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16 Jan 2018 12:51:26
BBC reporting that neither us or arsenal will agree to the sanchez transfer unless miki goes the other way.

No idea how much truth is in this, especially given how Ed02's previously stated that transfers involving money and an additional player are generally unlikely.

Imo if that's what's needes to get sanchez in I'd be more than happy, but it doesn't fill me with confidence for this transfer to happen.

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1.) 16 Jan 2018 13:11:00
I can’t see it. I think miki will turn them down and it will go tits up.


2.) 16 Jan 2018 13:27:12
That's what in thinking. But then again, he must know now that he's not really wanted, so a move is going to be needed to reignite his career.


3.) 16 Jan 2018 13:28:18
Looks like it's other agents trying to scupper the Sanchez deal. If he comes brilliant . But let's not spend all January chasing a lost cause.


4.) 16 Jan 2018 17:15:59
It's being reported now it would be a straight player swap.


5.) 16 Jan 2018 17:51:52
Mhiki’s agent now stepping into the deal.

Enough said.


6.) 18 Jan 2018 13:22:23
Wenger saying deal is likely.


 

 

11 Jan 2018 12:53:59
Apparently we have put in a bid for Sanchez.

Made my day hearing that.

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18 Aug 2022 12:11:55
Midfield of Casemiro, FDJ and Bruno would be epic.

I don't buy that our squad is as bad as people think, I belive the issue is that the players don't complement each others skill sets.

Those 2 mfs would lift us by miles and be the difference between competing for top 4 or mid table obscurity. I know we could do with a rb, cb, widen forward and striker, but I think those two alone would be game changers.

That said, one is a pipe dream and the other at the end of his career, but if we could get both I'd take them in a heartbeat.

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1.) 18 Aug 2022 12:31:14
And who is going to score the goals? Just a small matter of putting the ball in the back of the net.
Last 4 matches including the last 2 preseason matches, we've scored 2 goals and one was an own goal.
If you believe we can compete or be near top four with our defence and attack, then I think you're going to be disappointed. There's also the matter of DDG, but that's another story!


2.) 18 Aug 2022 12:36:13
I think the casemero links are as a replacement for de jong and he will most likely play along Fred if we get him

Both start for Brazil so have that link there.


3.) 18 Aug 2022 13:10:35
Agree bolger, but a man can dream.

AAA, I agree to some extent, ut I think the manager needs to work out a way to play with the players he has.

This team, even with those players, won't be able to play as a well oiled pressing machine, and we won't be able to have quite so high a back line, but if we keep the disgruntled goat, we have enough up front to get by, and our defence isn't that bad, it just can't play the high line and our keeper most definitely can't sweep. But ETH needs to cut his cloth accordingly and make this team work.


4.) 18 Aug 2022 13:15:49
RedD, I love the enthusiasm but we will still have the mentally weak core group of players who’ve downed tools and crumbled under pressure. Varane and Ronaldo have been added to the squad and we’re still crap. Ten Hag needs 3 windows to get this squad sorted. Clearing out the rubbish is the most important part of this rebuild.
While we’ve got the likes of Shaw, Maguire and Rashford, we won’t be competing for CL spots in my opinion.


5.) 18 Aug 2022 13:37:10
I completely disagree 2toms.

Shaw was being touted as the best left back in England at one point. Rashford was ripping it up for a while, slab head isn't a bad central defender. Those guys are shot of confidence and being asked to play roles in a system that they aren't good enough for, they can still be good players, just not doing what's asked of them.

We can't just buy 11 new players, so with a few additions the manager needs to find a way to make it work. It will not necessarily be the system he ideally wants, but some kind of hybrid system that these players can work with. That's his job, that's what he's paid for!

Then over the years he can move on more players and bring in those that allow him to transform the team into exactly what he wants.


6.) 18 Aug 2022 14:09:37
Maguire’s awful. Touting Shaw as Englands best left back means nothing when he puts in poor performances for us. Rashford ambles around the pitch completely disinterested most games. They have had countless opportunities to prove their doubters wrong. How can you say they are being asked to play in a system that doesn’t suit them? Maguire is being asked to defend and he’s been crap at it. Rashford to create and score goals, he struggles to do that.
They are being asked to represent Manchester United, and they struggle to do that. Lack of confidence or not, they have failed to make the grade and need to be replaced with better players. Obviously not in one window, but over 2-3 windows.


7.) 18 Aug 2022 14:33:04
RedD

If we don’t score goals, we won’t win games and that win see us bottom half flirting with danger. We need a striker.


8.) 18 Aug 2022 17:46:47
Striker is the most important Incoming. We simply don't score enough goals. 50 odd goals last year and 18 came from Ronaldo. That's relegation standard.


