Manchester United Banter Archive November 05 2012

 

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05 Nov 2012 23:22:41
to the guy who keeps gnawing the bone on walcott as you put it the reason you don't get a positive response is because none of us on here rate walcott. Think about it logically. Most of his career he's played right wing or upfront and his stated preference is to play upfront. As a striker do you really think he would dislodge rooney, van persie, hernandez or welbeck? Do you even think he'd be good enough as a striker? As for right wing he's not going to dislodge valencia or even nani. Heck i'd rather play young on the right given a choice between him and walcott. His crossing is poor, is first touch is variable, he can't hold a ball up, he doesn't have a football brain and usually makes the wrong run. He's like a less good nani but at least nani sometimes makes things happen. He's a better version of agbonlahor. All walcott has is pace and once that goes you'll see the decline. Quiet frankly i'm amazed that anyone would link him to us never mind flat out suggest that we should buy him! He is totally not what we need at all. Mort

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05 Nov 2012 22:09:44
""Still made a mistake that should have led to a goal, but we will turn a blind eye to that because he scored, again funny enough whilst out of position. " - Sydney!"

It was a corner Syd, Evra was not out of position as he is always likely to get on the end of a corner apparently (according to SAF)

I think the positive Evra comments this week are one of relief, Buttner looks like a rough gem who will take a while to settle. Evra playing ok makes everyone feel a whole lot better! (Young had something to do with this I feel)

And to clear up Valencia... Someone (not you Syd) bemoaned criticisms of him, for me he gets given the ball in acres of space many many times in a game. I just want to see more quality output, dangerous crosses even shots, because with the forwards we have we will score even more goals!

DodgyBanter

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Syd
evra has been poor for a couple of years now but to suggest he was poor on saturday is incorrect you are doing nothing more than trying to defend your position.
comments like
"he still made a mistake that should have led to a goal, but we will turn a blind eye to that because he scored, again funny enough whilst out of position"
are just starting to sound childish ,I honestly think you would rather evra played crap so you could say " I told you so" than he regained his form and proved you wrong
jred

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Jred, if he ever regains his form then we will see if you are correct, but it hasn't happened yet. Evra made a big error on the weekend, pretend it never happened if you wish, but I won't.

Sydney!

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Syd, it's these attitudes like yours and others on here that really bug me. I honestly think you'd rather have a player continue to play badly, just to prove your point and gain some sort of kudos on this site, rather than him show any signs of improvement and benefit the team.

StevieK

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Syd
I never said he would regain his form , I just think he played ok at the weekend and can't see the need to slag him off.
I agree with StevieK to be honest
Jred

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Syd - You really do talk some nonsense..... You slate Evra but adore Cleverley who for me has been woeful all season and has looked out of his depth.

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Steve, Evra is continuing to play badly. So not sure what you are getting at. You and one or two others think he played good, I think he was lucky not to give away another goal. He was better than usual, but still not good enough. Would have said Rafael had a good game had he let Ramsey beat him? Would you be saying Evra had a good game had Ramsey done better with his chance? Would you be saying Evra played well had he not scored? I doubt it on all three fronts.

Jred, I haven't slagged Ev off once, just think he had another suspect game that was sugar coated by him scoring.

no name, couldn't care less about a nameless post that is complete and utter wrong. I doubt you will find a single NAMED poster on here that will agree with you that Cleverley has been woeful. It simply isn't true.

Sydney!

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Syd
He made one mistake out on the touchline, apart from that he played ok and scored, you have gone on and on about his mistake but it wasn't that bad and if it was anyone else wouldn't even be an issue.
By the way in the second half raf got beat 3 times in a row.
I think your starting to look a bit daft pal
Jred

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- Doubt you will find a single poster who thinks evra played badly

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I will agree with him I think he is utter rubbish

Dio

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05 Nov 2012 21:47:40
Hi chaps. Great job on here. I'm going to gnaw on a bone I keep gnawing on but don't think I will get a positive response. I still feel Walcott has a lot of potential and would thrive with us! Think SAF could make him great. Thoughts anyone?

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If Walcott lost his pace he'd probably be a championship player, I don't rate him at all. I would rather have Nani than Walcott.

CnM

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I would agree that Walcott still has potential but not on the wing. He's good at two thing's finishing and running in behind, why isn't he playing in the CF?

As a winger he has no more or even less potential then Nani so there's no need to buy him for that position and there's no need to buy him as a centre forward because we already have the best centre forwards in the country.

