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Pep Guardiola to become Man City manager from the summer....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/35238092

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This was a foregone conclusion a month ago, merely tabloids linking him elsewhere in the meantime. It makes sense. Go to the club with unlimited spending power. However if he thinks that will save him he's wrong. Pep is joining a team for the first time that isn't guaranteed anything, a team he'll actually have to manage.

This will solidify him or it'll leave him crushed like Villas-Boas

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And meanwhile their bitter city rivals fall further and further behind.

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Newcastle launch £24 million bid for Berahino apparently.

Forget that though, Ayoze Perez just signed a new 5 year contract. That's the best news I've had this window :D
Probably insurance that he won't be leaving for pennies. At the same time it's refreshing to see a lad that genuinely loves Newcastle.

I can see why Newcastle want Berahino though where others are asking questions. Something I can answer later.

Again though we're not bothered if it fails and we have to go hunting into the summer window, the more pressing issue is the ridiculous size of the squad and particularly the massively inflated midfield.

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Your wish has been granted.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/35238092

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Oh right, seems a strange comparison but hey ho.

Berahino reminds me of defoe, some one who's talent will never match up to their ego but is still never the less a pretty good player. Shame he come the summer has wasted so much time messing about.

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Berahino was wanted by Newcastle for his pace and to provide an option out right when required, the same now applies to Doumbia, Mitrovic is still the main man and anyone bought would be support.

I'm not bothered in the slightest, Perez can now sit in his number 10 role with the arrival of Doumbia. Reports suggest Newcastle were told Berahino could join them in the summer for an agreed fee between the two clubs, that exchange took place early January. Now West Brom will refuse to sell in the summer due to the audacity of Newcastle to launch a bid anyway.

With that in mind, it seems to me Newcastle knew this was a failed target from the get go but deliberately bid and made it public to sway fans into thinking they'd at least tried. In other words, Newcastle had no intention of getting a bid accepted.

Hoping that's not the case but the points can't be ignored.

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It is a pretty naff comparison. Closest high price comparison - age is Lukaku I reckon. If he got a top Premier League club that'd actually play him then he'd smash Shearer's record. His age and goals are incredible.

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I hear Teddy has been booted out. :D

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Yes, was only piece of good news yesterday for me. Hopefully we can get a decent one in next. Tempted to apply with my football manager experience lol.

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Sadly Teddy is a better player then he is a manager.

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Aston Villa appear to be actually trying for that bottom spot. Is the table upside down or what?

I'd be docking Ayew's wages.

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The man is a absolute idiot.

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What a goal from Jamie Vardy tonight! Quite brilliant!


Another goal for Rooney too...

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Typical.:(

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I said a few weeks ago. Arsenal are slipping, and it shows it. Listen to the radio, and the commentator was saying that Arsenal were pushing strongly against Saints. But no one to put the ball in the net.

Wenger was wrong not to buy anyone in the window.

Just think if Wenger wanted a striker, he could have called Daniel Levy, offered him 100 mil for Kane, he might have considered that fee.

But then, we would have three players PLUS the cash for Kane. But there again Kane is a home grown Spurs man scores GOALS Two tonight.

When the Gunners play Spurs at The Lane Kane and co will show Arsenal how to score goals

WE ARE LONDONS TOP TEAM

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Well it was worth the wait after all. An early first half goal at OT tonight settled the nerves. Best performance from United for a very long time. Three excellent goals, Martial frightened Stoke all night and young left back Borthwick-Jackson was close behind Martial for MOM.

Second goal was a blast from the past, swift one/two touches from deep in their own half and a sublime finish from Martial.:cool:

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Only on goal difference you are. And anyway, I would think Wenger could offer Kane lots of money per week but would Kane want to go back to a club where the manager said he would never be good enough for the Premier League or Arsenal? Because if I was Kane, I'd tell Wenger to get lost if he ever came sniffing round again. Plus Spurs would never sell to Arsenal, they only got Sol Campbell because of the Bosman ruling.

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It just said on the radio that spuds 11 games unbeaten equals a record set 31 years ago, another coincidence is spuds didn't win the league that year either

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Pat jennings was sold by spuds to arsenal iirc and he did exceptionally well there

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Yes it was a good performance from MU but they still have a awful lot of work to do to qualify for the CL where apart from Arsenal all the top teams won.

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I always remember many years ago, when Newcastle were at Wembley - yes, they have been to WEMBLEY.

