Daniel James | Officially Signs

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Adam-Utd said:
This whole "buying from lower leagues" is such an elitist BS attitude.

Stars have to start somewhere. Most of them at lower level clubs and then get snapped up. We'd just be jumping the queue for once.

People keep moaning our scouts do nothing, but then moan when we sign an unknown player :lol:
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It winds me right up mate, look at the last what 5 years or so, the players who have been snapped up from lower leagues by our rivals:

Maguire
Stones
Gomez
Robertson
Maddison
Brooks

That's just of the top of my head, the likes of Kyle Walker went to Spurs from Sheffield United etc., would people prefer we wait until they are well established and then we go and buy them for 70M?

Said to my al man when we played Hull a few years back that I would and take Maguire for 15m when they went down, good on the ball, comes out from the back, big, strong, great in the air, scores goals.

Nope went to Leicester and now 70M quid please!
 
I was one of the few guys who called a James a pace merchant or a one trick pony. However, this guy seems like someone with lots of hunger to prove a point. Against City, he ran his heart out to defend. That sort of dedication comes from within. He looks like a United player to me and reminded me a lot of Park. For 15m, I think he would give Martial a run for his money for the LW spot. I think we need Pepe for the LW as well as ST spot and Ziyech could also compete for the RW spot as well as play as a AM when needed.

LW - Martial/ James
RW - Pepe/ Ziyech
ST - Rashford/ Pepe
 
StrettyEnder07 said:
It winds me right up mate, look at the last what 5 years or so, the players who have been snapped up from lower leagues by our rivals:

Maguire
Stones
Gomez
Robertson
Maddison
Brooks

That's just of the top of my head, the likes of Kyle Walker went to Spurs from Sheffield United etc., would people prefer we wait until they are well established and then we go and buy them for 70M?

Said to my al man when we played Hull a few years back that I would and take Maguire for 15m when they went down, good on the ball, comes out from the back, big, strong, great in the air, scores goals.

Nope went to Leicester and now 70M quid please!
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Agreed 100%. Look at Maddison, he was a championship player last season and now smashing it at Leicester. There’s plenty of good players in the lower leagues you’ve just got to take a chance.

James might flop, he might go on to be an absolute terrorist. We shall see.
 
Adam-Utd said:
Agreed 100%. Look at Maddison, he was a championship player last season and now smashing it at Leicester. There’s plenty of good players in the lower leagues you’ve just got to take a chance.

James might flop, he might go on to be an absolute terrorist. We shall see.
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Absolute terrorist? :lol:
 
Adam-Utd said:
Agreed 100%. Look at Maddison, he was a championship player last season and now smashing it at Leicester. There’s plenty of good players in the lower leagues you’ve just got to take a chance.

James might flop, he might go on to be an absolute terrorist. We shall see.
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:lol:

This is new.
 
Adam-Utd said:
Agreed 100%. Look at Maddison, he was a championship player last season and now smashing it at Leicester. There’s plenty of good players in the lower leagues you’ve just got to take a chance.

James might flop, he might go on to be an absolute terrorist. We shall see.
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Reported :lol:
 
Adam-Utd said:
Agreed 100%. Look at Maddison, he was a championship player last season and now smashing it at Leicester. There’s plenty of good players in the lower leagues you’ve just got to take a chance.

James might flop, he might go on to be an absolute terrorist. We shall see.
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As career changes go, that would be radical
 
Adam-Utd said:
You’ve never heard the term terrorised a defence? It isn’t that outlandish
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I have, yes. But to terrorise and to be a terrorist do not have the same connotations. Calling him a 'terror' would make more sense in context. I guess I just don't get the appeal of using the most hyperbolic terms possible for the most banal things:confused:
 
