First season at the club, For me, He'll go down as one of Sir Alex Ferguson's best ever signings, We got him when Man City wanted him - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jun/03/its-still-ridiculous-robin-van-persie-2012-13-season-manchester-united
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of the RvP one ^
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Fantastic vision from Wazza as well. Probably the greatest assist ever due to the finish.
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comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 43 minutes ago
Shame we couldn't get him a little earlier in his career.
Fergie leaving killed any desire RVP had left, he said he signed with the understanding he'd be there for the foreseeable future.
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I think we were trying to get him before he went to Arsenal in 2004.
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Was sat almost directly across from where he hit that volley vs Villa. There was a split second of silence in disbelief when the ball hit the net.
Don’t think it won goal of the season either which was a disgrace. Suarez won it with a goal that was great on the eye but really it was a hit and hope goal that you see the likes of in all 4 divisions every season.
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Could be a good thread that one. What goal has your vantage point at the ground make it look that much better.
I would do it but have a work conference for an hour. Mine was the Norman Whiteside one at Wembley against Everton.
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I was in the corner for the 3-2 win against Bayern.... The Robben goal had a slow motion quality to it where everyone in the crowd could see what was about to happen. Not the result we wanted, but was something to behold.
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comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - Ole's joy Manticore (U2958)
posted 4 hours, 21 minutes ago
His volley against Villa was the most technically perfect goal i've ever seen. Fantastic player and deserved his PL medal after stagnating at a mediocre club.
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It was sheer quality but a long forgotten goal that was more or less identical was scored by Shaun Bartlett for Charlton. See around the 3.26 mark here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHQNDWhajms
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comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - Ole's joy Manticore (U2958)
posted 4 hours, 21 minutes ago
His volley against Villa was the most technically perfect goal i've ever seen. Fantastic player and deserved his PL medal after stagnating at a mediocre club.
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It was sheer quality but a long forgotten goal that was more or less identical was scored by Shaun Bartlett for Charlton. See around the 3.26 mark here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHQNDWhajms
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Very nice... amazing how similar they are, right down to the camera angles
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RVP was a great player, but injury prone, plus we didn't have him during his prime.
It's funny that two of our greatest strikers are Dutch.
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I remember back then not being that fussed on signing a striker that summer because scoring goals wasn't a problem for us the previous season, keeping them out was and surprise surprise, the midfield was still a major issue.
As brilliant as RVP was for us that season, I still look back at then and think what would've happened if we hadn't signed him and Kagawa and signed Lewandowski instead.
I know Dortmund didn't want to let him go at the time but I've always wondered would that stance have been the same if Kagawa had stayed and we'd made a real effort to sign him.
Lewandowski has said in a recent interview he was seriously considering a move to United after speaking to SAF but Dortmund wouldn't let him go.
A huge shame really because we'd have been sorted in the CF position for the forseeable future. Who knows what the post-Fergie years would've been like if a top class 30+ goal a season striker in their prime had been knocking about, one who's had a very good record of staying fit.