Comments on: A certainty that he will take over at Manchester United

By: DomOA

DomOA — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:58:07 +0000

“reserve team at united should hold their own against muller and company” LOL, OK. Bayern’s second team has players like Emre who are better than everyone in the MUFC academy.

By: raj

raj — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:30:18 +0000

reserve team at united should hold their own against muller and company

By: raj

raj — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:26:59 +0000

city the real club of manchester, really!!! la la land more likely. do you reside there?

By: DomOA

DomOA — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:16:21 +0000

“but the likes of Welbeck, Cleverley and Evans, while not quite on the same level on the continental stage, have certainly proved themselves domestically this past year or so.”

Sorry but they are not even close to the quality produced by Bayern. Players like Muller and Kroos are in a whole different world than Cleverley and Welbeck who are both fine players but not the sort you can hold up as examples of a great academy (unlike Scholes, Giggs, etc. in the past, United have never really been able to reproduce that quality).

If Pep has gone to Bayern it will be with the intention of staying there a long time, that’s what he wants, to build a new legacy. Maybe he will manage United in future, but in 2016? I doubt it, try maybe 2020 or something.

By: James McManus

James McManus — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:50:05 +0000

Firstly, don’t say ‘lol’, you’re not 14, at least I assume you’re not.

Secondly, judging by your other comment below, you seem to think that I am a Manchester United fan, which I most certainly am not. The logic that the only reason anyone would write a vaguely positive article about a certain club because they happen to also support them is flawed in the extreme and very childish.

“lets face facts here it’s not getting any better and the only reason they got RVP was because they feared him going to Manchester City, the real club of Manchester.”

By that token, you’ve implied that Manchester United are the bigger club because van Persie chose them as soon as they came in for him over City. Which is, you know, what actually happened, bigger club or not. What an absolute tribal, irrational mess of an argument yours is.

“Btw Roger Rabbit was a cartoon character you tool, hes not real.”

Honestly, tell me you’re not being serious here? For the sake of your sanity, I sincerely hope not.

By: billybob

billybob — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:41:46 +0000

Dream on you pathetic brainwashed cockney

By: CiTyBlUe

CiTyBlUe — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:33:30 +0000

Don’t take it the wrong way DomOA, its just a dumb glory hunting rag united fan blabbing off as usual.

By: CiTyBlUe

CiTyBlUe — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:32:12 +0000

lol he’s right, you really are a joke. Why on earth would a top manager like Pep go to a club who are in more debt than any other club on the planet, lets face facts here it’s not getting any better and the only reason they got RVP was because they feared him going to Manchester City, the real club of Manchester. Btw Roger Rabbit was a cartoon character you tool, hes not real.

By: James McManus

James McManus — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:08:39 +0000

Oh go and play with Roger Rabbit you faceless, nameless troll.

By: James McManus

James McManus — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:07:21 +0000

Far from disrespecting Bayern:

“the footballing ‘philosophy’ at the club was fairly similar, they are widely respected as one of the best run clubs in the world and they always compete for major honours. They ticked every box.”

“an established giant of the European game.”

It was unexpected move but a logical one. They are an incredibly well set up club that provides Guardiola with a sound platform for success.

Woth regards to the academy point, that must have been one of the major things that attracted Guardiola so much in the first place, but the likes of Welbeck, Cleverley and Evans, while not quite on the same level on the continental stage, have certainly proved themselves domestically this past year or so.