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Fazer said:
I know Indykaila tweets are not allowed but seeing as there isnt anything else of note, I will put here what
he mentioned 43 minutes ago.

"World Exclusive coming up for Manchester united at 9pm. The news is not being reported anywhere else...Bid made @ManUtd#MUFC"
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What a fecking loser.
 
I'd say that IndyKaila has been as reliable this summer as most other sources. This is not to emphasize his reliability but more so the unreliability of everyone else. They've sunk to his levels.
 
Fazer said:
I know Indykaila tweets are not allowed but seeing as there isnt anything else of note, I will put here what
he mentioned 43 minutes ago.

"World Exclusive coming up for Manchester united at 9pm. The news is not being reported anywhere else...Bid made @ManUtd#MUFC"
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You know they're not allowed but you post it anyway? There's a reason they're not allowed- he's a BSer through and through.
 
shabadu84 said:
Do yourself a favor and quit following him. He works/worked for KFC. The only thing he's in-the-know about is finger-lickin' good fried chicken
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You're still going to check his timeline in about 6 minutes though, aren't you? And then hate yourself for it later.
 
"I know they're not allowed but random bullshitter said..." :lol:
 
I looked at Indycnuts Twitter page. I think he's actually making money through advertising. He's got a link for promotional stuff and he's retweeting some prices from a betting site.

Absolutely mental if he's making money from what he does.
 


Ridiculous really. Palace would seem a good bet to go down, sacking a manager who did brilliantly for them 2 days before the season starts.
 
Big Ben Foster said:
You know they're not allowed but you post it anyway? There's a reason they're not allowed- he's a BSer through and through.
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I don't follow him but strangely he appeared on my time line today. And since we have had no news whatsoever
I decided to share what he tweeted. I don't mind getting banned, 658 posts from me since 2004 shows that
I am not very active here anyway.
 
Shane88 said:
I looked at Indycnuts Twitter page. I think he's actually making money through advertising. He's got a link for promotional stuff and he's retweeting some prices from a betting site.

Absolutely mental if he's making money from what he does.
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He has 186K followers, mull over that.
 
Pulis wins here, his stock couldn't be higher right now. He knows this will be a hard season and obviously hasn't been given the assurances he wants. He will be straight into the first PL job that a manager gets sacked from around October/November time.
 
It's a massive blow to Palace's survival hopes, but I wouldn't blame the owners for having reservations about giving Pulis a load of money to spend. He has a shocking record for buying crap, Martin O'Neil level shocking.
 
Quick reminder of the thread rules since tweets from the likes of Indikalia and Tancredi seem to be reemerging in this thread.

Twitter Blacklist (outside of the obvious ones like indykaila etc)

BFairthorne
Tancredi Palmeri
Fergie1975
LawTop20 (for transfers)
MardiAgent
SwoopTransfer
TommySmythESPN (does work for ESPN, but ignore anything he says transfer related)
Pilib De Brun @Malachians
TomMcDermott

No spam whatsoever - no memes or joke tweets. Only Football/Transfer tweets please.
 
simonhch said:
I'm as frustrated about the lack of quality additions as much as the next man, but this post is a little off the mark I think.

"lost 5 players". Evra - Upgraded through Shaw. Ferdinand - hardly played last year and wouldn't have the pace to play in this system this year. Vidic - Big loss but still time to replace him. Buttner - Rubbish. Rather play Reece James. The others? Bebe, Macheda, etc? Hardly a loss. In fact hopefully the likes of Fellaini, Anderson and possibly Hernandez can be moved on too.

"Only brought in 2" - There's no Europe this year, so we'll have 10-15 games less than usual. Squad doesn't need to be as huge. The two we have brought in both improve our first XI immediately. We have never been lacking squad numbers. So quality over quantity is important. Also worth remembering that we brought Mata in, in January without moving anyone else on.

