Manchester United Rumours Archive August 22 2011

22 Aug 2011 23:51:13
Well lads and ladies, what a performance tonight, sorry, what a second half performance tonight. I will ask those posters earlier who were insisting that we needed a DM, well what do you think now? Utd dont play a DM and God I hope we never do. Thought Smalling was immense tonight, hard to believe that he was playing non league just over two years ago. Phil Jones had a massive game and looked liked he relished the OT atmosphere. He is our future captain and will be England captain too. Welbeck had a poor first half in my opinion, but more than made up for it in the second, his goal was well taken and his back heel was sublime for Ando's tap in, great composure and presence of mind from a young man. Cleverley, the jury is still out I'm sorry to say, still think we will need Sneijder in there for later in the season, but if he doesn't come ah well in Fergie I Trust and maybe I will be here on the 23rd of may eating my words.
Ando getting forward aswell tonight was a joy to see I must say, I would really like to see himself and Sneijder in the middle of the park.Wazza, well what can you say, class performance, class player, totally different player to that of twelve months ago, what a smile when he scored and the rollicking he gave Nani for that crap pass soon after, what a player.
Overall the performance was good and now bring on the goon's.
What is the situation regarding Sneijder? I hear he must submit a transfer request before anything happens, Is this true and is he back training with Inter?

Lorcan

Wow, we beat spurs not barca, bloody hell. That midfield would have been destroyed by barca.

The spurs midfield was there for the taking in europe against the best team we will need a DM
jred

I dont think we need a DM as once vidic is fit we can play jones as DM and if sneijder comes in him or ando can play the CAM position

22 Aug 2011 23:37:10
Well we have all heard he Snjeder roumers and read from diffrent Viewpoints however i have heard that he is 'Open' on a move to Man Utd...

And all you people Slagging off Berbatov - Stop because he was top goalscorer last season.. And without some of his moments of Brilliance last season we may not hav eone the league but keep that in mind


JASPER

Berb is now third choice behind welbeck chicarito and may even be forth behind Owen
Useless
KingE

Harry kept saying "we still need two players" - Well let us have Modric and Berba & Carrick can 'go home'.

No one is disputing what Berba did last year and his goals of course helped us win the title, but I have to say why are we not letting hime go? Of course we do not know what package PSG offered, but Berba is way down the pecking order, Rooney, Chico, Welbeck, Owen, Macheda, Berbatov, we dont need them all seeing as how Young can play up there to. Should let him go now.

Valencia to come back and be in the mix for a central role, he plays there for his country, rotating with Cleverley.

Bazza

22 Aug 2011 22:53:42
Now we can all see why Fergie put so much faith in Anderson. Pure class tonight.

Not just now, it's been obvious from the beginning that he's good quality.

He was just a slow starter that's all. He's got pace, power, trickery and a decent head for quick play.
He must be a regular starter from here on as he really needs the games.

Pritpal

I agree ...are we seeing the real deal this year

Lads relax its only the second game of the seson

He needs to really show this year. I'm sure SAF is thinking of another addition to the creative midfield for the future. He always thinks of the future.

Jumping the gun a bit there. Ando has started a season like this before ony to fade within the first 10 games. Lets not get carried away yet

Ando has never started a season this way before, the only thing that has slowed him down is injuries.

Sydney!

I disagree, people are getting carried away with Anderson. Spurs were playing there first premiership game and it showed. It wasn't a real test for Anderson

22 Aug 2011 21:42:34
A goal for anderson an assist for cleverley and a goal and an assist for welbeck(i believe thats why he gets paid for being a footballer. Lol). Some of the one and two touch football is superb, i think we are seeing the start of something special and thats without the talents in our youth system. Do we need a new midfielder? Possibly but it'd be a luxury.
Shappy

I think we need someone someone like banega who can tackle and pass but i dont think we lack creativity maybe just a cdm hardman like m.villa tiote

I dont think whether we need a player for the Premier League is in question. I still think we probably need someone with that extra quality and experience for the really big games and the CL.

TK-Red

To be honest anderson looks a completely different player to the one I'm used to seeing (saying that he always has a good game against tottenham), but tbh Cleverly was very average today bar the assist. Maybe it was the pressure but he just seemed slow on the ball and slowed a lot of free flowing play down. Have full confidence in him to progress though, all round good performance in the end but hard fought. Still think a CM would take our game to the next level. Wingers were outstanding in causing problems today.

Sanshine

Things are looking very positive at the moment, but the true test will be the big games later in the season. I seriously think that if we added M'Vila to this team we would be able to go up another level as it would release the rest of the attacking players. Added to that I think we will have to play 3 in the middle against barca and having M?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢Vila would enable us to do this.
Someone needs to tweet rio an rooney and get them to drop hints to fergie... hehe

OxfordRed

'OxfordRed'

And how would you fit Rooney, Young, Nani & Hernandez into that formation? Personally I think Modric & Anderson in the middle would be good enough. Both can break down attacks and get the ball out to the wingers.