9.) 18 Aug 2022 20:49:12
AAA far better year before without Ronaldo . Far better this pre season without Ronaldo.
It’s obvious, get rid and watch others relax and enjoy their football.


10.) 18 Aug 2022 22:31:55
Maguire is awful. Period! If you want a coin tosser, someone to walk around waving his arms or looking totally confused for 90 minutes then he is your man.

If you want a leader who will tear slack players a new a**e and bleed for the club then he may as well sit at home and be just as effective. How is he getting a game? Must have pictures of people in compromising poses.

Get him off the park and get a people leader in the middle of the pitch and that alone will make a difference.

Nobody is accountable in this team other than the manager and that is totally wrong.

Bloody soft c**ks make me spew!


11.) 18 Aug 2022 23:21:23
Who should be captain, DDG, Varane/ Casimrio/ Ronaldo, Eriksen.


 

 

19 Apr 2022 19:16:03
Flying to Spain so will be in the air for the entire of the match. Might be a good thing. Scared to check the results once we land.

Just seen that Jones is starting though, fingers crossed we get a 0-1 win with a Jones diving header!

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11 Sep 2021 18:08:51
Imagine how the players must feel to have him back, especially with everything he brings to the locker room. Leadership, brilliant skill, hard working, amazing dancer… even CR7 must be excited to have Lingardinho back



Credit to some dude in reddit.

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1.) 11 Sep 2021 19:39:06
Lingard should be starting ahead of Sancho at the moment.
Before we all get over-excited, the teams we have faced so far are all in the lower half of the table. After Young Boys then the season really begins with the West Ham double header.


2.) 11 Sep 2021 21:36:02
West Ham won't have their best player on the pitch Antonio and I see a script of JLingz scoring against them.


 

 

06 Aug 2021 21:10:51
Can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope city get Messi. I know they'll be incredibly strong, and it will be Terri le for us, but I just want to see Messi in the Premier league.

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1.) 06 Aug 2021 23:22:00
I bet they’re kicking themselves that they sealed the deal for Grealish as quickly as they did now. One more day of negotiations and they’d have likely signed Messi instead!

Like you, I’d also love to see Messi play in the Premier League, but, sadly, he looks set to sign for the runners up of the farmer’s league instead. If we were dealing with the Roman Abromavich of a few years ago I’d be expecting Chelsea to offer a contract as well and am a little surprised that we haven’t given our history of signing big name players at the end of their careers.

As things stand though, I can only see PSG and Inter making contract offers and his friendship with Neymar and the allure of an easy league will probably be enough to tip the scales in PSG’s favor.


2.) 07 Aug 2021 10:08:56
I assume Pep would have known for sure whether Messi would be available as they are good friends. But surely he would still have persevered with potentially 5-6 seasons with Grealish over 2 with Messi. It would have been incredible to see though and a shame that we probably never will.


 

 

26 Jul 2021 23:11:41
Football is a funny old sport.

Last season we came 2nd in the league and 2nd in the europa. This is widely considered a failure.

Yet we celebrate when someone wins silver or even bronze in the Olympics, and take the silver medal GB just won in taekwondo, that means he lost the final, but we still think what an achievement that is.

Maybe we need to reassess how we view footballing success, especially in how we as fans can treat players.

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1.) 27 Jul 2021 00:21:15
There's a girl down the road from me competing in the swimming. She's just a talented girl who has done amazingly well to qualify for the Olympics. That in itself is an amazing achievement.

She's not a multi billion pound corporation with the highest wage bill in football, with the highest net spend of any team in the world in the last 5 years.

Manchester United finishing second is a failure in the same way Usain Bolt finishing second is a failure.

If someone has trained their whole life and finishes with a bronze medal, they should be applauded because it's an amazing achievement.

Man Utd losing the Europa league final to a mid table Spanish team will always be a failure.


2.) 27 Jul 2021 00:23:50
Is it not more to do with expectation? If Adam Peaty has come 2nd I’m not sure we would have been celebrating that.


3.) 27 Jul 2021 06:35:59
One of my friends competed in the Commonwealth games a few years ago and won Silver. I thought that was great. He just turned around and said I'm just the first of the losers.
Success can be viewed in many forms, at United it is winning trophies, nothing less will do.


4.) 27 Jul 2021 06:59:19
RedD,

You are going to compare an international multi sport with the PL? Olympics involves athletes from nations across the world and any medal is a pride moment for the entire nation and will be celebrated. Not to forget that every medal adds to the nation's medals tally as well.

