Manchester United Banter Archive May 26 2013

26 May 2013 23:07:47
Have been told bale stays! Also modric has sounded out his agent about a possible move back to spurs? His family remain in the family home in essex

Spurs fan by any chance?

No, just look at our rumours were always linked with these players and its what I've been told! They are not sure about modric return though due to the reaction of their supporters and the way he left the club

26 May 2013 22:24:37
Guys, I would like to get your opinions with regards to teams actually doing their business early.

We did that last season and it helped us a lot but this transfer season with the new manager we seem like we still have quite abit of work to do even though the Ed's believe most of the targets will be kept the same. I know there is still a long time to go but with all the teams getting their business done so early and making huge signings I'm starting to worry a little because it seems like all the teams are making sure they sealing up their targets really quickly.

Hope Moyes comes in and gets some good signings and hopefully a big name to make a statement because it seems like all the big teams are in for the top talents while we are only linked with Everton players ATM bar the usual names we all know already.

Shot Stopper

26 May 2013 18:44:28
Hypothetical question;

If you was David Moyes, and was given £40m this Summer to improve United - who would you buy?

Personally, I think we can cope with Evra at LB for another year, so I would go:

1. Strootman - £12m
2. Lewandowski - £21m
3. James McCarthy - £7m

Look forward to hearing peoples responses, I think in reality the question is more than hypothetical.

WF Red Devil {Ed004's Note - Including Net? Well by selling Rooney, Young, Nani, Anderson and Evra that's hopefully over 60 million raised. So Baines (12-15), Strootman/Bender (12) Fabregas (25) Di Maria (20) and then one of Sanchez, Isco, Lamela or at a push Bale. I'd happily offer 40 million for Reus as well as he is a very good player}

Sell:
Rooney - 30m
Nani - 15m
Anderson - 5m
Evra - 5m

Total: +55m

Buy:
Fabregas - 25m
Fellaini - 24m
Di Maria - 20m
Lewandowski - 25m

Total: -94m

Overall: -39m

Only 40m? When 1 best midfielder retireing. 1 not return8ng from long illness. 1 over rated. ? Not fare when u have won the epl. Minimum budget should be 60m apart from sales.

Rodio17 {Ed004's Note - With an extra 20 mill I'd go for Bale or Ronaldo as the last signing}

Out:
Young £15
Anderson £10m
Rooney £30m
Nani £20m
Buttner £5m

In:
Bale/Ronaldo £50m
Thiago/Adam Maher: £18m
Digne/Jetro Williams £10m
Lamela £25m
C/M £17m? (not seen enough of but not been convinced from what I have of Strootman or Wanyama etc so maybe a surprise young signing, Jones can play there as back up to Carrick anyway)
Invisible STuey {Ed004's Note - I reckon Ronaldo would cost a bit more tbh as would Lamela but I would be thrilled with something like that}

Oh £17m Dembele (ok he would cost more and SPurs won't sell anyway but hey)
Invisible STuey

I would love to see us sign Dembele, he would be perfect next to Carrick. Though for £40m, I would sell Nani, Young, Anderson and Evra to raise another £50m. Then I would sign one of Modric, Fabregas or Gundogan for around £25m. Next I would sign Di Maria and Sanchez for about £20m each, followed by Baines for £15m, an maybe put the rest towards another of those three centre mids.

26 May 2013 18:25:00
With neymar joining Barcelona Sanchez will be leaving surely? Any interest there eds? Would be a good buy for us. {Ed004's Note - Don't think so}

Naymar seems to be a replacement for David villa.
Robbie b

26 May 2013 17:54:24
hi ed what's your opinion would not bother with modric when we have a player of the caliber of kagawa think he will be great next season, in my opinion the players we should look at are.

baines
felaini
subotic
hummells

UNITEDFORLIFE75

26 May 2013 17:43:13
Hi edds, great job your all doing. May I please ask, do u think we will spend big this summer, do u think we will spend more that Chelsea, Manchester city and Liverpool? I hope so because I really think we need too, do you? Also, may I please ask what is your favourite curry?

Christoph Pimblett {Ed007's Note - I don't think Utd will spend more than Chelsea and definitely not more than City but does it really matter what LFC do? My favourite curry is a chicken madras or a nice lamb vindaloo (what a strange question though) :-)

Chicken Vindaloo or a Chicken Jalfrezi.

