Re: Close Season Football Chat : Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:23 am  

PAUL M wrote:

I'd rather we had signed a midfielder but I trust Fergie to get it right, he usually does. Also we don't even know the fee Utd paid plus if he was a nobody then why were both Utd and Madrid both chasing him? I have seen nothing of him and we are slightly top heavy on forwards but of the 6 we have at the club three are youngsters and three are experienced players so I am fairly happy with that.

Bebe has spent time as a midfielder too, apparantly.

Welbeck won't make it at United.

Hernandez is the saviour.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:02 am  

Paddy Evra wrote:

Bebe has spent time as a midfielder too, apparantly.

Welbeck won't make it at United.

Hernandez is the saviour.

Sounds fine to me, I don't think Wellbeck will make it and not sure about Diouf either. Rooney, Berba and Owen have the experience, Hernandez looks a bit special, Macheda is coming along well and then we have Bebe who like you say could even play midfield.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Fri Aug 13, 2010 10:06 am  

Paddy Evra wrote:

Welbeck won't make it at United.

Thankfully he's gone to the mackems, was praying that he didn't end up with us.

You're trying to sign another striker too, although he won't be ready for the first team for a few years yet.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Fri Aug 13, 2010 11:54 am  

Roofs wrote:

:lol:

Did anyone else feel Rooney's wave to the crowd whilst getting subbed (and rightly booed) was sarcastic? If so IMO it's yet another reason why the to$$er should not play for England. Along with refusing to sing the national anthem, been dirty, and an extremely poor role model, he's a disgrace to the England shirt IMO.

Apart from being England's best player and the reason they were at the WC? yeah, huge disgrace. He could go round punching bouncers I suppose.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:06 pm  

Mark wrote:

Apart from being England's best player and the reason they were at the WC? yeah, huge disgrace. He could go round punching bouncers I suppose.

Aye if your going to pick the England team based on players off field activities you wouldn't have many players left! I'd guess Roofs will be licking Rooneys Iestyn if he leads us to the Euros. I really don't see this issue about the national anthem. Some players prefer to be focused and quiet before the game, some like to scream at the top of their lungs. Each to their own for me.

Also, I want Ibrahimovic's agent. A supremely talented player who doesn't bother showing up on the big stage yet he could be about to pocket £1mil a fortnight. Superb work.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:15 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Also, I want Ibrahimovic's agent. A supremely talented player who doesn't bother showing up on the big stage yet he could be about to pocket £1mil a fortnight. Superb work.

Man Citeh?

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:15 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Also, I want Ibrahimovic's agent. A supremely talented player who doesn't bother showing up on the big stage yet he could be about to pocket £1mil a fortnight. Superb work.

I've said before that I think Citeh could spend a billion quid without winning a thing.

If there's any truth to the rumour that Citeh want Ibra, I think the Citeh owners have actually made it a goal to blow a billion without any silverware to show for it.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:19 pm  

Source: The Sun

A pinch of salt comes to mind.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:32 pm  

Scotland hasn't been included in the Wigan squad meaning his move to Ipswich isn't far away. The fact that Kenwyne Jones' move to Stoke went means it's more likely that Tuncay Sanli will come to Wigan as is the rumour.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:25 pm  

Interesting article in the Standards finacial pages Tonight on Chelsa's short to midterm future. Basicaly saying that the next couple of years will see the 30 somethings retire or move on and days of the really big signings are dead. One interesting point was the lack of movement on incresing stamford bridge's capacity.