Martial to score our winner in the FA Cup final v Spurs.
It’s a shame with Martial. He has clear potential to be a top forward.
Under Ole at first I really thought he’d kick on and become a really good player. Injuries, attitude / mentality and poor management mean he will go down as a flop.
It’s a shame, but with hindsight he should have left in the summer realistically. He hasn’t played at all this season so it’s been completely pointless keeping him.
This is the worst possible news. Could completely derail our season now.
comment by Pun (U21588)
posted 29 minutes ago
This is the worst possible news. Could completely derail our season now.
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He was a shoe in for top goalscorer
While he earns around £2.5m recovering. He will have earned £65m from his last contract, in which time he has scored an average of 5 goals a season over his last 4 seasons, madness.
Woodward's policy of treating players like assets and trying to maintain book value by keeping them contracted has been one of the biggest issues over the last few years. It's great to hear that the new management will give players a 2 year window to perform, then shift them.
he’s been an injury prone mess since the plague happened
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Thought it started under Ole not Mourinho?
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 35 minutes ago
While he earns around £2.5m recovering. He will have earned £65m from his last contract, in which time he has scored an average of 5 goals a season over his last 4 seasons, madness.
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Hopefully this kind of idiocy will now be a thing of the past.
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 35 minutes ago
While he earns around £2.5m recovering. He will have earned £65m from his last contract, in which time he has scored an average of 5 goals a season over his last 4 seasons, madness.
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Hopefully this kind of idiocy will now be a thing of the past.
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tbf, he seemed like a decent buy at the time. Spurs were after him but United blew us away with a £36m offer (rising to £55m) which, in 2015, was a huge amount for a 19 year old. About average now!
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 29 minutes ago
he’s been an injury prone mess since the plague happened
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Thought it started under Ole not Mourinho?
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Anything that could have gone wrong this season has done and then some.
I don't think we can include Martial in the bad luck tales anymore though. This is what he is sadly.
He's such a gifted player but he's got zero heart and desire and also plagued by injuries. Nearly the end now thankfully.
comment by Pun (U21588)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
This is the worst possible news. Could completely derail our season now.
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I think he blames Ole for aggravating his injury…
But, wasn’t it under Ole we got maybe his best ever season when he battled it out with Rashford to be top scorer?🤔
Knowing our luck, he’ll heal up, just in time to leave us in the summer, and bang in goals for his new club.
We just can’t catch a break…
Devonshirespur
Yeah it looked a good move to begin with but you do wonder if the club did their research on him properly. While immensely talented he's just never looked like having the desire needed to succeed at the top.
Also the 250k a week extension we gave him was ludicous. He had a very good 19/20 season but that didn't justify giving him such a increase.
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Devonshirespur
Yeah it looked a good move to begin with but you do wonder if the club did their research on him properly. While immensely talented he's just never looked like having the desire needed to succeed at the top.
Also the 250k a week extension we gave him was ludicous. He had a very good 19/20 season but that didn't justify giving him such a increase.
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We haven't really done research on any player (or not properly anyhow), mainly because of a lack of a dof. Hence why we've been &£%! for the past 10 years.
Hopefully Jim will sort this mess out. He talks a good game but actions speak louder than words.
The only thing worse than this is that we'll bring in Choupo Moting on loan to replace him. People here will convince themselves that it's not that bad and that he'll do a job. But it is and he won't. It will be another wasteful loan signing
Choupo-Moting would be an upgrade on Hojlund, at least.
Don’t worry lads Weggy has agreed to come back as cover
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Choupo-Moting would be an upgrade on Hojlund, at least.
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No he wouldn’t.
We should go in for Taremi on loan. Or just buy him for €10M.
Taremi is woeful/ Moting too. Again sign someone from the championship or play our youngsters.
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 16 hours, 37 minutes ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Choupo-Moting would be an upgrade on Hojlund, at least.
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No he wouldn’t.
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He would, he’s a better striker in all departments aside from pace.
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 16 hours, 37 minutes ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Choupo-Moting would be an upgrade on Hojlund, at least.
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No he wouldn’t.
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He would, he’s a better striker in all departments aside from pace.
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Not sure where you are getting that from. He’s an ageing journey man with a pretty average strike rate through out his career.
Last season was his only real decent scoring season but any semi decent striker bags goals if starting regularly in that Bayern team.
From watching them both play. Being an average journeyman striker is still an improvement on Hojlund, who has done fack all in football.
I wouldn’t say he’s done nothing in football. He’s already scored regularly at International and CL level. He’s now starting to find the net in the PL also.
This season is pretty much gone anyway. We may as well keep playing Hojlund and hopefully he surpasses 15 goals in all comps.
Choupo Moting is a slightly better version of Ighalo in all honesty.
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posted on 24/1/24
Martial to score our winner in the FA Cup final v Spurs.
posted on 24/1/24
It’s a shame with Martial. He has clear potential to be a top forward.
Under Ole at first I really thought he’d kick on and become a really good player. Injuries, attitude / mentality and poor management mean he will go down as a flop.
