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28 Jan 2014 22:30:10
interesting observation; Moyes has clearly told MUTV reporters to stay away from the subject of incoming transfers - i'm going to put 2+2 together and say something is brewing that they want to keep quiet

23 Jan 2014 18:03:12
so the latest is Mata is still in London and not due to travel up (if at all) until tomorrow

1.) I don't think Ozil has set the EPL a light to be honest where as Mata is one of its most revered players and is a settled player used to the game - I'd have him every time. In the summer I was so annoyed that we didn't go for Ozil, not I must say that I am delighted.

28 Jul 2013 12:57:42
Efforts have started to finalise the Baines move this week with a press conference thursday/friday as the unveil. The hope was to get Fabregas done by now at least in principal and at the club also by thursday but it doesn't look like that is happening. This has come from EFC not MUFC connections. They know of the Fabregas delay only because Moyes wants to be done with all the transfers at the same time and do a single a press conference.

1.) Makes sense. One press conference would save a lot of money and time.

2.) What a no brainer comment. united can afford asia tours but not 2 or 3 conferences required to unvail players. or may be david moyes want to prove how he can save cost in every little way. spot on mate

3.) Hard to believe this when Baines has just flown to the U. S with Everton. Surely he would of stayed here?.

4.) Go on you tube and put baines gives Everton fans a lift to Ewood. When asked about united, the hand gesture said it all. Welcome to old Trafford lad.

Mufc parkie

5.) I think Baines and Fellaini should both arrive at OT soon, whether Fabrigas does, or doesn't come
Mik

6.) People seem to be forgetting the the other teams have to agree a price. Signings would be easy otherwise wouldn't they lol.

Dan

7.) Lol because officials from United would divulge that sort of information to Everton about what other transfer targets were after and when we should be completing deals. Some people jeez

OT Ghost

8.) Yeah lad, hand gesture says it all. Dear me.

9.) United's last bid (which was rejected) was about £12m. I'd be surprised if United went higher, players 28-29 with no resale value, United generally don't over pay for Older players (the exception of course was Berbatov but that was because of late interest from Chelsea and Man City pushing the price up)

OT Ghost

10.) Pretty sure we payed over the odds for RVP last year and that worked out well.

11.) OT Ghost, was RVP another exception then?

12.) The fan asked Baines if he was going to United and Baines kind of went "pffft I don't know" whilst raising his hand, it was definitely not the usual footballer reply. Don't think he knew he was being filmed.

13.) £24m for the best striker in the Premier League is not over paying, £37m for Andy Carroll is lol

OT Ghost

14.) Watched the youtube vid of Baines, couldn't understand a bleeding word, lol!

15.) £24m for a player under 30 years of age who won the golden boot the season before is hardly over paying, i'd say it's reasonable.

Ozwald

16.) OT Ghost, It was thought to be overpayed due to the player's age and the club's policy of not buying older player for that price.
Not only that but at the age of 28 van Persie just had his best year and first injury free season, so it was a big risk.
Luckily enough, van Persie kept his scoring goals pace and also kept his health, which was surprisinly good.
Of course he more than paid his price tag, but let's not forget that while we can spend 30 million pounds on a player, we actually have a "limited warchest" if we compare United with the likes of (oil rich) Chelsea and Man City.

17.) RVP is not as injury prone as some seem to think. He's had injuries yes but some seem to think he's been out injuries half his career which is very wrong. He had two seasons at Arsenal in which he was injured a lot the other 5/6 seasons he played most of their Premier league games. A player that can score you 25+ goals a season and still has 4-5 more years in them at the top is worth £24m easily. Tottenham are about to buy a 29-30 year old Soldado for £30m and RVP is of a higher class and Premier League proven. Just my opinion though your entitled to yours

OT Ghost

18.) Yeah, of course Everton know about our transfer dealings, give your head a wobble lad

19.) Ozwald, its overpaying when he has a history of injury problems and only 1 year left on his contract.

