MrTA: Few thoughts. Hope Daley Blind can excel for us in midfield like he did for Ajax.

daley blind will shine for us. the midfield of herrera, blind, fellaini, anderson, fletcher, carrick & cleverley should be good enough to win us games. we have 35 league games left in the PL & at most 5-6 FA cup games. our schedule is very very light this season.

Sad to see Danny go to Arsenal. I liked Danny and was really hoping he'd stay. I do understand why he's left and i think Arsenal is a good place for him to go to but definitely sad to see him leave the club.

it was a senseless transfer in my opinion. why sell to arsenal? why not sell him to sunderland or villa? arsenal are our direct rivals & welbeck would have a blinder for them. his style suits the gooners!

Finally, bloody 'ell we've signed Falcao. I'm glad its a loan which is a pretty low risk deal even if it'll cost about £20m. If it doesnt work out he leaves next summer if it does we have a top class player for £50m. Just have to be sure the knee is fine.

it's the best business this summer in the entire europe. we got a world class striker less than what we paid for bebê. if he doesn't work out, we would have lost nothing & he's already selling shirts as we speak.

if he works out, we get into top 4, make his move permanent & destroy pitiful teams like chelsea, arsenal, city & liverpool. fingers crossed, strootman & one other defender would join in january.

Definitely good to see the club go all out an spend the money rather than allow the glazers to continue eating up the club's money.

you nailed it!
i would rather waste money on players than watch the glazer dynasty buy another expensive property in america. if we don't spend the money on players, they would spend it in america.

I think the signings have put pressure on LvG that he has to challenge for the title this season. A top 4 finish is simply not enough.

if we can keep our forwards fit & firing, we have one of the scariest attack in europe.

Shame about the internatIonal break but also good for us so we can get players fit and ready.

the break couldn't have come at a better time. i checked injury room this morning & we are topping the chart with 10 players. city, chelsea, liverpool added together didn't even reach that number.

heard they have ripped up the training pitch at Aon complex for a new pitch. the pitch is contributing to the injuries. 2 weeks should bring about half of the injured players back & then we can rumble.

What I love most about this falcao deal is that its almost risk free.
If he doesn't work out, we send him back
Simple.

- - - - - - - David de Gea - - - - - - -

Rafael - - Jones - - - Rojo - - Shaw

- - - - - - Carrick - - Blind - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - Herrera - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - di Maria

- - - - Falcao - - - van Persie - - - - -

di Maria for free floating role (Januzaj his deputy)
Mata to deputize Herrera
Anderson & Fletcher to deputize @ pivot

if Shaw & Rafael can hit top form, then this team will still KILL

SailorXY: - - - - - - - David de Gea - - - - - - -

Rafael - - Jones - - - Rojo - - Shaw

- - - - - - Carrick - - Blind - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - Herrera - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - di Maria

- - - - Falcao - - - van Persie - - - - -

di Maria for free floating role (Januzaj his deputy)
Mata to deputize Herrera
Anderson & Fletcher to deputize @ pivot

if Shaw & Rafael can hit top form, then this team will still KILL

where's the fat boy?
you mean you would leave the fat boy out of the team?

4-3-1-2.
We will be solid in the midfield with excellent and dynamic passers, overlapping fullbacks offering width and prolific strikers up front.
I believe this formation is the best protection for our shaky defense

-------------------------de gea---------------------------

----rafael---------jones-------evans/rojo-----shaw------

----------------------blind/carrick--------------------------

-------------herrera----------------di maria---------------

-----------------------mata----------------------------

---------------falcao----------rooney----------------


2nd team will be
-----valencia-------smalling-------evans/rojo-----blackett----

---------------------blind/carrick--------------------

-----------fletcher----------------anderson----------

---------------------adnan------------------------

--------------wilson---------RVP--------------------

coogar:
where's the fat boy?
you mean you would leave the fat boy out of the team?

if selections are on merit, Rooney & Mata will be dropped. if Wilson proves most potent in front of goal, hw should get in the team! I know Rooney is captain & all that, but its just a spade-spade thing. everyone should fight for/retention of his place, & whoever can't stand the competition can fvck off. This is Manchester United

without bias, who has the best attacking trio in europe when everyone is fit?


