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14 Jan 2016 09:47:57
Any truth in us being close to signing Aleksandar Dragovic, or is it just paper talk?
1.) 14 Jan 2016 09:59:40
i heard that as well maverick don't know a lot about him what bout you.
2.) 14 Jan 2016 10:31:29
No but we are signing Toby le Rone and Terry Schocolate-Orange.
3.) 14 Jan 2016 10:52:03
witty bit early for that.
4.) 14 Jan 2016 11:07:12
Who do they play for Mort? Never heard of either of them:)
5.) 14 Jan 2016 11:51:14
I'd sign Terry, English and could be an important segment of our squad. That Toby lad is only a crap consolation that you get when someone is too cheap to get you duty free booze.
6.) 14 Jan 2016 12:52:20
Apologies.
7.) 14 Jan 2016 11:41:30
My trainer being a ex serbian pro knows of him very well. says very very good defender. He is going to find out if true, the busy best friend is also a close friend of his. Serbian but Austrian passport he tells me.
8.) 14 Jan 2016 17:10:19
Stop talking to your shoes GCU.
9.) 14 Jan 2016 21:57:48
LOL he does rate him and he knows quite a few players.
10.) 15 Jan 2016 03:21:22
That Toby ale Rone guy is great at playing in little triangles.
02 Dec 2015 12:52:52
Gary Neville appointed as Valencia Manager until the end of the season. That could open all sorts of doors for him if he does well! Congrat's to him!
1.) 02 Dec 2015 13:03:42
Odd first appointment - also with links to Peter Lim/Salford - but good luck to him.
If he does well, who knows if OT next.
(Will he give us preference on their players if they come up for sale?! )
2.) 02 Dec 2015 13:13:17
Well done Gary, i was hoping at some point he'd leave sky to go into management/coaching full time, if his management is as good as his analysing then he will be a hit, but obviously its a foreign league so we will wait and see.
3.) 02 Dec 2015 13:15:55
Great move for Gary, hope he shows everyone what we know he's capable of.
Perfect timing I think.
4.) 02 Dec 2015 14:05:21
Welcome Mustafi, bye bye Mata hopefully!
Seriously I really hope he does well, perfect timing.
5.) 02 Dec 2015 15:31:34
As a Liverpool fan I hope he does well, We need a top English coach and believe he's our best hope.
6.) 02 Dec 2015 17:15:49
Jay19
I agree and if he does well I believe it may open the possibility to be the next England head coach after Hodgson.
7.) 02 Dec 2015 19:21:39
I can't decide whether he is very capable or just a windbag. His Sky Sports analysis is usually very good but it will be interesting to see how he gets.
17 Nov 2015 15:48:23
If any of the Ed's are around, with LVG saying he's looking for pacey wingers in January, what's the likely hood of bringing in Anderson from Lazio? Or if he isn't being looked at, do you have an ideas who else might be a (realistic) option?
{Ed002's Note - I have no way of measuring likelihood.}
1.) 18 Nov 2015 09:49:25
A young exciting Brazilian player called Anderson, haven't be been here before:-/.
2.) 18 Nov 2015 10:37:19
Mane pls!
3.) 18 Nov 2015 13:51:41
The board are still having nightmares from the last Anderson 💩💩.
30 Jul 2015 09:38:45
Zlatan: "My next move will be a Very big surprise."
I think we can scrub this one from the list! Coming to us wouldn't be that big a surprise seeing as we've already been linked with him this summer. Not to mention he wouldn't want to play second fiddle to Rooney!
02 Dec 2015 09:46:09
Thorne, yeah I disagree. I can understand the frustration of a number of fans based on the performances we‘ve seen from United this year – however, the lack of patience is beyond ridiculous. After Ferguson left the team was a complete mess, and Moyes coming in made things worse. Yes Ferguson won the league, but the age of the squad, the lack of quality in depth and the lack of genuine world class players meant that a big rebuilding job was needed to compete again.
