Topic: Harry Maguire considering his options thread

[newterp]

The last midfielder they pulled from Juve was a smashing success. I predict Rabiot will be too.

[the_red_pill]

Does that make Van Der Beek Pegguy Arphexad?

Pegguy is a "legend" though!

[Ghost Town]

What's the Enschede reference?  I assume it's FC Twente but ten Hag retired years before Arnautovic was signed.  I guess in ten Hag's lost decade he was somehow involved with FC Twente in a way that people updating Wikipedia didn't deem worthy of paragraph??

Steve McClaren? (I've got no idea, just guessing)

[the_red_pill]

Maybe it's an arrogance that they think previously disruptive players will toe the line because they're playing for the mighty Manchester United.

As I understand it Rabiot's attitude has been better at Juve than it was at PSG and he's become a regular in the France side.  For the reported £15m fee that could be a good deal but it doesn't feel like a dressing room though where you'd want to be bringing in a player that has shown in the past he can be disruptive.

Arnautovic is just desperation.  Like a pub league manager being short the night before a game and scrabbling through his list of contacts for somebody that he can rope in for a game.

I think his reasoning is to get in someone he can trust, a strongman type(according to him), and someone who wouldn't back down for someone like Ronaldo? And possibly to re-affirm what he wants in the dressing room and on the pitch.
A "dressing room signing", if you will.

I can understand Arnautovic in that regard, but Rabiot? Yes, he would fall in line behind Arnautovic, but brining in an unhinged player into an already unhinged dressing room is asking for trouble!
You need to bring him into a "settled" dressing room.

[afc tukrish]

I think his reasoning is to get in someone he can trust, a strongman type(according to him), and someone who wouldn't back down for someone like Ronaldo? And possibly to re-affirm what he wants in the dressing room and on the pitch.
A "dressing room signing", if you will.

I can understand Arnautovic in that regard, but Rabiot? Yes, he would fall in line behind Arnautovic, but brining in an unhinged player into an already unhinged dressing room is asking for trouble!
You need to bring him into a "settled" dressing room.

So that he can unsettle it?
Or unhinge it?

Can dressing rooms be unhinged?

[Hazell]

Feck sake if they sign mommy’s boy Rabiot & 33 year old racist Arnautović this window it may go down as the most hilarious transfer window in their history and that’s a hard one to do after the Fellaini one.

Came across these and they did amuse me:

Manchester United have some method to their madness – so why don't they talk about it?

Manchester United have failed Erik ten Hag – their recruitment plan has been an utter shambles

Both pieces by the same author

[Ray K]

I think his reasoning is to get in someone he can trust, a strongman type(according to him), and someone who wouldn't back down for someone like Ronaldo?

Erik Ten Hag's latest foray into the transfer market has surprised a few people.
'Well a lot of people are criticising the moves, but we believe Tyson Fury, Canelo Alvarez, Triple H and Brian Lima can add a lot to this club' he added.

[FiSh77]

It could really be happening?!

Man U love a somewhat-past-their-best striker but usually it's a player that at their best was amongst the best (Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Ronaldo).  Even at his peak Arnautovic was a 10-goals-a-season player for mid-table sides.  He's also an idiot.

What's the Enschede reference?  I assume it's FC Twente but ten Hag retired years before Arnautovic was signed.  I guess in ten Hag's lost decade he was somehow involved with FC Twente in a way that people updating Wikipedia didn't deem worthy of paragraph??

Yeah Ten Hag was assistant manager at FC Twente when Arnautovic was there

[lamonti]

Brian Lima, there's a name I haven't heard in years! What a nickname, "The Chiropractor" hahahaha

[lamonti]

Is Ten Hag going to get away without taking any of the blame for this shitshow because everyone hates their board so much?

[Ray K]

Brian Lima, there's a name I haven't heard in years! What a nickname, "The Chiropractor" hahahaha

I was trying to think of a rugby hard man, and that nickname was the first to come to mind 

[MBL?]

These are Everton level targets and I don’t mean that as any kind of joke.

[the_red_pill]

So that he can unsettle it?
Or unhinge it?

Can dressing rooms be unhinged?

Well, it is United. It's a mad dressing room!

[God's Left Peg]

I think his reasoning is to get in someone he can trust, a strongman type(according to him), and someone who wouldn't back down for someone like Ronaldo? And possibly to re-affirm what he wants in the dressing room and on the pitch.
A "dressing room signing", if you will.

I can understand Arnautovic in that regard, but Rabiot? Yes, he would fall in line behind Arnautovic, but brining in an unhinged player into an already unhinged dressing room is asking for trouble!
You need to bring him into a "settled" dressing room.

If we are using Houllier signings as a yardstick, this feels like a Jean Michel Ferri moment...

[Ghost Town]

Jean Michel Ferri moment...

Wasn't there a rumour that he was going to join Tranmere from us? I'm sure I was told that Ferri Cross the Mersey was a thing...

[Flaccido Dongingo]

If we are using Houllier signings as a yardstick, this feels like a Jean Michel Ferri moment...

He played in our 0-0 away draw to the Plastics in 1998 in which we finished with 9 men.

[Son of Spion]

I see these were fighting each other in the stands at the Brighton game.

The whole club has lost its head.

[cissesbeard]

what are their scouts doing?
from all the leagues in the world they can only come up with de jong (made it clear he doesn't want to join them) arnautovic and rabiot??
thats so shite

[WhereAngelsPlay]

what are their scouts doing?
from all the leagues in the world they can only come up with de jong (made it clear he doesn't want to join them) arnautovic and rabiot??
thats so shite

Rat boy said that their scouting department has over 60 staff 

[WhereAngelsPlay]

I see these were fighting each other in the stands at the Brighton game.

