Manchester United Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - 2013/14 Mod warning post #718

Timmyctc

This was a goodun. Tom Lawerence. Quite similar to giggs' v arsenal

kryogen

Na, nothing impressive there. Should have just fouled him anyway










































































































*touches nose, knowingly

Pro. F

Agueroooo wrote: »

I posted it last week.

RVP's absence is having a major impact (more than some appreciate) if lasts years stats are to be believed.




^^thats a crazy overall contribute ^^

I remember that chart now. Yeah, RvP was important, but not so important that we should think that the team weren't very good without him.

Here's the league positions of all the teams last year (on the 5th of March) when the top scorers' points won were removed from each:


The season previous to RvP's arrival Rooney scored 27 league goals and this season he is off to a flyer with 10 goals and 10 assists so far. Sure RvP's absence could explain us dropping one or two places in the table, but not this shít we are currently in. Even before he got injured we were already down in fifth and had lost at home to WBA and drawn with Southampton.

Paul Tergat

Didnt realise villa were relegated

Pro. F

Paul Tergat wrote: »

Didnt realise villa were relegated

It's from the 5th of March.

Paul Tergat

Pro. F wrote: »

It's from the 5th of March.

i should learn to read. d'oh

The_Kew_Tour

Does not rule out move for any player. Just if United dont get what they want for right price they wont go for that player.

Although in past our price valuation has been awful few times.

Howard Nurse ‏@howardnurse 1m I'm told no panic signings by #MUFC in January with club ready to wait until summer if main targets not available next month.

Headshot

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Does not rule out move for any player. Just if United dont get what they want for right price they wont go for that player.

Although in past our price valuation has been awful few times.

I wonder what Moyes version of no value in the transfer market will be

The_Kew_Tour

Headshot wrote: »

I wonder what Moyes version of no value in the transfer market will be

Thats the million dollar question

tallaghtmick

Shearer said about City tonight, winning comfortably and still looking for more, sounds like United of old.

kryogen

Be very nice if Moyes could adapt his mentality to going for the juggler rather then protecting what we have

Rayne Wooney

It sickens me really, we didn't even have to spend crazy money like City. Smart buys to replace people leaving/ageing was all that was needed, now we'll need to spend a fortune to get back in the mix IMO.

Whatsisname

@manutd wrote:

David Moyes reveals #mufc were very close to making a "major, major signing" in the summer. More: http://bit.ly/1bFIfIe

Bale?

The_Kew_Tour

Fabregas.

maybe Thiago

Lithium93_

Originally Posted by @manutd
David Moyes reveals #mufc were very close to making a "major, major signing" in the summer. More: http://bit.ly/1bFIfIe

Had to be Cristiano Ronaldo surely

MagicMarker

What the **** does it matter? The summer is over, move on.

Rayne Wooney

Think it was Thiago

Don't think we were close to signing Fabregas, even though I think he could have been transferred

titan18

I reckon it was Leon Osman

The_Kew_Tour

Seeing 33/1 around on us winning league looks weird.

rossc007

kryogen wrote: »

Be very nice if Moyes could adapt his mentality to going for the juggler rather then protecting what we have

ScummyMan

Would Thiago be classed as a major major signing though?

Man.UnitedLad

Man.UnitedLad wrote: »

Would Thiago be classed as a major major signing though?

I think he said we were never in for him, or something to that effect when asked.

tallaghtmick

It was Messi lads, cant prove it though :P

Hangballlouie

The official twitter accounts for teams are cringey as fcuk, I even had to stop following the Liverpool one it was so bad, but for the Utd one to tweet that you almost signed a major player is absolutely embarrassing.

It kinda says to the fans, "don't worry whether Moyes is good enough to manage one of the biggest clubs in the world, sure he almost signed a major player." As if that's something to boast about or is information that will ease fans fears.

