It's the lack of an overall plan that's surprising. Fergie was usually pretty good in the market... he signed players that would perform for him over several seasons usually... United rarely recycled players like we do... he built a squad so well. That just seems gone now.
I'd never noticed that about Fergie... I suppose the players he might have wanted - Lahm, Ballack, Klose etc were always unavailable for one reason or another... but it is interesting. I guess one thing we overlook as fans is the language barrier factor in signing foreign players.
I doubt that many English speakers could understand Fergie. Having him throw random objects at you was probably enough of a hint that you needed to improve.
No point obsessing about what ex players are doing at other clubs. Sometimes transfers just don't work out. I suspect Di Maria will do well for PSG as he's a very good player. Doesn't change the fact that in the second half of last season he was dogshite for United and clearly wanted to be somewhere else so getting rid was the only option. However, I'm sure we'll be notified every time he scores or assists a goal!
They've said he's overweight too - what happened to the super LFC fitness staff keeping everyone on individually tailored programmes - unless Mario's included eat more, work less.
We still own Balotelli though You dumped £40m into Falcao and Di Maria with nothing to show for it #brewstersmillions Going to be even funnier next season when I get to talk about how much you lost on Martial
We have Champions League football to show for it. Nothing to do with Falcao, a little bit to do with Di Maria. Good to know that you're pleased a Liverpool player is performing well for AC. No doubt when we finish in the CL spots and you're celebrating another Europa League qualification you will claim the season as a victory as long as Martial hasn't had a stormer. The reality is we can shrug off a Martial failure whereas every Lallana, Markovic, Lovren and Balotelli makes that 80's bandwagon jump even more regrettable.
Friendly= Doesn't count. News outlets are the only people who think they do, but they don't. Hasn't played for AC yet this time round (friendlies don't count), so saying 'is performing' is premature. Hell if he does play well, hopefully AC will pony up the money, but they are an Italian club so thats unlikely even if Balotelli were to become Messiesque.
Both of these, plus I don't think he was doing much training exactly towards the end of the season and over the summer, and he certainly wasn't keeping in shape on the pitch as he wan't playing ever
It's being reported Utd only paid £6.5m for Schweinsteiger, based on the sell on cut the first team he signed for received, unless of course they have been shortchanged. Did you know his name translates as pig climber/controller
Yeah. We discussed that a year or so ago. Broken down literally it means one who mounts pigs. A more accurate translation of not literal is pig farmer. Bet you didn't know this but Gonzo's real last name is Schafsteiger
I believe that an Austrian dialect variation has Steiger as chaser, or womaniser by extension. Pigchaser sounds good.
