Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Note in OP, 13/8

Cookiemunster · 09-08-2014 11:21AM

Larry Wildman wrote: »

No he didn't.

He said this:

"DDG wants to go back to spain and one injury and we have a very ordinary team."

He clearly means "imagine if DDG decided that he wanted to go back to Spain and we picked up one injury...in such a scenario, we'd have a very ordinary team."

Separately and somewhat worryingly, his girlfriend has publicly stated that she'd like to see him back in Spain:

http://www.squawka.com/news/david-de-geas-girlfriend-edurne-garcia-admits-she-would-like-him-to-move-back-to-spain/152945

Hopefully theirs is a 1950s relationship and he just tells her to shut the f..k up.

Where's he going to go? There are only 2 options. Real have 3 keepers and are trying to offload 1. Barca have just signed 2 new keepers. De Gea is going nowhere any time soon.

chupacabra · 09-08-2014 11:25AM

I think it's about time all these ITK types should be banned temporarily at least. It's becoming very frustrating and they add nothing to the discussion and only serve to wind people up.

DrPhilG · 09-08-2014 11:26AM

Cantstandsya wrote: »

I suggest that by September 2nd we will know exactly what is happening with Vidal and Cuadrado.

Source?????

GSPfan · 09-08-2014 11:27AM

Cantstandsya wrote: »

I suggest that by September 2nd we will know exactly what is happening with Vidal and Cuadrado.

Exactamundo.

Why anyone even repeats these stupid headlines is beyond me.

The_Kew_Tour · 09-08-2014 11:28AM

Cantstandsya wrote: »

I suggest that by September 2nd we will know exactly what is happening with Vidal and Cuadrado.

+1:pac:

irishfeen · 09-08-2014 11:34AM

So what 3 Utd players are making yer Fantasy Football teams lads?

MagicIRL · 09-08-2014 11:35AM

De Gea, Mata, Rooney.

irishfeen · 09-08-2014 11:37AM

MagicIRL wrote: »

De Gea, Mata, Rooney.

Ive Evans, Mata, Rooney in the first draught - leaving De Gea out is killing me though..

MagicIRL · 09-08-2014 11:38AM

I had Evans in a CB, but Big Dave is a monster. Added points for saves as opposed to just clean sheets this season too, and Big Dave is a shotstopper to beat them all.

yabadabado · 09-08-2014 11:38AM

irishfeen wrote: »

So what 3 Utd players are making yer Fantasy Football teams lads?

Vidal,Di Maria and Cuadrado :eek:

Lord TSC · 09-08-2014 11:39AM

irishfeen wrote: »

So what 3 Utd players are making yer Fantasy Football teams lads?

De Gea, Shaw and Herrera at the moment.

FortuneChip · 09-08-2014 11:39AM

Going for my usual rule of picking players that exploit their position so Shaw at 6m is in.
Young's been great pre-season, so it's a low risk move at only 5m.
With decent opening fixtures, and Rooney playing up front, he's gotta be added as well.

davemckenna25 · 09-08-2014 11:40AM

Mata, Rooney and Young. Young could change to Evans if it looks like he's not starting.

irishfeen · 09-08-2014 11:44AM

yabadabado wrote: »

Vidal,Di Maria and Cuadrado :eek:

Now they might put a dent in that £100m budget

wiz569 · 09-08-2014 11:47AM

irishfeen wrote: »

So what 3 Utd players are making yer Fantasy Football teams lads?

De Gea,Herrera and Rooney

irishfeen · 09-08-2014 11:52AM

Alot expected from Rooney this year and I fully expect him to oblige - if RVP and Rooney can stay fit week in week out things should fall into place nicely.

Lucas Hood · 09-08-2014 11:53AM

Lord TSC wrote: »

De Gea, Shaw and Herrera at the moment.

Herrera is bad choice imo. Much better options for less.

yabadabado · 09-08-2014 11:53AM

irishfeen wrote: »

Now they might put a dent in that £100m budget

But Ed said there was no fixed budget !

irishfeen · 09-08-2014 11:56AM

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Herrera is bad choice imo. Much better options for less.

Ya that's my thinking too - 7.5m at this point is just too big a risk to take in the world of fantasy football.

Lord TSC · 09-08-2014 11:59AM

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Herrera is bad choice imo. Much better options for less.

Honestly, I play for like a week and then forget about it anyway

So may as well put my faith in the new kids for now and see how they do.

lordgoat · 09-08-2014 12:00PM

Your Airbag wrote: »

No he doesn't, whats your source on this?

DDG has done nothing but express his happiness at playing for UTD and is praising the new UTD coaching staff recently.

He has two Spanish mates with him at UTD and they all look perfectly happy.

