Big Ben Foster
Correctly predicted Portugal to win Euro 2016
Yup. Mid 30s, over the hill, Fulham player, Juve flop, etc. Proved a ton of people wrong thankfully!Wasn't Van Der Saar met with a lot of groans when he signed?
Yup. Mid 30s, over the hill, Fulham player, Juve flop, etc. Proved a ton of people wrong thankfully!Wasn't Van Der Saar met with a lot of groans when he signed?
£2 million as well, what a bargain.Yup. Mid 30s, over the hill, Fulham player, Juve flop, etc. Proved a ton of people wrong thankfully!
Well, by the letter of the law, Atkinson signed both, and he did so as soon as he knew early doors that Hughes would eventually sign for Barca. Gibson wasn't a decent player , he was awful. I only ever remember seeing him score against Arsenal when the game was won.Nope. That was Peter Davenport, who was a decent player but a completely different one to Hughes. Atkinson failed to adapt our style of play to accommodate him, with unsurprising results.
Gibson was also a decent player but was one of Atkinson's final "try anything" desperation signings. He never got a proper chance.
He was awful for us, but scored plenty for Coventry previously and went on to do at least ok for Wimbledon. He came into a completely dysfunctional United side whose manager had more or less given up.Well, by the letter of the law, Atkinson signed both, and he did so as soon as he knew early doors that Hughes would eventually sign for Barca. Gibson wasn't a decent player , he was awful. I only ever remember seeing him score against Arsenal when the game was won.
Wanted Pagliuca personally, or Neil SullivanThat's a good shout
No...they are thinking if I get selected and have a bad game the dickheads on social media are going to send me abusive messages, start 30 page threads on internet forums about how shit I am and tell which 18 year-old from Monaco, Sporting or Bilbao they think is better based on how they play Football Manager.Got to wonder what the youth team thinks of our terrible business and overall situation. Like imagine saying to them "Riight guys we're going to watch the first team today, watch carefully and make mental notes. Learn how it's done"
Did you actually read the original post? Like, I mean the first sentence. That’s in bold font.Sancho - terrible
Martinez - waste of money on a position not needed
AWB - awful
telles - awful
varane - french Phil Jones
maguire - awful player, terrible captain.
basically just 90% of players we’ve signed in recent years.
And he was still constantly criticised (probably for not being Roy Keane).Not because it was Carrick but because he was our only signing that summer and it felt like it wasn't nearly enough... Carrick. How wrong we were.
Bebe, Owen, Ighalo, Maguire, Fellaini are all up there.
We only used around 20m of it. Tony V cost around 16, Owen was free and Obertan was less than 5m.When we bought Valencia from Wigan after selling Ronaldo to Real Madrid. That was a comedown.
Always thought we wasted that £80m.
Oooh yes Sheringham.Sheringham was pretty underwhelming post Cantona. Yorke to a lesser extent following links to Batistuta.
Carrick was also criticised as a Keane replacement.
All were excellent pieces of business. I would argue we have a worse record recently with the prospect signings rather than the more surprising moves.
Valencia was a very good signing. Yes he wasn't Ronaldo but still very good. They were both very different players in style etcWhen we bought Valencia from Wigan after selling Ronaldo to Real Madrid. That was a comedown.
Always thought we wasted that £80m.
they signed in the same summer (Bellion and Ronaldo)David Bellion especially after Ronaldo left.
Yep that's another good shout.Few heads were being scratched over the double swoop for Vidic and Evra at the time, especially after the first couple of games.