Summer 2013: Villa Transfers, Speculation, Suggestions and Rumours

[ozzjim]

It would be funny if after chasing Thiago, Fabregas, Ronaldo, Bale, Pele, Cruyff etc the only signing Moyes makes is Landon Donovan.

why ?  they have the awesome Tom Cleverley

Most over rated footballer in the league.

[Mazrim]

No, that's Carrick. So they have the top 2.

[ozzjim]

Carrick just occasionally looks useful though. Cleverly just always looks average and then gets in the England team etc. In fact, a lot of the United side would not get near the City or Chelsea 11. I am amazed Moyes has not tried to get 4-5 really good young 15 million ish players into that squad.

[ozzjim]

Oh and there are some quotes from the Boudebouz fella that if we make an offer he would seriously consider it. Apparently was close to going to Inter, and watching clips of him he has incredibly quick feet. Looks a good player for 2.5 million if we get him for that sort of fee.

[PeterWithesShin]

By their standards of the last 20 years, this is a really shit squad. Watch them win the double or something now i've said that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C.#First-team_squad

[OCD]

Oh and there are some quotes from the Boudebouz fella that if we make an offer he would seriously consider it. Apparently was close to going to Inter, and watching clips of him he has incredibly quick feet. Looks a good player for 2.5 million if we get him for that sort of fee.

Is he right or left footed? Have to wonder whether Albrighton's continued injury problems are making Lambert consider making an addition to the bomb squad.

[PeterWithesShin]

Looking at it a bit more, it's a scarily old and injury prone squad. No wonder Fergie bailed, that is going to take some rebuilding.

[PeterWithesShin]

Oh and there are some quotes from the Boudebouz fella that if we make an offer he would seriously consider it. Apparently was close to going to Inter, and watching clips of him he has incredibly quick feet. Looks a good player for 2.5 million if we get him for that sort of fee.

Is he right or left footed? Have to wonder whether Albrighton's continued injury problems are making Lambert consider making an addition to the bomb squad.

He's out of contract next summer so make or break for him with us this season.

[Dante Lavelli]

Oh and there are some quotes from the Boudebouz fella that if we make an offer he would seriously consider it. Apparently was close to going to Inter, and watching clips of him he has incredibly quick feet. Looks a good player for 2.5 million if we get him for that sort of fee.

Is he right or left footed? Have to wonder whether Albrighton's continued injury problems are making Lambert consider making an addition to the bomb squad.

Hard to tell from the youtube thingy I just watched (probably right).  I assume 99.9% of the time he gets muscled off the ball as the clips shown make he look absolutely mustard.

[danlanza]

By their standards of the last 20 years, this is a really shit squad. Watch them win the double or something now i've said that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C.#First-team_squad

They will win fuck all. We will win everything, so there.

[Dante Lavelli]

Looking at it a bit more, it's a scarily old and injury prone squad. No wonder Fergie bailed, that is going to take some rebuilding.

I had never considered the RVP signing from that perspective before.  In hindsight it does look like a signing which would guarantee Ferguson a league title yet leave the cub with a big contract to pay for x years beyond his departure (ferguson).

On the flip side Jones, Smalling, Gea and the De Silva brothers are probably his legacy.

[tomd2103]

Looking at it a bit more, it's a scarily old and injury prone squad. No wonder Fergie bailed, that is going to take some rebuilding.

Hoping this will be the season we end our bad run at home against them.

[ozzjim]

The quality of their younger players is not a patch on what you would expect for a side like that. They need some serious investment between sort of 22 and 26 if they are going to be competitive at the top level. I can see them struggling for top 4 if Van Persie got injured at all.

[Hookeysmith]

I see huge simalarities with the double winning side that Dalgliesh bailed on in the early 90's. He knew that the mainstay of that team (Nichol / Hansen / Rush / Johnstone et al) all need replacing and a huge amount of surgery was needed. He bottled it. When Souness went in he cut too deep and they never really came back to what they were

Really hope Fergie saw this and jumped  - nothing would give me more pleasure than the "I've supported United since they won stuff" nouvelle fans start moaning

[Ger Regan]

I think hillsborough was as big a reason for dalglish's departure than any bottling of a rebuilding job.