Manchester United Banter Archive May 08 2015

 

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08 May 2015 21:05:14
Any of the Eds have any thoughts/opinions/insights/updates they would like to share on Vidal?
I am aware from Ed002 that we have interest. would this be high up the shopping list interest in your opinion?
I really rate him. Would be a great addition and appears to have fully recovered from his knee problem.

Thanks to all the Eds for this site ( and for Ed002 for hanging around a bit longer)

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08 May 2015 23:03:10
1. Type 'Vidal' into search bar, press submit

2. Press 'Ctrl+F' (Search)

3. Type 'ed00' and use the up and down arrows

4. ???

5. PROFIT!!!

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09 May 2015 10:47:37
4. Arsenal?

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09 May 2015 11:21:43
Quality Anon.

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08 May 2015 20:39:59
Hi ed,

I've seen today that Roma have been fined for breach of FFP rules, I was enquiring to see if this has any effect on uniteds interest in the Belgian midfielder they have (I'm not attempting to spell his name lol) also ed 002 said that Vidal may be an option as he's expected to be sold, would this still be the case of pogba goes? Or is it either one or the other

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{Ed002's Note - It makes no difference.}

08 May 2015 19:09:17
hi guys.

Got a few questions.

toward any eds.

did any of you guys know about the Depay deal before it was announced?
This one is more toward ed002.

Also are there any new targets manchester united are looking at other than ones already mentioned.

Are we looking to do our bussiness early or was our hand just forced because of psg interest.

Regarding psg if they were interested in Depay who are they looking to offload.

Cheers.

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{Ed002's Note - (1) Search. (2) I have explained what I know - obviously a waste of time. (3) That is a ridiculous question. (4) Try the European pages.}

08 May 2015 19:27:49
Let me start this post with saying that I am a fan of Smalling and I do acknowledge that he has improved a lot this season.


But I just feel concerned starting the season with Smalling, Jones as our CBs (obviously i mean among other CBs).

Both are extremely injury prone and don't look like they would come out of a game uninjured.

Chelsea's defence this season has proved how important it is to have the same back 4 playing week in week out. Its the stability at the back which has won them the title. Not to mention the past teams of United, Chelsea and Arsenal who almost always had a stable back 4.


Performance wise I like both Smalling and Jones but I feel their injury record affects us a lot throughout a season. Hopefully we have better luck with injuries next season and Shaw and Rojo can stay fit too.

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{Ed025's Note - for me MB smalling is mediocre but does have improvement in him, jones on the other hand is poor and his distribution awful, i agree that a solid back 4 is paramount and think the centre back positions need to be addressed mate..

08 May 2015 19:57:37
For me Smalling got a lot better as the season went on, but he has a horrible habit of switching off. Jones I used to love, but he is just too dopey and clumsy to be a CB for us. Both players need a leader next to them to calm them down and help with their positional sense, this shouldn't be the case at this stage for a team aiming to be the best.

They both aren't good enough with the ball for a possession based game. Rojo falls in between the pair of them for me, all 3 need a Rio type player with them and are decent number 2's for Europa League level.

All three of them are likely to have a stinker every 4th games which costs at this level. We need 2 new starting CB's if we want to win the league, or be very lucky their bad games comes against poor opposition.

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{Ed025's Note - i cant argue with that mate..

08 May 2015 19:59:34
Analysis spot on Ed025

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08 May 2015 20:43:18
I agree with beast we need two starting centre backs next year because both Jones and Evans are lower league level and Smalling has a horrible injury record Rojo might just have a little improvement with Hummels or a player like him beside him

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08 May 2015 23:41:48
Garay and Hummels for me

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08 May 2015 23:51:24
Garay and humells with smaling and rojo back up would be perfect

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09 May 2015 00:16:56
Smalling hasn't had a bad game since he got sent off vs City. Think that's a bit more than 4 games Beast? A top quality CB beside Smalling and a defensively strong midfield in front of him will help him develop into a top cb.

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09 May 2015 00:25:37
I think Smalling has made strides this season, but Jones looks overwhelmed by the situation far too often.

