At least this fella has played at the top level for big teams across different leagues. Seems a bit of a meanie meanie thing to compare him to Schneiderlin. Who genuinely I forget even existed until he's randomly brought up every so often.
Manuel Ugarte | Romano - he’s signed | Awaiting Club announcement
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At least this fella has played at the top level for big teams across different leagues. Seems a bit of a meanie meanie thing to compare him to Schneiderlin. Who genuinely I forget even existed until he's randomly brought up every so often.
He’s referring to a ‘muppeteers’ post I believe. So there aren’t any reports, in other words.
seems like we’ve purchased a woman or an old man. i don’t think either of those will work out for us.
Wonder if he did part of the medical last night? What other reason would take him to Carrington immediately after landing?
Not reports, a tweet from BS merchants on X, called Muppetriers or something like that.
Don’t put yourself down, you just need to get into a (algo)rhythm
From what I gather it's basically gossip, like Muppetiers.
If so, I feel sorry for people who believe it.
when you’re as good at watching football as me, you will always spend time watching registrars plying their trades in the top 5 leagues. that will mean watching the likes of psg and sporting. not for their flair players, nor to see any goals, but to study how they transition. what block mode they are set in. quantifying the number of pivots they are using. what triggers their press. you know, normal football things.
I am a bit worried that our team gets worse in the air for every signing ETH makes. We have sold McT, will bench Maguire and Case, and if we start with Yoro and Martinez, we might become PL’s weakest team in the air.
Maybe already discussed here, but how is Ugarte in the air?
Maybe already discussed here, but how is Ugarte in the air?
As long as we approve on the deck.
But he bought De Ligt who is good in the air, Mazraoui who is actually also good in the air and Zirkzee who is bloody massive.
I think we already are.
Zero threat in corner kicks since Fellaini left. And it wasn't a strenght even that time. No idea how we can be this weak in the air.Sign the contract at gunpoint
You could dissect this from my posts, if you suffer from limited reading comprehension.
There's a big difference between your 50k a week example, and an overinflated 250k a week, do you not understand how numbers work?
I'll repeat again, I'm intrested to find out his wages, to see if lessons have been learnt.
I'm hopeful they have been.
Your patronising about contracts completely miss the mark, of what was a simple point.
I'm not overly optimistic about this signing. I hope he is a big asset for us but from the little ive seen I am not hugely impressed.
Being late even before he’s officially in the new job. Don’t want!
Not surprising with those drivers eyes
At the time we bought Schneiderlin, there was almost unanimous excitement though. People thought our midfield with him and Schweinsteiger was gonna be absolutely amazing. He had great stats in Southampton, that's a signing that probably would have worked out under a different manager.
Is he in training yet?
For me, it’s more about the authenticity of the fan experience. Who threw a plastic pint glass of piss at who. Which club’s fan punched which horse. The nuts and bolts of the game.
How can I be like you?
Great work poster.
i still find time for that sort of thing. like at half time, i’ll make sure i piss all over the floor in the toilet, and leave my empty pint glass on the cistern. i’ll go for a cheeky fag on the stairs, before microwaving a pie for 8 minutes and burning my mouth.
it’s easy. just pretend you know more about football than anyone else. the less you’ve played the game at any decent level, the better. or just forget everything from the times you did play.
The other stuff is all these inane Americanisms and terms out of football manager and video games. Experts in management and tactics, strategy and systems of play, while their pressie boxes are still lying all around the floor. I prefer the muppets
The fact that Gattuso played in Scotland always boggles my brain for some reason.
Are they ever going to get this deal done?
Same. I think of him as part of that Milan team with Pirlo, Seedorf & Kaka which outclassed one of Fergie's best teams in the CL
How was that same person running around against Dundee at one point
It's close
It's done.
How hard is he pushing though?
He's giving everything he's got, he's pushing mountains at this point
well he was only 19 when he joined Rangers
Delighted with this. For fun I started a thread on the transfer window back in early July. I think 4/5 signings went through, including this guy. Hopefully he puts more backbone in our midfield. Glad to see most fans being patient around results etc. Obviously the patient will require some rehab after this first phase of open heart surgery. Good luck to him. Welcome to the theatre of dreams and the land of bad name puns in songs, Ugarte!!
I sort of agree with what you've said but because you've said it the way you've said it all I have to say is; oh shut the feck up will ya.
Plenty of quality players played for the Old Firm sides at one stage or another. The likes of Gascoigne, B. Laudrup, Van Bronckhorst, Arteta, Larsson, Di Canio, Van Dijk, etc. (And Dundee themselves had Claudio Caniggia at one point!)
The biggest difference with Gattuso is that the others were recognised as top quality all the time, whereas when Dick Advocaat arrived at Rangers he didn't rate Gattuso and even played him at right back before selling him to a smaller Italian side. Huge error in judgement.
His success ultimately depends on the system.In a normal system with positionally disciplined midfielders who play close to each other, he can be more than excellent. But in this our suicide kamikaze system, I have no clue how he will turn out.
he’s really throwing it back. ashworth’s had to slow him down a couple of times.
Aye. But he can't do a double-pirouette after he wins the ball back. So put that in your pipe and blow it.
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