Manchester United Banter Archive May 11 2012

 

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11 May 2012 23:11:16
wonder what are the chances of roberto martinez being united manager in a few years time

Believable5 Unbelievable6

11 May 2012 22:35:28
Just a warning of notice if the title goes Citys way on sunday they will be requesting trophies of the premiership,grand national,gold cup,boat race,wimbledon as it will no doubt be the greatest title victory in the history of world football, history won't matter at all&numbers will be changed round so it will now be 17,18,19,3!lol david cameron will be expected to announce a bank holiday to mark such success, 250,000 will have been locked out outside trying to get into the council house! The press exclusive story end of Utds empire may sound the same after Arsenal titles&Chelsea titles but ur meant to forget that! So maybe 3 down only 16 to go!whoops sorry that don't count compaired to there 3!lol

Believable1 Unbelievable1

11 May 2012 21:30:51
Have united made an approach to kagawa? after reading so many things i dont know what is going on thanks tom17.

Believable0 Unbelievable1

11 May 2012 20:59:22
So yes it won't happen but if fergie went on a mad un this summer if these players were up for sale who of the big teams would actually buy for there first team?both Da Silvas,Evans(yes know had good 2nd half of season), Park,Carrick,Anderson,Owen,Macheda,Berba!Fergie has done magic tricks to keep us winning titles but europe showed us up this year,too many what should be squad players are first team regulars!yes we had years of nothing but an odd FA Cup so should be thankfull but Fergie made United what we meant to be.I've been goin Utd since was 17 now I'm 40&been lucky landed on greatest days,but if anybody can't see what hap to squad since Glazers came.All what we had when they came as gradually got weaker.all the city cash as done as jus highlighted 500m as gone out of Utd,Benzema,silva,David Villa etc couldn't compete! I'm waited for the cover line value in the market,this summer will show Utd up,prob no title,european disaster,flop in both cups, Van Persie,Modric,Bale,Martinez,Hazard, Munian,David Villa that level could all pos be on move!I believe fergie will be given jus cash for one star signing up to prob 30m,when really needs 3!. So who would you choose!

Believable1 Unbelievable4

11 May 2012 20:52:06
I'm a life long United supporter, but I can't quite get my head around this obsession with people concerned about who City will buy next!

Who cares who they buy, if they buy Hazard, Modric, Messi etc......there's nothing we can do!

I wish all the United fans would get their heads out of the sand and stop pretending the club is theirs.....it isn't!

It's a business, which involves football. We don't have the capital that City have. We never had that sort of money before the Glazers arrived either. If we were to go out and buy a world class striker, 2 attacking midfielders, a defensive midfielder and a world class left back.....we would only damage the business.

Manchester United was a PLC, the Glazers had every right to buy it. Regardless of how we feel.....the books have to add up.

City have had a great season and may win the league on Sunday. They've spend big and now they have a team that is playing well. They beat us home and away and have for decades taken our abuse of empty cuboards.....it's there turn to shout and if we're any sort of fans....we'll take it on the chin and wait till next season.

Fergie will try and buy players he feels he requires to compete with City. If City want the same players, then they will offer better wages and better transfer fees......there's nothing Manchester United can do about that. We can only hope that the players invilved see how the recent buys at City have been sold or moved on within a season. At United that doesn't happen...we buy to develop and we have a massive history.

So please just get over City.....stop dreaming of wish lists and lets see what happens in the summer.

Believable7 Unbelievable3

11 May 2012 19:20:52
I think Jones & Welbeck will go to the Euros, Smalling & Cleverley will go to the Olympics. Cleverley hasn't played enough footy to get into the Euros this time round and Smalling is injured.

Sydney!

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11 May 2012 18:18:27
Sorry for my spelling in advance.
I personally think hunalaar or van persie should be the top striker targets, even if unlikly
And midfeild needs a lot of work, I think anderson and a couple others should leave to make a bit more money and renevate the midfield, I can't see harzard ever happening, but I think gatlin and kawaga will defenatly go through and happen, I'd also like to see someone with abit more experiance like cabaye or even mariceiso or vidal from jeventas, I think there good players!
At the back I think the ajax centre back ver something? He seems a good player and will do well, I think leiton baines is no more than average and too old, we need someone like the madrid players marcelo and contrio? But I can't see that happening

What do you think of that?

Believable1 Unbelievable4

11 May 2012 18:18:25
No No No. I do not want wesley sneijder at this club. Had enough of him last summer and don't want another three months of it. He used us two years ago to get a pay rise. And since Jose left Inter and they declined he's been desperate to get out of there. Well we should tell him to piss off. He's been next to rubbish for the last two seasons and anyone who wants to sign him wants their head looking at. Would you rather sign an ageing injury prone Sneijder or an exciting young talent like Kagawa.

