Do you actually expect people to take stuff you say seriously? Or are you posting as some kind of cunning satire that goes over most of our heads?
Fergie to let Rooney go?
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Do you actually expect people to take stuff you say seriously? Or are you posting as some kind of cunning satire that goes over most of our heads?
The story as it ran:
Ferguson willing to sell Rooney during transfer window - Premier League - Football - The Independent
and the background piece
Nobody is bigger than the boss
The discussion of which might fit better in the main Rooney thread than here.
Ferguson willing to sell Rooney during transfer window - Premier League - Football - The Independent
and the background piece
Nobody is bigger than the boss
The discussion of which might fit better in the main Rooney thread than here.
Not really. The cub will have had a phone call warning them it was coming and asking them to comment. Rather than the usual, "There's no truth in it," says a United spokesman, - they rang round the interested parties and came up with a joint statement.
You will struggle to find anything that I have posted that has not been true at the time of writing.
Its ridiculous and bizzare the club and Rooney have issued statements almost immediately after the article appeared. Normally these sort of things get brushed off by Fergie in his Friday pressers.
I'd say the exact opposite is true.
I cannot predict the future I can only report what I understand to be the truth at a particular point in time. Take this as a general caveat such that I don't have to put a disclaimer on all my posts, then just remember where you heard it first(or put me on ignore)
Er... ok...
You just can't please some people. If the club had said nothing we'd have a bunch of people saying they should release a statement.
Stick to the soaps for your drama ladies.
Stick to the soaps for your drama ladies.
Normally it's when the club bothers issuing denials that I get a little worried and feel there's something to the story.
Not so much this time. There's just been so much Rooney in the papers over the last few days that I can see why both club and player would try to kill this even before it's been published.
Not so much this time. There's just been so much Rooney in the papers over the last few days that I can see why both club and player would try to kill this even before it's been published.
You keep going like this and you'll end up losing your right to post in the transfer forum.
For two games running you posted that Morrison or Pogba were set to feature. It didn't happen either time. I wouldn't mind but the second time it looked nailed on that one would feature and then you said they definitely would and next thing they're not even in the squad.
That's like me claiming that United are set to buy Messi this Jan, and when it doesn't happen come Feb 1st, I'll just say "it was correct at the time I posted it"
I haven't come by you much tbh, but every time I see your alias it usually accompanies a post that screams "bullshit" to me. Like Nani to Inter etc if I remember rightly.
That's like me claiming that United are set to buy Messi this Jan, and when it doesn't happen come Feb 1st, I'll just say "it was correct at the time I posted it"
I haven't come by you much tbh, but every time I see your alias it usually accompanies a post that screams "bullshit" to me. Like Nani to Inter etc if I remember rightly.
It was true at the time though....
What's true at this time is i can't be arsed with these unfounded rumours, about Rooney, i've got enough on my plate with central midfield, to worry whether Rooney is going or not.
I call bollocks and put the matter to bed, until something more credible convinces me otherwise.
I call bollocks and put the matter to bed, until something more credible convinces me otherwise.
Pleas refer to post 287 for clarification. Thank you
You do realize not a single poster on this forum takes your misguided speculation as anything other than just that. You are just about the worst ITK I've ever seen, its not just your lack of any actual real information, but also the ridiculous persona you adopt, with an aura of confidence and credibility. I pretty much read your posts, and despite whatever I have previously thought, ill change it to the opposite of whatever you are saying. If football was a war, and you were captured as a prisoner of war, you would have zero value, and would be immediately executed over the screams of 'Rodwell will sign'.
How about the majority of your posts? So when you post a bullshit transfer story claiming about 4 players are on the verge of signing, with the same number leaving, but nothing comes about what happens there then? I've never seen so much guesswork and bullshit compressed into a single post, until I read your transfer insider stories last year. I think we will just struggle to find anything that you have posted, that makes sense.
Fixed.
I think this guy is actually worse than GoldTrafford, which is some achievement to be fair.
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That's what I fear... feckin hell there is nothing more frustrating then watching an out of form Rooney.
