Jim Lahey
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Read it the other day mate. Rooney was our 43rd injury this season.
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Read it the other day mate. Rooney was our 43rd injury this season.
Must be counting multiple injuries to the same player, right? You can't have more than 43 in your first team? (Not that I can be arsed to look it up myself.)
Jim Lahey
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Yep, 43 different injuries. They all count mate, most of them to vital players i.e. Shaw, Rooney, Blind and Di Maria.
Yet we're sitting in 4th and could go 3rd on Monday evening. LVG is getting stuff right, it was just going to take time.
I said to people after our poor start to the season that we'd come good with a bit of time - we simply have too many good players not to.
Defence is dodgy. Best keeper in the league apart from Courtois. Midfield is good now. Attack has goals in it wherever you look. Plus a manager at the helm who has won it all and seen it all.
Special mention to Smalling and Microphone head too. LVG has really got them lads playing. Brilliant stuff.
made up felli is finding his confidence, genuinely am, he was a top player for us and would hate to have seen that forgotten and him go down as a failure due his time at utd
Jim Lahey
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He's a nice lad is Fellaini and gives us a bit of muscle on the pitch. Very good quad player to have.
De Gea has been brilliant, he has saved you so many points this season and he has managed to do it with an ever changing back line in front of him.
Just seems like it's a misleading stat, suggesting 43 injuries. It'd be more useful to see how many games are lost to injury; at least that's how it's done where I'm from. 1 injury that takes away a crucial player for 6 months isn't quite the same as RVP missing 4 games to different niggling injuries.
even more pleased he is doing it at cm, one in the face for ignorant pundits like redknapp and morphy who insist he can only be used at acm, and clearly paid no attention to what he did in 5 years at everton. utd will be good fun under lvg, its an exciting squad even if its still a little patchy in parts
Jim Lahey
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I hated that. I've seen Fellaini play at CM and he's been good for Belgium. BUT BUT BUT He's got to be 'in the hole', hoof it up to him! They don't know jack at Sky Sports.
Jim Lahey
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I am just repeating what I've read mate. All my original point was is that we're somehow sitting in 4th - after topping the injury charts this season. We've had to field a different 11 every match, a different back 4 nearly every game. But we're still up there.
When (if) we've got a run of games using the same team, we'll get even better. I am quite happy with United at the moment, another CB, a right back and maybe another midfielder and we're good for a title challenge in a year or two.
TheFinnFan
Finners
They seem to have managed through their injury spree just fine
Jim Lahey
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The club (MUFC) have leaked to press that we're giving Van Gaal another £100 million to bring in his targets Hummels, Godin and 2 other very good players I can't remember the name of. Everyone was briefed last night, Telegraph running with it today.
Apparently it's to keep players like De Gea sweet - plus the Adidas deal means we can spend more than usual. Seems our debts are finally under control and finance side is looking good at Man Utd.
Not sure I like the "new United" though. Yes, we've always spent big money but we're throwing it around like City and Chelsea now.
Oh who am I kidding, I'll be like a kid in a sweet shop if we do bring in the rumoured players.
Apparently it's to keep players like De Gea sweet - plus the Adidas deal means we can spend more than usual. Seems our debts are finally under control and finance side is looking good at Man Utd.
Not sure I like the "new United" though. Yes, we've always spent big money but we're throwing it around like City and Chelsea now.
Oh who am I kidding, I'll be like a kid in a sweet shop if we do bring in the rumoured players.
Evil Genius
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North west derby coming up lol, United are going to want some revenge after the embarrassment of last season.
Tbf to Van Gaal he doesn't seem to be afraid of using his young players like Wilson even with more expensive and experienced options. Developing the youth playes is the major problem imo with the "throwing the money around" approach as shown by Chelsea and City squads.
So what happens if United spend that money and still miss out and Adidas pull out? Honest question,, we haven't had a board willing to take a risk proportionately do just wondering what you think the 'worst case' is?
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