Press Conferences 2012/13

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"Main notable absentees from training - Young, Rooney, Smalling and Jones. Anderson and Evra both training as is Fletcher."
 
I remember last season the player who SAF brought along usually didn't end up playing.
 
At 2pm, but MUTV are showing this at 4pm.
 
Michael Keane is training with the first-team squad ahead of tomorrow's game with Galatasaray
 
Sir Alex and Javier Hernandez are here and we're ready to get started. The boss opens by declaring the team will reflect his desire of not wanting to be careless. "I'll be playing a more experienced team tomorrow," he says, and then admits the key to success in the competition will be keeping the defenders fit.


The manager hopes the home form will return to its impressive best in Europe after the relatively poor performances at Old Trafford last term in both the Champions League and Europa League. "It has to be a driving force," he says of the need to put teams to bed and go for more goals rather than resting on any laurels. "Goal difference feels like a priority. Better being on the black side of that than the red. It has to be an important issue for us."
 
Sir Alex is asked about playing away on the back of a Champions League tie, with Liverpool on the horizon. "You don't get it all your own way just got to accept it and get on with it," he replies. When a journalist from Nippon TV makes a query about Shinji Kagawa, the boss says he could have played on Saturday as he's fit and has trained today. "He'll be a very important player for us."
 
Javier Hernandez takes centre stage and declares: "Right now, I'm happy. Every time you have a proper rest and I made my first pre-season with the team of course it's going to help me a lot. I'm the luckiest player in the world to be at this club."

The inevitable question about the goalkeeping situation crops up but the manager merely states there is a strong possibility that David De Gea could come back. He continues to add it will be a very close game tomorrow because, speaking from experience, games against Turkish opposition are always tough.
 
Sir Alex elaborates a little about his choice in goal, admitting both David De Gea and Anders Lindegaard are young and inexperienced in the English game so "alternating is not a big problem for me".
 
Sir Alex says he did not hear any chants about Liverpool on Saturday but chief executive David Gill did from the directors' box and was disappointed with them. "We are completely in support of Liverpool Football Club at this moment in time and understand what the families must have felt when they got that report," he stated. "I'm disappointed to hear that. It's a minority."

The manager also addresses a question about racism in football and reckons you would not have heard that issue brought up last year. "Last season was a bad one for the sport," he admits. "I don't think, apart from last year, it's been an issue."
 
StanleyCupboard said:
Sir Alex elaborates a little about his choice in goal, admitting both David De Gea and Anders Lindegaard are young and inexperienced in the English game so "alternating is not a big problem for me".
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Wonder if the defenders agree with this? Surely having stability in goal would be much better and allow the back 5 to get some sort of understanding. Seems GK rotation is here to stay.
 
Ah.. so it was Hernandez.
Bit of a nothing presser. No news is good news I guess.
Now to get ready for the CL :D
 
Ish84045 said:
Thanks for the update Stanley.

No news on the injury front?

Who's out for sure? Smalling, Jones, Rooney, Fletcher...Young?
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For some reason I expected Rooney to be fit for this game, than I did the math and figured out I was being too optimistic, it's not even 4 weeks yet since his injury.
Young's a strange one, but shouldn't be out for long.
Fletcher is training as far as I can tell, Jones is out for 2-3 months, but Smalling should only take a couple of weeks to get back if I remember correctly.
 
Ish84045 said:
Thanks OGKush and Stanley!

I've been wondering out Ando as well. Was he even on the bench this weekend?
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No, but he said he had a knee injury and would be back for the next game, so it makes sense that he is fit now.
 
Any idea what time it'll be today?
 
Reds midweek squad all fit for Anfield but Rooney not ready. SAF: Wayne could return next week." Young (bruised cartilage) back in 2-3 wks.
 
That sucks, physioroom.com has had Young listed as coming back on Sunday, the 23rd, for weeks. He must have re-injured himself, it's listed as a knee injury, is this knee cartilage bruising?
 
gooDevil said:
That sucks, physioroom.com has had Young listed as coming back on Sunday, the 23rd, for weeks. He must have re-injured himself, it's listed as a knee injury, is this knee cartilage bruising?
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Or perhaps, just maybe, Physio room is full of shite

Fletch will start against Newcastle on Wednesday apparently
 
If it was just bruised cartilage from when we lost him I'd think he'd be closer than 2-3 weeks, but it's certainly possible physioroom is wrong. But they're generally pretty good.
 
Young never got injured when he was at Villa.. joined us last season and missed a few weeks with injuries and now again..
crazy.
 
Reading Fergie's comments it seems more like we're just not bringing him back earlier than required. Makes sense really, with Nani and Valencia fit we don't need him urgently and Welbeck/Kagawa can step in to the wide positions if needed.
 
Here are the main points from Sir Alex's press conference:

"We had bad news earlier in the week about Nemanja [Vidic]. It's a blow. We've had a terrible time with defenders. Hopefully we get through the next three games and the international break comes along. By that time we should have Chris Smalling back.

"On Wednesday we played two young boys and they did very well. Scott Wootton reads the game well, passes the ball well and having seen him in a situation against very experienced players, I thought he did very well. That's a bonus for us and he'll be involved in the game tomorrow.

"Antonio Valencia's doubtful. He got a knock first of all when he went into the tackle with Agger and Johnson [at Anfield] before he broke clear and got brought down. He got an ankle injury there. But if he's not okay for tomorrow he should be okay for Tuesday [against Cluj].

"Tottenham is always an interesting game and they play good football. It's disappoiting for Harry Redknapp not to be there after the job he did but the new lad, Andre Villas-Boas has a similar philosophy that suits Tottenham. His teams always try and play and it should be an interesting game. I think it will be open and they'll come to try and express themselves. United/Tottenham games are always good. Hopefully we can maintain our consistency at the moment, which isn't too bad.

"Darren Fletcher is in the squad for tomorrow. Obviously having played on Wednesday night and contributed so well - also it was his first game of that magnitute for 10 months - I wouldn't start him. But he may get a place on the bench and he could possibly go to Romania and play against Cluj. That could be an ideal opportunity for him. His enthusiasm on Wednesday night was fantastic. Darren sat in front of the two centre-backs and did a really good job." (NC)

The boss was also asked about a possible return to the England set-up for Rio Ferdinand following John Terry's international retirement: "It's entirely up to Rio. I wouldn't think he'll get called up. I think Roy made his decision for the Euros and I can't see him changing that. It would be difficult for him to go to Rio now and welcome him back. If that happens it's entirely up to Rio in terms of what he wants to do. I don't know if Rio would do it - I haven't asked him. It's just speculation from the press at the moment after Terry's decision to retire from international football." (NC)
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Good news about Fletcher, Valencia, Smalling and Wootton. There doesn't seem to be anything on Rafael though. PhysioRoom say he picked up a knock and there's no return date so hopefully that along with there being nothing said in the conference means that he should be ok for the game.
 
'Sir Alex denies plot-losing stories. Is wearing odd socks though; sure sign of dementia.'
 
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