January Transfer Window 2015

[Jairzinho]

"Wellbeck signing of the window"

[Iceman]

At the back of the short bus, he signs his 'name' on the window you mean?

[Iceman]

Falcao's late paperwork is Sky transfer porn. They love it. Especially that orange chick in the yellow. She's an attractive woman but why the fuck does she aspire to look like a tangerine exploding out of a banana? 

[Saintslfc13]

Falcao's late paperwork is Sky transfer porn. They love it. Especially that orange chick in the yellow. She's an attractive woman but why the fuck does she aspire to look like a tangerine exploding out of a banana? 

 

Tangerines are in season, it's summer don'tcha know

[Iceman]

So basically what these extensions mean, is that the whole countdown, transfer clock etc etc is absolute tosh. The clock means nothing, clubs can get 2 hour extensions, there is no big excitement. Load of old cack. 

[Iceman]

Tangerines are in season, it's summer don'tcha know

 

Does she get her pips out for the lads though?

[Russ Atmosphere]

Man Utd into administration clock countdown commencing.

[Tony Moanero]

United sign Falcao.

 

But... but... but they're not in The Champions League.

[Anubis]

United sign Falcao.

 

But... but... but they're not in The Champions League.

 

But they are in London.

[JaminKibbler]

What a fucking buy Balotelli is, couldn't believe how good a deal when they signed Welbeck and Long but we fucked them over with the bargain of the window.

 

 

Feel free to quote this in 6 months time

[Dr Nowt]

I have a feeling that Falcao is croaked (and according to the french press, he last injury fucked him) and they will sign him anyway to save face, bit like torres.

 

Well he has been surrounded by Frogs for a year.  Probably has bad surrender monkey shit-house AIDS.

 

Flood the tunnel, etc.

[Ne Moe Imya]

Man Utd into administration clock countdown commencing.

 

I know this is supposed to be a joke but the way they're throwing money at their problems while simultaneously increasing the debt on the club reminds me a lot of Leeds circa 2000 or so.

 

Rumours that the Falcao deal is a loan in name only and that they're locked into an agreement to buy him mean that they really have put it all on red and spun the wheel.  If they miss out on the CL this season they're in big, big trouble.  Players will be deserting them like rats off a sinking ship, and they'll be impossible to get decent money for with the wages they're on.  It's going to be good.

[Russ Atmosphere]

It's no different to the way that these oligarch-funded small-clubs engineered their way to being regular Champions League clubs and title chasers. The difference being that the funds aren't endless, except for Anzi perhaps, therefore it's risky to do it for very long. Hope they fuck it up.

[deiseach]

Kate Abdo

Her outfit yesterday looked like it was painted on. By Michelangelo.

[Grinch]

The mancs are one of the richest clubs in the world.  Fooling yourself thinking they're doing a leeds.

[Harry Squatter]

Her outfit yesterday looked like it was painted on. By Michelangelo.

I'd take her on loan for a year

[Russ Atmosphere]

The mancs are one of the richest clubs in the world.  Fooling yourself thinking they're doing a leeds.

 

It's loaded with debt, as are we. I can't see them doing a Leeds but I could see them deteriorate from their position of perennial title chasers, there's an example close to home.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

It's loaded with debt, as are we.

We aer doing well in the debt stakes.

[Russ Atmosphere]

We aer doing well in the debt stakes.

 

We're doing better aren't we, does anyone know how much debt we're supposed to have currently?

[setreal]

I'd take her on loan for a year

 

Couldn't afford her wages.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

We're doing better aren't we, does anyone know how much debt we're supposed to have currently?

Last accounts were a bit deceptive apparently. When FSG came in they reduced the debt right down. There has been inter company, Interest free loans, but they're nothing to worry about.

[deiseach]

They won't do a Leeds, but the Falcao signing is all the proof you need that they are concerned about even a short term future without Champions League football. If they were really confident they could cope with two (or more) successive seasons off the gravy train, and all the waffle that they were coming out during the summer when they were wowing all the hacks with their record attendances for a soccer match in the States told us they were in this for the long haul, then they wouldn't be making such a quick-fix deal as Falcao. Of course, the thing about quick fixes is that they often fix the problem. He's a beast of a player, no doubt about it, and you don't have to go very far to see a team who have done well operating on the principle that if the opposition score three we'll score four. But there is no Plan D here, Plan B being the appointment of Van Gaal to just be better with what they have than David Moyes was, and Plan C to give him the entire transfer kitty in one go. Any capital investment they make has to be self-financing, as it does for Liverpool. Even their vast revenues can't absorb many £200 million sprees without regular injections of Champions League cash. And don't they know it.

[Russ Atmosphere]

Last accounts were a bit deceptive apparently. When FSG came in they reduced the debt right down. There has been inter company, Interest free loans, but they're nothing to worry about.

 

Seems manageable. I'd like us to have a bigger wage bill and sign more experienced players from time to time but this isn't their business strategy and progress has definitely been made on the pitch.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Seems manageable. I'd like us to have a bigger wage bill and sign more experienced players from time to time but this isn't their business strategy and progress has definitely been made on the pitch.

I think they cut the wage bill very wisely, mate. They've now bought 9 players, whilst only getting rid of two high earners. The wage bill would have gone up a bit now. Well, we are in the CL. Things are doing a'right, aren't they?

[Russ Atmosphere]

I think they cut the wage bill very wisely, mate. They've now bought 9 players, whilst only getting rid of two high earners. The wage bill would have gone up a bit now. Well, we are in the CL. Things are doing a'right, aren't they?

The policy of scrapping the high wage earners that don't earn their salaries is bob-on but I'm concerned we never buy anyone on high salaries that are value for that salary, usually these are peak age players with valuable experience. If we genuinely can't attract these players for whatever reason other than wage, fair enough, it's difficult to know.