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11 May 2012 17:46:30
I dont see all the fuss about the new home and away strips, Just seen the vid of Rio in the kit and it looks good, Ill be getting them anyway

As for the scousers coming on here on the wind up about our kit, Id be more concerned with the fact that Liverpool have decided to get rid of the 2 justice flames on each side of the liver bird on the crest, Those 2 flames were put there for the 96 fans who lost their lives at Hillsborough and i think its an absolute disgrace that the new jersey doesnt have these 2 justice flames on the front crest where they should be, There putting them on the back of the shirt, Another shocking thing about this is that LFC didnt even consult the HJC and ask them about it, HJC released a statement the other day and wernt very pleased with the way they were treated, Ill have a look for it and stick it up if any wants ??

Dylan

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11 May 2012 17:45:40
Sky Spoofs News

Jim Black: Welcome back, and we have some transfer news just in. Listen up Liverpool fans, as SSN understands that Kenny Dalglish has bid for Emile Heskey, but has bulked at his transfer fee. Although the confused Liverpool manager has been told he can have Heskey for nothing, Dalglish has insisted he wants to pay at least 20m in line with his recent transfer policy of buying inadequacy at top prices. More news as we get it!

Natalie Whataface: In Europa Cup News, Liverpool has been drawn against Rapid Exit in next season’s first round.

Jim Black: No surprise there Natalie! FA Cup news now, and Kenny Dalglish has apologised to the FA for turning up at Wembley against Chelsea in fancy dress. As Roberto Di Matteo led his side out in a sharp suit, a world-wide audience was astonished to see Mr Dalglish leading his side out as a looky likey of Albert Steptoe wearing a bin liner. However, as Mr Dalglish looked a mixture of funny and sad, the FA will take no action.

Natalie Whataface: Now, in other news, after Liverpool announced an annual loss of 49.5m in return for mid-table safety, John W Henry has acted quickly to make up the shortfall. Liverpool now has new sponsors….NoWonga.com

Jim Black: And still with Liverpool, with a failing Boston Red Sox (whose bullpen are about as effective as a Dalglish signing) and the acquisition of the abject English football club, SSN believes Mr Henry was over-heard to have said at a recent board meeting of FSG, “I am lucked, how can I make money out of these luckers?”, and “what the luck have I done for luck sake? ” or something like that, as it was difficult to hear exactly as he was screaming so much.

Natalie Whataface: More news now, and Mercenary City’s most loyal group of supporters, the empty blue plastic seats, have applied for their own 3,000 seat section at City’s dodgy sponsorship stadium. This is in recognition that they are the ex-football club’s most ever present following. Their leader, the Sheik’s empty seat, has argued that they are a large presence at every home game, with 5000 of their number loyally out in force at the Carling cup semi v Liverpool. City have declined this request citing that the area of seating requested has been allocated for their brand new supporters, desperate ex-Liverpool fans.

Jim Black: So what do you think of that Natalie, plastic City supporters replaced by desperate Liverpool fans at Mercenary City, whatever next?

Natalie Whataface: There’s a lot of both types about now Jim!

Jim Black: You’re so right Natalie, you’re so right. And next on Sky Spoofs News, we ask the questions on everyones lips; why are Liverpool giving away a Betamax machine with every new retro kit , and Luis Suarez’s dentist, how much must he be worth? Don’t go away, more after the break!

THIS IS SKY SPOOF NEWS, THE HOME OF SPOOF NEWS….NOW IN HD!

Believable5 Unbelievable2

11 May 2012 17:27:06
does the ed see us buying big names or buying dembele kagawa sigurddson all good players just not talked about in the same breath as hazard gotze modric
and do you think we need a fellaini m villa as opposed to carrick in front of the back 4 to add a bit of steel
belhanda kagawa fellaini mbiwi barkley de jong
are 5 players i would target with andersson berbatov nani pogba park departing cjwales82 {Ed007's Note - I think you are underestimating Kagawa as a player.}

Believable0 Unbelievable0

11 May 2012 17:32:11
Going to be a bit contraversial, but just who are Uniteds scouts(we all know about Fergies brother) & what are their credentials?. Only asking because recently some of our signings have been woefull at best, i know we have unearthed some belters like Ronaldo,Valencia etc but by and large we have signed dross like Taibi,Kleberson,Bebe,Obertan,Bellion,Djemba Djemba,Smith,Diouf etc. Anybody could have told you that Silva,Villa,Torres,Suarez etc were quality players who we reportedly scouted over & over yet never signed, but we signed Bebe without even seeing him play wtf. Just wanted to know who is advising Fergie in these matters. MIDDLETON RED

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11 May 2012 17:10:56
I hope we don't go in for snjeider again. We don't need another injury prone player at the club.

