Six Transfers that never were

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Fair point. Not sure if he and eric would've got on but together they'd've been brilliant. Is it ok to have two apostrophes in one word?

Originally Posted by Switching Off

How do you say they'd've then?

Originally Posted by Ginners

you don't

you might say something like "they would've"

p.s. you know you're in the shit when im giving you english advice

You'd say,

They'd of been




Sorry couldn't resist

Originally Posted by Jizza Jazza

You'd say,

They'd of been




Sorry couldn't resist

Are you sure?

what has SOP ever done in Europe to make people spin this line out about how we'd have been better with him?

he was shit in Europe at Blackburn, at Newcastle he did very little - their best ever game was against Barcelona at home (3-2) probably, and he didn't even play, and the best football I ever saw England play during his time was against Italy at Le Tournoi when Wrong and Cole were in our attack, Shearer was dropped, and Scholes was able to run the show. You could make a case for the Holland game at Wembley I suppose, but Sheringham and Ince were the main men that night.

Shearer was a great finisher, but there's nothing in his history or in United's European history to say we'd have been better with him in the side. The missing link that won us the Treble was Dwight Yorke, and he was far and away a cleverer and more skillful player than Shearer could ever dream of being. The season before we ran riot in the group stages and then got hit by injuries. The year before that we made the semi-finals and were unlucky to go out. And the year before that we didn't even qualify for the CL.

Andy Cole is still the all-time Premiership top scorer from open play.

Cantona to Sheff Wed

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

what has SOP ever done in Europe to make people spin this line out about how we'd have been better with him?

he was shit in Europe at Blackburn, at Newcastle he did very little - their best ever game was against Barcelona at home (3-2) probably, and he didn't even play, and the best football I ever saw England play during his time was against Italy at Le Tournoi when Wrong and Cole were in our attack, Shearer was dropped, and Scholes was able to run the show. You could make a case for the Holland game at Wembley I suppose, but Sheringham and Ince were the main men that night.

Shearer was a great finisher, but there's nothing in his history or in United's European history to say we'd have been better with him in the side. The missing link that won us the Treble was Dwight Yorke, and he was far and away a cleverer and more skillful player than Shearer could ever dream of being. The season before we ran riot in the group stages and then got hit by injuries. The year before that we made the semi-finals and were unlucky to go out. And the year before that we didn't even qualify for the CL.

Andy Cole is still the all-time Premiership top scorer from open play.

agree with that. Any side Shearer has been with has had him as the focal point and apart from one season with Blackburn it has been to the detriment of the team and even then am sure we would have had one more point except for a bit of kung fu. Ian Wright was the same and to a certain extent Ruud as well.

Batistuta to us in the late 1990s ?

Del Piero at various times as well.

Were we ever close to getting either player ? I think that they would have fitted in well.

Di Canio to United. Mad as arseholes but made for United. At least one more Champions league (probably)

Originally Posted by Harfynn Teuport

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Originally Posted by Dr Gonzo

Batistuta to us in the late 1990s ?

Del Piero at various times as well.

Were we ever close to getting either player ? I think that they would have fitted in well.

don't think so we weren't paying the wages - rivaldo too

Originally Posted by marlo

kieran richardson to spurs

carlton cole to united

jermaine pennant to real madrid

yes, of all the transfers that could've been down the years, they're the ones that really get the mouth watering

Mike England to United.

Busby wanted him after 68

Would we have gone down?