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Although quite two of THE worst decisions ever made EVER !
As a side note I just heard a whisper that you're supposedly looking to bring in Kante as well as Pogba !!! If ya pull that off they may as well present the league trophy to you before the season even starts. I am however prepared to be proven wrong once again! |
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Blanc coming to the end of his career or Stam?
Fergie definitely shot himself in the foot with this one. There is no doubt that Ferguson was furious about the book but I think had he thought the player was 100% he wouldn't have sold him. |
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Although quite two of THE worst decisions ever made EVER !
As a side note I just heard a whisper that you're supposedly looking to bring in Kante as well as Pogba !!! If ya pull that off they may as well present the league trophy to you before the season even starts. Quote:
I dont think he did. Obviously years later when Stam was still playing it looked a bad move letting him go, but at the time? No I dont think so. He had been injured and it was being discussed at the time that he wasn't the same player.
There is no doubt that Ferguson was furious about the book but I think had he thought the player was 100% he wouldn't have sold him. Talking about older players with a turn of speed, Patrice Evra is bloody bionic! |
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Thank you for posting this, it is very illuminating, and helps to put together events which saw him leave the club.
Yeah, even the best get things wrong from time to time, and this and perhaps the Pogba episode, show this to be the case with Sir Alex. The stam situation is different to the Pogba one. People forget that we offered him a massively improved contract....and he declined it. He wasn't ready to replace Scholes, kagawa, or even fletcher or anyone else in the team. I am not bitter about him leaving at all.....nor am I bitter about buying him back for £100 million. Do we all remember how he came to us in the first place? We didn't necessarily do everything by the book. |
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The stam situation is different to the Pogba one.
People forget that we offered him a massively improved contract....and he declined it. He wasn't ready to replace Scholes, kagawa, or even fletcher or anyone else in the team. I am not bitter about him leaving at all.....nor am I bitter about buying him back for £100 million. Do we all remember how he came to us in the first place? We didn't necessarily do everything by the book. I was a huge Stam fan back in the day, and I still would rather prefer a peak Stam over a peak Vidic any day, although thankfully we have had both here! Pogba was a totally different situation, but one that I think we could have handled a bit better, (and perhaps if he were to look back, so might he in a small way). I would like to see him back here, to finish what he started with us, as he never really got that chance to do so, before he left. I remember I think it was at Scholes' testimonial, (I was there, and I have this classic picture that I took), of him replacing Scholes, and I thought that was the old guard welcoming the new, sadly it didn't pan out quite like that. If we could get him back (at an extremely high price overall mind), then that would go some small way to rectifying that mistake we made back then (yes he did reject the contract that we offered him, but I don't think we really treated him as best as we could have done, for a player who was by that stage, far too good to be playing Under 21 football week on week out). |
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SAF has even admitted himself he made a mistake selling Stam when he did.
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If only Doctor Who was real!!
I would use that Tardis to go back and tell Sir Alex that he should not sell Stam, and to treat Pogba a tad better then he did, otherwise it will cost the club well over £100 million to get him back!! |
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SAF has even admitted himself he made a mistake selling Stam when he did.
If you are pissed off with a player, coupled with concerns over his fitness especially his pace and you get offered £16m (back then) its not really the worst thing in the world to decide to sell. |
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Question to those here, if, and it is still an if at this stage, we do end up signing Pogba back, what would our ideal team be then??
Something like this?? De Gea Shaw Bailly Smalling Darmian Schneiderlin Pogba Rooney Mik Martial Ibra Or would something else be a better team?? I was just trying to work out how we would fit the new players together with what we currently have here, obviously some will leave I would think, which will make the task a tiny bit simpler though. |
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Rooney isn't playing in midfield, Mourinho stated that. You should watch his press conference, its quite entertaining.
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De Gea
Darmian Smalling Bailly Shaw Schneiderlin (signing) Mkhitaryan Rooney Martial Zlatan |
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De Gea
Darmian Smalling Bailly Shaw Schneiderlin (signing) Mkhitaryan Rooney Martial Zlatan When you sign Pogba ( Real Madrid have supposedly just pulled out of the race ) I'd go as far as saying that Ibrahimovic +Mkhitaryan + Pogba could well be the best three players EVER signed in one transfer window . |
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De Gea
Darmian Smalling Bailly Shaw Schneiderlin (signing) Mkhitaryan Rooney Martial Zlatan Marca are joining Sky in claiming Real have 'ended their interest' in Pogba meaning we have a clear run. Everyone seems to be expecting the bid tomorrow, looking increasingly likely that we'll get him. |
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So where do the United fans allegiances lie today ??