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09 May 2015 09:09:29
Ozwald - If you look at some of the goals we concede Smalling is often not in position, his distribution is hit and miss as well. He has got better, but I literally hear clown music come on whenever he has the ball.

Also - have you noticed how our RB is always marking the opponents beasts on corners? We had Rafael with Drogba memorably and Valencia with Lescott the other day, there will be loads more examples, keep an eye out for it today.

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08 May 2015 19:21:12
To be honest the signing of Depay is just what we need "pace" .Depay on one side and Di Maria on the other is quite a scary prospect.I hope its a throwback to the Giggs / Kanchelskis era which for those who remember was glorius turbo charged counter attacking. bring it on

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08 May 2015 19:37:06
We have been crying out for that pace for ages it seems. I was sick of the ball breaking only to see Mata, Fellaini, Rooney and RVP trying to break, for them to stop and pass it back to Valencia.

ADM showed what we could do a couple of times (Arsenal & Yeovil I think), that should happen a lot more if we give Wilson a game next season and have pace out wide with Depay & ADM.

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08 May 2015 17:43:37
I'm off away for a few weeks and Alas the season is nearly over with any luck on sat it will effectively be over in terms of CL qualification but its far from a certainty yet. thanks to all EDS and posters who make this site enjoyable and yes even the negative nellies and the Xbox managers who at times have the rest of us reaching for the phone to call the Samaritans things have been painted that bleak at times to GDS I love your optimistic outlook, to SHAPPY thanks for your great reviews and quality analysis i bet you coach and do it well. Ctr anon jred Mb top banter gcu Brendan syd Stevie i'd love to see more. Can't wait for fresh to reach boiling point over the summer and hope to read more from ed025 over the summer and next season
I think we are on the right track and with a couple of more additions which I hope will come as early as possible the future looks bright.
Anyway thanks for the laughs during a season were laughs were in short supply after a lot of games.

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{Ed025's Note - have a good time ken wherever your off to mate (hope its not strangeways), and come back soon fella..

08 May 2015 18:13:48
No mate they have WiFi in strangeways 😃 working I'm afraid hope to be able to log on a bit, my lad will and will keep me updated he reads daily he likes to try and guess what age the posters are and what jobs they might have it gives us good laughs.

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08 May 2015 18:14:38
Have a good one Ken, we'll have signed Hummels, Clyne, Pogba, Bale and Benzema by the time you come back, along with half the belgian u21's to keep Ronnie happy :-)

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08 May 2015 18:58:34
ken said:" he likes to try and guess what age the posters are and what jobs they might have it gives us good laughs."

LOL
It would be interesting to see how accurate your son is. :)

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{Ed025's Note - we will have to get young ken to do that sam..im guessing that hes 12 and a schoolboy.. :)

08 May 2015 19:05:03
Have a good one mate.

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08 May 2015 20:44:16
Especially the Belgian u21's - future of football. Hahaha Enjoy yourself. !!

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08 May 2015 22:34:06
Not bad ed 13actually he has you down as 30 and a used car salesman 😃 and ed001 as a traffic warden in dubai😃 the beast is a banker or I think that's what he said 😃 syd is apparently as old as his granddad and jmb is 27 and probably a night postman because he posts all the time, snappy is retired and just watches football all the time he reckons that ed002 is Jorge Méndez and big al works in the circus either as a clown or fortune teller he reckons Mumbai boy comes from Salford and that gcu is colleen rooney😃.

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{Ed025's Note - 3/10...im actually a 56yr old pavior ken...looks like mystic megs job is safe at least mate.. :)

08 May 2015 16:38:54
I don't know why but i get a sense we will win easily tomm and might turn out to be big score.

Take it as a god omen as i thought we would lose at goodison and get a draw against WBA, if that helps.

A chelsea United Win would be nice as we can close out the season.

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08 May 2015 17:37:29
I am cautiously optimistic about tomorrow. A big score in our favour would be nice, but I would be happy with a scrappy 1.0 win.

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08 May 2015 18:53:41
It will be a hard fought win for me. I'll take 1-0 happily.

