Manchester United Banter Archive August 12 2012

12 Aug 2012 23:57:20
i think we should give arsenal 18m plus berbatov for rvp, berba could do well there would be a good deal for both clubs

marlow

12 Aug 2012 22:52:44
Well I hate City with all I have but I put £2 on Torres to score first and City to win 3-2. It won me £431. So well done City, thats all you get this season :-)

TK-Red

12 Aug 2012 23:08:25
Who would people prefer?

Van Persie, Llorente or Lewandowski

Van persie

RVP or Lewandowski, RVP is proven in the EPL but Lewandowski is a upcoming youngster!

-JakeW

Wont sign any of them

12 Aug 2012 22:20:05
It's nearly the start of the new season at last ! There are rumours that RVP is coming to us, but then again Hazard, and Moura were "done deals". I would like to see RVP play our first game against Everton. All I want to know is who do you want/think will also be starting that game ? For me RVP if not Lewandowski and Witsel. Witsel is what we need world class player we need to sign him before Madrid. Ed's anyone elses thoughts ?
Bp

Don't think any new signings will play first game at this point (if any) time would be needed to bed them in. Kagawa will prob start.

Tommy

Isn't Kagawa a new signing?

12 Aug 2012 21:59:37
apart from the 4-3 win over hannover (which are deffence didnt play well) we had only scored 3 goals in 5 games and that was against pretty weak commpetition apart from barca and with rooney playing a more behind the striker role with welbeck who doesnt score enough goals up front thats why we need to sign a top quality striker like lorrente, rvp or levwendoski preferably not rvp because the other 2 arent injury prone and there both quite young.

Llorente is 28 in February, you sure he's young?

GDS

Llorente isn't young.

12 Aug 2012 21:52:07
where do you enter gagus's fantasy football league and what is the code

Www.dreamteamfc.com
Password: Disney
PIN: 102965

And don't forget to enter TK's:

fantasy.premierleague.com
PIN: 22720-8435

G.A.G.U.S

I joined the team i hope u dont mind

Red Samurai

The more the merrier :)

G.A.G.U.S

I don't know how to use the codes and pin any help on where to enter them on dreamteamfc greatly app

12 Aug 2012 20:47:39
United really need to buy players. Was lookin at the squad and there is a lot of deadwood to get rid of.

Evra:- days are gone
jones:- can't defend
fletcher:-sick
Anderson:-fat
scholes:- way too old
giggs:-see above
berbatoff:-not intrested
nani:-one trick pony
hernandez:-one good season

The truth hurts but what you think. Look forward to your replys.:-). eire red

Lets not get us started on Liverpool bud....I could really go on all day.

MPez

Well I have disagree with most of them I'm afraid. Jones can't defend, have you seen him play? He's only 19 remember. Berbatov is leaving anyway. Scholes was class last season and does a job, he is a legend and to see you put him on that list is a joke. How many seasons has Hernandez had with us? One good season out of 2 makes him deadwood does it?

I know you have an opinion but a 2 word description as to why someone is deadwood is just a bit silly.

GDS

To be fair only Hernandez and Jones will be United players after next season. But of a pointless post really. Come back when you can get a top four place like us elite clubs.

Sydney!

Jones can defend
Nani can do more than one trick.
Hernandez still scored 12.

1redarmy

Dead wood? You must be a scouser on the wind up coz a Man United fan would never use the term 'dead wood'

Dylan

Liverpool fan failing to annoy us.

-JakeW

Jones is good but had his injuries and Fergie played him anywhere he could last season.
Nani is good but like Young can be too predictable but on his day is better than Young. Hernandez, too many people slate him and forget that he had 2 bad injuries last season which prevented him from playing and getting form. Although he did manage 12 goals in 36 games. Which is a goal every 3 games from a player that wasn't in form.

Mad Hatter

Evra: agreed

Jones: He is 20 years old, still with lots to learn

Fletcher: Looks like he wont play again

Anderson: If he were fat he would not be allowed to play football

Scholes: Still one of the best in the world

Giggs: Looks sloppy

Berbatov: wants 1st team football

Nani: Would get into every other pl team

Hernandez: judge him after next season, you cant say ''one good season'' because technically he has only had one bad season.

