Comments on: Man Utd Headlines 31 May 2007 http://redrants.com/man-utd-headlines-31-may-2007/ Manchester United Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:48:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://redrants.com/man-utd-headlines-31-may-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Michael Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:37:41 +0000 http://redrants.com/man-utd-headlines-31-may-2007/#comment-271 Not trying to make a big deal out of it but just for the record, Ryan Giggs never could of played for England, its an old tale thats been going round for years. See http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1320132,00.html and at the bottom of : http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1325481,00.html Not trying to make a big deal out of it but just for the record, Ryan Giggs never could of played for England, its an old tale thats been going round for years. See http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1320132,00.html and at the bottom of : http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1325481,00.html

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]]> By: Pedro Vilas-Boas http://redrants.com/man-utd-headlines-31-may-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Pedro Vilas-Boas Thu, 31 May 2007 21:50:11 +0000 http://redrants.com/man-utd-headlines-31-may-2007/#comment-266 Some feedback from Portugal! :) As you can imagine, yesterday´s news created an "earthquake" in our humble portugue league. :) I was very surprised with the signing of Andersson. No one here was expecting it. I am sure that both players are very good long-term signings. I guess that United turned the usual "summer transfer period" to a "spring transfer period". Funny, that spanhish clubs are still playing for the league and cup, while everyone else is planning the new season. Anderson isn´t a striker... He is the classic atacking midfilder (number 10) that plays behind the striker, or if you prefer, ahead of the two central midfilders. I think he will also be used as a left side midfilder, playing with the atacking Evra. Having Anderson and Giggs for number 10 position, i think we´ll se Rooney playing a lot more times as first striker, which i don´t like. Nani is something between a side-midfilder and a winger (left or right). He can deliver some good crosses to the strikers, which is something United missed this year, since Park and Ronaldo play a lot in centre and Giggs is going to be a second striker for the future. But i think Nani will have to develop a lot in order o play in the EPL, both physically and mentally. He was far away from being a "great star" in our league (like Anderson), but at the age of 20 he is already the 4th option for winger, in Portugal´s national team (after Ronaldo, Simão and Quaresma). With the arrival of Anderson i don´t know how can we manage to have room for a new striker, unless we sell one of the others: Ole (no please), Saha (should last more than half a season) or Smith (yes, yes...sell it please). If we do, i think we should go to Viduka and save the money, to buy a real striker after Ole retires. Some feedback from Portugal! :)

As you can imagine, yesterday´s news created an “earthquake” in our humble portugue league. :)

I was very surprised with the signing of Andersson. No one here was expecting it. I am sure that both players are very good long-term signings. I guess that United turned the usual “summer transfer period” to a “spring transfer period”. Funny, that spanhish clubs are still playing for the league and cup, while everyone else is planning the new season.

Anderson isn´t a striker… He is the classic atacking midfilder (number 10) that plays behind the striker, or if you prefer, ahead of the two central midfilders. I think he will also be used as a left side midfilder, playing with the atacking Evra. Having Anderson and Giggs for number 10 position, i think we´ll se Rooney playing a lot more times as first striker, which i don´t like.

Nani is something between a side-midfilder and a winger (left or right). He can deliver some good crosses to the strikers, which is something United missed this year, since Park and Ronaldo play a lot in centre and Giggs is going to be a second striker for the future. But i think Nani will have to develop a lot in order o play in the EPL, both physically and mentally. He was far away from being a “great star” in our league (like Anderson), but at the age of 20 he is already the 4th option for winger, in Portugal´s national team (after Ronaldo, Simão and Quaresma).

With the arrival of Anderson i don´t know how can we manage to have room for a new striker, unless we sell one of the others: Ole (no please), Saha (should last more than half a season) or Smith (yes, yes…sell it please). If we do, i think we should go to Viduka and save the money, to buy a real striker after Ole retires.

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