coogar: if he's not a spare tire, how could he have missed the biggest game at old trafford last season? a player earning £250k per week got benched by welbeck(academy-trained).......how humiliating?

elampiro:
That was just a mind game between him and SAF. But at the end SAF lost the game. Rooney had always won us UCL games at Old Trafford once he got a result at away.

RuuDie: Chicharito scored 10 goals in 22 appearances (mostly as a sub)... I don't think there is any need to further elaborate the endless stretch of possibilities if he spent more time on the park!

elampiro: I am cutting off tonight, till tomorrow.

Arguing too much of football online makes one become slower in life activity.

I think I have made my point already

elampiro: I am cutting off tonight, till tomorrow.

Arguing too much of football online makes one become slower in life activity.

I think I have made my point already

montelik: If Fabregas is not available, which players should we be looking at. Seeing as it is likely we will be signing only one midfielder, it will have to be someone of obvious quality (i.e Kondogbia, Mendy, Cabaye e.t.c won't be good enough).

coogar:

like he did against bayern munich in 2010? united scored 3 goals while rooney was on the pitch, he scored none out of them. you talk loads of rubbish

elampiro:
What happened when Rooney left the pitch? His presence made us led the match 3-0 when he was fit. He set up Gibson for the first goal in three minutes and United were to do the 'Roma spree' on Bayern, then United were leading 3-0 before he started limping again when his ankle ligament injury from the first leg resurfaced following a bad tackle in the first half at Old Trafford. He was treated for a long time and managed to continue. From there on everything changed. Even the defence became jittery and Bayern had the relief to start threatening as United link up play waned. Then Carrick allowed Olic to win a ball he (Carrick) had a 60- 40 advantage, and they had some hope. Rooney managed to start second half but could not manage his injury at all again after 50 minutes as he was limping.

On another light, this is one match I don't like talking about because Bayern rough tackles were ignored, Ribery was always going hard into Rafael but two soft tackles from Rafael earned him two soft yellow cards to the advantage of Bayern. So Bayern had three turning points- Rooney's injury, Carrick lack of concentration and Rafael's red card. But at the end it was still United 3 Bayern 2. Nani could have won it in the last minute when he ran 40 yards past Bayern defence but could not crown it with a finish on one on one with the goalkeeper. He would have emerged hero of the night. Well all that is history.

chamotex: Only United will have 6 players on the bench for a pre season game.

chamotex: Only United will have 6 players on the bench for a pre season game.

chamotex: Only United will have 6 players on the bench for a pre season game.

SailorXY: All you guys saying Chicharito's link up play can't give him first team football or he is a sitting duck in the box are just like teachers who choose to notice no improvement at all from a student cuz their first meeting with the student was not good enough, even when the improvement is glaring. Chicharito & Rafael are the two currently rapid developing players in Man Utd now. Premier league defences fear Chicharito more than any EPL forward, even SAF said he has done nothing to merit sitting on the bench. For keen observers it was clear from last season displays, that Chicharito is adding a lot of dimension to his game. Add that to the fact he is willing to learn & improve and doesn't shy away from competition, doesn't whine but is very patient for his chance, then we have a real gem on our hands.
Fellaini+Modric can give us the right balance & will be a good choice as it now stands.

elampiro:

Does a spare tyre get used more than the regular? No.

Rooney, RVP, Kagawa, Welbeck and Chicharito. Only RVP was used more. Rooney had two injuries in the season, yet he played more than Chicharito who had no injury.

What happened between SAF and Rooney were just mind games. SAF was like ''I sent you (Rooney) to do a special assignment for me in Madrid but you wanted another role, I am the boss and no one disrespect me, Ok ou will see that Giggs can do it''. But at the end who lost? Once Rooney gets an away win or draw in UCL knockout, he wins at Old Trafford.

He is such a genius.

SailorXY: All you guys saying Chicharito's link up play can't give him first team football or he is a sitting duck in the box are just like teachers who choose to notice no improvement at all from a student cuz their first meeting with the student was not good enough, even when the improvement is glaring. Chicharito & Rafael are the two currently rapid developing players in Man Utd now. Premier league defences fear Chicharito more than any EPL forward, even SAF said he has done nothing to merit sitting on the bench. For keen observers it was clear from last season displays, that Chicharito is adding a lot of dimension to his game. Add that to the fact he is willing to learn & improve and doesn't shy away from competition, doesn't whine but is very patient for his chance, then we have a real gem on our hands.
Fellaini+Modric can give us the right balance & will be a good choice as it now stands.

coogar:

how can rooney's presence help win the first half when he contributed nothing in the match? we can as well say evra's presence won us the game..... you spew so much crap you might want to check with your doctor if you have diarrhoea. rafael's red card was the turning point in that game and bayern had already scored before rooney left the pitch. rooney's absence or presence meant nothing to the game - he was very insignificant on the night, he shouldn't have played...




rooney's injury had nothing to do with the game. his assist to gibson was a good 40 yards away from bayern's goal. it was a simple pass in the midfield not more than 2 yards and gibson waltzed in to deliver a good shot. after then, rooney disappeared. nani/valencia took charge from then on. rafael attacked bayern than rooney did all night so stop peddling myths. rooney was below average before he was hauled off by fergie.

RuuDie:

Nice one Sailor.

People yarn as though strikers come staright out from the womb with the ability to "link play"; how else will Hernandez improve that link-up play aspect of his game if he doesn't have sufficient time to bond with the other regulars in the side!?
From the looks of things, if Rooney eventually leaves, Chicharito should be the next in line to move up the pecking order and fill that vacancy...not just because he happens to be there, but because even in the short span of time, he has earned it!

RuuDie:

If Rooney is half the genius you claim, he wouldn't need you to be blowing his trumpet this hard and loud... CR7, LM10 - now these are examples of "genius" with a capital G!

chrisley024: Breaking News!!!

Welbeck scores

elampiro:

You have spoken well except you forgot that he is 25. Some players came in at 19 or 20 and they were already linking up play shaking the greatest teams in the world. They didn't leave the manager in any doubt about their abilities. In many many games he started you don't get to see him except running into offside.

elampiro:

Now you are talking. A developing player is different from an established player when the going gets tough. No one is doubting or contesting what he has done, but he has done such mostly as Super Sub. How much can he play well against teams like City, Barca and Madrid. He is developing but he has not attained that maturity yet. But don't forget too he is not a teenager at all.

RuuDie:

As you very well know - not every player develops at the same pace and not every player is also opportune at ages 18-20 to be a part of the "greatest teams in the world".
Some of the greatest strikers that have graced the EPL and even football in general, couldn't hold the football long enough at their feet to save their own lives; so when did "link-up play" become the defining trait of a successful striker!!? Is Rooney a better "link-up" player than Berbatov?



Well now that the so-called "established" striker isn't eager to play for us anymore, what do we do? We can either go out and buy another "established" striker or ride our luck with the "developing" striker - I choose the latter. Was any striker born "established"!?
Who says "developing" players cannot give the desired results - or didn't we win EPL when Butt, Scholes, Beckham, Giggs and the Nevilles were still fledglings!?

chrisley024: And Moyes 1st goal scorer is Lingard.
Welbeck with a brace depite wasted chances.