Football 2015/16

[TheGayTent]

I'm off to Molineux tomorrow night, hoping for a goal fest

[Osama Jim Laden]

I honestly think berahino will stay.. Peace is a brutal businessman and unless someone offer £25m, which they won't, he'll be with us this season..

[LondonTom]

one thing is for certain - if video replays existed, the last few pages of this thread would have been far more dull.

Oh I dunno, the NFL has video replays and people still argue over right/wrong decisions

 

The way football is so unaccepting that mistakes are made and incidents are missed is remarkable. It is said every week, that refs are human, which is a good thing, but they need to be treated like human decisions (ie. accepting that wrong ones are made)

The FA have the means to overturn cards now, they don't often in order to protect refs from shite decisions.

 

The ref needs to be thinking about the game, not about how the crowd will react to his decisions.

A few current refs don't seem to understand this, or some even seem to want to be in the papers on Monday

 

Sent it to Gold and Sullivan!

Wonder if they can get help LLDC get a refund on the retractable seating?

[The Nal]

How did United and, in particular, Depay do tonight? Saw his goals and the assist and they were all beautiful, but haven't seen any more than that.

 

Hes still fairly raw but looks like some talent. Quite possibly the real deal. And not in the Nani way either.

[pryce]

do feel the media have gone slightly overboard *shock horror* ... he does well against Club Brugge and he is the next best player ever.

[eFestivals]

do feel the media have gone slightly overboard *shock horror* ... he does well against Club Brugge and he is the next best player ever.

 

the media is full of Utd fans and Utd need a good player.

 

So it's hardly a surprise the media are excited at the thought of Utd having a good player. Whether he really is will become clear over the following weeks.

 

I've not seen any Utd matches so far this season but I have seen Nal give a shot-count, so I'm guessing that Depay wasn't a superstar against Spurs or Villa.

[TheGayTent]

the media is full of Utd fans and Utd need a good player.

Any evidence for this? Or is this opinion presented as fact?

[The Nal]

do feel the media have gone slightly overboard *shock horror* ... he does well against Club Brugge and he is the next best player ever.

 

Indeed, hes the new Ronaldo!

 

the media is full of Utd fans and Utd need a good player.

 

So it's hardly a surprise the media are excited at the thought of Utd having a good player. Whether he really is will become clear over the following weeks.

 

I've not seen any Utd matches so far this season but I have seen Nal give a shot-count, so I'm guessing that Depay wasn't a superstar against Spurs or Villa.

 

He was ok. Hes still very raw, lost a lot of ball last night but you can see by the runs, touches, control, shots, bits of skill etc that hes clearly very very talented.

[thetime]

Never mind Memphis, Shaw starting to look a player now he's fit.

[The Nal]

Never mind Memphis, Shaw starting to look a player now he's fit.

 

He is yeah. Thought Utd were excellent last night. A little sloppy in the last third but thats new players not knowing each other. But a commanding and attacking performance. First time in a long time we've seen that.

[TheGayTent]

Never mind Memphis, Shaw starting to look a player now he's fit.

Yeah but he's got a long way to go to emulate real class like Keith Rowland

[mjsell]

Honestly think Shaw is going to be one of the best full backs in the world.

 

Saw him a couple of years ago at Upton Park when he was at Southampton and I've never seen a left back dominate the game the way he did.

 

Defensively he is really solid, not seen anything to suggest his positional sense isn't good, and when he drives forward he is so dangerous. Just needs to add a few more assists and grab a couple of goals this season and he'll be right up there.

[eFestivals]

Any evidence for this? Or is this opinion presented as fact?

 

 

My apologies. I was forgetting that all the media loves only WHU. My bad.

[TheGayTent]

My apologies. I was forgetting that all the media loves only WHU. My bad.

Great answer.

So just your opinion then with no basis in fact.

Thanks for clarifying

Edited August 19, 2015 by TheGayTent

[The Nal]

Good interview with Gerrard here

 

[kingcrawler]

So Pedro seems to be heading to Chelsea now. Seems to being passed off as United having ended their interest in him but I wonder how true that is...

[pink_triangle]

 

the media is full of Utd fans and Utd need a good player.

Plenty of liverpool fans as well as a counterbalance!

[pink_triangle]

 

Honestly think Shaw is going to be one of the best full backs in the world.

 

Saw him a couple of years ago at Upton Park when he was at Southampton and I've never seen a left back dominate the game the way he did.

 

Defensively he is really solid, not seen anything to suggest his positional sense isn't good, and when he drives forward he is so dangerous. Just needs to add a few more assists and grab a couple of goals this season and he'll be right up there.

I dont think you necessaily need goals and assists ot be the best full back in the world. He still has a lot to prove in my book. To me what defines the best in the world is pulling out those perfomances in the big games like Cashley did at his peak. Whether Shaw can perform under pressure is still very much an unknown.

[zahidf]

According to the BBC, man utd lost petrol over 3 million difference. Both Chelsea and utd agreed 30 million euros,but Chelsea gave 28 up front with 2 add ons,whereas utd had 25 and 5

No idea if pedro is any good mind u

[TheGayTent]

But after Muller now?

[The Nal]

But after Muller now?

 

Apparently. I can't see Utd giving up on a player they want for the sake of 3 million quid though.

[eFestivals]

 

Plenty of liverpool fans as well as a counterbalance!

 

yep, but they're not the ones writing how Depay is the saviour of Man Utd after one decent performance.

[The Nal]

yep, but they're not the ones writing how Depay is the saviour of Man Utd after one decent performance.

 

It happens. Remember Anthony Le Tallec was the new Zidane? He was fucking dreadful.

[zahidf]

Apparently. I can't see Utd giving up on a player they want for the sake of 3 million quid though.

They were faffing about his contract for sure. I don't believe the 'lvg decided against it' statement man utd are saying for 1 second

[eFestivals]

It happens. Remember Anthony Le Tallec was the new Zidane? He was fucking dreadful.

 

Oh yeah, it happens, for plenty of clubs/players. And plenty of them turn out to be duffs.

 

Depay may or may not be the real deal. My point was that they're calling it a bit early.