United Thread 2014/15

[ultimateharold]

They are gonna walk the league - the expert has spoken.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/501254/Rio-Ferdinand-Man-Utd-will-win-the-title-Chelsea-Arsenal-and-Liverpool-have-no-chance" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football ... -no-chance</a>

As usual doesn't mention us. Prick.

I think it's brilliant how he can't even say our name or the players names like at the World Cup....it's like he got raped so badly by us that he just blocks us from his mind now so has he doesn't have to go back to those dark moments

That or he's back on the sniff.

 

[whp.blue]

Re: GPC signings

Culled from Rg Caff - Few duffers in there - I thought he " could always spot a player?"


Player From Fee Date
Viv Anderson Arsenal £250,000 July 1987
Brian McClair Celtic £850,000 July 1987
Steve Bruce Norwich City £825,000 December 1987
Jim Leighton Aberdeen £500,000 May 1988
Lee Sharpe Torquay United £200,000 June 1988
Mark Hughes Barcelona £1,800,000 June 1988
Mal Donaghy Luton Town £650,000 October 1988
Ralph Milne Dundee United £175,000 November 1988
Guiliano Maiorana Histon FC £30,000 November 1988
Mark Bosnich Sydney United Free June 1989
Mike Phelan Norwich City £750,000 July 1989
Neil Webb Nottingham Forest £1,500,000 July 1989
Gary Pallister Middlesbrough £2,300,000 August 1989
Paul Ince West Ham United £1,000,000 September 1989
Danny Wallace Southampton £1,300,000 September 1989
Les Sealey Luton Town Free June 1990
Neil Whitworth Wigan Athletic £45,000 June 1990
Denis Irwin Oldham Athletic £625,000 June 1990
Andrei Kanchelskis Shakhtar Donetsk £650,000 March 1991
Peter Schmeichel Brondby IF £500,000 August 1991
Paul Parker Queens Park Rangers £2,000,000 August 1991
Patrick McGibbon Portadown £380,000 August 1992
Dion Dublin Cambridge United £1,000,000 August 1992
Eric Cantona Leeds United £1,200,000 November 1992
Les Sealey Aston Villa Free January 1993
Roy Keane Nottingham Forest £3,750,000 July 1993
Graeme Tomlinson Bradford City £100,000 June 1994
David May Blackburn Rovers £1,400,000 July 1994
Andrew Cole Newcastle United £6,000,000 January 1995
Nick Culkin York City £250,000 September 1995
Tony Coton Manchester City £500,000 January 1996
William Prunier Bordeaux Loan December 1996
Raimond van der Gouw Vitesse £500,000 July 1996
Ronny Johnsen Besiktas £1,200,000 July 1996
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Molde FK £1,500,000 July 1996
Karel Poborsky Slavia Prague £3,500,000 July 1996
Jordi Cruyff Barcelona £1,500,000 August 1996
Teddy Sheringham Tottenham Hotspur £3,500,000 June 1997
Erik Nevland Viking £1,500,000 July 1997
Henning Berg Blackburn Rovers £5,000,000 August 1997
Jonathan Greening York City £750,000 March 1998
Jaap Stam PSV Eindhoven £10,750,000 July 1998
Jesper Blomqvist Parma £4,400,000 July 1998
Dwight Yorke Aston Villa £12,600,000 August 1998
Mark Bosnich Aston Villa Free July 1999
Quinton Fortune Atletico Madrid £1,500,000 August 1999
Massimo Taibi Venezia £4,900,000 August 1999
Mikael Silvestre Internazionale £4,000,000 September 1999
Fabien Barthez AS Monaco £7,800,000 May 2000
Andy Goram Motherwell Loan March 2001
Ruud van Nistelrooy PSV Eindhoven £19,000,000 July 2001
Juan Sebastián Verón Lazio £28,100,000 July 2001
Roy Carroll Wigan Athletic £2,500,000 July 2001
Laurent Blanc Internazionale Free August 2001
Mads Timm Odense Free August 2002
Diego Forlan Independiente £7,500,000 January 2002
Luke Steele Peterborough United £500,000 June 2002
Rio Ferdinand Leeds United £30,000,000 July 2002
Ricardo Valladolid £1,500,000 August 2002
Souleymane Mamam La Semeuse Lomé Unknown June 2002
David Bellion Sunderland £2,000,000 July 2003
Eric Djemba-Djemba Nantes £3,500,000 July 2003
Tim Howard New Jersey Metrostars £1,200,000 July 2003
Cristiano Ronaldo Sporting Club £12,240,000 August 2003
Kleberson Atletico PR £5,930,000 August 2003
Giuseppe Rossi Parma Free July 2004
Liam Miller Celtic Free January 2004
Louis Saha Fulham £12,825,000 January 2004
Alan Smith Leeds United £7,050,000 May 2004
Gabriel Heinze Paris Saint-Germain £6,900,000 June 2004
Gerard Pique Barcelona £5,000,000 May 2004
Fangzou Dong Dalian Shide £3,500,000 January 2004
Wayne Rooney Everton £25,600,000 August 2004
Ji-Sung Park PSV Eindhoven £4,000,000 July 2005
Edwin van der Sar Fulham £2,000,000 July 2005
Ben Foster Stoke City £1,000,000 July 2005
Nemanja Vidic Spartak Moscow £7,200,000 January 2006
Patrice Evra AS Monaco £5,500,000 January 2006
Michael Carrick Tottenham Hotspur £18,600,000 July 2006
Henrik Larsson Helsingborgs Loan January 2007
Owen Hargreaves Bayern Munich £17,000,000 July 2007
Tomasz Kuszczak West Bromwich Albion £4,000,000 July 2007
Nani Sporting Club £17,300,000 July 2007
Anderson FC Porto £20,400,000 July 2007
Carlos Tévez Corinthians Loan August 2007
Federico Macheda Lazio Free September 2007
Manucho Petro Atlético Unknown August 2008
Rodrigo Possebon Internacional Unknown August 2008
Rafael da Silva Fluminense £2,600,000 August 2008
Fabio da Silva Fluminense £2,600,000 August 2008
Dimitar Berbatov Tottenham Hotspur £30,750,000 September 2008
Zoran Tosic Partizan FK £7,000,000 January 2009
Ritchie De Laet Stoke City Unknown January 2009
Antonio Valencia Wigan Athletic £16,000,000 June 2009
Michael Owen Newcastle United Free July 2009
Gabriel Obertan Bordeaux £3,000,000 July 2009
Mame Biram Diouf Molde FK £2,000,000 July 2009
Chris Smalling Fulham £10,000,000 January 2010
Javier Hernández Deportivo Guadalajara £6,000,000 July 2010
Bebe Guimaraes £7,400,000 August 2010
Anders Lindegaard Aalesunds FK £3,500,000 November 2010
Phil Jones Blackburn Rovers £17,000,000 June 2011
Ashley Young Aston Villa £16,000,000 June 2011
David de Gea Atletico Madrid £18,000,000 June 2011
Shinji Kagawa Borussia Dortmund £12,000,000 June 2012
Nick Powell Crewe Alexandra £4,000,000 June 2012
Robin van Persie Arsenal £24,000,000 August 2012
Alexander Buttner Vitesse £3,900,000 August 2012
Ángelo Henríquez Universidad de Chile £4,000,000 August 2012
Wilfried Zaha Crystal Palace £15,000,000 January 2013