We do however need to add experienced quality players to the team. Its not just about improving the 1st 11 but the whole squad too. We need a great first 11 along with a great bench too.

Hopefully next season we won't suffer the injuries we have had this season.

The future is still bright for us and when you think that if we hadn't suffered all these injuries would we have won the league by now?. Food for thought.

Like i said add some quality experienced players, preferably DM and AM with perhaps a LM then i think we will be sorted. Although another LB wouldn't go a miss but maybe that might be one transfer too far for us this summer. Mad Hatter

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11 May 2012 17:10:47
People complaining about the new kit need to remember we had worse, in the nineties/early naughties again, some of our Adidas/Umbro away kits were much worse than this new home kit. We had the "City" kit, the "Grey" kit, the "Towel" kit, which actually felt like a towel, and the "Reversible Gold/White" kit. But they also gave us some great shirts, the "Zip Neck" and "Euro" ones come to mind.

My point is that so far the Nike kits have been boring except for the "V" (my favourite Nike), and least they've tried to be bold rather than then same old, same old.

Believable3 Unbelievable1

11 May 2012 16:34:32
comes to something having to rely on qpr.

Believable4 Unbelievable1

11 May 2012 16:32:15
I recon we could go back in for sneijder. I don't think fergie wants anyone else in the middle but him plus all the stuff about the player being available no value in the market is all bull the fact WS has had a bad run works in our favour now if he submitted a transfer request we could get an amazing deal wil plenty left over. It seems he wants it too so I say go get em ........ PS sorry for bringing you know who back to your site

Caino

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11 May 2012 16:23:54
As much as I would love the Van Persie rumour to be true&if we did get him it would give us a front two that any team in europe would fear.We don't have that at the minute,Welbeck is good but aint that top level forward&dont think he will ever be.I don't think will happen thou as wouldn't it be against the policy Utd brought in couple years back of only big money spent on players under 27?which know doubt due to sell on value! Just another why is there a link with Baines?he's not an exceptional defender,doesn't have great pace or international experience.Evra may hav few critics on he's back but still better&got a lot more goin for him than Baines&isnt excactly old for a fullback. For me in ideal world if we could magic the money,A proper right back who can defend aswell as doin the goin forward, An attacking Midfielder somebody who will do what a young Scholes did chip in with those goals from 20-25 yards as we seem to have very few willing to shoot&want to walk it in,(no not Gibbo back!lol) Another top class forward to go with Rooney who also capable of 25+ goals a season at top level. But fear due to cash restrictions it will be players not the top level but the cheaper option with the hope we can make them that level!works at times but not always

Believable0 Unbelievable1

11 May 2012 15:30:29
People need to bear in mind the 25 man squad ruling this summer, out goings will have a lot of bearing on incomings. As it stands we have a full named squad of 25 with the only probably outgoings of those who are registered being Berbatov, Owen and Fabio although we may also see Park call time on his Man Utd career and move on. That only leaves us with 3 or 4 spaces. The youth players won't need to be registered just yet which is a good thing.

But what i'm saying is that we could just see 3 players come in, this could mean that we spend bigger on them though as there are fewer places avaialable in the squad. Maybe we will just see Kagawa, Martinez and Izaguirre, something along those lines. The squad restrictions may mean that we don't necessarily get what we want.

RedDevil19

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11 May 2012 15:06:58
Just wondering if 'Darren the Red' has heard much else from his friend about van Persie? It would be great if the deal was to go ahead, so hopefully you can fill me in!

RedDevil19

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11 May 2012 14:49:24
There appears to be an obsession of talking about buying wide area players, the real obsession should be of getting central midfield because if we cant control that area the wide players wont be involved anyway, i would rather us spend our whole transfer budget on a strong/athletic/technically gifted/aggressive midfielder ie a Martinez/MVilla and a creative/technical/chips in a few goals midfielder ie Modric/Sneijder those 2 players should be the priority as if you get over run in the centre you wont win a thing, just like happened to us with Toure and co at Etihad a couple of weeks ago
KendalGiant

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11 May 2012 14:21:54
Kagawa might go to Arsenal i think, we will sign Sneijder, Rodriguez and Clyne!

Believable0 Unbelievable7

11 May 2012 14:18:44
Seriously, Tel! You've now resorted to 'Our kit is nicer than your kit'? Ladies and Gentlemen, a 63 year old man!

G.A.G.U.S {Ed002's Note - It is good banter GAGUS. Everyone has been concentrating on the top and I think the shorts are worthy of discussion.}

Believable0 Unbelievable2

11 May 2012 14:06:00
Isn't the new shirt Gingham as a sort of nod to the old cotton industries, or something? The ad for it says something like ''made of manchester''. I don't think it's got anything to do with Fergie...

APC

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11 May 2012 12:54:14
ed, in your opinion how much money do you think SAF would be given this summer, before sales?

