Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread

[sickbeggar]

8m for ManU's 3rd choice keeper is mental. Why the hell are we buying their deadwood? So they can afford Grealish?

[ldavfc4eva]

We do like our United keepers, Sealey,Bosnich,Schmeichel and Heaton (May be some I have forgotten).

Romero has been quality in the past but has been a number two for a good while now, still he has the right pedigree and for £8m seems a decent buy.

We need to shift Nyland and Kalinic though as 5 keepers is ridiculous especially when we need attacking options in.

[algy]

8m for ManU's 3rd choice keeper is mental. Why the hell are we buying their deadwood? So they can afford Grealish?

He played 18 games last season according to wikipedia.

I've a fair degree of faith in the recruitment team now (far more than with Suso). If the wages fit our structure & they rate him, I'd not be against him coming. It's not the signing i'd hoped for, but he doesn't fill me with dread either.

There's the slight worry that we're spending money in lower priority areas. Hopefully it's just we've identified who we need, have a price, and are now busy spending the spare change on a few potential bargains.

[simboy]

8m for ManU's 3rd choice keeper is mental. Why the hell are we buying their deadwood? So they can afford Grealish?

Good job the internet wasn't around in 1989 when we bought a washed up Irish bloke with a bit of a reputation for liking a drink from them isn't it? Oh and he had dodgy knees 

[sickbeggar]

8m for ManU's 3rd choice keeper is mental. Why the hell are we buying their deadwood? So they can afford Grealish?

He played 18 games last season according to wikipedia.

I've a fair degree of faith in the recruitment team now (far more than with Suso). If the wages fit our structure & they rate him, I'd not be against him coming. It's not the signing i'd hoped for, but he doesn't fill me with dread either.

There's the slight worry that we're spending money in lower priority areas. Hopefully it's just we've identified who we need, have a price, and are now busy spending the spare change on a few potential bargains.

8m is well over the odds.  On a free, yes which is how they got him, but the days of man u having loads of good players in their reserves who can't get a game is long gone. He's managed less than 200 games in 14 years. We'll be bidding 30m for phil jones next

[Dick Edwards]

We do like our United keepers, Sealey,Bosnich,Schmeichel and Heaton (May be some I have forgotten).

Jimmy Rimmer

[kippaxvilla2]

8m for ManU's 3rd choice keeper is mental. Why the hell are we buying their deadwood? So they can afford Grealish?

Good job the internet wasn't around in 1989 when we bought a washed up Irish bloke with a bit of a reputation for liking a drink from them isn't it? Oh and he had dodgy knees 

£450,000 for a pisshead who crashes cars when drunk.  Why are we buying their deadwood.  He’s so bad he can’t even get in Ferguson’s (on the dole) mid table dross side.

[sickbeggar]

I can't believe anyone is seriously comparing McGrath to Romero. The guy has managed 2 seasons as first choice in Holland 10 years ago, and 1 season in serie a where he was binned for being shit. If he had any sort of top league record then maybe  at 32 he'd be worth going for. As it is, he's Nyland but 4 years older.

[kipeye]

We do like our United keepers, Sealey,Bosnich,Schmeichel and Heaton (May be some I have forgotten).

Jimmy Rimmer

Best of the lot.

[john e]

I can't believe anyone is seriously comparing McGrath to Romero. The guy has managed 2 seasons as first choice in Holland 10 years ago, and 1 season in serie a where he was binned for being shit. If he had any sort of top league record then maybe  at 32 he'd be worth going for. As it is, he's Nyland but 4 years older.

People will find comparisons anywhere they can if it fits their agendas
Same thing with stats

I’ve done it myself

[Neil Hawkes]

Is he better than El Ghazi?  I don't mind admitting I thought signing him was a good deal and that he'd be fine in the PL.  Whilst I still think he's ok, I'm hoping for a very big upgrade.  Is Diagana that? 

I keep thinking "Harry Potter" every time I see his name.

[sickbeggar]

Nah if he was 3rd choice at Everton no-one would pay 8m for him based on his record. Doesn't make sense to me. If he's a reserve then why pay that sort of money. If he's 1st choice then god help us. I'm sure players have come out of semi-retirement after 7 years before......... Actually i think even Gabby managed more than 20 games

[Clampy]

If the figure is true, it does sound rather a lot for a 33 year old. Mind you, how much did Heaton cost last year?

[maidstonevillain]

We do like our United keepers, Sealey,Bosnich,Schmeichel and Heaton (May be some I have forgotten).

Rimmer!

[SheffieldVillain]

If the figure is true, it does sound rather a lot for a 33 year old. Mind you, how much did Heaton cost last year?

About the same I thought - £8m.