Schweinsteiger back in first team training

Going to be interesting to see how this plays out. Surely it has something to do with Ander getting that red card maybe? Or has his persistence finally won Mourinho over. Whatever it is, it would be great to have him as a rotational member of the squad at least, like Carrick.
 
Perhaps we've found him a new club
 
He can't play in the Europa can he? I don't think this signals him returning to the set up. It's weird how United made a point of showing Mikhi and Bastian training though.
 
Probably a gentleman agreement between him and Jose.

You can train with the first team and you'll go in January nothing more.

He's not registred for Europa League, and I think he's not even on the list for the PL
 
Him Carrick and Herrera rotation please. We need more ball players so our strikers have more chances to waste.. we might actually get a goal.
 
dwd said:
He can't play in the Europa can he? I don't think this signals him returning to the set up. It's weird how United made a point of showing Mikhi and Bastian training though.
Click to expand...

He can still play in the Premier League and I think he can play in the next round of the Europa League. We can't say for sure if he is returning to set up or if he's even staying at United beyond this season but its a somewhat promising sign if he's training with the first team.
 
Wouldn't be the first time he's got back in the first team after a new manager has written him off early on.
 
Short term medicine to give the squad a much needed boost after dropped points. His sheer presence around the first team will boost morale imo.
 
He'll inject a bit of pace into the side. Admittedly from players sprinting to reach the buffet before him but still. Small acorns and all that...
 
Chaky_Best said:
Probably a gentleman agreement between him and Jose.

You can train with the first team and you'll go in January nothing more.

He's not registred for Europa League, and I think he's not even on the list for the PL
Click to expand...

90% sure he is.

I think the rules are that if you have a spare space, and a player who needs to be registered you have to register them. Happened with Valdes last season too I believe.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Are you talking about under Pep at Bayern?
Click to expand...
Magath early on his career. As I understand it, he was a regular selection for both Bayern and Germany. Magath came in and sent him to the reserves. He later realised the error his ways and Schweinsteiger became a key player for him.
 
Chaky_Best said:
Probably a gentleman agreement between him and Jose.

You can train with the first team and you'll go in January nothing more.

He's not registred for Europa League, and I think he's not even on the list for the PL
Click to expand...

My first thought was he might play Thursday but then realised he wasn't in the Europa squad. Probably just brought into training as cover as much as i'd love a redemption story.
 
NinjaFletch said:
90% sure he is.

I think the rules are that if you have a spare space, and a player who needs to be registered you have to register them. Happened with Valdes last season too I believe.
Click to expand...

After all this story with Basti, I really doubt he'll get a match.

Imagine Basti playing against Swansea and not Mkhitaryan ! The Caf would be on fire
 
Raees said:
Short term medicine to give the squad a much needed boost after dropped points. His sheer presence around the first team will boost morale imo.
Click to expand...
Why was he frozen out of the team if he could be a good morale boost?
I'd love to know what were the reasons for keeping him away from the first team
 
Maybe Jose told Lingard to go back with U21s instead of him

That would be his best coaching decision since
 
17Larsson said:
Why was he frozen out of the team if he could be a good morale boost?
I'd love to know what were the reasons for keeping him away from the first team
Click to expand...

Why would he boost morale anyway?

Players who arent playing and moan about it to the press in exaggerated terms probably arent going to be a great influence on the training ground.

If he's shown in training that he can deliver then great but he's been poor for us more often that not.
 
Is there any chance that JM recognised that he'd inherited a squad that had played a lot of football, but had been carrying a psychological burden post Ferguson?

Throughout his career Jose has had almost immediate success, but it hasn't lasted. He's spoken of his desire to be here for a long time, perhaps there are things he feels he needs to do differently. Players like Martial have played a lot of games, and he doesn't seem to have the physical edge to his game that we know he can have. Important players play important matches, even when not fully fit... Bastian has done this throughout his career. It's partly because of the mentality that made him a great midfielder, but it wouldn't have done him much good long term. The same could probably be said for Rooney.

Is there any chance that we actually got the "genius" we hoped we were hiring in Mourinho? Did Bastian need a few months to fully recover what he simply could not between the WC and the start of the season? Ferguson mentioned that Carrick never got going as a player until November. Intimate knowledge like that was tossed aside when Moyes came in. Perhaps Jose is actually trying to manage his squad.

Players like Herrera, who weren't central to Van Gaal's plans and didn't play as much... are some of the players that look the best this season.

Perhaps... and I'm giving him a lot of credit here:

Rooney needed taken out of the firing line, but not before he himself could be shown that he wasn't offering us anything.
Mikitaryan needs time to settle in a new country, a new environment, a new team, league, way of playing.
... and Bastian was told that he wouldn't be considered until November in order to get him to fully recover. If he chose to leave, the club would understand, but if he chose to stay, and kept his head up, and his mouth shut, that this was the plan, and he'd come back twice the player. He wouldn't be registered for the group stages of the Europa league because he wasn't going to be involved much in time... but come back fit and he could play in the knock-outs.

Now, that's not to say we shouldn't be at least 6 points better off than we are.
 
Probably still wont be used, but he should be rotating with Carrick as that holding midfielder, especially with herrera out.
 
The damage is already done by Mourinho. You have picked players like Fellaini, Lingard, Rooney from day one.
We are now 8 points behind.

Schweinsteiger is a class act, he may not be right to start every game, but he can influence games against weak opposition or coming on as a sub to finish a game off.
 
Herrera's impending (have we appealed?) suspension was the final trigger then?
 
FC Ronaldo said:
Herrera's impending (have we appealed?) suspension was the final trigger then?
Click to expand...

didnt someone say because it was two yellows it cant be appealed?

Personally Im happy to see Schweinsteiger back (in training at least), in the greater scheme of things it wont change much however.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.