Guest Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Definitely genuine. Even Rooney has said as such. “If no-one else had come in I would have gone to Newcastle . I would have gone almost anywhere just to get away from David Moyes. “There was only one person who seemed a bit upset and envious of what was happening to me - and that was Moyes. “I suppose he expected to get most of the attention himself and following a good season when Everton had ended seventh.” and Sir Alex... “It’s a strange twist of fate that if Newcastle hadn’t come in for him he wouldn’t be here, he’d probably still be at Everton. “Once we knew Everton were talking to another club we had to do something. We didn’t think he was available.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Fair enough. Always thought at the time we were doing Paul Stretford a favour smoking Man Utd out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Didn't Rooney go to Shepherd's funeral? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Fair enough. Always thought at the time we were doing Paul Stretford a favour smoking Man Utd out. We were despite the quotes. I think FS’ son was an agent and worked for them at the time and they even had an office at SJP. No chance Rooney was coming here. Sir Bobby at the time knew what was going on and didn’t like it one bit. Maybe one of the reasons why he was sacked... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Didn't Rooney go to Shepherd's funeral? Only because he was after the widow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Didn't Rooney go to Shepherd's funeral? Only because he was after the widow. Grim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I doubt Rooney himself personally knew the game that was being played. We put in a fake bid to get Man Utd to bid. FS’ son got a canny pay day and the rest is history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Fair enough. Always thought at the time we were doing Paul Stretford a favour smoking Man Utd out. We were despite the quotes. I think FS’ son was an agent and worked for them at the time and they even had an office at SJP. No chance Rooney was coming here. Sir Bobby at the time knew what was going on and didn’t like it one bit. Maybe one of the reasons why he was sacked... That’s how I remembered it. As we are talking about the ones that got away we apparently in for Fernando Torres at Madrid but went for Owen instead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Fair enough. Always thought at the time we were doing Paul Stretford a favour smoking Man Utd out. We were despite the quotes. I think FS’ son was an agent and worked for them at the time and they even had an office at SJP. No chance Rooney was coming here. Sir Bobby at the time knew what was going on and didn’t like it one bit. Maybe one of the reasons why he was sacked... That’s how I remembered it. As we are talking about the ones that got away we apparently in for Fernando Torres at Madrid but went for Owen instead I can imagine us looking at him and even going to their chairman with a daft offer like we did for Luque. I remember when we signed Owen who I rated highly of course and was kind of OK we had signed him, but I would have preferred Anelka and thought that money at the time could have bought us him an Boa Morte who Souness actually wanted. I was actually kind of disappointed we spunked all that money and wages on Owen at the time. I remember myself and Wullie getting a canny bit of stick on here at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Seems apt that we’re approaching the halfway mark of this transfer window and the most pertinent question being discussed in this thread is whether our bid for a world class player under previous ownership was real or not. Rafa’s not getting anyone to help the cause, is he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Seems apt that we’re approaching the halfway mark of this transfer window and the most pertinent question being discussed in this thread is whether our bid for a world class player under previous ownership was real or not. Rafa’s not getting anyone to help the cause, is he? The only crumb of comfort is there hasn’t been much movement from anyone yet in this window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Didn't Rooney go to Shepherd's funeral? Only because he was after the widow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Sandro's great, you'd love him. But yeah, probably need another profile right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Seems apt that we’re approaching the halfway mark of this transfer window and the most pertinent question being discussed in this thread is whether our bid for a world class player under previous ownership was real or not. Rafa’s not getting anyone to help the cause, is he? What's even more apt is that we are talking about bidding for a world class player at his peak a decade ago, now we couldn't afford him when he's not even wanted by the top clubs and is probably not that far off retirement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 We tried Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 What the fucking hell is going on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 What the f***ing hell is going on We're hoying bids around left right and centre by the looks of it, brilliant strategy, I hope nobody else catches onto it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Can't even get a loan in from Slovakia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 we’re absolutely pathetic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Starting to get exciting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Such a piss pot operation. Ashley thoroughly deserves what's coming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Waiting in anticipation for a low-res photo of an ambiguous person getting out of a van. Love a good Jesmond Dene sighting me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Remember when we were all absolutely outraged that our signing on deadline day was Sibierski? This is like going for Sibierski and failing. We're an absolute joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Fucking loved sib though. What a man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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