Best signing/Worst signing

Robbo/Keane/Eric/Rooney/Carrick



Too many shite ones to mention, but p4p Pogba, Sancho, Antony all absolutely shocking signings. AdM would be in there if we hadn't recouped most of his cost.



Seba

Originally Posted by believe

No one is asking what you thought of them before we signed them:

Best: Rooney. Whoever signed him was getting the (at that time) the greatest raw talent in football. Generational etc.

Worst: Fellaini. A categorical full stop to the Fergie era. Protracted signing for an absolute bum player who should’ve never been anywhere near a United shirt. A club in effect announcing that it really was all over and that mediocrity (and worse) beckoned.

Originally Posted by Surfers do Charlie

None from the Newton Heath era ?

Billy Meredith didn't make the cut

Originally Posted by believe

Bit racist

It’s not that difficult a question tbf and doesn’t require this much thought.

Who’s your best signing?

Oh well it could have been Cole but he players 2134 minutes and Cantona played 1254 minutes: when I look at what the XG was during them minutes I need to take in to consideration the number of saves Schmeichel made versus Van der sar. Then when I think about the average minutes played against the price paid I have to….:…

The thread title says best, and the thread itself says favourite. They’re clearly different things

Originally Posted by Ethers

The thread title says best, and the thread itself says favourite. They’re clearly different things

write your own threads next time

do both options

Assume the thread is about the buzz, anticipation and excitement of the best signing, and with that being said, it has to be Pogba.

The link-up with Stormzy was a madness. Yutes up and down the land were dropping dabs on a daily. The culture; the vibes.

World record transfer, Florentino Perez in tears, the hashtag hype and Likes was unprecedented. #Pogback.



Worst was probably this mess:

Originally Posted by Neo

Worst was probably this mess:

The exact moment that we committed elite suicide. We had a small part of us that smugly knew without any doubt that long term the glazers would kill our status. So many arguments since the takeover with red morons who thought they were going to keep us at the top and provide "warchests". Some even still bought "no value in the market" for a few more years.

Obertan playing in MLS third tier right now...

Was probably most excited when Veron was announced. Easily the best midfielder in the world at that time. Couldn't believe what followed

Best signing though - Cantona

Worst - Pogba

Originally Posted by magic_cantona

Easily the best midfielder in the world at that time.

Originally Posted by doudou

Tbf, he'd won the Serie A title, Italian Cup and Italian Supercup the season before he joined us. He wasn't far off.

Originally Posted by magic_cantona

Tbf, he'd won the Serie A title, Italian Cup and Italian Supercup the season before he joined us. He wasn't far off.

Nedved would have suited us more at the time.

Rooney - You knew how good he would be under the tutelage of Sir Alex. A close second is Ferdinand.

Least favourite- Pogba - a YouTube footballer living off a couple of clips.

Best - Rooney

Worst - Pogba

Originally Posted by Ethers

The thread title says best, and the thread itself says favourite. They’re clearly different things

Oh wow thanks for letting me know!

Originally Posted by believe

Oh wow thanks for letting me know!

Originally Posted by Bunker Buster

Rooney



Rock of Gibraltar

Without any question whatsoever Rock Of G was Fergie's worst decision even worse than the signings of Dajember-Dajember Bellion & Overtan & Taibi put together!

Originally Posted by Gordon Hill

Without any question whatsoever Rock Of G was Fergie's worst decision even worse than the signings of Dajember-Dajember Bellion & Overtan & Taibi put together!

It wasn't his decision. He was given a share as a 'joke' and then asked for his share and the laughing stopped.

Originally Posted by armchair

It wasn't his decision. He was given a share as a 'joke' and then asked for his share and the laughing stopped.

I’d forgotten/repressed that Gill encouraged the Glazers to buy up shares as protection for Fergie against Coolmore, probably why SAF was so reluctant to rock the boat when they were on the brink of taking over

Originally Posted by armchair

It wasn't his decision. He was given a share as a 'joke' and then asked for his share and the laughing stopped.

He was given a share in the horse by Coolmore as he was their 'pal' and they wanted to keep him sweet. They just wanted him as a face for good publicity leading the horse in after wins etc and he then naively thought he was a bona fide owner of the horse and would get breeding rights (which is where the big money is). Coolmore were obviously not that stupid and stitched him up. He should have just walked away but he thought he was bigger than them.

Eric.

Dee Maria