Yep...people need to give him some time.You cannot possibly expect a player who wasn't even with us two weeks ago and has hardly been training this pre-season to jump into a new team and settle immediately. His class cannot be in any doubt.
Yep...people need to give him some time.You cannot possibly expect a player who wasn't even with us two weeks ago and has hardly been training this pre-season to jump into a new team and settle immediately. His class cannot be in any doubt.
What a show off! :"Woo look at me, I afford myself all-inclusive holidays and can run 8k". That's disgraceful sir, disgraceful. sorryI know! Some people in this place are mad.
I just got back from a one week, all-inclusive holiday. I went for an 8k run today and did an average of 6.20 per kilometre, a whole minute and 10 seconds slower than my usual. For those of you that don't know, that's slow as shit compared to my normal time. But feck it, I had one week off and now I'm finished, might as well never run again. Caf logic.
Unfortunately, non of those things are anywhere near as exciting as they sound! And all-inclusive's are very bad for your waistline.What a show off! :"Woo look at me, I afford myself all-inclusive holidays and can run 8k". That's disgraceful sir, disgraceful. sorry
It was obviously tongue in cheek.Unfortunately, non of those things are anywhere near as exciting as they sound! And all-inclusive's are very bad for your waistline.
I know , no one would be impressed by a 50 minute 8k run!It was obviously tongue in cheek.
I'd expect Schweinsteiger to generally get the nod if LVG's only going with one of them and both are fit, but I'd still imagine that the two of them will both get plenty of playing time anyway.Interesting to see whether he will be preferred to Carrick, whether Carrick will be used in defence at all (assuming we don't sign another CB) and whether it will be one match per week for them both.
I don't get why people are so harsh! LvG was harsh by saying he's "bad" (sometimes I think it's LvG's language skill and his struggle for better expression that had made him sound so critical but I can't say for sure). It's preseason and he had so few training to get match fit. World class players don't turn mediocre overnight. I have full confidence he will do well to get to his best once season starts.There is nothing to worry about. He started training last Tuesday.
Schweinsteiger does not have any problems with that...LVG can be a bit thick! there was absolutly no need to be so bleeding honest after the match, it is why some players don't get alone with him as a manager.
He's just a young Alex Ferguson from 1983.LVG can be a bit thick! there was absolutly no need to be so bleeding honest after the match, it is why some players don't get alone with him as a manager.
Unlike Toure and the incompetent city management, we wont be sticking him in a midfield 2 and expecting him to do all the donkey work along with creation. He's going to be managed correctly.Have a bad feeling that he's doing a toure. The class is still there but because of his downturn in physicality he just won't be the same player. I get that he hasn't been here long enough to be at peak fitness but even last season he wasn't impressive. Add that to the fact that he's been injury prone he could turn into a pretty expensive mistake.
Hardly that expensive. Plus the fact that we also signed Schneiderlin means we're well covered in any case. Even if Schweinsteiger contributes nothing our Carrick/Schneiderlin/Herrera/Blind selection in midfield is better than what we've had for the last few years.Have a bad feeling that he's doing a toure. The class is still there but because of his downturn in physicality he just won't be the same player. I get that he hasn't been here long enough to be at peak fitness but even last season he wasn't impressive. Add that to the fact that he's been injury prone he could turn into a pretty expensive mistake.
What did he say?LVG can be a bit thick! there was absolutly no need to be so bleeding honest after the match, it is why some players don't get alone with him as a manager.
That Bastian played bad.What did he say?
Are you always so God damn negative? Every single thread I see your post in its negative!Have a bad feeling that he's doing a toure. The class is still there but because of his downturn in physicality he just won't be the same player. I get that he hasn't been here long enough to be at peak fitness but even last season he wasn't impressive. Add that to the fact that he's been injury prone he could turn into a pretty expensive mistake.
And why 90% of them enjoy his style of management.LVG can be a bit thick! there was absolutly no need to be so bleeding honest after the match, it is why some players don't get alone with him as a manager.
Most players who have played for him love his management style. Honesty is usually best, if you are a man you can take it, if not you're a little bitch and not the type of player he wants in his sqaud anyway.LVG can be a bit thick! there was absolutly no need to be so bleeding honest after the match, it is why some players don't get alone with him as a manager.
You mean like watching his whole press conference on Mutv or?Talk about story emerging from absolutely nothing.
Look at the exact quote before starting to criticise.
He's spoken about individual players plenty of times in the past season. It's not some law he's written on his bedroom wall.You mean like watching his whole press conference on Mutv or?
He's always going on about team performances, how he refuses to talk about individuals either in a positive or negative light, then takes the time to talk about Bastian (due to the press) and then speficially excludes Pereira's perfromance from the 2nd half criticsim of the team.
huh? stick with the program LvG?
Usually when he speaks about players after the game, it's in a positive light after Stewart Gardner starts with "I know you don't like to talk about individuals but.. player x.." by which point he'll say a few good words about the performance.He's spoken about individual players plenty of times in the past season. It's not some law he's written on his bedroom wall.
But actually I thought that he even did it to save him as he already gave the explanation for it.He still shouldn't have said it, didn't LvG say he doesn't like to single out players? because it's a team game etc?
When saying: He thought we were poor in the second half, and a journo asked him if that also included Bastian, he should have stuck to his principals and downplayed the individuality of it.
He does like to contradict himself at times.
He didn't single him out really, he said he was also bad like everyone else, and that the only good thing was Pereira's goal. That's not really singling out IMO.He still shouldn't have said it, didn't LvG say he doesn't like to single out players? because it's a team game etc?
When saying: He thought we were poor in the second half, and a journo asked him if that also included Bastian, he should have stuck to his principals and downplayed the individuality of it.
He does like to contradict himself at times.
Why has he been missing training?Is he still missing training?
Nobody could pick him out either in the training photos or the video or MUTV's inside the tour.Why has he been missing training?
Nothing official. Should have probably asked if he's still not being seen in training pics and videos as he was not seen yesterday.Why has he been missing training?
My thought exactly!LVG can be a bit thick! there was absolutly no need to be so bleeding honest after the match, it is why some players don't get alone with him as a manager.
It's one thing to be honest inside the dressing room, it's quite another when there is absolutely no need to feed the media with headlines that create stirs. Yeah, you can be man enough to take criticism but they are not robots. A little respect goes a long way from the manager it is called courtesy. Unless it was a huge mistake made on the pitch and you can't escape addressing it when confronted by journos, a bit of discretion and diplomatic talk won't harm things. In fact, if your theory is right there won't be many players around for use.Most players who have played for him love his management style. Honesty is usually best, if you are a man you can take it, if not you're a little bitch and not the type of player he wants in his sqaud anyway.
Interestingly Mou also has the same sort of style
In 1983 SAF was 42. How old is LvG in 2015? 63. What's your point?He's just a young Alex Ferguson from 1983.
Schweinsteiger isn't a teenager to get upset by the manager critiscizing him. Whereas praising pereira will probably improve his confidence as he is just coming through to the football world a small praise can do wonders.You mean like watching his whole press conference on Mutv or?
He's always going on about team performances, how he refuses to talk about individuals either in a positive or negative light, then takes the time to talk about Bastian (due to the press) and then speficially excludes Pereira's perfromance from the 2nd half criticsim of the team.
huh? stick with the program LvG?
Injured already. Took less then two weeks. feck me.So, when is he going to get his first injury? I reckon 5th game in, torn hamstring, out for 2 months.
Slight knock. No need to risk in a friendly game.Injured already. Took less then two weeks. feck me.