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You did. Then we signed him and he wasn't fit to lace Luke Shaw's boots! <laugh>
You, on the other hand, insisted that you didn't want to sign a left-back. Then you signed a left-back.
I didn't sign a left back mate, the club did.
I stick by my assertions that we didn't need one though, if i was Williams i would be well pissed off.
 
Reading the reports of the ManU match yesterday, I understand that everything is now OK at the club. Well that's nice for them isn't it.

Incidentally, does the vast ManU penalty tally include missed ones? I know a few here and there that aren't included in the stats are hardly likely to be noticed given the vast numbers involved, but it would be nice to know. Didn't they miss a couple last season as well? If their current tempo keeps up, they'll be set to eclipse their total from last season. Don't expect analysis on why this is happening from the pundits anytime soon.

In fact the BBC report states:
"Fernandes has now been directly involved in 20 goals in his 18 Premier League appearances for United - 11 goals and nine assists - and has scored in each of his last three games."

Indeed, the assists total is good (though some people argue that it isn't that meaningful a statistic), but the overall contribution doesn't look quite as good if you remove the vast number of penalties. Agreed for normal players that don't get so many it's not as important to mention, but it's a somewhat different situation for ManU!

I would also argue that a proper analysis of the contribution of penalties to last seasons performance of ManU has been sadly lacking from anywhere.
 
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I'm glad we realised that in this instance we needed to buy for now.

Yeah definitely. Was a no-brainer of a signing. Two and a half games in and he’s already looking the part. Can see why he got tonnes of praise whilst at Sevilla and why he was in the Europa TOTS after winning the trophy.