Steve MacManaman

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Steve MacManaman has recently been told that Real are going to let him go, if we do decide to sell Giggs (if you believe mounting speculation re Inter) would he be a possible replacement?- he would come on a free transfer and plays a similiar game to Giggs, so we would make 20+ million- I would like to hear peoples views and please don't bother with all the he's a scouser crap- after all he was an Evertonian who played for Liverpool, base your arguments on his ability.
 
Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman and no Ryan Giggs. The Harry Hill World of Football surely?
Before you know it we'll have Kevin Keegan & the Honey Monster leading a half-time badger parade around OT.
 
Originally posted by redpie:
<strong>Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman and no Ryan Giggs. The Harry Hill World of Football surely?
Before you know it we'll have Kevin Keegan & the Honey Monster leading a half-time badger parade around OT.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Haven't you heard SAF's replacement is going to be Houllier ;)
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not good enough. one paced and even that aint too hot. seems to get the ball wide on the left and wander infield with it clutching a shepherds stick and puffing on a woodbine.
not seen that in Quieiroz's tactical thinking as yet... :p
 
Over my dead body. McWankamanoff is a fecking glory hunting scouse journeyman. Just the type of loyal proffesional we need at OT. Not.
 
Originally posted by redpie:
<strong>Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman and no Ryan Giggs. The Harry Hill World of Football surely?
Before you know it we'll have Kevin Keegan & the Honey Monster leading a half-time badger parade around OT.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Reminds me of a Newcastle team a few years back... John Barnes ,another Liverpool "discard" (cant remb his name)and Peter Beardsley playing for the Zebras' 1st team... :D
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Originally posted by redpie:
<strong>Before you know it we'll have Kevin Keegan & the Honey Monster leading a half-time badger parade around OT.</strong><hr></blockquote>

<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" /> thats what happens every half time at Maine Road these days isnt it? <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" />
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<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" /> @title of this thread!
 
McManaman would be no replacement for Giggs, he's going nowhere, OT is where is heart is and I cant see him ever leaving
 
Why we don't want Steve MacManaman

1. If not good enough for Sven, not good enough for United

2. Had to be accomadated everytime he played for England and did not make England a better side, to which I was glad

3. His shooting for Liverpool was terrible. We always had hope when he was one on one with the keeper

4. Not exactly in his prime and has been very fortunate to play with some of footballs greatest players at Madrid who would have made Gary Birtles look good. Please note Madrid have been trying to offload him since they got them, why should we take Madrids cast-offs.

5. 20 million for Ryan Giggs, a man who has given us 13 years at the top, over 500 games, some of our greatest memories as Man Utd supporters. He is not yet thirty and has 3-4 good years ahead. You cant replace genius. 20 million won't buy much these days.
 
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" /> Take it that's a no then?
 
Originally posted by NIALL TOBIN:
<strong>Why we don't want Steve MacManaman

1. If not good enough for Sven, not good enough for United

2. Had to be accomadated everytime he played for England and did not make England a better side, to which I was glad

3. His shooting for Liverpool was terrible. We always had hope when he was one on one with the keeper

4. Not exactly in his prime and has been very fortunate to play with some of footballs greatest players at Madrid who would have made Gary Birtles look good. Please note Madrid have been trying to offload him since they got them, why should we take Madrids cast-offs.

5. 20 million for Ryan Giggs, a man who has given us 13 years at the top, over 500 games, some of our greatest memories as Man Utd supporters. He is not yet thirty and has 3-4 good years ahead. You cant replace genius. 20 million won't buy much these days.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I opened this dicussion to see peoples views, personally I am not 100% convinced either way, but just to pick up on a few points you made: MacManaman has been excellent for Madrid, maybe not so for England, though he was good under Venebals, but Giggs has not exactly set the world alight with Wales. The main criticism I would level amd most people also would is that MacManaman is not a great finisher or crosser, but even us as United fans would also have to agree with that criticism when it is levelled at Giggs, they are both at their best taking players on. The fact it looks like he won't play international football again would be a bonus for whichever club signed him, and this nonsense about him not playing well at international football- look at J Barnes, I Wright- players who were top notch and successful with their clubs but not so for England, remember our catain at the start of this successful campaign Steve Bruce never played for England but was mighily impressive for us. You say we don't want Real Madrid cast offs, Cantona, Silvestre, Blanc were not regulars at their previous clubs. If Giggs ever does leave United (and he is the one making ambigious statements of late) ideally we would want more than 20 mill, but in todays market big clubs don't have the money anymore.

I think the ideal scenario to this arguement would be to see Ryan regain his form and stay with us.
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