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sunama

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He's still out of shape. This is his retirement fund. I don't understand why he's still lauded by Utd fans.
It baffles me.
I'm not Rooney fan, but Rooney is a club legend, so cheering him on is fully understandable.
But Bastian has done nothing for us. I mean nothing. For Bayern he is a legend and even they don't want him back.

He looks like he could be in his mid 40s and runs about like one of those out of breath sausage dogs.
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Looked knackered after five minutes.
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Damn. 5 minutes!!!
If a potential club/buyer were watching him in that game, they'd think wtf is this?
 

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TBF, didnt think he really did that bad or anything wrong when he came on. BTW he came on, game was wrapped up. Him and TFM basically didnt do much (although for Basti, his turn and pass to Rooney was lovely). It was pretty much a case of seeing out the game.
 

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Jose wouldn't pick him at all if he felt he wasn't training hard and was overweight. I think it's just because he's getting old.

And I'm really not sure why he gets such an amazing reception at OT considering he's basically done nothing of note since he joined.
 

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We really need a fifth midfielder if we're playing a three man midfield most of the time this season. What we saw today didn't exactly fill me with confidence that Schweini will be able to take on that role for the rest of the season. I just hope it's possible to get his match fitness back (not guaranteed at his age given the last 12 months)
 
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TBF, didnt think he really did that bad or anything wrong when he came on. BTW he came on, game was wrapped up. Him and TFM basically didnt do much (although for Basti, his turn and pass to Rooney was lovely). It was pretty much a case of seeing out the game.
Agreed Sylar, both under obvious instructions to play simple and see out out the game.
 

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Never understood the hype around him when we signed him but nowadays it's even more stupid. He is not fit to play for us and we should have got rid in the summer
 

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I don't get many of these comments.

Do you think Mourinho would play him if he was unfit and overweight? He's hardly one of Mourinho's favourites as it is.
 

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Jose wouldn't pick him at all if he felt he wasn't training hard and was overweight. I think it's just because he's getting old.
I know he looks older, but he's 'only' 32.
 

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Pathetic some of the posts on here, he's only 32. Rooney looks far worse for his age.
 

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The media hunt re: Mourinho and Schweinsteiger was truly shocking.

Mourinho has proven to be clearly in the right. Schweinsteiger looks as if he could barely walk out there and I am too confused why people have felt sorry for him and all that.

He's stealing a living as far as I'm concerned. Making 200k a week(somewhere around there) and can't even keep himself fit. Maybe harsh, but I don't understand the lauding either.
 

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He hasn't played any games at all so he's not match fit at all but I think we need to buy a proper midfielder,1 injury to any of our midfielders and we are in trouble
 

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The media hunt re: Mourinho and Schweinsteiger was truly shocking.

Mourinho has proven to be clearly in the right. Schweinsteiger looks as if he could barely walk out there and I am too confused why people have felt sorry for him and all that.

He's stealing a living as far as I'm concerned. Making 200k a week(somewhere around there) and can't even keep himself fit. Maybe harsh, but I don't understand the lauding either.
Definitely, especially the last part of last season where he didn't even look like he was bothering to stay fit despite injury.
 

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Can't believe he is only 32 he looks and plays like he is 42 when you think of other top players like Pirlo , Giggs, Zlatan , scholes, Maldini, Carrick, Roger Milla ( that's a joke) etc at his age it's a bit dissapointing.
 

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I think a lot of people are concerned with our anchor situation. Knowing Carrick is approaching the end of his career - he has this and may be one more season in him (I hope I can be proved wrong).
Myself too, deep down I am hoping that if given play time and backing from manager and fans, Schweinsteiger can rediscover the form that made him Germany and Bayern captain. Because if Carrick has one or two seasons, Bastian has 3 or 4. And we all know how hard is to find players who are top class in that position.
With regards his performances with the red shirt, he hasn't done anything to prove that he should stay or he should play. But it's the hope that he can be Carrick's rotation.
 

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I think a lot of people are concerned with our anchor situation. Knowing Carrick is approaching the end of his career - he has this and may be one more season in him (I hope I can be proved wrong).
Myself too, deep down I am hoping that if given play time and backing from manager and fans, Schweinsteiger can rediscover the form that made him Germany and Bayern captain. Because if Carrick has one or two seasons, Bastian has 3 or 4. And we all know how hard is to find players who are top class in that position.
With regards his performances with the red shirt, he hasn't done anything to prove that he should stay or he should play. But it's the hope that he can be Carrick's rotation.
Months?

He's finished as a footballer, and people simply refuse to admit that because of who he once was. Rooney gets slagged on here for being past it, but Bastian is the living embodiment of finished. He should join his wife in retirement.

Play him in a high intensity premier league game and we would pay for it, heavily.
 

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It's sad seeing one of footballs all time greats have a sad end to their career.

Loved watching basti and the 2010 and 2014 world cups. Was awesome in his day for Munich too.

