Manchester United thread

[Stratton_Gun]

I am right, am I not?

 

[moomba]

I am right, am I not?

You are not.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

You are not.

elaborate

 

[moomba]

elaborate

Crowds - no
Revenue - no
Brand recognition - no
Success - no
Bunch of campaigners - you might be in with a shout there.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Crowds - no
Revenue - no
Brand recognition - no
Success - no
Bunch of sillys - you might be in with a shout there.

Brand recogntion-Yes
Most supporters worldwide
Most hated- Yep. Jealousy is a curse
Great history
Stable future
Most wordwide media coverage (Not even Liverpool have this anymore)
the list goes on....

 

[moomba]

Brand recognition - no
Most supporters - no
Most hated - maybe
Stable future - not so sure
Worldwide media - don't think so.

IMO

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Brand recognition - no
Most supporters - no
Most hated - maybe
Stable future - not so sure
Worldwide media - don't think so.

IMO

What club has more supporters or worldwide media?

Also United may have a lot of debt may we will never end up like Leeds or something. Glazers have rejected ginormous takeover bids

 

[moomba]

What club has more supporters or worldwide media?

Barca and Real Madrid for a start. Don't get taken in by that research United did pre-float. They included anyone that included everyone in the survey that admitted to watching a game involving Man United (including people who watched United play their team) as fans of the club.

Also United may have a lot of debt may we will never end up like Leeds or something. Glazers have rejected ginormous takeover bids

Why would you sell now when the cash cow is so profitable?

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Barca and Real Madrid for a start. Don't get taken in by that research United did pre-float. They included anyone that included everyone in the survey that admitted to watching a game involving Man United (including people who watched United play their team) as fans of the club.

no chance

 

[Stratton_Gun]

dominated without creating that many chances.
thought evans, rafael and anderson were the best
also impressed with smalling who i have doubted in the past
young is shocking atm but i think its confidence and he can get past it
if we sell nani we will need another top quality winger though because at the moment valencia is the only one we have and he's injured. Welbeck is NOT a winger
Lindgaard is solid but i think it is clear that De Gea is number 1 now
Chicha should never start. Is an impact player. If we are playing the formation we went with today then Welbeck should start instead of him

 

[A Bit High]

Had no width this morning and Rooney was down. Gee wiz Young is awful!

 

[PP34]

We may win the league although unlikely but I miss the days from a few seasons ago with CR7, Rooney and other top quality players. These days we are good but no powerhouse. Just look at the way Madrid dismantled $hitty. We should be like that. But sadly that is not the reality anymore

Our team is actually quite poor in terms of midfielders. Look at other top teams CM. Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas, Ozil, Alonso, Khedira, Toure, Hazard, Modric. We have no one like this. Is it just simply due to not enough money? Who knows. But what we do know is we won't be feared again until we improve our team drastically. Real or Barca would never lose to Norwich
We are Manchester United. The biggest club in the world. We should not allow ourselves to become mediocre

Stop spitting rubbish. You make it sound as though we're Liverpool. We're doing just fine in the EPL and we're still in the Champions League. We're nowhere near becoming Mediocre with Rooney, Van Persie and Chicarito up front. Sure the middle is an issue but we've got a youth academy, there will be someone coming through eventually.

We've looked average in competitions such as the Champions League somewhat because of our midfield but are you forgetting the absence of arguably the best defender in the world, Nemanja Vidic? He's a game changer. He's far better than anything else we have and he's very reliable.

 

[SuperCats9]

It's quite bizzare that we are top of the table by 3pts, we've looked pretty ordinary in most games this season, can't get my head around it, very stange.

 

[SuperCats9]

Brand recognition - no
Most supporters - no
Most hated - maybe
Stable future - not so sure
Worldwide media - don't think so.

IMO

We are the most supported club in the world, just ahead of Barca and Madrid.

 

[moomba]

We are the most supported club in the world, just ahead of Barca and Madrid.

Disagree on both counts.

 

[Hawthorn United]

Don't think any teams have really showed consistent good performance this season. We've just been winning and grinding games out.

Chelsea again looked good to start the season, then the inevitable slump and manager sacking came around.

 

[SuperCats9]

Disagree on both counts.

Ofcourse you do, i don't expect a City supporter to agree.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Desportivo Brasil striker Bruno Gomes has declared he's moving to Manchester United.
Gomes has confirmed to Terra Brasil that he will join United when he turns 18 in 2014.
The Desportivo Brasil striker has broken a goalscoring record at Under-17 level and admitted: "Thanks for the queries from other clubs but I already have plans in Manchester and I want to make history at the club."

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says Shinji Kagawa is making good progress from his injury.
Ferguson confirmed Japan international Kagawa had returned to training after his own knee injury and there is an outside chance he could be involved at the weekend against Manchester City.
"He's showing good promise now. It is much better and I don't think he is far away," said Ferguson

 

[beev]

The draw for the knockout stage of the Champions League is on December 20. United can be drawn against Porto, Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar, Valencia or Celtic.

 

[A Bit High]

None of those will be easy.

Gonna be Celtic I reckon

 

[Stratton_Gun]

So Cleverley might be out for City. Shouldn't have played him today

Do we have any midfielders left? Carrick will start as will Young you'd think. Apart from that, maybe Valencia if he's fit . Scholes and Giggs simply are not good enough for big games anymore. IMO we should go

De Gea
Rafael Evans Ferdinand Evra
Carrick
Valencia Young
Rooney
RVP Welbeck


Subs
Lindgaard
Hernandez
Fletcher
Jones
Smalling
Giggs

 

[moomba]

Ofcourse you do, i don't expect a City supporter to agree.

It has nothing to do with who I support.

 

[SuperCats9]

It has nothing to do with who I support.

Sure

 

[SuperCats9]

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says Shinji Kagawa is making good progress from his injury.
Ferguson confirmed Japan international Kagawa had returned to training after his own knee injury and there is an outside chance he could be involved at the weekend against Manchester City.
"He's showing good promise now. It is much better and I don't think he is far away," said Ferguson

Calling it now, Kagawa will get injured again in his first game back.

Most of our players are injury prone it seems.