Slightly heavy on dodgy keepers as well

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2728379/Manchester-United-fans-plan-anti-Glazer-protest-club-fails-make-world-class-signings-end-transfer-window.html?ito=social-facebook

LOL

Small-time spoilt bastards.

 

[IH8MUFC]

Someone who claims to be in the know told me on Saturday that United's quoted attendance figures of 75K at home games is a fiction, and it's more like 60K but the 75 number is given routinely whatever the real figure is.

Can anyone tell me if this is true, or have I been misinformed?

Being in the know means being able to you Google?

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Heeheehee.

 

[Deepest Blue]

Rumours earlier that A&E is crocked and will miss a few weeks.

Sadly it seems to be true.

 

[Matty]

Rojo is a decent player, but that's about it. His best position is in the wing back slot in a 3-5-2 formation. Perfect you say? That's what Van Gaal is trying to play you say? Well, yes, a player who can play left wing back in a system like that is indeed valuable, the issue here is United have already splashed the best part of £30m on a left fullback, so they can't both play in that role. Assuming Shaw is the guy who will play in the left sided defensive position (either in a back 5 or a back 4) then Rojo must be being bought as a left sided centre half (again either as 1 of 2, or 1 of 3 centre halves). That's not his best position. As a centre half there are many, many better options out there than Rojo. He'll improve United's squad, but as a centre half I don't think he's much, if any, improvement on Evans, Smalling or Jones. Not the big name, big money centre half United are desperate for.

 

[IH8MUFC]

Rojo is a decent player, but that's about it. His best position is in the wing back slot in a 3-5-2 formation. Perfect you say? That's what Van Gaal is trying to play you say? Well, yes, a player who can play left wing back in a system like that is indeed valuable, the issue here is United have already splashed the best part of £30m on a left fullback, so they can't both play in that role. Assuming Shaw is the guy who will play in the left sided defensive position (either in a back 5 or a back 4) then Rojo must be being bought as a left sided centre half (again either as 1 of 2, or 1 of 3 centre halves). That's not his best position. As a centre half there are many, many better options out there than Rojo. He'll improve United's squad, but as a centre half I don't think he's much, if any, improvement on Evans, Smalling or Jones. Not the big name, big money centre half United are desperate for.

All this desperation to buy a 2nd choice left back. Rojo improves the squad but they definitely should prioritize other areas first.

 

[bugsyblue]

talking of the green and gold scarves getting a run out against QPR....
fuckin softarses....

There situation is nothing to do with the glazers as sky showed last night. 2nd highest spenders in the world over the last 5 transfer windows. It's a myth that it is the glazers fault and they are easy targets for the rags.

You don't have a link or image which shows that do you?

 

[Allendintiers]

Rojo is a decent player, but that's about it. His best position is in the wing back slot in a 3-5-2 formation. Perfect you say? That's what Van Gaal is trying to play you say? Well, yes, a player who can play left wing back in a system like that is indeed valuable, the issue here is United have already splashed the best part of £30m on a left fullback, so they can't both play in that role. Assuming Shaw is the guy who will play in the left sided defensive position (either in a back 5 or a back 4) then Rojo must be being bought as a left sided centre half (again either as 1 of 2, or 1 of 3 centre halves). That's not his best position. As a centre half there are many, many better options out there than Rojo. He'll improve United's squad, but as a centre half I don't think he's much, if any, improvement on Evans, Smalling or Jones. Not the big name, big money centre half United are desperate for.

All this desperation to buy a 2nd choice left back. Rojo improves the squad but they definitely should prioritize other areas first.

Well if most of the papers are to be believed, we are going all out to 'smash' the British transfer record for Di Maria, when we don't really need another winger, no matter how good they are.

Meanwhile, Van Gaal only seems interested in signing Kevin Strootman who is injured and won't be available to even kick a ball until January. And Bayern Munich are probably going to snap up Benatia a central defender who we really should be going all out to sign but probably won't even bother coz we have everyone tied up on the Di Maria sideshow.