The Manchester United Thread

GodCubed said:
If they're good enough, they're good enough. You never win anything with kids though, right?

I don't see how Tiote or one of the Benders, improvements though they may be, are necessarily worth splashing out on. Newcastle won't let Tiote go easily after his recent contract extension, and the Benders are young and inexperienced.
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Even so, Ferguson is not going to spend much or if anything in this window. Rarely does. The last time I believe we made a transfer signing was in it's dying embers - Dimitar Berbatov for £30.75million. If he proves otherwise, it will certainly have to be a signing of true quality. All of our targets are supposedly unavailable as he once said in a press conference, so he must have firm belief that is squad is capable enough of nudging City off the title's merry-go-round.

We just have to be hopeful that our players recover quickly enough and do not re-injure themselves before it gets crucial. Especially coming towards the final stages of the season: Manchester City vs. Manchester United.

EDIT: Actually the last time Manchester United spent money in the January transfer window was on Lindegaard - although that deal was pre-made.
 
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Personally I say Tiote's a tad over-rated. Good, yes. But there are better, cheaper options out there.
 
Another fine story to be found in tomorrow's Guardian.

Fergie powerless to stop Manchester United empire crumbling.

"It did not take a couple of spineless defeats to Blackburn and Newcastle, or a reminder of the apparently inexorable breakdown in the relationship between Sir Alex Ferguson and Wayne Rooney, to confirm that Manchester United are on their knees ahead of Sunday's FA Cup tie at Manchester City. The defeats and the latest Rooney story barely registered. After a while, you stop noticing the nails going in the coffin"

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[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Must be another slow news day in the Guardian newsrooms.[/FONT]
 
MisterStubbs said:
Another fine story to be found in tomorrow's Guardian.

Fergie powerless to stop Manchester United empire crumbling.

"It did not take a couple of spineless defeats to Blackburn and Newcastle, or a reminder of the apparently inexorable breakdown in the relationship between Sir Alex Ferguson and Wayne Rooney, to confirm that Manchester United are on their knees ahead of Sunday's FA Cup tie at Manchester City. The defeats and the latest Rooney story barely registered. After a while, you stop noticing the nails going in the coffin"

Full story here

Must be another slow news day in the Guardian newsrooms.
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holdonasec......spineless. crumbling empire. I don't suppose they used those same words when Man City lost to Sunderland. What a load of ****. They obviously don't realise the impact a decimated midfield has on a team. Arsewipes.
 
MisterStubbs said:
Another fine story to be found in tomorrow's Guardian.

Fergie powerless to stop Manchester United empire crumbling.

"It did not take a couple of spineless defeats to Blackburn and Newcastle, or a reminder of the apparently inexorable breakdown in the relationship between Sir Alex Ferguson and Wayne Rooney, to confirm that Manchester United are on their knees ahead of Sunday's FA Cup tie at Manchester City. The defeats and the latest Rooney story barely registered. After a while, you stop noticing the nails going in the coffin"

Full story here

Must be another slow news day in the Guardian newsrooms.
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A certain Oliver ****, sorry Oliver Holt, wrote a two-paged article on our empire crumbling way back in 2005. 4 League titles, One champions League and two other finals later I think we'll be just fine. When Fergie retires perhaps I'll start to worry
 
Harry Hill look-look-alike from Guardian said:
There are now rumours of a move for Frank Lampard and a return for Paul Scholes. Lampard, Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Michael Owen and Rio Ferdinand. All hail the geriátricos.
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Yes mate, RUMOURS.. from the Sun and Daily Star!! It must be gospel. Wow. I need to sit down.
Ferguson has looked weary in the past two games, slumped passively in his chair when before he would have prowled the touchline, liberally applying the fear of God
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Fergie has barely left the dugout for a 3 or 4 years now - maybe only to pick up another 3 or 4 league medals ;)

Plus, if the empire is crumbling and we are so **** then why aren't City running away with the league? Whay aren't Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool above us in the league?

I'm sorry slap head but in Fergie I trust.
 
MisterStubbs said:
Another fine story to be found in tomorrow's Guardian.

Fergie powerless to stop Manchester United empire crumbling.

"It did not take a couple of spineless defeats to Blackburn and Newcastle, or a reminder of the apparently inexorable breakdown in the relationship between Sir Alex Ferguson and Wayne Rooney, to confirm that Manchester United are on their knees ahead of Sunday's FA Cup tie at Manchester City. The defeats and the latest Rooney story barely registered. After a while, you stop noticing the nails going in the coffin"

Full story here

Must be another slow news day in the Guardian newsrooms.
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Amazing how pre-injury crisis when we were scoring 5 a game, the title race was only between the Manchester clubs according to every news outlet. Now, post injury crisis, our empire is crumbling and we're on a downward spiral, all while they forget to actually analyse what happened during that period - the injury crisis.

But anyway, if being 3 points from the leaders in January is the definition of a crumbling empire, a crumbling empire isn't so bad, huh?
 