Ste-Utd

Jones will be class, at CB. Hernandez 1 good season and 1 bad deserves chance, and Nani is a match winner on his day. People forget the games he's won on his own. Agree with the rest. CM needs to be priority.

Boyley

Agree with everything you said, we need to buy a striker, cm and lb to win our title back.
MU93

You need to calm down, its a team effort.
Evra - U should have seen his pre season
Jones- One of the best better defender in premier league at the age of 19!
Fletcher-I can understand( thats why i think we will definitely get a midfield this season either Sahin or wanyama(wont mind both
Anderson- the boy has his off days, give him this season
Scholes - still legend but we have lots of young player stepping up
Giggs- see above
Berbatoff- guy is class but its unfortunate that we want to play more fast paste game with one two touch and i am certain welbeck will step up this season with Macheda and if I m to understand either RVP or Lewandowski is on there way
Nani- Gives us this edge and any defender wont want to face him and he knows there is Valencia and Young pushing for the spot
Hernandez - the boy does still know how to create that space between any defender just need to get to start scoring and he will be on roll

Kagawa - i have been following the boy for past 2 years.. and u can see it. He is class and i think he will change Saf 442 formation. YOu have got to play him.

Pogba out - Powell in( he has shots like S.gerard and his goals was best goal in league one last season.

So............................
Get behind the team!!

Is this a Liverpool fan coming on here to laugh at our squad?

Oh dear god

Philiphs93

12 Aug 2012 20:42:21
thats the first one in the bag 4 more to come
blue moon

Ah so we did win a trophy last season? Because we were under the impression last season the community shield didn't mean anything? It does now? Stupid post.

GDS

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhh, No.

G.A.G.U.S

Referring to your number of fans?

12 Aug 2012 20:11:06
Fergie must know we need to strengthen the midfield, we were found out too often last season, particularly in Europe and Scholes was a desperate measure. RVP would be a welcome addition and would be fantastic with Rooney. Lewandowski can wait for another day. I don't think we should be held to ransom by Tottenham for Modric. We should certainly not go higher than £30m under any circumstances. We can raise funds by selling Berbatov and Nani, who are both surplus to requirements. This is probably Fergies last shout at building a new team before he departs and he needs to be bold, get a top class midfielder in and we'll have a good year. Ps we don't need Baines!!
Paulo.

Berbatov yes but nani 'surplus to requirements?' no chance, not unless we find a quality replacement.

GDS

He might another eye test and new glasses. Had the same pair for a while now.
MU93

12 Aug 2012 20:00:18
As a man utd fan! I want to ask 2 questions?

Who watch City play to see how they are as a team?

Who thought after seeing the game, man utd does still play beautiful football and this year we will win!


Red Samurai

Man City did play well. We still need to sign a lb and a class cm to guarantee a win, IMO.

12 Aug 2012 19:25:57
Apparently Jack Rodwell says he's retiring from First Team Football.

CITEAH have now confirmed they've signed him!Carryonvending

12 Aug 2012 18:36:50
For Eds or Syds.. All these transfers that people thought were bankers have all fallen apart.. RVP Moura Modric... Who do ye think we will actually sign in this bloody market or will Kagawa and Powell be our only signings
- Newton Heath

When did rvp fall apart? News to me.

GDS

12 Aug 2012 19:42:42
I believe RVP deal will all depend on Welbeck. If he signs a new contract then SAF would be happy with things as they are. By January we will know more on the Welbeck situation and RVP's value should be less - then we could see some action.

Dan

Sorry to come on your page it pisses me of when Sydney does it to us but why do man utd fans think welbeck is any good hes so average hes not a good at anything surely you think Hernandez is better?


Clg

First touch is brilliant, he's quick, fantastic brain and the best striker to come through our system for about 20 years.

Good enough?

GDS

12 Aug 2012 18:57:23
How much do you think kagawa would have cost if he had not been in the ending stage of his contract with B.D.? For me he would have cost £30+.Augsty

£25m.

Sydney!

How much would of he cost if he was argentinian or Brazilian?

Supasub

£30m+

Sydney!

