Manchester United Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

deise48

timetogetfit wrote: »

veron is as good as xavi

he wasnt much dood when he played for us

Mr Alan

timetogetfit wrote: »

veron is as good as xavi

Ha Good one

GSPfan

Have ya seen the thread that's asking for nominations to Mod the soccer forums?

I know he's too modest to put himself forward so maybe we should all get together and nominate Conno16? Who's with me.......

UnitedIrishman

deise48 wrote: »

he wasnt much dood when he played for us

In fairness he was very good for us in Europe and could have been a success but we didn't have the system or the players at the time that suited him. Still looks a classy player today - a player that England would kill for that can control possession.

ShooterSF

deise48 wrote: »

he wasnt much dood when he played for us

To be fair, he was bald.

TonyD79

UnitedIrishman wrote: »

In fairness he was very good for us in Europe and could have been a success but we didn't have the system or the players at the time that suited him. Still looks a classy player today - a player that England would kill for that can control possession.

Sure he looked great againt the usual sub standard european sides we faced until we got to the knock out stages and was either played out of position or missing due to injury. I remember him missing the away leg vs Madrid and having no impact in the return leg as he was again played out of position.

redout

GSPfan wrote: »

Have ya seen the thread that's asking for nominations to Mod the soccer forums?

I know he's too modest to put himself forward so maybe we should all get together and nominate Conno16? Who's with me.......

Is Mitch putting his name forward ?

Havent noticed it as yet.

Would make a top choice in my opinion.

Mitch Connor

redout wrote: »

Is Mitch putting his name forward ?

Havent noticed it as yet.

Would make a top choice in my opinion.

nope

I'd have the ban stick out far too quickly. Not nearly diplomatic enough to be a mod these days.

keane2097

redout wrote: »

Is Mitch putting his name forward ?

Havent noticed it as yet.

Would make a top choice in my opinion.

I was going to nominate you redout until I saw that it was only a thread to nominate yourself.

You or Mitch would both be excellent at the job. So would Pro.F actually.

Ush1

Reports just in on manchester united thread circle ****.

Headshot

Mitch Connor wrote: »

nope

I'd have the ban stick out far too quickly. Not nearly diplomatic enough to be a mod these days.

id know who you'd want to ban straight off the bat

redout

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I'd have the ban stick out far too quickly.

In fairness we could do with it sometimes!

Mitch Connor

Ush1 wrote: »

Reports just in on manchester united thread circle ****.

you're just upset you are not in the middle.

Ush1

Mitch Connor wrote: »

you're just upset you are not in the middle.

Yeah....tragic.

flahavaj

Ush1 wrote: »

Yeah....tragic.

Your days are numbered when I get the nod tbh.

Headshot

flah your being very harsh on me, only allowed to post in the chelsea thread, ban me instead :pac:

Ush1

flahavaj wrote: »

Your days are numbered when I get the nod tbh.

My god. Stop deflecting the arguement.

Mars Bar

Headshot wrote: »

id know who you'd want to ban straight off the bat

Conno16.

flahavaj

Headshot wrote: »

flah your being very harsh on me, only allowed to post in the chelsea thread, ban me instead :pac:

You deserve it.

Headshot

flahavaj wrote: »

You deserve it.

for what ? soon to be mod

flahavaj

Headshot wrote: »

for what ? soon to be mod

Daring to disagree with me about Vidic.

All praise for him will be soon banned in this thread.

Headshot

flahavaj wrote: »

Daring to disagree with me about Vidic.

All praise for him will be soon banned in this thread.

that wont be hard he'll probably be gone in the summer

flahavaj

Headshot wrote: »

that wont be hard he'll probably be gone in the summer

Good riddance.

:pac:

Mikeyt086

flahavaj wrote: »

Daring to disagree with me about Vidic.

All praise for him will be soon banned in this thread.

Uh oh.

lordgoat

When's mink man's ban up. He'd be a shoe in for the new mod. Flah you better hope it's not soon or else he'll gazzump your ass.

flahavaj

lordgoat wrote: »

When's mink man's ban up. He'd be a shoe in for the new mod. Flah you better hope it's not soon or else he'll gazzump your ass.

I am mink man.

ShooterSF

I look forward to the discussion about the team between mink and conno. Should be fantastic.

Headshot

Mink man is back at the end of the month. Its going to fun.

Le King

ShooterSF wrote: »

I look forward to the discussion about the team between mink and conno. Should be fantastic.

Can't wait.


@flah: Vidic is class, Waterford sucks.

That's before you can ban me for saying it later.

keane2097

Lol at ush1's failed thanks-whoring attempts

lordgoat

flahavaj wrote: »

I am mink man.

Wow, you have my vote then. Congrats on the job. Viva la flahavolution.

Vanbis

Manchester United have ruled out a summer move for England international Joe Cole, BBC Sport understands.
The 28-year-old midfielder was released by Chelsea earlier this month after falling out of favour with manager Carlo Ancelotti.

Even before his Stamford Bridge exit, Cole had been linked with several other Premier League clubs.

Arsenal and Tottenham are said to be favourites to sign him but United are not expected to be one of the bidders.