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08 May 2015 19:06:37
It depends on when the first goal is scored. If we can get an early goal then Palace being safe and just playing for pride will probably push forward and try and score, which should leave space for us to score a few more.

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08 May 2015 19:39:15
As Shappy says the first goal is crucial. That was our problem against Chelsea and Everton in particular, we need to score when we control the game, the longer it goes on the less ideas we have and its easy to hold the fort, especially if you have pace on the break like Palace have.

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08 May 2015 22:59:17
Sorry. Don't share your optimism. They have pace and we always struggle with pace. Zaha will be properly wound up. I can't see anything but a comfortable Palace win

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{Ed025's Note - have a bit of faith nomid..

08 May 2015 23:29:18
A comfortable palace win lol are you winding me up?

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08 May 2015 23:49:19
I think it will be 0-0 with us having 80% of the possession.

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08 May 2015 15:56:18
12 years ago, SAF bought an exciting, pacey winger who very little people knew about. We spent approximately 13 Million. 12 years ago. It completely befuddles me when I hear people complaining about 22 Million being spent on yet another exciting pacey winger, with all the attributes to become a top player. Now before the (overly) obsessed CR7 worshipers (I am one of his biggest fans by the way) start telling me how ridiculous I am to compare Depay to Ronaldo, I am not. I am simply alluding to the fact that, like Depay, Ronaldo was young, pacey, exciting and came with a nice little price tag. It was a risk then (as no one could have know Ronaldo would have been the beast he has become) as it is a risk now with depay, since he will have to get his head down and work hard to achieve his full potential. Given how money is these days in football, that fee is consistent, and his current stats justifies it.
I won't ask anyone to stop being silly about the fee, cause. well it's darn hard to convert a nit picker. PSG was willing to sign him for more, among others. If we had lost out to them, there would be a meltdown and the same nit pickers would be the loudest. There are just those persons who can't sleep well at night unless they complain about something. So yes, I understand.
I look forward to watching this young lad play for us.

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{Ed025's Note - good post that bernidre..

08 May 2015 16:05:18
Also note ronaldo was an unknown 17 yr old. Depay is an established 21 yr old and top scorer. 22 is a very good deal!

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08 May 2015 16:06:31
Thanks Ed025

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{Ed025's Note - your welcome mate..

08 May 2015 16:09:55
Not to mention world cup scorer and young player of the tournament nominee

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08 May 2015 16:59:58
I've had a hard travel day so thought I would pass on some of my usual positivity (I'm a little grumpier than usual today).

Messi won the World Cup player of the tournament, so why do we give credit to Depay being simply nominated for a young player award? It means jack, just like any stats coming out of the Dutch league (or anywhere pretty much), and for those of you saying his goals ratio is good, what about his assists (arguably the major role of a winger)?

Did he do well in the World Cup really? He was pretty much anonymous in the games I watched, the Dutch were generally awful going forward aside from the 5-1 (Depay didn't feature in that one by the way).

He should be good, but is he a missing piece to the jigsaw now or will we have to wait a few years like we always seem to? Is he much better than Januzaj who can't get a kick?

I think the money and hype is not justified, more chance of him being a Nani than a Ronaldo in my view, but I hope to be proven wrong.

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08 May 2015 17:44:13
Beast, who would you get then that you wouldn't moan about?

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08 May 2015 18:02:37
Beast is just raging because signing Depay means it looks like Van Gaal is here to stay for another while and Beast hates Van Gaal and all his works

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08 May 2015 18:19:01
Beast, Laughable. How many world cups have messi had? He hasn't exactly set the tournament on fire. Even he would tell you that he really didn't deserve the player of the tournament award (there are at least two players who did far better).
With that said, Depay's stats don't mean jack to you simply because you don't want them to. That's ok, you are entitled to your opinion. However, stats are what players are judged on, because it's their performances that will generate those stats. Also, goals wins games. whether you are scoring or assisting them. If he scores 21 in 28 lg games and assts 4, then it is consistent with the fact that he is the top scorer. Not rocket science to be fair.
Will he be better than Adnan (who can't get a kick)? Will he develop like Ronaldo (who did get a kick) or will he be frustrating like Nani? You want a now answer? Want to know what will happen in three seasons? How about we watch and see? Since there is nothing (for me) to suggest he will be as good as Ronaldo or (for you) as frustrating as Nani. Either that or we can just be Gods and dtermine what he will be able to achieve and what level he will never be. thus rendering his price tag unjustified.

