General United Discussion

Ferdinand left out of England squad

Dr_Nick — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:22:11 GMT

Looks like Hodgson is going to pick Terry instead. Its a shame cos Rio has played well recently. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18081125

Tevez Refuses To Apologise To Sir Alex

stevomufc — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:36:03 GMT

I do not apologise for 'RIP Fergie' banner - Tevez hits out at Sir Alex Ferguson The Blues offered a quick response to the incident on the club's open-top bus celebrations on Monday, claiming the striker "made a significant error of judgement" Carlos Tevez insists he will not personally apologise to Sir Alex Ferguson after the striker was pictured with a sign saying "RIP Fergie" during Manchester City's title parade. The striker was caught with the banner on an open-top bus on Monday, which was in response to Sir Alex's claim that United will never become City's underdogs "in his lifetime". City offered a prompt apology to the Scot and United, claiming Tevez "made a significant error of judgement". Tevez issued a general apology for his involvement but has since hit out at the manager. "It seems like Ferguson is the President of England," Tevez told Ole. "Because every time he speaks badly of a player or when he always talked rubbish about me, I never went out to say he had to apologise. When you mess up you should go out and apologise, but I do not apologise.” The striker only recently returned to the first-team squad at City following a six-month exile in his homeland Argentina after allegedly refusing to come on as a substitute against Bayern Munich in the Champions League last September.

Reserves against Man City

Generaldiehardmamba — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:37:56 GMT

I wish our youngsters the best. They have already shown plenty of character. Now they could potentially win a treble. Also congrats to valencia!!!!

BYE BYE DALGLISH LOL

Ashley Rampley — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:28:03 GMT

love it!!

Man Utd Away Shirt 2012 / 2013 (Leaked)

redevil4321 — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:46:30 GMT

http://www.football-shirts.co.uk/fans/leaked-manchester-united-201213-away-kit_15668? dunno if this is really our kit or not but I quite like it to be honest what do you guys think???

please explain this to me

sengineer — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:07:50 GMT

http://www.emirates247.com/sports/football/man-utd-sell-more-players-but-will-they-buy-2012-05-16-1.459054 I knew all along that Fergie will not buy much in coming years due to there not being any funds; so it seems that selling as many players as possible will help in buying one or two players. But y the young players? Why sell a defender and midfielder when we clearly are in need for these players to step up?

No CARRICK!!!....he starts for me every day of the week!

UnitedMad — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:21:19 GMT

This is humiliating for michael. He's been one of our most consistent players this season very calm on the ball and instills confidence in the defence. Barry ffs! You would think England would learn after ozil hurt him. Defoe has barely played but I will let him off he is a proven goalscorer and Carroll gives a plan b. downing over Sinclair is pathetic and taking the ox when the Olympics is due is ridiculous its the perfect stage for him to get experience and allows johnson in who easily deserves it. Any England player would struggle to hold down a wide berth a city. Hodgsons allegiance to liverfool is evident. Henderson on stand by is embaressing he's gone from a prospect to very average. No Carrick jagielka Lennon and Johnson has left me gob smacked and gunning for Hodgsons dumb FA influenced head. Out his depth... What a plank

Proof That Man Utd Is Kagawas Favourite Club!!!

Swedens_Greatest_Fan — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:58:10 GMT

http://www.espnstar.com/football/premier-league/news/detail/item654279/Arsenal-eye-Shinji-Kagawa-swoop/ This is an old article from when he was 22. "The Premiership is one of the leagues I want to challenge. If it is Man United, I'll be still more eager to go and try how much I can do there."

Gerrard

Manc263 — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:18:10 GMT

I know this isn't about United, but this is really getting on my nerves. Why do people still consider Gerrard as good? He isn't, he is absolute bloody cr*ap. Commentators always seem to make excuses for him when he plays badly, which is the majority of the time. Now their saying he is a great leader. He lead Liverpool to eight, what an achievement. He is captain of England now, what a joke...

