You're an idiot unless you constantly criticize Rooney 24/7 according to some people.
Its like getting the ball to the lone striker is such an alien concept.Scholes the Pundit
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Its like getting the ball to the lone striker is such an alien concept.Why aren't I much of a supporter? I come on a forum to discuss the club that I support so I'd consider myself a good fan. But no I'm not the biggest fan in the world.
At the end of the day I have more important things in my life. That's not having a go at others who prioritise football it is just a fact. And these days because I don't enjoy watching football I choose to watch other things a lot of the time.
It's fine that you prioritise other things over football but you said you'll only watch United if there is nothing else on and you don't enjoy watching football. Sorry but I can't understand how any supporter can do that. If you don't like watching football, why do you bother getting involved? I don't mean to sound rude, I'm actually wondering.
I don't know how it's possible to talk about United if you don't watch the games. There's a guy at work who claims to be a Liverpool fan but never watches games. He just reads about it on the BBC and says stuff like "Must've played well, we had 60% possession and more shots on target". It's pretty much all he knows about any Liverpool game.
Not enjoying watching United surely means you aren't a fan? It's like me saying I'm a big fan of The Beatles, except I don't listen to them because their music is boring.
Not enjoying watching United surely means you aren't a fan? It's like me saying I'm a big fan of The Beatles, except I don't listen to them because their music is boring.
Yes the way United play now I find them very boring and I don't watch them all the time.
There was a time where I'd watch them without fail. I'd move things around to make sure I watched them. I don't do that now and I generally can't watch a game from start to finish.
But I still check on how they've done, I still try to keep an eye on the scores and how they are doing. I still read the news about them and you can still gauge how they've played based on what you read.
Don't get me wrong I've watched them play against Villa, Newcastle, Wolfsburg, CSKA and Swansea plus some of the Southampton game. I just don't put it first anymore. Take the arsenal game, I watched the NFL game instead.
Don't do that. They do that.
Im perplexed too as to how you can 'support' united and not actually 'want' to watch the games. It's borderline being a 'glory supporter'. I know personally I struggle to watch all the games due to work, but if theres a game on a Sunday (and tues/weds night if im not on lates) I always watch them.
I dont 'move' things out the way but I definitely dont make plans on those days. If I wanted to support exciting football I'd go support Madrid and watch all their games. As it is I support the team I grew up supporting since being a kid, a team in the area I live. I actually enjoy this stage of evolution where we're still in that hangover of losing ferguson, witnessing the club adapting. And watching us try to get back to playing quick exciting football ( which we have had spells of this season)
I also like having my own opinions based on what I saw in the game, not what everyone else is saying. So when I miss a game I'm usually pretty gutted because I have barely an opinion.
I dont 'move' things out the way but I definitely dont make plans on those days. If I wanted to support exciting football I'd go support Madrid and watch all their games. As it is I support the team I grew up supporting since being a kid, a team in the area I live. I actually enjoy this stage of evolution where we're still in that hangover of losing ferguson, witnessing the club adapting. And watching us try to get back to playing quick exciting football ( which we have had spells of this season)
I also like having my own opinions based on what I saw in the game, not what everyone else is saying. So when I miss a game I'm usually pretty gutted because I have barely an opinion.
So you didn't watch the Arsenal match? How could you see us going up against Arsenal and not watch it?
You don't watch the team you support because you think we are boring to watch....yet in the next breath you sit through a game of NFL...ok
No I didn't watch the Arsenal game! Why is that so hard to believe?
That's your opinion though. You don't think NFL is exciting. I don't think football is these days. Nothing wrong with either opinion.
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Mainly because of these in the match day thread,
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Because I did watch the first 10 minutes on my phone. I also kept an eye on the score on the BBC feed. It's pretty easy to say that we need to make changes at 3-0 down when we are being thumped. It's easy to say that Schneiderlin should be playing in a big game when we need midfielders to win the ball. Nothing I posted during the game was based on having to watch the game. Are we not allowed to post in the match day forum if we aren't watching the game?
Hmm...not much of a fan then.....
If watching United's something of a last resort on a boring day then it's fair to say you're not much of a fan.
Have to agree. I'm sure most miss a game at times, myself included but if you chose to watch other sports in the middle of a Utd game then there's not much left.
Weird ain't it, I can understand a balance of wanting to prioritise other things as some people lead busy life but last resort? No, you should watch United as a fan whenever and however you can, bad football or not!