Sydney!

Bond likes it hot ;-) and his favorite drink is a martini
Chris the REDman

Thanks Edd, I love a madras and vindaloo's too, amazing!

Christoph Pimblett

Nothing like good ol butter chicken or chicken tikka masala!

REDFAITH {Ed007's Note - Chicken Tikka Masala isn't a curry! It was invented in Glasgow to 'look' hot and spicy to help all the wee laddies look tough after a night on the swally. I have been known to eat Chicken Tikka Masala, boiled rice, 2 chapatis, a portion of chicken pakora and a bowl of spicy onions for my breakfast.
Sorry RedFaith I just had a thought that you might be female, a lot of ladies like Chicken Tikka Masala, there's no shame in that but if you are on a date and the guy orders it, chances are he will spend his weekends cross-dressing and getting excited that X-Fukter is on. He won't be husband material, probably cuckold but sshhh.}

Wow, there seems to be an "Indian" feel to this. Syd/Bond, have you guys ever travelled to India?

Deeps.

Chicken Madras?
Is it a south Indian dish :)
B'cos chennai was previously known as 'Madras'

Brilliant! the most random question iv seen on this site to date.

since you're asking - lamb karai

Andrew b

27 May 2013 11:05:46
Mine never got posted. I said lamb or chicken either bhuna or madras. Deeps never been but would love to. MrE

MrE, Bhuna Lamb or Bhuna Gosht as we call it here, is one of my favourites. Drop in someday, there are other delicacies as well. ;)

Deeps.

26 May 2013 16:53:05
So the Fabregas rumors are back. the guys a proven talent and would improve any team in the world I think so would obviously love to see him in our shirt. But just wondering how you guys (and the eds) think he would best fit in. could he play in a 2 man midfield in either a 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-2? Personally I think he'd be better in an attacking role in 4-2-3-1. Considering he wouldn't come cheap (I guess around 30 million euro), would it make more sense to buy two midfielders for that? I would think that Thiago and Strootman would be both attainable for that sum. Any thoughts?

26 May 2013 18:23:50
Yes Fabregas is the better player and is less likely to go running home to Spain and is the one we should be looking to sign if the rumours are true.

26 May 2013 15:50:33
I know David Moyes appointment wouldn't have been my first choice as our new manager but I think he could actually do a good job as long as the club back him in the transfer market. He has an excellent squad to work with and he will obviously want to put his own stamp on the team - so for me I think this will be the most exciting transfer window ever.

As the Eds have said the club has had their transfer targets for a while but will we see a few changes to that list now that the manager has changed? I can't wait for this transfer window to open to see what direction Moyes intends to take us - I have feeling come the end of August we will have seen 3 new players brought into our starting 11- a left back, a cental midfielder & a striker. Evra will move to Monaco, Nani and Rooney will be moved on also.

26 May 2013 15:39:08
Good morning,

Just a quick question to you all. How do you feel about moyes taking over? I'm curious to hear your opinions as I've heard the Everton side, dad is a blue. Thanks for any replies.

Nevada

I think he is a good manager. This is his big chance and he will be super motivated to step up to the next level now. He has done a fantastic job at Everton. He needs to be backed in the market.

I would have taken Loew, Klopp, Guardiola ahead of him but not Jose.

REDFAITH

Nevada

Moyes would have been sixth choice for me after Mourinho, Klopp, Ancelotti, Guardiola, Loew.

Moyes is the risk United didn't need to take. Hiring him is a high risk strategy, good honest manager who probably wouldn't change too much nor cost as much nor perhaps want as much to spend. However he has no significant European experience and hasn't won anything. If we wanted someone who would be same old then we got it. Moyes may succeed if he wins something early otherwise I fear the pressure will grow. Good man very likeable may well succeed but could go either way and that is the worry

Red Man

26 May 2013 14:36:53
Would anyone take modric and di Maria for rooney? {Ed004's Note - Yes}

Modric and Di Maria would be sensational for us and would improve us massively. A front 4 of Di Maria, RVP, Kagawa and Lewandowski would be something to be feared.