Always thought he was up to the latter, myself.
It's quite a revelation to find out that he's being serious.
Gold Trafford got things right occasionally such as the PFA awards. Its a disservice to Gold Trafford to classify him with this guy
We should be thankful we have a genuine ITK in our midst.
Normally, but the Friday presser was already done for the week, and on Sunday we play one of the biggest games of the season. Once the story is out it's just going to escalate with more and more speculation which wouldn't be good going into that game, so it's best that it was nipped in the bud as soon as possible. Like others, I didn't really expect a statement, especially so soon.
But from what others said about the radio show, the journalist pretty much admitted it was a lot of rubbish anyway.
I'll take that as decent news if true. But either way, this story always comes up and there is nothing in the article that has never already been said by every other stupid newspaper. They (The Independent) must be pissed about the statement.
It's hard to tell, mate. I listened to the 5Live show, and Lawton appeared to do an impression of a stereotypical journalist - half-drunk, mentally dishevelled, and prone to rhetorical flights of fancy. On the face of it, the story now appears more like his opinion rather than a factual piece; however, Mr Lawton is reputed to be close to very senior sources at United, and has a generally good journalistic rep. amongst his colleagues. Reading between the lines, and judging by Sean_RedDevil's post about Stretford & Rooney, it could be that the story was (ostensibly) off-the-record, and deliberately leaked by United...possibly to attract bids for Rooney without actually stating he's available for transfer. But this is only speculation, of course.
Addenda:
The Independent has gone ahead with publication of the story. Not far beneath a photo of Rooney shaking hands with Sir Alex as Wayne left the field at SJP, this appears:
'It had plainly not abated when he called Rooney off the field at Newcastle on Wednesday night, clearly disgusted by an abject performance from the England forward.'
Good grief...
One commenter on the article suggested that The Independent donate James Lawton to the Girl Guides for a forthcoming jumble sale; no wonder.
The Independent has gone ahead with publication of the story. Not far beneath a photo of Rooney shaking hands with Sir Alex as Wayne left the field at SJP, this appears:
'It had plainly not abated when he called Rooney off the field at Newcastle on Wednesday night, clearly disgusted by an abject performance from the England forward.'
Good grief...
One commenter on the article suggested that The Independent donate James Lawton to the Girl Guides for a forthcoming jumble sale; no wonder.
He reminds me of Gold Trafford.
The guy's full of it. He's about as 'in the know' as I am.
If Rooney goes who will replace him? I don't think Rooney has his head with the team but we need good players and if he goes the team will lose is best player.
What gives you that impression?
Wait, what? Hasn't Rooney and the club already stated that the player isn't going anywhere?
This is a nothing story - suprised the thread is still open to be honest.
This is a nothing story - suprised the thread is still open to be honest.
Disrespectful. FT is a genuine ITK. I agree with Uttercunt. Be thankful.
Now you're just being naive.
Yeah, go easy on FT - my guess is that he's still traumatised by the Jippy experience.
FT's 'ITK's' have been quite brilliant to be fair...
Nani's defiantely going to Inter ----> Nani stayed at United
Rodwell will definately sign for United -----> Rodwell stayed at Everton
Morrison and Pogba will defiantely feature ----> Neither played (This happened twice iirc)
Didn't he claim Snjeider was a done deal too?
Nani's defiantely going to Inter ----> Nani stayed at United
Rodwell will definately sign for United -----> Rodwell stayed at Everton
Morrison and Pogba will defiantely feature ----> Neither played (This happened twice iirc)
Didn't he claim Snjeider was a done deal too?
Yes. Part exchange for Nani.
If these rumours have a hint of truth to them, then it really does make me wonder if Fergie always had plans to get rid of Rooney. When he originally wanted to leave, Fergie may have realised that to win the 19th title, we needed him. Rooney did return to form, and was the driving force behind us winning the title. Perhaps though, Fergie planned to get rid of him after that, when it was time for the side to be completely re-built. Could that time be now?
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