Man Utd Thread:

[stew]

United were poor enough today, it will take time to gel but the fact that they did not manage a shot on target until the 70th minute tells you all you need to know about playing Rooney up front on his own.

In football you need width and depth, when Rooney comes back into the midfield he is taking away the depth, obviously if they play a high line he has to come back but today he played on the back foot a lot, maybe he will get  it with a couple of games under his belt.

Still, a top 6 team beaten and a competitive game under their belts, the Spurs were not at the best and if they had played like they did in the first fifteen minutes and the last five the whole game they would have won it.

[magpie seanie]

Despite the mediocre performance it looks like being a good first weekend. The London contenders dropped points at home, hopefully citeh don't win tonight.

[StGallsGAA]

Pedro just added another £5M to his asking price!!

[pearseog]

Pedro just added another £5M to his asking price!!

Well, seeing as he has a release cause, i doubt he has to be honest.

[NAG1]

Does coming on last night affect his CL availability for the season?

[pearseog]

Does coming on last night affect his CL availability for the season?

No, he'd still be eligible

[Minder]

So De Gea has refused to play against Villa

[magpie seanie]

So De Gea has refused to play against Villa

Whether he did or he didn't he wasn't playing anyway.

[Walter Cronc]

So De Gea has refused to play against Villa

Whether he did or he didn't he wasn't playing anyway.

Why? Injured?

[NAG1]

LVG had already stated that he wouldnt be playing until the window had closed and all the transfer stuff was out of the way.
Either he will be away or staying at the club til the summer.

Not sure if I like the idea of him walking away from the club at the end of the season on a free but I guess that's the game they are playing.

[gallsman]

LVG had already stated that he wouldnt be playing until the window had closed and all the transfer stuff was out of the way.
Either he will be away or staying at the club til the summer.

Not sure if I like the idea of him walking away from the club at the end of the season on a free but I guess that's the game they are playing.

It's a cost-benefit issue. E.g. if De Gea wins them the league and secures champions league qualification again, then the opportunity cost has already been more than covered.

[STREET FIGHTER]

LVG had already stated that he wouldnt be playing until the window had closed and all the transfer stuff was out of the way.
Either he will be away or staying at the club til the summer.

Not sure if I like the idea of him walking away from the club at the end of the season on a free but I guess that's the game they are playing.

It's a cost-benefit issue. E.g. if De Gea wins them the league and secures champions league qualification again, then the opportunity cost has already been more than covered.

Maybe last season but UTD will not want to be depending on De Gea to qualify for the C.L.

Sell him.

[NAG1]

LVG had already stated that he wouldnt be playing until the window had closed and all the transfer stuff was out of the way.
Either he will be away or staying at the club til the summer.

Not sure if I like the idea of him walking away from the club at the end of the season on a free but I guess that's the game they are playing.

It's a cost-benefit issue. E.g. if De Gea wins them the league and secures champions league qualification again, then the opportunity cost has already been more than covered.

Maybe last season but UTD will not want to be depending on De Gea to qualify for the C.L.

Sell him.

Agreed that he could be the difference of qualifying and not qualifying and understand the reason for keeping him, but I would of thought even from a business side of things to allow the contract to run down was not ideal. But then he was maybe offered something and didnt accept it knowing he would be out one way or other

[gallsman]

LVG had already stated that he wouldnt be playing until the window had closed and all the transfer stuff was out of the way.
Either he will be away or staying at the club til the summer.

Not sure if I like the idea of him walking away from the club at the end of the season on a free but I guess that's the game they are playing.

It's a cost-benefit issue. E.g. if De Gea wins them the league and secures champions league qualification again, then the opportunity cost has already been more than covered.

Maybe last season but UTD will not want to be depending on De Gea to qualify for the C.L.

Sell him.

Agreed that he could be the difference of qualifying and not qualifying and understand the reason for keeping him, but I would of thought even from a business side of things to allow the contract to run down was not ideal. But then he was maybe offered something and didnt accept it knowing he would be out one way or other

Of course not ideal, but as is repeatedly mentioned on this thread, United can pretty much afford to do anything they want. They took a 20m hit on di Maria without blinking. They paid more than they had to for Fellaini without blinking. They spunked 30m on an injured and unproven Luke Shaw without blinking. If keeping de Gea for the year costs them 18-20m or so, and they think he's vital to success this year, then they'll do it.

United have always insisted that he wouldn't be sold without Ramos going the other way in return. Ramos is about to sign a new deal at Madrid and de Gea has shown no interest in staying at United. They have to decide whether to get what they can for him now or keep him, but keeping an unhappy, ahem, keeper might not be ideal.

[nrico2006]

More to the point, why haven't United but a striker and defender yet?  I expected two new players as well as Pedro by now.