Yes yes please.

shahram

Hell yeah. unlikely Wayne's fee would cover the price of the other too IMO, unless some foreign club offer silly money.

StevieK

26 May 2013 13:15:51
I think what last night showed was that you can have a team that hasn't cost a lot of money with no superstar players on massive wages but who are coached well. Its all very well everyone saying what a magnificent job Moyes has done at Everton but look at what Klopp has done at Dortmund that is magnificent and the way they play.
Ask yourself this question honestly would you like to see United play the way Everton play or the way Dortmund play. There are loads of great European coaches around showing that tactically they can coach a team well and yet we go for a Scotsman who can make a team work hard and try and hold on whenever they get in front. oh no wait a minute after coaching one way for 11 years all of a sudden he is going to come to United and play a completely different style of football.

On current form one of the best coaches in the world, I wonder if he was available?

It seems United were consumed by the idea of stability. We really need to get behind Moyes and see what he can do.

Different mindset at United. Must buy a top quality midfielder to sit along side Carrick though (not Fellaini).

Trawlerman

Agree kloot. I fear if united has faced any of them. united's game will easily look boaring and may loose.

Rodio17

Although I agree with you KLOOT, there is no reason moaning now. Nothing will change, yes its been said before but just get behind Moyes now. We haven't even seen one game under him yet, how do you know what kind of football he'll enforce?

Ay3

Ummm no superstar players? Are u mad? Granted their superstar players ain't on big wages, but a lot are leaving this season and will sign for clubs that pay big wages!
Chris the REDman

But kloot, klopp did have a team relegated did he not? Would u have had him then?

Big Mac

Although I agree he is good coach, I would disagree with the notion of average players and no Superstars. There are 4 players in that Dortmund side which are worth upwards of 25 to 30 million pounds and I can assure you we don't have 4 players in the current squad with that sort of valuation.

I would say if that was our team (dortmund) we would have been furious with how they got over run in the last 30 minutes and tactically did not adjust. Their defending was pretty poor and their midfield lost their legs in the last 30 minutes and it was a matter of time before Bayern would score.

You seem to forget Moyes has had to compete with the likes of Chelsea, United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs and Newcastle who are much bigger clubs and have for years been able to buy the best players out there. I would argue whilst Bayern have the financial muscle the rest of the Bundesliga is more of a grassroots approach and clubs building teams from their youth program. In the Premiere league the days of being able to do that have long been gone.

Shahram

We are a centre midfielder and left winger away from being very competitive. If we do sign a right winger and additional cm, we will compete with anyone.

Whilst some teams have better players in certain positions and stronger than we are, we have better players in other positions.


Shahram {Ed004's Note - I reckon if we got a left back our defence would be one of the strongest in Europe and there aren't many better than Robin Van Persie up top and Kagawa was Dortmunds best player last year. So a left back, cm and two wingers and we are very strong but they need to be world class players ie Baines, fabregas, Modrics, bale, Ronaldo, etc etc obviously not those players but they're just examples}

26 May 2013 14:27:07
I think you're missing the point, Dortmund may not have won last night but they have matched Bayern all season in their games against each other.

They were minus Gotze which didn't help. They have played some fantastic football and didn't win the Bundesliga last season because they were rubbish.

Yes Klopp may also have got a team relegated but SAF didn't do so well for a few years when he stepped UP a class to the EPL.

Lastly those players became stars at Dortmund.

I think you are just saying he didn't do well and his team tired so it doesn't appear that Moyes is such a bad option.

The majority on here are desperate for big signings ala Bale, Ronaldo, Ozil etc because I imagine you foresee Moyes failing if he carries on with your present squad.

UFB

But the Bunderliga table says Bayern are way above everyone this season including Dortmund and the difference is +25. Not the goal diff but points diff between position 1 & 2 :)

The ironic thing about ure post UFB is how u missed the point
Chris the REDman

UFB

I have stated if we fall short next year it will not be because of moyes but because he did not have funds at his disposal and did not buy first 11 quality. Everyone including myself wants to see new players brought in and proven ones and not works in progress as we have enough of them in the academy.

MY point is it makes no sense to pronounce the guy dead before he even starts and the reason coaches like klop are doing well is because he has a great bunch of players at his disposal. It is always easier to coach when you have great players.