JK92 {Ed002's Note - I have no idea. It is not generally how the transfer process works.}

Believable2 Unbelievable0

11 May 2012 13:49:11
News has just come out that Smalling is going to miss Euro 2012, i can't say i'm dissapointed. He won't be first choice just yet so he'd be travelling for very little playing time. Thats another player that we can add to the list that will get a rest this summer. I'm also delighted that Chicharito will have a rest, that was the main problem last year and is the reason why he has struggled more this term. The lad hasn't had a brake for close to 22 months, apart from injuries of course.

RedDevil19

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11 May 2012 13:42:47
Two things today, why is this kit so bad? Its been made to look a little bit like tartan for SAF, it doesn't look all that bad even though its not as nice as the 08/09 kit which has been my favourite for a while. I think that its one of those things that look better when its worn than when it is hanging up on the peg.

Secondly, what do you make about Sheringham's Sneijder comments? He obviously thinks that SAF is stubborn enough to try again to get his man, and in fairness he did it with van Nistelrooy and also tried and failed to get David Villa three years in a row as he did with Ozil. So maybe its not that stuipd. If we do change to a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 i can't think of many players who would be better for us. When he finds his form he will be great and he could be as cheap as £20 million with a wage drop as well. He could be one of the many bargains like Kagawa, Clyne etc that are out there.

RedDevil19

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11 May 2012 13:28:56
that kit will take some getting used to but its not as bad as i feared after seeing some of the comments on it. How long till city do something similar?

Believable1 Unbelievable1

11 May 2012 12:31:24
I do not care what the new shirt looks like, I have seen good ones and not so good ones.

However I do care about the names on the back of the shirt and whether they are good enough. If they are good enough I will not care what the shirt looks like when they put the ball in the net to win trophies

Red Man

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11 May 2012 11:55:10
what was nike thinking when they desighned your kit??it is one of the worst kits ever

Believable5 Unbelievable1

11 May 2012 11:22:04
"When I wear the shirt I feel like I have the club’s history on my back. That’s why I always give 100 per cent whenever I play in the shirt."


Signed by Patrice Evra.

Erm these comments are exactly what I am on about saying this guy can talk a good game.

He has clearly got SAF believing that this attitude means he is still a top performer which he clearly is not!

Jono

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11 May 2012 11:17:25
why do arsenal get nice kits year after year and we constantly get boring bog standard kits? yeah ok this year they've tried mixing it up and it has completely back fired on them and it looks horrendous, i want adidas back, i will just stick with my 88' home shirt until we do, stuff paying £40+ for that drivel.

Anon {Ed002's Note - Or you could buy an Arsenal kit?}

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11 May 2012 09:49:24
Its good that we lose Hazard to City becoz i know this kind,His desire is Spain and so England is a stepping stone to his destiny especially a Champions League team,he isnt committed at all......,instead SAF should go for players with a desire to turn out for UNITED and have said it out like James Rodriguez and Niço Gaitan...,and other youngsters who have potential and are disciplined....,its better to have an ordinary group of players with potential that has discipline than a group of undisciplined players but talented....We all know what Fergie can do with disciplined players....,so dont fret guys come end of summer window we will be with good signings,trust me..........,Mazi2

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11 May 2012 09:49:02
Its good that we lose Hazard to City becoz i know this kind,His desire is Spain and so England is a stepping stone to his destiny especially a Champions League team,he isnt committed at all......,instead SAF should go for players with a desire to turn out for UNITED and have said it out like James Rodriguez and Niço Gaitan...,and other youngsters who have potential and are disciplined....,its better to have an ordinary group of players with potential that has discipline than a group of undisciplined players but talented....We all know what Fergie can do with disciplined players....,so dont fret guys come end of summer window we will be with good signings,trust me..........,Mazi2

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11 May 2012 08:45:03
As usual boys I will say it as I see it.... how a footballer feels the second before he goes out fighting for his club cannot be underestimated. He must feel proud and honoured to wear the shirt as we all know.

I think your new kit is an embarrasment to such a great club. No class whatsoever, and actually looks like a clowns costume.

How on earth is a shirt like that going to make the players feel before they go out ?

Wear the shirt with pride is an old saying, and Im sure you guys have said it many times ?

With this shirt, your having a laugh, the players will be dreading putting it on. I can see many dishes being washed with it in years to come.

Whereas the new Liverpool shirt has real retro class, something to be expected from a club about to start on a wonderful journey

ps I did warn you boys that there was a good chance that you would end up with nowt this year....didnt realise that they would get you all to wear clown costumes as a penance though...

feel so sorry for you now.... :-(

Tel 1949

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11 May 2012 00:38:30
Im going to stick my neck out and say i quite like the new kit.

Andy

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