Manchester United FC

[ViVaRooney]

If you go down as the greatest at Madrid it means you are one of the greatest of all time."

wow so he thinks you need to play for madrid to be the greatest? who educated this lalalalalala on madrid? he thinks madrid is this god of a club

[Anathematic]

To be fair, Madrid are the biggest club in the world in terms of sporting prestige...

[Nani_The_Best]

Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: Football :: A Harg slog for Owen

[Nani_The_Best]

Originally Posted by 7_Robert_Pires

To be fair, Madrid are the biggest club in the world in terms of sporting prestige...

He Will Be An 80m Flop anyway

[Jamieb08]

Originally Posted by Nani_The_Best

Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: Football :: A Harg slog for Owen

good news about Hargreaves he should be very useful coming back for us scoring our freekicks from now on unless we get someone who is good at them

[Royal Flush]

Originally Posted by Nani_The_Best

He Will Be An 80m Flop anyway

Ronaldo won't be a flop. He'll be playing in an easier league and he's in his prime, I think he's gonna do really well at Madrid.
Looking forward to see how SAF spends his transfer budget though

[King-Osgood-1690]

Originally Posted by Nani_The_Best

He Will Be An 80m Flop anyway

How can you justify that?

[ViVaRooney]

Brilliant Benzema Built For Man Utd

As C. Ronaldo prepares to depart for dreamy Madrid, Manchester United will have around £80 million from the transfer - some of this money may be used to pay off debts, or for wages, but most of it, should be used on finding a player to replace Ronaldo.

Strong candidates are Antonio Valencia, Frank Ribery, David Silva, Sergio "Kun" Aguero but the one that sticks out with optimism is the prospect of Man Utd purchasing Lyon's forward Karim Benzema.




Benzema has a rare style to him - comparable, if only very slightly, to the extremely talented Eric Cantona. Benzema, is a complete forward - his game shines in every aspect, he is tall and has a decent technique at jumping/heading, his finishing is clinical, he can dribble - he shows the odd spot of flair that make us gasp, but he has discipline, he doesn't take 25 pot-shots in a match - he knows how to use the ball intelligently, these are all admirable traits in a striker and in general, a player.

However what makes Benzema comparable to Cantona is that stunning, confident eye-for goal, to explain it: Benzema will play a goal before it happens, he will know what to do about 3 seconds before it happens and this is why he shows the most promise - this is a natural instinct, something Cantona had very much. He would get the ball, already knowing what he had to do before he did it - watch the following 2 videos to see this natural instinct at it's best.

Are you telling me Cantona received the pass and just went for a random chip on the goalkeeper? - No, he knew what he was doing the whole time, like watching an artist paint a masterpiece, Cantona had everything planned out - you should notice his celebration is special, as the execution is deadly.

Now, you have to watch this video of Benzema scoring against Manchester United last year in the Champions League - you should notice that not only the strike is stunning, but notice that it's very surprising, with 4 Man Utd players around him, Benzema spots the gap in defence, shifts the ball to his left foot and slams the ball in the corner, this of course, is all planed out before it occurs, as the natural instinct some super strikers like Henry, Cantona, Van Nistelrooy, etc. have give them around 2 or 3 more seconds to score compared to great strikers.

This is the main reason why the brilliant Benzema is built for Manchester United, with around £80 million to spend, Benzema, who has played in Lyon's 4-3-3 formation this season, would fit very well into Man Utd's formation - 4-3-3, 4-5-1 (as seen this year, stick Ronaldo on his own up front with 5 midfielders behind, as seen against Arsenal in the Champion League semi-finals), Benzema is a rare player and Man Utd have a history of producing and purchashing players of rare, rare style.

[Avoidconfusion]

Originally Posted by Nani_The_Best

He Will Be An 80m Flop anyway

Let me guess, 3 months ago your name was Ronaldo_The_Best, right?

You "fans" crack me up.... Ronaldo will be a flop?

He is joining a far less physical league and will have a lot more time on the ball, if anything he will wreak havoc in La Liga.

[Clanck]

^^ Agreed.


Also, I want Benzema

[Solskjaer|20]

Originally Posted by Jamieb08

good news about Hargreaves he should be very useful coming back for us scoring our freekicks from now on unless we get someone who is good at them

Tosic.

