He won't even be thinking about United now, I can guarantee that. My guess is that he has given Ed a list of targets and expects him to be progressing those in his absence with agents, etc.
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my guess is he only passed on a a vague list of possible targets to woodward, as he didnt have the time to work out exacly who he wants/united needs with everything going on.
so woodward is making initial enquiers into a selection of players, and when van gaal finally takes control he will asses who might be available form woodwards enquiries and decide who to progress with. probably even adding new names he has thought of since.
but right now my guess is thier is no definte transfer targets beyond shaw, which im guessing is quite an unpopular opnion hense posting in this thread.
Yes, I agree. That's why I said "progress" rather than "sign"
It looks like Shaw is the only Moyes target that LVG has given the OK to continue with.
Not sure if this is unpopular but I want the Dutch team to get knocked out asap so that LVG can focus on his real job.
It is starting to appear nothing is happening under he arrives back to Carrington
It is starting to appear nothing is happening under he arrives back to Carrington
I've tons of unpopular opinions:
1) Rafael is not good enough as a first choice
2) Courtois is better than De Gea
3) Van Persie and Rooney can't play together
4) Cleverley shoud be sold
5) Fellaini should play as attacking midfilder
6) We should play with a 433, with only one between Rooney and RVP as a main striker
7) Vidic has not been a great captain
8) Kagawa, Hernandez and Welbeck can be sold
9) Jones and Smalling are not ready to be regular starter for a team which want to win the league
10) Januzaj should be play as regular starter as a trequartista in the middle, not on the flanks
1) Rafael is not good enough as a first choice
2) Courtois is better than De Gea
3) Van Persie and Rooney can't play together
4) Cleverley shoud be sold
5) Fellaini should play as attacking midfilder
6) We should play with a 433, with only one between Rooney and RVP as a main striker
7) Vidic has not been a great captain
8) Kagawa, Hernandez and Welbeck can be sold
9) Jones and Smalling are not ready to be regular starter for a team which want to win the league
10) Januzaj should be play as regular starter as a trequartista in the middle, not on the flanks
That's definitely going to be an unpopular one. I agree with it though.
Agree with this too. I'd be very worried going into next season without a new centre back. I think our defence is not far off being as dodgy as our midfield as things stand.
Dembele, Carrick and Mata would form a very strong midfield 3.
Januzaj, van Persie and Nani would form a very strong front 3.
Evra, Evans, Smalling, Rafael is a better defense than Shaw, Evans, Smalling, Rafael.
de Gea and the 10 players above can win the Premier League and FA Cup.
Januzaj, van Persie and Nani would form a very strong front 3.
Evra, Evans, Smalling, Rafael is a better defense than Shaw, Evans, Smalling, Rafael.
de Gea and the 10 players above can win the Premier League and FA Cup.
With a proper pre season behind him coupled with a new manager Fellaini might actually do a good job for us.
Fellaini will play at a World Cup for Belgium one day
I kind of wish Moyes stayed until at least this World Cup so if reports are to be believed, we'd have Carvalho, Kroos and Shaw in a United shirt already, rather than LVG veto the deal. I know we should let LVG decide who he wants but I mean if you're gonna have Cleverley in your squad when he arrives, what would it hurt to have someone like Kroos in there too.
Even Fabregas could've been persuaded to come here with the right £££ on Moyes' says so. Then LVG could swing in and take the reins with a much better squad than the one he currently has.
Even Fabregas could've been persuaded to come here with the right £££ on Moyes' says so. Then LVG could swing in and take the reins with a much better squad than the one he currently has.
You need only look at some of the idiotic views of those who defend the glazers and Woodward..
Perhaps my post was a shout out to these kind of cretins and it was just a bit unfair to presume the rest of the forum shares their misinformed views... So my bad...
Apart from 10 I doubt they are as unpopular as you think. People might not like 2) but it is probably true.
The only reason LVG is our manager is because not a single one of those who we were after had agreed to come.
Also, we won't win the league under his management.
Also, we won't win the league under his management.
Anyone who uses the word trequartista should not be listened too.
That's too popular opinion for this thread.
I find it funny when people decide one of Neuer, De Gea and Courtois is better than the other two. The difference (if there is any) is extremely small. Picking one over the other makes no sense. Ask Bayern, United and Chelsea (Atletico) if they'd swap their keeper for another and they'd say no. How people decide one is better than the other I'll never know.
