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Competition is great but there's a fine line between having a strong, interchangeable squad and overloading and freezing out youth.

And I don't get your second point either. Are you suggesting he doesn't deserve a chance? If not why make the comment? Regardless of circumstance, an 18 year old being one of United's best players is definitely an achievement.

Freezing out youth?

So if we sign Depay or another player after getting rid of Nani, Zaha and Hernandez, then Januzaj should leave? If he's good enough, he'd play. Van Gaal does not give a toss about names or price tags. Surely you know this by now?

And my second point was fairly simple. Being the best player, when we finished 7th and every other player was piss poor isn't something I'd shout about. Even DDG got player of the year and I bet he hopes that he doesn't get it next season.
 
What the hell is the context of that video ! That's the weirdest thing I've seen in a long time!
Basically it sums up Papadops anger issues and also proves that ''Requiem for a dream'' makes everything more epic!
 
BT sport in commentary and sideline reports on Thomas Vermaelen say he may have already agreed to join Barcelona.
 
Freezing out youth?

So if we sign Depay or another player after getting rid of Nani, Zaha and Hernandez, then Januzaj should leave? If he's good enough, he'd play. Van Gaal does not give a toss about names or price tags. Surely you know this by now?

And my second point was fairly simple. Being the best player, when we finished 7th and every other player was piss poor isn't something I'd shout about. Even DDG got player of the year and I bet he hopes that he doesn't get it next season.
You honestly don't think Januzaj's season was an achievement? Of course he isn't happy the team are playing poorly, that's a ridiculously simplistic way of looking at it. He had barely played reserve football by the time he first made the team, yet he looked every inch a United player. If anything, it's more impressive that he stood out consistently despite the fact everyone around him was falling apart. It's much easier for a young player to come into a winning side.

I'm suggesting signing Depay is ridiculous when we already have a youngster whose potential is sky high, who himself is already struggling for regular football. When everyone is fit, RVP, Rooney and Mata will play regardless of how well Januzaj is playing. You can say Van Gaal doesn't care about reputation and that's true to an extent but he isn't dropping one of the three players who clearly stand out from the rest.

I accept they won't always be fit, arguably it'll be a rarity. But when a striker is injured, Welbeck will come in, and when Mata is injured, it'll probably be Kagawa. It looks like Nani is almost certainly leaving but Hernandez is by no means a certainty. Januzaj broke into the team as a wide player, and we don't use them any more. He's barely played as a 10 and never played as a striker for us. He'll struggle to get game time as it is. Why would we sign Depay?
 
If Vermaelen joins Barcelona it's impossible to guess who we'll sign.
 
BT sport in commentary and sideline reports on Thomas Vermaelen say he may have already agreed to join Barcelona.

According to the Telegraph six weeks ago he'd also 'agreed terms' to join us.

This latest one could be just the rumour mill of course but I'm sure Arsenal would much rather sell him to Barcelona than to us.

If Vermaelen joins Barcelona it's impossible to guess who we'll sign.

Absolutely. The media won't have a clue who to link with us defensively, so they'll just keep churning up Hummels name even though that looks highly unlikely.
 
According to the Telegraph six weeks ago he'd also 'agreed terms' to join us.

This latest one could be just the rumour mill of course but I'm sure Arsenal would much rather sell him to Barcelona than to us.



Absolutely. The media won't have a clue who to link with us defensively, so they'll just keep churning up Hummels name even though that looks highly unlikely.
If we do sign players I can see it being ones we wouldn't expect. Like Herrera, never thought we'd go back in for him so it just added to the excitement.
 
Vidal can't go to Asia when he's going to Manchester first. Silly people.
 
I wouldn't rule Vermaelen out straight away, as much as I find him underwhelming I have to feel a little like we are missing something if Barca are interested.

If not him Subotic (let me guess, no chance cos it's Dortmund?) would be fantastic as would Benatia (although not a great ball player) I wouldn't mind us having a pop at getting Vlaar (brave strong CB with intelligence) good intelligent and available Centre backs are rare.
 
I wouldn't rule Vermaelen out straight away, as much as I find him underwhelming I have to feel a little like we are missing something if Barca are interested.

If not him Subotic (let me guess, no chance cos it's Dortmund?) would be fantastic as would Benatia (although not a great ball player) I wouldn't mind us having a pop at getting Vlaar (brave strong CB with intelligence) good intelligent and available Centre backs are rare.

If Barca are interested, they're being daft. If they weren't daft that would have went for Vidic
 

Isn't this just in addition to the Asia tour? It would be pointless for him to wait and then head out to Australia later as the halfway point and connecting flight is in Asia. This is probably in regards to the rumours he won't be playing I'm Asia but he will in Australia.
 
