Originally Posted by pedantic

well well well !

First game of the season, and already Arsenal fail to fill their newly built stadium.

Altogether now ! ................. WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY !! :D

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Hmmm I wonder what I'd prefer my club to be hundreds of millions in debt for, a brand new stadium that some believe will bring in £30 million a year in extra revenue

Originally Posted by pedantic

Indeed !

There have been so called financial schemes in the past, that have the intention of bringing in extra revenue. I seem to remember one such "bond" scheme at upton park, which fell flat on it's face. ;)

Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

how dose O'Neill do it ?

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Hmmm I wonder what I'd prefer my club to be hundreds of millions in debt for, a brand new stadium that some believe will bring in £30 million a year in extra revenue or so some strange gnome like creature could own the club and give his equally strange looking children jobs, now that's a tricky one :scratch: :D

Originally Posted by Russ D

Hang on, wasn't it you or some other dilusional arsenal supporter telling us how each home game would be sold out for the rest of the season?

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Certainly wasn't me, they have as much chance of filling it every week as Man Utd have of winning the league

Originally Posted by pedantic

Man U 4 Fulham 0 after only 19 minutes. :shocked:

Could be a cricket score here. :cool:

Originally Posted by yesman

Nice opening game of the season for United.

Who needs Nistelrooy :D

Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

oxford are cooking on gas no one will even get close to us this season !

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Fair play to them you can only beat the opposition in front of you, however on a cautionary note, I think Fulham have one of the poorest teams in the division and will probably be relegated.

Originally Posted by Nugget

You do realise that Villa are going to win the league, don't you ;) :disturbd:

Originally Posted by yesman

Roy Keane to be the Sunderland boss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...nd/5280226.stm

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Keep your fingers crossed Nug :erm:

Originally Posted by yesman

Middlesbrough 2 Chelsea 1 :D :D

Originally Posted by Russ D

Ah well, at least the russian won't need United to break one of those pesky unbeaten runs :D

Originally Posted by Russ D

Possibly - Jose's tantrum was perhaps one of the funniest I've ever seen :D

Originally Posted by pedantic

A couple of furlongs behind Keegans though, I suspect. :D

Originally Posted by gazzae

Fancy a job Roy..

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/Co...em_4_photo.jpg

Originally Posted by Gareth

Nug, whaddya make of Villa's start to the season so far? Gunners result was class, and we got a bit lucky against Reading from what I heard (or they were unlucky perhaps).

Originally Posted by gazzae

Shocking assault by Thatcher on Mendes.

Originally Posted by Gareth (Post 34105210)

Blimey O'Reilly, I do believe that Villa are 2nd in the league :hyper:

Not a bad start for the club that was oh-so-nearly relegated a few months ago :)

Big up for Randy Lerner's Claret and Blue Army

Originally Posted by yesman (Post 34105563)

No Beckham again, I know he resigned as captain but thought he would still be in the setup, evidently not.

England squad:
Robinson (Tottenham), Kirkland (Liverpool), Foster (Man Utd), A Cole (Arsenal), Young (Charlton), P Neville (Everton), Bridge (Chelsea), Terry (Chelsea), Ferdinand (Man Utd), Brown (Man Utd), Dawson (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Carrick (Man Utd), Gerrard (Liverpool), Jenas (Tottenham), Wright-Phillips (Chelsea), Richardson (Man Utd), Downing (Middlesbrough), Lennon (Tottenham), Defoe (Tottenham), Bent (Charlton), Johnson (Everton), Crouch (Liverpool).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ls/5289630.stm

Originally Posted by gazzae (Post 34105690)

Do we need him? Giggs has looked like a new player in the centre.

Originally Posted by Stephen Byers (Post 34105611)

One legged Becham is better than Jenas, in fact anybody is better than Jenas:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by yesman (Post 34105706)

Not really, but maybe Fergie is looking to the future :shrug:

How old is Giggsy now ?

Originally Posted by gazzae (Post 34105716)

32?

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja (Post 34105987)

England for Euro 2008? Come on you know your thinking it... Just get it out your system now and then i can laugh at you later... Pwease?

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja (Post 34105993)

Aye well thats no going to be hard, France, Italy and Ukraine in the same group as us with only 2 qualifying - were fecked and we know we are.

Originally Posted by pedantic (Post 34106145)

What a great result for Portsmouth tonight.......

Middlesbrough 0 Portsmouth 4

Looks like more of the same for Middlesbrough this season, just like the last. Beat Chelsea last week, and get slaughtered at home this week, by a team they supposedly should beat.