And how much would he have cost if he was Spanish?

35mill +

12 Aug 2012 18:50:59
RVP only played 20 mins, i thought he had to play 45?? i think he will be in a united shirt after podolski's (spelling) performance tonight.....

12 Aug 2012 18:30:44
Why do you all do this? "RVP is on the bench, what does this mean? He must be coming to United" He has been brought on as a sub, you are adding way to much into all of this. This is why we get so disappointed. We all hype these players up and when they don't come we blame Fergie, Gill the Glazers etc. RVP might come he might not, just be patient.
SqueakyBum

12 Aug 2012 18:26:08
I would prefer to have seen Wootton given a chance at CB rather than Carrick. Defensively Carrick is poor and gets caught out at CB. When we played Bayern and we were 3-0 up Olic easily pushed him off the ball and scored. Wootton looked fantastic alongside Ferdinand and played with maturity.

We can no longer afford to play players out of position. We have lost to many games before doing this. Hopefully Vidic and Ferdinand will start and Jones and Evans will be fit or nearly fully fit.

Still hoping we add another player or too as I think we could be vulnerable at times if we continue our trend of injury proneness.

Mad Hatter

12 Aug 2012 17:40:30
Reckon i'll get destroyed with this post, but whatever! After watching City's three at the back this came to my head, using Valencia and Young as deeper wingers, supplying the ball to the more attacking wide men in Nani and Kagawa. Carrick and Cleverly providing a nice buffer between attack and defense. Young and Valencia can also come inside when defending if needed. Also, it's a good way to get nani, valencia, young and kagawa in the same starting XI. Let the hating commence lol!

De Gea
Rafael Vidic Smalling
Valencia Young
Carrick Cleverly
Nani Kagawa
Rooney

Andy!

For some reason that didn't submit properly, my mistake lads...meant to look like this..

De gea
Rafael Vidic Smalling
Valencia Young
Carrick Cleverly
Nani Kagawa
Rooney

Andy!

Why would you ever play Rafael as a centre back...he can't defend at right back never mind centre back...

It would be Smalling Vidic Ferdinand

RedKnight

So the spaces don't work lol...basically Valencia and Young out wide but behind Carrick and Cleverly in the center, with Nani and Kagawa out wide ahead of Carrick and Cleverly. And then Rooney in his natural positions! Sorry eds, you can delete the second post if you want, no point in it being there!

Andy

Id like to see this..

de gea
vidic rio smalling
valencia cleverley carrick evra
rooney kagawa
RVP

Looks exactly the same, and that formation would be terrible. First of all Rafael isn't a CB so playing him there would be suicidal. Secondly Nani isn't a "central" player. We can't just go and copy other teams' formations and tactics. We have to play with four at the back because our midfield isn't as "defensive" as Man City.

12 Aug 2012 17:34:14
rvp now on and got the armband, doesn't mean he is staying doesn't mean he is leaving.

                 DDG
Rafael   Ferdy    Vidic  Evra
         Kagawa  Cleverly
Valencia   Rooney     Nani
                   RVP

              Lindegaard
Jones   Smalling  Evans  Oviedo
Young  Scholes  Carrick Anderson
         Welbeck   Hernandez


atleast the epl IMO

Personally I dont like to see Kagawa as a CDM would prefer him more on CAM... and Rooney up front and RVP instead of Nani and Jones instead of Rafa so basically:

DDG
Jones Rio Vidic Evra
Ando Cleverly
Valencia Kagawa RVP
Rooney

Lindergard
Rafa Smalling Evans Fabio
Young Scholes Fletcher Giggs
welbeck Hernandz

12 Aug 2012 17:22:47
10 changes out of a possible 11 made wenger at half time. Van persie is the only one left on the bench. Welcome to the theatre of dreams robin

Parkie mufc

12 Aug 2012 17:10:12
A question for every1 edds included,IF we sign RVP (personally I think he'll stay at arsenal,no sources just gut)
And add him to kagawa and Powell would you see this as a successful window, forget hazard and moura as if we were never interested.
So...
Kagawa
Powell
RVP {Ed004's Note - Yes, would like a left back and a cm}

7/10. Would have preferred a top class defensive-minded midfielder too, like Witsel or Martinez. But there's still time :)

StevieK

Agree with Ed004, if we sign another class cm and lb it will be a very good.
MU93

12 Aug 2012 16:54:54
Just like to wish Rory mcilroy best of luck in his quest for a second major today!

Caolán.