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08 May 2015 18:16:57
You usually are

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08 May 2015 18:25:50
Bilko - It definitely is a major thing to do with my current rage. The Klippity Klop noises I was hearing are now almost vanished, there is no way this deal would be sanctioned if my suspicions and hopes were going to be true, probable Janmaat and Dejong next followed by Strootman after he has a few games. Gutted.

I am pleased we signed Depay as we need pace, but this overspending on players is going to come back to haunt us. There will be a gem that we miss out on because of FFP and then we will start moaning about all these extra millions we have spent needlessly.

Fresh - I find it hard to get excited about any signing when it won't make a difference to the way we play, but I will stop banging my head against a brick wall now as I think it's time to face the truth that we are stuck with clowndog for a few more years or until somebody with power at the club see's sense.

No point bursting everyones bubble, so I will jump back on the Fonzy bus.

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{Ed025's Note - you are a bundle of fun beast.. :)

08 May 2015 18:37:21
Bernidre - Maybe I didn't make my point about Messi too clear as you got the wrong end of the stick mate.

I was saying for Messi to have won that award it shows the awards mean nothing. Everyone knows Messi didn't deserve it so the people picking were either clueless or God knows what, hence we can't with the other hand praise Depay on account of him being nominated for a young player award as arguably even less qualified judges were making that decision - the whole award thing during the WC was a joke!

Stats are pointless. How has Di Maria played this season, yet he has great assist stats? How many strikers have scored more than ours, but would you have them over ours? It's a team game mate, stats mean next to nothing - the game is free flowing and far more important things happen than who's backside it hit before dropping at a strikers foot to score.

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{Ed025's Note - beast...do you actually enjoy footy mate?...it seems to make you awfully grumpy fella...on your gravestone it will probably say..."who the f*** are you looking at!"..

08 May 2015 19:02:27
Beast,

You are like a caracature of yourself, hilarious.

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08 May 2015 19:05:42
Beast, the lad is 21 years of age and has scored the highest number of goals in the Dutch league playing off the wing.
He was wanted by a number of top clubs because he is an exciting young player player who has a lot of talent. If we never paid the money, someone else would of, and we would have lost out on a player who could be world class in a few years.

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08 May 2015 19:06:29
"here lies beast, had a heart attack screaming at the tv during uniteds match "

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{Ed025's Note - watched over by an angel..di maria.. :)

08 May 2015 19:18:57
Oh sorry mate I think I completely misunderstood the messi point, and I now see the bigger point you were making. Point taken, stats can be iffy, but I can't agree that they are pointless.
In any event, I'm very well pleased at the moment with our first signing, and look forward to some awesome stats for the new season. :)

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08 May 2015 19:30:07
Haha Ed25 - quality line. Mr's Beast agrees with you whole heartedly!

I'm just really frustrated with football at the minute for a few reasons:

1 - I can't stand our manager for the first time, it's a horrible position to be in and new for me, (I actually liked Moyes as his heart was in the right place, this guy doesn't seem to have one).

2 - I spend a lot of time traveling and bend over backwards trying to watch games, I end up mightily disappointed afterwards 99% of the time.

3 - A player can have 10 bad performances on the spin, play well the 11th game and they are the best thing since sliced bread. It does my nut in how fickle people are, just because somebody in the media says something that becomes almost law to a lot of fans.

4 - Players, Players, Players - for the most part they are treated like Gods and act like children on the pitch, diving, spitting, screaming about tackles that barely touch them. Many of them spend far too long on the treatment table and after a few good games they expect to have their wages doubled!

5 - Refs, a lot of them are more bothered about getting on camera and building their profile than reffing a game - especially Dowd.