Sydney!

Just got back from game and as good as some of our play was 1st half was painful with spurs better in midfield.smalling and jones were superb and anderson was the star man tonight i just hope hes more consistant this season.tom was a mixed bag some good touches including cross for dannys goal but he got knocked off the ball a bit too easy and gave a lot of possesion away.good result but we definately need a top class midfielder

Tonight we played well, make no mistake but for parts of the game we lacked creativity in the middle of the park. Cleverley and Anderson have great work rate but we need someone who can play that final ball that splits open a defence and if we find that player then Chicharito will better his goal scoring tally from last year.

MUFC 19

Sydney. I agree with that and I think that your line-up would be good enough for madrid and the rest, and would run barca close but with their middle 3 and messi dropping in all the time i think 3 in the middle would be needed. the harsh thing would be dropping 1 of the 4 you listed and i would play rooney on his own and young and nani in behind.

Hey i may be wrong... time will tell.

only 2 games down and about 49 left in the prem and cl if we go al the way so a lot of football left but i think with confidence this team will excel

oxford red

Are you for real? Did you watch the first half or were you still watching cornation street Spurs completely bossed midfield and that was with their 3rd or 4th choice pairing United need a midfielder ASAP, don't let last night's exaggerarted result fool you

22 Aug 2011 20:48:43
Painful viewing cant remember the last time when MAn Utd spent so much time in their own half apart from Barca. Absolutely nothing in the middle again. How can Fergie not have known all summer how bad that midfield is. Not bad 1 goal so far this season expect rooney off in January.

I hate to agree its like eating hamburgers when youve had steak for 15 years with the midfield on show tonite
cjwales82

Ridiculous comments. You're supposed to be a supporter support your team UNITED

Get a grip mate transfer window isn't over yet we haven't looked bad once welbeck is off and Hernandez is on the pace will pick up

Pardoe

Fair point and at least gibson and carrick arent playing

EVANS has got to come off before he is sent off

7O Mins gone still painful is it, last 25 we been all over them

Numpties. Just look how young this team is and think ...... Future. 2 nil up now that should shut the doubters up.
Wait til this lot have gained more experience.

Told you he was crap lol even loader now...


COME ON UNITED

3-0 55% of the ball, was we watching the same game tonight mate?

I don't care about any of your guys comments, you obviously weren't watching the same game as me. 2nd half we played some beautiful football. Anderson and Welbeck both look promising for this season. Cleverley wasn't too bad either. Ashley Young seems to be consistently good. Nice to see Chicharito back too

RED DEVIL TIL I DIE

22 Aug 2011 19:26:20
Nasri pulls out of Man City deal. heres a link i couldn't find the original post? :)

www.thescore.ie/mancini-ready-to-pull-out-of-nasri-deal-206832-Aug2011/

The link you posted says nothing at all about Nasri pulling out. Either it's the wrong link, you can't read and its past your bedtime or you are just plain stupid

This link says nothing at all about Nasri pulling out of the City deal. It simply clarifies that Mancini would be unlikely to sign a player who could not play in the CL for City. Get a grip, you numpty

22 Aug 2011 18:46:33
please can somebody tell me where i can watch tonights mach no that my2p2 has gone down.
thanks.

TT77

22 Aug 2011 19:23:36
www.wiziwig.eu/Myp2p.
myp2p.eu is using this as they are having problems with their usual site.

22 Aug 2011 19:30:02
Stream site

www.soccertvlive.net/

To watch any football game in europe or south america plus all other sports and pay for view boxing go to vipstand

22 Aug 2011 18:41:26
surprised to see nasri included in the arsenal squad for tomorrows match , is he really going to play , will city still buy him if his cup tied what if he breaks a leg, is there an other twist to the story?
jred

City are pulling out of the offer if he plays in the champions league qualifier

Jred where did you hear or c this?

super red

Didnt Wenger originally name Nasri and Fabregas in his squad for the 1st leg last week? This is just mind games on his part to put pressure on Shi##y to buy quick and at the right price, so Arse(nal) can reinvest before the end of the window

22 Aug 2011 17:35:12
D.Gibson Blackburn loan
then he will leave on a free next year

Gibson will not be allowed to leave on a free, I expect he will leave for as little as £3m in the next week or two.

Sydney!

What about Kuschaz? i heard diouf is on the transfer list aswell

Hope this is not true, would be poor decision to let him go for free

22 Aug 2011 17:21:28
Im not that fussed if we don't bring in another cm

I really do think that anderson and tom cleverley will be a great combination this year. Carrick is awful i am afraid, and fletcher is too inconsistent.