There is a golf site, go post this there. Nothing to do with man utd. Thank you.

Rory is a Utd fan so yes it is appropriate
SqueakyBum

Perhaps he got rory muddled up with sammy ;-). Bookedredmole

Rory is a massive utd fan, any sports fan knows that. Think before you comment you flid.
NWDA

Thank you squeaky bum. Not much to get excited about over hear in Ireland!

Caolán.

12 Aug 2012 16:52:12
Rvp didnt start arsenals game does this mean hes on his way out?

12 Aug 2012 16:39:07
Van persie hasn't featured in the Cologne VS Arsenal game. .One step closer guys.

RVP will play a part just like Song and Arshavin who are also possible outs. It means nothing.

Sydney!

12 Aug 2012 16:35:33
Watching the Hannover game again how good was the partnership between kagawa and cleverly keep them fit and maybe add van Persie and the title is ours!

Caolán.

12 Aug 2012 16:25:52
Hi guys a few days ago I said rvp was 1/6 to join man it'd and all you's said don't read into it.

Just seen that rvp didn't play today and now the odds have gone from 1/4 to 1/12 ON. Something big has obviously happened !

It was 1/12 yesterday

TRUMORS

1/12 with who? Oddschecker has 1 company and they have him at 2/9, still decent odds of him coming.

GDS

12 Aug 2012 15:43:34
Ed's is there any chance that SAF going awol was to talk with Lewandowski and he was using RVP being in Germany as a smokescreen? {Ed004's Note - Possibly}

I love a mystery on a sunday evening.

Pip

12 Aug 2012 16:20:50
Van persie not in starting line up. Any significance?

12 Aug 2012 16:15:21
Van Persie has not started for Arsenal this evening, does anyone know if he's on the subs bench? does that mean its looking good for him signing for United?

Barca Devil

12 Aug 2012 16:10:49
Van Persie doesn't start for arsenal although he is on the bench...... Last cameo maybe ?

Salford red

12 Aug 2012 16:06:35
Van Persie is not starting against Koln.

Giroud starts with Podolski and Theo.

Can anything be read into this?

12 Aug 2012 15:58:37
why don't we go for sven bender? wouldn't cost too much and is a good defensive player..

Good player but Dortmund lost Sahin last year and they sold Kagawa this year so they won't sell Bender. Gilly

12 Aug 2012 15:48:50
Van Persie not in the Arsenal squad today

TrueRed

12 Aug 2012 15:42:50
RVP Is on the bench for the Arsenal game, looking good! Won't keep my hopes up though.

-JakeW

12 Aug 2012 15:28:49
As usually we just waiting for other teams to come in for RVP then we can have an excuses, I'm getting tired now the way we deal with transfer market,were very slow,i don't know how long are we going to miss all our target.city owner say their going to buy players before window close and we all know mancini likes him a lot.its same old story every year now.

I said the exact same thing yesterday, SAF is waiting for more interest so the excuses come after.

With no other party interested in RVP, we should of had deal done or some update from Man United or RVP himself.

A rock and a hard stone is we're SAF stands.
Citeh just bought JR within 24 hrs of interest, why can't we do same

Arsenal want to keep Van Persie mate. Failing that they want to sell him to a foreign club not a rival like United. Also Wenger is awkward. Everton however have to sell to buy and when they got a good offer for the glass man they decided to sell cos he would fund all this seasons transfers. Gilly

12 Aug 2012 15:20:01
Man city looking good tevez sharp
Fergie needs to spend big.

12 Aug 2012 15:16:25
Gill/glazers/fergie sort it out now! Time to put up or shut up its getting really annoying now! We need quality signings sorted in time for the season !

Salford red

What's to disagree with? We keep talking but we never sign anyone. I am sure the " no value" will come out soon when we fail with rvp .