You would also need to factor in that most of these Olympic sports don't get the same level of financial backing in a lot of nations like football does. Yet the athletes work hard with whatever resources they have to get there and perform the best they can. We should certainly appreciate that.


5.) 27 Jul 2021 09:47:43
How a person defines success is subjective. In football terms is winning at all costs success? Is losing matches but playing wonderful thrilling football failure or is that success?

Is Marcus Rashford a success because he has played well but even more so because he has used that as a platform for raising the profile of socially disadvantaged kids?

I always told my children that exam results didn't define them. They all did well and have degrees and good jobs but would I love them less if they had not?

Success in my eyes is to be the best person you can be. That includes not wasting a God given talent but more importantly to be a decent human being.

That also applies to the Club as a whole. Look after the staff, look after the players, help the local community and support the struggling lower league clubs which are at the base of the football pyramid from where the players of tomorrow can come and last but not least look after us the fans.


6.) 27 Jul 2021 12:43:05
All valid points.

I personally don't think we need a trophy every year to be successful.

I think being in the mix and having a realistic chance of winning either the league or the champions league, and winning one of them every few seasons, would be a good long term basis for what I would call successful. Along with entertaining football which is absolutely fundamental to maintaining my interest.


7.) 27 Jul 2021 18:41:58
It’s not all that strange really when you think about it. Our Olympic athletes are competing at the biggest and oldest sporting event on the planet against the world’s best athletes. We were competing in a Mickey Mouse European competition and got beaten by a side that failed to make the top four in Spain. As for the league, you don’t get a trophy for finishing second and we were once again beaten to the title by a huge margin.

Don’t get me wrong, we made progress last season, but we’re still miles away from where we need to be. With a few more big signings, we’ll hopefully get a little closer this season.


 

 

 

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23 May 2021 21:42:58
Danny Ings? What have we become.

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30 Apr 2021 13:20:30
Seen that too, and apparently from a reliable source.

Would be great for us if he does stay. Means we can focus on other positions this window and worry about a cf next year if the problem hasn't taken care of itself via greenwood or rashford.

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21 Apr 2021 07:56:34
First to leave? We were the leaders! We never left! It fell apart around us.

But I don't suddenly have more respect Chelsea and City, they were happy enough to go along with it, they didn't take the high road here, they just bottled it.

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20 Jan 2021 19:16:34
Surprised that romero couldn't be a starter for a Premier league club. I think he's done well for us and clubs could do a lot worse.

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07 Oct 2020 20:45:22
I really don't understand the profiteering thing.

I assume it means that the club can't extend the contract by the additional year just so they can sell the player and make a profit.

But if we did extend it and an offer came it, I assume we could still accept it.

Ed02, can you explain the concept in a bit more detail or perhaps point to another source worth reading?

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{Ed002's Note - The concept is that you cannot extend to make money but if the player is sold the profit, or a negotiated profit, would go to him.}


 

 

 

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18 Aug 2022 13:37:10
I completely disagree 2toms.

Shaw was being touted as the best left back in England at one point. Rashford was ripping it up for a while, slab head isn't a bad central defender. Those guys are shot of confidence and being asked to play roles in a system that they aren't good enough for, they can still be good players, just not doing what's asked of them.

We can't just buy 11 new players, so with a few additions the manager needs to find a way to make it work. It will not necessarily be the system he ideally wants, but some kind of hybrid system that these players can work with. That's his job, that's what he's paid for!

Then over the years he can move on more players and bring in those that allow him to transform the team into exactly what he wants.

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18 Aug 2022 13:10:35
Agree bolger, but a man can dream.

AAA, I agree to some extent, ut I think the manager needs to work out a way to play with the players he has.

This team, even with those players, won't be able to play as a well oiled pressing machine, and we won't be able to have quite so high a back line, but if we keep the disgruntled goat, we have enough up front to get by, and our defence isn't that bad, it just can't play the high line and our keeper most definitely can't sweep. But ETH needs to cut his cloth accordingly and make this team work.

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18 Aug 2022 12:14:35
Casemiro is one of the best dms in the world. We'd get prob 2 good years out of him.

You can have 2 good years of the best dm on the planet, or Mcfred. I know what I'd choose.

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26 Jun 2022 22:17:06
I have such low expectations now, jaded really.

Just don't bore me, it's not a lot to ask, you don't even need to win, just look like you're trying and don't let me fall asleep.

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28 Nov 2021 14:26:22
Phil Jones is a good player. Take away the injuries and I'm sure he'd have been a beast.

Not sure how much he'll have lost from being out for so long, and have my doubts that he'll ever get anywhere close to his original potential, but if he gets on the pitch he'll have nothing but support from me.

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