Originally Posted by allanprg (Post 34106231)

I would point out that Middlesborough last beat Pompey in 1994. And in the Premiership we have drawn at their ground and beaten them at fratton.;) Now of course beaten them on their own ground

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34106350)

Doesn't look like **** will be "Owen" Bayern Munich any money, then! :p:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/5289836.stm

Originally Posted by yesman (Post 34106385)

I didn't realise Leeds were in for Hargreaves :shocked:

Originally Posted by yesman (Post 34106385)

I didn't realise Leeds were in for Hargreaves :shocked:

Originally Posted by yesman (Post 34106385)

I didn't realise Leeds were in for Hargreaves :shocked:

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 34106394)

Tbh his game would probably be better suited to the Championship.

Originally Posted by Russ D (Post 34106395)

Sounds like you're comparing the England team in the World Cup to a Championship side :eek:

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34106393)

PS Sir Alex Ferguson lived on the same street as me in Govan, Glasgow (Govan Road) and attended the same boys club (Harmony Row), but obviously in different decades - we'll admit to the alcoholics and the druggies, but we never mention Fergie ;)

Originally Posted by pedantic (Post 34106421)

According to The Sporting Life Arsenal are in for Tevez.

However........



statements like this make me very suspicious, surely this isn't a cheap ploy to boost ticket sales, from Arsenal fans wanting to get a first look at a prospective new signing. :naughty: :angel:

Originally Posted by yesman (Post 34106403)

I would have thought you would have been proud of one of "your own"
with the likes of Shankly, Busby, Stein etc; Fergie ranks alongside them imo

Originally Posted by sherer (Post 34106448)

this is what i can't understand about United at the moment

we spend 18M on Carrick.. still paying over the odds for players even though Kenyon has gone

we were going to spend over 10m on Hargreaves :Yikes:

yes even though we need a striker as we only have two and Saha is bound to get injured soon and Rooney will prob get another ban at some point we won't buy Teves or Torres

Teves has even alked out of his club as we can get him dirt cheap yes we won't go in for him.. could be another target going away.. would rather have him than Treveguet

the first few games has flattered us abit but it showed against Watford we still short of fire power and didn't really kill them off like we should have

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 34106452)

Tevez and Torres are to similar to Rooney imo, as for paying over the odds Senna is just as capable as Hargreaves yet cost's 10 million less, I saw an article on Saturday I believe, that said the new sponsors were putting pressure on United to buy British players, I am not sure how much truth there is to that and I can't remember where I saw it. I think you need another striker to Saha is not consistent enough.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 34106399)

Well if one man makes an international team you might be right, I was however comparing the fact that, as he is pretty rubbish he would fit right in at Championship level, you know the Championship where Wales select most of their players from ;) :p:

Originally Posted by Russ D (Post 34106492)

Awww, is that the best you can do? :rofl:

Did you miss the games in the World Cup where he was one of England's best players on the day?

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 34106518)

Funnily enough I thought I was stating fact when I said that the Welsh players were on the whole of Championship standard.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 34106518)

As for claiming he was England's best player during the World Cup I doubt that is an honour any of the squad want and besides it is better to base players ability over time rather than on half a dozen games, from what the footballing public have so far seen very few would try to justify his talent as worth between 13- 17 million, even in Germany it has been reported that he is seen as a good squad player, are British teams in the habit of paying this much for someone seen as a squad player?

Originally Posted by gazzae (Post 34106535)

Hargreaves is a good player. Not many people in the UK get to see the bundesliga so he was getting judged on 20 odd minutes with England.

After all, if he was that average, you would have thought Bayern would be jumping at the chance to offload him for £10+ Mill

Originally Posted by pedantic (Post 34106530)

Spurs have signed Mido after his loan spell last season. Should give Spurs some much needed fire power.

Originally Posted by yesman (Post 34106854)

A little quiz, mainly for united fans, but anyone can take part.

There are quite a few quizzes on that site.

Anyway....... http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz...ans-18501.html

I managed to get eight

Originally Posted by yesman (Post 34106854)

A little quiz, mainly for united fans, but anyone can take part.

There are quite a few quizzes on that site.

Anyway....... http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz...ans-18501.html

I managed to get eight

Originally Posted by yesman (Post 34107369)

Not enough imo

I just hope the FA do more, like an eight months ban plus a hefty fine.

<sarcastic mode on>
But then I suppose if it was the club from across the town, it would be an eight months ban plus a hefty fine.
<sarcastic mode off>

It will be interesting to see what the FA will impose upon Thatcher.

Originally Posted by gazzae (Post 34107465)

Rossi is going to Newcastle on loan, does this mean another striker coming in?