United's injury crisis last season...

rather than continue the unseemly thread hijack by some of the more uncouth members on the dailly transfer thread i thought this should have its own place, where it is allowed to fester and rot into an sticking mess of faded hopes and dreams, mixed with rabid frothing bile - a stinking @#%&! soup floating out into space and time, a drifting vortex of endless disappointment and regret, maybe even heading towards the distant constellation sextonius contemptuous where it shall sit like a capsule of other-worldly dread in contempt forever...

wrong thread indeed... funny that a simple matter-of-fact has people crawling all over it looking for deep and meaningfuls though ... united had one of its worst injury crises of recent years last season. at times up to 15 players from the 1st team pool were unavailable. 12 different novice youngsters from the reserves and u18s got to play for the 1st XI in february alone. will keane was not the manager's solution. he made 2 substitute appearances and was injured in the 2nd, never to return. any connection with rashford taking his chance is merely a coincidence. one advantage rashford's phenomenal start had on lvg's options was it allowed him to take depay out and still play with 3 forwards during march and april.

still .......... let it go ....at least its on the right thread .. what do you think about bailley from villareal

Yay last season. £#%&! off.

Originally Posted by puressence

still .......... let it go ....at least its on the right thread .. what do you think about bailley from villareal

exciting times. expect him to be injured by xmas and mensah to be recalled from orient to cover.

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

rather than continue the unseemly thread hijack by some of the more uncouth members

bit harsh on yourself there ya massive @#%&!

Originally Posted by waynes ear's

bit harsh on yourself there ya massive @#%&!

morning wayne.

not guilty.

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

morning wayne.

not guilty.

morning pol

I've said it before, but we were top of the league in November before the injuries really kicked in.

Makes you think.

Originally Posted by Dave

I've said it before, but we were top of the league in November before the injuries really kicked in.

loved that hour we were top of the leauge. really shit on all the other league titles we've won

each week, given the players available, van gaal made wrong choices. every manager has to deal with injuries - they are judged on how they cope, not what challenges they face. his main problem was his inability to pick a midfield. consistently. that wasn't down to injuries, but stupidity.

soz to inform throb. he's gone (way too late). let it go.

we have a whole new @#%&! to worry about.

On the Keane thing, it seems to be forgotten that it was about a month after he came back that he made an appearance for the first team, and that was off the back of him scoring for fun in the U21's, including a couple of belters. The progression to the first team was probably as much a reward for his work since his return as much as him being ahead of anyone in any pecking order.

I'm not sure why he was brought back, probably as much because it wasn't going that well on loan as it was to bolster the first team, much like Januzaj.

We were top of the league for 2 hrs thanks to a last minute own goal.

Those 2 hours nearly reaching the same mythical status as those 20 mins v spurs in 2012.

When we were top that afternoon, wasn't there about 2 points splitting first from 5th?

It's a big straw to clutch in any case, I. Don't think anybody really thought we'd be winning the at that point.

Originally Posted by jem

each week, given the players available, van gaal made wrong choices. every manager has to deal with injuries - they are judged on how they cope, not what challenges they face. his main problem was his inability to pick a midfield. consistently. that wasn't down to injuries, but stupidity.

soz to inform throb. he's gone (way too late). let it go.

we have a whole new @#%&! to worry about.

Would be so much easier to let go of the LvG dream if all this was actually true. As it is, he hung himself with some bad squad management decisions and then endured horrific luck with injuries. In spite of which he managed a good last third of the season in which we looked one of the better coached sides in the league.

Wondering what might have been is so much harder because his ability to organise and find solutions for the second season running with a massively flawed group was evident. He will forever wonder how things would have turned out with another striker, though.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Would be so much easier to let go of the LvG dream if all this was actually true. As it is, he hung himself with some bad squad management decisions and then endured horrific luck with injuries. In spite of which he managed a good last third of the season in which we looked one of the better coached sides in the league.

Wondering what might have been is so much harder because his ability to organise and find solutions for the second season running with a massively flawed group was evident. He will forever wonder how things would have turned out with another striker, though.

you are only fooling yourself. and throb. soz.

Originally Posted by jem

you are only fooling yourself. and throb. soz.

Like I say, I wish it wasn't true. Makes it tougher to fully let go. Will need a few more summer weeks.

We were 8 clear in April 2012 no injuries a defender in midfield and a retired son came back. A Worldclass talent was watching from the stands. He went into to achieve greatness. Makes you think

Terrible run of injuries, but have we not had injuries in the past and coped ok?

Giggs and O'Shea in midfield was made to work by a great manager. Louis couldn't get his lads to play in a £#%&!ed up league. End of the errand.

The Southampton home game was sickening in its shitbaggery and that's when I knew he had to go. No amount of injuries can excuse that sort of failure.

Injuries have been £#%&!ing ridiculous for the past five years at least. Maybe last season was the worst? ... not much in it. Amazing how players declare themselves unfit for their own convenience when things aren't going so well and suddenly come good when an international tournament comes along for them to add to their resume. RVP, Schwein etc

Makes you think