Rayne Wooney

tallaghtmick wrote: »

It was Messi lads, cant prove it though :P

It was written in the football bible by the gods

Blatter

Why do people often mention Ozil as if it was a huge mistake not to buy him? Buying him, would have been the mistake long term imo.

We have Rooney, Kagawa and Januzaj to play in the no.10 role yet people wanted to spend £42m on Ozil? Yes he might be better than any of those players in that particular role but would he have improved the team enough to warrant that fee? No, imo, the team would still have basic flaws (playing style, LB and CM)

It also would have been a potential stumbling block to Januzaj's development at the club. Would he have signed a new contract had he been given many less chances due to Ozil playing? Possibly not.

Imo it's lazy to jump to the conclusion that Utd missed a trick by not signing Ozil and I can only laugh at the majority of pundits that push that view.

kryogen

MagicMarker wrote: »

What the **** does it matter? The summer is over, move on.

This x100000

I don't know what context he is making that comment in but ffs what kind of a nothing comment is that to make?

We were very very close? Oh that's great to hear! The world looks a little bit brighter now with that knowledge

Embarassing.

Blatter

kryogen wrote: »

This x100000

I don't know what context he is making that comment in but ffs what kind of a nothing comment is that to make?

We were very very close? Oh that's great to hear! The world looks a little bit brighter now with that knowledge

Embarassing.

I presume it's to tell people (again) that United ARE in for the biggest names and DO have the money to spend.

kryogen

Blatter wrote: »

I presume it's to tell people (again) that United ARE in for the biggest names and DO have the money to spend.

My reaction would be the same

Blatter

kryogen wrote: »

My reaction would be the same

Yes, I agree, it's a bit embarrassing.

Goes to show what kind of pressure he's feeling at the minute. Looks like he's coming out with all of this to in an attempt to earn some brownie points with the fans. ''I'm highly ambitious, I swear''.

UnitedIrishman

He's beginning to sound like the drunk at the bar that swears he nearly shagged a supermodel once. He'll still be banging on about it in five years time.

Also whoever is in charge of the Twitter account is an absolute muppet for tweeting these kind of stories.

“We were close to a couple of really major signings. I’ve got to say, Ed [Woodward, executive vice chairman] worked really hard trying to make those signings happen.

And we still didn't sign the 'major major' player. :rolleyes:

Vic Vinegar

It was clearly Bale he was talking about.

J. Marston

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Does not rule out move for any player. Just if United dont get what they want for right price they wont go for that player.

Although in past our price valuation has been awful few times.

We paid near enough £30 million for that yoke, Fellaini, we can't complain about valuations after that. Every club is going to look to take the piss if United come after one of their players..

kryogen

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

It was clearly Bale he was talking about.

I would say it was pretty clearly a lie if that was the case

Bale to Madrid was as nailed on as Ronaldo to Madrid a few years previous

Rayne Wooney

God I hope we weren't going to spend Ronaldo money on Bale

Vic Vinegar

kryogen wrote: »

I would say it was pretty clearly a lie if that was the case

Bale to Madrid was as nailed on as Ronaldo to Madrid a few years previous

I have seen it mentioned in loads of places.

Perez said we had put in a huge bid and Bale's agent hinted that was the case also.

kryogen

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

I have seen it mentioned a few different places.

Perez said we had put in a huge bid and Bale's agent hinted that was the case also.

Putting in a bid for a player is a long way from being very very close to a signing though

yabadabado

Thank **** we didn't sign Bale,good player but would have been such a waste of 100m.100m spent in the summer on 3 players would have solved a lot of problems.

bassy

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

God I hope we weren't going to spend Ronaldo money on Bale

Lmao ronaldo money oh lord jaysus that's long gone with the glazers.united would never in a million years spend that big one one player.keep smoking the pipe chap.

adox

Watching SSN with my breakfast and looking forward to the Utd match Sky came up with " Utd will avoid dropping into the bottom half of the table if they can avoid a 3 goal or worse defeat", followed by the news that Clark sacked by WBA who only have 3 wins this season, while showing footage of them beating Utd at Old Trafford.