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20 Feb 2014 08:46:58
I posted in the closed season how I felt United would struggle to make top 6 never mind top 4. I'm not here to gloat and reveal myself as some mystic soothsayer (I also confidently predicted Mata would definitely not move to OT - so what do I know).

What I will say though it that I've now seen Moyes in action over the last 6 months and have very little confidence he has the tactical foresight, nor the leadership skills to turn the club around. Again as i've said before, not his fault, we needed a massive manager to step into a massive club and we didn't get one.

What worries me is that a fair percentage of our fan base have followed Fergie's instructions to the letter and stood behind Moyes and as a result those voices of disquiet and doom have been trampled on fairly quickly. I'd really be interested in seeing, what the majority of fans really thought. If we had a secret ballot tomorrow and could replace Moyes with anyone how many would vote yes.

I've bee a united fan for 45 years half my life i've seen little or no success and half my life I seen us a dominant force both domestically and internationally - so no need with the 'just because we're having one a bad season.'

1.) Scolms, Moyes appointment was an absolute disaster, I said that from day one. The longer he remains in his post, the further back we will go. He has displayed no tactical knowhow, he's also ridiculed by all the top managers, he's won nothing in 11 years of football management, he has no experience in managing truly top players (that has shown with his handling of the top stars). He has managed to divide an otherwise solid squad. All players are infighting and arguing. And on top of all that, he insists on playing Young and Valencia in most matches.
There is no hope while he's around.

2.) I agree Nomidfield

Actually I have known the incredible highs of the last 20 years and some in the 80's notably Barcelona and Wembley in 85 but also have had incredible lows. Relegation in 74, losing the 76 FA cup final, 79 final, losing the league to Leeds and to Blackburn, the 95 FA Cup final but whilst I wasn't around in 58 there is one other low that really rankles more than most and that was the day United confirmed Moyes as the manager. That moment is in my top 5 worst United moments, the moment I felt the club had taken a disastrous backward step

3.) But at least, like you said before, you're still looking at Moyes objectively, Red Man, and not just being prone to melodrama :)

4.) Steviek

You seem to be stalking me! Have you taken on a role with GCU to protect the manager and control opinion you don't agree with?

I give plenty of objective comment but that post is exactly how I feel after over 45 years of supporting the club. At least I care, it would be worse if I displayed apathy.

5.) Every time I see one of your posts now, when I get to the end of reading it, I subconsciously hear the intro to the Eastenders theme in my head.

Your final line always seems to leave us dangling on some dramatic cliffhanger :)

22 Jan 2014 08:24:24
I have 0% confidence Mata to Utd is happening, god knows where the information is coming from but its not from the player or any of the clubs involved. Just think of the damage to Moyes and the club when Chelsea come out next week and say Mata is and always has been part of Chelsea's future and was never for sale. Once again Moyes' credibility is destroyed, fans are let down and another transfer windows goes by without any improvement to the squad. After the way Rooney courted Chelsea in the summer, I can't Chelsea offering us anything but contempt.

1.) Good point made. It certainly appeared the we were 'played' by Fabregas and possibly even Herrera in the Summer. I fully agree that any remnants of credibility that Moyes and Woodward still have would be shattered if this story has a similar ending. We can only hope that Moyes and Ed have learnt from the previous fiascos and don't get duped again. Unless there are genuine talks or it is being used by us as a smokescreen for other deals, it needs to be diffused sooner rather than later.

04 Sep 2013 07:43:25
All things aside, purely on what transpired on deadline day - i'm somewhat happier with Fellaini's attitude than Ozil's

With three hours to go Fellaini forced a move, high tailed it to carrington, took a cut on the money owed to him and by all accounts did everything possible to join united.

Ozil took his medical and 8 hours later was still dithering over joining AFC, apparently waiting for other bids.

The following morning Fellaini talked about a dream come true and Ozil about being pushed out Madrid. We all know Ozil is technically the better player but can't help thinking we made the right choice.

We want people who WANT to give everything for the club.

1.) Good post mate.