AgentSquirrel said:
I have, yes. But to terrorise and to be a terrorist do not have the same connotations. Calling him a 'terror' would make more sense in context. I guess I just don't get the appeal of using the most hyperbolic terms possible for the most banal things:confused:
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I remember when it was common on the Caf to refer to Vidic as The Metallic Serbian Rapist. No one seemed to have a problem with it :lol:
 
This is the kind of signing when sir Alex was at the helm , everyone would would expect big signings but sir Alex would sign the likes of this kid and he would be a success. When we lost tevez and Ronaldo who did we sign? Owen and Valencia and we won the league with them
 
Hoof The Ball said:
I remember when it was common on the Caf to refer to Vidic as The Metallic Serbian Rapist. No one seemed to have a problem with it :lol:
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That's another one! Using the word 'rape' as an adjective to describe anything happening on a football pitch. Grim AF:lol:
 
SAF-GIGGSY said:
This is the kind of signing when sir Alex was at the helm , everyone would would expect big signings but sir Alex would sign the likes of this kid and he would be a success. When we lost tevez and Ronaldo who did we sign? Owen and Valencia and we won the league with them
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That was the start of the slippery slope.
 
Adam-Utd said:
Agreed 100%. Look at Maddison, he was a championship player last season and now smashing it at Leicester. There’s plenty of good players in the lower leagues you’ve just got to take a chance.

James might flop, he might go on to be an absolute terrorist. We shall see.
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:nono::nono:

Too soon.
 
SAF-GIGGSY said:
This is the kind of signing when sir Alex was at the helm , everyone would would expect big signings but sir Alex would sign the likes of this kid and he would be a success. When we lost tevez and Ronaldo who did we sign? Owen and Valencia and we won the league with them
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This signing would be more like when we signed Gabriel Obertan and Nick Powell.
 
SAF-GIGGSY said:
This is the kind of signing when sir Alex was at the helm , everyone would would expect big signings but sir Alex would sign the likes of this kid and he would be a success. When we lost tevez and Ronaldo who did we sign? Owen and Valencia and we won the league with them
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Cant help but think of Morgan Schniderlin though, who at the time was a very smart signing.
 
StrettyEnder07 said:
It winds me right up mate, look at the last what 5 years or so, the players who have been snapped up from lower leagues by our rivals:

Maguire
Stones
Gomez
Robertson
Maddison
Brooks

That's just of the top of my head, the likes of Kyle Walker went to Spurs from Sheffield United etc., would people prefer we wait until they are well established and then we go and buy them for 70M?

Said to my al man when we played Hull a few years back that I would and take Maguire for 15m when they went down, good on the ball, comes out from the back, big, strong, great in the air, scores goals.

Nope went to Leicester and now 70M quid please!
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Dele Alli as well. We have NO excuse for not going in for him either given how comfortably he smashed us in that 4-0 MK Dons game.

I’m convinced people on these forums think an exotic name or reputation > talent and hard work. They were the same complaints about every Ferguson signing (that mainly won us trophies)
 
GazTheLegend said:
Dele Alli as well. We have NO excuse for not going in for him either given how comfortably he smashed us in that 4-0 MK Dons game.

I’m convinced people on these forums think an exotic name or reputation > talent and hard work. They were the same complaints about every Ferguson signing (that mainly won us trophies)
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We didn’t go for Alli because LVG was a fecking berk who wanted galactico signings to go with his supposed promotion of youth!

Plus Alli was scouted by Paul Mitchell while at Spurs....tells you everything
 
They are right, he is terrorist. If Ole wants to bring James on from the bench in 70 minutes when we're in need of a goal, the opponents will shit themselves as they see him as bomb and no way of stopping him. If he runs at them soo faster, he'll earn us a penalty, he won a lot of penalty for Swansea with his pace as he's impossible to stop and making it difficult for opponents to catch up with his pace.

Ole masterclass.
 
Been a while since this was reported guessing it may have just been media trying to speculate with every player under the sun elsewhere.
 
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How much closer does he have to get before we sign him ?
 
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