Finally I agree, they were very competitive last night but remember they lost the league by 25 points being the champions. Whilst Bayern added some players last summer so did Dortmund and something like this would be unacceptable to us and the fans would be calling for the managers head.

I think we are all frustrated and restless and a few quality signings will quite the crowd down:) including myself.

Shahram

Ed004

I would be happy with a Fabregas/modric, lew, Di Maria, Gaitan, Baines signing. I think we need to move rooney, nani, anderson.

I know in an ideal world bale or Ronaldo on the left is great to have but realistically neither will happen, although depending on how thinsg go I am still hopeful. Levy will blackmail us for a fortune to let Bale go and not sure he would come anyway given RM interest. Gaitan is still a huge improvement on young and Welbeck on the left wing.

With that sort of additions, we can play anyone including Bayern. Michael Carrick is an outstanding defensive midfielder and with the right partner we would be a very difficult to play against.

I reckon our net spend would be 45 millon pounds and I know it sounds like fifa manager but hey it is a banter site :)

Shahram {Ed004's Note - I just do not rate Gaitan at all}

I think kloot is right, I can't see mites changing his tactics, and I have said previously that klopp would have been a fantastic choice for us as he is a very technical manager. United need to modernize tactics and playing styles and klopp would have done that.
The whole of the dortmund side (apart from reus) cost very little money. So yes, there are superstars there but the point is they were not when klopp bought them.
He's got a very keen eye for quality and that would have been ideal for us.
However, we have Moyes now, so let's see what happens!
Nomidfield

26 May 2013 12:41:36
Isco is unsure about his future at Malaga. Time to show some interest.

He will end up at Real, City or Bayern I reckon. I think ribbery will get moved on and ISCO would be ripe for that team. I also don't believe we have ever shown an interest in him for some reason EDs can confirm that.

Shahram

26 May 2013 12:13:26
Seen today that Moyes first signing will be modric. I personally hope not because he snubbed us last year for Madrid I hope to seen Thiago from Barca coming in.

26 May 2013 12:36:19
He didn't snub us for Madrid. Spurs had two prices, a lower one for foreign clubs and a higher one for English clubs. Why should we pay ten million more? We didn't meet the asking price, so didn't speak to the player so he couldn't turn us down for Madrid. Anyway he's better player than Thiago who'll most likely go running back to Barcelona in two seasons, so would be nothing more than an expensive loan.

Source please. That sounds way too good to be true at the moment.

Modric is a good player not an outstanding one but hasn't cut it at Madrid. He would not be anywhere near my first choice.

Red Man

Are you mAd Madrid would be perfect for us.

TRUMORS

Fabregas, Modric, Thiago. In that order.

REDFAITH

Exactly REDFAITH, though I would say:

Gundogan, Fabregas, Modric, Thiago. In that order. {Ed004's Note - Same for me}

26 May 2013 11:31:31
Given the rumours who would people prefer to sign out of Fabregas or Tiago and why. Myself i'd go Fabregas. We don't need potential in their early 20's we need experienced players in their mid 20's. Fabregas has already played in England so wouldn't need to adapt and would already know the physical nature of the league. He's prem proven. Speaks the language. I'm not sure he Tiago can. Also Fabregas is less likely to want to return to Spain in a couple of years, and he won't get homesick. For me Fabregas ticks a lot of boxes. If there was a genuine chance of signing him and not just newspaper mischief. Look forward to your opinions. Bertie Wooster {Ed004's Note - It would have to be Fabregas for me. Even if we have to pay 5-15 million extra}

26 May 2013 11:59:39
I'd go Fabregas as well, mostly for the reasons you state, as in already played over here. Also could link up with Robin quite well. Ah but its just paper talk. MrE

Fabregas without a doubt. I read on the Arsenal site some weeks ago a rumour something along the lines that his girlfriend lives in England with a child from a previous relationship, she is apparently not allowed to take the child permanently out of England. If that was true it may indicate he will have a reason to want to come back to England. He is exactly what we need for midfield although his part in pizza gate did him no favours, saying that SAF is no longer in charge.

I would not underestimate the very positive noises RVP is making and if he says the same to Fabregas, who knows what may happen.