Red Joe

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He is not The Calibre of player United need tbh. Yeah he's lightning fast and scored a hat-trick against Reading the other night. But how many other games can you put your hand to that he made his own? He'd be a hero for the Liverpool dream-team they are building lol

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Walcott seems to be somewhat of a contentious issue on here. Some still see potential, most see him as about as useful as a bag of horsesh!t. Personally I think the potential is still there so long as he starts playing up front if he wants to fulfill it. His instinctive finishing is better than most give him credit for and his pace would terrify any centre back pairing. So, for that reason, I don't see a place for him at United as we already have 4 very good strikers at the club.

TK-Red

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Walcott is an okay player that could of been top class but failed..... If he was to join for £5-8 million and just provide some competition and rotation with Valencia I would be happy but I would not lose any sleep over him.

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05 Nov 2012 20:18:31
shame we never signed demba ba the chant would be class ooo ah demba ba

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I prefer 'RVP, he scores when he wants'...

Red Joe

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05 Nov 2012 19:27:56
Nice little article in today's paper, comparing Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Robin Van Persie and their first ten appearances for United...

RvN:-
Mins on Pitch: 781
Goals: 5
Mins per Goal: 156

RvP:-
Mins on Pitch: 758
Goals:8
Mins per Goal: 95

Something interesting as Ruud van Nistelrooy didn't do too bad for the four seasons he was with us.

ALDUtd

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Just about the statistics you put here, your forgetting that Van Persie has a hell of a lot of experience and the premier league at that. RVN was younger and had no premier league experience so im just saying statistics don't always show a full picture.

Both great players though, neither would have worn the United shirt if they wasn't.

RED_LAD

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Statistics do not really paint the full picture different teams and styles etc but picking one over the other would be insanely hard you have RVN who was literally the best natural goalscorer football may have ever seen or RVP who can score from anywhere and has a wand of a left foot from set pieces etc.

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It was just an extract from a newspaper mate but I agree that RvP is already proven in the EPL. Tbh they are both very similar players in my opinion and if Van Persie has half the goal-tally RvN had with us I'd be happy

ALDUtd

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I agree with no name - it was a different team and style back then - although i think todays league is more competetive and difficult than 10 years ago.

RVN was the best finisher i have witnessed, stick anything into the box and he's there, although having Beckham in the team was his major plus - given 5 yards Becks could put it anywhere you wanted - i would like to see the stats of becks assists to RVN.
RVP is a more complete forward although if he comes anywhere near the goalscoring as RVN at his Utd career then poor help the league :)

Giants14

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05 Nov 2012 16:32:12
dont forget people , when its time for the big vote , be fair-minded and use your vote wisely,yes vote for luis suarez- for goal of the season .
ps, you know it was better than rooneys overhead kick a while back.............. lfc

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Goal of the season?? Pull the other one lfc.

TK-Red

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Liverpool fans: taking the word dellusional to a whole new level.

Mick

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Dipstick, it wasn't even the best goal in the match. Lol.

Shappy

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Aww come on let them have it they need to win something. A few years ago they claimed reina won the 'golden glove' an award I'm not 100% sure exists! Bless you lfc, we still love you, you delusional scouse man.

GDS

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Well lfc mate go look up robin van Persie goal v fulham I think that was miles better, or clervelys goal v Newcastle yet again rooney has scored at least 5 better goals than than and not including his bycycle kick. Yes it was a good goal but it was more a stoke goal than the passing brand you lot try and fail at.

Caolán.

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05 Nov 2012 18:00:52
great mysteries of the world-
how the heck do man utd manage to tumble up to the top of the premership , very strange , and with your playing squad , fliping heck , i cant even begin to guess.............lfc {Ed004's Note - It could be something to do with the fact we are scoring for fun at. Something Liverpool don't do unless Suarez is having a good game}

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I honestly do not understand how they believe there on rubbish... They think Suarez is God and every goal he scores is the greatest goal of all time they think Allen is the best player in the world when he is just like Carrick he plays sidewards and backwards.

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I'll give you it was a great goal lfc but you keep on taking fervour to new highs

Pardoe

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Torres did the same thing but he just missed!

19-20 MUFC

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Lfc unfortunately Nick Powell has just scored a much better goal than that tonight beet 4 men with great dribbling before smashing a shot into the roof of the nett so thta gets my vote
sorry
ARB

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05 Nov 2012 16:17:49
"""Trust me, and i'm sure the ed's will agree, once Lucas is back in his role, you will see the real Joe allen, one who will become liverpools version of Xavi/iniesta.

sinner21"""

This was on the liverpool page. Just couldn't stop myself from posting this.