MisterStubbs said:
Another fine story to be found in tomorrow's Guardian.

Fergie powerless to stop Manchester United empire crumbling.

"It did not take a couple of spineless defeats to Blackburn and Newcastle, or a reminder of the apparently inexorable breakdown in the relationship between Sir Alex Ferguson and Wayne Rooney, to confirm that Manchester United are on their knees ahead of Sunday's FA Cup tie at Manchester City. The defeats and the latest Rooney story barely registered. After a while, you stop noticing the nails going in the coffin"

Full story here

Must be another slow news day in the Guardian newsrooms.
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Same person who wrote this in 2006.

m.guardian.co.uk
 
MisterStubbs said:
This bloke wouldn't happen be a Man City/Liverpool fan would he? He sure seems very eager to make out that everything is bad at Old Trafford.
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Wonder if he's related to the mug who said Man Utd were ready to let Rooney go? As apparently the guy who wrote the aforementioned story is a City fan.......
 
ajt09 said:
Wonder if he's related to the mug who said Man Utd were ready to let Rooney go? As apparently the guy who wrote the aforementioned story is a City fan.......
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He could well be.. it's a media conspiracy I tell ya!
 
MisterStubbs said:
Another fine story to be found in tomorrow's Guardian.

Fergie powerless to stop Manchester United empire crumbling.

"It did not take a couple of spineless defeats to Blackburn and Newcastle, or a reminder of the apparently inexorable breakdown in the relationship between Sir Alex Ferguson and Wayne Rooney, to confirm that Manchester United are on their knees ahead of Sunday's FA Cup tie at Manchester City. The defeats and the latest Rooney story barely registered. After a while, you stop noticing the nails going in the coffin"

Full story here

Must be another slow news day in the Guardian newsrooms.
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Sadly, The Guardian is divided right down the middle when it comes to Football: on one side cheap sensationalists, petty idiots and ignorant pundits, on the other passionate quality journalism. Smyth is a weird one, mainly because of his occasional appearance on Football Weekly which would suggest he's alright (the vast majority of The Guardian's good football writers feature regularly on the show) but in general he tends to spew out the same **** as Richard Williams, Louise Taylor etc
 
Used to like Guardian sport, starting to become as bad as their front page stuff now.
 
CtPauley said:
Same person who wrote this in 2006.

m.guardian.co.uk
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Lmao, just before we won 3 in a row.

inadequate Darren Fletcher and Kieran Richardson
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Half right.

and the odious Rio Ferdinand
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He may be odious but he can play ball. Pivotal alongside Vidic in the 4 league titles won since this article.

unable to close a deal for West Brom's reserve keeper
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Wrong again
Damien Duff was allowed to slip into the arms of Newcastle for less than United paid for Patrice Evra.
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LOL. I love Duffer but what have we missed out on here really?? And Pat turned out to be one of the best left backs in the world. In the PFA Team of the Year for 3 seasons since 2006.
You couldn't make it up. You don't have to.
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It seems YOU'VE made it up sir.
United finished second last season, but that as much about the deficiency of the Premiership as their own quality. Arsenal will surely not have a four-month blind spot this season, while all evidence suggests that Liverpool's gradient will continue on its upward trajectory. With Tottenham getting stronger, even with the loss of Carrick, it is conceivable that, if they start slowly and get significant injuries, United could finish fifth
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They've had a 4month blind spot every season since 2006.
And the thing is, it is only going to get worse: Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham have all made shrewd, cheap signings and are going in one direction. United are going the other way: they are hugely dependent on Ferdinand and Rooney, but no number of Carling Cup medals is going to sate their ambition. Then there is the Glazer factor, the full, inevitable horror of which is only just beginning to emerge. United fans think this season is going to be bad. It hasn't even started.
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1st - Man Utd 89pts
2nd - Chelsea 83pts
3rd - Liverpool 68pts
4th - Arsenal 68 pts
5th - Tottenham 60 pts
turned Ronaldo from the world's most thrilling off-the-wall talent into a run-of-the-mill winger
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Oh deary me...

Rob Smyth: what a plonker. I suppose if he keeps predicting the fall of the empire he'll eventually get it right, eventually.
 
W4NKER said:
I always love a quote from an 'insider'. Basically what the author is saying is, 'listen, I've made this quote up myself but bare with me..'

Yawn
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Whenever I read something to do with an "insider", it always reminds me off this.

[video=youtube;Wt9elfwV8cU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt9elfwV8cU&t=50s[/video]
 
MisterStubbs said:
This bloke wouldn't happen be a Man City/Liverpool fan would he? He sure seems very eager to make out that everything is bad at Old Trafford.
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He's a United fan, when we're winning. Though by the looks of that article even if we're winning we're actually losing.
Even if we win the double we're still doomed. What bollocks.
 
Anybody watching The Sunday Supplement this morning? Would imagine they'll touch on this article.
 
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