Comments on: The Onion Bag: Did Signing Van Persie Make Man United Worse? John Terry Retires from England, Klose Admits Handball to Disallow Goal

By: tallyho

tallyho — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:37:21 +0000

no mention of the huge catalogue of imjuries united have suffered in defense.
or that with rvp in a main strijing role, united might find their midfield creativity from the returning rooney who could easily slot in there…

americans on football is like british people on basketball – poor

By: rambo.cts

rambo.cts — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:40:35 +0000

I still think both United and Arsenal have some holes in their team. I think RVP was bought so they could have another top goal scorer in case Rooney got hurt. It’s always nice to have 2 top forwards. Still it is only 5 games in to the season and my guess is that MUFC will end up in a higher position at the end of the season.

By: tedkerwin

tedkerwin — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:35:08 +0000

John Terry has the worst people advising him on what he should do. He needed to either resign from England after the Euro’s or wait until this FA hearing was done and then resign. Doing it before the hearing makes him look like he was daring the FA to rule against him.

That said, I think he is the best center back England has at the national level. He is only 31 and speed has never been his thing, he plays the right position, knows when to make the hard challenge, is a threat on set pieces and is a good leader in keeping the team in proper shape.

By: roger from oz

roger from oz — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:21:27 +0000

this is a biased report. Arsenal isn’t better than ManU right now.

By: BFFredo

BFFredo — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:53:03 +0000

Where does duffy say van Persie was a bad signing? He says that United with van Persie looks a lot like last year’s Arsenal with van Persie i.e. “A one-man team.”

van Persie is a good player (when he’s healthy and firing, he’s a great player). But that still doesn’t solve the health issues at the back (and that was before Vidic was ruled out again) nor the fact that midfield is a patchjob of near-40 year old greats, a few really good players (Fletcher and Carrick) and kids who could develop one day into greats. Spending 24M pounds on a great-but-injury-prone striker over going after someone like Cazorla or Belhanda or Javi Martinez?

By: jdeeser5

jdeeser5 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:36:01 +0000

Reports are deal is done with league and refs. 8 yrs and they got a pension till 2018

By: msuspartan

msuspartan — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:19:14 +0000

Nice troll piece duffy. See everything Rollo said above.

By: Monster is Meth

Monster is Meth — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:25:38 +0000

/Door creaks open
//Yep, still dead in here
///Door creaks shut

By: Nada

Nada — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:44:48 +0000

UEFA president Michel Platini will push for a winter World Cup for Qatar 2022. That move is inevitable

Yes, I’m sure the game’s top clubs won’t at all mind losing their top players for a couple of months in the middle of the season, much as the NHL didn’t mind it for the Olympics.

By: Human Vacuum Cleaner

Human Vacuum Cleaner — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:07:31 +0000

Don’t care about EPL but O’s hanging around in AL East w/pasting of Jays 2nite.

/BuckTruck

By: Monster is Meth

Monster is Meth — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:59:45 +0000

I don’t know shit about soccer. Just like watching World Cup and the Euro Cup or whatever its called. Shows you how much of a fan I am when I don’t even know the name for certain.

By: ar1186

ar1186 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:57:07 +0000

Arsenal have more depth than people realize – Jenkinson has stabilized the rb position in Sagna’s absence, and the cb trio of Vermaelen, Koscielny, and Mertesacker look among the league’s best so far.

In midfield, Cazorla might be the only standout, world-class player, but the others around him are all capable of match-winning performances on their day. The great thing about the Podolski and Cazorla signings is that it dissipates some of the pressure on squad players (like Rosicky and Walcott) to perform a consistent basis. Now they can step in and, at the very least, maintain the overall possession-based approach to playing. Oxlade-Chamberlain now has more time to develop, and we’re not dependent on Arshavin returning to vintage 2008 form to compete. The strikers might be an issue, but that’s a problem that can be corrected if Arsenal are still in contention by January. The important thing is that the squad players now have defined roles; United have been excellent at fostering this over their last few title runs.

By: RolloTomassi14

RolloTomassi14 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:56:25 +0000

hahahaha so duffy, an arsenal supporter, takes a small sample size of five games, proclaims rvp a bad signing, says united is in trouble…and then points out united is three points ahead! What the hell?

After arsenal lose to chelsea this weekend, what will the story be?

/villa 4 man city 2 on tuesday

By: H-town

H-town — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:19:42 +0000

^ I agree 100%. Arsenal always fades at the end bc of their lack of squad depth and this team gets injured more than most big teams.

By: MP

MP — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:08:25 +0000

He just might not have been the player they needed to vault them ahead of Man City, Chelsea or, indeed, Arsenal this season.

LOL> United finish minimum ten points ahead of Arsenal this year. They're just better in every facet of the game.

By: herdatious

herdatious — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:13:45 +0000

Also – I expect ManU to always find an answer and steal points.
Just as I expect Scholes to come in studs up within in the first minute of his arrival.

Why don’t they play the first 87 minutes the way they play the last 3 +8 minutes of stoppage?

By: herdatious

herdatious — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:09:44 +0000

Cazorla is the maestro. If goes down or catches a run of form like Silva Arsenal could slump.
I hope Wilshire is able to come back 100% of his former self.