Manchester United Rumours Archive April 03 2012

03 Apr 2012 23:42:49
The home game against Villa is going to include a experiment to improve the atmosphere. The away quadrant will be designated as a singing section for home fans, with Villa's supporters being located in the 3rd tier of the SAF stand. (That's the stand opposite the TV camaras for those who don't know).
If this is successful it will be a permanent feature from next year.
Lots of stadia around the country have poor atmospheres, so I hope this works because some games this season have been dire in terms of noise.
Blackburn away on Monday was an example of real vocal support. I hope this can be transferred to OT. 7,000 brilliant fans at Ewood Park x 10 at OT would be fantastic!

Depends who sits there i guess cant see it working myself, sound tavels awful around OT always sounds out of sync!

Have to say that i hate it in the top of the fergie stand - you cant see half the crowd and you hear nothing apart from whats going on in that sector. at the stretford end the atmosphere is different class- bloody good idea to shift the opposition up there and give the lower stand to the regulars .

03 Apr 2012 22:34:12
Just seen a rumour stating we are interested in 15yr old David Henen to add to our growing Belgium group of nationals & (hopefully true) early moves to tie up a deal for Martinez for £28 million, to be done start of transfer window.
Glazers have apparently given the green light. Hope it's more than just a rumour.

Supasub

Must be true if Caught Offside have said it ;)

Sydney!

Even if it was caught offside that reported it, it still fills me with hope that we may actually get him. MLG

03 Apr 2012 20:50:49
{Ed022's note - brand new player profile on Paulo Ganso of Santos. Linked with a host of European clubs of recent. www.player-profiles.co.uk - thanks all.}

03 Apr 2012 17:01:53
Adebayor anyone? Affordable, Realistic, Prem experience, Strong, Great in the air, can hold the ball up plus he seems to have dropped the attitude problems he had at arsenal, city and real. stick him upfront on his own rooney jst behind valencia and young on the wings! Simples!

One small problem.......

He is owned by city and they will never ever sell anyone to us and we know that so adebayor will never play for united whilst city are his paymasters.

Plus his finishing is very poor, worse than welbeck's. No thanks.

Actually his finishing is pretty good if u go by shots per goal
also he has alot of assists i think

I actual thought the same thing after watching spurs at the weekend,
jred

Wages might be a problem as well, but as the other guy said City wont sell to us.

We bought a youth defender from city in the jan transfer window! So they will sell to us.

As for ady, hes strong but slow. Bit of a donkey in my eyes, but does seem to get a few goals! - honestly think hes not united quality

I see where you are coming from mate but we already have a player with those qualities in berbatov and we seem to be getting rid. Id rather take drogba and keep giving welbeck the experience for when we've had a season or two out of drogba.

Ok didnt realise city still owned him i thought real took him on a permenant then loaned him to spurs my mistake!! the reason i came up with adebayor is i dnt think there are many other "big name" strikers who look likely to leave the clubs there at. would love benzema, higuain, cavani, pato etc but cant see any of them happening so that leaves adebayor or huntelaar the only likely happenings in my opinion, i still think we need 1 more quality target man upfront but thats jst my opinion.

03 Apr 2012 14:58:39
EDs.....did Anderson sign a new contract last summer or back end of this year(October time), i vaguely remembering him signing a new contract.


Also does anyone else think that Anderson may actually improve his game and become less injury prone if he shed a few kilos?

I think if he stayed injury free and got a run in the team would see that player that when he first arrived looked really good. I know a few people on here don't rate him etc but i actually think he has a very good work rate and adds steel to our midfield but like i said earlier those few extra kilos have a knock on effect and is often substituted.Mad Hatter {Ed007's Note - Anderson signed a new contract in December 2010 keeping him at Utd until summer 2015.}

Anderson is a decent player when fit, but he is not suited in games where he has to track back. If he could stay up top against a team he would cause them a lot of problems. He did it at against Blackburn last season. He can be a very good player when he doesn't have to track back, problem is in the English game you have to track back.

Sydney!

IMO, and this is just my opinion, Anderson's had enough chances. When we signed him, I was so excited about the player he'd become for us - the way he moved with the ball reminded me of Ronaldinho in a way.

But come on, the lad's now had how many years? Yes, he's had his injuries, but he's been unable to hold down a starting 11 position and more often than not, he's not impressed.

Personally, I think he should move on. But if he stays and is fit, plus if he regains the form he showed early on this season, I'd have no problem with it.

I just can't see 12/13 being any different for him - 10-12 appearances, perhaps 1-2 goals if we're lucky.....then 4months or so on the treatment table. For me, that's not good enough but I do like him and would like him to improve.

RED_SKY

Thanks ED007

Mad Hatter {Ed007's Note - No probs mate.}

Completley agree if hi lost a tyre or two he may be less injury prone he just isnt consistent at all his performances are hit or miss and when he does string 2or3 good games together the sniper gets him and hes out for months i feel we need to sell and move on asap

It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation - if he doesnt stay fit, we cant see how good he is...will he ever stay fit is the problem

I tend to agree with Red Sky though - when Anderson has had a run of 6 to 8 games in the past he has tended to play well in the first couple then looks like he cant maintain that consistently, tends to not be involved enough in games

If we could get any cash for him I would be very tempted. Trouble is will anyone want to pay money for a player who cannot stay fit and is currently injured?

Gav

RED_SKY

You are spot on my friend. Andreson has had enough chances.
He's going backwards, overweight, injured and when he plays he's shi*te!
Shame because he did show alot of promise when he first came.
People on this site keep bleeting on about giving him time. Well he's been at United since 2007 and managed 83 games which is shocking, add to the fact he cost us approx 20 million pounds.
Waste of money!

Simmo

Anderson has had his chance lets move on and bring thru quality from within,or go and buy some quality

You tend to find this with a few players. Some get injured alot when there younger, then a few years in when there fit and playing regular football they become amazing footballers! Its called the equilibrium effect. Look at van persies for of late! Last few seasons he was always injured, now hes been playing regular football hes in the form of his life!

Personally i think when anderson is playing hes decent. Look at the start if the season, him and cleverly were doing great in midfield! We were flying! Anderson didnt win the goldebn boy award in 2008 for nothing! Take a look at some of the previous winners:

Past Winners:

2003 Rafael van der Vaart (Hol) Ajax

2004 Wayne Rooney (Eng) Manchester United

2005 Lionel Messi (Arg) Barcelona

2006 Cesc Fabregas (Spa) Arsenal

2007 Sergio Aguero (Arg) Atletico Madrid

2008 Anderson (Bra) Manchester United

2009 Alexandre Pato (Bra) AC Milan

2010 Mario Balotelli (Ita) Manchester City

Personally i would give anderson a couple more years to mature and get fit before showing him the boot and regreting it. But each to their own.

Really had high hopes for Anderson this season but again like every other year he gets injured. He is at utd long enough and has made no impression time for him to move on and this thing of him tracking back annoys me, it's his job to track back like every player who plays the game u work ur arse off if u don't have the ball. All young players where ever they come from should b thought this it's part of the game since it was invented. Would love to see us get a left winger in the summer as we are crying out for one somebody like McLean from Sunderland?

Damian M

03 Apr 2012 08:37:45
How about Junior Hoillett to replace Park at the end of the season? He is available on a Free and though he didn't get much service in last nights game he still looked ok.

Why not Promote the youth rather than use an average player never Man United quality

Crap...end of!
Not Man United class

Simmo

He may cost a couple of million, but his wage will be highish and why pay that when we have Brady in the ranks? Brady could replace Park.

Sydney!