12 Aug 2012 14:53:53
Chelsea's defence isn't up to much!

Caolán.

12 Aug 2012 14:23:26
well i for one am gutted at Rodwell going to city. I know some on here don't rate him due to injuries but thats more down to everton and moyes training methods. Also apparently its not his choice so sounds like he doesn't really want the move but everton need the money. Ed's is there any chance we could jump in late or is it all over? {Ed004's Note - It is over}

Even without his injuries i have never rated him. Tidy player, mid table quality at best, not good enough for United imo.

Does this mean that city have given up on Martinez though?

REDFAITH

Rodwell? Are u having a laugh? What has he ever done? Overated. Can't even make Everton team and always injured. City can have him.

12 Aug 2012 14:31:02
I cant believe some of you are upset about Rodwell going to city! 14 appearences last season and the guy has only just got 100 apps in 5 seasons. City are going to have about 50+ games next year and he will not be in enough of them to do anything.

He is not good enough, overrated and made of glass.

1redarmy

12 Aug 2012 14:04:26
Maybe not United related,But why on earth is it so hard to deal with spurs?Daniel levy is such a prick.
Why is he messing around with modric's career,i have no idea...Personally,i would love to see modric at united rather than him being at madrid.Was reading a biography of modric some time back and the guy has come through some tough times and he never gets invoved in any of the mess,just gets on with his football...I hope fergie somehow gets one up on those los blancos.

RED DEVIL FOR LIFE

He has 4 yrs left on his contract and is sulking that he wants to leave. Thats y Levy is being tough

You mean like McMoan did with Heinze when he wanted to come to Liverpool?

Puzzled

You mean like McMoan did with Heinze when he wanted to come to Liverpool?

Puzzled

Heinze's was a different case....he was trying to join a rival(should i say a past rival ) club....modric can also be sold to madrid,i suppose if levy does not want him to join another premier league team.....and with due respect,please donot compare spurs to manutd.

RED DEVIL FOR LIFE

12 Aug 2012 13:53:48
Lots of peeps on here talking about an Everton player moving to City, who gives a flying fluke.... Not 1 of you wished Cleverley a happy birthday, shamefull....
HERBIE

12 Aug 2012 13:37:39
Would just like to start of with commenting how good we played last night after we went 3-1 down. It was a joy to watch. The attacking play was brilliant and I feel we could have had a few more goals last night easily. We missed quite a few sitters.

Now I see a lot of people are questioning the signing of RVP because they are worried what effect that will have on the position Kagawa will be played in. Now I know he played brilliantly in behind Rooney last night, however I think he could still play brilliantly out on the left cutting in. Now I would love to see this attack
Nani______Rooney______Kagawa
___________RVP
The front 4 would have so much creativity and we have proven goal scorers in attack. Nani and Kagawa will both have a huge amount of assists at the end of the season and both Rooney and RVP will have a tonne of goals.
Now for that attack to work we need good attacking fullbacks. I think the right side is sorted out. We can play Valencia against the weakened side because he is brilliant going forward and Rafael can play RB against top teams when they will offer more getting forward. However I do not think we are strong enough at left back. I personally would like to see Baines signed as when he gets forward he has an awesome cross on him and both RVP and Rooney would thrive on his deliveries.
I think the only other signing I would like to see brought in would be someone to help Cleverley dominate against the physical sides in the PL. Now my signing would be either M'Vila or Witsel but atm I think it is more likely we will go for Witsel. Now can anyone on here deny that this wouldn't be an awesome team
____________De Gea
Valencia__Smalling__Vidic___Baines
_________Witsel__Cleverley
Nani_________Rooney_____Kagawa
______________RVP
Playing against the big teams in Europe that don't use wingers Kagawa can easily drop into the midfield along with Rooney to crowd it out and I feel Baines would get enough cover from Kagawa who is a very hard worker.
Now I personally think with just those 3 signings we could win the league and be in a better position to challenge for the league. Now by selling Berbatov and possibly Anderson or Evra the net spend on players would be reduced by a quite a lot.
Also I chose Nani instead of Valencia because it is a fluid attack. Everyone will be interchanging and I feel Valencia might at times limit that movement. However, there were will be games were he would have to play RW imo
The Red Manc

Good post.....front four of nani,kagawa,rooney,rvp looks scary...But let's waiit and see what comes out of this RVP saga

RED DEVIL FOR LIFE

12 Aug 2012 13:16:19
Jack Rodwell to sign for Manchester City. Medical on Sunday

I'm posting this on behalf of a guy who said that would like rodwell here, but sadly, he has joined man-city on an undisclosed fee.

