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Circus ManUnitus - Erik's At The Wheel

It's funny. If we had LVG and we had the same amount of points we have now, same performances etc I bet he'd get alot more backing from fans than Poch.

It's a shame that fans, the same fans who criticise managers getting sacked early, don't give managers time themselves.
 
LVG said:
Marcos dislocated his shoulder but did it in positive way. We don't need to operate on him, which is a relief, but maybe with this injury it is very difficult that it shall not happen again. That is the problem. Yesterday evening, he saw a specialist. For him, it was positive. Always with these injuries, I cannot change that. The human body has been made by GHod, not by me. Conservatively, it can be less than six weeks. If we have to operate, 12 weeks.
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:-s

LVG said:
I don't agree with your opinion of the defence (that United should be concerned). If you don't count the five goals at Leicester, we have better than Chelsea I believe. That's not the problem, the balance is. That is why I have remodelled the structure of my team. Now I have to solve the problems of the injuries every week, that's another story.
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I feel for the fans and also the board because they have belief in me, my staff, and my players. 13 points from 10 matches, you are not doing well, but we are in a process. As I have said from the beginning, even when we won five games in the US, the process shall take more than one year. It shall take three years, I hope, though that is dependent on lots of things. But I think we will make it happen, that we will win a lot of matches.
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Neymar said:
those posters may be correct... 1 or 2 special signing/players could have got us really challenging for top 4. or get holland into the latter rounds of the worldcup. but to sustain a long term challenge for honors in england, you need a lot more than just one or two special players. which is what they have/are now. and hence, challenging for top 4.
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Well, if Manure are challenging for the top 4, then surely so are we (based on the league table)?:-k
 
glorygloryeze said:
Well, if Manure are challenging for the top 4, then surely so are we (based on the league table)?:-k
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of course we are challenging for top 4. we are probably underdogs, but thats been our target for the past few seasons.
 
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doesn't he mean 3 years to get United back to where they think they should be, I.e the best club side in Europe, looking at them then Madrid and Munich I don't think it's an unreasonable statement
 
MUFC's Daley Blind out for a month after picking up injury in Holland’s win over of Latvia
 
Adrian Durham said:
If Daley Blind, Michael Carrick and David de Gea are all forced to miss Saturday’s Premier League game at Arsenal through injury then Manchester United should be allowed to request the game is postponed.

Having any player injured on international duty is unfortunate – as Liverpool will testify. But to have three of their starting XI all crocked while on European Championship qualifying duty in the past few days has been spectacularly unlucky.

If you think this is ridiculous, imagine if it happens to your club. Now you can see the logic, right? Stop hating United, and think about this as a ruling that could benefit football, and would possibly help all clubs.
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Where was this novel idea all the times we've had half our squad out injured?

Blind (knee ligaments), Carrick (groin) and De Gea (finger) have all picked up injuries away from Manchester United, and yet it’s Old Trafford boss Louis van Gaal who has to pick up the pieces.

So it’s about time the clubs who suffer were given some sort of compensation, other than a token financial gesture.

There is a problem establishing a rule: how do you decide how many players must be injured before a club can request a postponement?

For me, three seems reasonable; as long as they’re all regular first-team players. Squads should be big enough to cope with one, even two injuries. But three players coming back from international games crocked creates a situation that’s much harder to work with.

And let’s face it, if a trio of regular first-team players are out through no fault of the club’s making, what kind of spectacle will it be? The Premier League is brilliant for many reasons but one of the main ones is the competitive spirit from top to bottom – Stoke can go to the champions and win while Southampton and West Ham can find themselves in the top four and newly-promoted Leicester can put five past Manchester United.

A United second-string side, with three injuries dumped on them by international football, away to Arsenal, is potentially lambs to the slaughter, and in simple terms it’s unfair. There is no logical reason that says Arsenal should benefit.
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:ross:

Oh wait, he's serious. :eek:

One question that arises from this idea: how many games can be postponed by the club that suffers? In my opinion, just one. That should be long enough for any club to work with the remaining players in the squad and get their act together.

There is another aspect to this. Last month I interviewed Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill and asked him how he felt about the Everton pair Seamus Coleman and James McCarthy missing the game in Germany, and then playing for their club a few days later.

The issue has cropped up again with Ireland assistant Roy Keane saying Roberto Martinez didn’t play for his country, so he doesn’t understand the situation from the point of view of an international manager. Keane says it’s a relief when he sees Coleman and McCarthy turn up for the national side.

Martinez protecting his players is understandable. But the pressure of the situation might be eased – and Martinez more likely to be flexible - if a way of helping clubs AFTER the international break is put in place, if they’re unlucky enough to suffer injuries.

It’s an unlikely scenario but imagine Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw are all injured in Glasgow on Tuesday night. That would make a total of six Manchester United players injured on international duty. It’s a situation that needs addressing – most clubs would agree with that.

Clubs and countries can work together and this is one way to help improve the relationship between them.
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Boohoo, Fergie no longer getting them special favors. :terry:
 
@SimonGleave:

Van Gaal's Utd 37 points from 20 matches
Moyes' Utd also 37 points from equivalent matches

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people are using that as a stick to beat him with (not saying you are SteveAWOL) but bearing in mind the mess the squad was in and the psychological impact of losing Sir Alex I think Moyes did alright, it's a long road back for United to be where they were and they are certainly heading in the right direction
 
galeforce said:
people are using that as a stick to beat him with (not saying you are SteveAWOL) but bearing in mind the mess the squad was in and the psychological impact of losing Sir Alex I think Moyes did alright, it's a long road back for United to be where they were and they are certainly heading in the right direction
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SAF was always a tough act to follow. Do you think Moyes was a patsy, so the chosen successor to SAF would be compared to Moyes instead?
 
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@SimonGleave:

Van Gaal's Utd 37 points from 20 matches
Moyes' Utd also 37 points from equivalent matches

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They haven't played much better than they did last season, but they're 3rd so they have done enough to be higher than last season so the points is not as important as people like to make out.
 
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