The Official Manchester United Thread [vol 7]

[franki68]

stuartmmcfc said:

anniesdad said:

Grim...

The little man and I got pissed wet through on the way in..."it's alright son, United are going to score loads tonight and keep us feeling all nice and warm..."

He hates me right now...

Not nearly good enough. Embarrassing.

Just a suggestion,
If he likes goals you could always take him to the Etihad


(And before anyone says it, there’s apparently plenty of seats to choose from )

For me the best player in the prem since he came,and currently just on another level from the rest of the league ,is David silva and I still never got over Ferguson not buying him after he tore us apart twice for Valencia .
I will admit I watch a fair few city games to just see him play.
bds !

[Cie]

franki68 said:

For me the best player in the prem since he came,and currently just on another level from the rest of the league ,is David silva and I still never got over Ferguson not buying him after he tore us apart twice for Valencia .
I will admit I watch a fair few city games to just see him play.
bds !

Agreed. Aguero was similar, everyone in the world could see he was going to be incredible (and already was pretty good), but City had a relatively free run at him from what I remember. Aguero and Silva come across as very likeable as well, it makes me sick.

[anniesdad]

stuartmmcfc said:

Just a suggestion,
If he likes goals you could always take him to the Etihad

To take a phrase from the song he likes to sing the most..."Stick your City up your arse, cos we are Man United!!"

We do though sing "hard as nails"....

He's a red, through and through....

[franki68]

Cie said:

franki68 said:

For me the best player in the prem since he came,and currently just on another level from the rest of the league ,is David silva and I still never got over Ferguson not buying him after he tore us apart twice for Valencia .
I will admit I watch a fair few city games to just see him play.
bds !

Agreed. Aguero was similar, everyone in the world could see he was going to be incredible (and already was pretty good), but City had a relatively free run at him from what I remember. Aguero and Silva come across as very likeable as well, it makes me sick.

It’s infuriatng knowing he looked at silva and went out and bought bebe.

[franki68]

We all know Pogba is critical but this did genuinely surprise me.
In games Pogba has played in in the last 12 months ,United haven’t lost .
Of the 15 games he didn’t play in we lost 5

[anniesdad]

franki68 said:

bought bebe.

We've bought some dross over the years.

[anniesdad]

franki68 said:

We all know Pogba is critical but this did genuinely surprise me.
In games Pogba has played in in the last 12 months ,United haven’t lost .
Of the 15 games he didn’t play in we lost 5

Most United fans know how influential he is already. Others like to have their pop at him for obvious reasons but he's a massive influence on our team.

[franki68]

anniesdad said:

franki68 said:

We all know Pogba is critical but this did genuinely surprise me.
In games Pogba has played in in the last 12 months ,United haven’t lost .
Of the 15 games he didn’t play in we lost 5

Most United fans know how influential he is already. Others like to have their pop at him for obvious reasons but he's a massive influence on our team.

That’s above an influence though,no other team is so reliant on one player ,it’s a problem that needs sorting .

[Challo]

franki68 said:

anniesdad said:

franki68 said:

We all know Pogba is critical but this did genuinely surprise me.
In games Pogba has played in in the last 12 months ,United haven’t lost .
Of the 15 games he didn’t play in we lost 5

Most United fans know how influential he is already. Others like to have their pop at him for obvious reasons but he's a massive influence on our team.

That’s above an influence though,no other team is so reliant on one player ,it’s a problem that needs sorting .

We need another midfielder in the Pogba role...to play alongside Matic. Herrera, Fellani just look so static and offer nothing going forward which is a worry. We have no link into the front 3, but I also think that role needs to be filled more by Mata / Mickey similar in the way Silva does it for City.

[Gavia]

franki68 said:

We all know Pogba is critical but this did genuinely surprise me.
In games Pogba has played in in the last 12 months ,United haven’t lost .
Of the 15 games he didn’t play in we lost 5

Completely agree that we are too reliant on him.

Although those stats might be slightly misleading. How many of the ones that we didn’t lose with Pogba were draws and how many of the 10 we didn’t lose without him were wins? I don’t know the answer I just wonder about high level stats.

[franki68]

Gavia said:

franki68 said:

We all know Pogba is critical but this did genuinely surprise me.
In games Pogba has played in in the last 12 months ,United haven’t lost .
Of the 15 games he didn’t play in we lost 5

Completely agree that we are too reliant on him.

Although those stats might be slightly misleading. How many of the ones that we didn’t lose with Pogba were draws and how many of the 10 we didn’t lose without him were wins? I don’t know the answer I just wonder about high level stats.

You can draw lots of conclusions from stats many of which are wrong ,but the stats here support what we see with our own eyes.

[Black can man]

anniesdad said:

To take a phrase from the song he likes to sing the most..."Stick your City up your arse, cos we are Man United!!"

We do though sing "hard as nails"....

He's a red, through and through....

One thing about having a football loving same team supporting son is that when they get older is that you really cannot beat having a beer watching the game together .

[Ascayman]

Challo said:

We need another midfielder in the Pogba role...to play alongside Matic. Herrera, Fellani just look so static and offer nothing going forward which is a worry. We have no link into the front 3, but I also think that role needs to be filled more by Mata / Mickey similar in the way Silva does it for City.

No way Jose gets rid of Fellani. Ozil will be an upgrade on Mata / Mickey?

[Black can man]

Talking of Fellaini ? what's happened to him ?

[franki68]

Black can man said:

Talking of Fellaini ? what's happened to him ?

Injured.
He’s wk but much better than Herrera so he’s been missed strangely.

[57Ford]

Gavia said:

franki68 said:

We all know Pogba is critical but this did genuinely surprise me.
In games Pogba has played in in the last 12 months ,United haven’t lost .
Of the 15 games he didn’t play in we lost 5

Completely agree that we are too reliant on him.

Although those stats might be slightly misleading. How many of the ones that we didn’t lose with Pogba were draws and how many of the 10 we didn’t lose without him were wins? I don’t know the answer I just wonder about high level stats.

I think another thing to bear in mind is how his non-availability affects the way we approach the game in the first place. With our unsettled defensive back line always prone to a mistake or two, it’s less likely we’ll out score the opposition if we’re in our ultra defensive formation.

[anniesdad]

Black can man said:

One thing about having a football loving same team supporting son is that when they get older is that you really cannot beat having a beer watching the game together .

Really looking forward to that.

He keeps asking me to take him to away games, the only ones we've done have been Wembley. One day I'll take him somewhere else.

[57Ford]

Bailly’s out for 3 months needing ankle surgery.
Thought it was likely anyway but pretty sure we’ll be buying a CB in January now.

[anniesdad]

57Ford said:

Bailly’s out for 3 months needing ankle surgery.
Thought it was likely anyway but pretty sure we’ll be buying a CB in January now.

st happens. Feel for the lad, we've been quite unlucky with injuries this season. Good to have Rojo back but we are a bit threadbare at the back, another injury could make things very interesting. Maybe bring Tim Fosu-Mensah back?

[franki68]

57Ford said:

Bailly’s out for 3 months needing ankle surgery.
Thought it was likely anyway but pretty sure we’ll be buying a CB in January now.

Its a bugger ,but I think there are other areas need addressing first.We have 5 fit centre halves and blind who can play there so its not such a issue.