6 - Managers, liars and try too many mind games treating the supporters as though we are stupid. This election campaign was so frustrating because they couldn't answer simple questions, it was like watching interviews with managers, we listen to robots.

7 - Too many teams are setting out not to get beat, I find it so difficult to get excited as I know 9/10 times how the flow of the game will go, the sport is losing it's passion.

Aside from that I love football and especially our club. I just don't like what is happening and the direction everything is heading. I just want to give it a big shake and change the trajectory.

I'm actually a really happy person and lucky not to have too many troubles. I suppose that's why the one major thing irking me in life (Utd turning into something I don't like because of LVG) is really exaggerated.

Sorry if I'm being a bit of a downer guys. I just feel like the guy in a mental asylum that shouldn't be there at times, and nobody will listen, I read 1984 the other day and it feels a bit like that.

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{Ed025's Note - very good explanation there beast, i know it can be very frustrating mate but you have to learn to ride with it, you dont want to turn into a victor meldrew clone...or do you?.. :)

08 May 2015 19:44:18
Nice one Bernidre. I hope we get all our business done early so the gaffer can spend as much time a possible getting his message across pre-season, I get the impression just one player not in synch corrupts the whole plan.

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08 May 2015 19:49:48
beast
thats my favourite post of the year

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08 May 2015 19:50:55
Sure don't Ed and cheers, but "I don't believe it" will happen. I'll get my coat!

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{Ed025's Note - love it beast..

08 May 2015 21:23:53
I agree with jred, that is probably the best post I've read all year Beast. Agreed with everything!

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08 May 2015 14:12:42
Thanks for insight on earlier post Ed.
Can you please share something latest on strootmaan injury and United's concern if there is still interest.
Only guy I can feel replacing carrick is strootman. So I m sure LVG will try.
Ed anything there???

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{Ed002's Note - Nothing has changed. Strootman has been injured for a while and whilst he remains a target there may be too much of a risk with his injury issues to make a move for him.}

08 May 2015 14:37:04
I thought Strootman was a midfield ball winner not a passer like Carrick.For me as from my earlier posts Carvalho from Sporting is the perfect fit as Carricks replacement but we also need another to sit next to him because i don't think LVG rates HERRARA .

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08 May 2015 14:17:40
I'm glad we are showing sense on that one.

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08 May 2015 15:17:48
Carvalho is a ball winner too though, he isn't an astute player like a Carrick.

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08 May 2015 15:43:24
Always talking nonsense fresh

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08 May 2015 16:14:52
Cheers JMB, you're full of wellington boots too :)

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08 May 2015 16:14:56
LVG doesn't rate herrera? Is playing him every game reverse psychology?

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08 May 2015 17:02:39
He never plays herrara in the attacking midfield role he is great at. that's why Barcelona are sniffing around him .

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08 May 2015 19:25:03
Finally someone who understands where he plays best.

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08 May 2015 13:52:21
Since depay is not from the premier league, i am going to go a lot easier on him and give him a full 2 matches(instead of the usual 1 i give to most players), before declaring him to be better than ronaldo or if we should quickly sell him at a loss in january to west ham.

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08 May 2015 14:18:31
Depends where in the tunnel he stands, if he is at the back and misses a pass first time round he should leave.

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08 May 2015 14:45:35
Agreed, I'd move LvG on as well because it will be equally his fault I'm sure!

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08 May 2015 15:23:43
people joke but a proven international like di maria was wrote of after a couple of month .
infact people want to sell half the team every time we get beat

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08 May 2015 15:42:49
The knee jerk reactions are incredible, and people have the nerve to call me 'clueless' - that really does pi$$ me off.

Di Maria in particular has not become a bad player overnight. I'd love to see most people's work performance in here when they move to a new country and don't speak the language well, then get injured after a really impressive start and then be a victim of armed robbery which would shake up anyone. LVG has withdrawn him to some extent from the firing line. He will be greatly improved next season and with Depay we have two very pacey and skillful wingers who carry a serious goal threat.

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08 May 2015 15:57:10
375 games played 61 goals scored (total career stats). Not exactly a serious goal threat considering his position in most of those games.