We may not always sign the best and sexiest footballers, but we usually sign ones with the proper attitude, who are prepared to do anything for the team. We never usually have too many passengers in the side

It;s no surprise.

SAF spent as much time finding out about the person behind the footballer, as he did with the actual on-pitch scouting.

You would never get 'The Spice Boys' attitude at our club as a result.

2.) Well I`m getting an afro, so there!

02 Sep 2013 22:22:49
The current mob are making it hard for us to fulfil Fergie wishes, very difficult to get behind Moyes right now.

1.) It's hard to blame Moyes for this

30 Aug 2013 07:54:52
So as predicted Levy is dragging out the Bale transfer to the lat possible minute thus ensuring the domino of potential transfers which usually accompany such a massive transfer either won't happen or will be so chaotic that clubs will end up paying over the odds for target or missing out on them altogether.
Ofcourse Levy's action will harm his closest rivals, Arsenal & us who if rumours were to be believed were hoping for some quality cast offs from Madrid to balance up Bales arrival. Probably was never going to be Ronaldo, but could have been Ozil, Modric or Di Maria.
Anyways by delaying Bale's departure to the 11th hour Levy have made it next to impossible for other clubs to do business on the Bale of the transfer.

Where does that leave us then, even if I put my optimistic hat on, the one where United are genuinely interested in strengthening the squad this year, today might be the last realistic day we will see any incomings. The matchday weekends typically are void of big transfers and given the ineptitude of the board to sign anyone during the previous two month, I think we are hoping to much to believe they have courage/sense to do something meaning full on deadline day. So today or never is my feeling.
Everton have just rejected the £36 mill double bid for Fellaini and Baines so that deal is going to have drastically move on in the next few hours. If its true we've already moved on Buttner then i'm assuming we're pretty confident we have at least Baines in the bag. If for some reason we don't then someone has made a bit of a balls up there.
Further a field what else, well if you disregard what Madrid might have sold (see above), we have, er, well, that's it, no one.

1.) So it means that the greatest club in the world is about to fail in the market because of Levy? This is what we've become?

2.) Poppycock! If real were waiting for bale deal to be done they could of sold them already and put more cash up front thus speeding up the deal

3.) The point is the Bale to Real deal is NOT complete, so Real can't sell. Might be (I'm guessing) Levy has told Real there is business he needs to do before he can complete the Bale to Madrid move which is what is infuriating RM at the most. Levy is screwing with Madrid too.
They won't sell anyone until they need to, and I suspect even when they bring in Bale they might not actually need to but would definitely be more open to offers if they had Bale in the bank.

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Since we are struggling to find a place for Kawaga, i''m not sure how Ozil would have helped us. We need steel and drive in midfield. let's stick with Fellaini.

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No mention of this anywhere except this page, you would think such a incredible statement would be all over the media. I call BS on this

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So this was your prediction.

Eto to united 5 million
Rooney then to Chelsea 32 million
Eva then to olympiacos 8 million
Bains to united 16 million
Nani to psg 18 million
Followed by RONALDO TO UNITED 64 million

We can scrap the first one now?, are you saying we will sell Rooney BEFORE we secure a replacement. Sounds like Ronaldo might be considered a replacement but he last on a very tenuous change.

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Fully agree, bad appointment, he's not turning things around and doesn't look like he knows how. People forget we started ok this season, but have gone down hill since and its getting worse with little or no sign of improvement. I'm sure Fergie is regretting asking the fans to stand behind Moyes no matter what, even he couldn't have foreseen the totally breakdown on the club.

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The point is the Bale to Real deal is NOT complete, so Real can't sell. Might be (I'm guessing) Levy has told Real there is business he needs to do before he can complete the Bale to Madrid move which is what is infuriating RM at the most. Levy is screwing with Madrid too.
They won't sell anyone until they need to, and I suspect even when they bring in Bale they might not actually need to but would definitely be more open to offers if they had Bale in the bank.

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I think its getting to point what DM says is pretty meaningless - it is what he does :)