Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Notes in OP,22/7

Delboy5 wrote: »

More speculation but the front page of the La Gazetta Dello Sport has a picture of Vidal with headline Done Dealio Manchester.

"Done Dealio" - wonder what that means in Italian ?

markcahill1985 wrote: »

Photshopped picture

Cant believe i fell for that, thought my italian was better.....

Fcuk sake "done dealio"......Mama Mia!

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

How could they(Adidas) justify that amount of money :pac: it doesn't make sense from a business perspective

well no, it makes perfect sense. Nike were absolutely milking money from us. dont forget, its not just the kits, they own everything and that include the megastore on match days and absoltely everything else merchandising wise.

its not inconceivable to think that Addidas could double, if not treble that in one year. the top 3 selling jerseys in the PL in 2013 had RVP, Rooney and Kagawa on them and United sell about 1.2million shirts per year.

straight away there alone, most of the money is made back there already before we even look at every other piece of merchandise going.

FutureGuy wrote: »

Decided I'm going to try and head over to the Swansea game but getting a ticket is going to be tough I reckon.

what is the best way to get a ticket in Ireland?

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

How could they(Adidas) justify that amount of money :pac: it doesn't make sense from a business perspective

Ed is a fecking genius!

I doubt they'd hand over 750+ million without research.

In fairness sporting goods cost damn all to produce, most likely produced in some sweat shop in india or elsewhere in Asia. Appears to be the main cost associated with them is promotion/marketing.

Not sure if posted, but LVG has given Van Persie three weeks off entirely, before reporting back for training.

Looks like he will be reverting back to the lighter workload approach that Fergie had over Moyes.

As a seperate note, I think this summer already has shown we need to shift our credability ratings for certain journalists.

I'm getting the impression that Van Gaal has insisted that the transparant transfer stuff to media be stopped immediately. Fergie had a pretty tight ship when it came to what was and was not ok to leak out, or even insiniate to journalists. That somehow got a bit out of hand with Moyes, as Woodward and certain executives got WAY to pally pally with journalists, and Moyes himself was dangerously transparent with journalists.

Graham Hunter printed out a text conversation they had over Herrera, just before the debacle last summer.

Considering how off the mark the reliables have been, stands to me that there is a little blackout going on. As a fan I prefer it, that we are operating again as a tight ship, but as a gossip whore, its certainly annoying

TheDoc wrote: »

Not sure if posted, but LVG has given Van Persie three weeks off entirely, before reporting back for training.

Looks like he will be reverting back to the lighter workload approach that Fergie had over Moyes.

As a seperate note, I think this summer already has shown we need to shift our credability ratings for certain journalists.

Seems to be a strong bond between Van Persie and Van Gaal. It will be interesting to see how it ends for Van Persie given it's likely that Van Gaal will be the man who will have to make the decision to phase him out of the team in a couple of years.

user2011 wrote: »

http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2012/10/08/real-madrid-and-barca-earn-most-from-kit-deals-united-and-liverpool-closing-in-081002/

Jayus, United were getting as much per year since 2002 that Arsenal are getting in their new Puma one.

United really are a money making machine

what we are all thinking right now


How Ed Woodward feels right now

NeVeR wrote: »

The Last World Cup Sweeps post

Well done and thanks to all who took part.

Below are the winners.


Winners: Germany - Liam O
Runners Up: Argentina - NeVeR

Most yellow cards in group stages €20 - Honduras -- LostBoy101
1st Red Card €20 - Uruguay -- Gadge
1st OG €20 - Croatia -- ninja900
1st Peno €20 - Brazil -- markc1184
Worst goal difference in group stages. €20 - Cameroon -- bennyl10

If anyone would like to review and make sure I'm correct please do. Can the winners please PM me your Paypal email address and I'll send the winnings.

NotorietyH wrote: »

Ivory Coast had 7 yellow cards too in the group stage. I was doing the office sweepstakes here in work and that was one of the prizes.

Updated with joint winners for Most Yellows. €10 / Each

Winners: Germany - Liam O
Runners Up: Argentina - NeVeR

Most yellow cards in group stages €20 - Honduras and Ivory CoastLostBoy101 - and - LightOfTruth
1st Red Card €20 - Uruguay -- Gadge
1st OG €20 - Croatia -- ninja900
1st Peno €20 - Brazil -- markc1184
Worst goal difference in group stages. €20 - Cameroon -- bennyl10

Sirsok wrote: »

Got the home and away jersey there, not as bad as I first anticipated when worn ....

Not big deal but isn't the button on the home jersey supposed to be black?