ALL LONDON football fans met at Leicester Square, to say hello to the Geordies. And l met some great Arsenal fans. And we got on well together.

Now, l wont have ANY red colours in my house.

Get rid of whinger Wenger, and Arsenal will be great again. He needed to buy in the window, to prove they can win the title.

I think Arsenal are a great side, but they will burn out. and they don't have the depth that Spurs have got.

Poch has built a quality side, that's why Chelsea AND Man Utd have asked Levy about him

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Strange how a while back l remembering you saying that Spurs needed to get rid of the current manager.....

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I wonder where Pellegrini will end up? I hope he stays in the UK as a lot of Premiere league sides could benefit from him.

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Rumours are about that Chelsea are interested in him.

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It would make sense for him to go to Chelsea. McClaren has to be on borrowed time now. I've been patient enough and ignored some weird tactical choices over this season but the way he lined Newcastle up last night just adds to the fact he's an absolute madman that's so out of touch with the Premier League.

A front three of Ayoze Perez, Townsend and Sissoko. Perez playing through the middle. The team then proceeded to send balls in from the wing for an entire half to be met by absolutely nothing. Perez needs balls through the middle, not forgetting he isn't 6 foot either and he's a number 10. Naturally we didn't head a single ball for that reason. Mitrovic was introduced finally and thus non surprisingly got onto the end of a cross albeit sending it wide.. but again our first effort on goal. Perez can now freely explore the final third and begins to make chances and take ones of his own.. being the only player to actually force a save.

How does one call for wide play in the transfer window, sign a winger, then proceed to play your smallest player in the middle on his own? A team that now has no Centre back and no Left back pending the results of Mbemba and Dummet. £90 million and no defenders. Suicide. I suppose you could take advantage of the 13 first team midfielders on the book :rolleyes:

Absolute madman.

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McClaren seems to blame everybody else apart from himself.

Yes it amazes me why he did not purchase a decent C/B as Gary Cahill is available and he is far better then what they have got currently.

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If Bayern Munich don't win the champions league this year then would/should Pep be classed as an average manager there. They won three trophies including that one the season prior to his appointment and given the team he has and the league he is in my grandmothers cat could have won that league as a manager.

If Pellegrini wins all four this time how can Pep improve on that?

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Well he will be judged far more in England then he would be in Germany or Spain so it will be very interesting to see what happens.

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Ronald Koeman from Southampton and Sergio Aguero from Man City win manager and player of the month for January respectively.

Was on SSN this morning at 6, no idea if a link an article exists.

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Man United open talks with Mourinho

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Denphone, just seen your article.
Yes, l did say that Poch needed to go. But, sometimes we make silly comments.
He has transformed a club that is on the brink of the PL title. I will be happy to settle for Champions League football.

The title is going to Leicester City, and good luck to them. I like it when an outsider wins the title.

I believe that Arsenal will burn themselves out - as usual. AND THAT IS NOT BECAUSE I AM A SPURS FAN.

Arsenal needed to buy a striker in the window, as you cannot rely on Giroud or Walcott. You need fresh legs, to go the full way to the top

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It is inevitable as the Emperor said...

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Leicester are on fire, even though I'm a Spurs fan I would be happy if Leicester won the league.

They are currently beating City 3-0

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Yes, as long as United can drag themselves up to fourth I would also love to see them win it. And what about 'The City is ours' what rubbish, top of the league clash, decent kick off time and still plenty of empty seats at the Emptyhead Stadium.:rolleyes:

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Oh what a bunch of overpaid footballers who are being shown up by the tinker man and his blue army.:D

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Now that would be something.:)

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The mighty Aston Villa take on Norwich today, if they lose they are down I feel. But just curious if anyone here gives the mighty Aston Villa any chance of staying in the premier league?

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They have no chance.....

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When you say "they have no chance" what exactly do you mean? Surely mathematically it's still possible so there is hope😫😥

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my gut feeling is that Villa, Sunderland and Newcastle will be the ones that will drop.

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There's little hope, It's clear the owner is happy to listen to offers and be done with the club but the way he's gone about it is shameful, he's pretty content on just letting them drop. I find a move like that pretty awful. It's football though, anything can happen and Villa could easily get 4-5 wins and suddenly be above the zone.

Newcastle need rid of McClaren. If they fail to beat West Brom I can see David Moyes making a return to English football.

