Manchester United Banter Archive September 05 2011

05 Sep 2011 23:46:36
bond it all sounds a bit studenty surely hayley deserves better {Ed007's Note - Yeah, but that's my stretch of cooking, I can't have Moneypenny finding out.}

05 Sep 2011 23:08:32
Well well I made it back in one piece. Just. Stag doo's are great especially with the best man perks but by christ Bond I bypassed the Casino for those other 'clubs' and am now over 4 figures down on the card.

Lets just say Mrs Jono was severly not impressed and still isn't.

Oh well on to footie. Scotland robbed again. What is it with diving away teams at Hampden?

Another qualifying bore for the next year now then.

Am surprised only Smalling of our young players got a pop in the England team would of prefered Clev to Milner easily for a bench spot.

Lets hope they are on bench for Wales game.

Jono {Ed007's Note - Bet you had better fun than you would in the casino but! Smooth Mrs Jono over with a kebab and giving yourself a good scrub.}

05 Sep 2011 22:32:11
Reading the posts from the Liverpool fans here is like listening to my Leeds supporting buddies back home - they follow a team that is no longer relevant and yearn for the past looking to banter with United fans to validate their team. Sad.

I grew up in Scotland and was lucky with the talent the country produced and loved Dalglish as a player - but never liked his move to Liverpool.

Now Liverpool fans want a Scot to believe that fat C*****e A**m is a class player...good God!!

If you Liverpool fans really believe Andy C. Henderson, Downing and Adam will win you the league I'll have some of what you're smoking.

Suarez is your only real talent...so better hope for CL football to keep him when Madrid, City or Chelsea come a-calling.

Never mind if you dream that United, City, Chelsea, and Arsenal (that one is open to debate) will all drop below your level you might just win the League.

Dream on.

Scotbos (Boston USA)

05 Sep 2011 20:36:03
Wow, the scousers seem to be causing quite a stir on here today. It's probably a good thing though, with the transfer window just closed, tedious international football being played, there's not too much to talk about at the moment. But I'm amazed that so many people are engaging them in conversation. I don't have a problem having a chat with the likes of Blair and lfc when they're interested in having a logical conversation, but it's clear today they're just here for a wind-up. If anyone would like to see Liverpool's current situation summed up rationally, then have a look at Ed007's post at 18:16.

And Blair, lfc, smarten up please? The banter today's been awful.

Matthew... {Ed007's Note - Thanks Matthew ;-)

05 Sep 2011 19:12:19
I know its early(ish) doors lads, but dear me Andy Carroll cannot score for toffee, I lost £30 the otherday and in all honesty was rather annoyed, but then was immediatley not fussed when i realised i had not panicked and bought 35p for £35million pounds. Catch my drift?

JWalk

05 Sep 2011 15:51:00
oh no
arsenal going for hernanes and goetze
ngiak's fav players together with kagawa
gan

05 Sep 2011 14:14:19
Ok, as no one seems to be posting much on here due to no transfer window. Lets start a conversation on who we think the next United manager should be when Sir Alex finally calls it a day and why ?
KevDarko

05 Sep 2011 12:06:06
Okay Everybody,

Well Well, looks like Wesley talked himself out of a move to us, but without knowing the full SP it would be conjecture. Was a little bit disappointed if I am honest we didn't bring in one more big signing, but the great man must believe we have enough, we shall see. I have said all along this is Anderson's make or break season. He seems okay at the minute but we shall see. Saturday will be a test against Bolton at the Reebok. The Scum are on fire so we need to keep up or it could get silly. Early days though.

On another note financially we are looking okay. Lets see where this money from the alleged flotation go's and then I will comment further. I know we are saddled with the Glazer situation but our commercial growth has been astonishing when you take a step back. Not to mention the things planned. New shirt deal, training ground naming rights etc.