Moyes has gone and Van Gaal has come in. This is the biggest single strengthening factor of any team in the league. Our squad isn't great but nearly all our players underperformed woefully last season. If Van Gaal gets a 10-20% improvement out of everyone, the difference come May will be huge. We still have several players who are either top class, serial league winners or full of potential.

A lot of our young players are being criminally under rated on here. Two years ago Smalling and Jones was being touted as the future of not only our defence but the England defence too. Neither has had a consistent run of games together. Expect that to change this season. Both have enormous potential and both have already shown in patches that they are top quality defenders. On form Evans is one of the best defenders in the league. Another who is criminally under rated. If it wasn't for injury concerns, I would be very happy to have Jones, Smalling and Evans as our first choice three. All are good on the ball, relatively quick and natural defenders.

Cleverly is one young player who has not developed as I hoped. But Welbeck is a player I have so much time for. His close control, teamwork and pace are top drawer. I think we look a much better team with him in the side. His pace alone changes the dimension of our attack. He's never had a run in his favoured position. For me, this season would see him cement himself as first choice striker partnered with either Rooney or RVP. Wilson as the 4th choice striker.

It's a cliché to say it but I have to say it anyway. Fletcher's return to form is like a new signing. He's not the top tier level we need but he looks so much better with a full pre-season under his belt and has an awful lot to offer. He's just going to get stronger and stronger over the coming months I feel. And one thing we should all know about Darren Fletcher is to never underestimate his fortitude or ability to triumph under pressure. He took more abuse as a young player at United than I have seen before, it was shameful. He went from absolute zero, to cult hero in about 3 seasons.

With the change in formation, we are not going to be reliant on productivity from wide areas to create the bulk of our goals. Which is just as well because our wingers are shite. It's amazing Moyes put so much emphasis and pressure on the weakest area of our squad. So again, we have improved hugely here, potentially anyway, by playing to our strengths.

We are going to be so much more competitive this year than we were last. I see our rivals being very worried about us. Arsenal have done well to sign Sanchez, but running and creativity from deep was never a problem for them. They still haven't addressed their two biggest weaknesses, in CDM and CF. Chelsea have upgraded very well and I see them as clear favourites. Liverpool have CL distractions with a squad that isn't CL experienced. The loss of Suarez only makes them less dangerous. Their other additions could be good, could be bad. They spread the money quite thinly and in some cases speculatively. And Man City have brought in Fernando, who won't start and is only a slightly better version of Garcia and Mangala who was absurdly overpriced and can't get in the France team ahead of Sahko.
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Meh, you're no @SolidState.
 
Reus removed Borussia Dortmund from his Twitter profile it seems.
 
simonhch said:
I'm as frustrated about the lack of quality additions as much as the next man, but this post is a little off the mark I think.

"lost 5 players". Evra - Upgraded through Shaw. Ferdinand - hardly played last year and wouldn't have the pace to play in this system this year. Vidic - Big loss but still time to replace him. Buttner - Rubbish. Rather play Reece James. The others? Bebe, Macheda, etc? Hardly a loss. In fact hopefully the likes of Fellaini, Anderson and possibly Hernandez can be moved on too.

"Only brought in 2" - There's no Europe this year, so we'll have 10-15 games less than usual. Squad doesn't need to be as huge. The two we have brought in both improve our first XI immediately. We have never been lacking squad numbers. So quality over quantity is important. Also worth remembering that we brought Mata in, in January without moving anyone else on.

Moyes has gone and Van Gaal has come in. This is the biggest single strengthening factor of any team in the league. Our squad isn't great but nearly all our players underperformed woefully last season. If Van Gaal gets a 10-20% improvement out of everyone, the difference come May will be huge. We still have several players who are either top class, serial league winners or full of potential.