LOL. Context. It's like saying: that poster is not a total arsehole.

But reading: Poster is a total arsehole.

Larry Wildman wrote: »

He means "if DDG wanted to leave"'.

Cheers for explaining best to avoid some posters, it's as if they purposely chose any chance to skew things as much as they can.

RichFTW wrote: »

Chelsea & City are the only clubs who can really afford to always go for the 40m signing as opposed to the potential player. Any other club would soon be in financial trouble with that policy as they don't have billionaire owners.

There is no guarantee that the big money signing will be a success. If they flop, you are left with the same problems in the team but with a huge financial loss as well. Torres, Shevchenko, Denilson, Veron...the list goes on and on.

Clubs try to limit the risk by buying a number of relatively cheaper players with potential in the hope that they turn into 40m+ players. The only way of determining if you over spent on a player is with hindsight so the signings homer brought up are not going to look as good now if they are not a huge success. Nobody seems to brings up Rooney or Ronaldo in this discussion to show that this transfer policy works both ways.

I disagree. CFC and City don't make as much cash as we do, they just have no issue spending it.

yabadabado wrote: »

But Ed said there was no fixed budget !

No fixed budget until it comes to splurging it.

Your Airbag · 09-08-2014 12:02PM

Pogba on Vidal

"We're hearing that Vidal is going but we don't know," Pogba said. "For the moment he's injured, he's trying to get fit. We want him to stay at Juventus. At the moment he's here so we won't speak about him leaving."

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/paul-pogba-hints-juventus-teammate-arturo-vidal-may-leave-club-for-epls-manchester-united-20140809-102c3m.html

Larry Wildman · 09-08-2014 12:08PM

Your Airbag wrote: »

Pogba on Vidal

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/paul-pogba-hints-juventus-teammate-arturo-vidal-may-leave-club-for-epls-manchester-united-20140809-102c3m.html

Now that is positive.

Actual quotes from Paul Pogba.

RichFTW · 09-08-2014 12:14PM

lordgoat wrote: »

I disagree. CFC and City don't make as much cash as we do, they just have no issue spending it.

They don't need to make as much as they have billionaire owners. They have no issue spending it as they have a bottomless pit of money, we don't.

Your Airbag · 09-08-2014 12:17PM

lordgoat wrote: »

LOL. Context. It's like saying: that poster is not a total arsehole.

But reading: Poster is a total arsehole.

My bad, picked you up worng

RickyOFlaherty · 09-08-2014 12:19PM

Larry Wildman wrote: »

Now that is positive.

Actual quotes from Paul Pogba.

Also interesting that he says the won't talk about the transfer until they return from oz. Anyone got a date on that?

Vic Vinegar · 09-08-2014 12:20PM

RickyOFlaherty wrote: »

Also interesting that he says the won't talk about the transfer until they return from oz. Anyone got a date on that?

I think it's the 17th or sometime around there. Vidal wouldn't be properly fit till the end of the month anyway.

Larry Wildman · 09-08-2014 12:22PM

RichFTW wrote: »

They don't need to make as much as they have billionaire owners. They have no issue spending it as they have a bottomless pit of money, we don't.

Yeah, if only there was something that could neutralise "synthetic" big clubs like Chelsea, Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain and play into the hands of properly run commercial juggernauts like Manchester United...

sigmundv · 09-08-2014 12:22PM

RickyOFlaherty wrote: »

Also interesting that he says the won't talk about the transfer until they return from oz. Anyone got a date on that?

The Bianconeri’s Asia-Pacific tour fixtures are as follows:
6 August Juventus v ISL Stars at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Kick-off 15.00 (CET)
10 August Juventus v A-League All-Stars at ANZ Stadium, Kick-off 11.30 (CET)
16 August Juventus v Singapore All-Stars at New Singapore National Stadium, Kick-off 12.00 (CET)

http://www.juventus.com/juve/en/news/live-blog-juvetour

As you see, the final match of their tour is 16 August, so I guess they'll be back in Italy by the 17th.

lordgoat · 09-08-2014 12:31PM

RichFTW wrote: »

They don't need to make as much as they have billionaire owners. They have no issue spending it as they have a bottomless pit of money, we don't.

That's the thing we actually have to have over 100M from revenue over the last 2 seasons. That or the Glazer boys and girl are taking alot more than claiming.

IMO it's a pretty weak argument to say we can't spend as much as CFC or City. When we clearly can we just don't spend as much on individual players.

We go for younger over priced players rather than market value world class players.

Last WC player we bought RVP. Before that? can't remember. We don't spend the money. This season we cannot afford to not do well. IMO we need to buy this window and in Jan.

Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread - Mod Note in OP, 13/8

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