Manchester United Rumours Archive March 27 2012

27 Mar 2012 17:19:23
The reserves won 4-1 at everton and we only had a squad of 15 so I guess that explains why Pogba didn't play last night as he was needed for the reserve game. Hopefully that will put some minds at rest.....at least until he either signs for us or someone else.

Shappy

A powerful line up too.

Needed for the reserves!!! I think the 1st team takes priority.

You still need a minimum number of players and i expect 90 mins of reserve football is better for his devolpment than 90mins of bench warming against fulham as he wouldn't have got on with how we were playing last night as it would have been too risky. Remember Sir Alex is the manager of Manchester United football club not just the first team and he makes his decisions based on whats best for the club and he decided that it was best for the club and the player for Pogba to play in the reserves today rather than Fulham last night. We might not agree with it but he hasn't got much wrong in the last 25 years and there is cerntainly no one who could have done better.

Shappy

27 Mar 2012 16:10:25
I wanna talk about what every sees as a marquee signing as there seems to be an obsession with sign at least one this year so what is a marquee signing? Is it just a big name player for a big fee? Cus thats kinda the feeling I get when people mention them on here. People like Martinez or RVP but are these type of signings always the best Rio was a marquee signing as was Berbatov now both have been good players but if you had to choose would you have Rio and Berba or Vidic and Hernandez? There are other examples that money doesn't always buy you quality just look at some of liverpools signings, Ozil cost less than Adam, Sahin cost less than Henderson, Hernandez cost less than Carroll. So I don't mind how much we spend in the summer as long as we bring in quality.

Shappy

I think it works that people are never happy
say ozil if we sign him for 10 mil (just an example ) people would moan were not spending enough
say we sign him for 40mil people would complain thats hes overpriced etc or would expect him to get a hattrick each game or something

Theres a marquee company near me. rich people get them for big partys in their big gardens....

maybe fergie is throwing a party and needs a marquee....

oxred

I think when people talk of a Marquee signing they generally just saying they want someone who is already established as a top player! I personally Agree With the op!

When I post about Marquee I (probably wrongly) mean someone who can slot straight into the first team and instantly lift the quality of the first team. Not a raw talent like Ronaldo was for us, who took a few years of nurture.

With the decline of the golden oldies we need to put a fully developed class player into our midfield IMO, and possibly a quality striker. The LB signing could be more of a slow burner for me.

DodgyBanter

But thats just the thing though what is our first team? I think we don't have a first 11 as such but more a match day squad of which the first 11 could be any of the 18 in one of several formations. It depends on the opponants and the tactics. So anyone who can add something to the squad that we don't currently have would be of importance.

Shappy

A marquee signing is someone who makes you think 'that team is going to be even better this year'. Barca do it every season, Villa, Sanchez now Neymar.
Dingle {Ed002's Note - Neymar has not signed for Barcelona.}

He hasn't yet but they're his most likely destination. And if they don't get him they won't worry about going for the second option.
Dingle

Some fair points. Not sure on Rio point as he has been absolute class for many years so you cant sompare him now he is starting to decline with Vidic!
The concept of a marquee player does one thing other than potentially bring in a good player. It shows other potential signings, other clubs and our players that we are still a club to be reckoned with. We are still attracting top talent and can pay for it if neccessary. This can encourage other players to sign and encourage our top players not to leave (if we dont want them too). That is why I believe spending some cash on a top player once in a while does the team good.
Woffsta

I think Rio has been a class player for us, what i'm saying is if you could have only signed one of them would you have chosen Rio for 30m or Vidic for 7m? What i'm getting at is you don't have to spend huge amounts to sign quality.

Shappy

Completely agree with Woffsta, Rio has been solid for donkeys yonks, easily repaying the money we spent on him. i get Shappy's point but it would have been better to use more of a flop marquee signing eg veron

Jaxer

27 Mar 2012 11:04:44
With Sochaux bordering on relegation, I would like to see a move for Marvin Martin. Very creative, good set piece taker, on the fringes of the national squad first team. I believe he would be more likely to be cheaper and better than a lot of the options that get banded about.

Sanshine {Ed002's Note - Dortmund, Lille, Lorient and Anderlecht have enquired after Marvin Martin, but Valencia and Arsenal have been most serious in the pursuit of the Socheaux player. I suspect a move in the summer is possible.}

Ah that's a shame we're not interested. I think there will be a bit of an exodus from Auxerre and Sochaux if the league positions stay the same!

Sanshine

Sanshine

What do you make of Corchia of Sochaux? Looks decent and a good age.

Stuey

Yeah I have my doubts about his defending in the prem, but he's a very good attacking full back. From what I've seen he's not an amazing header of the ball and you'd be worried that we'd have an Evra situation if he came to england, being exploited by sticking someone out on him and lobbing balls to the back post.

He'd be a success in the Spanish league I think.

Sanshine