Fabergas any day, add to that modric/gundogan, Ronaldo and lewindawski and we can dream of European glory!
Nomidfield

26 May 2013 11:02:12
With the players you have, Man Utd have been over achieving for several years now.
Other than RVP there is no 'real' quality in the team. Rooney, passed his best
Cleverly, not a stiker or goal scorer
No DM player
Most Man Utd blogs slate Nani, Anderson and Valencia.
Ashley Young, should be playing for a mid table team.
You buy a Dutch LB who has hardly played and there was total surprise in the Dutch media as to why Man Utd bought him.

I agree with what some people have been saying here, at least 3 top class first team players are needed and if this does not happen then expect to be knocked out early again in the CL
There is no

Yawn! These excuses from rival fans get real boring
Chris the REDman

Yes and let's completely ignore the fact that Valencia was excellent before this season. let's also ignore that Jones has been terrific, De Gea has done well. let's ignore the top defenders in Rio, Vidic, Smalling and Rafael. Completely forget that Chicharito scores for fun, Kagawa is starting to look good as well and Carrick has been class and consistent.

Over achieving? Won the league in two of the last 3 years. I wouldn't call that overachieving, it was rather expected of this team. If anything we have underachieved and should have done better in the cups.

Yes there are 3-4 average squad players but you don't win the league by "overachieving", not in such emphatic fashion anyway.

REDFAITH

Thanks for that, as soon as you mentioned Cleverly not a striker I stopped reading. person

A

Chris you really are a nugget.
Mcdonalds would sign you up in a flash.

Lol good one no name, not brave enuff still to leave a name yet, grow up and grow a pair u poor useless excuse of space ;-)
If ure going to insult me at least leave a name, by not doing so u make yourself look a fool!
Chris the REDman

Chris I was not insulting you I was just associating you with the best hamburger chain in the world.
i thought you would of been pleased.

Im pleased u obviously give more thought about me than I do u x
Chris the REDman

Some 1 has to look out for you.

uncle BUCK

I appreciate the sentiment uncle buck thank u very much, however I will stress again I couldn't give to hoots about u still!
Chris the REDman

26 May 2013 10:47:58
Having got back early this moring from wembley and the o2 in the early hours 1 thing I must say that stood out for me being there was munichs shape. Much how we played at times this season there midfield 2 stayed quite deep really and when 1 did push forward it was bastien. But without the ball, Martinez and Bastien just held the shape. Now I must say at times it did look as if it was going wrong as the Munich fan next to me kept letting his team know lol, but they never got rattled and always looked in control. They relied on Ribery and Robben to do a lot of running back to help so at times if almost looked as if they had 10 men behind the ball, but as soon as it got 30 yards from their goal they pressed so quick that in the final 20 mins of the game they could of been a few up as they were finding spaces everywhere and Dortmund looked so tired.
Now I don't know how many times munich have scored in the final 20 mins of really big games but this defo seemed to be a game plan, the old saying goes u dnt get tired with the ball and I think Dortmud and munich dispelled that notion last night because for so much of the first 60 mins Munich let Dortmund play, run and move with the ball and looked to hit them with fast, powerful & direct runners through counter attacks, targeting Dortmunds left side time and time again and once after 60 mins and Kevin Gorezkurtez (spelling) lost the legs to continuesly cover schmelzer Robbens pace and direct running took advantage of that and chances kept coming.
My point is I never followed the thinking we need 2 new wingers but now I can see why ed004 has stated this so much, Buyern last night showed us what our wingers are missing, we have Valencia who tracks back to help out the defence but he has been so awful attacking wise that the advantage to this is often non exsistent and the left side, well i'm sure if Young would of been fit he would of played a lot more on the left as he offers the same attributes as valencia, unfortunatley he seems to offer the same attacking wise as valencia this season when fit.
Now in CM we have carrick to play the 'Martinez' role but no one really next to him to help out defending but can burst forward when the chance arises to do so. So Another strong CM is defo required and tbh I wouldn't be against Fellani in that role, Bastien didn't amase with his passing or dribbiling last night but he just doiminated the CM closing space and passing and moving and breaking forward when he could.
So I think we need four players, 2 wingers, a CM and a LB my choices on the players we have been linked to recently would be as follows.
LB- Baines
CM- Gundogan but I think we will end up with Fellani
LW- Zaha
RW- Di Maria {Ed004's Note - I agree with you that we need 4 signings however, I do not think Zaha will be what we need next year. I know a lot of people may slate me for this but how can we expect a 20 year old who has only ever played in the championship and come in and play against the likes of Lahm etc when he can struggle against full backs in the championship. I think he will be a good player over time but he should be a back up next season and I would sell both Nani and Young along with Rooney to raise funds for Bale/Ronaldo and Di Maria/Lamela/Sanchez}

