That's what I meant when I said - anything over 30 mil we might as well wait a season and then pay double the amount. I like the look of the lad.
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That's what I meant when I said - anything over 30 mil we might as well wait a season and then pay double the amount. I like the look of the lad.
If I use my horrible memory to even a degree - the most average footballer I saw with the ability to ping cross field balls with an element of ease & timing was Charlie Adams & even then its not like he had an absolutely average to below average career did he?
Another example on the other side is Jonjo shelvey - you watch him and he talks the talk but doesn't carry the ability on the ball as easy as some players make it look.
We went on a run of 9 wins and 2 draws, which included beating Newcastle and surpassing Fergies record for consecutive away wins. So yes, our run of form post Christmas was comfortably better than anything your side achieved last season with and without Longstaff - or at any time in your club’s history. I think you’re getting ahead of yourself there pal.
You may choose to accept what he has said there on face value, that’s up to you, but anyone being realistic knows these sort of things are said without any real substance. If we come up in with a big wod of cash, the chance to play at a substantially bigger club on a far higher stage, then he’s going to bite our hand off.
IMHO last season is a very good sample, we started off differently and ended the season vastly in a different way, that shows the manager is not commited to any particular style of play.
We have again signed a player who can play on the right wing just like Sanchez, Rashford or Martial can.
James and Longstaff are going to make Rashford and Lingard look like world-class players.
Are you for real? Where were you when the “Ole’s at the wheel” was trending? Of course moving to United and play alongside much better team mate is considered step up for the lad.I still don’t think he will join us not because he doesn’t want to leave but because no tier 1 so far has shown that we are really interested in the player. Tier 1 & 2 seems to focus our midfield target on the likes Bruno, Rabiot & Tielesman.
But if we really do want the player & decide to make bid, I’m pretty sure the player himself would love to make step up and playing for us.
I still don’t think he will join us not because he doesn’t want to leave but because no tier 1 so far has shown that we are really interested in the player. Tier 1 & 2 seems to focus our midfield target on the likes Bruno, Rabiot & Tielesman.
But if we really do want the player & decide to make bid, I’m pretty sure the player himself would love to make step up and playing for us.
Considering we are being bought out by middle eastern royalty, I'm sure the prospect of Benitez and a huge budget will be enough to convince him he's better off at a club on the up, rather than, well, you know.
I think we've just stumbled upon the Geordie Glaston
I have no issues of us signing these players as long as they are considered academy players/squad players. However if we'll be relying on these players then I fear that this will end up in yet another Cardiff for Ole. Even in that occasion he signed a horde of players who were clearly not ready for the task at hand only to be sacked few months later.
Did he?
I thought he said he was 100% focused on Newcastle and getting back in the team.Just a generic response given by every player linked with another club.
Do you actually watch games? None of them have performed for United to a decent standard on the right wing, not once ever, yes Sanchez has previously for Barca. But that was an awful long time ago.
As for Ole not being committed to a style of play, go watch Molde his last club, they very much played one way, but he had time to build a team and not have to make do with players who can’t do what they need to.
Fans can’t blame Ole for the mishmash of players he inherited. But my god are they crapping all over his plans for change.
Exactly my point, they are all players who play well on the left wing but we were told that they'd do well on the right wing too and Dan James had pretty much played on the left wing but we are again being told that he can play on the right too.
James can play right wing just as well. Longstaff will take Matic’s place and I’m happy for that to happen, it’s progress.
Rather than what? Rather than a club who has high ambition, great & rich history & globally one of the best?
Too early to even call yourself a club on the up when there is no proof to back it up. You overrated & overhyped your own club.
No he can't! He likes cutting in onto his right! Right wing takes away a lot of his game!
He's a local lad, playing for one of the world's finest managers at the club he supports. The buyout is happening, the holding company for purchase has already been set up (Monochrome Aquisitions Ltd). I expect he'll be content to see where we go rather than leave to play for the Norweigan John Carver
Better than yours in every conceivable way?
I have no idea why we are pursuing the is guy so hard (if, indeed, we are). How is he going to make us so much better than we are now (and need to be)
Did you get that off his YouTube clips
He can play right wing.
I'm Welsh. I've watched him for Wales, where he has played left for the 3 games. A guy from work supports Swansea, he doesn't actually rate him that much. He thinks he is just another Jefferson Montero. Apparently he goes missing on the right, and is a bit predictable. His loan deal at Shrewsbury got terminated, as he wasn't deemed good enough to get a game!
Watch his highlights reel again. And then watch Jefferson Montero.
He's a local lad, playing for one of the world's finest managers at the club he supports. The buyout is happening, the holding company for purchase has already been set up (Monochrome Aquisitions Ltd). I expect he'll be content to see where we go rather than leave to play for the Norweigan John Carver
Let’s not call Benítez as world finest manager alright, overrated your own manager & club.
So what being local lad. Rooney is Everton local lad and he spent most of his pro career with us.
I'm glad we're looking at players like Longstaff and we've picked up James.
Longstaff is obviously Newcastles best or one of their best acadamy players - makes sense.
