Fergie's waste of money XI

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Don't even accept that Berbs was as bad as certain others "value for money" wise.

Berba was a decent player.

Originally Posted by redhegemony

Jones the greatest comedy value of any player. Sexton signed Birtles.

Yeah, but Fergie wanted to sign him.










In truth in the time it took me to write out my list i'd forgotten what the original question was.

Originally Posted by otbarney

Berba was a decent player.

Ah, the "Berbie wars" on here - and it was pretty much a war, tbf - a decade ago

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Don't even accept that Berbs was as bad as certain others "value for money" wise.

No argument from me, I loved him. Was there to see his hat trick against the vermin. What a player.

Taibi
Bellion
Bebe
Obertan
Smith
Dong
Djemba
Kleberson
Wallace
Milne
Manucho

Originally Posted by tatty

Yeah, but Fergie wanted to sign him.










In truth in the time it took me to write out my list i'd forgotten what the original question was.

Didn’t sign Rojo either...

Originally Posted by Danoli

Bosnich was a free transfer

He was indeed!

Originally Posted by Gordon Hill

He was indeed!

But still a waste of money!

Im amazed that nobody has mentioned the name of, Jim Leighton up untill now.

Originally Posted by Cream

No argument from me, I loved him. Was there to see his hat trick against the vermin. What a player.

Oh yes I rated, Berbatov & any United players that score a winning goal past the bindippers, let alone a hat-trick, is a hero as far as im concerned

the younger veron and hargreaves would walk into our team now.

Taibi

Absolute clown. Barthez cost £3m or so more, but was actually semi competent and did have some amusing moments when he wasn't throwing them in.

David May

Horrendous right back, which is where he will play in this team. Thankfully, Neville made the spot his own. Almost a decade at the club, and managed 85 league games

Phil Jones

Highly promising youngster. Turned into a meme of a footballer. Has cost Utd tens of millions throughout his time here. Looking forward to his testimonial.

Buttner

When some Dutch scout comes out and says he is the 5th left back in the Dutch league, you know you are on to a loser.

Bebe

Nft

Veron

British transfer record. Best midfield in Europe messed around. For that. Captains this team.

Kleberson

One of the few signings I have seen paraded on the pitch before a game. Decades of fantastic Brazilian players. And this clown will go down in history as Utd's first.

Djemba-Djemba

Peaked when he kicked a few Arsenal players in his debut.

Tosic



Forlan

Sheringham, Cole and Yorke all sold within the space of 12 months and replaced by this clown who could barely run without tripping over his own feet. "We'll only sit down when Forlan scores...". Imagine my amazement that as soon as he is binned, Sally Gunnell is banging in 5 goals against Barcelona in 2 games

Originally Posted by Coracao

Djemba-Djemba

Peaked when he kicked a few Arsenal players in his debut.

Tosic

Quite a few people thought Dj-Dj would be a good buy after his first couple of games

And have to agree about Tosic - why?? Was it ever actually explained?

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

And have to agree about Tosic - why?? Was it ever actually explained?

if I had a pound for every time I said tosic was dogshit, I could buy united from the glazers.

personally love Veron....just unfortunate that we couldn't find a way to really mix him into the squad as he was a hell of a footballer

RVP’s goals won us the league in 2013 and he did nothing otherwise. Berbatov won it two years earlier, has/had beautiful eyes and smoked. Anyone who doesn’t adore him is a @#%&!. £#%&! off.

Originally Posted by 92ToBury

On the back of him putting the boot in on Hargreaves (see this topic), value for money, who makes your worst XI that we paid money for when Sir Alex was in charge? Going with a 4-4-2 based on Fergie's most used formation....

Starter for ten to get it going:
GK - Taibi
RB - Hargreaves
LB - Buttner
CB - Phil Jones
CB - May
RM - Bellion
CM - Anderson
CM - Kleberson
LM - Zaha
CF - Bebe
CF - Berbatov

Subs
Carroll, Kagawa, Dejmba, Veron, Obertan, Heinze

harsh on berbs imo, he played a huge part in winning 19

I had a hard time warming to Berbatov...he appeared lazy and disinterested.

I do accept my view of him could be down to my not appreciating his game wasn't about work rate and commitment.

Originally Posted by tatty

I had a hard time warming to Berbatov...he appeared lazy and disinterested.

I do accept my view of him could be down to my not appreciating his game wasn't about work rate and commitment.

He's only in there due to price and his arrival not seeming in keeping with having our three forwards as Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez who worked so well together. While far better value than Veron, it felt like a quality player that we didn't need at the time.

Originally Posted by tatty

I had a hard time warming to Berbatov...he appeared lazy and disinterested.

I do accept my view of him could be down to my not appreciating his game wasn't about work rate and commitment.

That's just how he was, throughout his career.

He was also a sublime footballer

Originally Posted by Knockers

RVP’s goals won us the league in 2013 and he did nothing otherwise. Berbatov won it two years earlier, has/had beautiful eyes and smoked. Anyone who doesn’t adore him is a @#%&!. £#%&! off.

There’s a difference between the goals Berbatov and Van Persie scored in the 2011 and 13 league wins. Van Persie carried us to wins building up that first half of season lead, I don’t think the same could really be said for Berbatov whose stats were padded in the Blackburn home game. I mean, he didn’t even make the bench for the champions league final.

Originally Posted by Gordon Hill

Im amazed that nobody has mentioned the name of, Jim Leighton up untill now.

We could honestly do an entire 11 of goalkeepers.

Leighton
Taibi
Bosnich
Bartez
Howard
Foster
Carroll
Goram
Kuszcak
Walsh
Ricardo