I believe it's around the £18 million mark

12 Aug 2012 12:14:56
A team:
--------------De gea-------------
Jones-----ferdinand-Vidic-----Evra
--------------M'villa----------------
----Valencia--Kagawa--Nani-----
---------Rooney---RVP-----------
B team:
------------Lindergaard-----------
Rafael--Smalling--Jones-----Oveido
Young---Scholes--Carrick----Giggs
--------Hernandez--Wellbeck------
Subs: Cleverly, macheda

Why do people alway leave cleverly out?

Ste-Utd

Possibly coz despite all the hype hes just not good enough.

12 Aug 2012 12:14:56
A team:
--------------De gea-------------
Jones-----ferdinand-Vidic-----Evra
--------------M'villa----------------
----Valencia--Kagawa--Nani-----
---------Rooney---RVP-----------
B team:
------------Lindergaard-----------
Rafael--Smalling--Jones-----Oveido
Young---Scholes--Carrick----Giggs
--------Hernandez--Wellbeck------
Subs: Cleverly, macheda

12 Aug 2012 11:44:17
Just curious to know what is that bra like thing called,that anderson and some other guy was wearing during yesterday's match?

RED DEVIL FOR LIFE

I don't know but every player was wearing it..

also, anyone who says anderson is fat just needs to have a look at him yesterday when he was wearing his bra..

JK92

It's a heart monitor I believe. Sports science at it's highest.

Sydney!

It was a heart rate monitor - no doubt it checks other things as well.

It tracks the players movement on the pitch and shows how much running you have done, Im pretty sure we only use it for pre-season.
ShaunMUFC

Whatever it was,it looked better on the other guy when compared to ando....Just for fun.

RED DEVIL FOR LIFE

For everyone else its a heart monitor but for Anderson it IS a bra

12 Aug 2012 11:12:39
Although yesterday was quite an impressive match I still think we need a few more signings.
Evra although he's great at going forward, he seems to forget that he's actually a defender, this could cost us dearly in the big games like it did last season. Think the obvious choice is Baines, especially with him being a dead ball specialist and also at 27 is at the right age to help develop the younger lads like Blackett and Brady, I reckon we could get him for 12 Million.
We definitely need someone in the centre of midfield and with the fast improvement of Cleverly as a playmaker I reckon we need a strong midfield player who can win the ball and play box to box. I was really impressed with Cheick Tiote last season and think he would fit the bill perfectly with a bid of around 10-15 Million. I also like Jack Rodwell but believe he's valued at 20+ Million and will head to City.
Last but least, the obvious one, RVP I think this deal will go down right to transfer deadline day like the Berbatov saga with Berba heading in the other direction and 18 Million, great business for both clubs and both players. So around 50 Million for 3 proven Premiership players that I think would see us secure the title and take us far in Europe.

12 Aug 2012 10:40:47
Hi Guys
I watched the game last night and I have to say I am very impressed with Kagawa.He looks like he could be something special.Cleverley looked good also.I have to disagree with those who said that Hernandez looked back to his best I thought he was poor.I love this lad and I really want him to succeed but he was missing some sitters last night and throughout the tour.
I thought our attacking play was good last night but we have to realise that the opposition wasn't first class.That said to come back from 3-1 down to win was still a good effort.
I will be sitting in front of the tv and computer today in the hope of some news on RVP but I'm also disappointed that Moura is going to PSG so much for I only want to play for United.

Bazza The Red

They were unbeaten at home last season and got further than we did in the Europa league. They are not that bad of a team

RedKnight

12 Aug 2012 09:33:50
rennes have confirmed that a english club have bid for M'vila and that "He has a very concrete offer from England," do any of the edds know which club have made the bid
jred {Ed002's Note - Spurs.}

So AVB is going for two defensive midfielders in 4-2-3-1 formation.

