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Post by ratbag on Oct 21, 2015 14:12:54 GMT
How could I possibly trump that? Nice one Phil and great topic Rustin! I remember Neil Webb. A brilliant, creative midfielder at Forest at a time when English football was generally a maelstrom of dross in terms of flair and quality. He appeared tailor made for us! I think we were all extremely angry at Ed's now perceived ineptitude over the Pedro deal, compounded by the Spaniard's impressive start against the Baggies and LvG's namedropping and comments about speed and creativity. So I hold my hands up on that one! I impulsively assumed Pedro would be the famed 'missing link'. Also a shout for Mike Smalling, who has been bloody outstanding, a rock. I was firmly of the opinion, as were many here, that both he and Jones should have their brittle bodies sent to the knackers yards and that we needed at least Hummels plus 1. His antics in the corresponding derby last year reinforced my views. But he is proving me wrong with every game so long may his phoenix rise. Amen to that brother...  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2015 20:49:29 GMT
It's Back to the Future day. A lot of that movie has been proved hilariously wrong. I want a Hover-Board damnit Lexus make hoverboardz |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2015 20:52:37 GMT
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Post by RA138 on Oct 22, 2015 3:02:04 GMT
Great idea for a thread, reading through it even reminded me of some stuff I had forgotten about being completely wrong about. I feel like I may end up back here often..... So lets see: - I believe I said I'd be very surprised if us selling ADM went quickly and he left before the season start, in retrospect that was a bit dumb - I think in panic/anger after the loss to Swansea I said, hey why not buy buy Charlie Austin  - I thought Valencia would regain form to something resembling when he was our player of the season - I thought Anderson and Cleverly would solve all our problems in midfield for years based off what, 5 games? - Thought Zaha would shine for us - Was also really upset when City signed Nasri, remember this was the season we were first linked with Sneijder, wanted Nasri way more - Thought the LvG's initial 3-5-2 would stick and prove a success |
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Post by Jayrannasaurus on Oct 22, 2015 7:02:53 GMT
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Post by Ole's Red Whiteknight03 Army on Oct 24, 2015 23:34:47 GMT
I do recall there was a Rooney or Ronaldo thread on here where many many of us professed how Rooney was more valuable and we could replace Ronaldo.
Although not actually proven wrong, I am still the President and Grand Moff of the Steve MacLaren for United manager fan club.
I too had a thing for Reyes and thought he'd have been a fabulous player for Arsenal.
Not sure if this counts, but I remember back in the days of the checked background on the official site, there was a poll about which Liverpool player we'd most like to have. The overwhelming winner? One Emile Heskey.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 11:42:32 GMT
David James deserves to go in here.... www.football365.com/news/david-james-navas-is-better-than-de-geaDavid James believes that David de Gea has not yet joined Real Madrid because the goalkeeper fears becoming Keylor Navas’ deputy at The Bernabeu. It is for that reason that James also suspects De Gea will remain at Manchester United beyond next summer, and why he signed a new four-year contract at the club. On the last day of the summer transfer window the goalkeeper appeared set to join Real until the long-awaited, proposed move unexpectedly collapsed during its final stages. Even though he then signed a new contract to remain at United until at least 2019, it is widely considered likely that Real will revive and complete the transfer next summer and that De Gea will remain there for the long term. James, however, despite remaining convinced by De Gea’s qualities, does not believe that is the case. He instead admires Costa Rican Navas to the extent that in addition to once recommending him to Arsenal, he considers him superior to De Gea, a goalkeeper many regard as the world’s best. “You look at Navas at Real Madrid, it’s no wonder De Gea didn’t go there,” said James from the Carlsberg Green Room at Ted1s Grooming Room in Soho. “When you think that Navas is such a good goalkeeper that De Gea wasn’t necessarily going to be the number one anyway. “I think it was possibly a reason, because Navas is awesome. He has been for a few years now. I enquired a couple of years ago to Arsene Wenger, ‘Why don’t you go for Navas, £8million or £10million buy-out?’ He had (David) Ospina on his card, he went for Ospina, didn’t he? “Navas has had an exceptional start to the season in Spain and justified my theory that he is up there, if I say the top three – as a loose number – in the world because he is that good. “I think he is (better than De Gea), yeah. I think his all-round game, he’s got a lot more about him. (But) don’t get me wrong, David de Gea’s performed at an amazing level over the last three years.” Since Sir Alex Ferguson’s 2013 retirement, and to some minds even before then, De Gea has been United’s most important player in their attempts to arrest their decline. It is likely that without his inspirational form over the course of the past season United would have dropped so many points that they would again have failed to qualify for the Champions League, but intriguingly James hinted that he considers the Spaniard to not be sufficiently commanding and that he could be contributing to the numerous attacks that have come United’s way. “I do a lot of analysis and I’ve got a lot of friends in analysis: I’ve got a theory, I can’t tell you because I haven’t got to the end of it yet, but it’s to do with a lot of goalkeepers having to make a loads of saves and others not having to make loads of saves,” he explained. “De Gea seems to make a lot of saves for Manchester United. “For a side that are supposed to be so good, I don’t think it’s just the midfield.” :: David James was speaking at the launch of Carlsberg1s Beer1s Beauty range of male grooming products, with all proceeds from sales of the range going to the Movember Foundation. |
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Post by redcase on Apr 20, 2016 13:45:10 GMT
Harry Kane.
Thought he would be a one season wonder .
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Post by Rustin Cohle on Apr 23, 2016 13:45:33 GMT
Harry Kane. Thought he would be a one season wonder . Me too. |
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Post by Rustin Cohle on Apr 23, 2016 13:55:09 GMT
Ed Woodward - During Moyes's tenure I thought he is hopeless but he proved me wrong. Latest is Martial, thought he was a panic buy and too much money for a 19 year old. Happy that I was wrong on both occasions. Can we move the bolded bit to the 'proven right' thread please? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 13:56:45 GMT
Harry Kane. Thought he would be a one season wonder . Me too. Looked like it would be the case when he'd only scored 1 goal by the 24th October. |
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Post by Monty on Apr 23, 2016 14:38:47 GMT
I thought both Cleverley and Kagawa would thrive under LVG. I thought Jones was genuinely going to be one of the best defenders in the world, I had also written off Smalling.
Going back a bit, I thought Rodwell was the future of England's midfield, and I thought Yaya Toure was a waste of money and laughed my cock off when I found out how much he was being paid.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 14:44:05 GMT
Yeah I thought Jones was a future captain for both club and country, genuinely believed he'd become one of the best defenders in the world.
On Kane. I went the complete opposite direction and declared him as the best English striker since Shearer and that I actually thought he had a better game than Shearer.
I also staunchly backed Moyes to be a huge success.
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Post by CaajScot on Apr 23, 2016 15:00:52 GMT
I named my Cat, Rooney, about 7 years ago. Is that cat still alive nowadays Dec?  |
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Post by CaajScot on Apr 23, 2016 15:12:14 GMT
The Tree, Mop Head etc. Always thought he was a liability. Then he scored and I liked him, then I did not like him again, then......fuck, he is still here like him or not
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