crazyg
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United Thread 2014/15
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Stretfordian_Blue
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The Anti-Manchester United Calypso
When they're playing in your town
Stay away from that football ground
Otherwise you will be kicked
By those fucking Cockney pricks
Oh Manchester, Manchester United
Bunch of women beating scum
When they lose we're delighted
Don't think we'll hear this at the Etihad next season but made me smile.
When they're playing in your town
Stay away from that football ground
Otherwise you will be kicked
By those fucking Cockney pricks
Oh Manchester, Manchester United
Bunch of women beating scum
When they lose we're delighted
Don't think we'll hear this at the Etihad next season but made me smile.
BertTrautmann'sParachute
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I'm having that!-nibz- said:Everyone turn their internet/tv off for a month
Lego head wank fest at trafford(just outside Manchester) coming up ---->
Vidic, Rio and now Evra left this Summer
That's 3 defenders and 4 Captains if you include Giggs
Will leave a hole. And 1 month to go, and they have not bought a central defender. If they start the season with Smalling, Jones and Evans they will struggle. You can have Vidal and Di Maria in your team, but if you can't defend you will struggle - ask Brazil
That's 3 defenders and 4 Captains if you include Giggs
Will leave a hole. And 1 month to go, and they have not bought a central defender. If they start the season with Smalling, Jones and Evans they will struggle. You can have Vidal and Di Maria in your team, but if you can't defend you will struggle - ask Brazil
City_Sean
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Marvin said:Vidic, Rio and now Evra left this Summer
That's 3 defenders and 4 Captains if you include Giggs
Will leave a hole. And 1 month to go, and they have not bought a central defender. If they start the season with Smalling, Jones and Evans they will struggle. You can have Vidal and Di Maria in your team, but if you can't defend you will struggle - ask Brazil
Spanish Media reporting they are selling Di Maria to PSG to fund a move for James Rodriguez
They extended his contract so that a club had to pay a fee. Been reported that he's signed for JuveTonyM said:I thought they were keeping Evra?
I am curious to see if Van Gaal will play the 5-3-2 at United.
I can understand what he did at the World Cup. Holland have average players and this made the team more compact and harder to beat. Not having the talent that they once had upfront or even in midfield, he made them a tight bunch with players knowing exactly their role and not risking much. At times it almost felt like they were just riding Robben's speed on the counter-attack.
They were quite boring to watch and predictable. It doesn't feel like it's sustainable at club level, he can't play for "the result" at United. He surely will have to inject more invention on the team and be more expansive. I wasn't impressed by Van Persie at the World Cup. He didn't have much service, but he looks to have lost some of his edge. Then they have Rooney and the issues about his role. Mata who will provide Van Gaal with exactly the same questions that Mourinho had last season, ending up selling him. They need more bite and muscle in midfield and at the back they have a bunch of unproven defenders.
I can understand what he did at the World Cup. Holland have average players and this made the team more compact and harder to beat. Not having the talent that they once had upfront or even in midfield, he made them a tight bunch with players knowing exactly their role and not risking much. At times it almost felt like they were just riding Robben's speed on the counter-attack.
They were quite boring to watch and predictable. It doesn't feel like it's sustainable at club level, he can't play for "the result" at United. He surely will have to inject more invention on the team and be more expansive. I wasn't impressed by Van Persie at the World Cup. He didn't have much service, but he looks to have lost some of his edge. Then they have Rooney and the issues about his role. Mata who will provide Van Gaal with exactly the same questions that Mourinho had last season, ending up selling him. They need more bite and muscle in midfield and at the back they have a bunch of unproven defenders.
gordondaviesmoustache
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I think the key to their season may well rest on the scope and extent of their putative Globetrotter-style tour.
Woodward, if he possesses a backbone and is capable of independent thought, should realise how important a top four finish is in the season ahead for the long term strategic goals of the club and should act accordingly, even if it means standing up to his paymasters.
There will doubtless be short-term commercial benefits to ad hoc visits to South East Asia during the season, but a surfeit of any such trips will erode the competitive advantage united currently enjoy over their rivals for the Champions League spots. An accumulation of long-haul trips will doubtless sap the squad's individual and collective energy; a number of mindless, meaningless friendlies will diminish their individual and collective spirit.
The Glazers have been incredibly lucky so far that their project has remained on track. Their commercial instincts have proved to be extremely well judged and a single season away from the spotlight of Champions League football will do little to derail their ongoing MO of using the club as a well-stocked ATM, but their well established avarice may get the better of them on this occasion.
Failure to qualify once again will have a profound effect on the standing of the club: UEFA Coefficient points; sponsorship deals; covenants with lenders; appeal to prospective players. All those elements which are the building blocks of any contemporary major football club would be significantly undermined by a further season out of the Champions League.
Will they be able to resist the short-term urge to fill the tills, in order to ensure their long-term plan stays on track? Will logic prevail over greed?
Will their luck eventually run out?
Woodward, if he possesses a backbone and is capable of independent thought, should realise how important a top four finish is in the season ahead for the long term strategic goals of the club and should act accordingly, even if it means standing up to his paymasters.
There will doubtless be short-term commercial benefits to ad hoc visits to South East Asia during the season, but a surfeit of any such trips will erode the competitive advantage united currently enjoy over their rivals for the Champions League spots. An accumulation of long-haul trips will doubtless sap the squad's individual and collective energy; a number of mindless, meaningless friendlies will diminish their individual and collective spirit.
The Glazers have been incredibly lucky so far that their project has remained on track. Their commercial instincts have proved to be extremely well judged and a single season away from the spotlight of Champions League football will do little to derail their ongoing MO of using the club as a well-stocked ATM, but their well established avarice may get the better of them on this occasion.
Failure to qualify once again will have a profound effect on the standing of the club: UEFA Coefficient points; sponsorship deals; covenants with lenders; appeal to prospective players. All those elements which are the building blocks of any contemporary major football club would be significantly undermined by a further season out of the Champions League.
Will they be able to resist the short-term urge to fill the tills, in order to ensure their long-term plan stays on track? Will logic prevail over greed?
Will their luck eventually run out?
City_Sean
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gordondaviesmoustache said:I think the key to their season may well rest on the scope and extent of their putative Globetrotter-style tour.
Woodward, if he possesses a backbone and is capable of independent thought, should realise how important a top four finish is in the season ahead for the long term strategic goals of the club and should act accordingly, even if it means standing up to his paymasters.
There will doubtless be short-term commercial benefits to ad hoc visits to South East Asia during the season, but a surfeit of any such trips will erode the competitive advantage united currently enjoy over their rivals for the Champions League spots. An accumulation of long-haul trips will doubtless sap the squad's individual and collective energy; a number of mindless, meaningless friendlies will diminish their individual and collective spirit.
The Glazers have been incredibly lucky so far that their project has remained on track. Their commercial instincts have proved to be extremely well judged and a single season away from the spotlight of Champions League football will do little to derail their ongoing MO of using the club as a well-stocked ATM, but their well established avarice may get the better of them on this occasion.
Failure to qualify once again will have a profound effect on the standing of the club: UEFA Coefficient points; sponsorship deals; covenants with lenders; appeal to prospective players. All those elements which are the building blocks of any contemporary major football club would be significantly undermined by a further season out of the Champions League.
Will they be able to resist the short-term urge to fill the tills, in order to ensure their long-term plan stays on track? Will logic prevail over greed?
Will their luck eventually run out?
But with the lucrative deals they now have, financially they will be fine. In fact, they be able to go for anybody they want.
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