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[Deleted member 15344]

I must be the only one, but is Ronaldo really a good move for Utd? What does that say to the youngsters in the team including Sancho?
Since the refs are now letting lots go this season, I look forward for the Oscar level acting from the old man in red

He is going to score a lot of goals for them - the person who may miss out is Greenwood

 

[Deleted member 15344]

It's not so much about buying trophies, but making improvements to the first team. Liverpool are laking a certain spark in the midfield, someone who can take the game by the scruff of it's neck and win it.

Klopps tactics has always had the midfield more functional- it’s their to provide the platform and engine for the front three - that’s why he brought Thiago in and why he has moved Elliot there

 

[4LEX]

I must be the only one, but is Ronaldo really a good move for Utd? What does that say to the youngsters in the team including Sancho?
Since the refs are now letting lots go this season, I look forward for the Oscar level acting from the old man in red

Sancho is a right winger who will play there mostly, occasionally on the left. Ronaldo is a striker/targetman. Do you not think Sancho will be buzzing to train, learn from and play with one of the best players of the last 100 years?

 

[ColchesterFC]

I must be the only one, but is Ronaldo really a good move for Utd? What does that say to the youngsters in the team including Sancho?

I would hope that it says to Sancho, and all of the other young players at Utd, that is what I need to do to have a top level career for 20 years. I need to show the same level of commitment as he has shown to stay at the top of the game for that long, whether that's working on skills on the training pitch or working on fitness in the gym. One thing that you can't doubt about Ronaldo is how hard he's worked to be as good as he is. As a 19 or 20 year old on 100k a week it would be easy to coast along but if they look at Ronaldo's work ethic it might give them the push they need to become even better.

 

[MadAdey]

Since summer of 2019 we have won the title yet there seems to be more focus on what the spend is ?‍

It’s going to be low because of the way the club operates but I don’t know why people go on about “5 transfer Windows” and x amount - those Windows allowed us to bring in the likes of Jota , Kostas , Thiago , Konate

The “investment” was someone buying a share of FSG - there isn’t £500mil sat there waiting to be spent on players - any funds we get from that deal will be to help build up the stand and reduce the debt from the Covid period

The club work to a self sustaining model - spends what it makes , the owners don’t spend their own money buying players so right now because of the pandemic they are being rightly so cautious with funds and will spend only on the right player

Do you not find it frustrating though? They have got Liverpool back at the top again, but are now not willing to bring in players to keep them there. We spent years in the shadows of United and finally got ahead of them again. But now I am starting to look at the 2 squads and think that isn't the case again. FSG is one of the richest sports conglomerates in the world, you telling me if they really wanted to they could not find the money to try and get someone like MBappe. United posted loses worth nearly 3 times what LIverpool did during Covid and their owners are not worth what LIverpools owners are.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Do you not find it frustrating though? They have got Liverpool back at the top again, but are now not willing to bring in players to keep them there. We spent years in the shadows of United and finally got ahead of them again. But now I am starting to look at the 2 squads and think that isn't the case again. FSG is one of the richest sports conglomerates in the world, you telling me if they really wanted to they could not find the money to try and get someone like MBappe. United posted loses worth nearly 3 times what LIverpool did during Covid and their owners are not worth what LIverpools owners are.

Seen lots of fans questing FSG.
For a team that’s recently won their domestic league & CL you do have to wonder why their owners don’t invest more.

 

[Beezerk]

Seen lots of fans questing FSG.
For a team that’s recently won their domestic league & CL you do have to wonder why their owners don’t invest more.

Because they're just another Mike Ashley but in Armani suits.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Because they're just another Mike Ashley but in Armani suits.

Furlough ?‍

 

[MadAdey]

Seen lots of fans questing FSG.
For a team that’s recently won their domestic league & CL you do have to wonder why their owners don’t invest more.

That is what is frustrating. You spend all those years trying to get LIverpool back to the top, then you do not invest once they get there. Makes absolutly no sense to me.

 

[Pin-seeker]

That is what is frustrating. You spend all those years trying to get LIverpool back to the top, then you do not invest once they get there. Makes absolutly no sense to me.

Seen a lot of fans on Twitter unhappy with it,especially the ones that go to the match & spend money.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Do you not find it frustrating though? They have got Liverpool back at the top again, but are now not willing to bring in players to keep them there. We spent years in the shadows of United and finally got ahead of them again. But now I am starting to look at the 2 squads and think that isn't the case again. FSG is one of the richest sports conglomerates in the world, you telling me if they really wanted to they could not find the money to try and get someone like MBappe. United posted loses worth nearly 3 times what LIverpool did during Covid and their owners are not worth what LIverpools owners are.

