Chera
17 years ago
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Blind could be out for up to 6 months. Will know more in 10 days.

Di Maria and De Gea fit whilst Shaw is a doubt.

FFS
Sam
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SpinSwimScream
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Was just about to come on and say the same thing. Devastating. Dread to think how our defence is gonna be without him in front of it.
Ninja
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No idea where this 6 months thing has come from.

LVG literally said the exact opposite: https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/F507629E001147250121818419200_3357041b78a.0.1.14092624766541274019.mp4?versionId=28bd1kn3YpuE7KJHEJ0RJ6mbXkz7m7OB

and that Blind was going for another scan in about 10 days time which should give a clearer timeframe.
Chera
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Uniteds twitter tweeted it. Tweet now been deleted.
Ninja
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Cretins.
SpinSwimScream
14 years ago
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Reckon we could re-call him again?
Sam
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Fan favourite Juan Mata aiming to prove his worth at Man United

While most supporters were familiar with him because of his days at Chelsea, United had come across him before. In 2010, they were drawn in the same Champions League group as Valencia and faced a 22-year-old Mata in Spain.

Before their trip to the Mestalla Stadium, Mata learned that his idol, Ryan Giggs, had been ruled out of the game through injury. Nine years earlier Mata had watched Giggs play in a 0-0 against Valencia at the same ground.

"That year saw I many games in the Champions League when Hector Cuper's Valencia reached the final in Milan, and remember talking a lot with my friends in class about Giggs," said Mata. "I remember him being left-footed like me and I paid special attention to his movement.

"It's a pity Giggs is not playing, because I would have liked to swap shirts with him. It's going to be beautiful game, the kind that forces you to be better player. You dream of playing in such games as a child."


He's perfect.
VP.
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Sam
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Brilliant.
K3V0
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It's in the terms and conditions which you sign so you're basically agreeing to it.

You could probably challenge it in court and win, but it'd cost you a truck load of money.
Sam
18 years ago
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This again?

It's been in the terms and conditions for ages, are we going to be reminded of it every year?
Ninja
15 years ago
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For as long as the club continue to act like cunts about the ACS?
Sam
18 years ago
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Carrick out for four weeks.
Slashman X
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That's good news for you
K3V0
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Looks like Darren Fletcher is off to West Ham.
Sam
18 years ago
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That's good news for you


Hopefully it means Herrera will get a start, but I doubt that.
.verse
13 years ago
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Looks like Darren Fletcher is off to West Ham.

75k pw for 3 years or something, absolutely ridiculous.
K3V0
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75k pw for 3 years or something, absolutely ridiculous.


Can't imagine West Ham paying him that much each week.
Sam
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Big Sam says Fletcher talks have broken down.
K3V0
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“I shall say to the players that it is very disappointing but, in the process of the development of our play, then it was a very good match,” the Dutchman added. “To play like this, so dominant, creating so many chances, you can hardly improve apart from scoring goals, but that is also a bit of luck."


If that was David Moyes people would be absolutely slaughtering him.

1. We didn't create many chances.
2. A bit of luck to score goals? Fuck sake!!
Ninja
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If that was David Moyes people would be absolutely slaughtering him.

1. We didn't create many chances.
2. A bit of luck to score goals? Fuck sake!!


1. We actually did create chances yesterday, for all the games where not creating has been a legitimate criticism yesterday was not one of them.

2. Their goal came from a huge deflection off basically the only shot they had in the entire second half.

3. We actually played well yesterday for the most part. I'm much more encouraged to see the manager admit that he got a good performance out of a team he's been reluctant to play rather than scrap everything and go back to the drawing board with a knee-jerk reaction just because we happened to lose.
K3V0
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1. We actually did create chances yesterday, for all the games where not creating has been a legitimate criticism yesterday was not one of them.

2. Their goal came from a huge deflection off basically the only shot they had in the entire second half.

3. We actually played well yesterday for the most part. I'm much more encouraged to see the manager admit that he got a good performance out of a team he's been reluctant to play rather than scrap everything and go back to the drawing board with a knee-jerk reaction just because we happened to lose.