The whole club has lost its head.

There's a photo a few pages back,looks like a couple both trying to grab a black guy around the throat.

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=344488.msg18446211#msg18446211

Love to know what started it.

[The North Bank]

There's a photo a few pages back,looks like a couple both trying to grab a black guy around the throat.

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=344488.msg18446211#msg18446211

Love to know what started it.

Cockneys and their short temper.

[Crosby Nick]

Ged's first years were good, Hypia, Henchoz, Babbel, McCalister, Hamman, Heskey, Riise plus some failures. It was after the 2004 WC when it went pear shaped.

There was no World Cup in 2004. And Houllier was sacked that summer.

[Crosby Nick]

He played in our 0-0 away draw to the Plastics in 1998 in which we finished with 9 men.

And what nonsense is this? When have we ever been down to 9 men at Chelsea? He played (briefly I think!) in a 2-1 defeat at Chelsea in 98/99, the day Fowler had his run in with Le Saux.

Stop getting Liverpool wrong!

[Brian Blessed]

There was no World Cup in 2004. And Houllier was sacked that summer.

BBN obviously meant 2002, you nitpicking know it all!

Edit. And again! You should relax and enjoy the forum, Nick! Have a joke now and then.

[Son of Spion]

There's a photo a few pages back,looks like a couple both trying to grab a black guy around the throat.

https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=344488.msg18446211#msg18446211

Love to know what started it.

I must have missed that post.

I think the video I saw was the same incident.

The natives are restless.

[WhereAngelsPlay]

You should know that you're fucked if part of your defence says this

"He never once used unlawful violence against Ms Greville," he said, adding that the case against him was based on "distortion, exaggeration and lies."

[harleydanger]

Can't wait to see footage of Raboit's mum and Ten Hag punching on on the sidelines of a league cup game

[Armand9]

Feck sake if they sign mommy’s boy Rabiot & 33 year old racist Arnautović this window it may go down as the most hilarious transfer window in their history and that’s a hard one to do after the Fellaini one.

i thought their end of the window panic buying was a thing of the past

guess not

[Ravishing Rick Dude]

I see these were fighting each other in the stands at the Brighton game.

The whole club has lost its head.

I think they have finally found their head and it's brainless.

[Fromola]

Maybe it's an arrogance that they think previously disruptive players will toe the line because they're playing for the mighty Manchester United.

As I understand it Rabiot's attitude has been better at Juve than it was at PSG and he's become a regular in the France side.  For the reported £15m fee that could be a good deal but it doesn't feel like a dressing room though where you'd want to be bringing in a player that has shown in the past he can be disruptive.

Arnautovic is just desperation.  Like a pub league manager being short the night before a game and scrabbling through his list of contacts for somebody that he can rope in for a game.

It smacks of us going for the likes of Balotelli, as the previous post said about the character of players we used to get.

[jepovic]

The only thing the Rabiot and Arnautovic rumours have in common is the timing.
Rabiot plays for a top club and a top national team, and he's in a good age. He won't turn them around and he will be grossly overpaid, but I can at least see the thinking there. Also, McFred are sooo shit.
Rabiot is the kind of player Everton would go for.

Arnautovic was never good to begin with, and now he's 33. He's also a documented racist.
Not even Everton would sink that low.

[Wghennessy]

The only thing the Rabiot and Arnautovic rumours have in common is the timing.
Rabiot plays for a top club and a top national team, and he's in a good age. He won't turn them around and he will be grossly overpaid, but I can at least see the thinking there. Also, McFred are sooo shit.
Rabiot is the kind of player Everton would go for.

Arnautovic was never good to begin with, and now he's 33. He's also a documented racist.
Not even Everton would sink that low.

Everton are signing a homophobe...they absolutely would sink that low.

[Lad]

It's only one defeat but it's fun already.

[stewy17]

If nothing else Rabiot and Arnautovic should definitely sort out the attitude problems that United have in their squad 🤣

These are absolutely fucked.

Eriksen, Rabiot, Arnautovic.

No plan, short term, more of the same that they already have. It’s fantastic to see.

[Red-Soldier]

If nothing else Rabiot and Arnautovic should definitely sort out the attitude problems that United have in their squad 🤣

These are absolutely fucked.

Eriksen, Rabiot, Arnautovic.

No plan, short term, more of the same that they already have. It’s fantastic to see.

Yep.

[Ravishing Rick Dude]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChCHEDiI79v/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[The North Bank]

Ivan Toney against little Martinez on Saturday could get messy.

[JovaJova]

If nothing else Rabiot and Arnautovic should definitely sort out the attitude problems that United have in their squad 🤣

These are absolutely fucked.

Eriksen, Rabiot, Arnautovic.

No plan, short term, more of the same that they already have. It’s fantastic to see.

They don’t have any decent kids to supplement the squad either. It’s another billion dollar job if they want to be competitive again in the next 3-5 years short-term horizon. The last billion dollars was spent catastrophically though so no guarantees the next billion won’t be the same.

Cheers to another season of Mcfred 

[slaphead]

I know it's been said before but Christ, their scouting department must not be trusted one bit by the manager. Arnatovic has worked with the 2 Dutchmen Ten Hag and McLaren before too. Did anyone see the clip of Maguire having the team stand on the wrong side of the tunnel ?  This sounds so so wrong, but I love Man Utd these days

[MonsLibpool]

Ivan Toney against little Martinez on Saturday could get messy.

He should take it easy because it'd be fun to see him against Darwin.