He was down with the virus along with a few others a couple of weeks back, and then he got injured I think. He's another one i hope will show some improvement in his play ala Anderson so far.

That was in Nani's and Ando's first season I guess. December?
Trust the old man. Hoho. Nani #11.

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Getting Beckham on loan would make sense right now. Would be a good move if we intend to let Cleverley stay on at Wigan at January(can we recall him in January, and send him back out on loan after Park comes back or within loan window?)

VDS
Gary-Rio-Brown-Evra
Beckham-Scholes-Carrick-Giggs
Owen-Berbatov

Oldest 1st 11 in the league?

Temporary. Park off to the Asian Cup. Valencia still recovering. Bebe is not ready yet. He would be a good option to have for a few months. Might not be needed with Obertan still around though. And we could always recall Cleverley back, and then loan him back out again once Park returns. Rooney could also play out wide. We have tons of options.

Reyes. After that cry back home to Spain and never show up ever since.

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Added on December 22, 2010, 8:09 amAs for Berba.. accepting awards also lazy to do. What la the guy.

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It's all about the $$ they get from TV deals. Apart from Real and Barca who get big sum of $$, the rest are feeding on left overs having to share between themselves. I hope we never see individual tv rights in EPL ever.

I wonder if they rate Rafa as highly. They must be..

Lindegaard FTW!

Not sure we gonna let Amos go out anywhere. We won't have to register his name right? Or maybe we will have to. Damn. Any youth HG prospect around?

Salah tempat la plak..

This post has been edited by Wan: Dec 23 2010, 10:41 PM

If Lindegaard doesn't work out, if he is indeed the one on 'trial' this time round, we will buy another GK. There's no way we gonna give it to Kuszczak. Maybe he would get the chance to stand in as #1 next season if Lindegaard doesn't work out in that season, but come the start of the new season after that, we will have another #1.

Maybe we just didn't want to disrupt his season there. Let him play and stand on his own feet there, and then get him. Lindegaard will get games if SAF sees enough in training. Might as well find out in the coming months how he would do behind our defence. If he is the one, he will play regardless anyway next season as #1.

We still don't know how the picture looks though. Will we get another GK, a better one to actually take over from VDS or will we bring in another backup GK if Kuszczak does indeed leave? I can't see Kuszczak staying. He would know by know what SAF's plans are regarding the GK situation. If he's not #1 after VDS, I doubt he would be happy to just stay on.

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Added on December 24, 2010, 12:07 amStill hoping for VDS to stay at least another year. He can still do it. Would be great if he is on the bench with Lindegaard(if he is the one la) starting most games. Would give us a bit of a safety net.

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Arsene butthurt because of Nani's comments.

It's not about being negative about him. He's a good reliable backup GK. Just like how Phil was a good backup/squad player and what O'Shea is doing right now. He's been here as long as VDS and never once been seen as someone who would take over. It won't change just because VDS is nearing the end.

If SAF wants to give a chance to Kuszczak to stake a claim, he wouldn't have bothered scouting the likes of Neuer, De Gea, Lindegaard and I'm sure there's plenty more. And it's not like all Kuszczak does is sit on the bench 24/7. He's averaging about 15 appearances each season which is quite a lot of games for us to judge him. We know he's a good shot stopper, but everything else he does is not at the level we want to see in Utd GK.

If he wants to be first choice so bad, he would leave. But if he thinks he has chance and wants to stay, good for him. Would save us the trouble of finding another GK(if Lindegaard is the future #1). But for Kuszczak, at best it would be like the Roy Carroll situation whereby the main GK didn't work out, and he gets a chance being regular in a while. But come the end of the season, a new GK will be found. He won't suddenly improve his kicking, communication and whatnot that he's lacking.

