Manchester United Banter Archive July 19 2011

19 Jul 2011 23:14:00
ed, what about jeffren i havent seen enough of him but would he be someone you thing we would look at. is he good enough {Ed007's Note - I wouldn't think he was Utd class, but at the reported £5m fee, who knows}

19 Jul 2011 22:10:34
does anyone know what gill junior is studying? Maybe he could follow gill senior and serve the club that way?

19 Jul 2011 21:06:30
The mass exodus continues as Robbie Brady joins Hull on loan and Oliver Gill has turned down a new United contract to go to University. You have to applaud the lad for it. He could quite easily make a Championship player at worst and earn himself 5k-10k a week, but he has chosen an education. Or at least he will continue his education first. Who knows if he will make a comeback?

The reserves from last season have been stripped down to the bare bones. It's only Petrucci, Norwood, Brown, Drinkwater & James left after King & Wootton complete their loan moves to Gladbach & Posh. The rest are the U18's from last season. I believe Drinkwater will be sold, Norwood, James, Petrucci & Brown could be the only survivors to play in the reserves next season.

Mind you I am looking forward to seeing Brown, Norwood & Petrucci join ranks with the U18's for the reserve league.

Sydney!

19 Jul 2011 19:40:15
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has jt officialy ruled out a move for mods by saying he was disrespectful towards tottenham and stuff?
DJ {Ed007's Note - No? He said it was disrespectful for himself (JT)to talk about the situation}

19 Jul 2011 18:53:27
No more signings until January now.

De Gea will be number one goalkeeper. Lindegaard will get the chances to prove himself in FA Cup games and maybe the odd league games against little teams.

Rafael will play RB. Vidic will play CB. Ferdinand will start at CB next season but he and Phil Jones will be rotated depending on fitness levels/injuries. Evra will play LB.

Right Midfield will be Valencia and like Ferdinand... He and Nani will be rotated as Ferguson realised that Nani actually played better on the Right than he does on the Left. In the center we will have Carrick, Fletcher, Park, Giggs, Anderson. 2 of these will play and these will be rotated so everyone gets playing time and to cover for injuries etc. Left Midfield will be Young. Ferguson sees alot of talent in Young who has made a great start to the team in America.

Up front we will have Rooney and Hernandez. When subs are made we may see a midfielder taken off and either Owen or Berbatov put on. At this point, Rooney will drop into midfield and the striker that comes on will play up front with Hernandez.

Ferguson has explained to the likes of Welbeck and Macheda that they will play their part for United this season and they will be important just like every other player.

19 Jul 2011 18:27:19
Ed, Sir Alex has made it his priority to invest in young talent for the future and for when he steps down there is a solid nucleus for the new gaffer to work with, so with this in mind and after stories in the press regarding s#*$y, chelski and arsenal chasing Lukaku, why don't we bid for him? But all accounts, the boy's a player, Rooney, Hernandez and Lukaku, not bad really I do appreciate we got 6 strikers but Owen and berba are both in 30's Any thoughts Ed, Sydney?

Ports {Ed007's Note - I have no idea, sorry}

19 Jul 2011 18:04:12
Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverly will not be loaned out. Wait and Watch

Beastie666

19 Jul 2011 17:06:25
sir alex to choose from 2 formations this coming season -

4-2-3-1 - with rooney striker lm nani rm valencia cam young with the 3 rotating as all 3 can play acroos the pitch imo nani is best down the right young left valencia behind but then u suffer from nanis crossing ability as he has none then sometimes dropping rooney to cam with hernandez striker and one of the three benched with holding mf fletch and maybe a new signing like sissoko or hernanes.


4-1-2-1-2 - with rooney and hernandez up top nani and valencia on wings with young in behind rotating witht he two wingers and fletch cdm or a new signing maybe diarra sissoko hernandes maybe.

it is just what i believe will hapen and obviously if nani leaves young will be pushed out wide then a cam will have to be bought etc and if berba leaves or we sign cavani benzema etc then things will change .