Sunderland are in a state that's actually worse than Villa, someone put it to them at the start of the season that they were actually in massive debt (£250 million) and thus could not afford to sign poorly and spent minimal either way. Common sense tells us Sunderland simply cannot afford to fall out of the Premier League because they have a chairman that won't invest properly and they could face financial ruin if they don't tread carefully. Staying in the Premier League for a mere 2 seasons could clear any debt.

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Will Lerner is not spending any money, infact be pushing to cut wages and the board seem resigned to relegation. It's horrible.

Part of me after 5 years of watching my club fight for 17th see me the chance of winning games and fight for promotion in the champions as exciting. But I think that part of me is just making the best of a nightmare.

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He's not spending because a little known secret now suggests he's trying desperately to offload the club. It's a pretty horrible situation to be in from a fans perspective.

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Its not a secret, the club has been up forsale for over 2 years with a tag of £150million. He bought Villa for £68Million and spent big under Martin O'Niel and got some "success" with Villa finishing 6th.

Since then its been a disaster of poor players on huge wages and poor managers. When you see Micah Richards taking £65k a week out the club and doing nothing it just...well anyway lol.

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You asked the question of will Villa stay up and l gave you my answer even though mathematically they could still escape you drop its not going to happen and you know that.

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1-0 Villa..............1-0 Villa......

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Calm down dear as its 2-0 now.:D

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CALM DOWN????????????/ I've just done 15 laps of the house and garden:D I'm not kidding

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ASTON VILLA WIN 2-0 With a triumphant return for Gabby!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYLm5w5o10Q

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We are bloody useless defensively as usual.:(

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It looks like a bad injury to Zouma in the big match at the bridge and one hopes he is going to be alright as he was screaming in pain.

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Looked like a nasty landing for such a big unit.:(

A draw was possibly a fair result, both keepers made excellent saves and Lingards goal was a peach.

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Yes a draw certainly was a fair result and De Gea again showed why he is such a great keeper.

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Liverpool unlucky so far, good to see Flanagan back and how come smith doesn't get more games?

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Suckered with a very clever free kick.:)

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Well that was certainly much better from the youngsters and Lucas had a superb game at C/B.

l think Smith has had some injury problems before TD so hopefully he can stay fit and get more games in the near future.

If only Sturridge can stay fit as that would be nice as well.

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FANTASTIC RESULT

Listen up all you greedy owners...

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I dislike Westley immensely, and have an irrational hatred for Peterborough, but I think they were very unlucky to lose on penalties tonight. So nearly another giantkilling moment.

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Yes it was a U turn that l absolutely agree with wholeheartedly and lets hope others get the same message as well.:tu:

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Is it? 200 tickets staying at £59 instead of £77, just as the new £8bn TV deal starts. A fantastic result would be ticket prices going down but we all know the likelihood of that happening...

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It was kinda glass half full thinking :D

I know it's not a huge difference but it is a start.... :)

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Sunderland sack Adam Johnson.

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-02-11/s...-adam-johnson/

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You mean De Gea once again showed Manchester United would be in 14th without him. At the moment Manchester United are as good as however De Gea performs. EMBARRASSING when you realise Rooney is on £300'000 a week lolololololol Plastics!!

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What an idiot he was, I hope sleeping with a 15 year old was worth it. And on a side note, when his gf is as hot as she is, why would you be looking elsewhere for sex anyway.

Be interesting to see who gets a new contract first, him or Ched Evans.

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One would hope that no club would employ them but sadly there will always be one or two which will seek them out.:(

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I usually don't bother to involve myself with things like these (petty stuff) but anyway, Johnson and co live 5 minutes away from my other home near Castle Eden.

Whilst it was merely allegations and no plea had been entered, his partners mother was ranting on Facebook. She claimed he was 100% innocent and made numerous posts labeling those that chanted slurs at him were idiots and to wait and see.

Having a look last night, she's conveniently deleted her Facebook. One is probably correct to assume she's took a massive load of abuse now she's been dropped in it. His missus is still about though, no posts since January.

Sunderland naturally did the right thing, his missus can stand by him, can hardly be accused of wanting the money though because he's got to live on what he has for a while... He should never be on a pitch again.

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And LVG still thinks Man Utd have a chance of winning the title.:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Van Gaal OUT.

Keep him in until the end of the season if putting Giggs in temporary charge wouldn't work but for God's sake do not give this clown another season to utterly destroy United.

