Goaters 103 wrote:Never do the press or Utd's publicity machine, miss an opportunity to get a player totally over-hyped. Jones of course being the new Duncan Edwards, Welbeck - who as someone pointed out on Twitter, runs like Phoebe out of Friends, Cleverley who apparently is an England lynchpin despite barely raising a murmur in 30 odd games for Wigan last year etc etc.
Mind you its always been the case, as I remember Russell Beardsmore being the next great thing in midfield, Darren Ferguson being a player to "build around" etc etc.
As for Downing? He's the most overrated player in the Premier League bar none. One footed, one paced, cant tackle, concedes possession for fun, doesnt score enough goals, weak in the air for his size, and has the stamina of a 18 year old Labrador. Apart from that, I rate him.
Since the 1-6, there has been a pure propaganda piece on either the front of the 'Sports' section of the MUEN or on the back page every single day. This is not an exaggeration, I'm talking EVERY DAY. Usually accompanied by a picture of red shirted heroes, back slapping each other after yet another fantastic goal. Today's propaganda has Chris Waddle telling us how mind bogglingly fantastic Utd's wide players are & how they provide the best supply line in the business.
Chris Waddle is not a Utd supporter, yet at the time City are playing the best football anyone has seen for years, Waddle (who also works on TV), chooses to help Utd's propaganda machine create a piece about nothing, effectively giving them a free hand job.
This is the same kind of shit trawled out by a wide range of football media & so called experts when Jones, Wellbeck, Cleverley etc are mentioned. Half these people volunteer to help perpetuate the myth of Utd even when they're not fans as such.
We have to play like Barca to get a begrudging compliment from the same ilk.
If Phil Jones is Duncan Edwards, then Duncan Edwards wasn't very good.