[poesen]

3 times champ

[Anathematic]

Originally Posted by ViVaRooney

Brilliant Benzema Built For Man Utd

As C. Ronaldo prepares to depart for dreamy Madrid, Manchester United will have around £80 million from the transfer - some of this money may be used to pay off debts, or for wages, but most of it, should be used on finding a player to replace Ronaldo.

Strong candidates are Antonio Valencia, Frank Ribery, David Silva, Sergio "Kun" Aguero but the one that sticks out with optimism is the prospect of Man Utd purchasing Lyon's forward Karim Benzema.





Benzema has a rare style to him - comparable, if only very slightly, to the extremely talented Eric Cantona. Benzema, is a complete forward - his game shines in every aspect, he is tall and has a decent technique at jumping/heading, his finishing is clinical, he can dribble - he shows the odd spot of flair that make us gasp, but he has discipline, he doesn't take 25 pot-shots in a match - he knows how to use the ball intelligently, these are all admirable traits in a striker and in general, a player.

However what makes Benzema comparable to Cantona is that stunning, confident eye-for goal, to explain it: Benzema will play a goal before it happens, he will know what to do about 3 seconds before it happens and this is why he shows the most promise - this is a natural instinct, something Cantona had very much. He would get the ball, already knowing what he had to do before he did it - watch the following 2 videos to see this natural instinct at it's best.

Are you telling me Cantona received the pass and just went for a random chip on the goalkeeper? - No, he knew what he was doing the whole time, like watching an artist paint a masterpiece, Cantona had everything planned out - you should notice his celebration is special, as the execution is deadly.

Now, you have to watch this video of Benzema scoring against Manchester United last year in the Champions League - you should notice that not only the strike is stunning, but notice that it's very surprising, with 4 Man Utd players around him, Benzema spots the gap in defence, shifts the ball to his left foot and slams the ball in the corner, this of course, is all planed out before it occurs, as the natural instinct some super strikers like Henry, Cantona, Van Nistelrooy, etc. have give them around 2 or 3 more seconds to score compared to great strikers.

This is the main reason why the brilliant Benzema is built for Manchester United, with around £80 million to spend, Benzema, who has played in Lyon's 4-3-3 formation this season, would fit very well into Man Utd's formation - 4-3-3, 4-5-1 (as seen this year, stick Ronaldo on his own up front with 5 midfielders behind, as seen against Arsenal in the Champion League semi-finals), Benzema is a rare player and Man Utd have a history of producing and purchashing players of rare, rare style.

Stopped reading there. The author knows nothing of Benzema or Cantona. Benzema isn't fit to be Cantona's errand boy.

[ViVaRooney]

he is only comparing styles, not their quality

[FifaFreaky]

Benzema reminds me off Ronaldo "El fenómeno"

[Anathematic]

Originally Posted by ViVaRooney

he is only comparing styles, not their quality

Their styles aren't even that similar... He's more comparable to Anelka.

[Reaver]

Is Ronaldo going to go?

If this is the 'Dream Move' he wants, you would of thought he'd be there by now.

[FifaFreaky]

Yeah he's defo going to real but I think he's on holiday in L.A

[Reaver]

I realised but you wouldnt take a slight break from your holiday to go to the club of your dreams?

[Nani_The_Best]

Originally Posted by Avoidconfusion

Let me guess, 3 months ago your name was Ronaldo_The_Best, right?

You "fans" crack me up.... Ronaldo will be a flop?

He is joining a far less physical league and will have a lot more time on the ball, if anything he will wreak havoc in La Liga.

its never been ronaldo _ the _ Best Dnt no were your gettin all this from

[OscarNiner]

Originally Posted by Avoidconfusion

Let me guess, 3 months ago your name was Ronaldo_The_Best, right?

You "fans" crack me up.... Ronaldo will be a flop?

He is joining a far less physical league and will have a lot more time on the ball, if anything he will wreak havoc in La Liga.

He joined this month

[AndersonTheGr8]

i hate that Ronaldo left, but he will do well in Madrid, hes going to get a whistle every time he is breathed on too hard, which is what he wants, hes going to get twice as many free kicks over there, and the style of play suits him...but i pray to god that we get Madrid in CL, so we can continue there annual exit in the round of 16

[AndersonTheGr8]

i also look forward to Nani shutting up all the United nay-sayers

[AndersonTheGr8]

am i the only one that thinks Benzema would be a wasted signing?

[cbcruz]

Originally Posted by GloryGloryCR7

am i the only one that thinks Benzema would be a wasted signing?

I've said that all the time. Just another overrated frenchie.