26 May 2013 11:16:29
I agree with what your saying but I think you've got the midfield the wrong way around. I think we need someone to do the Martinez role. Carrick can go forward as we've seen. Look at some of his passes this season and the goals he scored. He used to do it but dropped back for the team. I think if we sign someone who can sit it releases Carrick to go forward more. I'd probably want both Fellaini and Strootman. I don't think Gundogan will move this summer. Not with five already leaving Dortmund. Their having a bit of a rebuild with a couple of squadmen going along with Lewandowski and Gotze. As I say two centre mids for me as i'm greedy. I agree with the Ed. I like the look of Zaha and am excited at the prospect of what he can become. But I think its best we don't expect too much too soon. I think he'll probably get more game time than people think but that'll be to help him adapt as its a massive step up from Championship to Champions League. Unfortunately I can't think of many other wingers, forwards or strikers i'd want to sign but can think of plenty of midfielders. MrE {Ed004's Note - I reckon if we made 4 signings or either Baines, Fabregas, Bale and Lewandowski or Baines, Strootman/Fabregas/Modric, Di Maria/Bale and Sanchez we would be in a very good position for next year. I reckon we will raise a good amount from sales of Rooney, Nani, Anderson and Evra. And hopefully Young as Welbeck, Valencia and Zaha is good enough cover. I'd definitely get another midfielder next season and use Carrick, Cleverley, Jones, Fabregas/cm? And Powell this season which should be fine as long as we don't get a few injuries}

26 May 2013 12:13:19
Ed I think we're pretty much on the same page. I'd be happy with any of those midfielders, preferably any two. Same with the wingers although I think we can rule out Bale on cost and the midfield needing the spend more. Bit concerned how every other winger around seems to be South American. Does nobody else produce them these days? I know we have a large South American contingent but I think we're better off grabbing them young and getting them settled. I also have questions over most of those wingers but we'll have to wait and see. MrE

26 May 2013 15:34:26
@Ed004

Aren't you assuming that Rooney WILL be sold though and that we will find buyers for Anderson and Nani?

Rooney is likely to stay imo and finding buyers for the other two is going to be tough and then them agreeing a pay package.

REDFAITH {Ed004's Note - Im pretty sure all 3 will be sold if the clubs wants to only one I could possibly see staying is Rooney}

26 May 2013 10:38:08
Messi + Neymar vs Ronaldo + Bale


If this happens it would be an awesome duel.

This would mean Sanchez and Di Maria would definitely be up for grabs. {Ed004's Note - However we would be so far behind both of those teams}

Yeah, as u say, we will be getting the rejects while they get the top talent. Been happening for years, so up to us if we want to start paying the fees and wages, if not, expect us to be knocked out of CL and I don't think we'll win premiership either.
Personally, I can see us going down hill as the owners and the new chairman and the manager are all united in their tightness. So don't expect any big signings.
We'll be buying de maria and dressing it up as if he's the best winger on this planet.

26 May 2013 09:28:47
Appears Rene Meulensteen is leaving Utd of his own volition, which is pretty sad if this is correct

26 May 2013 09:02:52
Bayern won their 5th European Cup last night. They had a team that reached the final last year and unluckily lost. They went out and bought Martinez who many of us (me particularly so) felt should have been our No1 target and he was excellent.

As European winners they have already secured Pep as Manager and bought Goetze plus no doubt will buy further top quality.
Where am I going with this, well there is a clear unequivocal message about quality and we need some. We don't need more might be's or squad additions we need at least two or three top quality first choice first eleven world class players. Mr 'no retooling' Woodward needs to note this or David Moyes is in for a rough ride at home but most notably in Europe. Unless we buy quality players can anyone realistically see us anywhere near Europe's biggest prize next season?

