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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 4:04pm On Feb 28, 2016

The goal we conceded was between Rojo and Schneirderlin, they couldn't just jump to defend. The defence is our problem.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 1:09pm On Feb 28, 2016

SailorXY:
Everyone is mediocre to you.
Sell Sell Sell has put us in this situation of calling on rookies to make up match day squads.

Who would have thought a John O'Shea or Wesley Brown was gonna play a vital role in title wins someday?
Or a Fellaini/Young vital to a UCL spot last term.

When Oshea left, it looked like a wise decision because we needed Smalling, Jones and Evans to grow. But we immediately missed him in 2011/2012 season. If he were around we would have won the league that season. We didn't have a reliable squad player to fill the gaps left due to injuries. Till today, we still don't have such a quality utility squad player to call on to fill gaps in CB, FB and DM.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 1:02pm On Feb 28, 2016*

AdeLaNa1:
Preseason??
U sound like an Arsenal fan that'll be celebrating preseason treble!! Did we not beat Barca and Madrid in preseason frendlies?? Where are we today?? Who preseason don help?? Who even cares abt preseason these days??

Preseason at senior level. Someone said U-20 for Brazil. Which is better?

When we beat Barca that season, we went to achieve great results in the early part of the season beating Arsenal 8-2, Tottenham 3-0, Bolton 5-0, Chelsea 3-1.

We won our first 6 matches, plus the Shield we beat City 3-2 coming from two goals down in the second half. It was injuries that spoilt what would have been our best season ever. Our midfielders and defenders had their worst injury spell ever. If SAF knew he would have kept Oshea that season, and there was no way City would have been Champions on goals difference.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 12:35pm On Feb 28, 2016

It looks like people easily forget so soon, and the sympathy is always for those who are on the bench.

When people talk about U-20, they forget Lingard was our best player in preseason under Moyes. He was one of the best attacking players in preseason when Gaal first arrived. But in our first EPL match of the season, he twisted his leg and sustained a serious injury. Last preseason he was also one of our best in preseason.

However, overall he has been average after his first great three matches. May be he did very well in those matches because he was playing in front of Valencia/Young.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 12:19pm On Feb 28, 2016

sinizia:
On the Lingard and Perrera issue, if I'm to choose, I'll go for Perrera without an ounce of doubt; give him the same time that has been afforded to Lingard and if he performs better, I'll play him more. For now, Lingard is just an ordinary player. Nothing exceptional about him jare.

You got it wrong. Perreira was given opportunity first but he messed up. In Capital 1 cup against Ipswich he was just there, but he scored a good goal.

Against Wolfsburg he was a liability when he came on. I think he and Darmian were the reason we went under severe pressure late on at Old Trafford.

Lingard was brought on at half time against Everton, his first game of the season. He immediately showed signs. In our next match against CSKA at away, he played very well. When I choosed Valencia as MOTM, many people here went for Lingard. And we had an argument for three days.

Against CSKA at home, he played like he has been a UCL player for ages. He played from both sides of the wing and gave a performance almost as Mephis gave last Thursday.

Lingard earned his place at the slightest opportunity. Perreira failure to grab his place brought Lingard to the fore.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 11:04am On Feb 28, 2016

dubylhover:
lingard over Memphis? fellaini over Herrera? young over dimaria? I try to understand manu well,lvg pattern doesnt bring out d full potential of our attacking players

Mephis is more physical than Lingard.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 11:01am On Feb 28, 2016

Dadehmola:
Both players are mediocre TBH.

Gbam.

For now, dem be average.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:59am On Feb 28, 2016

Odunharry:
Lingard is average abeg. Give perreira the same number time on field as Lingard and watch him perform well..
Perreira is one player I like and to me he's got the ability.

Lingard didn't have time to prove himself. He took his opportunity. Perreira has had countless and has taken none.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:55am On Feb 28, 2016

afrodoc2:
Memphis has to play with consistency,confidence and intelligence against QUALITY opposition. He will be facing Bellerin who is quite intelligent and quicker than him, so he has to give him both the inside and outside moves and mix his shooting and crossing/passing plays.

I am a bit worried in the long term about Adnan and Andreas Perreira 2 youth team players with great talent and potential who appear to be stagnating.
Memphis,Perreira and Adnan lining up behind Martial has the potential of wreaking havoc for a decade.

I don't feel Perreira. He got swallowed in the rhythm of the game whenever he plays. The game controls him, unlike Lingard who has occasionally taken the bull by the horns.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:52am On Feb 28, 2016

afrodoc2:
If we face Arsenal without De Gea,Smalling and Martial who are without a doubt our 3 best players for this season we might be in for a very long 90minutes.
My main hope lies in Arsenal's tendency to shoot themselves in the foot and not our own play.