Shameful Rooney

ulstersoldier. — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:43:06 GMT

I was outside the hotel that the team are staying in near Belfast tonight. I was with my two sons one seven and one three. We waited with approx a dozen others to see the team board the bus and some autographs etc. Met Giggs first and he stopped and was fantastic with the kids then waited for the others. Rooney came out first and completely ignored everyone including the kids. This is disgusting from what our kids look to be a hero. He never uttered a word it even looked at them. His attitude stank. Rest of team came out and were fantastic including the medical team who stopped and helped one of the fathers who had fallen over and suspected broken leg as a result. But have to say that Rooney broke hearts tonight his treatment towards his loyal fans disgusted me. Never have I seen a player of any club do that. And I only wish there was a way to complain to Utd. Poor ambassador for the club. Hope he never sees the disappointment on the faces of his own sons like I did tonight on my own sons and those other children around me

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MegK — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:34:31 GMT

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How about the new young players? Who has impressed you most?

ryin — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:24:20 GMT

Which is the new young player who has impressed you most? For me, Cleverly certainly caught my eye until his injury left him out of several matches. Hope he will prove to be even better next season.

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Ruud appreciation thread...

belfast32 — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:55:04 GMT

gutted after yesterday and will be for a long time but one of our all time greats has retired today so i think he deserves an appreciation thread where we can talk about his best moments and show our appreciation for him.should take our minds of yesterday, he had so many great moments.my personal favourite has to be his redemption against arsenal to end their unbeaten run.that celebration was just priceless.a years' frustration all let out in those few seconds.and of course not forgetting the character he showed to step up and put the ball in the net after the year before.ruud i salute you.a word fired around too often but a true utd legend!

What you get when you pay out the rear for mercenaries

Sir Kones — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:36:00 GMT

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/9268891/Yaya-Toures-agent-invites-Barcelona-interest-with-claim-Manchester-City-midfielder-is-seeking-new-challenges.html

Yaya Toure's agent making public claims that Yaya is ready to move on to a new challenge, that he's done all he can with City. Really? Two years, an FA cup and one league title and he's ready to go? I don't know what's worse, if it is true or if it is just a ploy for increased wages. So anyone who steady criticizes our transfer policy, keep in mind the type of problems you run into by luring players in with ridiculous wages. Money can only keep someone happy for so long, they need to have a real desire and commitment to play for your club.

Woy's 23 Man Squad

LISTEN HERE — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:48:49 GMT
First of sorry if somones made this thread already im seeing lots of no carrick and no ferdinand il involve everyone that should be in the squad and who should this is roys line up .
Goalkeepers
Joe Hart (Man City), Rob Green (West Ham), John Ruddy (Norwich)
Cant be any questions there possibly i thought ben foster would make it ahead of rob green especially seeing as roy actually managed him strange decision maybe hes thinking being biased towards wba players that people will talk .
Defenders
Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Phil Jones (Man United), John Terry (Chelsea), Joleon Lescott (Man City), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Leighton Baines (Everton)
Lets start at right back i dont see two players usually you should have 2 incase one gets injuerd. ok glen johnson? what in the holy mother of *** is he doing there. i dont know if walker is injuerd or not but that position should be locked down for walker and back up should be micah richards an abbomination those two didnt make it. Centre back now cant really question that id put rio in there but you can say why since him and terry wont get along . the defence is pretty much ok apart from rightback
Midfielders
Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Gareth Barry (Man City), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Scott Parker (Tottenham), Ashley Young (Man United), James Milner (Man City)
This is when it gets intresting . lets start with stewart downing now i heard his contribution in the premier leauge this season wanna hear it ? NO GOALS -NO ASSISTS in how ever many games he has played and im guessing more then 20 . No michael carrick we knew this would happen but stil astonished imo i think hes been the standout english midfielder of the season no questions asked. do any england managers like him ? i dont think so gareth barry over him what a total joke ofcourse theo wallcott has to be there for the pace. apart from that i wouldnt complain to much in that area although i dont think lampard should be there again just a big name player managers are afraid to drop never does it for england id of chosen carrick over him too wilshere would of made the team bar his injury. suprised adam johnson isint there he is more dangers then downing and has more flair.
Fowards/Strikers
Wayne Rooney (Man United), Danny Welbeck (Man United), Andy Carroll (Liverpool), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) Only one question here Andy Carroll ? it seems Roy here is loving his old liverpool players ok carroll wasnt there when roy was bot my godness this guy has a couple of good games towards the end of the season and deserves a place to represent england agaisnt europes elite? what if he played well the first month and was dyer the rest of the season should he be in the squad then ? NO. I feel so sorry for grant holt i would of loved to see him there a small time player in the squad who has a good record in the premier leauge big strong plays with back to goal you know he would give everything in the team. Not there Shocking crouch had a shout too .
Strange team here i dont care for england but i want too see a good tournament with the best players there roy has picked a couple of wrong players lets see what happends

scholes agrees to play another year

jules watkins — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:34:01 GMT
fergie just told presenter at awards and said he would be good for 15-20 games