Wish he'd joined a club where he'd have gotten more consistent play time. No doubt he'd have adapted his game to suit his age.

At the moment it really seems he's just collecting a retirement fund. A great shame.
 

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Even LvG was bit disappointed with Schweini at the end of his United adventure so at this point it's up to Jose and so far the special one was correct more than once in the individual player management.

It's just not looking good if we'll be forced to use Fellaini more often and finding proper midfielder for United in January sounds more than difficult.
 

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Still don't understand Jose's initial attitude towards Bastian. Hope everything has changed and Schweinsteiger will be one of our best players till the end of the season.
It really is. I keep forgetting he's here. We have Bastian Schweinstiger in our squad. It's mad.
Bastian was not popular with the team since he received unfair favor from LVG last season. Mourinho needed to stabilize the squad first (same with taking time to remove Rooney as starter and manage his game time) than risking his own job for unfit Bastian at the start of the season. Imagine you're the other players working your butt off and still being harshly criticized by your boss (LVG) and having someone like Bastian assing around all season and got away with it. If your new boss just doesn't do anything about it, then how do you feel? Would you go through wall with your new boss seeing him being indifferent from the old boss?
 

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Months?

He's finished as a footballer, and people simply refuse to admit that because of who he once was. Rooney gets slagged on here for being past it, but Bastian is the living embodiment of finished. He should join his wife in retirement.

Play him in a high intensity premier league game and we would pay for it, heavily.
I agree.

He wont retire though. Not until he squeeze every possible pound from our club
 

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Bastian was not popular with the team since he received unfair favor from LVG last season. Mourinho needed to stabilize the squad first (same with taking time to remove Rooney as starter and manage his game time) than risking his own job for unfit Bastian at the start of the season. Imagine you're the other players working your butt off and still being harshly criticized by your boss (LVG) and having someone like Bastian assing around all season and got away with it. If your new boss just doesn't do anything about it, then how do you feel? Would you go through wall with your new boss seeing him being indifferent from the old boss?
Lvg was an the end of his career and he wanted to give a good sending off to all those who helped him throughout the years. He did the same to valdes

Arent we one lucky bunch
 

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I suspect he's not moving club because he knows he needs to retire. So he's collecting his retirement fund here before announcing it at the end of the season.
That's exactly how I see it, I think he knows his legs aren't up to it. Injuries can destroy you, he looks like he hasn't got any drive left in the motor.

100% retiring at the end of the season.
 

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i suspect many of you are judging him from his running style.

He is not overweight or unfit or anything of the sort. He just has a running style that makes him look that way. You guys think a player like him cant play 10 minutes of football in a game when his team is winning 4-0?
 

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I agree.

He wont retire though. Not until he squeeze every possible pound from our club
Nothing to do with sqeezing. A contract is a contract, and rightly so.
He may agree to go somewhere for his last year, with us paying most of his wages, but if not then personally I'd pay him off and free up a squad place.
 

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Nothing to do with sqeezing. A contract is a contract, and rightly so.
He may agree to go somewhere for his last year, with us paying most of his wages, but if not then personally I'd pay him off and free up a squad place.
You would think someone of his stature would have some sort of pride and he wont end his career like that. Unfortunately its not so.
 

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Jose wouldn't pick him at all if he felt he wasn't training hard and was overweight. I think it's just because he's getting old.

And I'm really not sure why he gets such an amazing reception at OT considering he's basically done nothing of note since he joined.
carrick is older and far more mobile. Think you've got a twisted sense of age if you think someone in early 30's is old!
 

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carrick is older and far more mobile. Think you've got a twisted sense of age if you think someone in early 30's is old!
Carrick is a deep lying playmaker with a great positional sense. He committed himself in tackles but not as much as someone like Bastian did. Bastian had been in deep end with both Bayern and Germany for years, barely ever taking any rest. No wonder he's knackered. Same thing happened to our own Keano

+ he seem to fall out of love for the game. It seems to him that his career ended at Bayern which is fair enough if only he didn't signed a big contract with us.
 

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I think it's pretty obvious Jose would have used him more if he was any good. He's backup if 2-3 of our midfielders get injured and we have to play two games a week.
 

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carrick is older and far more mobile. Think you've got a twisted sense of age if you think someone in early 30's is old!
In sporting terms any particular individual can be old even before the thirties. Minor muscle injuries and joint wear can mount up and slow a person down enough so they can be no longer top level.
As for Carrick, it is of course possible that he can continue two or three more years, but the odds are against it. When the legs go they can go very quickly, and we should be prepared for that.
 

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This is extremely harsh. He could command the same money in the US, Qatar or China.
In the US, Qatar and China he will probably have to play football and he'll be far away from home. As said, the man has retired.

And I assure you, I am not harsh at all. The man could have asked for a mutual termination to his contract and then engineer a deal to China but he didn't. Its pretty evident that he doesn't want to play football anymore and is happy with United giving him his last pay cheque.
 

