Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:01 pm  

Gotta love Paul Merson on soccer special "He's been tapped up, simple as. Forget the real madrids, barcelonas, United are THE biggest club in the world, you don't say you want to leave unless you have something in place. Who's to say City, real or Chelsea want you? You wouldn't leave yourself open to that". I'm guessing it will be City, how would Tevez react to not being top dog? Conisdering a few think he's "overated" would the City fans like him at Eastlands?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:11 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

Regardless of what we get for Rooney our once feared forward line of Rooney, Ronaldo. Tevez and Berba has been well and truly dismantled.

I think Fergie will need to sign a striker for Rooney, a midfielder for Scholes and a wide player for Giggs. We do have players such as Gibson, Macheda and Obertan but they are not proven and we need to bring in quality. There are tonnes of names that could be mentioned but I do think this is a huge job and I wonder if Fergie fancies another go round?

This could signal the end for the owners tbh, if we don't perform well and the ground does not sell out and merchandise sales slip then they might want out.

One of the mates said he says he saw Torres at OT last thursday which was confirmed by one of the security lads at the weekend Depending what fee we can get for him i'd like to see us try for Van Der Vartt like fergie should have done before he went to Spuds, quality left sided player and a fit Torres.

Gibson isn't ever going to be good enough from what i've seen, ok he can hit a ball but his passing is woeful for the first team it may work in the reserves but not against the big boys. I've seen Obertan a few times for the reserves and he's got all the attributes to be a quality footballer but he just doesn't seem able to bring all those attributes together.

Hernandez will murder teams who play with a high line but against teams who park the bus he's pretty ineffective. But he's still learning the English game so i'll give him time to adjust.

Macheada seems to have stagnated a little since his debut some say he things he's a bit of a superstar and has had to be brought into line a few times.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:13 pm  

mutt1 wrote:

One of the mates said he says he saw Torres at OT last thursday which was confirmed by one of the security lads at the weekend Depending what fee we can get for him i'd like to see us try for Van Der Vartt like fergie should have done before he went to Spuds, quality left sided player and a fit Torres.

Gibson isn't ever going to be good enough from what i've seen, ok he can hit a ball but his passing is woeful for the first team it may work in the reserves but not against the big boys. I've seen Obertan a few times for the reserves and he's got all the attributes to be a quality footballer but he just doesn't seem able to bring all those attributes together.

Hernandez will murder teams who play with a high line but against teams who park the bus he's pretty ineffective. But he's still learning the English game so i'll give him time to adjust.

Macheada seems to have stagnated a little since his debut some say he things he's a bit of a superstar and has had to be brought into line a few times.

Matt James may turn out better than Gibson.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:38 pm  

At Torres being at OT. Do people really believe that he'd turn up at a rival's game with a view to a move in the future? Common sense trumps any steward's myth.


As for Rooney, well, I think he's not good enough for Real or Barca, so maybe Valencia will want him, or even Atletico if Aguero leaves. Can't see who'd want him/afford him in Serie A, Rafa knows he's gash so he won't want him, maybe Roma.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:42 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

:lol: At Torres being at OT. Do people really believe that he'd turn up at a rival's game with a view to a move in the future? Common sense trumps any steward's myth.


As for Rooney, well, I think he's not good enough for Real or Barca, so maybe Valencia will want him, or even Atletico if Aguero leaves. Can't see who'd want him/afford him in Serie A, Rafa knows he's gash so he won't want him, maybe Roma.

Didn't know we had a game thursday afternoon wasn't a steward it was one of the door security who lives in Leigh. He mentioned Torres without even being promted.

I can't see him leaving for another country as Coliene is pretty close to her family and has been quoted somewhere saying she doesn't want to leave Manchester

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:45 pm  

Anyone see Totti's pass tonight? Glorious.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:48 pm  

Nikaed wrote:

Matt James may turn out better than Gibson.

James is better defensivley thats for sure, i do like the look of Eikrem though

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:50 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

:lol: At Torres being at OT. Do people really believe that he'd turn up at a rival's game with a view to a move in the future? Common sense trumps any steward's myth.


As for Rooney, well, I think he's not good enough for Real or Barca, so maybe Valencia will want him, or even Atletico if Aguero leaves. Can't see who'd want him/afford him in Serie A, Rafa knows he's gash so he won't want him, maybe Roma.

While it's good riddance to Rooney he's easily the best front man in this league when on form

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:03 pm  

MrPhilb wrote:

While it's good riddance to Rooney he's easily the best front man in this league when on form

On form? Drogba is better than Rooney on form, as is Torres, whilst I'd put Tevez on a par at least.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:05 pm  

Anyway, as for Rooney's replacement, it all depends on what way Fergie wants to go. If he wants a proper striker, Dzeko would be a class signing, if he wants a striker with pace, then Aguero would be a good shout.

If he's looking for a midfield player, then he should go straight to Brazil and sign Ganso.