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{Ed025's Note - i would tend to give him another season rews unless all monies can be recouped which i dont think they will mate..

08 May 2015 16:26:02
Jred,

Exactly, I think that is the point of the post. How fickle football fans are and how quickly they write people off. I mean I've seen people say we should sell Januzaj - give me strength!

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08 May 2015 19:05:49
Fresh,

At least you haven't taken the 'clueless' comment to heart mate, you've mentioned it about 5 times now.

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08 May 2015 13:52:16
Just heard Mendes has been in contact with PSG over Di Maria transfer? I say 'sell' and reinvest! Away from Di Maria, how far is Strootman being the Player he was or will he ever be?

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08 May 2015 14:01:02
sell ONLY and ONLY if
- we get a huge chuck of what we spent.
- We buy a similar player because then we'll have depay and janujaz(both too young and unproven)and young and valencia(both proven to be useless).

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08 May 2015 14:14:04
Dont discount Nani off yet

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08 May 2015 14:18:35
Strootmans got a long term injury, he played around 30 games last season and only 7 this season I believe, so I think it's best we steer well clear. Nainggolan would be a good alternative but according to ed002 he has a complex ownership which would make the transfer difficult and expensive.

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{Ed002's Note - The ownership issues are far clearer than they were.}

08 May 2015 14:19:39
Without a guaranteed replacement we can't let him go.

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08 May 2015 14:43:46
Imightbesomeone - totally agree! Lazio's Felipe Anderson is a player I like a lot!

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08 May 2015 15:18:48
Felipe Anderson is an excellent talent, but a Di Maria on form who finds his feet currently is a better player. In Di Maria and Depay we could have a nice balance between the here and now and the future.

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08 May 2015 15:26:50
even if he gets back to the average player he once was we should stay clear of strootman

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08 May 2015 15:49:13
If ADM were happy and felt his future was here his agent wouldn't be trying to open up the lines of communication. I have no inside knowledge but have moved my family for work and let me tell you this if they aren't happy your life is crap. This coupled with the fact he didn't originally want the move here makes it feel like there is a fairly high probability of him going.

Felipe Anderson for me too! That's the wings sorted for a decade.

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{Ed025's Note - no more andersons!!.. ;0

08 May 2015 13:22:50
Where has my most recent post gone?

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{Ed002's Note - Don't send in posts like this.}

08 May 2015 10:13:07
I'm not understanding the negativity around the Depay fee.

The lad has been supreme this year at PSV and at 21 is a regular member of the Holland national side.

The fee is believed to be around £22 million, compare that to Hazard who cost £32 million and didn't have anywhere near as good a record as Memphis has. Hazard when he made the move only had 36 goals in 147 appearance, Memphis has 38 goals in 88 appearances. The risk on Hazard was £10 million more and look how that has paid off.

We have signed ourselves one of the most promising attackers in the world, heralded as the next big thing in Holland. I for one am excited and for the money it is a good deal. If he is anything like the last two we got from PSV then that £22 million will soon turn into a player worth 2 or 3 times that.

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08 May 2015 11:31:30
its not our money.
transfer fees are just a stick people use to bash a player.
what a strange way to judge a player

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08 May 2015 12:09:47
I take your point Fresh , but don't get too wrapped up in stats again. Hazard I believe , was seen as a much better prospect then than Depay is now. He was also much closer to the finished article than Depay.
Hazard is a very special player who has adapted very quickly to the English game.
I agree with your last paragraph though. We have signed a great prospect , who could become a great player. Nut let's not expect too much too soon. Whatever the transfer fee , it is a lot of money. But that is what have to pay to buy potential.

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08 May 2015 12:53:19
We have not even brought the player yet and we are already looking for faults with the lad we moan if we do not buy players and now we are moaning if we do for the price being quoted if the lad becomes a great player for the next ten years that will be a bargain

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08 May 2015 13:11:55
Hazard was always referred to as an exciting prospect that could become something special. The same is expected from Memphis in Holland - I don't really see the difference between the two other than that we signed Memphis and Chelsea got Hazard - as per the grass is always greener in some peoples eyes.