Carrick can replace Scholes........Really??

tyldesleyred — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:40:05 GMT
This is what Fergie said yesterday he says we dont need anyone to replace Scholes because Carrick can fill the gap, now is it just me or did we spend the first half of the season without Scholes and did we have a midfield creativity NO and sorry but Scholes will go down as one of the best midfielders of all time in the world so suggesting Carrick the crab will replace him is obsurd Carrick does his job of keeping the game ticking over i wont denie that but to suggest he can replace Scholes is just wrong he is not in the same league as him. He eiether needs to replace his quality players with quality players when they leave or give the likes of Pogba, Cleverly, Keanes etc a proper run of games instead of keeping loyal to the average back up players we have in the squad. I would be happy to watch us win nothing for a few seasons as long as we are giving the home grown youth a shot at proving them selves.

When berba off, our team look more dangerous

nemanja fikri — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:25:48 GMT
i know it is only testimonial game....but when he is off....our attacking look more faster and dangerous........so goodbye berbatov....

LFC last january The King Is back, Glory years are back - hahahahahah***

Wright8 — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:36:52 GMT
This has made my day after reading some of England squad. Last january all Liverpool fans saying 'king is back, glory years on the way back' 18months later, £100 million later - 8th place in league and 'King' Kenny walks out before gets booted out... glory years..... errrrrrrrrrrr no!!!

No Michael Carrick in England squad!

Matt Ebejer — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:14:46 GMT
Barry, Downing, Gerrard, Lampard, Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Parker, Walcott, Young. - How on Earth are Barry, Gerrard, Milner & Oxlade-Chamberlain in there!? Carrick has been better then all of them this season, most of them haven't even been in the first team for their clubs! Apparently, Carrick's not even on the stand by list that includes: Butland, Jagielka, Henderson, Adam Johnson, Sturridge. HOW IS HENDERSON AHEAD OF CARRICK!?

Well,there we go! Fergie just said what a lot of us didnt want to hear

Red — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:46:30 GMT
Fergie just said in the players award that he wont go in to the transfer market and pay big money on players. And he will carry on the tradition of buying youngsters! We'll have to get used to relatively average players from now on I guess!

Season Overview: 5 players who shined and 5 who let us down

Gregory--roy — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:03:28 GMT
I just wanted to know which players made a good impression and who disappoint us this crazy season....Thoughts??? For me: 5 who SHINED-->Rooney,A.Valencia,Carrick,Evans,Young 5 who LET US DOWN-->Evra,Nani,Chicharito,Giggs,FERGIE

Is There anyone coming to see Manchester United Legends at Plymouth?

redbeachbum — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:32:36 GMT
I have do a past forum about Manchester United Legends coming to Plymouth but it seems no one knows about this? the web page is www.greentaverners.co.uk it is only £15 for a pasty,pint and to see the legends and the match but is anyone coming to see the match?

Transfer fees

KeaneonHaaland — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:59:25 GMT
A lot of people on here seem to rubbish the possibility of signing any 'big name players' on the basis that we can't afford to spend/refuse to spend that amount of money on just one player. I just thought I'd bring up a few of the figures reported in AS (a Spanish paper) and other media regarding the Ronaldo deal which make interesting reading. Real Madrid paid £80million for Ronaldo. In the first financial year after signing him they reportedly sold over 1.2 million shirts with his name on at their own club shop alone at a conservatively estimated total price of £100million. Of course those figures alone don't tell the full picture. You would have to deduct the manufacturing cost of the shirts, marketing costs, payments to the player and to Adidas etc. from that hundred mil. However, nor do the figures include the sale of any other Ronaldo-related merchandise, shirts sales outside of Madrid or income from advertising (which will be split with the player in line with his contract). If Ronaldo hasn't already repaid his record breaking transfer fee he very shortly will have done. For me this really brings the crazy figures we talk about into perspective. £30million to me is an unimaginable, unattainable sum but to our club it's an amount that is easily recoverable provided you sign the right player. Of course, Ronaldo is exceptional but this should stil be food for thought.