Pavluenko would really improve our first XI
That is true. I would not swap de Gea for any other GK, not just the other 2 you mentioned. Bayern would most likely think the same and the rest. Wonder if City fans would think that about Hart? Maybe even they would
Don't think anybody would be that surprised to see him on the pitch at some point in the next 5 weeks. His stock may have slid a little in the last season, but I'm sure Wilmots still has potential uses for him, or he wouldn't be in the squad.
I've always thought Zidane was overrated. Brilliant as he was there's lots of people that reckon he was top 3/5 of all time and I don't think he deserves that level of praise.
Luis Ronaldo was a far greater player than he was as well, in my opinion, although lots would disagree.
Luis Ronaldo was a far greater player than he was as well, in my opinion, although lots would disagree.
Why are our scoreboards so shit ? Can we not have a couple like spurs or wembley on the roof of the stand ?
We don't need any of those flash bastard Jumbo Trons with fancy graphics. Give me the score, te teams and the time and let the artists do the rest...
Would be my pretentious counter-opinion.
We should aim to have the best team in the world, the best under 21 team in the world and the best academy in the world.
We should aim to have the best coaches in the world.
We should aim to win the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup every season.
We should aim to win Champions League and Europa League whenever we end up in either competition.
We should aim to win every game we play and never be content to draw or lose.
We should attack in every game whether the score is 0-0, 1-0 or 6-0.
We should aim to have the best coaches in the world.
We should aim to win the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup every season.
We should aim to win Champions League and Europa League whenever we end up in either competition.
We should aim to win every game we play and never be content to draw or lose.
We should attack in every game whether the score is 0-0, 1-0 or 6-0.
So basically you won't be happy unless every United team, in every age group, wins every game they play?
If every United team aims to win every game they play, I am happy. If they don't, I am not happy. The more they win, the happier I am.
Controversial. Going against the grain of the consensus of "feck it, let's get knocked out first round" that the rest of us prefer
Using the appointment of van Gaal as an excuse to pick the name of some massive under-achiever in the squad and assert, quite randomly and without any real reason, that they're bound to have a "massive season" next year - is a disease.
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So what AIDS do we file this under?
One reason for not being able to sign a player is because that player rejected us.
OOTers are the lifeblood of this club.
I also find it funny when people completely forget the differance in pressure in playing for differant clubs...
Imagine Courtois having one or tw bad games for united... At one stage DDG was written off and getting savagely attacked in the media (even by Gary Neville).
DDG showed courage and character to turn this around where other more experienced players failed...
No offence to athletico but we saw the differance that playing for athletico versus united made for Diego Forlan..
Could Courtois deal with this sort of scrutiny? I don't know because at DDG age he hasn't had to and he hasn't been number one of one of the biggest clubs in the world...
What is unpopular in football forums is to actually judge footballers on all their attributes.. Character, application, professionalism, effort and mental strength is regularly ignored or undervalued... That's why so many fans identify certain players that they "can't understand why the manager keeps playing him", like Valencia.
Manchester United have never been good at completing transfers when there is significant competition and we have got worse in the last decade or so, hence why we have carried out so few "big" transfers
Is that because we're inept, poor, or a bad destination for the more favoured players?
Shhh.. The last decade!!!
Be careful how you say that, you don't want glazer fanboy Cretins all over you!
Excellent point. I wouldnt swap DDG for anyone on that basis.
Or, it is completely false and all you have is an unpopular opinion. What has actually Courtois achieved which DDG has not? Yes he won the league but that's not DDG's fault that he was not a part of a strong Atletico team. DDG won the U21 WC with Spain and the EL with Atletico.
What exactly has Courtois over DDG except for size?
DDG's size is perfect IMO combined with his agility. He doesn't have any trouble commanding his area anymore and is athletic enough to reach either top corner while still being able to get down to the low shots which people forget make up a large percentage of shots taken. It's why his shot stopping ability is up there with the best in the world.
I think we just don't have the right people who know how to push a deal through. Woodward doesn't seem good at it but he's only one name among many, among which I include both of our managers in that time (I am not judging LvG until he has had a window).
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