Manchester United Banter Archive October 10 2014

10 Oct 2014 15:13:36
Ed. For a bit of clarity, apparently old friend of this page Wesley Sneijder (sorry about the spelling) has not been paid for 3 months by galatasaray. According to fifa rules, His contract could be terminated due to salaries not paid for a 3 month period. This would result in him being available on a free transfer. Now I'm not saying we need him but it is interesting.

{Ed002's Note - No that is not going to happen. It sounds like some web site or paper has been teasing you about this.}

10 Oct 2014 21:49:01
Ok ed yes I've just noticed it's in metro and daily star. Not exactly the gospel but I thought it was worth a mention to our dislecksic fans who historic ally struggle with his shpelling.

Oh the irony

10 Oct 2014 13:26:18
If it weren't for the fact that Keano continues to air his grudges against SAF (or at least the media keeps fostering that impression), we would not be having this debate with its silly analogies. We would just accept that Keane was a great United player and Ferguson was a great manager. How boring would that be?

The one thing I've learnt during this divertissement is that Keane is a man of great humility!! I would say wisdom too. For it is a wise man who, having been humbled not by choice but by failure (that promotion season with Sunderland notwithstanding), accepts his circumstances gracefully. One wonders however whether genuine humility is a trait conducive to success.

My advice to Keane - bury the hatchet.

Im not sure kean has been humbled.
No matter what he does as a manger it will not change the fact he was a great footballer player.
Both fergy and kean had personality issues imo but that's what gave them the drive and made them the player/manager they.

No, he displayed humility by choosing to go back to a career he had failed at, and accepting a lesser role, instead of just sitting back and taking the easy option of remaining a pundit. He was making a comfortable living as a pundit, with very little work and zero pressure. Instead, he chose to take up two assistant positions at struggling sides because he wants to become a better manager.

Like him or loathe him but Keane is a top bloke albeit a little bitter.
Always a legend in my eyes.

My comment was intended to be somewhat to tongue in cheek. I certainly can't criticize him for deciding to work at becoming a better manager - in fact I wish him every success. Still in his own mind he feel his current position is far short of his expectations; especially after such a good start.

10 Oct 2014 00:13:05
Hey guys,
What do you think of Christoph Kramer, i feel he is a very intelligent DM and a very good passer of the ball . He's very similar to Matic + he is young and can play cb. I thinj LVG should go for him in the january transfer window .He isn't the most expensive of players as well, £5m would price him away ! Let me know your thoughts

I still think we need a specialist cb. Somebody who is a cb not somebody who could play there if needed. Not a bad shout if we get him as well as a cb though

Good shout, I would take him over Khedira and I think others will be difficult to get a hold of like Vidal and Strootman.

10 Oct 2014 00:00:32
Roy Keane was a great player/captain no doubts. I am finding some comments dissapointing though. He says he can't forgive fergie, the same fergie who signed him from forest taking a risk at the time. The same fergie who made him captain and who stood by him after the infamous saipan incident when a lot of people had washed there hands of him. Some of his comments about Neville and other players have been very disrespectful. For me I was annoyed with keane when he left giggs, scholes and neville out of his United eleven because I think he is trying to get at fergie through United players and I would expect more from Roy. The man was a legend and as a player will always go down as great but as a man he is going to start losing respect of United fans of whom he has also said bad things about. Keano has to remember that as much as he gave to United it works both ways and United did a hell of a lot for him. Respect man utd and all that has been built through Busby, best, Charlton, Ferguson, cantona, giggs and so on.

A legend has to act like one. Keane has been nothing short of an absolute person since he left. Players who he played with have all been insulted, manager who made him who he is also insulted.
Sorry, but I expect more from my legends!

10 Oct 2014 14:46:46
I've lost a bit of respect for him with some of his comments since leaving. Fair enough he's entitled to his own opinion about certain subjects but doesn't he realise that saying it all publicly isn't going to help anyone and only seems to be tarnishing his image in the eyes of some fans. Seems like he's just doing it for publicity or to make a little more money? If he felt like it needed to be said then surely it would have come out a while ago knowing the type of person he is.

Lost respect for Ferguson after his book Keane as a person is nice but should be quiet about United and Schoels hasn't said a good word about us either and Giggs looks lost in the dugout Gary Neville has more fooballing brains and love for United than all of them together

Paddy, Scholes is being Scholes, he hasn't been abusive or personal. And as for Giggs, perhaps after his brief spell in charge he realises he has a lot to learn and is happy being assistant to a very experienced manager who will teach him a lot.

Agree about new though! just feels wrong that he isn't involved in a major way.