No I don’t find it frustrating

When they bought the club one of the main promises was that the club was run within its our means , it stood on its own two feet financially without the need for an owner to keep pumping money in to buy players - that was stated from the start that would not happen - I do find it frustrating when you see demands from people that the owners buy players as they believe that’s the only way to win - who has the richest owner.

I prefer the club to be run this way , it relies on great recruitment and great management- it’s shown to be successful and right now we have a team as good as anyone in Europe - need to have better luck with injury this season but we are going to challenge for the Title , I’m glad everyone is ignoring us

United have spent significantly more than us over the last 8/9 years and won no major trophies - they still have significant debt on the club and the signings made just get added to that

FSG maybe rich but it’s asset rich - they don’t have a pot of gold that’s going to be spent on football players - they own a number of sports teams and all run the same way.

Social media is full of people who expect to act like City owners or take out loans to buy players - it’s not going to happen , the owners have made some monumental mistakes during their time but people demanding they sell because they didn’t buy Mbappe or we have a low net spend or because we have one player who prob needs to leave is beyond pathetic- and that’s what’s seen all over social media. And it’s a consequence of the Prem attracting fans from mainly the middle east and China and then those fans expecting clubs to just spend money because they have seen City etc do it

It would be great if we could get back to the days of when people only knew about a transfer when it happened.

 

[Tashyboy]

I find it very odd as a City fan reading fans of other clubs say for years “ oil money bought your trophies”. Now the same fans are asking for there clubs to spend money ? to compete with City, Chelsea etc. Don’t get me wrong, my mantra has always been City have had to spend vast sums to get to the greedy top table. Others now have to do the same

 

[Pin-seeker]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1431299088818003972

?????

 

[rudebhoy]

Not a Newcastle fan, but felt a bit sorry for Bruce - and the fans - last night when he was saying the only signings he can make are loans.

It's criminal the way Ashley runs that club.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Not a Newcastle fan, but felt a bit sorry for Bruce - and the fans - last night when he was saying the only signings he can make are loans.

It's criminal the way Ashley runs that club.

A lot of clubs are having to do loans this year tho with covid

Tbh cashley runs it better than the dildo brothers

Least he has put his own money in over the years and when he has loaned the club money it's been zero percent loans rather than 7% interest then claim "oh we don't take a salary" nope just enough in interest ...cheers

 

[rudebhoy]

A lot of clubs are having to do loans this year tho with covid

Tbh cashley runs it better than the dildo brothers

Least he has put his own money in over the years and when he has loaned the club money it's been zero percent loans rather than 7% interest then claim "oh we don't take a salary" nope just enough in interest ...cheers

It's the lack of ambition. His only goal is to keep them in the Prem in the hope of selling at a massive profit. He is quite happy to play the long game and wait until someone stumps up, sod the fans.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

It's the lack of ambition. His only goal is to keep them in the Prem in the hope of selling at a massive profit. He is quite happy to play the long game and wait until someone stumps up, sod the fans.

Same tbh.. it's only Moyes who's pushed the club on.. the Dave's were happy seeing just stay up year on year

All our signings are in the end level out. Payet money rolled over with the Arnie money spent on Haller for example

The Haller money back rolled over to this summer to spend on zouma

All of which comes from selling Upton park for like 80 million and renting a stadium instead

Very creative accounting

If it wasn't for Moyes coming in (who they palmed off for MP first time round) we wouldn't even be top 10

 

[Fade and Die]

A lot of clubs are having to do loans this year tho with covid

Tbh cashley runs it better than the dildo brothers

Least he has put his own money in over the years and when he has loaned the club money it's been zero percent loans rather than 7% interest then claim "oh we don't take a salary" nope just enough in interest ...cheers

Re the Dildos I’m expecting the deal for Zouma to break down and Sully to say “we tried” ?

On a positive note CR7 going to Man.U must make the possibility of Lingard coming back to us higher….

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Not a Newcastle fan, but felt a bit sorry for Bruce - and the fans - last night when he was saying the only signings he can make are loans.

It's criminal the way Ashley runs that club.

Ashley is just bidding his time waiting for the big buyout for the Saudis

He will do the bare minimum to keep them in the Premier League waiting for them to be bought to give him huge profits

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Re the Dildos I’m expecting the deal for Zouma to break down and Sully to say “we tried” ?

On a positive note CR7 going to Man.U must make the possibility of Lingard coming back to us higher….
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Hopefully push his price down a bit so we can nab him. Was class for us

I think zouma will come off. I don't think will break down

That issue with said last year didn't change much .. just changed to a loan and we had to buy him anyways so still paid the cash

I think he will sign for us by Tuesday