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These scousers are pathetic.These are some of their crackers
Kewell was a better player than Ronaldo
Insua was going to be the best left back in the world
Tony Silva was going to be the next Messi,yes you ask who is Tony Silva
Rush was better than Law
Please control your laughter
Blackpool Red

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Yeah, Charlie Adam will become their version of Rivelino, Downing will become their version of Chris Wadlle, Henderson will become their very own Platini, Shelvey will become their own Lombardo.....

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Yeah, I saw some of them saying they should be going for Falcao in the window - I mean, really!

StevieK

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They over estimate themselves to another level of insanity. They are so blinded by there own tripe they cant see the truth that they are a team of mid table players with one or two who could get in a top 4 team that is it....

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Cheyrou the new Zidane, Diao the new Vieira, Diouf the new Henry.

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To be fair allen is actually a good player haha but yes some comparisons have been extreme

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Glen Hysen the new Baresi
Mike Marsh the new Souness
Emile Heskey the new Pele Maradonna Van Basten all rolled into one
Dont worry mickey's it'll be your year next year,sound familiar

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The funniest thing I've heard from them was before the season began. They thought they had a better squad than us!! They take delusion to a whole different level.
FEH!

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Actually Chris Waddle and Downing are very similar, they're both both pants.

DodgyBanter

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Arsenal fans are still going on about how they have a better squad than us even after their humiliating performance. Just check their banter page

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Oops! Forgot to sign me name
FEH!

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Chris waddle was a great player at his peak possibly the best player in Europe at one point when he was at marseille who were the team of the moment.

Supasub

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Heres the latest:

January window:
Eriksen 18 million
Lewandowski 20 million

The delusion is reaching epidemic proportions!

StevieK

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05 Nov 2012 15:26:32
"Evra is great now he had a less embarrassing game than usual"
Sydney!

Without wanting to be seen as an Evra apologist, that's a tired, lazy, childish comment. Not one person on here said Evra was great again, there was simply appreciation that the guy has regained a bit of form. You would think he would get support from the fans for this, wouldn't you?

Not with you Sydney though. It's one thing taking a stance on someone mate and sticking to it, but it just looks really immature when you can't let a Utd stalwart have a decent game, without having to make a smart comment just to defend your position.

If our players play well, then at least have the decency to give them a bit of credit even if you don't like them, or better still, just say nothing at all - if I can do it for Rooney, you can do it with Evra.


StevieK

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I think this summer has been an odd summer given the euros and how some players started training sooner and some joined later.

I am not sure if anyone noticed but the first few games Evra looked slow and out of shape. I think his fitness is much higher now and hence a better performance on the pitch.

Just a theory folks, still believe we need to buy a LB in the summer but Evra is still light years better than Buttner.

Shahram

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This is why I don't get all the 'what does Syd think?' posts. His posts are generally very good but he is fixated on Evra being dreadful and Cleverley being brilliant, both of which are exaggerations. There are several other high quality posters.

AJH

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Steve, Evra never played well. He just didn't play as bad as usual due to Young doing most of the work for him. It's no coincidence that Young returns and Evra isn't as bad.

Sydney!

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Just read my original post back Sydney, and realised the tone was a bit belligerent - it honestly wasn't meant to be.

I'll put it down to recently having stopped smoking :)

StevieK

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AJH means me lol! Only kidding, Sydney is well respected on here but he has always maintained the things he says are his opinion and people are allowed to disagree.

I think you are correct he has a negative stance on evra and a positive one on Cleverley. I understand where you are coming from syd but the post about evra on Saturday was quite biased considering evra had a good game. I know the comment about him being out of position for the goal was tongue in cheek but people weren't happy about that!

I know what you were saying though, he isn't suddenly good enough again because he had a good game, but he has been much better in recent weeks, it is a step in the right direction.

GDS

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GDS, sorry but Evra did not have a good game. If Rio or Rafael had made the Ramsey blunder you would not be saying they had a good game. People would be slamming them. The reason you and others are saying he had a good game is because it was better than his usual poor displays. Evra didn't have a good game, just not as bad as usual.

Sydney!