Chelsea confirmed Cole's departure when they announced German midfielder Michael Ballack and right-back Juliano Belletti would also be leaving.


And although Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been a long-time admirer of Cole, a senior club source at Old Trafford said he would not be making a summer move to sign him.

Cole began his career at West Ham under Harry Redknapp, who is now manager of Spurs, and who will be able to offer him Champions League football next season should he wish to bring him to White Hart Lane.

Chelsea signed the Londoner for a fee of £6.6m in the summer of 2003 after West Ham were relegated from the Premier League under his captaincy.

Cole, who scored 52 times in 396 appearances for Chelsea, has netted 10 times in 54 matches for England.

He is part of the 23-man squad at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, although he did feature in the opening two group matches.

Not looking good.

Ush1

keane2097 wrote: »

Lol at ush1's failed thanks-whoring attempts

What are you on about?

PHB

He was never an amazing signing, just a good signing considering our situation. I'd imagine his wage demands would scupper any potential United deal, sure Owen took a bit hit to come to United.

Headshot

ssn are also reporting that utd rule out bid for cole

Vanbis

PHB wrote: »

He was never an amazing signing, just a good signing considering our situation. I'd imagine his wage demands would scupper any potential United deal, sure Owen took a bit hit to come to United.

That plus he would probably command a signing on fee as he is a free transfer. As for transfer targets or in comings it looks like it is going to be Nill at this stage. I really hope Hargreaves comes back pre season on fire.

I'm not feeling very hopeful about next season with both Carrick and Berbatov.

Mitch Connor

Liam O wrote: »

yeah because it certainly didn't lead to success 2 years ago...

and United weren't the 2nd best team in the league last season...

and United did not rely on Ronaldo at any point in those 2 years, or Tevez. Or Giggs and Scholes who are a further year older. The squad strength is exactly the same.

Liam O

Mitch Connor wrote: »

and United did not rely on Ronaldo at any point in those 2 years, or Tevez. Or Giggs and Scholes who are a further year older. The squad strength is exactly the same.

Ugh, I deleted that comment to avoid getting into this argument...

Tevez barely scored 2 seasons ago and Ronaldo, while still very good, did nothing playing in the centre that Rooney didn't do last season. Yes, the squad is worse than 2 seasons ago but imo, when they play properly, the TEAM is better than it was 2 years ago. The likes of that first half performance against Bayern wouldn't have happened 2 seasons ago because the team's strategy was just give the ball to Ronaldo and he'll win us the game.

While last season the team had to transition to there being no Ronaldo, imo this season they will be motivated and fine tuned to a playing style that they weren't used to last season and will up their game. Now obviously I might be wrong but it's just how I feel...

Jax Teller

Joe Cole would be a decent signing, think it was 05/06 when he had a great season for chelsea .

geoffraffe

Considering that Man U have no money this year, Joe Cole would be a great signing. I'm not saying that he's a world beater, but he's the type of player that's been lacking i.e. attacking mid that can open defenses. Pity it's not looking likely.

Huh, my first post in the soccer forum... Thought it would have been better.

Discodog

Cole stated via his agent that he wanted to play for Utd.

Mikeyt086

Opinions?

I for one like it. I tend to like all United jerseys once im used to them, I much prefer it to last years ultra-random black chevron.

I think the best kit weve had in years was this:


and this years one isnt too dissimilar to that. Now who to get on the back... Evra? Rooney for the 3rd jersey in a row? Scholes? Carrick

Smegball

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

and this years one isnt too dissimilar to that. Now who to get on the back... Evra? Rooney for the 3rd jersey in a row? Scholes? Carrick

Chico

Bob the Seducer

I think I'd take Sneijder over Cole if there's any truth in this rumour

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2010/06/20/1985975/manchester-united-set-to-launch-20m-bid-for-inter-ace-wesley

chances are there isn't since they're citing the Mirror as their source.

Mikeyt086

Bob the Seducer wrote: »

I think I'd take Sneijder over Cole if there's any truth in this rumour

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2010/06/20/1985975/manchester-united-set-to-launch-20m-bid-for-inter-ace-wesley

chances are there isn't since they're citing the Mirror as their source.

Yeah that has popped up on a few news sites, all saying £20m, which imo would be an absolute bargain in todays market.

Headshot

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Yeah that has popped up on a few news sites, all saying £20m, which imo would be an absolute bargain in todays market.

how much did he cost inter ?

20m is laughable tbh, 30m is what he should cost

timetogetfit

Headshot wrote: »

how much did he cost inter ?

20m is laughable tbh, 30m is what he should cost

he cost inter 12m

Mikeyt086

timetogetfit wrote: »

he cost inter 12m

:eek:

deisedevil

timetogetfit wrote: »

he cost inter 12m

Christ on a bike! Why in the hell can we never pick up bargains like that and have to pay way over the odds for the likes of Carrick and Berbatov.

PHB

deisedevil wrote: »

Christ on a bike! Why in the hell can we never pick up bargains like that and have to pay way over the odds for the likes of Carrick and Berbatov.

There was no value in the market last year.