1. Creating so many chances? We created about 3, possibly 4 at a stretch. You had the Herrera goal, which was well worked and well taken. Then you've the Rojo header and I guess you could call Van Persie wildly lashing the ball hopefully from the tightest of angles a chance. That's not a load of chances.

2. The only shot they had? You must have missed that part when De Gea saved our bollocks again when Shelvey played a ball from pretty much a carbon copy of the same spot he did in the first half for Ki. Plus we're not talking about Swansea having a little luck, he's talking about us hardly being able to improve apart from scoring goals, which is a bit of luck. I'm sorry, but that's the kind of comment that David Moyes would have been absolutely hung, drawn and quartered for.

3. We kept possession against a side that were more then happy to allow us to keep the ball until we crossed the half way line. Then they pressed and we didn't create any clear cut chances. Once behind we again resorted to getting the ball out wide and crossing it into Marouane Fellaini, which just isn't good enough at this level, most defences will easily deal with that.

It's all well and good keeping possession in games, but unless you use it to your advantage it's almost irrelevant. It's now late February and we're still talking about learning the system and getting use to it, all excuses really. It's starting to get frustrating and I personally don't see us improving all that much under Van Gaal. The football is still very much lacklustre and if we don't improve I can't see us finishing ahead of Arsenal and Liverpool, possibly even Southampton.
Based Jorge
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Still don't think United have justified themselves this season, Van Gaal especially. He's spent around £200m, with £60m on one player and a £6m loan player whose on ridiculous wages. And in the end the most effective way of playing is a hoof to Fellaini. Gives Moyes that amount of spending power and he wouldn't be doing a lot worse.
K3V0
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Still don't think United have justified themselves this season, Van Gaal especially. He's spent around £200m, with £60m on one player and a £6m loan player whose on ridiculous wages. And in the end the most effective way of playing is a hoof to Fellaini. Gives Moyes that amount of spending power and he wouldn't be doing a lot worse.


It's not the best football, but I couldn't care much if we make the top 4 and we make improvements during the summer, by more of the shite leaving and better players arriving that suit whatever system Van Gaal wants to ultimately go with. What drives me up the wall is this illusion that we're playing well and doing well, we're not. We're just about doing enough to stay in the race for the top 4 and could easily between now and May finish 6th or 7th if we don't improve.

I'm not going to criticise Van Gaal for spending the money, he's bought a few good players like Herrera and Blind, although the former was previously a target, so maybe all the credit doesn't fall at Van Gaal's feet. Tbf Di Maria has shown glimpses, but he's struggling a bit with the physicality of the Premier League and Falcao was always going to be a gamble given he's returning from a major knee injury, but it's a gamble I'd have been willing to take had I been in his shoes.
Based Jorge
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How much was Herrera though? Like 25m? He's a decent player who keeps the play ticking and you definitely needed one of those, but you could've got someone similar for a lot less. I just think it's kind of stupid that some United fans think that Van Gaal is a massive improvement from Moyes. He's had the luxury of not having to play in the Champions League & with players like Rooney, Mata, De Gea and (a good albeit declining) van Persie already at his disposal then adding ~200m in new players then it's kind of ridiculous to be so far away from a title challenge.

If Chelsea or City did this and were in the position of United they'd be getting an unbelievable amount of abuse.
Ninja
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2 of those players that you've mentioned (Rooney, Van Persie) are about the most responsible for how we're playing out of all our outfield players. Neither are having good seasons, and we didn't spend 200m, you've just written that to make it sound worse.


And Herrara is literally nothing like that at all, if he was then he'd play every week. The main reason LVG doesn't seem to like him is because of how loose he is with his passing. I'm not sure you could get much better for less money tbh, £30m is the new £20m.
VP.
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Its around £180m and the Luke Shaw deal is the biggest waste of money imo.
Ninja
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That's an absolutely ridiculous thing to say.

Not only has he been perfectly good, he's also going to be our left back for 10 years or so.

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