I wouldn't rule Vermaelen out straight away, as much as I find him underwhelming I have to feel a little like we are missing something if Barca are interested.

If not him Subotic (let me guess, no chance cos it's Dortmund?) would be fantastic as would Benatia (although not a great ball player) I wouldn't mind us having a pop at getting Vlaar (brave strong CB with intelligence) good intelligent and available Centre backs are rare.
You've lost the plot (again).
 
If Barca are interested, they're being daft. If they weren't daft that would have went for Vidic
I'm sure Barcelona, Madrid fans would agree that there's a certain pedigree needed if any one of us are interested in a player. For me sometimes Barca being interested in a player is enough for me to think he would also fit our system. Even more so now that LVG is our manager.
 
Meh, Crerand also denied Ferguson was retiring a couple of hours before it was made official.
He clearly didn't know then, because he was not TOLD.

If he say's Rooney has told him some information, why would we not believe it?. What possible good reason would there be for him to lie?
 
He clearly didn't know then, because he was not TOLD.

If he say's Rooney has told him some information, why would we not believe it?. What possible good reason would there be for him to lie?
I agree, I mean it's a stretch to think that Crerand would randomly throw that joke out there. He tends to lean on the side of us not needing new players and what we have is good enough to win the CL.
 
He clearly didn't know then, because he was not TOLD.

If he say's Rooney has told him some information, why would we not believe it?. What possible good reason would there be for him to lie?
Have you seen the clip? He's just joking around
 
Have you seen the clip? He's just joking around
Of course I have. I really don't see how you can see that as joking around?. He's said he had a chat with Rooney and he told him about a player we are signing, but said he won't mention anything further with a little giggle. He' obviously excited about it which is good news.
 
Vlaar and Vermaelen are clearly not good enough and Benatia is good on the ball. You also seem to be changing your mind about a player because Barcelona might want him. The rantings of a lunatic.
I always thought of Benatia as a brave player more than a play out from the back type. Your right I don't think they are the absolute best, but everything Hummels is mentioned he's swatted away and I'm hard pressed to think of another Cb that has the same qualities as someone like Vermaelen, yes he's been injured and not played much but there's no denying he is both brave and puts his body on the line AND is a neat passed of the ball with composure. The only other I can think of is Hummels and to a lesser extent Subotic. I mean what we are trying to do is roll several qualities into a single player:

Experience
Strong, not afraid to jump in Vidic style.
Clever on the ball, passing, distribution.
Natural leader at the back.

Usually those are attributes spread between two or more players. With Vidic and Rio gone we lost players that have all those qualities X2.
 
What? So Vidal has not joined them to their tour to Asia?

But will later catch up with them in Australia? Hasn't Marotta claimed he will go on tour with them? (which wouldnt make his statement false, but interesting nontheless)
 
What? So Vidal has not joined them to their tour to Asia?

But will later catch up with them in Australia? Hasn't Marotta claimed he will go on tour with them? (which wouldnt make his statement false, but interesting nontheless)
Yep so the rest of the squad are going, and he will meet them up later.

I have a feeling when we return on tuesday/wednesday things are going to heat up :drool:
 
Have you seen the clip? He's just joking around
I don't think so at all. I mean I don't have any reason to think he is not joking but it's pretty obvious he had a chat with Rooney, thats what they were talking about. They were discussing how things have changed and out of the blue he mentioned he'd had a chat with Wazza and as a little teaser mentioned the player Rooney knew about. He's no where near sharp enough to think "oh I know a good wind up" hes not like that in his reporting.
 
Yep so the rest of the squad are going, and he will meet them up later.

I have a feeling when we return on tuesday/wednesday things are going to heat up :drool:

Now these are some really interesting news. Why is that not posted in the Vidal thread? Could actually make the whole thing ON again.
 
Yep so the rest of the squad are going, and he will meet them up later.

I have a feeling when we return on tuesday/wednesday things are going to heat up :drool:
Well I'm not sure on that, to me it reads like he's going with the squad but not playing until the aus leg.
 
I wouldn't rule Vermaelen out straight away, as much as I find him underwhelming I have to feel a little like we are missing something if Barca are interested.

If not him Subotic (let me guess, no chance cos it's Dortmund?) would be fantastic as would Benatia (although not a great ball player) I wouldn't mind us having a pop at getting Vlaar (brave strong CB with intelligence) good intelligent and available Centre backs are rare.

Solve our CB problems with another injury-prone player that has played feck all football in 2 seasons? Genius recruitment by United!

Who's to say Barca are only interested in signin him because we look to be keen?
 
I can't wait for this fecking window to shut, so we can get on with playing football without all this bollox
 
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