Our PR department is clearly very good at spin. I believe that we were in for Bruno and for whatever reason (be it the player, his club or Woodward) the deal was delayed, and now he prefers a move to Spurs.
This is bad PR for a club like Manchester United, and the club can only save face by saying that he was "not on Ole's list".
It was the same with Griezman when reports surfaced that Griezman was no longer a priority for us - when in reality he chose to stay at Atleti.
I'm not sure about the Dybala situation but as far as Bruno Fernandes is concerned, it seems quite obvious what's happened. If he wanted to come to us, we would be signing him.
It's worth mentioning that Sporting really need the money, so it would be not surprise if we were trying to play cat and mouse with them.
We were 100% in for Bruno Fernandes IMO
posted on 6/8/19
Come on there must be one United fan not suffering grade a butthurt that can at least make a case for Ole being ruthless.
We had ruthless to an extent, that was a good laugh.
posted on 6/8/19
Time for a mass filtering?
posted on 6/8/19
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 15 seconds ago
comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
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Is it just me or is the thing with HB Fash that he's incredibly stupid?
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I could teach Ole the meaning of ruthless
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Are you a bit simple? You can't get rid of players unless there is a team willing to buy. Even then the player has to agree to leave. We will see how ruthless he is once the season starts and we see whether or not these bit-part players are marginalised.
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So maybe it's a bit stupid to say you will be ruthless when there is a good chance your hands are tied and you will in fact not be ruthless?
posted on 6/8/19
comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 15 seconds ago
comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 18 seconds ago
Is it just me or is the thing with HB Fash that he's incredibly stupid?
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I could teach Ole the meaning of ruthless
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Are you a bit simple? You can't get rid of players unless there is a team willing to buy. Even then the player has to agree to leave. We will see how ruthless he is once the season starts and we see whether or not these bit-part players are marginalised.
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So maybe it's a bit stupid to say you will be ruthless when there is a good chance your hands are tied and you will in fact not be ruthless?
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Maybe you need to go back and have another read of the quotes. He said it is survival of the fittest basically.
posted on 6/8/19
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 2 minutes ago
Time for a mass filtering?
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You must really be getting riled. Almost like i hit a nerve.
Anyway you'll be glad to know im off for the day
posted on 6/8/19
Riled by a man with an IQ of about 70? I think not. I just wonder what a sad little life you must have that you have to get your attention by being a wum on a football forum. Its quite pathetic.
posted on 6/8/19
Not really. There are many ways to be ruthless.
What you seem to be suggesting is that we pay up the contracts of the players and let them leave for free to show we're being ruthless. Anything other than that apparently shows we aren't being ruthless.
posted on 6/8/19
comment by HB Fash (U21935)
posted 56 seconds ago
comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 2 minutes ago
Time for a mass filtering?
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You must really be getting riled. Almost like i hit a nerve.
Anyway you'll be glad to know im off for the day
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The day centre closing up soon ?
Safe home
posted on 6/8/19
I for one am not so much riled as driven to despair. There's nothing more galling than finding oneself bested by a superior intellect armed with a superior grasp of the facts.
posted on 6/8/19
Dybala nor Fernandes rejected us.
One was offered to us and we turned it down when it turned out that signing him would be more hassle than it's worth (image rights held by third party, agent fees, wages and wanting out of clause that all other players have in their contracts). The latter, if we wanted him, has been linked all summer yet only the press in Portugal have been linking us to him. Men have already reported we have never made a bid or been interested.
It's odd to say that. Spurs on the other hand are trying to flog Toby and Eriksen as they don't want to sign another contract getting paid pittance of what they could get at any other top 8 clubs or on the continent of they left for free. Ramsey is getting 400k. They must have seen that and thought I deserve something like that and win something.