•aguero + dzeko + jovetic

•rooney + falcao + van persie

•giroud + welbeck + sanchez

•robben + ribery + lewandowski

•ronaldo + bale + rodriguez

•suarez + messi + neymar

•costa + hazard + oscar

•sturridge + balotelli + sterling

•ibrahimovic + cavani + lavezzi

SailorXY:
if selections are on merit, Rooney & Mata will be dropped. if Wilson proves most potent in front of goal, hw should get in the team! I know Rooney is captain & all that, but its just a spade-spade thing. everyone should fight for/retention of his place, & whoever can't stand the competition can fvck off. This is Manchester United

LvG: "Rooney is my captain, he will always be on the pitch."

coogar: without bias, who has the best attacking trio in europe when everyone is fit?


•aguero + dzeko + jovetic

•rooney + falcao + van persie

•giroud + welbeck + sanchez

•robben + ribery + lewandowski

•ronaldo + bale + rodriguez

•suarez + messi + neymar

•costa + hazard + oscar

•sturridge + balotelli + sterling

•ibrahimovic + cavani + lavezzi

Barca
Real
Bayern
Man Utd

in that order

everyone in the prime
Barca will come first
United will be second
Real will be third
Bayern will be fourth

Welbeck to Arsenal made Falcao deal bitter sweet.

afrodoc2:
Barca
Real
Bayern
Man Utd

in that order

my thoughts as well - the barca combo is super-deadly, with the right balance.

SailorXY: everyone in the prime
Barca will come first
United will be second
Real will be third
Bayern will be fourth

united over real madrid?

afrodoc2: 4-3-1-2.
We will be solid in the midfield with excellent and dynamic passers, overlapping fullbacks offering width and prolific strikers up front.
I believe this formation is the best protection for our shaky defense

-------------------------de gea---------------------------

----rafael---------jones-------evans/rojo-----shaw------

----------------------blind/carrick--------------------------

-------------herrera----------------di maria---------------

-----------------------mata----------------------------

---------------falcao----------rooney----------------


2nd team will be
-----valencia-------smalling-------evans/rojo-----blackett----

---------------------blind/carrick--------------------

-----------fletcher----------------anderson----------

---------------------adnan------------------------

--------------wilson---------RVP--------------------

Di Maria in a diamond? I doubt if he would be able to dazzle there. I'd rather have him as an out and out winger,(4-2-3-1) or in the hole (3-4-1-2)

SailorXY: everyone in the prime
Barca will come first
United will be second
Real will be third
Bayern will be fourth

Fact: Robben is equivalent to VP + Rooney

Rooney and VP are average judging by their recent form.

Dadehmola:

Di Maria in a diamond? I doubt if he would be able to dazzle there. I'd rather have him as an out and out winger,(4-2-3-1) or in the hole (3-4-1-2)

Yes he would be better as a winger but remember he excelled as part of a midfield 3 with Alonso and Modric last season at Real so he would be asked to replicate his duties. But for Alonso we have Blind or Carrick and for Modric we have Herrera.
I dont have him as a winger because if we use wingers or wing forwards in this team we would have to sacrifice BOTH RVP and Rooney (despite what anybody says the days of either rooney or rvp playing effectively in winger/WF position are long gone)

chrisley024: Fact: Robben is equivalent to VP + Rooney

Rooney and VP are average judging by their form recently.

Very true.
Robben equals those 2. and Falcao might be better than Lewandowski but then u add Ribery and u see it is not a close contest.

Rooney will start, whatever formations or lineups you guys speculate. make sure to include Captain Rooney.

chrisley024: Fact: Robben is equivalent to VP + Rooney

Rooney and VP are average judging by their recent form.

robben isn't equal to VP when everyone is fit. not in robben's lifetime has he possessed the technical quality of VP. VP is a born predator. he will score 10 times before robben will score 3.

montelik: Rooney will start, whatever formations or lineups you guys speculate. make sure to include Captain Rooney.

for sure. rooney is in my formation.
one alternative is to drop Mata and play Falcao and RVP with Rooney in Mata's position. Mata plays like a girl, his lack of any kind of strength on the ball is annoying. He has vision but in football your opponents won't just sit on their hands and watch you paint your masterpiece...

coogar:

robben isn't equal to VP when everyone is fit. not in robben's lifetime has he possessed the technical quality of VP. VP is a born predator. he will score 10 times before robben will score 3.

This RVP i am seeing is looking like a man on his last legs, i hope i am wrong but it just appears like he is aging before our eyes.
Remember one thing remains undefeated.......FATHER TIME

afrodoc2:
This RVP i am seeing is looking like a man on his last legs, i hope i am wrong but it just appears like he is aging before our eyes.
Remember one thing remains undefeated.......FATHER TIME

his knees are dodgy - he's playing through the pain barrier. if he's fully-fit, he's better than rooney everyday of the week.

rooney has no issues at all & yet he's shyte. he had a full preseason, he came back from the world cup early & still he's not firing like he should.

van gaal needs to address the rooney problem - he's the reason i feel a bit scared about selling welbeck & loaning chicharito. we lack genuine pace upfront now to call from the bench and do some damage for us.

raumdeuter:

Close your XBOX and go to sleep.