Couldn't agree more about carrick spends more time giving the ball away and giving away stupid free kicks in really stupid places.

Whitey.

Thank Christ someone who feels the same as me Carrick is utter poo, fletcher is good on his day but ando and cleverly are top players, ando just needs to perform for a full 90 minutes not just one of the 45 minutes Carl

Thats why fergie has consistently picked him for the last four years in the clubs most successful period . suppose fergie doesnt know what hes doing eh .

I agree with that carrick statement 2 he had 2 ok seasons when he came then he been s**t since. no pace cnt tackle dnt create nothing rubbish

Whatever your opinion on Carrick and Fletcher is and if im honest i dont agree,Anderson and Cleverley are not a good enough pairing for an assault on the Champions League...Mourinho and Guardiola will be p***ing themselves thats our engine room

Carrick has been far too inconsistent for the last 4 years now, will see how good cleverly is once we've played some top teams for 90 mins..why not put berbatov in AM position the man has amazing ball control and wonderful vision the role was made for him who needs sniejder

With anderson and cleverly we would get completly overrun in midfield by any decent team.
need a good defensive midfield. fletcher can do a job but need a specialist preferably

Carrick is pure muck,ando and fletcher inconsistant and cleverly is only a flegling,unproven,so all the more reason why we need cm mateagree with you totaly on carrick,pure dung

Carrick is "pure dung"?
At least dung feeds the earth in a meaningful way, Carrick doesn't feed anyone, not even our strikers.

We need a bloody good midfielder FGS, we've all known this for about 3 years.

Pritpal

22 Aug 2011 16:58:48
Can someone please tell me why we need luka modric? he has scored 9 premier league goals in 3 years at tottenham and his assist record is not much better for a player who is now established in the premier league and valued at 30 million i would expect at least 15 goals a season and just as many assists

But how many of Spurs' goals are an indirect result of his creative play in deeper positions? Xavi is not renowned for scoring goals or particularly for direct assists but he bosses the possession in the middle of the field for Barca, and does a half-decent job of it too

22 Aug 2011 16:07:06
Hi lads...got some interesting info today...apparently SAF is all set to step up his interest in Jovetic...I know this seems to have come out of the blue...frankly speaking, even I'm a bit shocked to hear this coz last I heard, we were "only" interested in bringing one out of either Sneijder,Modric,Nasri or M'Vila to OT....I seriously don't know what has changed between then n now

~uNited 4evr~

Well we'd been looking at him when he was at partzian so sounds reasonable a classic fergie sidewipe in the transfer market

Sanshine

Would make sense as we were interested in him when he was at partizan but like lljaic (spelling?) had wp issues and ended up at fiorentina. Classic fergie sideswipe in the transfer market?

Sanshine

22 Aug 2011 15:25:54
There's Liverpool fans all over Twitter complaining about United's £40m sponsorship deal. Just wait until they see what our new Nike deal will bring in.

Sydney ;)

So what it's all on it's way to Florida. Still no money for our midfield

So what??? You won't see any of it mate as its all going to pay back your massive debts...trust me you guys are in decline now And will win nothing this year...

Killerpool

... Killerpool... are you serious? The same thing has been said year in and year out since 99. Incase you haven't noticed if you pop down to Old Trafford (aka: The Theatre of Dreams) you'll notice we ALREADY have a trophy in the cabinet. Just worry about your own team because as far as I'm aware... you won't get a trophy for finishing 6th. Sneijder OR Goetze final day. GGMU

22 Aug 2011 15:24:15
Could the Wesley Schneider saga be coming to an end?
inter want deal done this week

www.crunchsports.com/category/Soccer/Inter-Milan-want-Manchester-United-Wesley-Sneijder-deal-done-this-week-201108220017/

Salford Red

22 Aug 2011 15:10:17
fergy tells PSG Berb not for sale
jred

22 Aug 2011 14:59:43
Marca are reporting today that Inter will come back for Kaka this week as Real Madrid reduced his price from 40 million to 30 million and Inter are able to offer more then the asking. MARCA were trying to say that Kaka may cover up Eto but Forlan is for that so why is Inter going in for Kuyt and Kaka?

sneijder on his way

TRUMORS

22 Aug 2011 13:43:20
Will people please stop going on about Modric not playing for Spurs tonight. There's no way he's signing for United. If Modric moves, he's going to Chelsea.

I think we can rule out any other signings this summer, just have faith in the squad we have.