The three might make surprise return.

Under SAF, we could have been surprised with a return of Jones. But Gaal has a way of pushing forward the return dates, and gradually reintroducing them to football via U-21 games followed by 15 mins, 20 mins etc

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 11:41pm On Feb 27, 2016

He clearly stated that he would have loved to play with Bale, Marcelo always. He blamed the league struggle on injuries. He said they don't have Karim, no Bale, no Pepe, no Marcelo.

Compared to Messi who has Neymar and Suarez always there playing at almost same level.......

Ronaldo knew what he was saying. He was right.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:21am On Feb 27, 2016

Bastian Schweinsteiger continued his rehabilitation from a knee injury at Manchester United 's Carrington training complex on Friday.

Schweinsteiger has not played since suffering the injury against Sheffield United last month and was granted a holiday by manager Louis van Gaal .

The 31-year-old headed to Dubai for rehab and to cheer on girlfriend Ana Ivanovic in the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

Schweinsteiger this week hinted he could be back for United's Europa League round-of-16 first leg in March.

"I should be completely back on board in March. A medial ligament tear takes time, but everything is healing well. I know my body, everything will be okay.

"In about five days, I'll begin to start running again and five days after that I should be training with a ball again."

[Source: BILD] #MUFC #Schweinsteiger

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:20am On Feb 27, 2016

Wayne Rooney was a fraction away from suffering a career-threatening injury when damaging knee ligaments earlier this month.

He is expected to be out until April, but it is understood that the affected area was close to his ACL, which would have ruled him out of the European Championships and potentially the rest the of year.

Rooney was not even aware he had suffered the injury when playing on in the recent 2-1 defeat at Sunderland.

Had he torn his Anterior Cruciate Ligament he would almost certainly have faced an operation and as much as 9 months of rehabilitation.

The initial prognosis for his return was six to eight weeks - and he is on course to back in action in April.

That would give him a good chance of recovering full fitness for Euro 16 - as well as aiding United’s bid to qualify for the Champions League.

[Source: M.E.N] #MUFC #Rooney

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:10am On Feb 27, 2016

So Rojo cannot play 90 mins yet? This Baba Gaal doesn't know the season is gone.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:08am On Feb 27, 2016

DE GEA COULD FACE THE GUNNERS

Louis van Gaal is hopeful goalkeeper David De Gea will return to face Arsenal on Sunday after missing Manchester United's last three games.

The Spain international was injured in the warm-up of the Reds' Europa League first leg tie away to Midtjylland eight days ago and has since been receiving treatment.

Van Gaal said at the time he believed De Gea's problem was not too serious and the manager hopes he will be able to call upon the stopper at Old Trafford this weekend, but there remains a doubt over defender Chris Smalling, who sat out Thursday night's 5-1 second-leg win over the Danish side.

"I expect [David can return] because I saw the way he was today," said van Gaal during a briefing with reporters after Thursday night's win. "Chris is a question mark, but you never know," he added.

Further question marks remain over the fitness of Anthony Martial, who the Reds lost in the warm-up before the second leg, but there was some positive injury news with the return to action of Marcos Rojo after nearly three months out, and both Antonio Valencia and Marouane Fellaini are seemingly not too far away from full fitness either.

Asked whether Martial would be available against Arsene Wenger's side, van Gaal admitted: "I don’t know because it has happened before the match. I’ve talked with him. I have talked with the physiotherapist that already had control of him. I cannot say, but it is not as heavy as everybody thinks, but you never know.

"I’m very happy with Marcos that he played 10 or 15 minutes and how he showed already his form and shape, he was very good. But I have to build him up in the games and that’s not so easy, because he only had two training sessions with me. On the first day, he was with the second team and, on the second day, he was with us. So I take also a risk to do that, but I think that I have to do that now with 15 minutes and then 30 minutes and like that and I hope we can build him up.

"Valencia is also coming back and Fellaini too - in the month of March, a lot of players are coming back and then we have a strong selection again."
www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2016/Feb/manchester-united-goalkeeper-david-de-gea-could-face-arsenal-on-sunday-at-old-trafford.aspx?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=ManUtd

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 12:49am On Feb 27, 2016

Next season? From usually a reliable source.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 1:43pm On Feb 26, 2016

Elxandre:
Shebi dey were dancing shoki when they pulled a shock win.

The guy faced a Pelé yesterday

I don't think even CR7 can pull off that Memphis flip sef.
Maddening stuff.

I refused to view that their dancing video because I was so angry and embarrassed. Now I can go back to to view it.

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 12:33pm On Feb 26, 2016

“I’ve never been so close to crying after a match as I was today,” the right-back, who was sent off in the closing stages, said.
“Memphis is the best player I have ever faced. It was difficult to do anything about it when he plays like that.
“He is the best. He can do anything. He went inside, outside, turned me around and used his incredible pace to get past me.”