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AJH, Evra HAS been dreadful for the past three seasons. That doesn't change overnight and the only reason he is looking better is down to Ashley Young. I have not said Cleverley has been brilliant, however he has not been poor like Evra so he doesn't deserve the stick he gets on here. Especially since this is his first proper season as a United and England player, All I ask is for people to give him chance to develop. Evra has had his chances and he has disappointed time and time again. He never had a good game on Saturday, he was made to look a plum by Ramsey of all players and if it wasn't for the hard work of Ashley Young and the stubbornness of Wenger for not playing Walcott he would have been found out even more. My original post wasn't to do with Evra or his performance, I was posting about fickle football fans and used Evra as an example. Lets move on, there will be many more Evra mistakes this season so it's pointless dwelling on Saturday's mistake.

So apparently if Evra makes a colossal mistake in a game, BUT as long as it's just one, that is now a good game for him ;)

Sydney!

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06 Nov 2012 12:33:59
@GDS Evra was beaten twice by ramsey who aint a winger. For that reason he never had a good game, it was just better than his usual diabolical standard. Young is pretty much playing as a second leftback, so of course evra looks better, there is someone else doing his job for him. As for his goal he should have been covering for ferdinand nd Evans, so in thoery he was out of position. If the keeper caught his header and threw it long to Walcot and he scored it would have been partly evras fault for not staying back whilst the center backs went forward for corner. So we are glad he scored but he was out of position. Young shud be getting the credit he deserves for doing two players jobs.

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05 Nov 2012 14:48:59
I see so many people here talking about Pogba. I think it wasnt just because of lack of opportunities that he left. If he was here this season he might be getting chances in the team along with Wootton etc. I think it was down to the wages somewhere. Anyways there no need to cry over him now. He might become a great player but there are plenty of players out there who might turn out to be as good or even much better than him. There are so many Spanish players (who are just naturally talented) and German players (got such a great system that they are producing talent after talent for the past few years) who can make our midfield better.

SHAITAN

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Yeah chances with Wooton! In the league cup ( or whatever ).

he is starting games for juve on a regular basis in the league and in the cl, and is beeing rotated with pirlo, marchisio and vidal ( who i might add, are bettter than anything we have to offer ).

The boy made the right decision at this stage. Now its time for us to move on.

Mick

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05 Nov 2012 14:10:14
Lucas Moura today has said the reason he snubbed Man Utd was not for money but because of familiar faces at Psg
But he is unsure that he made the right decision.
I for one think that he made the wrong decision.

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Oh come on we all know its bullsh**. Anderson, Rafal and Fabio are younger than silva and co and would get along with him better.

Mick

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Clearly the money spoke and he listened.... Who in their right mind would rather play in Ligue 1 than the Premiership?

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On the other hand you could make a decent argument about life in Paris. I mean who would rather live in Manchster than Paris? ( just taking the location into consideration)

Mick

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Pay me an extra £40+k a week and i'd mull it over.

Supasub

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If I was an amazing footballer I wouldn't care where I lived or the amount of thousands I got.. All I would care about is playing for my team and being as successful I can be! A lot don't even realize their talent and just go for money. For example Nani was supposedly happy here and now he wants more money and has lost his form, he should of just carried on just as normal.

-JakeW

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05 Nov 2012 13:45:39
It's crazy how different Arsenal and Man United have become over these years, would we accept no trophies for 7 and a half years? Fergie made one or two bad tactical decisions and some people wanted his head!

Oh and imagine if a United player went to get somebody like Tevez's shirt at half time? Fergie would be using a tumble dryer, not a hair dryer!

It is an embarrassment to a team like Arsenal, could be a good few years before we get that 'big game' feeling when playing Arsenal again.

Hoppy

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I don't even think its the fact they have had no trophies its how they have blatantly put profit over football glory and are now ecstatic with 4th place

I hope they get kicked out of CL and don't make it next year let them reap what they sow

Pardoe

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05 Nov 2012 13:41:55
Lingard and Micheal Keane set to go on loan to Leichester City.

I would say good luck, but I'm very dissapointed to see them go on loan. I think they would've helped in the first team very much, but if it makes them better experienced, I won't complain.

TOI

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I am inclined to believe we will buy a defender in January unless the club thinks Vidic will be back to his old self. Lingard has too many guys ahead of him to get first team play as fletcher, anderson, jones, kagawa ll will need games.

Shahram

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05 Nov 2012 13:36:08
TV just named there so far premier league team of the year.. Quite laughable only one united player RVP.. Jenkinson infront of Rafael (the worlds best right back) is unbelievably baffling.. Oh well underrate us at your peril

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05 Nov 2012 11:27:17
Just to pick a point ..

