[steeeb]

I'm not entirely sure he could play 90mins in the prem just yet either. But at least it's not like Anderson's not being able to play 90 minutes.

He may start soon and get 60 minutes or so though.

 

[wiz4231]

Fantastic player, solid performance, improvement on carrick

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

Thought he was good on the ball, as you'd expect, but off the ball, he still seems a bit sluggish to me, and at that time, Brugge were sitting behind the ball, as opposed to pressing high like they did in the first half.

 

[Mali_Zeus]

Good cameo by him, calmed our midfield and sprayed a lot of passes, he still needs to get a bit fitter.

 

[Riz]

Really helped drive us on against a tiring Brugge team, thought he had a great half personally.

 

[sizzling sausages]

Still doesn't look fully fit yet. I think he might get another half at the weekend and then 60 minutes in the second leg.

 

[Earthquake]

6m.

 

[izec]

Fair play to Bayern, they sold him for peanuts and didnt stay in his way. We did the same with RvP too.

 

[Blackwidow]

6m.

Or 9m EUR. That is what Sportbild told was the transfer sum for him.

But as I stated before - if he wants to leave they will not ask for anything over the odds. It probably did not take much more than a phone call between Rummenigge and Woodwards.

63 touches, brought stability, played 54 passes, 91 % pass quote

 

[Raw]

 

[Damien]

a fan who was apparently sat in front of him:

 

[Trizy]

Just reading this thread makes me miss him so much . And that after a pretty great 5-0 win in the opening game tonight. I want him back.

No, he's our Basti .. Besides I think I'm in love with him

 

[FujiVice]

We gained a great player in Bastian and a super fan in Tobi.

We should sign him. Just because.

 

[Earthquake]

Or 9m EUR. That is what Sportbild told was the transfer sum for him.

But as I stated before - if he wants to leave they will not ask for anything over the odds. It probably did not take much more than a phone call between Rummenigge and Woodwards.

63 touches, brought stability, played 54 passes, 91 % pass quote

Aye, fair play to Rummenigge and Bayern for letting this happen so easily, very classy of them.

The smiley was more an expression of joy, rather than meant to be in mean spirit. It's still slightly surreal that he plays for us now.

 

[Devil_forever]

Or 9m EUR. That is what Sportbild told was the transfer sum for him.

But as I stated before - if he wants to leave they will not ask for anything over the odds. It probably did not take much more than a phone call between Rummenigge and Woodwards

Woodward said it was quite a tricky deal to complete in his interview with MUTV. I don't for a second take BILD's figure seriously, they're the same people who said we had bid over €100m for Muller.

 

[bosnian_red]

Or 9m EUR. That is what Sportbild told was the transfer sum for him.

But as I stated before - if he wants to leave they will not ask for anything over the odds. It probably did not take much more than a phone call between Rummenigge and Woodwards.

63 touches, brought stability, played 54 passes, 91 % pass quote

Similar to his stats against Villa really. Think he had like 35 passes in just under 30 minutes, and now 54 passes in 45 minutes. Will be getting over 100 passes with a full game.

 

[Blackwidow]

Woodward said it was quite a tricky deal to complete in his interview with MUTV. I don't for a second take BILD's figure seriously, they're the same people who said we had bid over €100m for Muller.

Maybe with Schweinsteiger - not with Bayern... Ask Hoeneß - his agent was a tough cookie already at the last contract talks in 2011...

About Müller - I answer you in his thread in the transfer forum!

 

[Charlie Foley]

We gained a great player in Bastian and a super fan in Tobi.

We should sign him. Just because.

I'm sure this is the brother who supported United all along. Schweinsteiger did an interview in 2010 I think with Four Four Two mentioning the atmosphere in OT being amazing when he played in the QF, and that his brother was at him, half kidding, to join United, but he said he had to honour his commitment to Bayern.

 

[Blackwidow]

I'm sure this is the brother who supported United all along. Schweinsteiger did an interview in 2010 I think with Four Four Two mentioning the atmosphere in OT being amazing when he played in the QF, and that his brother was at him, half kidding, to join United, but he said he had to honour his commitment to Bayern.

He only has one brother who is two years older than he is. And yes - it was him that was a United fan.

 

[Eric'sCollar]

Great to see him in Europe for us. He is made for it.

 

[santeria13]

Paul Scholes talking about Bastian Schweinsteiger :
"I have absolutely no idea [why he's not starting]."