Red man, I'm passionate about united, and I want us to be the best. I've been saying for a long time that we have to start buying quality players and not potentially good players. But some say this is not FIFA, etc.
To be honest, all I want is the same as any other united fan wants, top team with top players.
Bayern, barca, Dortmund and even the French teams are strengthening at an alarming rate, so we either start to buck up our ideas or we risk being left behind.
Nomidfield

26 May 2013 11:02:24
Ignoring the fact that we were forty minutes away from knocking out Madrid, leading before one of the worst decisions most people in the game have seen. We'd have had Galatasaray in the quarters. We'd have beaten them. We'd have been in the semi's. Yes three tough teams. But anything could have happened. Who's to say we won't buy quality this summer. No one knows what the club are going to do or going to sign.

26 May 2013 07:20:47
I thought Schweinsteiger was magnificent for Bayern last night, driving them forward and breaking up Dortmund attacks. Just the role Roy Keane used to play for us and a role we've never managed to replace successfully. Today's papers are claiming Fellaini is on the way for £24m, I hope not, Strootman is a much better prospect and probably cheaper.

We got Moyes and everyone said get behind the new manager, I wanted klopp.
Now sit back and watch Moyes turn us into a more expensive Everton.
He'll be gone in two years.

No name,

Why don't you sign up and then in two years when you are wrong we can all tell you so. Is funny how every now and again there are posts from loads of no names on here all being really negative. You might be right, but you probably aren't.

26 May 2013 08:50:03
Zidane's statements about Bale being up there with Ronaldo and Messi are interesting. If you want to read into it then he may be saying to the Madridistas that if Bale replaces Ronaldo we are no worse off. Ronaldo may move but whether our owners or new CEO would find the money is another matter.

No chance red man. Only thing Glazers and Woodward interested in is making money, there will be no Ronaldo, no Bale, no gundogan, no lewindawski, no modric.
We will get some Everton players at highly inflated prices and be no better than we were last season.

I really do think that we will make a push for one of them. If Bale goes to Madrid then I think Ronaldo could be even more likely to leave, not for fear of his place in the team, but because Madrid have his replacement there already. If we do not sign him this year, then next year is definite. This year we could do worse than focusing on bringing players from a list of Baines, Shaw, Gundogan, Strootman, Thiago, Fellaini, Modric, Di Maria and Lewandowski.

26 May 2013 02:26:25
Thiago will leave barca so that they can give the number 11 to neymar. Him baines and bale would be good signing for us.

Clubs don't sell players to free up a shirt number.

26 May 2013 00:47:13
Anyone else worried about next season? let's face it the midfield is pathetic and Moyes ain't exactly the man to get the star names in is he. No Lewandowski, no Bale, no Strootman just Felliani by the looks of it. We got lucky this season but next season we could have a fight to get top4, that is for sure. Lookslike we are stuck with that sweaty scouser Rooney too. Cleverley is the worst player for Manchester United ever, and Evans is a joke.

Surprising that you left no name lol, same old same old. Worst united player ever with a premier league medal, brilliant.

United were lucky to win the title at a canter by 11 points? And it has nothing to do with our resolve, squad strenght and team spirit to wrest the title back? If the other top team could not put up a stronger challenge that was down to their ineptitudeness and uniteds quality and not down to pure luck.
Granted this team is far from being vintage and pales to the 99, 08 team.
Sorry, I have watched united for nearly 30 years cleverly is far from being the worst player when we djemba djemba and the likes.
Moyes would or probaly should have identified the areas he needs to adress, the tactical variation he wishes to implement.
Lets give him time to assemble his team and be successful and not jump on his throat after a 3 - 4 game winless streak.
Mancunian dream

Well well you talk complete and utter sh1t. Definitely not a true fan. Try supporting another team. Perhaps a team bankrolled by mercenaries would suit you. Jog on muppet

Mad Hatter

The fact that the op is not a manchester united supporter is blatantly obvious

26 May 2013 10:49:20
I'm guessing its the same no name who's been posting crap on all the other posts slating Moyes and going on about signing Everton players. Just ignore the persons. Bertie Wooster

The op is the same person who left no name on the posts above, clearly a WUM with no life. United fans know where our weaknesses are, and the use of the word 'depressing' isn't something that any united fan should be saying. How lucky we have been.