It’s a shame, but with hindsight he should have left in the summer realistically. He hasn’t played at all this season so it’s been completely pointless keeping him.
posted on 24/1/24
This is the worst possible news. Could completely derail our season now.
posted on 24/1/24
comment by Pun (U21588)
posted 29 minutes ago
This is the worst possible news. Could completely derail our season now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
He was a shoe in for top goalscorer
posted on 24/1/24
While he earns around £2.5m recovering. He will have earned £65m from his last contract, in which time he has scored an average of 5 goals a season over his last 4 seasons, madness.
posted on 24/1/24
Woodward's policy of treating players like assets and trying to maintain book value by keeping them contracted has been one of the biggest issues over the last few years. It's great to hear that the new management will give players a 2 year window to perform, then shift them.
posted on 24/1/24
he’s been an injury prone mess since the plague happened
———
Thought it started under Ole not Mourinho?
posted on 24/1/24
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 35 minutes ago
While he earns around £2.5m recovering. He will have earned £65m from his last contract, in which time he has scored an average of 5 goals a season over his last 4 seasons, madness.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hopefully this kind of idiocy will now be a thing of the past.
posted on 24/1/24
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 35 minutes ago
While he earns around £2.5m recovering. He will have earned £65m from his last contract, in which time he has scored an average of 5 goals a season over his last 4 seasons, madness.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hopefully this kind of idiocy will now be a thing of the past.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
tbf, he seemed like a decent buy at the time. Spurs were after him but United blew us away with a £36m offer (rising to £55m) which, in 2015, was a huge amount for a 19 year old. About average now!
posted on 24/1/24
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 29 minutes ago
he’s been an injury prone mess since the plague happened
———
Thought it started under Ole not Mourinho?
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posted on 24/1/24
Anything that could have gone wrong this season has done and then some.
I don't think we can include Martial in the bad luck tales anymore though. This is what he is sadly.
He's such a gifted player but he's got zero heart and desire and also plagued by injuries. Nearly the end now thankfully.
posted on 24/1/24
comment by Pun (U21588)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
This is the worst possible news. Could completely derail our season now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I think he blames Ole for aggravating his injury…
But, wasn’t it under Ole we got maybe his best ever season when he battled it out with Rashford to be top scorer?🤔
Knowing our luck, he’ll heal up, just in time to leave us in the summer, and bang in goals for his new club.
We just can’t catch a break…
posted on 24/1/24
Devonshirespur
Yeah it looked a good move to begin with but you do wonder if the club did their research on him properly. While immensely talented he's just never looked like having the desire needed to succeed at the top.
Also the 250k a week extension we gave him was ludicous. He had a very good 19/20 season but that didn't justify giving him such a increase.
posted on 24/1/24
comment by manutd1982 (U6633)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
Devonshirespur
Yeah it looked a good move to begin with but you do wonder if the club did their research on him properly. While immensely talented he's just never looked like having the desire needed to succeed at the top.
Also the 250k a week extension we gave him was ludicous. He had a very good 19/20 season but that didn't justify giving him such a increase.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
We haven't really done research on any player (or not properly anyhow), mainly because of a lack of a dof. Hence why we've been &£%! for the past 10 years.
Hopefully Jim will sort this mess out. He talks a good game but actions speak louder than words.
posted on 24/1/24
The only thing worse than this is that we'll bring in Choupo Moting on loan to replace him. People here will convince themselves that it's not that bad and that he'll do a job. But it is and he won't. It will be another wasteful loan signing
posted on 24/1/24
Choupo-Moting would be an upgrade on Hojlund, at least.
posted on 24/1/24
Don’t worry lads Weggy has agreed to come back as cover
posted on 24/1/24
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Choupo-Moting would be an upgrade on Hojlund, at least.
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No he wouldn’t.
posted on 25/1/24
We should go in for Taremi on loan. Or just buy him for €10M.
posted on 25/1/24
Taremi is woeful/ Moting too. Again sign someone from the championship or play our youngsters.
posted on 25/1/24
Big miss martial
posted on 25/1/24
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 16 hours, 37 minutes ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Choupo-Moting would be an upgrade on Hojlund, at least.
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No he wouldn’t.
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He would, he’s a better striker in all departments aside from pace.
posted on 25/1/24
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 16 hours, 37 minutes ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Choupo-Moting would be an upgrade on Hojlund, at least.
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No he wouldn’t.
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He would, he’s a better striker in all departments aside from pace.
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Not sure where you are getting that from. He’s an ageing journey man with a pretty average strike rate through out his career.
Last season was his only real decent scoring season but any semi decent striker bags goals if starting regularly in that Bayern team.
posted on 25/1/24
From watching them both play. Being an average journeyman striker is still an improvement on Hojlund, who has done fack all in football.
posted on 25/1/24
I wouldn’t say he’s done nothing in football. He’s already scored regularly at International and CL level. He’s now starting to find the net in the PL also.
This season is pretty much gone anyway. We may as well keep playing Hojlund and hopefully he surpasses 15 goals in all comps.
Choupo Moting is a slightly better version of Ighalo in all honesty.
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