Moyes came in, brought with him Fellaini and tried to sign every world class player in Europe rather than looking at the long term planning. He made many mistakes and simply had to go. Enter Van Gaal – He was tasked with revitalizing a squad, clearing out the deadwood and getting United back into the Champions league. He made a number of signings to help with the latter and also let a bunch of players go in his first year. But it was all part of the process…. he got United back into the Champions league and decided at this point that now after a season he understood which players he wanted long term and what he needed to bring in.
Now fast forward to this year – He also let a bunch more players leave this season, many on really high wages – RVP, Nani, Falcao, Di Maria – brought in a number of players he wanted to work with and is left with a squad he is happy with and he has built – and one that contains many young players, (Martial, Smalling, Jones, Blind, Darmian, Shaw, De Gea, Schneirdelain, Depay, Herrera, Rojo, McNair, Pereira, Lingard, are all players who can play for another 5-10 years and who haven’t reached their full potential yet) . He has brought in 14 players, promoted a number from the youth team and now let a huge chunk go in his two seasons…that’s a massive change around but also necessary in terms of wages, and long term planning. He was trusted to do this due to his experience and record in doing similar at other top clubs.
After now putting together the squad he needs to now implement his playing style, which is possession based and built on patience rather then going full throttle . You need to start at the base, and even the most blind of fans can see he has sorted the defense. Compare this to last year where De Gea was making 10-15 saves a match to now where he is making 1 or 2. We are keeping clean sheets and keeping the ball…. however, the one missing element is our attacking play and he has been called out on this, and rightly so.
However, even Ferguson knew you can't win anything without a defense, and it is a process…you start at the base and then work further up the pitch. This will happen over the season, but in Van Gaals mind and the reason he is relatively happy is everything is going towards his long term plan. His past teams did eventually play attractive and effective football and the same will happen at United. He keeps saying ‘process’ because it is process. Replacing him now would completely undermine all positive (yes positive) work he has done behind the scenes.
If you look at Ferguson’s United between 2003 and 2006 it was a similar process. Losing key players like RVN, Keane, Butt, Beckham and Stam and accommodating an older and different Scholes and Giggs he had to rebuild and was also looking to implement a different playing style and formation to help with the changing styles in Europe and domestically – this was built around the likes of Ferdinand, Rooney and Ronaldo. I remember a number of fans becoming frustrated during this spell, but he needed time to make these changes.
I also a remember a huge amount of 0-0’s during this period. If Social media was around I imagine there would be a number of ridiculous ‘SAF out’ Tweets and posts. However it was a process and the club allowed him the time to do this – and they were rewarded with one of the best periods in the clubs history between 2006-2009.
The bottom line is Van Gaal has done what was asked, he has built a new squad, trimmed off most of the deadwood and high wages (bar Rooney of course) and got United competing again.
The final word is I believe this ‘Van Gaal out’ stuff is ridiculous and we need to let him finish the process he has started. Ask yourself this, who replaces him? Or even, come next season when he steps down will United be in a better or worse position than when Ferguson retired? Would Van Gaal have achieved his aim of reestablishing and setting up United for years to come and leaving the new manager in a place where everything is in place for him to succeed? United fans please look at the bigger picture and stop acting like a bunch of spoiled brats. As a club we have always prided ourselves on long term planning and patience and the stuff I am reading recently makes a mockery of this.
01 Dec 2015 11:02:40
"Sack LVG before things go from bad to worse. " Seriously. I give up with some of you people.
26 Nov 2015 11:31:19
Not sure as to whether he's handed in a transfer request or not (doubt it to be honest) but I have read that he's fallen out with the manager and will therefore look to move on in the summer.
17 Aug 2015 12:41:06
Why is nobody going after Reus? I don't specifically mean us (though I would love to see him at United!), but I haven't heard of anyone bidding for him?
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