SailorXY:

Smalling has to play, make he just manage himself anyhow. if not our defence is bull

What if he gets an out-of-the-season injury this time around? Managing Smalling to me, is not a good idea.

Emperoh:


Are Rafael and Shaw back?

What's the extent of Smalling's injury please?

Yes.

Two weeks.

afrodoc:



Lmao.
Seriously the thing is really funny. Anyway na Nihilist i dey blame sha, his lil brother is turning into an Obahiagbon and he is not helping him out.

Abi oo..

Maybe nihilist and nateevs should even tone down the use of too many big words - the effect it's having on that pathetic wannabe is embarassing!

afrodoc:


LVG is unlikely to start McNair in d nxt match against Liverpool esp since he pulled him out in the last one for lack of confidence

i think he will start him again. LVG is obsessed with young players. he took paddy out to protect him from the wrath of the media who would have given him bad press had we lost or dropped points.

the liverpool game is a new chapter. blackett did worse @ leicester & he strolled back into the team after completing his suspension. paddy wasn't that bad on the night - a lot of the so called old players were found wanting too. only young, van persie & de gea played well.

coogar:


i think he will start him again. LVG is obsessed with young players. he took paddy out to protect him from the wrath of the media who would have given him bad press had we lost or dropped points.

the liverpool game is a new chapter. blackett did worse @ leicester & he strolled back into the team after completing his suspension. paddy wasn't that bad on the night - a lot of the so called old players were found wanting too. only young, van persie & de gea played well.

I actually believe we can win the match this weekend if we play with tempo and control the midfield.
The game will be decided by LVG's formation and the players in the midfield.....not the players in defence

elampiro:
Former Manchester United assistant claims injuries are the club’s fault
Kyle Bonn Dec 9, 2014, 3:10 PM EST

Formerly serving as Sir Alex Ferguson’s second-in-command, Mike Phelan (pictured, left) is hitting back at his old club.

Manchester United is suffocating under a severe wave of injuries, with seven players currently on the shelf and most places reporting 43 individual injuries suffered this season.

And not everyone is willing to buy that it’s a fluke.

“What’s happened is a continuation of the same players getting injured all the time, so you have to look to the reasons why,” said Phelan, now a top assistant at Norwich City in the Championship. “I think Manchester United changed their thoughts on the fitness regime, they looked at it a little bit differently.

Phelan believes the personnel who were in place during his time at Old Trafford were the right men for the job, but things are different now.

“Tony Strudwick, who was operating as head of sports science, was involved day to day with the first-team. He understood the ins and outs of how to keep players fit, how to keep them ready for competition. Then suddenly they moved him sideways and did something completely different. That may have had an effect. That one area has changed.”

Strudwick was the head of fitness at Manchester United since 2007, all the way until after the World Cup this summer when Louis van Gaal appointed him “head of athletic development” and now oversees mostly youth training and fitness. Van Gaal brought in fellow Dutchman Jos van Dijk to succeed Strudwick at his former position.

“They’ve brought in new people with a different way of doing things. The intensity of training may be one thing – it may be too intense, or not intense enough – but obviously slight changes have been made with the present way of doing things.”

Chris Smalling was the most recent player to suffer a concern, going off in the 18th minute of their close 2-1 win over Southampton this past weekend, replaced by Jonny Evans who himself was just returning from an injury problem that has kept him out most of the season.

And Phelan isn’t convinced that the club did enough to strengthen the team during the summer to prevent this kind of thing from happening, instead focusing on big-money buys.

“I would have thought [the squad] is big enough at Manchester United, because they can go out and get players in, but obviously they keep breaking down and they don’t seem to be getting any better. They seem to get one back and lose another two.”

The injuries have forced a number of young products into duty a little earlier than the Red Devils would probably have liked, including defenders Paddy McNair and Tyler Blackett. While Blackett has impressed a couple of times, McNair was withdrawn minutes before halftime on a puzzling tactical change that Louis van Gaal said was caused by a lack of confidence by McNair.

