Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue May 24, 2011 1:25 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Mourinho has already started buying and selling players for next season. Can't see him leaving Madrid.

Likewise.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue May 24, 2011 1:36 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

But you can't build on it. Not through buying players anyways. As that would make any progress worthless surely?

I didn't say by buying players, I meant through youth development.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue May 24, 2011 3:58 pm  

Nikaed wrote:

Nah, his bitterness and hatred for United started breaking through when we spanked them out of the cup in the Kings first game.

T'is true. Started showing his true colours after that sadly.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue May 24, 2011 4:01 pm  

Karlos13 wrote:

T'is true. Started showing his true colours after that sadly.

I do apologize, but I always thought my hatred towards United was evident. I guess I had to make it a little more obvious for you lot to see.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue May 24, 2011 5:30 pm  

Roofs wrote:

I didn't say by buying players, I meant through youth development.

Cool. So I assume you will be gutted if Newcastle choose to invest the Carroll money? Are you Mike Ashley in disguise?

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue May 24, 2011 5:41 pm  

sounds like MIBs have been trying to 'persuade' the papz to leave Giggs's house.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue May 24, 2011 7:12 pm  

David De Gea has decided he will move to Old Trafford this summer according to the guy our supporters club liaise with at Atlético.

As I've said before I'm not sure he's worth the fee being talked about (£17.5m) just yet, though he could develop into that sort of keeper given a few years.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue May 24, 2011 7:49 pm  

On the positive, he won't have half as much work to do behind the United defence.
On the negative, £17.5 million for a young lad who's done what exactly?

It could turn out to be another Fergie masterstroke, but I'm not convinced.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue May 24, 2011 8:05 pm  

Asim wrote:

David De Gea has decided he will move to Old Trafford this summer according to the guy our supporters club liaise with at Atlético.

As I've said before I'm not sure he's worth the fee being talked about (£17.5m) just yet, though he could develop into that sort of keeper given a few years.

It's been mentioned tonight during Nevilles testamonial, he looks like he could develope into a top keeper but it's a gamble signing a 20 year old to replace Van Der Sar

Re: Football Chat Thread : Tue May 24, 2011 8:26 pm  

mutt1 wrote:

It's been mentioned tonight during Nevilles testamonial, he looks like he could develope into a top keeper but it's a gamble signing a 20 year old to replace Van Der Sar

Massive and unneeded gamble.....How many 'fantastic' 20 year old keepers go on to be great keepers??....Not many to be honest, most simply burn out or just turn out to be not very good.....Foster, Carson, Green, Simonsen, etc, were all the next big thing and all were involved in big moves...All have turned out to be average or worse.

United would be wiser simply 'stealing' an already established keeper, such as Reina , than gambling a big amount on someone with 'potential'.