans backs up on a united page on a Monday afternoon, I'm not the twit.

13.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 14:30:24
Sydney I tend to agree with you. But I still think Sterling and Sturridge are great individuals. I could say the same about United. Mata, Rooney and De Gea are great individuals. Van Persie also a good player, but not the player he was (maybe due to always being injured). Yes Liverpool is more or less the same team as last season but the youngsters and the team have improved. You do not have to buy players to improve.

14.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 14:39:29
Thereddane,

That doesn't make you less biased, it means that united have 3 players who would get into most teams and Liverpool only have 1. I am not biased, I don't really care either way about Liverpool, they haven't won the league in my lifetime, but when Liverpool fans come on a united site and start mouthing off how their players are so much better than ours when the topic was nothing to do with Liverpool then you need a few home truths.

15.) 02 Jun 2014
Why would MU want Sturridge when we have Van Persie? Why would you want economy burgers when you can have steak?

16.) 02 Jun 2014
Sydney, Flannagan clearly had a fantastic season, before any one bashes me am not saying he's better than Shaw, I rate Shaw extremely highly, but last season Flannagan had much better statistics than Shaw and everyone is banging on about how great Shaw was.

17.) 02 Jun 2014
Sydney, about the "exact same team finished seventh", when Coutinho and Sturridge came in in January we we're 3rd in the table from January to May, which shows these 2 players we're instruemental in our turn around, we also had a new goalkeeper and a new two new centre-backs who clocked up a lot of appearances between them, so I wouldn't really call it the exact same team.

We've been playing at an extremely high level now for 18 months.

18.) 02 Jun 2014
Sturridge has a far superior goals/games ratio than Van Persie, Sturridge has a lot more to his game and he's what 6 years younger?

19.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 15:07:55
Red dane
you would not be jealous of having Vidic?.
We all are allowed to be a little foolish during banter, but there is a limit after which it becomes embarrassing.
5 league titles, 1 UCL, the world club cup makes it more trophies than the whole of your lot put together.

20.) 02 Jun 2014
DJ. I would of liked Vidic 6 years ago, however he's finished now.

21.) 02 Jun 2014
Plymouth, Shaw played for Southampton who finished eighth. Flanagan played for Liverpool who finished 2nd. Flanagan's stats will look better than Shaw's because Liverpool had a better season than Southampton.

TRD, Van Persie is our best player. Don't forget the likes of Kagawa, Rafael, Adnan etc. MU have some good players, but last season under Moyes we just didn't click. However 12 months before with the same team we won the league.

We had just lost our manager of 27 years. Employed Moyes who's never won a bean in his career. The players were falling out with him, falling out with each other. The season was a disaster. We will not be this poor again even if we never strengthened, but we will.

22.) 02 Jun 2014
I find it highly amusing that the original post has lead to this (the one asking people to pick one player from each of the top 4 - not this one).

The main thing I took from it was how City are streets ahead of everybody else in the EPL. There were four or five players I would have taken from City and only one or two from Arsenal and Chelsea. When it came to Liverpool I genuinely struggled.

If we didn't have Rooney and RVP I would take Sturridge (although there are 20+ strikers I'd take ahead of him). If we didn't have Mata, Kagawa and Rooney I'd take Couthinho (although again - he'd be some way down the list). In the end I settled on Sterling - but only because he's young. That said I'm still not convinced he'll ever be a world beater.

The fact of the matter is; without Suarez Liverpool are a team of average players. Liverpool fans better get used to that as come September that is all they will be!

23.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 15:32:20
RVP is one of the best strikers in the world. Sturridge isn't.

24.) 02 Jun 2014
Mates Bertrand also has a champions league medal that dosent make him better than shaw evra or flannigan trophies are nothing just look at the current united team

25.) 02 Jun 2014
What makes someone classed as a world class striker RedRosie, Sturridge has a far suprior Goals/games ratio than RVP, therefor surely Sturridge is a "world class striker". Redseven, Sturridge is miles better than Rooney, Rooney has been declining at an extremely alarming rate over the last few seasons and himself and RVP are not going to improve, Sturridge is only 24 he still has 3-4 years until he hits his peak, as for Coutinho he's only 21 years of age and he's already a top quality attacking midfielder and still has 5-6 years until he hits his peak, you think Adnan will be world class but Sterling will not? deluded, it's scary when you think how good this Liverpool team will be, as for Suarez it's quite evident he won't be going anywhere and just for the record we have a far superior record without Suarez than with.

26.) 02 Jun 2014
Plymouth, you could ask any other club fan, if they would rather have Sturidge or Rvp, if there is one player in your team that should be compare to rvp is suarez and not sturidge.