It’s gotten so bad that Evans, following the win over Southampton said bench players are “expecting someone to get injured.” That’s no bueno.
http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2014/12/09/former-manchester-united-assistant-claims-injuries-are-van-gaals-fault/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

Is he trying to tell us that there were no injury crises during his time?

tess1:


Is he trying to tell us that there were no injury crises during his time?

I actually think he's blaming Moyes

SailorXY:

I actually think he's blaming Moyes

elampiro:
. “I think Manchester United changed their thoughts on the fitness regime, they looked at it a little bit differently.
Phelan believes the personnel who were in
“Tony Strudwick, who was operating as head of sports science, was involved day to day with the first-team. He understood the ins and outs of how to keep players fit, how to keep them ready for competition. Then suddenly they moved him sideways and did something completely different. That may have had an effect. That one area has changed.”
Strudwick was the head of fitness at Manchester United since 2007, all the way until after the World Cup this summer when Louis van Gaal appointed him “head of athletic development” and now oversees mostly youth training and fitness. Van Gaal brought in fellow Dutchman Jos van Dijk to succeed Strudwick at his former position.
“They’ve brought in new people with a different way of doing things. The intensity of training may be one thing – it may be too intense, or not intense enough – but obviously slight changes have been made with the present way of doing things.”

Moyes ke?

Dadehmola:




Moyes ke?

I no know who the strudfuckingweik be jare, I was thinking he's a part of the sacked crew by Moyes.
LvG is sure to re-access the whole thing @ the end of the season

Dadehmola:


If we had gotten last night's result at the home grounds of those teams I mentioned, I wouldn't have made that post.

We are 3rd on the log and 5 points adrift of 2nd place. I couldn't be happier

Alrighty! Manchester United is on the march again

smalling out for 2weeks..

SailorXY:

I actually think he's blaming Moyes

I think he`s blaming LVG.

Odunharry:
smalling out for 2weeks..

smh-you could see the disappointment in his eyes when he came off on Monday.


on his return Evans will replace him in the physio room. #womanwrappers

SailorXY:

smh-you could see the disappointment in his eyes when he came off on Monday.


on his return Evans will replace him in the physio room. #womanwrappers

fredthered told me di maria, rafael & shaw are fit for the liverpool game.

Waooow! Mikel scores in UCL

SailorXY:

smh-you could see the disappointment in his eyes when he came off on Monday.


on his return Evans will replace him in the physio room. #womanwrappers

indomie players

Roma 0 vs Mancity 2

Odunharry:

indomie players

@least these ones dey even show face. what of Pawa Jones

coogar:


fredthered told me di maria, rafael & shaw are fit for the liverpool game.

yeah they are, the most likely immediate inclusion will be Shaw cuz Young is no natural defender + he's right footed

SailorXY:

@least these ones dey even show face. what of Pawa Jones

lol...na elampiro cousin be that o..
2injury in 3match

coded01:
Who wants Arsenal for 2nd round?


Not again! Wrong thread sorry!

troll wella o

United fans on twitter welcoming Strootman to Oldtrafford

#WelcomeStrootman

Coded01 dey burst my head, hahahahaha

By scoring the third goal for chelsea against sporting.Mikel now
has more UCL goals this season than the whole man united team.

^^^ Very unfair!


Man Utd is not playing in this season UCL na...

Keky:
Coded01 dey burst my head, hahahahaha

Haba!


Na mistake na...


No put me for wahala oh...


Thanks for the offer sha...

coded01:



Haba!


Na mistake na...


No put me for wahala oh...


Thanks for the offer sha...

Carry On Brother

Odunharry:

troll wella o

Man City be like Man Utd, sorry na mistake abeg...


Man Utd! Sorry Man City doing EPL proud... Init...

Odunharry:
United fans on twitter welcoming Strootman to Oldtrafford

#WelcomeStrootman

it may take up to February before he recovers his form, I won't mind his addition. the reason Fletcher gets on the pitch & Anderson can't make bench is still a mystery, to me ooo

why these guys dey troll everywhere na