Well, we will have to put the trust on our scouts + Queiroz this time.

Rio Ferdinand to make comeback in Man Utd reserves



http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/t...utd/8960796.stm

Leading by example



http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=...&newsid=6651688

This post has been edited by alien2003: Sep 1 2010, 10:55 PM

I dun understand why many are picking on Carrick. IMHO, he's still one good player, great passing ability and vision, and also good in long range shots as well.

In fact, I think he will be a better option than Lampard to pair up with Gerrard in the national team. England could have been better with him. Just can't see the reason pairing up gerrard with Lampard. It's a proven failure.

Well my opinion is that he doesn't have that 'dominating presence' in the midfield. He fits the bills with Lampard or Gerrard because while these 2 are dominating personas and get in front often, he will have to stay back.

He was great in the 1st one or two seasons he joined us, but recent seasons there haven't been many convincing displays.

It's just natural IMO to have that doubt. Scholes and Giggs are getting older and likely to have only a season or two at most being as effective as they are today. We have Fletcher, but he's a different kind of a player. Ando and Gibson doesn't look like a certainty ATM. And so the spotlight is on Carrick to help lessen the burden and help us have a smooth transition from the old to the new generation.

He has never been that kind of a player. In fact I don't think we have someone with that type of presence since Keano left. He has been consistently good for 3 seasons. Only last season was a blip. We'll see how he does in the coming season. If his form doesn't pick up, we'll let him go and brought in someone else. Until then, he has every chance of capturing his form and place back. Looked like his former self against Chelsea. Just a matter of time before he gets his chance again. SAF might just silently let him know he got to earn his place by putting him on the subs list in all our games so far although another possible reason is that SAF just want to build our form and momentum by playing almost the same side for a few games before making changes to the side.

attack start with carrick but not him who finish the attack..he doesnt get the limelight

but the same can be said with Scholes, he starts every attack. The saying goes, form is temporary, class is permanent.

In Hargreaves with have someone with the dominating persona and hard tackler, i.e Keano's true successor. I love the way he plays and he really shows the will to win balls and matches. My fav part of him is during the UCL 2008 in Moscow where he took the penalty and score. He pumped his fist with a mean look and was almost practically saying "take that u fekking blues!"

Hargreaves on the list!!



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This post has been edited by fesick: Sep 2 2010, 01:21 AM

ur squad until Januray next year:

Manchester United: Ben Amos, Darren Fletcher, Tomasz Kuszczak, Darron Gibson, Edwin van der Sar, Ryan Giggs, Wes Brown, Owen Hargreaves, Nani, Anderson, Park Ji-Sung, Jonathan Evans, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, Antonio Valencia, Gary Neville, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Javier Hernandez, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney. (United can also use Fabio, Rafael, Ritchie De Laet, Gabriel Obertan, Bebe, Chris Smalling, Federico Macheda).

Owen Hargreaves in the 25 man squad eh? He really needs some serious game time though.

VAS DIS? Hargreaves? On my list?

D:

I wonder when will his Grobbelaar knees be back in shape.

i still remember Van der Vaart saying on this : http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11667_6324592,00.html

anyways, nice late signing from spurs

Owen Hargreaves made it to the 25 squad list ? good for him! wouldnt be fair to kick him out. he still can prove his worth at united.

hoho owen makes the list.so who knows this might be the baptism of fire the guy needs.fngers crossed second half of the season he makes a FULL comeback!!come on godssssss of football let me see owen playing again come this january!!!!!!

Who is left out then? All the major players are included

hoo now spurs can have more credibility in cl.vdv will make the difference in the cl for them.

anyway us united fans shouldnt be so down wit the less activity(tho we did sign 3 players!!).signings DONT guarantee trophy's ,a team wins trophies.so far we have a team so why all the fuss with no signings etc etc.this season were still covered.

the only problem i see is in a season or when giggs and scholes retires and we have some time to go before then.so look forward dont be sooo down beat lo .by that time we might see the young ones stepping up, or who knows make signings that you crave so much.so for this season, rest easy and let the football take its course.

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Added on September 2, 2010, 1:57 ammm no one i guess.the rest are either under 21 or fall in the category of home grown players.

its official now:(from our club's fb page)

Manchester United Official Premier League squad announced.
Homegrown: Gibson, Giggs, Brown, Evans, Rio, Scholes, Neville, O'Shea, Carrick, Owen & Rooney.

Other: Amos, Fletcher, Kuszczak, Van der Sar, Hargreaves, Nani, Anderson, Park, Evra, Valencia, Berbatov, Chicharito & Vidic.

Plus under 21s Fabio, Rafael, De Laet, Obertan, Bebe, Smalling & Macheda

This post has been edited by mhyug: Sep 2 2010, 02:56 AM

of course it would be better. Both Lampard and Gerrard are more like CAM type that tends to go forward with the ball or just shoot it from a million feet away. Both of them have the same role thus none of them would want their other CM partner to have the chance to shine. That is why Capello pushed Gerrard to the wings and threw in Barry alongside Lampard in CM position

Manchester United New Boy Bebe: Sir Alex Ferguson Made Me Cut My Dreadlocks


http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2010...son-made-me-cut

Hahaha this explains the haircut



Manchester United Keeping Tabs On Standard Liege Star Steven Defour - Report

http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2010...ege-star-steven

Anyone knows bout this guy? We were linked to him every year yet we haven't made a single move. If he's that good, why other teams aren't interested?

We won the Champs League with pretty much the same midfield lineup of course minus Owen Hargreaves but we reached final a year later without him. Carrick is a good midfielder, maybe not world class, but his overall contribution is fantastic and fans tend to overlook that probably due to his price tag or over comparison to Scholes. But i still rate him highly, his passing and vision is very good.

Scholes is on another level himself, and not many are and close to joining him on the same step.

Hargreaves ain't a Keano successor. Hard tackler, dominating persona is just part of it. Passing ability is more important. Don't have to be great like Scholes, but have to at least be useful or comfortable enough there. Hargreaves haven't showed enough there to suggest we can rely on him there aside from providing defensive cover and and an endless amount of hard work in that position. He looked really good out wide though..

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Rio played 45 mins for the reserve. Ando played the full 90mins. Score was 2-1 in our favour. Macheda got the winner.

Good to hear that Ando played the full 90 minutes. Is he ready for a premier league game now?

This post has been edited by DaBestOne: Sep 2 2010, 08:57 AM

huhuhu
we miss Van der Vaart
cheap and superb player ...