Might be his flight,
shit its going to hit Dymchurch!!!!
Radamel Falcao | Ducker: Medical passed!
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shit its going to hit Dymchurch!!!!
he is on citation 9H-ALL due in Manchester at 17:05
Could not believe this when I saw it this morning. Turned on SSN expecting to hear about a few players leaving and the first thing I saw was them discussing a £65 million move. Obviously we now know it's a loan, but still unbelievable. Still not quite sure what to make of it all. The muppet in me(it's in everyone, don't lie!) is obviously excited at the prospect of one of the worlds top strikers at the club.... not that we lack them anyway.Still my head obviously wonders where he'll play and what it means for the team. I guess Van Gaal has some plan if he okay'd it. Certainly sends a message that we aren't fecking about, especially since this comes after Di Maria.
Wait, when did this happen? 
£5-6m for the year + his wages. feck it. Thats a good deal! We are getting Falcao . Still can't believe it.
. Still can't believe it.The anchor on SSN keeps saying he's coming on loan from Real 
. Clueless.
. Clueless.No, as long as he didn't smack someone in the head with a bottle.
Think you could be right, the plane I tracked looks like it is landing in London.
Just our luck!
I think that's a question of fitness. If he's fully fit I'm pretty sure he'll be immense. He's a player that relies more on wits and finishing technique than pure physique so I'm pretty sure he has room for some great years if he can stay free of injury.
A right sided winger would be a godsend IMO.
Still, as far as I know South America isn't a huge market in the sense that places like the US, the far East or to a lesser extent (due to population) Scandinavia are. Simply because they have decent teams to support back home for the most part. No one's gonna ditch a club like Boca Juniors for a European team. Which is why we never go to South America on pre-season tours.
Read some article about this recently and to me it sounds like it makes sense.
hes off to Arsenal!
feck the defense. Our plan is to outscore our opponents. If that means the score line is 7-6.
If this Falcao deal works out, then I don't see us renewing RVP's contract.
The anchor on SSN keeps saying he's coming on loan from Real
Constantly saying it and not being correctedMuppet dream until a year ago, not sure what to think now with the lack of scoring opportunities we create for the strikers.
He is going to land in another hour.
No club in the world has three strikers of that calibre because it's nonsensical to leave a world class player on the bench. The closest thing to it is Barcelona but all three of their "strikers" can play out wide. Having three central strikers of that class is like having three centre backs of that class - all three can only play one position so inevitably one will be on the bench at all times. It's a colossal waste of money and a potential dressing room disaster.
Do you really believe that? Neither Chelsea or City have any world class players on the bench. Perhaps Jovetic if he kicks into gear but then if that happens he'll likely relegate Dzeko/Negredo - players who are clearly nowhere near being world class - to the bench and we're back to square one.
Exactly. Plus, all three of them are similar except that Falcao is quicker and stronger than Rooney and van Persie. In terms of play style, they're almost identical. None of them will add a different dimension if things aren't working out. Welbeck is the only one who can do this, and he may leave the club...
Plus, with Falcao, we have yet another short-term solution whilst losing out on the long term with Welbeck looking likely to leave. Wilson himself won't be enough to replace Rooney, Falcao, and van Persie in 2-3 years.
Shaw, Herrera, Blind, Rojo, DI MARIA AND FALCAO. We will never experience such a muppet dream in our lifetime.
Unless Woodward wants to turn us into the Real Madrid of England.
Unless Woodward wants to turn us into the Real Madrid of England.
My only point was that no-one has a world class player on the bench despite all the rhetoric by managers/directors of football at the top clubs. It just doesn't happen. Turns out you can maybe argue that's true of Bayern/Gotze but then he can play in any of 6 positions - and that's something he did last year to get the necessary game time. I don't think anyone would argue any of the others are "world class" by any definition and that includes those at City.
For the most part the reason they have expensive benches is mainly because of the players' age, potential and long-term contribution to the squad. They're brought in as squad players with the potential to challenge for the first team. City are different, they buy the likes of Navas, Negredo and Fernando - squad players capable of becoming first team players, but none of them would have expected to walk straight into the team. That's different to what's going on here. We've just bought another world class player, in his prime, to either stick on the bench or bench one of the few world class players we have in the squad.
Basically, the Falcao/Rooney/van Persie issue is something unique to our club and I personally think it's an absurd signing. I don't think it's a van Gaal signing and don't expect him to work miracles at all. The club has brought in some very good players which will bolster the squad considerably and I'm more than happy with how things have went on the whole. I just think this particular signing is the wrong one.
Thoughts on the perceived down payment now?
Sky recon that we have a commitment to buy next year not an option never heard of that before.£5-6m for the year + his wages. feck it. Thats a good deal! We are getting Falcao
it's possible he thinks RvP is no longer in the 'world-class' bracket though, and he is 31 now, and supposedly requires surgery too. Hardly outlandish, is it?
Well he'll be 32 this time next year. Why wait on a world class striker if one comes available, then it's all "Why weren't win in for Falcao when he was available!?".
If someone said to us lot a couple of years ago that in two years time we'd have Van Persie, Mata, Di Maria and Falcao at our club you'd probably tell them to put the glue down. This whole thing is a bit surreal.
I can confirm that, that is NOT Manchester.
If we continue to play two strikers and an AM then I don't think it's too much at all. There is plenty of room for rotation there.
Well you could say that Barca had Fabregas on the bench, so their midfield situation was like our striker situation. Or Muller at Bayern last season, though he obviously played loads.
I agree with you that this makes no sense, but if the Van Persie needing surgery story is true then maybe we do need one. Surgery at his age would probably make him decline loads, though the question then would be why not just give welbeck games. Maybe van Gaal decided he's not deadly enough or doesn't get in good positions enough and just decided he doesn't have what it required, or maybe (more likely) welbeck just wants to leave. That would leave us with Rooney and Wilson as fit forwards so a loan deal with falcao makes sense. Only in that rather unlikely scenario thoughm
This. I think we have missed out on some class strikers before and we want to make sure we don't make that same mistake.
this day i think there could be one more coming
i think there could be one more coming True, but if they told us we weren't guaranteed champions league despite having those players you'd try and have them sectioned.
I'm listening RMC, and they are humbled by this one.
Still can't make much sense of it after I've got over the shock/excitement.
Can't help but feel Jorge Mendes has talked us into this and it raises questions about our long term plan if there is one.
At the same time I'm more confident than I should be about QPR at OT next time out.
Can't help but feel Jorge Mendes has talked us into this and it raises questions about our long term plan if there is one.
At the same time I'm more confident than I should be about QPR at OT next time out.
And if I said we'll have Vidal by the close of this window you would say......
How can i find his flight. Can't find it on flight radar with search.
Ahh just woke up to this wonderful news. Loan deal makes total sense now. We use the Hernandez/Welbeck/Cleverley money to sign him on loan, and give RVP a year to prove his fitness. If he's done, we'll sign Falcao if he sets the world alight. Can't fecking wait to see what LVG can do with him.
At this point I'd probably be asking why it's just Vidal and not Modric and Strootman as well.
SSN host is still he saying the loan deal is from Real Madrid to Man Utd? Why the feck is no one correcting him?- Status