The old Man Utd Thread

[5R7]

19 minutes ago, Stevie said:

 

Young deserves a testimonial match. 

you get them after ten years, young was 9

 

but, he wanted to go, it saves money that could go elsewere

[Stevie]

Aww one year off. I really like Young, seems like a really good person. 

[Loik V credern]

He’s only leaving so he can move his drug empire into new territories. 

[Gabzy]

9 hours ago, Loik V credern said:

He’s only leaving so he can move his drug empire into new territories. 

What are you on about?

[Loik V credern]

1 hour ago, Gabzy said:

What are you on about?

The Wire joke, i’ve always found it funny he’s the spitting image of Marlo Stanfield. 

 

 

[Gabzy]

Ha! Daaaamn.

[feltmonkey]

Yeah, I found that massively distracting when I watched The Wire. I kept wondering what I'd seen him in before, and it turned out it was a United shirt. 

 

In other news, it seems the Fernandes deal is off, to nobody's surprise. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51160626

[Gabzy]

I hate us so fucking much.

 

Can't wait to hear Ole say for the 500th time "the backing is there is we find the right player"

[dizogg]

Also though, if you pay whatever is asked every time, you will be gouged for an inflated price every time. At some point you have to say no!

[spork]

That doesn't mean it's off. It just means we'll be paying 80 million from him on deadline day.

[davidcotton]

31 minutes ago, spork said:

That doesn't mean it's off. It just means we'll be paying 80 million from him on deadline day.

Much to Jim Whites surprise/excitement/etc*

 

 

*delete as appropriate.

[Stevie]

So, Haaland just scored a ha-trick in his debut for Borussia. Thanks Ed 

[Adrock]

3 minutes ago, Stevie said:

So, Haaland just scored a ha-trick in his debut for Borussia. Thanks Ed 

 

A hat trick after coming on with his team 3-1 down, in the 56th minute. A pretty special striker, it seems.

[feltmonkey]

6 hours ago, spork said:

That doesn't mean it's off. It just means we'll be paying 80 million from him on deadline day.

 

I doubt it.  I suspect that all this pissing about and not signing players is deliberate.  They've already decided to sack Ole at the end of the season and don't want to buy players that the next coach might not be keen on.

 

It's fucking miserable supporting this club at the moment.  I had a dream that we lost 7-1 to Liverpool.  That's not even particularly far-fetched.

[Gabzy]

According to BBC we've bid 25 million on a 16 year old from Birmingham.

 

... but won't pay 60 million for an established midfielder who we desperately need asap.

 

Kill me now.

[JPL]

Why does it always seem to be us who end up arguing on price and allow deals to drag on or collapse? Are other clubs just trying it on because we're Manchester United, or are we just totally incompetent at negotiating deals? No other club seems to have the problem. It's so frustrating.

[Wallpaper]

Sorry wrong thread

 

[spork]

14 minutes ago, JPL said:

Why does it always seem to be us who end up arguing on price and allow deals to drag on or collapse? Are other clubs just trying it on because we're Manchester United, or are we just totally incompetent at negotiating deals? No other club seems to have the problem. It's so frustrating.

 

Both.

[JPL]

We really need to accept that as one of the richest clubs in the world that we probably will have to pay over the odds. This constant penny pinching is ridiculous. Without investment in the squad, we’ll only get worse and in turn our value will drop. Can’t they see that?

[5R7]

tbf, jude bellingham is an actual first team player, in the championship, at 16! ideally, we would leave him on loan at Birmingham for the rest of the season.

 

The bruno one is bizarre, apparently we could have bought him for £40 mil in the summer?? now they want £70mil, 10 of that will be the utd tax, but the rest, well, his stats are ridiculous for a midfielder. last season he got 33 goals from 53 apps, so far this season he has 15 from 26!?

 

and it looks like rashford wont be playing today, aces!

[feltmonkey]

It's infuriating isn't it? @dizogg absolutely has a point that if you keep paying over the odds you'll get price gouged every time. The problem is that it's hardly a secret that we're a very rich club, and that we are in a desperate situation on the pitch. Add to that the fact that Fernandes is Sporting's best player, their captain, and either scores or assists most of their goals, so they're not exactly keen to sell him. There's also the January window tax. Of course he's going to be a bit more expensive than you might otherwise expect. If he's what you need, you pay the money.

 

Man City drop tens of millions on players they don't even bother playing (Mahrez, Rodri) and we have similar buying power. We just faff around. Woodward caused problems with this approach by trying unsuccessfully to play hardball over Wan-Bissaka and Maguire leaving Ole with limited time in pre-season to work with them, completely against the manager's wishes. 

 

The kid from Birmingham looks decent. He's skillful and is good at sending a defender the wrong way. 

 

[spork]

Williams and Shaw both starting today 

[teddymeow]

Shaw is playing where?

[5R7]

ya know...i did not actually notice that...id put williams further up. not shaw. And bailey is back on the bench!?

[Gabzy]

Shaw as a 3rd CB 

[feltmonkey]

What? 

[Gabzy]

No, back 4 it turns out with Williams on the wing. Probably our best choice for today in fairness.

[Gabzy]

Still pathetic at defending corners

[Stevie]

Here comes the pain train.

[5R7]

thats just fucking pathetic, thats poor coaching, that should have been decided before that game, and he should have been man marked! we need t ostop the bullshit zonal marking, as we concede far to many like that!