Twitter Discussion [Archive]

[Red Hand Devil]

RetroStu isnt very retro it seems.

Back in the day, all we had was newspapers & the gossip section on Ceefax & Teletext to get the lowdown on who we're after & we generally had a shitload of optimism that a player was coming.

F*ck - i even rang one of those rip-off football transfer lines back in early 90's, that was listed on Ceefax or Teletext:

"Ring this number to find out which world superstar is coming to Old Trafford.."

What a waste of money that was - Mum wasnt impressed thats for sure. Lesson learned. Now we have The Matrix compared to all that shite & hassle though..

 

[RedBistro]

Expecting #mufc kit announcement to be held until after the (all-adidas) World Cup final.

 

[RetroStu]

How about Herrera? That one goes over a year back.

Thats exactly my point, Herrera was another Moura, Thiago, Fabregas etc, the only difference was that we actually ended up with him in the end.
Plus i didn't actually mention Herrera.

 

[Red Hand Devil]

I'd love to be wrong, in fact Vidal and Di Maria would improve us VASTLY but i just don't trust us with these types of top class transfers, we have been burnt too many times.
The fact that we finally seem willing to spend some real money for a change does give slight optimism but i'm not going to hold my breath.

Michael Hutchence fan?

 

[Red Hand Devil]

Expecting #mufc kit announcement to be held until after the (all-adidas) World Cup final.

Do professional folk not even use proper grammar on twitter ffs?

 

[Red Hand Devil]

Yep! He's probably one of those guys that I'd remember if I watched him again. (off to find season review video).

Anyway, enough about the Goater (sounds like an interesting hobby), and on with the Vidal and Di Maria transfer news!

Sir Yes Sir!

 

[Scorpy]

 

[United22]

Poor mans Gudjohnsen

 

[ravi2]

Lol yeah the Shaw deal wasn't long winded at all

Neither was the berbatov transfer now that I think about it...

 

[Cassidy]

Neither was the berbatov transfer now that I think about it...

Micheal Carrick too....

 

[KM]

How on earth was RVP quickly done?

We actually signed him in second week of August. The rumours about him started in may.

 

[Browniee]

Where in satans ballbag is Adnan, Mata10 et al. Tweet me up yo

 

[JPRouve]

Neither was the berbatov transfer now that I think about it...

Even the Carrick one was pretty easy.

 

[Plugsy]

Where in satans ballbag is Adnan, Mata10 et al. Tweet me up yo

To the left?

 

[DWelbz19]

How on earth was RVP quickly done?

We actually signed him in second week of August. The rumours about him started in may.

I remember reading that Ferguson was in constant contact with Wenger throughout the whole year too.

 

[Kartik]

Do professional folk not even use proper grammar on twitter ffs?

The irony

 

[Shane88]

Expecting #mufc kit announcement to be held until after the (all-adidas) World Cup final.

Hasn't been a great week for Nike.

 

[jesperjaap]

Apart from Herrera all these other long winded examples are domestic signings, not the same

 

[united_99]

Alexis Sanchez: 'Winning trophies with Arsenal will be the biggest challenge of my career'. http://indo.ie/z3uBB

No shit!

Indeed it will!

 

[The Red Thinker]

The Independent is running with it.

 

[FromTheBench]

The Independent is running with it.

according to reports.

 

[Sid234]

The Independent is running with it.

Their story is based on Metro's too i think.. they start with "according to reports"

 

[The Red Thinker]

according to reports.

Well, we can all agree that Metro is a shite newspaper. But, The Independent is a half-decent paper and they wouldn't run it if there was no smoke.

 

[Mister_Stubbs]

 

[Mindhunter]

Indeed it will!

 

[Plugsy]

That man who just left the MEN was called Mike Keegan, is she related but they just added a 'Mc' to deflect claims of nepotism?

 

[Brophs]

Cracking signing if true. Why no bigger clubs are in for him I don't know.

 

[bonusroller]

At least she is sticking her neck on the block with that one.

 

[Browniee]

Still can't see why Di Maria would agree personal terms with us when he is still at the WC.

 

[crossy1686]

Still can't see why Di Maria would agree personal terms with us when he is still at the WC.

If he wants a move then why not? There are other players who agreed terms with clubs while playing at the World Cup. Plus, you know what Real are like, they could change their mind and force him to stay after the final or bump the price up if he plays a blinder.

 

[crossy1686]

Wait, I'm confused.

Are we about to sign Di Maria or are we getting Vidal instead? I need something to be excited about and I want to make sure my excitement is directed at the correct target.

 

[RetroStu]

Still can't see why Di Maria would agree personal terms with us when he is still at the WC.

With todays tech, it would be simple. Not that i believe it anyway.

 

[Sherzad]

Still can't see why Di Maria would agree personal terms with us when he is still at the WC.

Kroos/Madrid - it can be done.

 

[Browniee]

If he wants a move then why not? There are other players who agreed terms with clubs while playing at the World Cup. Plus, you know what Real are like, they could change their mind and force him to stay after the final or bump the price up if he plays a blinder.

True. If you were the national team coach you would ban all club talk till after wouldn't you. We may of approached Madrid but to agree personal terms if a tad far fetched imo. Only two days left of the WC, you never know

 

[Browniee]

Kroos/Madrid - it can be done.

Was that confirmed?

 

[Sandikan]

Oh great, we're down to "personal" thoughts now.

 

[Sherzad]

Was that confirmed?

Pretty much so, check Toni Kroos thread!

 

[RetroStu]

True. If you were the national team coach you would ban all club talk till after wouldn't you. We may of approached Madrid but to agree personal terms if a tad far fetched imo. Only two days left of the WC, you never know

If it was true, it would be more a case of Di Maria telling his agent that he'd accept £150kpw and 5k goal bonus for example, his agent would then do the negotiating i'm sure.

 

[manichester]

Di Maria may be out of the final due to injury and taking a few calls re his future.

 

[crossy1686]

True. If you were the national team coach you would ban all club talk till after wouldn't you. We may of approached Madrid but to agree personal terms if a tad far fetched imo. Only two days left of the WC, you never know

Yeah you could be right but I don't know about you, I'd be bricking it leading up to this World Cup final knowing the magnitude of the game. I bet the coaches have give the players a couple of days off to try and take their minds off things. The last thing you want is to sit in your hotel room for 3 days thinking about playing in the World Cup final.

I think it's unlikely we've agreed personal terms but I'm going to stay optimistic and hope it's true.