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:25am On Feb 26, 2016

SIRcumalot:
am not against some few changes but sanchez and robben have been doing the samething for years and defence no sabi mark them.
great dribblers we go pass you even if you guess the direction correctly.

If you keep going to one side, you won't get many clear dribbles. You will dribble but you will be shielded. Mephis had clear dribbles yesterday in the final third and inside the box. Nani is one player I know could deliver such when having a good season.

I don't think Robben goes straight to one side every time. He has the ability to drive both ways at great speed despite using one foot, but his end result is of the highest quality if you allow him drive to his left in dangerous area. Just like Giggs, he was one leg, but he could zig zig both ways with great speed while delivering a perfect final pass.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:03am On Feb 26, 2016

GBR1:
Though it was against a poor team, that's the best individual performance I have seen in recent times by a United player and one could say we might not have won without him.

Exactly. 15 dribbles in one match. I have never seen such. He has learnt to go both ways with his dribbles which makes him less predictable. That was what Afrodoc suggested the last time.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:59am On Feb 26, 2016

olabode89:
Martial should be fit, he didn't pull his hamstring. It was a precautionary measure as he felt some stiffness in the hamstring. I hope Merefish Dedebt can replicate what we saw against MickeyMouseLand on Sunday. He had the RB on toast all through the match.

Okay, good news.

We have learnt not to risk playing after what happened to Valencia and Rooney. They kept on playing despite feeling pains. I think Jones did same thing. He was limping and the crew kept him on for another 15-20 mins.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:56am On Feb 26, 2016

olabode89:
Bros dat Riley guy good nau.... e get better technique that Jackson although Jackson get more pace, better physique and does him quick crosses are dangerous. Plus Riley na utility man he can play as RM, LM or CM, you go notice say the bobo dey comfortable on the ball my only fear na how him go cope with top pacy wingers.

What do you think about Varela? I think he has a very bright future. I won't be surprised if Darmian is shipped out in the summer.

Varela played very well yesterday. But let's see him against an EPL team again.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 9:54am On Feb 26, 2016

weedtaker:
i taught MartiaLs injury wasn't that bad, would he be sidelined for a month?

I read it's hamstring. If true, it's usually three weeks.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 8:21am On Feb 26, 2016

We are going to play without a senior striker for about one month. This is when Chicharito would have enjoyed himself.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 8:01am On Feb 26, 2016

weedtaker:
i think say Valencia dn return? And i would like that riley to man our LB de guy gud die. Btw what of bothwick-jackson?

Valencia will not be match fit to start. He has not even trained with the team, just personal training.

Jackson is injured. I am still studying that Riley. I never sure about the guy finish.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 7:52am On Feb 26, 2016

Our back can be strong enough to withstand Arsenal if we have Schneirdelin and Herrera operating in front of Rojo and McNair. Carrick should go to the bench.

DDG/Romero
Varela, McNair, Rojo, Blind
Herrera, Schneirdelin
Lingard, Mata, Mephis
Rashford

Or

DDG/Romero
Varela, McNair, Rojo, Blind
Carrick, Schneirdelin
Mata, Herrera, Mephis
Rashford

But I am not too sure Carrick and Schneirdelin have a good partnership. It will be a big bonus if we get Smalling back.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 7:18am On Feb 26, 2016

chrisley024:
nawa for these players

Let’s hope he and DDG can return on Sunday.

Otherwise we should go with McNair and Rojo in CB. Blind on the left.

We are going to rely on Mephis. It's like Mephis plays better when there is no one competing for his position. Nani was like that.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 1:03am On Feb 26, 2016

chrisley024:
did LvG say he's unfit? I guess he used two ball-playing CB cos he knows Midj will sit back.

Smalling has shoulder injury

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 11:27pm On Feb 25, 2016

SetrakusRa:
and pls, can we stop doing warm-ups?

And playing for U-21 where Jones and Januzaj injured.

I am happy Rojo is back. I wish Smalling was still fit. Just look at Rojo jumps to head the ball away and his guiding of the ball. The difference is clear.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 11:03pm On Feb 25, 2016

codedguy1:
Plenty tins dey wrong with that pen.

Herrera's Pen is a pen that Mata shud learn.

Memphis scores.

It was nice Mata didn't take that penalty because the pressure would have been too much for him.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:53pm On Feb 25, 2016

Mephis is MOTM.

Rojo showing he is a senior player. Makes things look easy.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Manchester United Fan Thread:''20 Times EPL Champion by elampiro(m): 10:52pm On Feb 25, 2016

Thank God.

Ayagayayagayo hei, Ayagayayagayo

E be like say these small boys understand the philosophy. Lol

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