Dr Venkman Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 The actual quote about the fullbacks is: "it's not like we play with our two fullbacks staying at home, they're encouraged to get forward and at times it's cost us in terms of goals conceded in terms of their progression up the pitch, but they haven't delivered the goals. I think Mathieu Debuchy, to be fair, has got a goal in him and I'd like to think he'd get two or three next year." It comes after a question related to the stat that over the two Man Utd defeats, 4 of their 8 goals were scored by defenders, while none of our defenders scored at all in the entire season (aside from Santon when pushed up at Wigan). Pardew himself then moves it on to praise the current FB pool generally and puts a focus on the failure of the central defenders to score from set plays. So it's not as bad as it seems by a long stretch. So put into context it isn't really that negative, fair enough. What was the full quote around 6ft 4" players? "We need to have more dominance in that area and it's all well and good saying the set play problem is down to tactics, delivery or whatever. Ultimately you need 6-foot-4 in this division to go and head it in or at least get first contact on it to head it across the box and we've not had that all year." Didn't take long for Ian to be proven wrong on 'he's not a moron'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nobbys Trumpet Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 With Williamson we almost always won the header, he actually had the most aerial duels won in the Prem back in January. Just a shame it would bounce off his bonce and go sideways or straight to the other team for a quick counter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Generic Tim Cahill reference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Microsoft Word can do headers and that fits on a usb stick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Meulensteen is now leaving Man Utd by all accounts. Shame we'd never pay the wages for a coach of that calibre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Meulensteen is now leaving Man Utd by all accounts. Shame we'd never pay the wages for a coach of that calibre. Really? By all accounts the Man U players and fans think very highly of him. Get him in please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VanBarduck Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Monaco is the typical AP GP isn't it? Boring, defensive, need a moment of magic to win it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Meulensteen is now leaving Man Utd by all accounts. Shame we'd never pay the wages for a coach of that calibre. Really? By all accounts the Man U players and fans think very highly of him. Get him in please. Off topic but, him as well as Phelan leaving at the same time could already be start of a bit of struggle for Man Utd. Moyes shouldn't try to fix too much there straight away. Would have kept at least one of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Man Yoo still hasn't replaced Queiroz IMO, sure he's a total hack as a manager but as a coach/ no 2 he's excellent and no coincidence at all that their run of success in CL getting to numerous finals was during his time as SAF's no 2 as its quite common knowledge that SAF hasn't done the coaching for years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Meulensteen is now leaving Man Utd by all accounts. Shame we'd never pay the wages for a coach of that calibre. Really? By all accounts the Man U players and fans think very highly of him. Get him in please. Off topic but, him as well as Phelan leaving at the same time could already be start of a bit of struggle for Man Utd. Moyes shouldn't try to fix too much there straight away. Would have kept at least one of them. Yeah me and my dad were saying that earlier. Meulensteen seems to be really highly rated too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Man United are fucked. I'm very confident of this. They'll struggle to finish in the top four. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Man Yoo still hasn't replaced Queiroz IMO, sure he's a total hack as a manager but as a coach/ no 2 he's excellent and no coincidence at all that their run of success in CL getting to numerous finals was during his time as SAF's no 2 as its quite common knowledge that SAF hasn't done the coaching for years. More to do with having the best/second best player in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Man United are fucked. I'm very confident of this. They'll struggle to finish in the top four. No league title but they'll finish top 4 easy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Think they'll win the league or finish 2nd. Depends on how quickly Pellegrini - who I think is brilliant - grasps the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Think they'll win the league or finish 2nd. Depends on how quickly Pellegrini - who I think is brilliant - grasps the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Man United are fucked. I'm very confident of this. They'll struggle to finish in the top four. Moyes who got the Everton squad to finish 6th isn't going to fail to get the Manu squad to finish top 4 next season, not a chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Man United are fucked. I'm very confident of this. They'll struggle to finish in the top four. The funny thing is, they could finish 10th and he'd still keep his job after what happened with SAF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Moyes has finished 4th and 5th more than once with Everton, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Man United are f***ed. I'm very confident of this. They'll struggle to finish in the top four. The funny thing is, they could finish 10th and he'd still keep his job after what happened with SAF. I agree that he will be given more time than most top clubs give new appointments, but i doubt he would survive finishing outside of European positions imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Chelsea/Mourinho to win. Then the Manchesters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Think Chelsea will finish 3rd again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Wonder who Everton are going to get as manager. Don't think they'll even finish in the top half if a couple of their better players leave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Moyes will be a bit too cautious and draw a bit too often to win the league but don't think he'll do badly. Think Mourinho will walk the league tbh, Pellegrini will take some adjusting. If Arsenal sign some very good players they may be in with a shot I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Think Chelsea will finish 3rd again. That could get him sacked the way they're going through managers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 A better manager with a better record in achieving what Roman was after was sacked for finishing 2nd. And only a year after achieving what Mourinho never could there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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