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Discussion in 'Manchester United' started by Style, Aug 21, 2012.

  1. Bodinki

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    I support Chelsea btw Shwan, not Liverpool! <ok>
    How dare you :p

    Lallana = Meh
    Can = Meh
    Clyne = Gash
    Milner = Ok But old
    Firmino = Gash
    Benteke = Gash
    Lovren = Meh
    Sturridge = Good but Always injured
    Mignolet = Gash
    Coutinho = Good
    Henderson = Ok
     
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  2. shwan

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    one players can't carry a team .. yes they make them sharper but football is a team work at the end ... if is about individuals Barca should had been is semi final in today draw and Leicester should be fighting against relegation ..
     
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  3. Bodinki

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    As many people have discussed, Real are the closest thing to a one man team I have ever seen in my life.
    If Ronaldo doesn't turn up, they are a quarter of the team.
    The rest of their players are decent, but they are nowhere near Ronaldo's quality at all.
    I would fancy City to score a few goals over two legs against Real, especially if Aguero is on form.
     
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  4. shwan

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    ha ha ha
    all players you mentioned were stars at their clubs
     
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  5. Bodinki

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    Bottom line is, on paper, Uniteds squad kicks Liverpools squads arse. No question. yet the gap between them in the league is miniscule.
     
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  6. Thus Spake Zarathustra

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    <wah> Christian Crocker.

    :emoticon-0136-giggl
     
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    Ronaldo and Messi are world class players .. i never seen 2 competing for best player awards in the world for that long period .. it shows how exceptional they are ... so sure they make a big difference for their squad
     
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  8. Bodinki

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    But Messi has awesome players alongside him.
    If he hits a bad bit of form (as he has now), there are still World class players like Neymar and Suarez who are match winners.
    Ronaldo does not have that kind of back up at Real imo.
    If Ronaldo isn't on it, Real are in trouble.
     
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  9. Bodinki

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    Wow just looking at that list again, and my god didn't Brenda sign some ****ing Turkeys during his tenure.
    How did it go from players like Alonso, Riise, Carragher, Gerrard, Torres, Reina, Suarez, Hyypia, to players like Firmino, Clyne, Mignolet, Lallana.......ouch
     
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  10. shwan

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    who in UTD squad kick the ass? aside from goal keeping and smalling who else?
    for exemple i wish to have Coutniho over Mata, Sturridge over old average Rooney, Clyne over darmian , Can over schneiderlin , or Firmino over Fellaini
    the rest are just our kids we give them a chance this season , and they took well their opportunity, such as Rashford, Martial, Mensah ..etc
    overall may be we paid more, but difference between both squad are not that big ..
     
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    Really?

    There's wumming and then stupidity and you're treading a fine line Bod <laugh>
     
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    Martial is 'just a kid' who was given a chance?.... :emoticon-0138-think

    You're reaching a bit there.
     
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  13. Bodinki

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    Mata is an awesome player, he is just being used wrong. One of the top No. 10's on the planet when he played for us.
    Schweinsteiger is probably still better than any midfielder Liverpool have.
    Having Sturridge is the same as not having Sturridge, since you will get, at most, a dozen games a season from him.
    I wouldn't have Firmino over Fellaini, I wouldnt have Firmino over Thrush.
     
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  14. Bodinki

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    Dude your squad is bad.
    I would probably take maybe 2 of your players at Chelsea.
     
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    True. You're off about Firmino though. Very inconsistent, but not as one-dimensional as the elbow-smasher.
     
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    It's not as bad as you may think, but it's not great either!

    Certainly not as far away as you think from the current lot at Utd.
     
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    Firmino and Fellaini is a nonsense comparison anyway, they don't play in the same position.

    If he's having a Rooney/Surridge comparison as like for like then you compare Firminho with Martial. In which case I would have both United players over the Liverpool players. I accept Rooney is on the wane but Sturridge is hardly on the up.

    I don't think Clyne is gash, I'd say he's better than Darmian, but that's about it. I'd also find a place in the squad for Coutinho, over Depay any day definitely.

    I wouldn't really have any of the rest of the Liverpool squad, as poor as we currently are.
     
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  18. Viva_Giggsy

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    Let's be honest the whole league is poor a work man like team like Leicester walking the league. Hopefully with a better manager we should at least fight for the title next season.
     
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    Yes I was wondering the same. Klopp may be a better Cup manager than league manager especially in England TBH.
    Next season will answer.
     
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