I know this is the same with all the clubs today but these days goals from free kicks are very rare ..

we scored a lot of freekick goals from Ronaldo, beckham etc but now we just dnt have anyone who ll take a decent freekick.. Its very sad to see NANI take a free kick coz I have never seen him hit the target in recent years.. I think today people are just ignoring this wonderful aspect of this wonderful game.. Would love to see free kick takers "like" Ronaldinho, Juninho, Zizou, henry, becks back in this time..


REDCORE!!

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To be fair I think Rooney is very good at free kicks

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I dunno, Rooney is pretty threatening these days. As is Young and as is RVP.

Percy

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In last 2 seasons rooney is having high ratio about it. But stil ur point is correct.
It looks so spectacular to watch such goals
Rodio17

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Rooney and RVP can take a decent free kick in our squad.

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When was the last time we saw something spectacular thru a free kick... :( cant remember ....

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Just looking at the free kick taking ability, Rooney and RVP are not even half as talented as Becks. Young should not even be in that list.

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Last spectacular free kick I saw for United was Ronaldo vs Portsmouth, the look on David James' face as it flew in was priceless!

Viva la Kagawa

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Ronaldo v Arsenal CL 2008. 34 yards out
Ronaldinho v Arsenal CL 2005. Placed it under the wall that was jumping into bottom right

ALDUtd

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05 Nov 2012 11:26:40
Just looked through the paper got to the sport section and one look at the league table and a big smile spread across my face, all is well with the world.

Shappy

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That was cringey man. But agreed lol.

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I have to agree mate, us top and Liverpool on the second page. Things couldn't be much better right now. Have to say our next six games look very good, cannot say the same for Liverpool. I think they will get 2-3 points from their next four league games, saying that Wigan are no mugs so perhaps zero points ;)

Sydney!

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Sydney don't jinx it just let's watch how some teams might be imploding. Di Matteo and Mancini will be gone if their league form drops:)

Shahram

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05 Nov 2012 09:36:37
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he dreams of becoming Manchester United manager one day. "I'm not naive enough to say I can do that job but in life you should have big dreams and big goals."

Source: BBC Gossip


I hope he comes in as the no.2 in place of Phelan


Cult Of Personality

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05 Nov 2012 09:18:39
Following LFC fantastic result against Newcastle, Rodgers tell us that Suarez is their Messi ! Laughable and deluded. Which is what we've come to expect from LFC managers.
Apart from them both having two legs, the comparison stops there Mr. Rodgers. Keep up the good work !
NoMidfield

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I can't see why you would think this statement it deluded. If anything Rodgers should be disappointed with the result. Liverpool dominated Newcastle for large periods of time.
As for the Messi comment, Suarez is their Messi. Note though that Rodgers never said he was as good as Messi, he was only saying that Suarez is their game changer. He is the only one on the Liverpool team that could have scored that goal, similar to Messi being the only one on Barca's team that could do the things he does. (and yes I realise Barca have lots of great players that can do great things, but not as great as Messi)
Feels strange defending Liverpool, especially on a Manchester United site, but there you go. Common sense winning out.

RedDub

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To be fair it was like a messi goal yesterday my brother kept going on about it haha it was very good

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Also from what I can tell he did not even directly use the words he is our messi. He actually said that he plays the False number nine role for them like Messi does.
As far as I can see the words 'Suarez is Liverpool's Messi' are from journalists headlines trying to make a big headline out of it

Rojamo

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Rojamo, I saw that after my initial post, but my point still stands.

RedDub

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05 Nov 2012 05:42:53
Fantastic match against arsenal cos it was the first match we really dominated. 4-4-2 is the way to go its wat we re built on. Rafael is cementing the RB position. Anderson should be starting above cleverley cos he opens space for attack through the middle. Our wingers have not hit their form. Rooney and van p are a class pair. Our team will only get better cos smalling and jones will be back
And will provide more defensive cover

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I don't believe 4-4-2 is 'the way to go'. The diamond was the way to go against Newcastle and it is good that we can play in different formations. It then takes the manager to pick the correct one for the correct match.

The main issue is that 4-4-2 really isn't the way to go if the 2 centre midfielders are Carrick and scholes. When we play with any other combination we look much stronger. I would like to see Cleverley and Anderson given a run, Carrick is the only player to start every league game this season and we are doing well as the league table shows, but an on form Anderson and Cleverley could dominate most midfields in my opinion.

