Completely forgot he played for us, Rud Von Nistelroom.
Ruud van Nistelrooy has joined United's coaching staff
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) get the depressing job of reviewing United's 3-0 loss at Old Trafford to Liverpool. They discuss what went wrong, Casemiro's day to forget, and the pressure now on Erik Ten Hag. They also take some time to give McTominay a proper farewell, and give their overall thoughts on the Summer Transfer Window.
And Zirkzee and Rene Hake..
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If only he would play..
And the new GK-coach...
My love for Ruud paved a sort of dislike towards ronaldo that last till today. I hope he stays a coach here or go be a good head coach somewhere else first. We don't want our fans call his head like what happened with our legend OGS. That was heartbreaking to do.
Will our no. 2 be fired? I loved Ruud as a player, and there is so much nostalgia in this thread. I truly hope he has a positive impact here
Does this mean Steve Round is leaving?
Nah, Jimmy Lumsden will be going.
I think he has a role in some capacity. The inspirational videos shown to the players for FA Cup final had a Phelan watermark on them.
I may be completely wrong on that assumption, may have been added by whoever released it, but I definetly recall seeing it and thinking it was strange considering he was gone.
Bit slack of them to make him look like a peeping Tom in the process.
Ruud now being driven by Ruud in 40 years.
That's Rooney at 40
This is great news……Ruud was the best finisher/poacher I’ve seen at Utd - if he can impart a fraction of that onto Rasmus then he will elevate his potential no ends.
For me it's just his movement in the box he needs to improve on, his finishing isn't bad.
Ruud had the best first touch for a striker I've ever seen at United. So many of his goals came after an incredible first touch to control a cross into the box. If he can teach even half of that ability to Rasmus, he'll be on to something.
I’d say that would be Berba.
imagine if a ball rolls towards ruud and he accidentally controls it out of instinct, and then suella throws him out of the country for working without a visa.
Have you been living under a rock these past 4 days?
oh look, a sheep that believes what they read. labour winning was a sham. the conservatives weren’t able to get their policies through with all the woke snowflakes, so they faked losing the election, so people would leave them alone, and allow them to deport immigrants and castigate the poor. a bit like how trump has been running america for the last 4 years, whilst people assumed it was biden.
Depends on what you want from the first touch. Berbatov could control a ball out of nowhere and play it off as linking the play was more part of his remit, rather than being a poacher.
But, Ruud's first touch and awareness to use it to hold off a defender, create half a yard and set himself for a finish was totally different and much more effective inside the box.
Wonder why we’re going for all Dutch coaches. That mean ETH is staying for at least 2 more years?
Hopefully he's a good leader now and not the salty bitch he was when he left in disgrace back in 2006
At United it's us against the world no more childish in-fighting please.
At United it's us against the world no more childish in-fighting please.
Buzzing to see what he can do with the team in training especially the young ST we have.
This. Plenty have graceful technique, but where Ruud was all on his own was how much purpose that first touch always had. One motion to - if only for half a second - take three defenders out of the game and turn a crowded area into an open goal.
Yeah, that goal against Charlton I think, where he chested it over his own head and the defender and smashed a volley it on the turn. Always seemed to be able to get himself an extra split second to get a shot away.
This has got caretaker manager by October written all over it
Giggs
That's the hope, although at first glance, Hojlund seems a different type of striker from a stylistic perspective.
Not really, thats Neo from The Matrix.
If anyone ever questioned if we were still by far the biggest club in England this past few months will have put those doubts to rest.
We are back baby, ready to ruin more childhoods.
We are back baby, ready to ruin more childhoods.
I said a couple of weeks ago hes our backup manager in case TH doesnt work out. The fact the contracts are similar, only for 2 years, makes me think this even more. He could get a managers job elsewhere, seems odd he would take a backward step imo.
The only thing stopping me from getting the Ruud reversible kit when he signed for us was that the United megastore in Singapore didn't have the small 'V' lettering for his name. My late old man, who was buying it for me, thought I was being unreasonably picky because 'no one would notice' but I certainly did! I went home with 'Scholes 18' instead and if I look hard enough it should still be somewhere at my parents' place.
Great times.
Still got my Giggs,Scholes and Beckam ones. Also a Beckham England one.
Spent all day in Bristol looking for that Scholes one. The Beckham England one will get worn these next 1-2 games.
Yep - first thing I thought when I heard he was coming in. But I do also really help that he (and the other new coaching appointments) can help EtH turn it around, because the FA Cup aside, last season was utterly dire.
He doesn’t consider it a backward step. He didn’t feel that he was ready in his 1 stint as a manager at PSV.