A huge serving of reality with my breakfast and a quite depressing one.

LiamoSail

Watching the Sunday supplement. They confirmed that they were told by Moyes that united had an offer for Bale and the player turned down the move.

Also, interesting to see Gary Neville advocating moyes been given time, irrespective of this season, just as every other united manager has been given. How much of that is based on football rather then family loyalty however is up for dispute

kryogen

Football, Neville has always been big on the heritage and history of United

LiamoSail

kryogen wrote: »

Football, Neville has always been big on the heritage and history of United

Having his brother there on the staff surely compromises his opinion though? PNev was Moyes's appointment. If Moyes goes, so does Phil.

Neville as a pundit does an excellent job of giving a balanced view, but I don't think he's ever likely to come out advocating a change given the repercussions for his brother

Blatter

LiamoSail wrote: »

Watching the Sunday supplement. They confirmed that they were told by Moyes that united had an offer for Bale and the player turned down the move.

Also, interesting to see Gary Neville advocating moyes been given time, irrespective of this season, just as every other united manager has been given. How much of that is based on football rather then family loyalty however is up for dispute

What journalists were on SS out of interest?

Will I Amnt

LiamoSail wrote: »

Watching the Sunday supplement. They confirmed that they were told by Moyes that united had an offer for Bale and the player turned down the move.

Also, interesting to see Gary Neville advocating moyes been given time, irrespective of this season, just as every other united manager has been given. How much of that is based on football rather then family loyalty however is up for dispute

Football first with Nev...

kryogen

LiamoSail wrote: »

Having his brother there on the staff surely compromises his opinion though? PNev was Moyes's appointment. If Moyes goes, so does Phil.

Neville as a pundit does an excellent job of giving a balanced view, but I don't think he's ever likely to come out advocating a change given the repercussions for his brother

I don't think so, that's my honest opinion. Gary has never shirked giving an honest assessment. I don't think Phil being on the staff compromises it at all.

Blatter

kryogen wrote: »

I don't think so, that's my honest opinion. Gary has never shirked giving an honest assessment. I don't think Phil being on the staff compromises it at all.

I don't know, I think he's shirked on ripping into Joe Hart a couple of times relative to how he treated de Gea after the Spurs game last season.

kryogen

Blatter wrote: »

I don't know, I think he's shirked on ripping into Joe Hart a couple of times relative to how he treated de Gea after the Spurs game last season.

Fair point

What I meant was that I don't think something like Phil being on the coaching set up at United would stop him giving his honest assessment. Something like Gary being part of the England coaching set up could certainly compromise his opinion on players however, such as the Joe Hart one.

Poor phrasing on my part.

LiamoSail

Blatter wrote: »

What journalists were on SS out of interest?

John Richardson, matt Dickinson, Shaun custis. I don't know who said what, as I wouldn't recognise which one is which

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Football first with Nev...

Blatter wrote: »

I don't know, I think he's shirked on ripping into Joe Hart a couple of times relative to how he treated de Gea after the Spurs game last season.

Its a difficult one, I just find it difficult to see him advocating Moyes's sacking if it means his brother gone too. Having said that, if he was in favour of a managerial change, he'd probably say nothing or remain neutral on it, rather then coming out for or against. Certainly I'd doubt he'd come out in support if he felt otherwise

Jimmy Iovine

Blatter wrote: »

I don't know, I think he's shirked on ripping into Joe Hart a couple of times relative to how he treated de Gea after the Spurs game last season.

It's only natural I suppose.

Whoever was commentating with him on the United match during the week said something about Jones. He started it by saying to Gary, "You don't have to comment on this but..."

I don't think he should have both jobs. He can't go all out.

I'm pretty sure that if he didn't have the England role then he would have lambasted Hart on a weekly basis.