As much as I love him, he does come off as quite a tool in terms of analyzing football.

 

[Swaters16]

Paul Scholes talking about Bastian Schweinsteiger :
"I have absolutely no idea [why he's not starting]."

As much as I love him, he does come off as quite a tool in terms of analyzing football.

Massive tool and it makes me think he would be an unbelievably shit coach.

 

[Devil may care]

The thing I love about him is it feels like he is here for all the right reasons and his eagerness to help the cause is evident. Not as good as he was against Villa but I thought he got a solid 45 minutes under his belt, still carrying a bit too much timber though.

 

[sglowrider]

Paul Scholes talking about Bastian Schweinsteiger :
"I have absolutely no idea [why he's not starting]."

As much as I love him, he does come off as quite a tool in terms of analyzing football.

Has a Napoleon complex on TV.

 

[sglowrider]

United is too cheap to give him some decent tickets?

 

[NotQuiteManc]

Still looks heavy but hopefully he will play more prominent role once he gets his fitness back again.

 

[Hamadovich86]

Looks a bit fat doesnt he? Needs to put the plates down and pick up some weights. His movement is labored so far but what he lacks in fitness he compensates with good vision and leadership in the midfield.

 

[SATA]

Is his brother good as well? Can't be that far off I would imagine

 

[Maroo]

I think when we start with him, it would be the same problem as we sometimes have with when Carrick is off-beat - slowing the play down. Basti is a great option to control games when we are leading; not sure if he is fit enough right now to dictate games from the start

 

[Balu]

Is his brother good as well? Can't be that far off I would imagine

Not really that good. He played a few seasons in the 2nd and 3rd division in Germany and the last 3 years for Bayern's 2nd team. He retired this summer and is now a coach in our youth academy.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I thought he looked quite off the pace. More of a Spurs than a Villa performance. Scholesy can huff and puff all he wants but BFS doesn't look ready to start a game yet, so I've no problem with him continuing to get cameos off the bench.

 

[Sir A1ex]

Paul Scholes talking about Bastian Schweinsteiger :
"I have absolutely no idea [why he's not starting]."

As much as I love him, he does come off as quite a tool in terms of analyzing football.

Thing I'm realising with Scholesy is that I kind of always took his quiet reticence as a sign of intelligence... wise men listen, rather than shout their mouths of etc.

But now that he's started taking I've realised that he's actually pretty thick, which is probably the real reason he never used to day much.

Love him to bits though.

 

[Raees]

I thought he looked quite off the pace. More of a Spurs than a Villa performance. Scholesy can huff and puff all he wants but BFS doesn't look ready to start a game yet, so I've no problem with him continuing to get cameos off the bench.

Funny thing is his fitness doesn't seem to get better game by game... sometimes he looks lively, next game he looks off the pace. It is a pattern which has continued from pre season.

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

Why is he so overweight at the start of a season by the way?

 

[JoaquinJoaquin]

I thought he looked quite off the pace. More of a Spurs than a Villa performance. Scholesy can huff and puff all he wants but BFS doesn't look ready to start a game yet, so I've no problem with him continuing to get cameos off the bench.

Agreed, But got a funny feeling we will actually see him starting vs Newcastle at the weekend.

 

[JPRouve]

Why is he so overweight at the start of a season by the way?

So overweight? He isn't overweight at all.

 

[Werder Herzog]

He has impressed me so far without being fully fit. Imagine him even at 90%. Winning leagues etc is great but just being able to watch this guy play in our shirt and everytime he does make our midfield look improved makes me hard.

 

[Charlie Foley]

He only has one brother who is two years older than he is. And yes - it was him that was a United fan.

Ok I thought so, thanks (and thanks for BFS!!)

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

So overweight? He isn't overweight at all.

Have you seen him? He looks a bit portly to me. Still class though.

 

[2cents]

I thought he looked quite off the pace. More of a Spurs than a Villa performance. Scholesy can huff and puff all he wants but BFS doesn't look ready to start a game yet, so I've no problem with him continuing to get cameos off the bench.

Why is he so overweight at the start of a season by the way?

Yeah I wasn't impressed last night. Was he injured at the end of last season or something? Looks nowhere near as sharp as the rest of the squad, and annoyed me a few times by dwelling on the ball. Still good to see him demanding the ball so much, but I'm not sure why he's getting a pass for being blatantly unfit right now.