Sassy Colin
Death or the gladioli!
Think it would have moved at more of a pace already today IF he wasn’t suspended
Do suspensions carry over into other leagues then?
Think it would have moved at more of a pace already today IF he wasn’t suspended
Do suspensions carry over into other leagues then?
We agreed a fee nearly 10 days ago. Putting aside whether we think it’s a good signing of not - if the club and manager actually want him why the feck isn’t he here?
Multiple trips Barcelona, a day trip to Turin and feck all to show for it. The worst of is that he was soaking up all the attention when the press caught him in Turin. A fecking chancer who shouldn’t be anywhere near running the recruitment for a club of our stature.
I’m addicted to u don’t you know that you’re toxiiiiiiiicI hate the word toxic. Never used 10 years ago outside its literal meaning, now everything is toxic.
It is Britney's fault.I’m addicted to u don’t you know that you’re toxiiiiiiiic
Juve McFred > Man Utd McFred, so I would say it’s still an improvement.This guy is Juve's McFred, they want him gone yesterday, praying we buy him. We are just making sure we get him earning enough money to make its impossible to ever sell him.
There is no money.We agreed a fee nearly 10 days ago. Putting aside whether we think it’s a good signing of not - if the club and manager actually want him why the feck isn’t he here?
What’s the FDJ offer made up of? Magic beans?There is no money.
Totally. They made Locatelli look avg, I won't care much about how their fans thinkJuve McFred > Man Utd McFred, so I would say it’s still an improvement.
Fans tears mate, I think is all smoke and mirrors. We are chasing ghosts.What’s the FDJ offer made up of? Magic beans?
We’ve spent obscene amounts of money the last decade - I don’t quite know why we’d only have 50m net to spend this year.Fans tears mate, I think is all smoke and mirrors. We are chasing ghosts.
Interested to hear your reasoning as to why?Rabiot would be horrendous...
I cant believe that we are actualling aiming for Rabiot, after hearing Ten Hag repeatedly say: 'We should get the right players'. I would 100% have us getting no-one in stead of bringing in Rabiot on another huge wage and multi year contract..
Dreadful prospect this..
Interested to hear your reasoning as to why?
I'm not sure I'd characterise him as harshly as you have there, I'd agree that he probably doesn't progress the ball quickly forward, a la Frenkie, but I don't seem to recall him dwelling on the ball that much. There will always be the intensity question when coming from the continent, but could also be argued with how Frenkie plays as well and he is more risky if it goes wrong.Mostly because I dont think at all he is a player for the Premier League at all.. Rabiot is a decent player and can definitely play ball from a bit deeper in midfield.. But his play is so incredibly slow.. He takes so much time with the ball on his feet and hardly ever speeds up the game, because of this.. In Holland the word is handelingssnelheid.. I think he will be eaten alive in the physique and intensity of the Premier League..
Mind you, this is a crucial difference with Frenkie de Jong.. Frenkie basically does 9/10 times a one touch, by which speeding up the game while finding other spaces himself.. He will only start dribbling and keep the ball on his feet when he is either not pressured or sees a space to get to.. Rabiot hardly always had/needs more touches and hardly speeds up the game..
I'm not sure I'd characterise him as harshly as you have there, I'd agree that he probably doesn't progress the ball quickly forward, a la Frenkie, but I don't seem to recall him dwelling on the ball that much. There will always be the intensity question when coming from the continent, but could also be argued with how Frenkie plays as well and he is more risky if it goes wrong.
Interesting, that is a worry, but I hope that's more a product of Allegri's shower of shite at Juve, rather than his style now.He has done it lately and it's remarkable because not usual.
I'm not sure I'd characterise him as harshly as you have there, I'd agree that he probably doesn't progress the ball quickly forward, a la Frenkie, but I don't seem to recall him dwelling on the ball that much. There will always be the intensity question when coming from the continent, but could also be argued with how Frenkie plays as well and he is more risky if it goes wrong.
I mention in my post why I think Frenkie is very different than Rabiot in in this aspect.. Frenkie - despite being know for his driblles and carries - plays one touch way more often than not and keep himself out of physical duels like that..
Generally I would say Frenkie accelerates play where Rabiot - despite being a good player - often slows it down..
I'm with you on this, we obviously can't go out and get 3/4 world class players but we should definitely be improving on what we have.I don't get the hate on here...he's not a superstar but he's vastly better than what we have. We need to improve, not sit around and wait for perfection. So we just write off this season because we can't get better than Rabbit right now? He's the best we can get now and I think we need to improve instead of a 2022 Redux.
How have we not brought the deal across the gd line yet? The wages seemed much more reasonable than was made out
How have we not brought the deal across the gd line yet? The wages seemed much more reasonable than was made out
Oh dear, you might be right thereSaving the announcement for the post Liverpool slaughtering.
Why do you make it a De Jong vs Rabiot topic though? These are two different players, that play different roles.
A £15m move for Adrien Rabiot is close to completion and United are waiting for offers for James Garner to fund the transfer.
A £15m move for Adrien Rabiot is close to completion and United are waiting for offers for James Garner to fund the transfer.
This makes perfect sense and is very obvious. Not sure why everyone keeps saying there’s no money - the budget is 120m plus sales. Oddly enough other clubs do sell young players - it’s only when we do it with Garner it’s some moral outrage. Maybe we shouldn’t have spent 60m on a CB when we only have 4 senior attackers? Just a thought.Around £120mil was kicked about in the press.
Factoring in Malacia, Martinez and having funds aside for de Jong then it might be needed at that point and owners want the money in guaranteed before sanctioning the move.
Not agreeing with, just going through the steps in my head to rationalise it.