Time will tell. For all we know, Lindegaard is bought toreplace Kuszczak(someone who acts as a backup to VDS, and whoever that replaces him later on). But considering the hype about him, I doubt he's coming in content to just sit on the bench. VDS might yet stay on for another year. SAF didn't really confirm. Just that we are preparing for the probability of him retiring/leaving at the end of the season. I hope he stays on for another year acting as backup to Lindegaard(if he's the next #1 la).

He's already dreaming of Barcelona. We don't have a place for those kind of players anyways. AM...

It could be 1-0, 1-2.. could be anything really.

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Added on December 27, 2010, 12:58 amAnderson. Wonder if people will shut up about us needing a new CM/AM now.

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One thing with Ando is that you have to understand what kind of a player he is, and what type of role SAF give him and the likes of him. Berbatov, Rooney, Nani, Giggs, Ando.. these guys have the license to play the forward/through/hollywood/risky passes. That means they will give the ball away quite a bit if you compare to someone like Carrick/Scholes/Fletcher who mostly kept it simple. That's what makes them dangerous. Ando has the vision, creativity and confidence to try those type of passes. SAF is not wrong when he says that Ando and Nani are replacement for Scholes and Giggs in time. Just look at the stats. Nani is having lots of assists like Giggs each season. And Ando is controlling the midfield like Scholes, in his own ways with pro and cons.

Time for us to recall Cleverley in January. Then send him back on loan within the loan window period(a bit different from transfer window right?). He's gonna be a very useful player whenever he plays because he will always be involve in attacking moves. Scored another goal tonight. Kinda excited to see him back.

He's a beast.
It's like his first season. He was awesome then too. Now he's even better surely.
Carrick seems like a good partner for him.

He's our player. We can do whatever we want if the player is OK with it as well. SAF already said earlier in the season Cleverley would be back in the side. Things might change, but if his form for Wigan catches our eyes enough, he would be back, even if for a while. Considering we are light on the wings with Park gone and have only Giggs and Nani left who can be counted upon with Obertan blowing hot and cold, Cleverley would be involve in our games. We won't disrupt anything, except that we get to keep him for a month instead of Wigan. They would gladly accept the terms as long as they get Cleverley back considering he's important to them right now.

Our GK coach and SAF watched A.Madrid plays. Why the hell would he bring his GK coach with him to scout Valencia(the club) or A.Madrid play that time? To see Valencia's GK weaknesses? We have the tabs on all the 'top' up and coming GKs around. SAF commented about Akinfeev.. why, because he's been getting reports about him from the scouts. Chances are those scouting is for finding replacement for VDS. The whole world knows about us needing a replacement for VDS, why because nobody saw Kuszczak as nothing more than a good backup GK for us. And if we do view him as having even a tiny little chance, he would have gotten a lot more games than he has in his 4 + 1(this season) years with us. Instead he sits on the bench most times.

The likes of Nani, C.Ronaldo, Anderson always had the talent. They were just inconsistent considering they were young(still is!). Things like dribbling, crossing, playing through balls.. those guys have proven they can do it. It's just they were inconsistent. Kuszczak is just plain bad at kicking. No matter how much he practices, he would be good at it because he doesn't have the confidence whenever the ball is pass back to him and that's even before the opponents try and close him down. Kuszczak will be 29 next March. He may improve his consistency, but he won't suddenly turn into the best GKs around especially at that age.

We brought in Kuszczak precisely because of us needing a backup GK for VDS with us letting go Tim Howard that same season he was signed(first on loan from WBA). We let Roy Carroll go the season we sign VDS. So we have a need for a backup GK, which was Kuszczak. Had EPL experience, albeit very little(one season). Wasn't a regular, except for a short spell before we sign him. It was Foster who we sign with a view of him taking over from VDS, if it works out. We sign him the same season as VDS but was straight sent on loan. It's like the Roy Carroll situation. Sign him on as backup to Barthez, then Barthez went crazy, we brought in Howard.

Add Adler to that list.

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Added on December 27, 2010, 1:54 amChances are he'll be #1 with Lindegaard being #2..

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