Marquee signing ?

[Blend-it-like-Harris]

FF.......Tin hat on FFS!

 

[drinksmat]

That lad Leonard from Southend

 

[Billyblade]

CANVAS Borbokis still run?

 

[coaxingstar71]

You know, camping is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman....

First you lay her out, then you put the pole up and slip into the old bag.

 

[DifferentClass]

What is a marquee signing?

He means John Marquis.

 

[coaxingstar71]

On a slightly more serious note, assuming we couldn't get Abraham who I assume would consider us a backward step in his career, then how about Callum Hudson-Odoi instead?

 

[Blade58]

If Fulham don't go up, then Tom Cairney, but we all know, regardless, there aint enough money in the pot to sign him.

If they don't make the Prem, I think a Prem club will snap him up

 

[Liaminho9]

Aden Flint.

 

[RammyBlade]

You know, camping is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman....

First you lay her out, then you put the pole up and slip into the old bag.

Oooooooh, you are naughty ..........but I like it !

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Ticks all the boxes

 

[blademark]

If Fulham don't go up, then Tom Cairney, but we all know, regardless, there aint enough money in the pot to sign him.

If they don't make the Prem, I think a Prem club will snap him up

There's Marquee, and there's Stellar !

 

[Maidenhead]

This thread is so bad that I'd almost be happy to peg out !

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Ticks all the boxes

It's Camp Freddie!

 

[blademark]

Where's Tentpole Tudor when you need him ?
(Sorry).

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Nahki Wells.

5 years ago, maybe. Now, nooooooooooo........

14 goals in his last 57 matches says it all. Watched him playing for Burnley towards the end of the season and he looked hopeless.

 

[SB_90]

I think any marquee signing will be on free. Because i would guess based on the previous 20yrs of supporting united & how crazy finances have gone, that we have transfer budget of 10m ish. Even then im being optimistic

Also as our accquentices at S6 know just because you spent £10m or 60k a week on a striker. Doesn't mean anything you will get success. Leon Clarke scored more than 15m brett assomalonga

 

[Chali 2na]

Thanks. It sounds like yet another Americanism that has crept into the modern vernacular of British English.

What word should he have used instead?

 

[I should coco]

What word should he have used instead?

Cheap?
Low budget?
Past it?
Journeyman?

There are plenty of words in the English language to cover all the types of signings we can afford.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Where's Tentpole Tudor when you need him ?
(Sorry).

This will bring down the wrath and ire of WalthamstowBlade.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

What word should he have used instead?

High profile (for example).

 

[Wards]

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

High profile (for example).

Expensive (providing they cost more than 250k).

 

[I should coco]

While we are all wanking ourselves silly over the propsect of Messi, Naymar and Ronaldo coming to the Lane, here is a bit of caution from NUFC's accounts to June 2017.

"The 2016-17 accounts - which covers the period the club were in the Championship - state they paid wages of £112.2m, almost double the Championship's other promoted clubs, Brighton and Huddersfield, combined.

The club made a £90.9m operating loss that year."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44223584

We better get a bigger money tree then!

 

[Blade58]

There's Marquee, and there's Stellar !

What's lager got to do with it Mark?

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

What is a marquee signing?

I've always thought it was a misuse of the term "marque" brought about by poor literacy and spell checkers

They think so in India as well; I was once on the phone to Sky customer service and an Indian chap suggested I press some buttoin or other, once, twice, or even thrice!

Not, one time, two time or even three time



"Ratan Tata has been spending a lot of money on big tents recently. Or so one would assume from reading some of the reports of Tata Motors acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover last week. Many publications including, we regret to admit, this one, spoke of how Tata was buying these two marquees.

A marquee is a big tent, derived from the French marquise, a linen canopy used in army camps to signal the tent of the commanding officer who would probably be a nobleman or marquis. Marquees are used in fairs and circuses and its certainly pleasant to think of Mr Tata cracking his whip as a ringmaster in one. But of course what he was spending billions to buy were obviously not such tents, but the Jaguar and Land Rover marques, another French-derived term meaning a brand.

This is used almost exclusively by the auto industry and while it's common usage with journalists covering the sector, the creators of the word processing software are evidently less familiar with it. So when the spell-check programmes queried the correct marque, all too often it got changed and suddenly Mr Tata was big into tents."

 

[Booker4]

While we are all wanking ourselves silly over the propsect of Messi, Naymar and Ronaldo coming to the Lane, here is a bit of caution from NUFC's accounts to June 2017.

"The 2016-17 accounts - which covers the period the club were in the Championship - state they paid wages of £112.2m, almost double the Championship's other promoted clubs, Brighton and Huddersfield, combined.

The club made a £90.9m operating loss that year."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44223584

We better get a bigger money tree then!

Don't think there's a chance of spending silly money mate. We'll be lucky if we spend more than 6 million this summer and that's after selling Brooks for 10 million!

 

[The Crab]

What's lager got to do with it Mark?

Pint of "wifebeater" must mean Marlon King is coming back...................

 

[HighfieldBlade]

I've always thought it was a misuse of the term "marque" brought about by poor literacy and spell checkers

They think so in India as well; I was once on the phone to Sky customer service and an Indian chap suggested I press some buttoin or other, once, twice, or even thrice!

Not, one time, two time or even three time



"Ratan Tata has been spending a lot of money on big tents recently. Or so one would assume from reading some of the reports of Tata Motors acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover last week. Many publications including, we regret to admit, this one, spoke of how Tata was buying these two marquees.

A marquee is a big tent, derived from the French marquise, a linen canopy used in army camps to signal the tent of the commanding officer who would probably be a nobleman or marquis. Marquees are used in fairs and circuses and its certainly pleasant to think of Mr Tata cracking his whip as a ringmaster in one. But of course what he was spending billions to buy were obviously not such tents, but the Jaguar and Land Rover marques, another French-derived term meaning a brand.

This is used almost exclusively by the auto industry and while it's common usage with journalists covering the sector, the creators of the word processing software are evidently less familiar with it. So when the spell-check programmes queried the correct marque, all too often it got changed and suddenly Mr Tata was big into tents."

Sounds like a cover story to me

 

[robbiez666]

Is this to keep the Desso dry?

 

[itsinyerblood]

While we are all wanking ourselves silly over the propsect of Messi, Naymar and Ronaldo coming to the Lane, here is a bit of caution from NUFC's accounts to June 2017.

"The 2016-17 accounts - which covers the period the club were in the Championship - state they paid wages of £112.2m, almost double the Championship's other promoted clubs, Brighton and Huddersfield, combined.

The club made a £90.9m operating loss that year."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44223584

We better get a bigger money tree then!

Well spotted coco. The prize that is the Premiership comes attached with all manner of pit-holes designed to deceive and confuse. What this declaration does is to open the eyes of anyone not possessed of an ounce of fiscal awareness. In short, it's frightening. Should anyone wish for promotion at any price then imagine the implications of not having a benefactor willing to subsidise the club?

Bearing in mind our recent, by which I mean the last two seasons, upturn in fortunes, the fact that the owners appear to have dipped their hands a little deeper in order to help the manager deliver promotion, I hope that no one's going to moan if we don't sign a player whose demands would have profound implications for years
to come. Chris Wilder understands what's possible and what's not, so he'll also understand just how far our current owners are prepared to go if his ambitions are to be matched. All told, I'm fairly relaxed about United's ability to compete at this level. If there's a more dosh necessary come the JTW then we can only hope that we're looking good for promotion.