A lot of our young players are being criminally under rated on here. Two years ago Smalling and Jones was being touted as the future of not only our defence but the England defence too. Neither has had a consistent run of games together. Expect that to change this season. Both have enormous potential and both have already shown in patches that they are top quality defenders. On form Evans is one of the best defenders in the league. Another who is criminally under rated. If it wasn't for injury concerns, I would be very happy to have Jones, Smalling and Evans as our first choice three. All are good on the ball, relatively quick and natural defenders.

Cleverly is one young player who has not developed as I hoped. But Welbeck is a player I have so much time for. His close control, teamwork and pace are top drawer. I think we look a much better team with him in the side. His pace alone changes the dimension of our attack. He's never had a run in his favoured position. For me, this season would see him cement himself as first choice striker partnered with either Rooney or RVP. Wilson as the 4th choice striker.

It's a cliché to say it but I have to say it anyway. Fletcher's return to form is like a new signing. He's not the top tier level we need but he looks so much better with a full pre-season under his belt and has an awful lot to offer. He's just going to get stronger and stronger over the coming months I feel. And one thing we should all know about Darren Fletcher is to never underestimate his fortitude or ability to triumph under pressure. He took more abuse as a young player at United than I have seen before, it was shameful. He went from absolute zero, to cult hero in about 3 seasons.

With the change in formation, we are not going to be reliant on productivity from wide areas to create the bulk of our goals. Which is just as well because our wingers are shite. It's amazing Moyes put so much emphasis and pressure on the weakest area of our squad. So again, we have improved hugely here, potentially anyway, by playing to our strengths.

We are going to be so much more competitive this year than we were last. I see our rivals being very worried about us. Arsenal have done well to sign Sanchez, but running and creativity from deep was never a problem for them. They still haven't addressed their two biggest weaknesses, in CDM and CF. Chelsea have upgraded very well and I see them as clear favourites. Liverpool have CL distractions with a squad that isn't CL experienced. The loss of Suarez only makes them less dangerous. Their other additions could be good, could be bad. They spread the money quite thinly and in some cases speculatively. And Man City have brought in Fernando, who won't start and is only a slightly better version of Garcia and Mangala who was absurdly overpriced and can't get in the France team ahead of Sahko.
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Excellent post.

There is so much hysteria on here at times it is hard to look at it.
 
SalfordRed1960 said:
You say that, but everyone whinges when we pay 27M for Fellani (taken to the cleaners) and then we think or maybe sell the likes of Hernandez for less than half of shane long.

We should attempt to buy the best players agreed, but if players like Mata, Fabregas and Kroos only go for mid 30M, we shouldn't be paying 50M for players probably only at the same level.

United may be desperate for certain positions, but a lot more teams are desperate for funds. We should be using our funds as the strength during discussions and negotiations, not letting other teams use our need for a player as the focal point of negotiation and their position of strength.
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I didn't whinge about that to be fair.
I dont care how much we spent on fellaini to be honest. Its the difference between the glazers giving themselves a 100m check and a 110m.

We have very obvious shortcoming in depth as well as quality throughout the squad, the cost of not qualifying for the cl next season would be huge.
Not just in terms of money. It'd be a serious kick in the teeth for our ability to hold onto our wc players, get new wc players and a thousand other things probably.

If it means getting ripped off by 10m+ on a few deals to give the manager a bit of safety net or just give him the tools he needs to do his job
then so be it imo.
Its not fair on van gaal. He cant conjure up wingers from nothing, he wont be able to turn rooney into a cb when the rest inevitably get injured (i rate all 3 but
their injury record would make me reluctant to not get cover in).
Hes not a wizard and were in a league with 4/5 very good squads, with good to great managers.
I just think it'd be foolish to not make any signings.

Btw the players you listed were either on the last year of their contract or no longer wanted or needed.
If they were in the same position as say ... vidal .... i'd expect them to go for quite a bit more (i presume thats who were talking about?)
50m is a tad overpriced i guess. I think 40-45 would be fair but the extra 5 million wouldn't have put me off.
 
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