I saw a couple guys in here talking about how certain players played in City's match against Sevilla. This match was on at the same time as United's. Maybe there's some sort of explanation but I say each to their own. Wednesday's game, I'll opt for the Apprentice rather than searching for a stream or listening to it on the radio.
Didnt watch a boring Utd instead chose to watch the most boring thing on earth.......hmmmmm
Is it bad that I enjoy the way we play. Don't get me wrong, I can be just as infuriated when we fail to make chances but it's really nice to see such a structured high pressing team. Martial and Mata are the only real players with freedom so our end game is really down to them.
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Paul Scholes slams Louis van Gaal's defensive style: I would NOT have enjoyed playing in this Manchester United team
- 'The style is not something that Sir Alex Ferguson would have adhered to,' he explained.
- 'I actually think the team is brilliantly coached to defend. I think the hardest thing to do is to coach scoring goals, creativity and to have players who are off the cuff.
'It's a team you wouldn't want to play against and its probably a team you wouldn't want to play in either.
'There's a lack of risk and creativity. It seems he doesn't want players to beat men and score goals - it's not a team I would have enjoyed playing in.'
- 'I was at the Manchester derby and I watched him (Rooney) for the first 20 minutes,' he said.
'His movement was brilliant but when he's playing in that team there's nobody prepared to pass to him. You'd be tearing your hair out.
'Ruud van Nistelrooy, Teddy Sheringham, Andy Cole couldn't play in this team. You don't get crosses in the box, midfielders looking for runs. I think its a very difficult team to be a centre forward in.'
- 'You look at Under 16s, Under 17s and it's absolutely riddled with foreign players,' he said.
'What chance does that give to young English players? It gives them virtually no chance.
'You look at Chelsea and Arsenal's youth teams and you do well to spot an English player. It's really sad. There are hardly any players to play for us.
'It's nowhere near what it should be and you can see why we struggle.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ing-Manchester-United-team.html#ixzz3pxdvdzfi
He's losing the plot / becoming clickbaity.
What will it take for Scholes to publicly criticise Rooney?
Did he now watch United at all Fergie's last few seasons? What an idiotic comment. We need these pundits to stop with these comparisons to Sir Alex.
He will never do it, because Sir Alex Ferguson would have never criticised Rooney...
Theres a bloke in work that thinks hes a united fan. I havent heard of him watching a game yet this season but he know all the facts... can quote skysports like a champ he can lol
At the moment, I don't enjoy watching us play but I physically can't stop watching us play.
Not really, considering that Scholes was busy playing for Fergie in those last few seasons. So he is speaking from some experience heh
What I really don't understand is why isn't he allowed to voice his personal opinion? After all there have been various debates as to how everyone likes different styles of playing and maybe Scholes doesn't enjoy LvGs style. He is only echoing what a lot of posters have been saying as well. No need to get so wound up over it.
Break me a f*cking give...Scholes said:
Yep, nearly stopped reading at that point.
I wish people would stop SLAMMING all over the shop. It's scaring my cat.
I agree with him about the lack of service for Rooney. I know Falcao was/is pretty dire, but to be fair to him he had a severe lack of service during his season with us.
The reason Martial is doing so well is because he's that (rare) type of striker that creates chances for himself.
The reason Martial is doing so well is because he's that (rare) type of striker that creates chances for himself.
We never played so rigidly under Fergie. Over the last few seasons, as the better players got older we weren't a great side, and often lacked quality - but we never lacked a cutting edge like we do now. We created chances, we scored goals - and we werent anywhere near as rigid, slow and lacking in ambition as we are now.
We were at times
To be fair I don't think Wayne would be tearing his hair out in all honesty. Not after he's spent so much time getting it all back again.
Anything else of merit he may say is ignored because of how blinkered he is over Rooney. If he's that deluded of Rooney then he can be wrong about everything else. The strangest thing is that he himself said that Rooney was finished a year ago, what happened?
I think he wants LVG gone so he can sneak into the backroom staff when he leaves.
I think he wants LVG gone so he can sneak into the backroom staff when he leaves.
I think that's right. Rooney has obviously been poor this year - but if you're going to put any player upfront, you need to get the ball to him in dangerous areas.
Yea, they wouldn't play here because they'd be shunted out to the wing to make place for the fecking king at #9. And if English coaching was better then you'd see more youth English players.
Funny how he's trying to protect Rooney and justify him being utter shit by blaming it all on LVG, the system and all that shit.