All hail Welbeck

coogar:

robben isn't equal to VP when everyone is fit. not in robben's lifetime has he possessed the technical quality of VP. VP is a born predator. he will score 10 times before robben will score 3.

Unless the injury VP has been nursing is the cause of his drop in form, then, we hope he comes back better after the OP.

coogar:

his knees are dodgy - he's playing through the pain barrier. if he's fully-fit, he's better than rooney everyday of the week.

rooney has no issues at all & yet he's shyte. he had a full preseason, he came back from the world cup early & still he's not firing like he should.

van gaal needs to address the rooney problem - he's the reason i feel a bit scared about selling welbeck & loaning chicharito. we lack genuine pace upfront now to call from the bench and do some damage for us.

Yeah but the debate is not on Rooney or RVP. Everyone knows that a fully fit RVP is a better striker than a fully fit Rooney.
But i have seen several great players slide into mediocrity at a certain age on the back of "fitness issues"....that is Father Time's calling card.
If this RVP issue persists throughout this season that would make 2 WASTED SEASONS, and the clock is ticking....he ain't no spring chicken

afrodoc2:

Very true.
Robben equals those 2. and Falcao might be better than Lewandowski but then u add Ribery and u see it is not a close contest.

Even basic things in FB like ball holding, short passes, etc, have been difficult to get from them.

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-----------De Gea

----Rojo-Smalling-Evans

Rafael-----Blind------Shaw

------Di Maria--Mata--------

--Rooney-------Falcao-----

so,i have to ask is RVP still going for the knee treatment or is this some bullshit excuse for his piss poor form ?
I doubt any on of our striking trio will be glad to sit on bench.
Or is it Mata place that is in danger ?

r231: -----------De Gea

----Rojo-Smalling-Evans

Rafael-----Blind------Shaw

------Di Maria--Mata--------

--Rooney-------Falcao-----

rojo is off position..... try better

afrodoc2:
Yeah but the debate is not on Rooney or RVP. Everyone knows that a fully fit RVP is a better striker than a fully fit Rooney.
But i have seen several great players slide into mediocrity at a certain age on the back of "fitness issues"....that is Father Time's calling card.

RVP is still as good as it gets, his movement to take mata's pass against burnley was top draw. the goalie was lucky to block his shot. he needs time to get past the rustiness. his lack of preseason is why he looks a bit dodgy.

If this RVP issue persists throughout this season that would make 2 WASTED SEASONS, and the clock is ticking....he ain't no spring chicken

we all saw him at the world cup, he didn't look tired or spent. he scored against spain & brazil. that's as good as it gets. who else does that at his age? RVP's age is a farce - drogba was almost 33 when he won the golden boot for chelsea in 2010.


lest i forget, this is for the folks who think united's wage/turnover ratio would hit 90% this year. this is our ins/outs.....

Manchester United
Players in: Luke Shaw (Southampton, £30m), Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao, £28.8m), Vanja Milinkovic (FK Vojvodina, undisclosed). Ángel di María (Real Madrid, £59.7m), Marcos Rojo (Sporting Lisbon, £16m), Daley Blind (Ajax, £14m), Radamel Falcao (Monaco, loan).

Players out: Rio Ferdinand (QPR, free), Nemanja Vidic (Internazionale, free), Ryan Giggs (retired), Alexander Büttner (Dynamo Moscow, £4.4m), Federico Macheda (Cardiff, free), Vanja Milinkovic (FK Vojvodina, loan), Patrice Evra (Juventus, initial £1.2m), Bebé (Benfica, £2.4m), Nani (Sporting Lisbon, loan), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace, loan), Jack Barmby (Leicester, free), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund, undisclosed), Javier Hernández (Real Madrid, loan), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal, undisclosed), Tom Lawrence (Leicester, undisclosed).

*BREAKING NEWS*
Aston Villa have an agreement with Manchester United to sign Tom Cleverley on loan. The papers were handed into the Premier League before 11pm last night.

If the Premier League agrees the move he will be a Villa player.

I'm still sad about Welbeck leaving.

MrTA: I'm still sad about Welbeck leaving.

he will score 20 goals for arsenal!
i know & i'm sure welbeck is better than giroud.