Impressed with Ashley Young and the other new signings (including the keeper) as well as the promotion of Cleverley in to the side. Fletch on the way back as well as Tony V. It all looks good at the moment. I am not robust enough to say 20 is in the bag because we are a long long way off that kind of talk. But it shows what a position of strength we must be in when none of the big money teams have made any attempts to snatch players from us. That is what everyone should be thinking about when they say we are financially vulnerable. It the Glazers were that bad don't you think there would have been a fire sale by now. Just a thought

Mike the Moston Red

05 Sep 2011 10:52:26
"The Moon! Referring to Bolton team Sunderland Newcastle Stoke etc re- educating in football I don't need think you should take your own advice. All these teams are a average teams . We should beat these teams week in week out admittedly the odd bad day. If barca can tear apart a man utd team year after year and Madrid they will def not struggle against likes of Newcastle Bolton . Yes it's more physical granted but we should be on level par with barca as greatest team in Europe and we should quash Bolton etc. If we don't then we should start to re valuate how great our team actually is . Don't give me only two teams in Spain coz there are others and even so when them two teams play in champions league they majority of time tear most teams apart. Wise up Moon and stop being so biased."

- They're average teams? so to you, does that mean the only 'good' teams are the ones who seem to be around the Semi-finals of the champions League? The entire EPL and Championship are made up of good sides! or are you one of these people who see trophies as the only justification for being a good side?

well what you've just stated has no Logic whatsoever, What you're saying is because Barcelona dominated us it means they'll be able to walk over our teams? no way. Hercules beat Barcelona last season, Barcelona Beat us, Does that mean Hercules should beat us? going by your logic it does. I'm not sure if you watch a lot of Spanish league games but Real and Barcelona aren't as impressive as they look in Europe, they never do anything 'special' the other clubs in spain just tend to watch.

yes, 99% of the time we should beat them and we have the expectation too, but they have a belief that they can take something from the game. And do you honestly think Messi, Xavi and Iniesta would be as good with players like Barton, Davies, Yaya, Tiote, etc kicking them into next week? If you used a Premier League referee I'm confident the 'average' teams of the EPL would take something from the game, if you used a European Referee I believe Barcelona would hit the ground every time the wind blew.

as i said, is everything about being a good team to you based around success? We don't need to 're-evaluate' anything in our side. Liverpool, Arsenal, Bayern and Real are all very good teams despite winning very little in the last few years...We're one of the best and because our LEAGUE is stronger we have stronger competition.

Put it this way, if Our top 18 (minus the top two) played the top 18 from the La Liga I believe we'd come out with more victories. WE have a bigger standard of teams.

Another example of this would be that Gradel was bought from Leeds and signed for St. Etienne. A very big club, my point is that our Championship teams have the quality which big clubs want. you don't seem to get that much in the lower leagues of Europe's other elite leagues...Well as far as i'm aware you don't.

I think we're going to have to agree too disagree on this matter. We're not on par with Barcelona, we have a more competitive league than La Liga, so we're going to find it harder to beat the other good sides in our league, oh I mean 'Average' teams.

The Moon.

05 Sep 2011 09:47:59
wow who saw Yann M'Vila's goal for france, was beautiful he looks like sommin special! hopefully we'll beat arsenal to him to replace carrick next season

Ozwald

05 Sep 2011 07:56:45
'RFT'

I love watching English youth develop under SAF, I like it far more than buying overpriced mercenaries like Sneijder. I know you do too RFT, there doesn't seem to be a better feeling than watching them grow into top talents. Would love to see Tunnicliffe, Morrison, Smalling, Jones, Welbeck, Cleverley & possibly Barkley all grow together with the foreign flair of De Gea, Rafael, Fabio & Pogba. Add them to our core of Rooney, Nani, Valencia, Anderson, Young, Vidic & Hernandez. We will have a very young and talented squad for years. It's evident that SAF is building something special at this club. When he said he will look to close the gap on Barcelona, I didn't think he meant straight away, I think he means he will build a team of youth to challenge for years to come. Watching Anderson and Cleverley pass quickly and keeping it to two touches, I think he is trying to play the Barcelona way.

Sydney!


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Couldn't agree more Sydney.

05 Sep 2011 00:23:30
Would like to say Good Luck to Steed Malbranque, and hope his son gets well. What Steed has done is truly amazing, and I wish the Malbranque family the best of luck.

MPez {Ed007's Note - Well said MPez.}