Originally posted by lchk:
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These "accounts" of forlan's performances for the reserves were shared with me by several fans who watches the reserve games which is why I qualified it with "by some accounts". Don't falsely accuse me of making a baseless statement.
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Who? and How?, unless they're following the reserves to Gigg each week or watching the matches on MUTV then "baseless" is exactly what these comments are, the only avid reporter on the reserves I have seen on here is Pat and I doubt he has taken to slagging off our own players. There are a few too many on here who are more than willing to share with all and sundry their considered opinions on things which they have not seen or heard first hand but on things which others have passed on, exactly why I referred to it as "chinese-whispers". If Softy is not allowed to cite a friend of a friend who just happens to have a friend in the boardroom of every premiership club when taunting MOT then similarly those who condemn United players on the same basis should be slated for it, particularly if they are supposed to be the United fans.
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I never talked that much about veron anyway so please drag me into it
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I'll leave it to Murt to drag out quotes from the past
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BTW, have you plucked up the courage to sample any durians yet?
Tried a little from a buffet at a Thai restaurant just yesterday but I have to say I was not hugely impressed. A bit tasteless, I think you compared it to eating cold custard previously and I would have to agree although cold custard should not have the smell of rotting carrion.
Originally posted by Bury Red:
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Who? and How?, unless they're following the reserves to Gigg each week or watching the matches on MUTV then "baseless" is exactly what these comments are, the only avid reporter on the reserves I have seen on here is Pat and I doubt he has taken to slagging off our own players. There are a few too many on here who are more than willing to share with all and sundry their considered opinions on things which they have not seen or heard first hand but on things which others have passed on, exactly why I referred to it as "chinese-whispers". If Softy is not allowed to cite a friend of a friend who just happens to have a friend in the boardroom of every premiership club when taunting MOT then similarly those who condemn United players on the same basis should be slated for it, particularly if they are supposed to be the United fans. </strong><hr></blockquote>
I have friends in the uk who watches MUTV and this is where I get my "accounts of forlan" from. Compredenz?
<strong>I'll leave it to Murt to drag out quotes from the past , suffice it to say that when you sling as much shit at our own players as you do, I would be heartilly surprised if you'd let this Juan off the hook. </strong><hr></blockquote>
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" /> No, I don't criticize veron as much as you believe.
<strong>Tried a little from a buffet at a Thai restaurant just yesterday but I have to say I was not hugely impressed. A bit tasteless, I think you compared it to eating cold custard previously and I would have to agree although cold custard should not have the smell of rotting carrion. </strong><hr></blockquote>
Is your msian counterparts still giving you hell with those 1 MB email accounts of theirs?
Originally posted by lchk:
<strong>Actually old donkey is a good player.
Better than forlan that's for sure.
and you have done nothing to refute that point besides laugh.
Shows what kind of a footballing brain you have.</strong><hr></blockquote>
So you like prefer Emile Heskey to one of your own teams players
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Originally posted by Murt:
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So you like prefer Emile Heskey to one of your own teams players
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Ideally it would be thierry henry
But of course in your narrow and blinkered mind, all utd players are world beaters and everyone else is inferior.
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I've watched all this season's reserve games, and Forlan has barely played, I think maybe one or two matches. In those games, he was played deep, as usual, and was either not far enough forward to get into a goalscoring position, or not given any service. I can only remember one chance which he missed. You can't base any judgement at all of him on the basis of this season's reserve games - and he's not had enough full first team games, as a striker, to be judged either.
Originally posted by Neil Thomson:
<strong>I've watched all this season's reserve games, and Forlan has barely played, I think maybe one or two matches. In those games, he was played deep, as usual, and was either not far enough forward to get into a goalscoring position, or not given any service. I can only remember one chance which he missed. You can't base any judgement at all of him on the basis of this season's reserve games - and he's not had enough full first team games, as a striker, to be judged either.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Neil, are you sure "you" actually watched them all and you weren't just told about them by a friend who watched them. I'd hate to go quoting you only to find I had been mislead by a third hand opinion
Originally posted by Neil Thomson:
<strong>I've watched all this season's reserve games, and Forlan has barely played, I think maybe one or two matches. In those games, he was played deep, as usual, and was either not far enough forward to get into a goalscoring position, or not given any service. I can only remember one chance which he missed. You can't base any judgement at all of him on the basis of this season's reserve games - and he's not had enough full first team games, as a striker, to be judged either.</strong><hr></blockquote>
So what you mean is that itchy bollocks is talking out of his arse!!!!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by lchk:
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On the contrary, Forlan has actually backslided from his progress last season when he actually had a few good shots at goal. He hardly even gets into scoring positions nowadays, let alone have a few cracks at goals - all he does in drift in midfield and on the wings where he shouldn't be in the first place.
If forlan is touted to be our next link striker, god help us....</strong><hr></blockquote>
He can't help it if he's put on to play on the wing can he? That's happened a few times this season as I recall.
And he was supposed to be our next but one link striker - Paolo di Canio's understudy. Now he's got no one to understudy and he's been thrown into the deep end. Credit to the kid, he's doing okay considering.
Still, he's a tryer and Hasselbaink isn't and that really is the crux of my argument. Skill aside, which Hasselbaink has bagfuls, the next most important thing is attitude and effort wouldn't you agree? Now of this stuff Forlan's got a shedload. That's enough for me.
Originally posted by lchk:
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I miss durians. Can't get D24 over here in the UK, and as you say, thai durians are rather tasteless