Manchester United Banter Archive November 13 2011

13 Nov 2011 23:24:20
well as we're talking about the olympics i won it earlier on football manager. Rotated the team a little and i lost wilshire after one game to injury but the team i mainly went with was hart, gibbs, jones, smalling, gosling, cleverly, rodwell, ramsey, bale, walcott, rooney. With carroll and sinclair as the main subs. First game against japan won three nil. Second against ghana won two one. Third against costa rica won nine nil. Quarter final beat mexico four one. Semi final was rematch against japan two one this time. And final against brazil was one nil. Great experience and a really good england team apart from the two welsh lads. Taste of the future. Unfortunately both wilshire and jones got injured but as i'm manager of benfica i'm not too bothered and the olympics looks good on the cv along with a portuguese league title lol. Rincewind

13 Nov 2011 19:24:18
Gonna slightly change the record here,

What players do you think will be selected for the Olympics?

I think it will be likely that the 3 that are allowed to be over 23 will end up being Beckham, Giggs and Rooney. Becks and Giggs because of what they contributed to British football. Well actually that's who id like to see go over 23.

SAF_IS_GOD {Ed004's Note - Wouldn't like to see Rooney go. Wouldn't want him tired before season starts}

13 Nov 2011 17:44:02
i do wonder at the people on here, rodwell baines etc for united give me a break..

13 Nov 2011 14:19:37
I never thought I'd be saying this a few months ago, but do you think it's time to make our move for Rodwell? He's really stepped up his game this year, would work well with Cleverley in the middle IMO.

13 Nov 2011 13:04:08
Hey boys & girls,

Normally read everything I can on the site before posting but I just don't have time today.

First time at New Wembley to watch the footy. Seen the Foo Fighters there but that's about it. Used to watch England at old wembley back in the dizzle.

To be honest the game was what I expected. The result certainly was not. I think everyone in the stadium was surprised.

First thing I wanted to say is that I thought Parker was fantastic. Technically very good, hardly giving the ball away and constantly chasing. We really should have signed him. Jones played further forward or even if he didn't he did surge forward like he does for us (regardless of where he plays). Welbeck was good as well, getting physical with the back line.

England showed yesterday that they can be resolute and tough to break down. As good as the Spanish are (I think they are fantastic) I know that their defence can be breached but we simply didn't get enough numbers forward.

If we can keep our direct game but refrain from punting it up field then we can make it through the groups. We were really predictable. Ashley did not venture forward once. He was always looking for the obvious pass. Johnson on the other flank tried to get forward from time to time. Bent was so isolated and lonely upfront that it looked like he needed a hug.

We need to really bring through the kids. I honestly thought we would after the screw up at the world cup.
I would probably take the Terry's, Lamps and Stevie G's but I wish they would be options not certain starters.

It's probably too late to go youth completely (not enough games left). But we need to take a few leafs outta the german book. Kids, direct counter attacking with intelligence (NO MORE LONG BALL).

If I was manager I would have dropped most of the seniors after world cup and by now my starting 11 would look something like.

BACK FIVE

1) Hart (not a massive fan, but we lack in this department).
2) Micah Richards (without a doubt the best English RB this season)
3) A. Cole (No one better, but we need to find a long term solution.
4) P.Jones
5) Smalling

Not trying to be biased for the defence but I honestly feel this will be the long term partnership (both club and International), so we should have had this in place.

CENTRE MIDS

6) Parker (in front of back four, no one better)
7) Rodwell (box to box, depending on what;s going on or who we are playing
8) Wilshere (further forward, making stuff happen)

FORWARD THREE

9) Rooney (Upfront, in the centre, where he belongs)
Welbeck until Wayne returns
10) Walcott
11) A Young.

Walcott and Young would need to support Rooney and if we are the stronger team then Wilshere needs to tuck in behind.

I would prefer this to the likely senior's we put out as they do not have the energy or pace to compete at the highest level anymore.

Need to find another Parker and A.Cole as I don't think the likes of Hendo or Baines are the same level.

I would wave good bye to the so called "Golden Generation". What a joke. Golden Generation HA, yeah maybe in terms of amount of money earned, not technical ability or even desire.

U-N-I-T-E-D F-O-R-E-V-E-R

13 Nov 2011 12:32:47
Just watching MUTV, Cantona:25 Years is amazing and at the end Helen McConnell asked The King if he could ever see himself taking over Sir Alex when he retires and even tho his response was he wishes Sur Alex to carry on forever he did simply reply "why not?". Now I know the likelihood of this happening is very very minimum but it still excited me!

Ports

13 Nov 2011 10:08:37
I have to say Rodwell looked very comfortable last night when he came on, there is a fearless way about him which makes him a very useful player to have in midfield, Jones, Cleverley & Welbeck also have this fearless quality and IMO Rodwell is just what we need to sure up the midfield. Under SAF he will turn into a very good player and Jones, Smalling, Rodwell, Cleverley & Welbeck could be the spine we need to make our team dominant again for the next decade. One or two top quality signings to add to this and I would be very happy.

Sydney!

13 Nov 2011 08:52:31
I have just read a few of the morning papers. Rumours aplenty about takeovers of Blackburn or Everton, by the Qatari's.

If reports are to be believed the Qatari's had their hearts set on us but the Glazers have refused to sit down with them, point blank.

If this is true which obviously we don't know yet, how does it make you feel?

Well okay maybe they would have the bottomless pit of riches like a city or Chelsea, we could buy who we want etc.

But then does a part of you think where's the kudos in city and Chelsea. Liverpool fans love city don't they at the moment, they see them as a buffer between us and success. But I have overheard them in their quieter moments discussing how they detest Chelsea for basically being what city are.

I look forward to everybodys views on this the Liverpool fans who come on here and the regular United fans. Try not to turn it in to a slanging match for once

For me personally a lot of my pride in what we have achieved particularly over the past 6 years is doing so without external assistance and under financial restraints, well in terms of how big a club we are anyway.

Mike the Moston Red