27.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 16:20:38
RVP was one of the best strikers in the world. I would have taken Vidic 2 or 3 years ago, when he was a beast. He is not at the same level anymore and neither is RVP. That is probably why he has signed for Inter and not Real/PSG/Barca. I think RVP scored 9 in 18 matches. 2 of those were from pens. I am not saying he is no longer a good player, but he is certainly not at the level he was. You can not judge a players current level on what he has won in his career. Then we should sign Carvalho, Zanetti, Eto'o, Del Piero and Raul. I am not sure they are better than the players we have now.

I did not forget Kagawa or Rafael. I just do not think they are star players. Rafael is great offensively but struggling defensively. He makes some stupid decisions and struggles to keep calm. If Kagawa is world-class why hasn't a top team picked him up? He was out of the team for a long time and failed to deliver on a consistent basis.

Well I must apologize for being foolish. None of the players from Liverpool are good enough to enter the starting 11 of United bar Suarez. At least I now know, that your team is great and I now expect you to enter top 3 even if you do not sign anyone.

28.) 02 Jun 2014
Regardless of all other opinions on here I can't believe the comments surrounding Henderson, has our countries football come to this? He is David batty mark 2. This world cup will expose England technically and to whoever said that Henderson is "technically class" I certainly don't see him getting any foothold against the liked of pirlo. Roy has made a gaff not taking carrick as he is the only player who can really play the same role. Anyway can't say I'm excited by our midfield still good luck to those who think Jordan "rivelino" Henderson is going to be instrumental. Dear me.

29.) 02 Jun 2014
Plymouth, you will not be any better next season. You have overachieved. Taken advantage of a less busy fixture schedule and taken advantage of teams getting used to a new manager. With less fixtures you were lucky with injuries. Since Sterling made the first team around December time he didn't get a single injury. Suarez went from his return from a ban going the rest of the season without an injury. Gerrard did the same. Three key players avoiding injuries. You will not be that lucky next season with a much busier fixture schedule. Fans will be expecting Liverpool to remain title contenders next season, you will no longer be the underdogs or the overachievers, your fans will be expecting much of the same or a small improvement. I cannot see it personally.

30.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 16:55:29
Just when I thought Plymouth's post couldn't be anymore deluded TheRedDane goes and posts that last post.

I think we should all save that and post it on here in 12 months time.

Just laughed my socks off at 'I am not saying he is no longer a good player'. Thanks for that, we thought you really had lost the plot. Comparing retired players to a 30 year old who won the PFA player of the year 2 years ago, that definitely makes sense.

Try and argue with this one:

Van Persie ended the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign as top scorer in the UEFA section with 11 goals. He became the Netherlands' top goalscorer of all-time in an 8–1 defeat of Hungary, the Dutch's penultimate Group D match, where he scored a hat-trick.

31.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 17:02:10
Plymouth and RD
you both do know Nemanja has left the club, don't you?

32.) 02 Jun 2014
Give Plymouth some credit, he at least knows how to get a debate going.

I think the players he mentions would improve our squad but not necessarily the first team.

Sturridge is an improvement on Hernandez. Coutinho is better than Young, Sterling an improvement on Nani and Henderson better than Cleverley. You can keep the other two.

33.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 17:05:14
Also we were poor as a team last year, but if you put RVP into Liverpool's squad in place of Sturridge, you would have seen RVP score a bucket full of goals.

34.) 02 Jun 2014
TRD, where are you getting this stuff from? Van Persie is at the peak of his career. In two seasons he has scored 48 goals. This season where he has been unhappy and suffering from injuries he has still scored 18 in 28 games. Not bad considering he played 20 games less than last season. Van Persie doesn't rely on pace and never has done so will play on into his mid-30's no problem. He is only 29 now. Two years older than Suarez. One year older than Rooney. Van Persie will be unstoppable under LvG next season.

I didn't say none of the Liverpool players would get into our team. I did say that Suarez and at a push Sterling are the only one's I would want. I also never said my team was great. Far from a great MU team, but this team wouldn't have finished 7th under LvG. We wouldn't have finished 7th under SAF. We actually finished 1st. I would say that if we brought in the bare minimum, perhaps just Shaw, Hummels, Cesc & Konoplyanka (examples), under LvG we will be challenging for the title. Under Moyes with these signings I reckon we would finish 7th again and RvP and one or two others would have left too.

MU will start next season buzzing. We will not be like we were last season.

35.) 02 Jun 2014
02 Jun 2014 17:40:57
DJ. I'm not sure if it is me that you are referring to. I do know he left the club. I am sure you will be fine, as I do not think he is at the level he was 2-3 seasons ago. That is probably also why he joined Inter and not Real Madrid.