G.DeViL

19 Jul 2011 16:06:42
Paulo Henrique would be good no doubts but just one thing that worries me will be his knee's....hes already had many injury problems and he's just 20 i guess.
DJ

19 Jul 2011 14:53:28
Ed Who Do You Think, Will Be Our Next Realistic Signing.....If Any {Ed007's Note - Sneijder ;-)

19 Jul 2011 14:43:13
IN the last couple of days SAF "Maybe I am a bit overloaded in the strikers' positions. The alternatives in midfield are not nearly as strong. But I have a good squad"

PEPG "We need a forward. We have more players in midfield than in attack. Bojan [Krkic] and Jeffr n [Su rez] both want to leave, so the attack is more important."

Could there be an option here for both teams, maybe Berba one way and Thiago the other way?

Chappo

19 Jul 2011 14:23:04
Sorry new to the Banter part of the site, only usually go on the rumours, But RAINFISHTROMBONE comments about SAF really annoyed me actually.

One comment inparticular was fergie just views united as a nice little earner. Are you actually a United fan? Because if you are you should have more respect for what he has actually done for us. He does'nt get the success and win as many trophies as he has done when your heart is'nt in it, the Man is 69 years old going on 70 and is still doing all he can to win us the next trophy. I think you talk just to be contreversial and have read to many conspiracy theories get a grip man. You should actually appreciate being around to see fergie and how he works, Cause make no doubt about it he will go down as the greatest manager ever.

Red Andy

19 Jul 2011 13:35:39
I am getting bored reading again and again about Sneijder and RAINFISHTROMBONE's baseless allegations on SAF.

I would like to bring up an old debate. Which is more of a question for Sydney! and Ed001. Do you two still believe that Rodwell is a better prospect or "potential" than Wilshere?

REDFAITH {Ed007's Note - Ed001 isn't available just now}

19 Jul 2011 12:16:52
what is the point of trying to sign sneijder we have paul pogba

19 Jul 2011 10:03:40
There are people on this site who like darklard 08 who will totally ignore whatever players and managers are up to or make excuses for them as long as we are winning and then they wonder why players and managers have no concept of reality and behave so badly. One interesting point from last nights program that no one has mentioned. Bryan Robson our greatest captain refered to us as Man U. Imagine the abuse he would get if he did that on this site. I don't curry favour on this site or just go along with the crowd and I am not afraid to say when something is wrong. Someday it will all come out, maybe in the 3 years time as was suggested last night when Fergie calls it a day..RAINFISHTROMBONE

19 Jul 2011 08:34:54
Bayern Leverkusen are interested in Berbatov. Why don't united do a swap deal with him and Arturo Vidal.? what you guys think.

19 Jul 2011 00:21:40
Basically there was nothing about United in there as such. But, as usual with the media, if you want to get people to watch your show, you plaster it with United logos. Understandable, given the size of our support and how many ABUs there are out there to feed off.

The two United links worth commenting on:

Bryan Robson - appears to say it's possible to buy / own two football clubs (against FA rules). However, I'm not sure there isn't some clever editing going on to make it look worse than it was. I suspect we're talking about a 20% / 30% holding in each club. The fund company Robbo was working for appears to want to work in a similar way to NESV (whilst lacking any of their ability, it would seem) - and nobody would question them.

SAF - basically somebody who knew Fergie a bit went on about how he was almost Fergie's best friend. Didn't appear to be anything at all to it, to me, other than someone trying to close a business deal and massively exaggerating his personal friendships to do it.

Let's be honest - if you want to say you know someone in football, you're going to say Fergie.

DarkLard08

@How long ago was the footage recorded when Robbo said that? When did the rules come into place, that stop people owning two football clubs? Ed? Anyone?

XXX {Ed007's Note - As far as I know it's always been a rule?? Anyone else know different?}

19 Jul 2011 00:06:49
As much as I think Jones and De Gea are good buys (Young is still a question mark for me), I still can't help but look at our starting XI and it's the same as last year. We're going to need to be better in the PL this season, and to beat Barca we obviously needed to improve. I don't view any of our signings as helping our chances this season (Jones won't play in big matches, De Gea will be as good as VDS if we're lucky, but there's no improvement at the spot this season). Many people seem to feel like buying a "superstar" would be a mistake, but without improving one or two spots in the best XI, I dont see how we can improve enough to win both big trophies. Sneijder may or may not be the answer, but there are atleast a dozen world class players available for varying prices, and I feel like this transfer window will be a small improvement at best if we don't bring in atleast one guaranteed first XI player....What do u think?

KG