GDS

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GDS
I think the diamond has gone but time will tell.
i think we are more likely to see 4,4,2 4,2,3,1---- 4,3,3 or 4,5,1.

also what about carrick and ando.
jred

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05 Nov 2012 02:10:05
any1 see sterling kicking out at danny simpson (when danny fouled him) not once but twice and ref didnt do anything. he was already on a yellow and was warned for another foul on i think it was cabaye, shuda of been sent off!

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2 weeks in the trot now Sterling should have been having an early bath

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05 Nov 2012 00:14:23
Does anyone know who the fastest player at the club? Is it Valencia (have a tener on it with my brother) or rafael. I remember rafael out pacing the likes of bale to the ball but surely Tony V is faster?

Caolán. {Ed007's Note - Anderson when KFC or BK have a special offer on, and it looks from behind like J-Lo is running!!!}

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Apparently its smalling according to stats i was reading he was one of few players to reach 20mph last year. could be lies but i definitely read it somewhere

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Possibly Hernandez? Recorded as fastest in world cup.

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Valencia by a mile, followed by rafael and buttner.

Valencia is also one of the fastest players in the premiership. Only Walcott is significantly faster.

Mick

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Valencia is the fastest with the ball in the premier league history

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I would say welbeck he is really quick phil

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Kanchelskis?

GDS

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Hernandez is fastest player off the ball,Valencia with the ball.

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Didn't Rooney come out on top in the league or FA's official tests? They do it based on agility though rather than straight line speed, where he stands in the middle of 10m circle surrounded by posts and has to run to each, tap a button to deactivate and then return to the centre when the next will light up.

Dils

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04 Nov 2012 23:15:44
Dont get all this hate towards valancia. Was are best player last year and i admit he hasnt played aswell a last year so far, but come on, the season isnt even half way done yet and he has alot of time to pick his form up and start producing those type of performances he had last season

James

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The reason is that he has been found out. One dimensional, limited, and inevitably ineffectual. Once your game is up, it is time to go.

Aesop

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It's called the typical fickle football fan mate. Evra is great now he had a less embarrassing game than usual. Still made a mistake that should have led to a goal, but we will turn a blind eye to that because he scored, again funny enough whilst out of position. Hopefully Evra can keep his mistakes to a minimum as we are stuck with him, but he still made a massive mistake which DDG would have been lambasted for if it was him who made a mistake. It reminds me of a naughty kid in school, a naughty kid who isn't as naughty as usual, but still worse than the rest of the kids gets a sticker for being a good boy. If Rafael or Rio let Ramsey by so easily they would have been trashed on here. I guess people are so used to seeing it from Evra that they now accept it ;)

Sydney!

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Whilst I agree with what you say Syd! it is a bit harsh to say Evra was "out of position" as it was an attacking corner and most of the team was "out of position".

TK-Red

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Out of position for the goal Syd? It was from a short corner we worked. If its his jobs to be in the box for corners, he isn't out of position, otherwise half the team would be at corners.

Otherwise, I agree.

Not as bad as usual DOES NOT EQUAL good!

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WTF is wrong with you muppets do we have a rota of players we need to hate on?

Support the damned team

Pardoe

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Aesop,

What a silly post, I am going to remember your name and comment on here when he is back in form. I remember the same posts about him when he took a few months to come back after his injury.

GDS

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TK, perhaps a little harsh on the goal, but to be fair it's the CB's job to get into the box for a cross and the fullback's job to cover in defence. Just wish Ev could defend well as from getting box to box there isn't many better, if any at all. My post was more about fickle fans and how there opinions change on a game to game basis. Valencia is top quality and even when he is out of form he is still very useful. I feel sorry for the fullbacks when his mojo does return and I will look forward to reading some of these fans opinions change AGAIN ;)

Sydney!

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Valencia has had a couple of injuries and isnt back to top form.
just the same as this time last year.
i cant belive people are starting to question him
syd
got to laugh at your evra comments , he was at fault for scoring a goal.
at the end of the day he wears the united shirt had an ok game and some fans still feel the need to slag him off.
jred

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As a Jred would say, get off your high horse. If I want to criticise a player for nearly costing us a goal I have every right to. I will look forward to the next time you criticise a player because I will remind you that you are slagging off a United player.

Sydney!

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Syd
i honestly thought he played ok on Saturday so dont see the need to slag him of .

and trying to say he was out of position when he scored is just ridiculous , says it all really
jred

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