Someone should start keeping a record of all these guys that have turned us down...
Guess What - Pompeys new boy snubbed Utd
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It's thing you say when you join a new club;
"I could have joined United...but I'd rather sign for Colchester United because of first team football"
"I could have joined United...but I'd rather sign for Colchester United because of first team football"
thats 2 in 3 days now, Dos Santos was first... I really am gonna start counting them...
They must read the papers.
Good for him. He wants to play football.
"Club on the way up"
Famous last words
Famous last words
I'm absolutely gutted that we missed out on him
How old is he? 16? 17?
First team football shouldn't be a priority at that age, developing your game should be and United or Arsenal are much better than Portsmouth in that respect.
First team football shouldn't be a priority at that age, developing your game should be and United or Arsenal are much better than Portsmouth in that respect.
I cant imagine what a situation we would have been in if we hadnt been winning anything because inspite of winning so many trophies, so many players "snub" us every year..
I had to snub United couple of years ago. All the training gave me no time to study.
Damned senile drunked old scottish bastard - first Ramsey, then Ronaldo and Queer-oz, then not selling Fletcher, now THIS@!!!!!!
Get Capello in here now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get Capello in here now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please do not say 'bcoz' again, or I will have to eat your relatives alive.
Thank you.
I turned Man Utd down in 1972, as I much prefered the life of a Bricklayer.
fecking hell!
You are the most pathetic and useless poster ever.Wtf are these posts for?
Can't believe how most bear with you here.
Surprising. I've been reading things like this ever since Shearer turned us down
He'll turn out to be shit no doubt, and if he is any good he will be begging for a club like United to sign him in the near future
Good Job
If everyone signed who says they could have signed
( In some cases that claim is very doubtfull )
We would have a 1st team squad of about 432 players
Our second string would have about 500 players
We cant and don't want everyone
When we miss one we then find another
I have no problem with not signing every prospect out there
PS my spelling and and use of commas etc is poor
but using "bcoz" makes me look good, keep it up
Sir Alex rang me in tears for years begging me to sign for United. I always told him no, saying that I wouldn't know what to do with all that money, fame, glory and all those medals.
I think I made the right decision. Picking the weavils out of biscuits is a noble trade and leaves me plenty of time to post on internet forums.
I think I made the right decision. Picking the weavils out of biscuits is a noble trade and leaves me plenty of time to post on internet forums.
I know how you feel, it was Sir Matt I had to turn down, forever on the phone begging me to change my mind, and getting John Aston Sr to throw pebbles at my bedroom window.
What. An. Idiot.
fecking hell!
You are the most pathetic and useless poster ever.Wtf are these posts for?
Can't believe how most bear with you here.
I think we need to look at the reasons for signing for a certain club,
1. You’re a fan of the Club and it’s always been your dream to play for them ( where have I heard that before, Cough ! )
2. To develop and improve as a footballer.
3. Prestige, fame, and medals.
4. The Money.
5. First team football, - the chance of actually getting a chance to play on a regular basis.
I think in the vast majority of cases the claim that “ United wanted me “ is made up, or maybe just an enquiry was made. But there are reasons why a player might choose another team over us. As in the Ramsey case, I feel he joined the Gooners because looked at both squads and he felt he has a better chance of breaking into the first team at Arsenal.
Also saying "I turned United down" is a good way of endearing themselves with their new club and fans.
1. You’re a fan of the Club and it’s always been your dream to play for them ( where have I heard that before, Cough ! )
2. To develop and improve as a footballer.
3. Prestige, fame, and medals.
4. The Money.
5. First team football, - the chance of actually getting a chance to play on a regular basis.
I think in the vast majority of cases the claim that “ United wanted me “ is made up, or maybe just an enquiry was made. But there are reasons why a player might choose another team over us. As in the Ramsey case, I feel he joined the Gooners because looked at both squads and he felt he has a better chance of breaking into the first team at Arsenal.
Also saying "I turned United down" is a good way of endearing themselves with their new club and fans.
Any half decent youth international gets looked at from scouts and acknowledgement is made of that interest to the kid & maybe his club, so if or when the lad progresses to the level which that club hopes he would - they approach with a view to signing! If he hasnt progressed then an offer will not be made!
Harry's made a living outta picking players up that other bigger clubs dont want because he's willing to take the risk on their talent, that other clubs wont waste their time on as they have similiar quality coming through the youth ranks!
Harry's made a living outta picking players up that other bigger clubs dont want because he's willing to take the risk on their talent, that other clubs wont waste their time on as they have similiar quality coming through the youth ranks!
You are a twat too.
I've run it through a Babelfish translation from PR bullshit to English and it translates as:
I think Cold_Boy's taking this news hard.. its ok mate... we'll survive!
Stan Collymore was saying that they used to have this game amongst footballers. . .basically, 'who would you rather play for?', 'Scunthorpe United(for example) for a £100K a week or Man United, £10K a week'. He said everyone always went for Man United. He also said, that if you asked 99% of footballers, they'd go for less money to United than play for Chelsea, despite, possibly, being on higher wages. Must admit, I was surprised how well he regarded United. He reckoned most players would prefer to be a legend at United than any other club.
Good man, that bloke.
Good man, that bloke.
wouldnt be too keen on playing any games with him though!
Never heard of this guy.
he was talking about british players right? surely not foreign players.
Very dangerous in Europe too, certainly knew how to beat a Swede.
Someone else said that 99% of players wanted to play for United, the other 1% were liars.
fecking hell!
You are the most pathetic and useless poster ever.Wtf are these posts for?
Can't believe how most bear with you here.
fecking hell!
You are the most pathetic and useless poster ever.Wtf are these posts for?
Can't believe how most bear with you here.
I've seen squirrels come up with better comebacks than that.Have you heard of something called sarcasm?