Someone's having a real laugh - sperm of gollum to Utd.

[Barrington Womble]

4 hours ago, Doctor Troy said:

He had to flog Bellamy and Crouch to get Torres though. I know the Glazers take tons of cash out of the club but they haven't stopped their managers spending. If Man Utd were in the top 4 and in the last 16 of the CL they wouldn't be bothered about the owners. 

He sold Bellamy for 10m and Torres was brought in for 20-odd. We signed Ryan babel too the same summer.  He sold crouch the year after to get Keane. Rafa got plenty in those middle years. It was by the time Alonso went before the money got tight. 

 

Edit..change Bellamy to Keane. 

[cloggypop]

Freaks my nut out to this day that we watched the Eredivisie then bought Ryan Babel from Ajax instead of Luis Suarez from Groningen. 

[TheDrowningMan]

4 hours ago, Pistonbroke said:

Southgate is mediocre at best. He gets rated purely down to having the best players at his disposal and beating shit teams, club management is a different beast and he did little in it before becoming the England boss. United would also ruin him, he's far too well spoken and a decent bloke imo. 

Bollocks. Beloved for taking England to the semi-finals of the World Cup, media friendly, lots of friends within the game. If that three man shortlist is accurate Gareth Southgate is, by far, the very best choice to be tasked with rebuilding Manchester United over the course of several years. He has earned that job, and a hefty transfer war chest with which to do it.

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

Ole's world.

 

[Bad Red Bull]

3 hours ago, magicrat said:

Poch must a be a done deal imo.  Hate to disappoint you all . 

Time to start another thread with the heading - Someone's having a real laugh

[TheHowieLama]

1 minute ago, Bad Red Bull said:

Time to start another thread with the heading - Someone's having a real laugh Chubby Hamster to Utd

 

[Guest Alex_K]

2 hours ago, Barry Wom said:

He sold Bellamy for 10m and Torres was brought in for 20-odd. We signed Ryan babel too the same summer.  He sold crouch the year after to get Keane. Rafa got plenty in those middle years. It was by the time Alonso went before the money got tight. 

 

Edit..change Bellamy to Keane. 

Come on, he didn’t get plenty...

[moof]

Always knew he was shit but I never realised quite what a narky cunt he is. The lad is an absolute whopper 

[Captain]

7 hours ago, Barry Wom said:

To be fair, that's exactly what happened with us. H&G were bleeding the club dry and most fans didn't give a shit and we were effectively being run by a bank who just wanted out. It was only the appointment of hodgson and his subsequent failure that rallied our fan base. 

The mancs are spending loads. I think they’re the second highest spenders?

 

Rafa operated with a net profit in the transfer market at the end of his tenure. 
 

Completely different situations imo.

[aws]

4 hours ago, johnsusername said:

Just watched Match of the Day. Phil Neville - "stick with Ole, he needs more time, the squad is light and inexperienced and they need signings."

 

How have they managed to have such a shit squad after all the money they've spent?! 

Because the Glazers only allowed them to spend £500m on players over the last few years instead of £1 bn.  

[aws]

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[Harry Squatter]

 

 

Some of the replies on this are good. Basically telling them to get some perspective.

 

Funny how their club wasnt dead when Man City overtook them. They happily accepted their role as City's bitches as long as the murdering bin dippers didn't win anything.

 

But now we are top of the league and ahead of city the club needs new owners.

[Code]

Why would anyone appoint the serial loser Pochettino?

[magicrat]

12 minutes ago, Doctor Troy said:

 

 

Some of the replies on this are good. Basically telling them to get some perspective.

 

Funny how their club wasnt dead when Man City overtook them. They happily accepted their role as City's bitches as long as the murdering bin dippers didn't win anything.

 

But now we are top of the league and ahead of city the club needs new owners.

Some truth in that. They really don't seem as bothered about the neighbours being light years ahead of them as the fact that Liverpool have clicked into gear.

[magicrat]

3 minutes ago, Code said:

Why would anyone appoint the serial loser Pochettino?

Because he over achieved for several years with a limited budget at Spurs and the fact that hamsters are cute

[Code]

3 minutes ago, magicrat said:

Because he over achieved for several years with a limited budget at Spurs and the fact that hamsters are cute

His record point tally is not much different to AVB.

[cloggypop]

I'm with the Codes, keep the Norwegian. 

[magicrat]

1 minute ago, Code said:

His record point tally is not much different to AVB.

He's cuter than AVB. 

[Leyton388]

Mancs on redcafe are gutted the Arabs are taking over Newcastle as they were praying they would buy them. 

 

The Glazers will never sell their ultimate cash cow and Ole is the perfect manager for them as he will do just enough to keep the cash coming in but will not rock the board and is the ultimste yes man.

[Bjornebye]

5 hours ago, cloggypop said:

Freaks my nut out to this day that we watched the Eredivisie then bought Ryan Babel from Ajax instead of Luis Suarez from Groningen. 

I think it was Babel's form in that U21's european championship that swung it that summer. He was superb and we nicked him from under Arsenals noses. 

[johnsusername]

23 minutes ago, Code said:

Why would anyone appoint the serial loser Pochettino?

He's a busted flush. (Throw him in with Jose). 

[dylstar]

10 hours ago, Pistonbroke said:

 

Wan-Bisska is also a funny one. The lad can defend, probably their best defender actually, but in the modern World of full backs he offers them fuck all in an attacking sense. They bang on about Bailey being missing but he's not all that himself and has one injury after the other. Hoping they flap and by that Mings fella, he gets way too much credit imo, just as bad as MaGuire and would also cost the best part of 60 million. He also favours the same side of CB (left) as MaGuire. 

Thought Bailey had retired years ago.....

[Harry Squatter]

5 minutes ago, Leyton388 said:

Mancs on redcafe are gutted the Arabs are taking over Newcastle as they were praying they would buy them. 

 

The Glazers will never sell their ultimate cash cow and Ole is the perfect manager for them as he will do just enough to keep the cash coming in but will not rock the board and is the ultimste yes man.

Yes. They dont give a fuck, they will take another couple of billion out of that club in payments and dividends. If the fans start piping up they will just stay away from matches. Dont think that Malcolm Glazer even went to one game. 

 

No banks are pressuring them for money and if they ever contemplate selling they will want near the 4bn valuation of the club. That's out of reach for virtually anyone.

[TheHowieLama]

13 minutes ago, Doctor Troy said:

 Dont think that Malcolm Glazer even went to one game. 

 

Of soccer?

[Harry Squatter]

26 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Of soccer?

Just to his American football franchise in Florida before moving them somewhere random in another state.