Right bunch of Miss Marples we have in here.
A blurry picture posted by Jose's wife in her twitter shows his tactics board.
- Thread starter Hisha
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Same here, bring back Cleverley too
At the start of the last preseason, LvG was playing Depay as the #10.
Don't read too much into Mourinho's first draft.
Don't read too much into Mourinho's first draft.
Behind Mata.No Rooney
Got a PM from a Newbie member @tob expressing his opinion. As per his request, i am posting his message here. He also says that there is a similar thread in the Newbies created by @abhayselvan .
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Hey Hisha,
As I'm just a newbie I'm not allowed to reply in the mains thread.
It's about your thread on this blurred tactic board thing, and it is as you say, more than just about Pogba.
And for the record, it definitely says Pogba.
What we've got, is an insight on how Mourinho's 25-man squad might look like.
The board shows numbers next to each players.
As you can see there is a number 5 next to Smalling, a 7 next to Shaw, an 8 with Rojo, as well as 21 and 22 next to Martial and Depay.
So it suggests that it's numbers from 1-22, with number one starting at the right back position, and then continues from left to right.
Like this:
1 RB........3 CB.......5 Smalling.......7 Shaw
2 RB........4 CB.......6 Blind............8 Rojo
...............9 CM
................10 Carrick
......11 CM..............13 Pogba
......12 CM..............14 Fellaini
15 RW.........17 Rooney..............21 Martial
16 RW.........18 Mata.................22 Depay
..................19 Rashford
..................20 Ibrahimovich
In the top right corner there is also a text that says "22 + 3 GK"
As you can see, the formation on the board is a bit odd as it shows 11 outfield positions, but this is just to show how we can play either 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3.
If this is yet to be pointed out in the mains thread, you may put this out there.
Have a nice one,
Tob
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Hey Hisha,
As I'm just a newbie I'm not allowed to reply in the mains thread.
It's about your thread on this blurred tactic board thing, and it is as you say, more than just about Pogba.
And for the record, it definitely says Pogba.
What we've got, is an insight on how Mourinho's 25-man squad might look like.
The board shows numbers next to each players.
As you can see there is a number 5 next to Smalling, a 7 next to Shaw, an 8 with Rojo, as well as 21 and 22 next to Martial and Depay.
So it suggests that it's numbers from 1-22, with number one starting at the right back position, and then continues from left to right.
Like this:
1 RB........3 CB.......5 Smalling.......7 Shaw
2 RB........4 CB.......6 Blind............8 Rojo
...............9 CM
................10 Carrick
......11 CM..............13 Pogba
......12 CM..............14 Fellaini
15 RW.........17 Rooney..............21 Martial
16 RW.........18 Mata.................22 Depay
..................19 Rashford
..................20 Ibrahimovich
In the top right corner there is also a text that says "22 + 3 GK"
As you can see, the formation on the board is a bit odd as it shows 11 outfield positions, but this is just to show how we can play either 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3.
If this is yet to be pointed out in the mains thread, you may put this out there.
Have a nice one,
Tob
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I am now more terrified at the prospect of missing out on Pogba. Fellaini's named is underneath him.
There is no way that says PogbaGK:
De Gea
Romero
LCB:
Smalling
Blind
LB:
Shaw
Rojo
DCM:
Carrick
LCM:
Mata
Fellaini
AM:
Rooney
Mata
LW:
Martial
Depay
ST:
Rashford
Ibrahimovic ?
The name above Fellaini is written exactly the same as the name below Rooney i.e Mata. If anything the darker name below Fellaini could be Pogba, as a target signing? Or maybe it's Perreira.
Also looks like Martial and Depay might be getting new numbers. Martial 29 or 39? Depay 22, Powell's old number?
Lastly, Miki is going on the right wing
Glad Blind is in
GK:
De Gea
Romero
LCB:
Smalling
Blind
LB:
Shaw
Rojo
DCM:
Carrick
LCM:
Mata
Fellaini
AM:
Rooney
Mata
LW:
Martial
Depay
ST:
Rashford
Ibrahimovic ?
The name above Fellaini is written exactly the same as the name below Rooney i.e Mata. If anything the darker name below Fellaini could be Pogba, as a target signing? Or maybe it's Perreira.
Also looks like Martial and Depay might be getting new numbers. Martial 29 or 39? Depay 22, Powell's old number?
Lastly, Miki is going on the right wing
Double Mata? LCM looks like Varela. Although now we know Varela is leaving on a loan to Frankfurt so...
Makes complete sense. Promote the dude.
Mensha
Could be Ander could be Rhonda. Definitely not Pogba.
Thought I'd analyse further.. okay getting somewhere... just layering one more filt- oh my god
First choice for LCM and backup to Rooney as AM. Could be Varela but he wouldn't be in the starting slot there.
Furthermore when Jose was at Chelsea (the first time IIRC) he said that his squads must have two top level players competing for each position.
I agree with this . One thing though, I have noticed that the names on top seem like starters and the ones on the bottom the backups. This makes sense in all the positions except for the striker position where Rashford is top and Ibrahimovic is bottom. Rashford 1st choice?
Would be odd to only call one player by his first name on the board. Much simpler to always use the last name when you've just started working there.
I won't make this as a big deal. This is not going to be the final draft of the squad anyway. Jose can change it, if there is an interesting offer from another club who wants to buy players which Jose isn't going to use for his starting eleven. Jose doesn't do rotation a lot recently, so he won't mind to lose some of the players who isn't going to be in his starting eleven just to cover all the fees and wages we spent for our new players. If there is no offer, Jose will keep them as backup players.
It's happened before...
Came in hoping to post this first
Oh well.
No wonder Keane hated this guy
I know it's only dailymail, but have you noticed this part? "And United are closing in on a record-breaking deal for Paul Pogba, with senior players confident it is only a matter of time before he moves to Old Trafford."
Who are those players?
those that read the press I expect. Apparently it's just a case of signing on dotted lines at some time soon.
Strange, I haven't seen any quotes from our senior players being confident that Pogba is coming, but then again, it's dailymail.
The 2nd to last letter, there is no cross on the "T" and there is a round shape on the bottom of it, that's definitely not a T.It says Mata.
If you follow the contours of the image you can quite clearly see it is either M ? L/T A So MA?A can't be MALA it has to be Mata.
You can quite clearly see the M on the left hand side.
Plus you wouldnt include a player who hasn't signed yet for a pre-season tour.
Mata is already on the board and nobody else is on there twice, so the evidence all points away from Mata.
It's obviously difficult to say as the name doesn't match anybody in the current squad, but to me the last letters look like "da"
Hopefully 1 day the name will be revealed.
it's all over L'Equipe, what part of done deal don't you get exactly.
aye - its a good job we sold Zaha... and lets be honest you cant blame Jose for wanting giggs out
Don't worry, I thought "senior players" as in senior Manchester United players, like Carrick or Rooney.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ork-training-field-shortly-landing-China.html
Look at Mourinho hand writing for Mata as # 10 behind Memphis (written Depay) in red writings team.
Mourinho's lower case "g" is very distinct.
Tactic 1: Get the ball
tactic 2: Pass the ball
Tactic 3: Score (two and three were not in LVG's philosophy let alone tactics)
tactic 2: Pass the ball
Tactic 3: Score (two and three were not in LVG's philosophy let alone tactics)
it actually reads :
"Haha
Fellaini"
"Haha
Fellaini"