Sparky Rhiwabon
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When's the medical?
At the start of OGS tenure we were actually doing quite well in terms of goals conceded. When we started to leak goals again though it was often due to our midfield being lax witht the ball, not tracking runners or the few DDG howlers. The CBs weren't the big issue even if people tried to manufacture Smalling was the culprit for some of the goals.1.2 goals concedes in the league since Solskjaer came in, that should come out to 45 goals per season. Still not good enough, but we already improved our RB.
Ramsey signed on a free just after Christmas. As a fellow English club we were not allowed to negotiate with him in this period. Rabiot or rather his mother stated he would only move to a CL club and plenty of sources were reporting as far back as May that we were not players in the de Ligt transfer because Raiola had already told us he had no interest. The only rumours linking us to de Ligt and Rabiot were on Reddit, no credible journalist suggested for a second that we had a chance because we did not.Ah, I didn't know you'd talked to them.
This isn’t true though. They’ve spent a lot they just haven’t spent well. If we believe it or not we were in for Bale and offered more than Real, we went in for VVD at the last minute but it was already too late. Jose asked for Maguire supposedly with a week to go. Even then the fees are still laughable for what we are getting.I know we can't just spend anything, but given the owner situation and how they aren't spending close to enough considering how much they rake in, then I don't care about quite how much we spend. And it's not a stupid question given to the other member. Who is this other center back we are going to sign? Last summer we went for a few center backs, Maguire being one of them, and ended up with nobody. I'm pretty confident that if we fail with Maguire, the same shite will happen this summer and we won't sign anyone at the back. So it really isn't a stupid question, because in reality, it literally is would you rather sign Maguire for 80m and actually strengthen our defence, or keep the 80m with the Glazers and ignore our problems for another season?
I doubt a 26 year old man would really care about this enough to factor it into his decision making.I reckon his first choice by a country mile is city due to them being the most equipped team in england but also due to Stones and Walker who like Maguire are from Sheffield.
I think we are offering the most money to Leicester and to himself hence the recent stories.
We have to act as if he’s staying until you actually meet his valuationOdd that Leicester played him for a half in tonight's friendly. Always the risk of a freak injury?
Bit of a 'nudge' to United?
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Relieved?I'd be relieved.
July 2021When's the medical?
First and foremost I think city are the more attracive destination for him regardless of where his teammates are from.I doubt a 26 year old man would really care about this enough to factor it into his decision making.
Yeah, I get that. I just thought that if it was as far progressed as some people think, they probably wouldn't have risked it?We have to act as if he’s staying until you actually meet his valuation
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Yeah, I think the first bit is the only thing really. City right now are clearly the more attractive team. I don’t think he’ll be particularly arsed who he goes to if it comes down to it.First and foremost I think city are the more attracive destination for him regardless of where his teammates are from.
However I do think that playing alongside Stones and Walker does appeal to him, given they are from the same city and will play alongside him for England.
That's my take on it anyway. Unless he comes out and says he doesn't give a shit about playing alongside fellow south yorkshire premier league winning national teammates then I'll believe that he is desperate to sign for us.
But if Guardiola isn't interested enough to persuade Mansour to pay a fee or offer as much wages as us then I think he is ours.Yeah, I think the first bit is the only thing really. City right now are clearly the more attractive team. I don’t think he’ll be particularly arsed who he goes to if it comes down to it.
Yeah, that’s what I meant. If both offers for accepted, I’d expect him to chose city, but he would happily go either without a second thought for the other team if it’s the only deal going.But if Guardiola isn't interested enough to persuade Mansour to pay a fee or offer as much wages as us then I think he is ours.
The recent soundbites I've heard tell me he is ours which also tells me city didnt fancy the finances involved.
We will see.
Good points. Agree with Matic but I don't think he's an absolute must replace until next year at least. I'd hope that putting more of a shift in overall will help Pogba out. Shutting him down pretty much screws us and if they can graft more for each other and get some energy back into our play, then along with upgrading and gaining a consistent backline, I think we'll be in a good spot.I think the lack of proper structure throughout the team hurts Matic more than most, he doesn't have the legs to cover ground in a chaotic, stretched team, but more compact and organized? Could be much better, still think we need to replace him though. Utd were a woefully coached team last year, Mourinho threw in the towel and was waiting for his payout from pre-season, and his attitude was reflected in the chaos that was our team.
A midfield that understands their roles and keeps to them takes the pressure off the defenders. Pogba makes that difficult with his inconsistent defensive application, the fact we had Fred as a DM late in the season shows how muddled the thinking became, totally unfit for the role and caused uncertainty with everything he did. McTomininay flitting between attacking and defensive roles another issue that needs to be worked on.
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The absolute state of this.
But more than that I want to give big respect for how he’s handled himself because every UTD fan knows he would LOVE to play for this club.City back in? Wow!
If Woodward can’t wrap this up I’m done with UTD emotionally.
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I would chip inRumour of them taking Jones as well. Wonder how much we are having to pay them to take Jones off our hands.
They're demanding £100m now if Jones is part of the deal. They'll need the extra 10 million to open a new state of the art medical facility to treat Phils injuries.Rumour of them taking Jones as well. Wonder how much we are having to pay them to take Jones off our hands.
It will happen. There's no way Leicester are going to stonewall us when these kind of figures are being bandied about. A world record fee (or even something approaching that) for someone like Maguire is simply far too good to turn down.If its meant to be it will happen. Otherwise we move on.
We have said from the start we do not want nor need to sell.It will happen. There's no way Leicester are going to stonewall us when these kind of figures are being bandied about. A world record fee (or even something approaching that) for someone like Maguire is simply far too good to turn down.
Fecked up by keeping a player we don’t want to sell?Rodgers & Leicester seem pretty confident we will eventually pay whatever their valuation is. I like Maguire, but not enough to be held to ransom for a record fee. I would love to see a headline of Toby signing for 25m and know Leicester got over confident and fecked up.
Those quotes seem made up. I didn't cringe while reading them, which suggests they aren't Rodgers quotes.