United Thread - 2022/23

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jimmygrimblesboots said:
Paying £70m and another £70m for his four year contract for a 30 year old player is sheer desperation, not forgetting Casimero has been playing in La LIga were 90% of Real Madrid's games are a walk over.
He is going to have a big shock playing in the Premier league, the pace is totally different from Spanish football , Rodri was eight years younger than Casimero when he signed for us and it has taken him three seasons of graft to become the best defensive midfield player in the league,at 30 years old the Rags £140m savour is on a downward trajectory , this is going to end in tears , yet another false dawn.
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Completely agree, and so typical of this aimless rabble.

Cashemiro has been given the most insane superannuation lump sum before he retires. He’s chortling all the way to the bank.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
Can't figure out what the grand plan is for them now? Casemiro will need to sit in deeper and not be asked to press, but dropping Maguire suggests they still want to play high up the pitch?
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As with pretty much every signing made by them over the past 5+ years, there is no plan. They’ll just play him and expect him to perform like he did at Madrid, it’s another one that will end in tears.

Honestly don’t think they could be run any worse if a Blue was in charge…
 
a rag season ticket holder i know says the glazers have approved a £200m spend before the window ends?
 
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results” — attr. Albert Einstein.

Yet again, short-term fix, no strategy. Panic behaviour. Some resemblance to ours years ago, before the takeover, when we used to change managers the way people change their socks. Leading to players on our books that a manager recently sacked had chosen, and that the incoming one didn't want. The difference is that they're filthy rich, and we weren't. Although of course the Glazers take money out of their club because, faithful to the American capitalist perspective, a sports club is above all a business operation, and only secondarily part of the fabric of a community.
That club's difficulties will continue. I raise a glass to their difficulties.
 
richards30 said:
a rag season ticket holder i know says the glazers have approved a £200m spend before the window ends?
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That’s all well and good, but with them it’s never been about the money. Even with all this talk about getting even more money from selling tv rights, it’s a question of “so what?”.
Throughout the Glazer time they’ve had plenty of money to spend on players. I’m not sure money alone is the answer they seem to think it is.
 
shemnel said:
sorry if already posted, I couldn't see it, but worth putting up again anyway:

This is a poem, penned by Ryan Giggs, as read out in court yesterday:


My darling Kate
Unequivocally our love was fate
I fell in love with you at first sight
I remember coz I was as high as a kite
Those beautiful eyes made me shiver
I’m not gonna lie I think of you I dream of you
Can’t help thinking pulling you was my greatest ever coo
That stomach those abs
Those pictures you send so I can keep tabs
You make me feel funny down there
Especially when you’re there and you look up and stare
I’m beginning to think you are always right
That’s okay it will keep us tight
I’m gonna end by saying you are my love my friend my soul
And most of all you believe in me, which makes me hard as a totem pole
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Is that the actual transcript?

I'm no poet but come on.......
 
abu13 said:
When a transfer happens as quickly as this it always raises concerns. There is a reason Madrid allowed him to go. Not saying he isnt a good player but Madrid see something that makes them happy to release him.
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They saw 70m somethings…

I’m still trying to work out…70m… for a 30 year old… and another 70m for doubling his wages… it’s insane… for a 30 year old!
 
It’s £60m plus add on’s of £10m, I’m intrigued. Do the add on’s equate to any of the following?:

He doesn’t get arrested in Greece
He doesn’t shag his wife’s sister
He doesn’t get stopped for speeding because he needed a shit
He doesn’t kung fu kick a spectator

If the add on’s are for winning a trophy we may as well say the fee is a straight £60m.
 
If the rags get Cashmoro then I think it is fair to say they have had a better transfer window than us.
Our problem was we just dived in and signed the first forward we saw.
The rags have taken their time, weighed up the market, discussed at length the pros and cons of how he will fit in with the system Ten Bob wants. Forward planning is everything.
 
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