Manchester United Banter Archive April 23 2018

23 Apr 2018 16:28:40
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur - A Neutral's Perspective

23 Apr 2018 16:46:22
Wow that was an amazing read ed.

{Ed001's Note - thank you mate.}

23 Apr 2018 16:58:26
Ed, really enjoying your consistent top quality content mate, keep it up.

{Ed001's Note - thank you very much Elvis. Your answer reminds me of the time me nan phoned me mam and was crying down the phone because the king was dead. Me mam asked her what king, we dont have a king. Me nan didnt have a clue, stopped sniffling and went off to check. She was not impressed when she found out it was Elvis as she didnt like his music!}

23 Apr 2018 16:59:02
Ed001 as usual great read especially when you took your time to analyze the replay.
I particularly paid attention to what you mentioned about the 2 managers and just wondered the potential problem had we appointed Poch. Of course he can still improve but as of now I do agree with what you said and how ManUtd can suffer if he takes over now.
Just to quote from Wenger about Viera, so on Poch - he is good but not ready yet.

{Ed001's Note - I just think he needs to learn to distance himself and recruit better. They are not buying winners they are buying athletes.}

23 Apr 2018 17:57:17
Brilliant that ed and absolutely spot on.

{Ed001's Note - cheers deano.}

23 Apr 2018 18:54:00
'Spursy' :)

23 Apr 2018 19:26:55
Personally I think he would be a different animal in Spain for example I've seen many players and coaches at spurs over the years going a bit spursy as you put it ed.

I think the whole choking thing runs to the very core of that club .

They have some fabulous players and a good coach but you never quite get the feeling they will make it, take the Leicester season not in a million years should spurs have messed that up but at the most important moment they lacked what Leicester had in abundance. bravery.

Jose has his detractors many among our own fans, however the one thing that he cannot be questioned on is being a winner . He will win and win and win whilst other managers do nowt .

{Ed001's Note - and discipline, remember the way they lost it at Chelsea?}

23 Apr 2018 20:49:12
Indeed ed I forgot about that game it was like wwe in the end 😂.

{Ed001's Note - until Poch sorts that issue out, his teams will continue to fold. Discipline is very important, it goes hand in hand with organisation and organised sides win trophies.}

23 Apr 2018 21:10:12
Ed when you get time. Can you do a review on Guardiolas season this year. If you get time that is as your super busy.

{Ed001's Note - I will add it to my to do list, but I can't promise anything as there are a lot of things on there. Hopefully over the summer I might get a chance.}

23 Apr 2018 21:35:40
Cool thanks ed.

{Ed001's Note - my pleasure mate.}

23 Apr 2018 21:36:31
You can't learn to be a winner, you either are or aren't. As much as poch can improve as a coach, sort out the discipline etc etc he won't be a winner. Unless he goes to Spain and has it easy.

{Ed001's Note - you can learn to be a winner. People can change. We are not born exactly the same people as we are at the age of 21. Sometimes people develop that drive late in life.}

24 Apr 2018 02:52:42
Fantastic ed, thanks.

I think Ali is in risk of wasting his talent. He has a very nasty streak and could easily have been sent off more times in his short career. When you think if some of the soft Red cards we've seen in Europe and international football I am amazed regularly that Ali does not see red more often. Players will no doubt start to target him to get him WOUND up.

{Ed001's Note - he is still a kid, he should grow up and be ok but I do worry about his lack of self-discipline under a manager who is not going to provide it for him.}

24 Apr 2018 10:12:13
Brilliant write up. I find it hard to argue any points you make on this site. Better reading on here daily that any of the papers. Thanks for all your work.

{Ed001's Note - thank you Tm.}

23 Apr 2018 07:41:04
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, Review Of The Day 23rd April 2018

23 Apr 2018 02:09:46
Nice to see mr. pogmoji saying he's a united player 'at present' and when asked about the psg link he was good enough to say if all the rumours were true then he'd be everywhere!, now that might cool the gossip columns to a whisper, but only to be asked if he has any problems with the manager to reply that he has no problem with 'mourinho', now either mr. pogmoji went to public school where its the done thing to address your fellows by their surname, or that's a very subtle dig at jose, bearing in mind he goes onto say that he's the coach, and being a professional 'he'll do what he's told and that's all'-this is a quote reported from mr. pogba directly so if its wrong i put my hands up, but if reported correctly, it sounds like someone is playing silly buggers, be it the player or those connected to repreesent him.

23 Apr 2018 05:53:18
Dembele will cost a lot considering what Barcelona paid for him. And if he is struggling at Barca ( some rumours say its due to atitude problem, ) I don't see him succeeding at Utd under Mou.

Barca need to be interested on Martial and Utd to Dembele at least to have any chance of exchange to happen.

23 Apr 2018 06:20:28
Sorry I aimed to post that post above down the page.

23 Apr 2018 09:01:54
Mountain out of a molehill, whatever he says will be twisted to sound worse than it is, last thing we need is our own fans twisting it, the press do that enough.

23 Apr 2018 09:03:29
I don't pay a huge amount of attention to what players say when being interviewed. It's a staged environment and as such they are acting.

How often have we seen a player say one thing only to find out later that it was a lie. Like Ronaldo saying he was happy at United while trying to engineering a move to Real Madrid. If he was that happy they why leave?

Of course there is the other issue that for a large number of players during an interview they are often talking in their second language and therefore mistakes and misinterpretation can play a part.

But for the most part it's staged, they aren't speaking from the heart but from a script.

For all intents and purposes you might as well believe what is said in films more than what comes out of a footballers mouth.

22 Apr 2018 22:38:14
I had read that Barcelona might want to move Dembele on. I personally don't believe it as he has barely had a chance to establish himself in the team after his injury, but if they do and Jose wants to move martial on, why not investigate the potential for a swap deal. Barcelona get a top young talent and so do we. The difference being that Dembele does not mind playing on the right.

As I said above I doubt there is any validity to the newspaper gossip, but if we were to lose Martial it would sure soften the blow.

23 Apr 2018 06:19:09
Dembele will cost a lot considering what Barcelona paid for him. And if he is struggling at Barcelona ( some rumours say its due to atitude problem, ) I don't see him succeeding at Utd under Mou.

Barca need to be interested on Martial and Utd to Dembele at least to have any chance of exchange to happen.