It's about time we did this. How much did Maguire leave Hull for? £5m? What about Robertson? £12m was it? What would it take to buy these now?
It doesn't matter how much a player costs, high value guarantees nothing (see Sanchez) and every player starts somewhere at zero.
Longstaff is obviously Newcastles best or one of their best acadamy players - makes sense.
It's about time we did this. How much did Maguire leave Hull for? £5m? What about Robertson? £12m was it? What would it take to buy these now?
It doesn't matter how much a player costs, high value guarantees nothing (see Sanchez) and every player starts somewhere at zero.
I honestly don't think that Longstaff is United material and we should be looking for much better players than him.
I'm sure we'd have little problem getting a player from a wee club in the North East.He's a local lad, playing for one of the world's finest managers at the club he supports. The buyout is happening, the holding company for purchase has already been set up (Monochrome Aquisitions Ltd). I expect he'll be content to see where we go rather than leave to play for the Norweigan John Carver
If Rafa was one of the world finest managers, he'd be at one of the finest clubs.
I know two Newcastle fans and they’ve been raving about him for ages - find the links to us really disappointing and don’t want to see him leave. He’s been good on the two occasions I’ve seen him in fairness. I trust what Oke is trying to do so don’t see the issue with the signing if it happens.
Newcastle on the up
,you really are the geordie version of Glastonspur.Yeah, like Pogba, Di Maria, Fred, Herrera......
Longstaff is potentially top class, in the same way Robertson was at Hull; he has looked just as good, if not better, than Rodri at Atletico, but I’m sure if United were linked with him instead for twice the price, you’d be fine with it.
6 months down the line when he’s England’s best midfielder and bossing more Premier League midfields, people will realise how good he is.
Then the blame firmly rests on the shoulders of Ed. He hired Ole. Ed also never brought in the DoF.
However, I'm a bit more confident this time around with the likes of Phelan and McKenna around Ole.
I know it's fashionable to claim otherwise, but the Premier League is currently as strong as it's ever been. That's thanks, in no small part, to the amount of money in the English game. To wit, it's by far the richest league in the world.
One other thing you have to remember is that there are more foreign players in the PL than the likes of La Liga or the BL or Serie A. United are effectively playing in the world's Premier League as much as we are in the English Premier League. That means the PL is saturated with the best players from around the globe, all of whom want to make a name for themselves. It's far more likely for a decent African or Asian or South American to get a contract here than anywhere else.
If you take the amount of money in the PL together with the cosmopolitan nature of its makeup, you realise that the amount of quality from 1st to 17th is extremely high. The top players at Brighton or Bournemouth or (in this case) Newcastle could easily make the step up if given the right opportunities.
If Newcastle fans think that Longstaff is the next big thing and amongst their most talented prospects, that opinion is worth paying attention to. This isn't 2004 anymore. Being the best player at a lower table club will more than likely mean that you're good enough for a club in the European places, if not higher.
One other thing you have to remember is that there are more foreign players in the PL than the likes of La Liga or the BL or Serie A. United are effectively playing in the world's Premier League as much as we are in the English Premier League. That means the PL is saturated with the best players from around the globe, all of whom want to make a name for themselves. It's far more likely for a decent African or Asian or South American to get a contract here than anywhere else.
If you take the amount of money in the PL together with the cosmopolitan nature of its makeup, you realise that the amount of quality from 1st to 17th is extremely high. The top players at Brighton or Bournemouth or (in this case) Newcastle could easily make the step up if given the right opportunities.
If Newcastle fans think that Longstaff is the next big thing and amongst their most talented prospects, that opinion is worth paying attention to. This isn't 2004 anymore. Being the best player at a lower table club will more than likely mean that you're good enough for a club in the European places, if not higher.
You reckon? I know it isn't the thread for it, but that'd suggest City and Liverpool are far better than our 2008 CL winning side, and absolutely miles ahead of the treble winning side. Our 08 team got 11 less points and the 99 side 19 less points that City just did. I don't think the league is stronger, I think the inflation just makes it feels that way.
Who is the 'he' there?
I know I have the mental age of a teenager, but the name Sean Longstaff makes me giggle every time I hear it.
Perfect Pogba replacement.
Alright you guys are definitely joking at this point.
Longstaff.. has anybody got a YouTube film of the size of his penis?
"Solskjaer is an admirer of Declan Rice at West Ham – but Newcastle’s Sean Longstaff is a considerably cheaper target and one United’s scouts believe will develop into an England international".
"Having only made a handful of first-team appearances, he represents United’s intention to pick up emerging talent before their reputations and price tags sky-rocket"
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...ing-defeat-to-man-city-in-april-a4168366.html
"Having only made a handful of first-team appearances, he represents United’s intention to pick up emerging talent before their reputations and price tags sky-rocket"
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...ing-defeat-to-man-city-in-april-a4168366.html
If that is true, which is admittedly doubtful, we are well and truly fecked.
Depends if you want someone who can actually play decent football in your midfield or a CB.
Impossible to say what their ultimate potential is based off the few games I've seen of them but stylistically I definitely prefer Longstaff to Rice.
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