Today's rumours, RVP to United?!

I was listening to Talksport yesterday, they said their sources said United enquired nothing more and that they were told it is 110% true. Only enquiring though, Talksport are good with players who are linked to United @(Jones, Young, De Gea, Anderson, Nani)

vp has more grey hairs than giggs

SLM - the 'the don't buy big brigade' is an unfair caricature of the variety of posters who have objected to your relentlessly negative stance. I don't know of anyone who believes we should never buy players, or who would prefer we bought bad players. However, I do know there are a number of posters who believe the task of squad building is about more than simply buying the best players available, that sometimes on paper less talented players who are temperamentally and tactically suited to the job you want to fulfil, who fit in to a collective that is more than the sum of its parts, can be a better bet than someone who looks amazing at a different club. And among these posters are people who also cling to the old-fashioned belief that part of being a supporter involves developing a deep attachment to the club and its existing players, rather than spending most of one's energy dreaming about replacing actual Manchester United players with other teams' players. E.g. Like you, I've considered Modric a great potential fit for the United midfield for the last couple of years. But I don't see the point in obsessing about Modric to the extent that we lose sight of the pleasures of supporting our existing players.

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I fear that will be totally wasted on SLM but well said anyway RR

Never again should a talksport article be posted here after this bs.

Of course this is nonsense, but even if it wasn't I'd be totally against this purchase.

In my view it would waste a large part of our budget on a playing position that isn't vitally in need of strengthening to the detriment of others that absolutely are such as CM and full back.

Worse still the guy is 29 and has a terrible injury record outside this season.

No doubt he'd strengthen us up front if fit but the negatives far outweigh the positives.

What are the negatives?

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
SLM - the 'the don't buy big brigade' is an unfair caricature of the variety of posters who have objected to your relentlessly negative stance. I don't know of anyone who believes we should never buy players, or who would prefer we bought bad players. However, I do know there are a number of posters who believe the task of squad building is about more than simply buying the best players available, that sometimes on paper less talented players who are temperamentally and tactically suited to the job you want to fulfil, who fit in to a collective that is more than the sum of its parts, can be a better bet than someone who looks amazing at a different club. And among these posters are people who also cling to the old-fashioned belief that part of being a supporter involves developing a deep attachment to the club and its existing players, rather than spending most of one's energy dreaming about replacing actual Manchester United players with other teams' players. E.g. Like you, I've considered Modric a great potential fit for the United midfield for the last couple of years. But I don't see the point in obsessing about Modric to the extent that we lose sight of the pleasures of supporting our existing players.
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Thank you Red Russian. You are a credit to this forum. Same can't be said for some of the others here

Imagine this though...

Valencia/Nani --- Carrick --- Martinez --- Young

-----------------Rooney

-----------------------------RVP

Up there with the 07/08 attack IMO

the black rooney

Now that would be some team! (Obviously with a defence and GK behind it...)

Agreed mate, with a back line of Vidic, Smalling/Evans/Ferdinand, an improving Rafael and Evra i think we would more than compete next season.....

One can dream!