Manchester United Thread

Tactical flexibility is one thing that we sorely lacked last year, so I guess its good and the players are always able to do it with a great coach (And LVG is definitely a great coach as he's very straight in telling players what to do, if they're wrong or right and making a huge deal out of it). Very...teacher like
 
FFS, apparently Rafael has picked up a groin injury during the last game...

Plays 45 mins in a friendly game and still gets injured!
 
Was in training, but still. We desperately need him fit, we're a different team without him, and don't have a single sub that is a specialist there. Not a good sign. He was also hyper-active against the Galaxy, needs to calm down a bit.

Looks like no Vidal or Strootman then. Not too bothered by Vidal, wonderful player, but would be expensive and not at an age where we'd recoup anything if his knee injury turns out to be recurring. Strootman logically seems a 'sure' bid in January.

We still need midfield reinforcements, and another CB in my opinion. Though, Tom Thorpe will be playing in the prem in a year or two for someone, might be worth giving him a chance.
 
Glad we held on, the final XI we had out there..central midfield of Kagawa and Lingard, 'protecting' a back 3 with Keane and Blackett. Eeesh.

Rooney with a very Rooney performance. Touch looked woeful, was terrible for 30 minutes and then a wonder goal, wonder assist and good penalty. His productivity can't be questioned at least.

Roma have strange tactics. They hold it for 3 minutes or so in their back 4, well into their own half, before hoofing it to Destro. Literally all they did for the first 60 minutes or so. I think their first shot on target was from inside then own half. Sooooooooo boring for a friendly to be played like that.
 
Great first two goals!

Rooney and LVG have really hit it off you can tell Wayne's loving the managers philosophy and buying into what he's doing.

Also my muppet senses are tingling! Di Maria apparently is 'close' to joining us and Vidal is back on after Steve Bates said we'll complete a deal this week.

Fully expect to wake up to Di Maria a PSG player and Vidal to be back off in the morning :LOL:

Transfer Season, LOVE IT!
 
Yeah, a fantastic strike, he's a great player!

2 of our goals were really nice as well, though.
 
Love that LVG threw Amos under the bus. Said something like, yes it's good to shoot on goal from that far, but the ball is in the air 4 seconds, in that I could run 50 meters. So shouldn't be a goal.

:)
 
More Van Gaal goodness:

When the team was in LA they were put up in the rather lovely Beverley Wilshere hotel. But Van Gaal decided the 25 mile drive to the training pitches (where he was doing twice a day sessions) was too far, so booked them all rooms at the nearby holiday inn.
 
He was kicking NFL balls the day before ... Over 52 yds back 2 back effortlessly . NFL players n coach cream-puffing themselves on the sidelines.
 
Ha, Luke Shaw has gone up in my opinion:

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Taking time on tour to respond to a random Twitter account? Gosh.
 
Some nice tidbits from LVG today, admits he prefers 4-3-3 but can't play it right now as we lack quality in the two wide options for it to work and we need some 'specialists' for those positions.
 
W00t going to the game in Ann Arbor. Supposed to be a sell out (109,000+). Hope Real feels like losing that day as well.
 
As the commentator said during that 22-pass move, we literally didn't do that once last season.

Didn't lead to a goal and this is just pre-season, but at least the players appear willing to try it.

Also been really disappointed with the matches against Italian teams so far in this 'tournament'. Might just be a fitness thing, but neither seem to have any interest in playing football. Roma basically sat in their own half and fired long balls, and Inter had one shot on goal in the whole match, from a wrongly awarded free kick.

These are just friendlies, shouldn't teams be trying to have some fun?
 
mutd are missing only 3 players? Janzu , RVP n Fellani... RM/City have been playing mostly B-team. Liverpool have 99.9% playing...Arsenal are the worse Cteam/Bteam mixed w/ Ateam...most of starting XI wont play at the start of the season -Community shield.

Yh agree preseason is getting the legs n conditioning..mutd are at cross roads so the players have to perform . They're taking preseason serious for a reason. Hence the talk of fear factor!!
 
We've played Johnstone, Amos, Blackett (in every match), James, Lingard, W. Keane, M. Keane and Ashley Young at full back. In the second of every match we've played Nani as a lone striker.

But agree that Van Gaal is definitely trying.
 
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well he is experimenting, he has a different style to SAf :)) So how many players are MUTD missing? this 3-5-2 , 3-6-1 are just seeing what the players can adapt too. I see Evan,Jones ,Rooney,Shaw,Valencia,Mata,Herrera,Welbeck all mixed from top-middle n back. Im not provoking...just stating 'facts' :LOL:

Look, I think Mutd will get into Europe easily this season...Hell even could win (injuries fan fare)Im happy to see Mutd fans excited they can almost possibly could understand what Arsenal fans been feeling ..almost
 
Strong rumour in Belgian press about Fellaini.

Benitez wants Fellaini at Napoli. Napoli can't afford the amount of money Man Utd ask.
So Napoli want to let go Dries Mertens to Man Utd and pay money for Fellaini.

I wouldn't hesitate, imo Mertens is better than Hazard.
He was fabulous in Napoli, i'm baffled that Benitez wants to let him go...
 
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