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In the US, Qatar and China he will probably have to play football and he'll be far away from home. As said, the man has retired.

And I assure you, I am not harsh at all. The man could have asked for a mutual termination to his contract and then engineer a deal to China but he didn't. Its pretty evident that he doesn't want to play football anymore and is happy with United giving him his last pay cheque.
Knowing him and his determination, I'm pretty sure he just didn't want to give up until he at least gave it a shot....
When he didn't leave in the winter, it was pretty obvious that Mourinho had told him there was a way back, so he stayed.
But yeah, that evil, evil multi-millionaire which relies on positive media exposure to keep his sponsor contracts running, he will of course just acept to never play again for United as long as he can see his contract out, which is probably giving him less money than his sponsor deals and MUCH less money that he could earn elsewhere....
 

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I completely disagree with this though and think he desperately wants to show he can still offer something before leaving here.
I much doubt it. Bastian had been around long enough to know that when the managers doesn't want you you simply won't play.
 

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I much doubt it. Bastian had been around long enough to know that when the managers doesn't want you you simply won't play.
He's also been around long enough to know that if you don't give up, you might get a second chance. Like, I don't know, in the national team he won the world cup with afterwards. Or the club he won the Champions League with, where he adopted a completely new role when his Bayern career as a winger was over, a role in which he became one of the best in the world over the next few years.
 

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Knowing him and his determination, I'm pretty sure he just didn't want to give up until he at least gave it a shot....
When he didn't leave in the winter, it was pretty obvious that Mourinho had told him there was a way back, so he stayed.
But yeah, that evil, evil multi-millionaire which relies on positive media exposure to keep his sponsor contracts running, he will of course just acept to never play again for United as long as he can see his contract out, which is probably giving him less money than his sponsor deals and MUCH less money that he could earn elsewhere....
Evil multi-millionaire? Where have I said that? The guy knew his career was about to end. Rather then make himself look silly at Bayern, he was able to find a big club which was close enough to his homeland and which was stupid enough to give him a long contract on a good salary. Why should he relinquish that? I mean, once his last pay cheque is signed, the guy will move to Germany, were they will still consider him as a god. Who cares what United or British fans think? He's not their hero.

And which sponsor would want to associate itself to a washed up player playing with Xunxai Xinxu? Maybe a retirement home?

I would do the same if I was him.
 

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He's also been around long enough to know that if you don't give up, you might get a second chance. Like, I don't know, in the national team he won the world cup with afterwards. Or the club he won the Champions League with, where he adopted a completely new role when his Bayern career as a winger was over, a role in which he became one of the best in the world over the next few years.
If he believed that then he would have remained at Bayern and fought for his place.

The guy is finished. He knows that, Bayern knows that, Germany knows that. He's lucky to find a club whom he's got no attachment to, whose close to home, whom it doesn't expect him to play football and it is bound to finance his retirement plan. God bless him
 

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If he believed that then he would have remained at Bayern and fought for his place.

The guy is finished. He knows that, Bayern knows that, Germany knows that. He's lucky to find a club whom he's got no attachment too whose ready to finance his retirement plan. God bless him
Because it is totally out of the question that he maybe wanted a challenge late in his career.
If he is so without ambition, why didn't he just stay at Bayern, where he earned just the same money, was at home and would have had a waaaay easier time?
Get your perspective straight.
 
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Because it is totally out of the question that he maybe wanted a challenge late in his career.
If he is so without ambition, why didn't he just stay at Bayern, where he earned just the same money, was at home and would have had a waaaay easier time?
Get your perspective straight.
Aye, doesn't compute at all but that won't stop him.

He's been around long enough to see the likes of Beckham coming in from the cold to help a team/manager that had cast him aside.
 

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Because it is totally out of the question that he maybe wanted a challenge late in his career.
If he is so without ambition, why didn't he just stay at Bayern, where he earned just the same money, was at home and would have had a waaaay easier time?
Get your perspective straight.
Do you think that Gaz is happy to end his fantastic career at OT by looking silly in that last game? Do you think Franco Baresi wanted to end up his career by being repeatedly humiliated by Christian Vieri at home in that humiliating derby? I much doubt it.

Bastian was lucky to get the best of both worlds. He will get his final pay cheque while leaving his reputation at Bayern untouched. He even managed to portray himself as a martyr whose been treated badly by the evil British corporation. I bet Bogarde would be so jealous of that.
 

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Yeah, also, the "Bayern wanted to get rid of him"-narrative is stupid. When he filed his request, we did not deny it, that's a difference. We keep players of questionable use around for freakin' ages, van Buyten was with us until he was 36, Scholl was here for an eternity, as was Pizarro. We are pretty loyal if you have earned the clubs respect, Bastian could have stayed until he was 40 if he just wanted.
 
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