3 characteristics that define Man Utd
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saw this in other forum, so decide to ask you all here..
for me..
Attacking football
Fighting Spirit & Passion
Never say die -
X2Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:saw this in other forum, so decide to ask you all here..
for me..
Attacking football
Fighting Spirit & Passion
Never say die
But now times have changed...i dont know if they are still playing to these 3 characteristics -
in 1999 yes. the past 3 seasons, no
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Hmm, in my opinion, none of those u mentioned exist in the United team of today, maybe in the 90s but definitely not now.Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:saw this in other forum, so decide to ask you all here..
for me..
Attacking football
Fighting Spirit & Passion
Never say die
If u look closely at United style of playing, it's not hard to see that they'll stop attacking if they are leading by 1 or 2 goals. Attacking football? Hardly. Without Rooney's run and Schole's playmaking, United's attack look really unappealing.
United players think that they're superstars. Players promoted from youth team such as Fletcher, Richardson, Brown, O'Shea, had silver spoon in their mouth.Think class of 92 - Becks and gang. Fergie was bold enough to dispose off old players way pass their prime such as Paul Ince, Andrei Kenchelski & Bryan Robson, replacing them with young players who play with hunger and passion. I seriously do not see these qualitites in the youth players these days.
Never Say Die? 2nd last match of EPL last season remember? Against Chelski? One goal from Chelski is enough to make United's engine switch off.
Change the manager. He's losing his grip.
Cheers.
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i haven see the class of 92 because back then still young
so i dare not comment too much about then and now
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look how SAF handled the prima donnas then. and look how the Fergie's Fledgings fared.
and now look at how man utd plays. no hunger at all. well, for the past 3 seasons at least. -
i would agree tat the current man utd squad dont possess such qualities anymore...
only the 90's
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now most of them play for money nia..no spirit whatsoever.
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i see Owen Hargreaves adding spirit....
1st and foremost, he's english
and he's dying to go to man utd... -
he din kao peh enuf leh. unlike diarra, reyes, ashley cole and gallas
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To me,actually, there are 4 you are talking about
1) Attacking football
2)Fighting Spirit
3) Passion
4) Never say die
In the 90s, we have abundance of all that, and it was the most successful domestic era for MUFC.
Key was then, we got a group of young players who came from the academy, trying to put their stamp on the game. And I remember, Mark Lawerson remarked that SAF is trying to use Kids to win the game. And SAF used that siege menality to unite his players. And on top of that, he got Cantona, the passion, and Keane, the personifcation of last 3 characteristics.
At his prime, Keane was MUFC though and though. And this is the onfield leader that MUFC lacked now. And dare I say, even Gunners is suffering when they lose Vieira.
Liverpool got their Gerrard, Chelsea got their Terry. Their eyes burned with passion, and you know they will give 101% just to get the "W".
Now, in MUFC, only one comes to mind, it is "Rooney".
To me, he got what Keane got and Cantona, and also their temper.
In such competitive sports, you need aggressions but Rooney need to tune down a bit.
Now as teams get more exposed to international or Major European competitions, attacking football is not the same as before. In EPL, if you attack and lose the ball, you can get it back fast, but not so in major cups matches. so most teams have tailored their plays to be more productive and less wastage.
I believe Chelsea and Porto were such under Mourniho. They were productive, and more brain..
Just my two cents worth.. -
even porto can win uefa champions league under morinho.. this man is clever..
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i agree. he is a good manager. how about him quitting chelski and replacing SAF?
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with Mourinho, u'll never know wat he'll do....Originally posted by imprezaWRXSTi22B:i agree. he is a good manager. how about him quitting chelski and replacing SAF?
maybe quarrel wif Peter Kenyon or Abrah then come man utd
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haha. i think theres a rift la. its difficult to say.... anything is possible in football. greece can win the euro. figo can go to real from barca. milan can lose while leading 3-0 at halftime in the champions league final. so mourinho can come man utd
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+1Originally posted by imprezaWRXSTi22B:haha. i think theres a rift la. its difficult to say.... anything is possible in football. greece can win the euro. figo can go to real from barca. milan can lose while leading 3-0 at halftime in the champions league final. so mourinho can come man utd 
CL milan give chance to pool italy always liddat with $$ around... -
wah lao disappointing. juve won the past 2 scudettos. and now we know they did it with extra help. juve fans all sian 0.99
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but some players dun seem happy with morinho right?
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cos of his 2 star players per position principle
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hey...i think this forum is up from 4.0+ to 8.203 in rating yeah ?
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yeah, starting of this month up alreadyOriginally posted by CHoCo^LaTcH:hey...i think this forum is up from 4.0+ to 8.203 in rating yeah ?