The Manchester United Thread

Scouseinthehouse said:
Talking of names/ bigger names, and a recent debate in here on possible future managers .....

I found it interesting yesterday overhearing a very heated couple of discussions between quite a few City fans who although naturally happy with Pep's impending arrival, aren't happy to be losing Pellegrini and weren't impressed by the way City have gone around this.

Where you'd of thought they'd be bouncing about Guardiola, there's a massive amount of love and respect for the job Pellegrini's done and the man that he is.
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Pellegrini is a gentleman to the point that he's respected by plenty of United fans, perhaps more so than when Sparky was at City. No surprise he is well loved. Pep would do well to praise his work when he arrives.

he's brought them lots of success, more than dreamt of. If by some chance he wins the CL, pep will have a hard task on his hands.
 
zzeezzy said:
To be honest I think we rely too much on names on 'paper' these days, no one gave any of our players today a chance or hope. But all of them put in a team performance that will get any fan excited. **** just look at this season, lesser teams beating bigger teams all over

I'm not saying they are all going to become world-beaters by any means, but in a season like this seeing a few promising players coming to the fore and carrying us is really satisfying.

Personally from what I've seen I think the players who could very well go on to become top players are CBJ, Rashford and Fosu-Mensah. Joe Riley was good but I want to see another game of him before judging if he could be the real deal. I'd say Pereira as well but I never ****** see him play these days.

Varela is like 24 so not really a youngster but I like what he brings to the side.
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Next season I really want to see Gribbin with the first team. That kid is a gem.
 
razielioux said:
Next season I really want to see Gribbin with the first team. That kid is a gem.
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Yup he is - was actually wondering why he's not featuring with the other youngsters (is he out on loan)?

Btw Ive just been to the **** thread and theres been nobody there for ages (ok since their Barcelona match).
 
MANUMAD said:
Yup he is - was actually wondering why he's not featuring with the other youngsters (is he out on loan)?

Btw Ive just been to the **** thread and theres been nobody there for ages (ok since their Barcelona match).
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Gunners fans not so active anymore at all, we have lost the best one in Damola ;) but yeah the few regulars aren't as active no more, bit **** really.
 
razielioux said:
Next season I really want to see Gribbin with the first team. That kid is a gem.
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Yeh possibly, I mean he's only like 16/17 so maybe a tad early to throw him into the fore, but going off the youngsters who are shining why not? Age hardly seems to matter I guess.
 
Gribbin is a fantastic talent, but we have Pereira sat on the bench every game & rarely getting off it, so it would be incredibly harsh if his place in the pecking order is overtaken by a 17 year old.
 
ninjaskill said:
Imagine going to school after scoring twice vs Arsenal that is a massive comedown surely
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More like a massive cumdown, since he probably gets a ******* from different lass on every break, now that it turns out he's likely to be a future milionaire.
 
Tyton said:
More like a massive cumdown, since he probably gets a ******* from different lass on every break, now that it turns out he's likely to be a future milionaire.
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With those kind of girls, I defo went the wrong school. :(.
 
Mike. said:
Pellegrini is a gentleman to the point that he's respected by plenty of United fans, perhaps more so than when Sparky was at City. No surprise he is well loved. Pep would do well to praise his work when he arrives.

he's brought them lots of success, more than dreamt of. If by some chance he wins the CL, pep will have a hard task on his hands.
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Lets not go crazy here, we hadn't finished outside the top 2 since 2010, made 2 FA Cups finals (won 1, lost one) either side of the league win only a full season before. The squad easy has 2 full XI side capable of making the top 7 in the league, targeting 1 league win and the league cup (x2) is a realistic target for that squad.

but the charming man moniker isnt without merit, Pelle has only covered himself in class pretty much throughout,
 
wkdsoul said:
Lets not go crazy here, we hadn't finished outside the top 2 since 2010, made 2 FA Cups finals (won 1, lost one) either side of the league win only a full season before. The squad easy has 2 full XI side capable of making the top 7 in the league, targeting 1 league win and the league cup (x2) is a realistic target for that squad.

but the charming man moniker isnt without merit, Pelle has only covered himself in class pretty much throughout,
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Talking historically really in term of success
 
Mike. said:
Talking historically really in term of success
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So dream of what the current squad is capable of based on what the club won over its history? Brought Success, sure, more than dreamt of? Nah.
 
If we end up with Pellegrini I'll be absolutely gutted, he hasn't performed anything above expectation at City, one league title and a few mickey mouse cups with that squad could be done with a lot of other managers. **** just look at Mancini before him.

Pellegrini is a gentleman but not United manager material, particularly coming from our biggest direct rival would send out totally the wrong message.

More I think about it less I want Mourinho as well now, just looking at these young lads shining is what United is all about. In my desperation of how we were doing before these decent results over the last week I wanted Mourinho but thinking logically it isn't a great fit.
 
Pocchetino on the other hand sticks out much more to me. The way he works at Spurs is the way I want a manager to work at United, I think it would be a great fit. My only concern is the lack of success he has, coming into a club where you expect to win every game and everything is a big change of expectation to any club he has managed before. United is a different animal but I think he'd cope with it. Plus if he sticks to his principles and the way he works he'll have a lot of leniency with the fans.
 
Bujakaa said:
As much as I agree with you, I simply dont want to see Spurs taken apart. If Pocchetino goes several youngsters will go also.
I dont think lack of success is problem with him. He has shown that he is very good in man management and the season is not over ;)
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Modern football world is a cruel place, it would be harsh on Spurs who are building something special but I literally can't think of one other manager who is a better fit.
 
zzeezzy said:
Pocchetino on the other hand sticks out much more to me. The way he works at Spurs is the way I want a manager to work at United, I think it would be a great fit. My only concern is the lack of success he has, coming into a club where you expect to win every game and everything is a big change of expectation to any club he has managed before. United is a different animal but I think he'd cope with it. Plus if he sticks to his principles and the way he works he'll have a lot of leniency with the fans.
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Why would he leave what he's building at Tottenham to start over at Utd?
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Why would he leave what he's building at Tottenham to start over at Utd?
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Rebuilding United is more appealing to a foreign manager than Tottenham. Unless he is seriously devoted to his job (which would be commendable) I just couldn't see him sticking at Tottenham if United came calling.
 
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