22 Aug 2011 12:42:45
With Anderson and Modric in middle we(man utd) will have best of 2 holding and creative midfield in all of the league. Ando will and should step up his game, if only Modric comes to us. It is clear he doesn't want to play for tottenham. Just like Aguero, Sanchez who had their desire to play for us had their change of heart, maybe Modric will change his mind and come to us. Just put a big and we have good chance of getting his service. With Tunnicliffe(Proving nicely on loan), Pogba(SAF promise his first team) and Genius of Morrison coming nicely. I more excited about future team. Glory Glory Young United

For goodness sake, Anderson is being played out of position as a holding midfielder, his best position is left midfield or preferably CAM just behind the strikers.

I'm a huge man utd fan and believe in our team however i seriously believe we need at least one world class midfielder. Modric would fit the bill but i think we need someone in the keane role

I agree Ando used to play as more CAM role, but since the injury he has lost little bit of paste he had, and he tremendous one on one body strength with which he can take on anyone, tht made SAF put him in that position.
They is no player out there comparable to Keano, except from Song(23) young, tough and very good box to box player and there is no way Arsene will sell him.
Other option is Tunnicliffe who is getting more and more playing time in Posh, big young, good right foot. Hopefully by end of his loan(Dec 2011) he'd have enough experience. Another thing, SAF should send Gibson on loan, he needs first team playing time, he was considered next Scholes when he was in youth.
Well3

Song is a terrible player, he resembles Keane in no way whatsoever.

Sydney!

Pogba and morrison as potentially good as they are will not get much playing time this season,they will get odd run outs in carling cup and maybe pogba will make the bench a few times i doubt morrison will get any premier league first team action until next season.these 2 along with tunnicliffe have great potential for our midfield but not this season.

Anderson isn't a holding midfielder is a CAM he's been played out of position for a while. Only last season when he played alongside Flecther did he plays as a CAM

I dnt how or why people think modric is a great,he is way off the mark,the biggest overatdd players in world football,he reminds me so much like yossi benyoune,hes crapgoes missing in the big gameshes goin to chelsea thanks b to jaysus,and he wont get regular football there eitheryad swear he was maradonna or messi the way some people go on about him on this sitehes poxy

super red

22 Aug 2011 10:20:15
'Arry claims Chelsea will drop their interest in Modric after getting Mata; I reckon thats what SAF was waiting for, now he has his chance...n 'Arry recently conceded that he could be sold. Of all the players linked to United, Fergie has only praised Modric. I think SAF & 'Arry will have this deal done & Modric is the next player to sign for United. However, if we were to do one better over City and snap up Nasri as well, I think that will be great business by us. There are great things coming our way.....

Glory Glory Man United

ONE UNITED

22 Aug 2011 05:52:52
MATA moving to chelsea... already linked with jovetic after it. torres and david luiz has already joined so as lukaku.. Chelsea has imposed great theft again with their spending power.. and they have always look batter when they attack..and united look helpless in midfield except ando.. while defending heavy counter attacks.. will we be able to difend our title from city and chelsae despite a gr8 attitude and team? a thought to consider honestly. rodio17

Except Ando? As far as I'm concerned he has yet to prove himself as being good enough to be a permanent fixture in midfield. Far too often does he fade out in games. He is not a young pup anymore and I think this is his last chance

RebelRed

Not a young pup are you sure?
He has just completed his first proper pre season with the team since joining us. This lad has so much potential its is scarey. He fits in with our dynamic and wing style of play. If he gets a good start and stays injury free he will be a revelation this season.
I hope we sign a world class midfielder but it will not be to replace Ando. I do believe we have a surpise up our sleeve in this window.
What I dont get is all the despairing fans posting doom and gloom about the team. I cannot remember us looking as good as this pre season, starting the season so well and we are already Champions and second only to Barcelona last season in the Champions league.

Steveytrader

I love football, this guy's tellin me Chelsea look better in attack.... Chelsea are s**te and one dimensional in attack.

they have signed Ruiz for 22 mill we brought both smalling and jones for 26 mill.. which are better value?

22 mill for lakaku we paid 6 mil for Chico.

torres torres need i say more

mata we have Young Giggs Toni Nani the list is endless of our talented wingers.

City needed to spend 500 mill to get level with spurs. There still a team with a hapless manager and players that are great but arent a great team.

difend? defend

we will be there or there abouts with out spending the sums others have.

we wont win every year but we win whislt being prudent unlike leeds portsmouth and liverpool under the last lot.

be happy be red be united.

22 Aug 2011 00:28:24
sneijder to man utd back on maybe?


www.click-manchester.com/sport/manchester-city/1213984-inter-milan-star-wesley-sneijder-rejects-manchester-city-bid.html

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Just copy and paste it into the address bar Herbie. It'll work fine that way. Don't think the article says anything new though. Ryan.

He wanted to come to CITY but they didnt want him.