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Good grief how did England appoint the wally with the brolly all those years ago.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

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I wonder what the odds for Chelsea finishing above United this season are...

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Can't blame McClaren for Colo and Steven Taylor being absolutely dreadful, you can blame him for starting an inexperienced left winger at left back. To lose 3 goals by mistakes is purely dreadful. I'd hate to be Daryl Janmaat, knowing the 3 idiots around you are making you look bad.

If McClaren isn't walking on a tightrope then i'd be massively shocked.

4 mistakes, 4 goals, is this even real? FIFA defending on display. Through ball over the top that Taylor has to get goal side for, doesn't and then gets nowhere near heading it.

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Taylor has not played for 6 months so only a idiot would start him from the start and he purchases all these players in the transfer window but yet does not purchase a defender or two.

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Or to put it another way, do give him another season at least to finish the job

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Well this is putting the cat amongst the pigeons.:D

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I thought hounding the ref to get a player booked/sent off was banned?

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As usual the authorities come out with things that are not applied as they should be.

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Well that was awesome.

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l am still not convinced by Arsenal as title winners though..

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That was an outrage. Severely disgusted here.

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Starting to think Arthur may have a Premier League title to celebrate soon :erm:

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Ridiculous penalty decision.

Clattenburg really is a twonk again this week.

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Yes l could not believe it when it was awarded.:shocked:

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I have several points to make.
The biggest one is WAS it a penalty. Clattenburg, is a prat to be honest. He pointed a for a foul. And then gave the penalty. And obviously, being s Spurs mad fan. I will say its a penalty, wouldn't l.
But, if you look at the angle, Clattenburg, could not have seen the actual touch. The rules say that it has to be 'handball' The WHOLE arm, is regarded as handball.
The ball touched his BODY, between the BODY and his ARM.

No matter what way you look at it WAS BOTH. Was it deliberate, I doubt it.
But Clattenburg, gave it, so its a penalty. Spurs were lucky.

But we won the game.

Point two, l think the title, will be between Arsenal AND Spurs, l think Leicester, are showing crack signs. After yesterdays performance, it looks it.

I reckon it will go to the wire. Which is good for football.

My resent of all is to the Pratt football commentators, they should keep there mouths shut.

If they want to be a manager, then so be it. Martin Tyler, is the most biased commentator. And Michael Owen, talks a load of crap

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:rofl: :rofl:

Pot meeting kettle if ever there was

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More bad news for Man Utd...

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...igament-damage

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From bad to worse, DeGea,injured in warm up and now no keeper on the bench. :(

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l thought we were in a mess but Man Utd seem a club that is going from one crisis to another.:D

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Is this Manchester United? :erm:

As fans of other teams we probably shouldn't be concerned but I grew up on watching a rampant United, a legendary invincible Arsenal and the conquerors of Europe in Liverpool. We've seen just how far Liverpool have fallen. Something needs to be done about the absolute mess at United.

The United I know would've ragged these lot all over and be 3 up by now. Seems like Van Gaal is gone at the end of this season and Mourinho will fix this crap. Mourinho only needs a year or two and then he'll be off, at the very least you'll have a Premier League title to show for it.

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Indeed MU like us currently are light years away from the glory days of old as that seems like a distant memory away for both of us.

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How badly injured?

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Ah doesn't seem too bad for De Gea. Fantasy Football teams relax.

United on the other hand...

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Have you turned to the hard stuff yet old boy.;)

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Maybe not Mourinho, read somewhere today he is in talks to go back to Inter Milan to take over there again.

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Turned to the hard stuff, never been off it. :)

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If MU are to get back to winning trophies they need to appoint Mourinho pronto in my book.

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Could be worse, I could be a Rapid Vienna supporter, they must really be c**p.:D

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What do Man Utd do as do they stick with LVG or do the twist?.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...louis-van-gaal

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Well the bookies rarely get it wrong and they have him at 1/5 on to become Man Utd manager.

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anyone taking little old leics serious yet? :)

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Personally it would be wonderful for football if the could win the Premiership and if they don't win it l like to see Spurs win the big one for once.

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After all his talk Pellegrini has proved that he doesn't give a damn anymore about city. The team fielded is nothing about resting players but purely about giving young players a match to the detriment of the team...

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Don't blame him, I'd do the same. Europe is the cup they all want to win, not FA Cup.

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Personally l think teams should have to put out their strongest sides in all competitions.