And what has happened to that over the last couple of seasons?
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Not really. I have always liked him, excited to see how he does for us really. I think he'll be really good.You must be a huge Cavani fanboy, never seen one before, to be honest.
How many minutes has Ighalo played since we extended?
Does he even speak english?! What are we Brexit FC?!?!
Valencia famously barely spoke english the whole time he was he and he was loved.
Now you’re just trying to make yourselves upset
“A bad player” ugh.
It continued despite being injured a fair bit.
There's trying to be positive and then there's just blind praise for a signing.
A few years ago I'd be all over this, but do we really want another over paid ex super star on the books for a couple years? Smacks of us making the same mistakes we've made time and time again since Fergie left.
Well I really hope so. I agree we don’t have lots of experienced players. But I hope Cavani can contribute more on the pitch as well. I personally would expect someone with this paycheck to score 20+ goals in the league...
That's maybe because he's a bit shit though and offers almost nothing.
Undoubtedly a panic buy but certainly not a bad one. A proven goalscorer and only a two year deal so it's not the end of the world if it doesn't work out.
There's no way it doesn't leave us in a better position depth wise.
There's no way it doesn't leave us in a better position depth wise.
23 goals in 33, 7 goals in 22.
I thought last summer that Cavani was a great option for us but now I feel a bit underwhelmed. Maybe because it just feels reactive and a return to a transfer strategy that hasn’t worked for us in the past, when we’ve spent all summer excited by the prospect of adding Sancho and being set for the next few years in attack.
Makes sense.
I have no idea not many which is a good thing since he was clearly a backup to Martial.
I wish I got paid to tell the truth. Unfortunately not.I swear @Berbaclass has been hired by Ashton
This feels like the kind of signing I thought we'd stopped doing after Mou left.
This thread needs less talk and more videos of Cavani's goals over the years 
bring it on
bring it onThe shit slinging tonight is ridiculous.
It's possible to be annoyed at the board and the way this summer has been handled, but still think Cavani is a decent signing. You can be happy with signing a top quality and experienced back up striker, without suddenly being labelled a Glazer lover.
There are a lot of United fans who need to stop living their lives on the back of every single gobshite with a twitter account. Wait until the full details emerge before throwing toys out of prams and believing the worst case scenario from the off.
At the same time, when people are expressing legitimate frustration at things like leaving our transfer business til the last days of the window when everything has escalated into a circus and the season is already well under way, that is ok too. People should be allowed to criticise that incompetence without being called precious or entitled.
Everyone needs to take a minute and breathe.
It's possible to be annoyed at the board and the way this summer has been handled, but still think Cavani is a decent signing. You can be happy with signing a top quality and experienced back up striker, without suddenly being labelled a Glazer lover.
There are a lot of United fans who need to stop living their lives on the back of every single gobshite with a twitter account. Wait until the full details emerge before throwing toys out of prams and believing the worst case scenario from the off.
At the same time, when people are expressing legitimate frustration at things like leaving our transfer business til the last days of the window when everything has escalated into a circus and the season is already well under way, that is ok too. People should be allowed to criticise that incompetence without being called precious or entitled.
Everyone needs to take a minute and breathe.
And that justifies the wages and fees that come with the player? Why did we get rid of Rooney; going by your logic, he should still be at the club - he's our top scorer after all.
So back to the question of why extend at all then?
To me, I just think our transfer activity is all over the place.
We panic buy a stop gap player, and then panic buy another stop gap player because the first stop gap is coming to an end.
Falcao 2.0
Hope it works out though, just doubtful
Hope it works out though, just doubtful
Yes, he still has something to offer in a time where we need a striker like him to come in and fill in games here and there.
Happy enough with the signing for what it is, but monumental failure on Woodward's part if he's the only real attacking addition.
We're talking about having experience at the club to help the young guys, no?
Similarly thing can be said about Alexis who had great experience playing with great players under great coaches of the game. Yet fail to transfer that to help any young players. Alexis had time in England and PL, and did well to boost.
Even Zlatan at better physical condition, and form, had people questions about his ability to adapt to PL.
Cavani would have everything to prove when he arrives.
As you pointed out, South American players more often than not would face a challenge in culture shift, and weather. Our record with South American is not very good, even those coming here young.
Well, we will see how Cavani does. I'm sure he's not been hitting the bottle quite as hard as Rooney so perhaps he's in better shape.
I don't really know to be honest. In hindsight it looks a poor choice .
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I am referring to the experience needed to help Pellestri settle down at a European club.
The guy who wrote the tweet will be discredited by someone in 3..2..1...
I thought we'd moved away from this type of short term signing
the reality is we are operating in the confines of the Glazer economic approach and paying this guy for 2 years will not eat into the dividends the way signing a contracted player will
Could be good for us in the short term but let's not kid ourselves
a well run club wouldn't be near this deal.
a well run club would have attracted Haaland/Bellingham etc
a well run club would be signing players in a strategy - this feels very desperate
the reality is we are operating in the confines of the Glazer economic approach and paying this guy for 2 years will not eat into the dividends the way signing a contracted player will
Could be good for us in the short term but let's not kid ourselves
a well run club wouldn't be near this deal.
a well run club would have attracted Haaland/Bellingham etc
a well run club would be signing players in a strategy - this feels very desperate
Talkshite have been heavily plugging this as a done deal, so I very much doubt it will happen.
So he justifies being on more money than almost all of the leagues best, most prolific forwards who are the figureheads of their teams because he can 'come in and fill in games here and there'?
No idea what he has left to offer but he's an upgrade on Ighalo at least. Could see it going either way, a shrewd signing or one that makes the board looks silly.
5 goals in 20 matches last season according to soccerbase
Who signs almost 34 year old strikers? No-one. They are too slow. And this for a manager who claimed he wanted speed in his front line.
The level of delusion in this thread is something to behold. He started 7 league games last year, his injury record the last 2 years is bad, he's been a free agent all summer and nobody wants him. We'll be blowing a serious amount of dough for a guy to be in the physio room all season. We'll be lucky if he gets 5 league goals. This whole fiasco is a perfect encapsulation of the club under Woodward.
You don't pay obscene amounts of money for players to "fill in". It's like some of you lot have no sense of how much money this club has wasted and continues to waste.
After all the failed stupid signings we've made, suddenly this one will be a massive success in a crucial year for the long-term progress of our club. Yeah, of course, whatever you fecking say.
I think it is well known that Sanchez was a bit of a cnut.
His numbers weren’t stellar last year and he had numerous injuries. He’s also older than Falcao was. Pretty lazy tweet in fairness.
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