Sydney!

Cheers edd
jred

12 Aug 2012 08:51:40
Having watched all the MU pre-season games, I must say that the addition of Kagawa has made our midfield a lot better than last year but we still need to improve it further, if we want to compete with other European clubs, I am sure with Kagawa and Cleverley fit , we will have more creativity and hence more goals, RVP will improve our fire power but would prefer a younger player like James Rodrigues a natural left footer like RVP but with more speed and skill (we have enough right footers). There were two major weaknesses that were exposes once again in our defense as well as attack, our aerial inability to defend as well as score. Vida's comeback will help to some extent, but we need another player, a defender or a midfielder who is very good in the air, in both the boxes, or else it will be the same old story of conceding from set-pieces and not scoring from the crosses provided by our wings, the second being, the ease with which the opposition wings could enter our box on either side and the open spaces that were offered for those runs through the wings could cost us dearly. The most interesting point I liked about this team is their ability to cut through the center of the opposition's defense with ease (Chicha should watch the offside traps), which did not happen most part of last season as we relied mostly on attacks from the wings. I only hope Fergie will come up with the right candidates for the positions that we urgently need to strengthen, wing backs and box to box midfielder. Cirigliano or Mouthino would be an ideal buy for the box to box midfielder, both would be exceptional. They can both tackle, hold on to the ball, track back to defend, intercept passes and pass well (long as well as short passes) to the flanks or through the center. Just a week to go, looking forward to see what Gill meant by "we are not sitting on our backsides doing nothing" ! - Fred

Think you have been playing FIFA a bit too much

RedKnight

We have Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Smalling and Jones. We have no problems defensively as they are all top quality defenders, we're just unlucky atm that we have a lot of injuries.

Red Joe

12 Aug 2012 05:28:43
Arsenal fan here. it seems that rvp is on his way to ur team. However, other then Rooney, imo Kagawa will b ur best player (pure class). So if u sign rvp, where does Kagawa fit in? If rvp is striker, with rooney behind him, nani/young/val sharing the wing spots and ur CM/DM in the middle....surely Fergie is not going to play Kagawa in the box to box role, wat a waste! Also, with Rooney and RVP both 90 minute players, when will Welbeck and Hernandez ever gey a chance?

I cant understand the signing.

Kagawa played in that role for the majority of the game and was outstanding... Him and Cleverley ran the show, he looked very similar to the way Modric plays but has more threat and penetration in going through the opposition defence

RedKnight

12 Aug 2012 02:39:08
A couple rumours boys-

Sources saying RVP has signed, 220k/ a week. Fee believed to be around 23-25m.

25m bid submitted for Axel Witsel according to O Jogo in Portugal.

Sources saying that Modric still top of Utd lists and representatives hoping Real drop out of Modric race due to not wanting to match amount, forcing a sale to United when he is unhappy.

United scouting Isco and Sahin, but no negotiations are taking place at the moment.

12 Aug 2012 00:56:53
Deal to Sign Robin Van Persie is done, Deal to be announced in the Morning by both clubs, Van Persie will fly in to manchester sunday evening and have medical first thing monday morning

12 Aug 2012 03:02:20
i was thinking than the way we attacked Hanover with pace and movement than if rvp joins and the way than played in CM role than the line up could be this when we played next monday
de gea

RB-rio-vidic-evra
anto-kagawa-cleverly-nani
rooney
rvp
dont know fit for the right back as jones and smaling injured and rafael being at the Olympics given extra week off but i might be that we put anto at RB and play young
Mantd4ever

12 Aug 2012 01:06:56
Heard we've got RVP for 25mil ? .. So maybe we now can work on getting a centre mid. If real pull out of the modric deal spurs will be flapping.. I reckon we will get him as their are no others interested as of yet. With kagawa, RVP and modric.. That shows we mean business and want that 20!

RJ92

Witsel much better than modric.

12 Aug 2012 00:01:35
Love the site eds!! I finkin the only signing wil b van persie, then we will b done! United for the championship title.

Big Mac