With Ronaldo and Nani or with Evra and Pogba ?? |
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Brilliant stuff, from Cantona:
“I have a personal message for Zlatan,” “You decided to go red, it is the best choice you ever made. “When you walk into the Theatre of Dreams and you feel the ghosts of the legends who have been there before, when you score a goal right in front of the Stretford End; when you hear the crowd chanting your name; when your heart beats so strong that it bursts out of your chest; when you feel that you will love them as much as they love you; you will know, my friend, that finally you have made it home. “Just one last thing. There can only be one king in Manchester. You can be the prince if you want to and the number seven shirt is yours if you are interested. This is my welcome gift to you. “The king is gone. Long live the prince.” |
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So where do the United fans allegiances lie today ??
With Ronaldo and Nani or with Evra and Pogba ?? Quote:
Brilliant stuff, from Cantona:
“I have a personal message for Zlatan,” “You decided to go red, it is the best choice you ever made. “When you walk into the Theatre of Dreams and you feel the ghosts of the legends who have been there before, when you score a goal right in front of the Stretford End; when you hear the crowd chanting your name; when your heart beats so strong that it bursts out of your chest; when you feel that you will love them as much as they love you; you will know, my friend, that finally you have made it home. “Just one last thing. There can only be one king in Manchester. You can be the prince if you want to and the number seven shirt is yours if you are interested. This is my welcome gift to you. “The king is gone. Long live the prince.” |
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Brilliant stuff, from Cantona:
“I have a personal message for Zlatan,” “You decided to go red, it is the best choice you ever made. “When you walk into the Theatre of Dreams and you feel the ghosts of the legends who have been there before, when you score a goal right in front of the Stretford End; when you hear the crowd chanting your name; when your heart beats so strong that it bursts out of your chest; when you feel that you will love them as much as they love you; you will know, my friend, that finally you have made it home. “Just one last thing. There can only be one king in Manchester. You can be the prince if you want to and the number seven shirt is yours if you are interested. This is my welcome gift to you. “The king is gone. Long live the prince.” |
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Not overly fussed about tonight, although if Portugal did bore their way to penalties and nick it then the seething on here and elsewhere would be most amusing.
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Not overly fussed about tonight, although if Portugal did bore their way to penalties and nick it then the seething on here and elsewhere would be most amusing.
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Not overly fussed about tonight, although if Portugal did bore their way to penalties and nick it then the seething on here and elsewhere would be most amusing.
Portugal will probably win it though. |
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Seems the trimming is about to begin. Apparently Blackett and Varela both going to be sold. Cant say im fussed. Blackett was never going to make it at the club and Varela, though having some talent, is probably going to be the same. He needs games and isnt going to get that at United.
For all the kudos the press seem to want to give to LVG for playing so many youngsters in the last 2 years its never noted actually how many of them are good enough to make a full career as a first teamer at the club and always completely ignore that he only played them due to so many injuries. If the injuries weren't there he probably wouldnt have played any of them, |
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Rooney isn't playing in midfield, Mourinho stated that. You should watch his press conference, its quite entertaining.
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Brilliant stuff, from Cantona:
“I have a personal message for Zlatan,” “You decided to go red, it is the best choice you ever made. “When you walk into the Theatre of Dreams and you feel the ghosts of the legends who have been there before, when you score a goal right in front of the Stretford End; when you hear the crowd chanting your name; when your heart beats so strong that it bursts out of your chest; when you feel that you will love them as much as they love you; you will know, my friend, that finally you have made it home. “Just one last thing. There can only be one king in Manchester. You can be the prince if you want to and the number seven shirt is yours if you are interested. This is my welcome gift to you. “The king is gone. Long live the prince.” |
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Thanks for posting Cantona's message.
It sums up what made him so special - as well as that cup final goal against Liverpool. Talking of Fergies disposals surprised nobody has mentioned Beckham. |
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Brilliant stuff, from Cantona:
“I have a personal message for Zlatan,” “You decided to go red, it is the best choice you ever made. “When you walk into the Theatre of Dreams and you feel the ghosts of the legends who have been there before, when you score a goal right in front of the Stretford End; when you hear the crowd chanting your name; when your heart beats so strong that it bursts out of your chest; when you feel that you will love them as much as they love you; you will know, my friend, that finally you have made it home. “Just one last thing. There can only be one king in Manchester. You can be the prince if you want to and the number seven shirt is yours if you are interested. This is my welcome gift to you. “The king is gone. Long live the prince.” Brilliant |
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