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08 may 2015 13:39:29
when you think of some of saf signing who didn't live upto the hype ie ando nani zaha kleberson etc the fee for depay is really quite good value if you also take into account todays transfer market also ronaldo was an untried future star at £12 million in 2002 ",i wonder what happened to him hhhhmmmmm!!!!!!"totally agree with fresh yet again .one down hopefully four more to come

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08 May 2015 14:20:39
And with today's inflated prices, Ronaldo aged 20 or whatever would of been worth around the same as Memphis. But he would of been overpriced too I'm sure.

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08 May 2015 15:52:42
The guys a full international and has provided the goods consistently over two seasons. he's a bargain, how much would an English version of the lad cost? £50m+ easy.

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{Ed025's Note - aiden mcgeady is available from everton..just saying.. :)

08 May 2015 16:34:23
Betty I agree with you 99% of the time but whether or not Hazard or Depay were the best prospect aged 21 is very subjective to say the least. Keeping it simple they were both seen as up and coming top wing forwards who had impressed in a decent but not top class league.

Not sure there is much to split them in those terms and we did get Depay for less money so I find all this justifying of price tags a strange pass time. The transfer market is so far from being a perfect model that it makes any price comparisons meaningless in any case.

Also whether Hazard adopted quickly is largely irrelevant because nobody knew that at the time of transfer/payment.

All young promising players will pose a transfer risk, all tranfers will in fact. So let's just see how he turns out and enjoy the journey.

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08 May 2015 06:08:12
Hi eds
it seems to have gone a bit quiet on Gundogan after slys initial " " just wondered if any of you guys know if it's moved further forward?

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{Ed002's Note - I explained at the time there was no deal. There is interest from elsewhere.}

08 May 2015 12:42:57
The interest comes from Bayern Munich - and I think a deal is already in place? Talking of Bayern, rumours are that are interested in Di Maria? With rumours rife that gotze isn't happy with Pep, or their relationship is strained could we see a swap deal? Gotze always been open of his admiration for Man Utd? Just a thought? We all know van gaal likes Muller too?

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{Ed002's Note - There is no deal in place.}

08 May 2015 13:23:57
Thanks for the info Edd! What's your take on Bayern wanting Di Maria? It prob wouldn't happen in a million years but I'd love super mario gotze at Utd?

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{Ed002's Note - Di Maria is a player Bayern has considered but he is not their first choice as a long-term replacement for Ribery.}

08 May 2015 13:27:07
Ed002

Do you know if we are targeting two centre midfielders or just the one?

Thanks

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{Ed002's Note - The club has shown interest in central midfield players and defensive midfield players.}

08 May 2015 13:42:13
Edd002, so, Di Maria goes and would Felipe Anderson or could rather be persuaded to head to old Trafford? Chances?

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{Ed002's Note - Don't try and complicate everything.}

08 May 2015 14:48:52
Sorry Edd!

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08 May 2015 02:52:14
Just some banter and for laughs

Yaya Toure has been a powerhouse in Midfield for citty, He has dragged them over the line and put in some fine performances up until late. This is possibly down to many things, change of Manager and players who he had close friendships with etc.

citty have taken a few players STR of us whom have come back to bite us in the back side.

Therefore I would like to take Yaya toure to Utd if we could get him for little or nothing and install some confidence so that he bites citty in their Backside.

I know 70% of you would not like him to come here because he is a citty player and on high wages but if we could get him at 31 then we get 3 yrs outta him and if we sign Carvalho. Then who better to mentor him.

It's just banter obviously we would like to recruit some WC younger players to do us for the next decade etc. But I can already hear Chelski and citty fans muttering that we are trying to buy the league instead of winning it.

How many glass houses have these fans

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08 May 2015 04:45:27
Considering all the money we will have to spend on birthday cakes, I think we should stay away.

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08 May 2015 06:33:54
We would have to offer him a seat on the board for life. Crying faced overpaid child.

Quality player though lol.

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08 May 2015 08:45:26
Give over, he's lazy and a big baby. Keep well away.

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