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Any non-World Cup posts here...

I'll start

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...st/5026982.stm

Damn.

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Oh dear Simon Jordan will not be happy :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ce/5001988.stm

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Old news! ;)

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although Jordan won't be happy about Dowie going to Charlton i have to say that i and the other fans i know wish him all the luck.. he's a great manager and was never given full support by Jordan who thinks buying one player for £1 million will get you in the prem and then not buying anyone will keep you there

also looks like AJ is on his way too.. he's way better than the rest of the squad and he gave us a season we prob didn't deserve that could have harmed his world cup hopes so all the best

it's interesting how when some players go everyone wishes them luck and hopes they do well but when others leave we are glad to see the back of them

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I am not sure I would be happy either, didn't he say his reason for leaving was because his family live up north and he wanted to spend more time with them?

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He's from Bedford.

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that was one of the reasons but also he's fed up of working with Jordan.. they've never really got on and Jordan hasn't given hm the money to build the team up

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I have heard Jordan is one of the vilest people you could meet.

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i'm not a fan of him TBH

he's now trying to sue Dowie as he's joining Charlton

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He is all front and perma-tan, why is he taking him to court, because he has joined another London club?

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Dowies Charton press conference was invaded by Jordon's lawyers trying to serve him the writ. :rofl:

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one of the reasons Dowie gacve for leaving was that his family live in Bolton and he wanted to be closer to them

as he has joined another London cluib a few miles down the road Jordan has issued him with a writ for it

can't see it coming to anything really and good luck to Dowie and AJ all the best with your new clubs.. would rather they stayed but can't blame them for moving on

might end up with ex player Peter Taylor in charge

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Calderwood unveiled BTW.

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Breaking news, to be shown on BBC Newsnight tonight. Arsenal involved in £1milli on illegal payments to suspect Belgian football club. sounds like Dodgy Dein has got his fingers burned.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...ht/5037494.stm

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I see that arch prankster Rio Ferdinand struck again, this time trying to kidnapp David Beckham considering what nearly happened to his family last year probably not in the best taste, then again is phoning up Wayne Rooney and telling him his dog is dead much better.

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I hardly think that getting a fake chauffeur to drive him aimlessly around Manchester, to get the chauffeur's shopping and to take him to see his family, kidnapping ;)

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The way I read it was that he was 'convinced' that it was genuine attempt, not that it really matters as I am sure t.v. gold awaits us when the show is aired :rolleyes:

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Hardly sounds like a serious kidnapping attempt. It's just that I wouldn't drive him around in a limo, hoping that he wouldn't notice that he wasn't going where he should have been going. I mean, if I was kidnapping him, I would tie him up, so he couldn't escape ;)

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the good news is that Kiraly is leaving Palace :D

the bad news is that he said he wants to find a Premiership club

a warning goals out to all Premiership managers be on the look out for a guy in baggy trousers pretending to be a goal keeper ;)

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Some more bad news for you Sherer..

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lol

not good news at all. would rather we got Peter Taylor. an ex player and a decent manager.. we need someone who will bring back proper football played on the deck to the club and don't think Souness will do this.. plus he's rubbish :Yikes:

Mike Newell has also been mentioned and would welcome him too.. anyone but Souness really

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Did someone call my name? :D

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/Nug desperately tries to avoid using the 'Wayne Gooney' gag :PP:

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Not a rumour but..........fact........

Then to add insult to injury to Arsenal's dismal season.....

Maybe now some executive decisions will go in favour of utd instead of Arsenal's ;)

BBC Sport

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Obi Mikel has signed for Chelsea for £16 Mill. £12 Mill will be paid to Man Utd and £4 Mill to Lynn Oslo.

Thanks Chelsea :)

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Not a bad bit of business in the end from Utd's point of view :tu:, and no doubt Mr ****tu is laughing all the way to the bank as well.

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Souness is one of those managers who do nothing for a club, yet still manage to get a job at another club.

Football management is a strange thing...your C.V. is public record, yet some people seem to always get re-employed... :shrug:

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Yes now take your T9306, stand in the corner and stop bugging me :erm: :LOL:

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Link

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Link

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I like the quote, it will give four more days for international fixture's, I think he is forgeting who pays the wages, not only will clubs lose players to injury they will also lose revenue from gate receipts and prize money, I hope that they tell them to get stuffed or that FIFA can foot the bill, they want the four extra days that much then let them pay for them.

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Apparentley Portsmouth are in advanced talks over deals for Nicholas Anelka and Sol Campbell they have also made an opening offer of £10 000 000 for Jermaine Defoe, there is bad news for Pompy fans though, they are about to offer Tony Adams the assistant manager's job.

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Telegraph

I suppose life goes on, even if there is a world cup being played atm.

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portsmouth have allegedly told harry he can go as high as 12 million for jermaine

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Legend.

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beat me to it.. what a legend and so glad i got to see him play so many times.. his retirement is a big loss to the game

hopefully it won't be too long before we see him back in a coaching role

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I actually sense the dark hand of Alex Ferguson at work here.

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For united fans, what you think of spending transfer budget on:

Carrick, Riquelme and Ribery?

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i'd take ribery, as he is younger than roman. roman has consistency problems too

and that's coming from an argentina fan

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He makes peter beadsley look attractive.

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I can see United going for Defoe, Carrick and Ribery, apparently he is as good a prospect as Ronaldo.

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he's hailed as the next zidane, but everyone seems to be the "next <insert name here> these days

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i think riquelme would shine at united but i would rather we signed carrick first. proven in prem and can only get better playing in midfield along side ronaldo, giggs, scholes, rooney. .

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Apparently Mohamedou Diarra's agent has told Man Utd he wants £100,00 0 per week, looks like that deals scuppered then.

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Agreed, That would be some midfield !!!!!!!!!!

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well anything is better than having smith there

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And people wonder why big club's don't go for English players....

Andy Johnston - £8.6mil

Eider Gudjohnsen - £8mil

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did anyone listen to talksport during spain game? they kept going on about united signing torres for 25m!

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well, consdiering atletico were refusing offers of 40 million last season for him, and he's considered better now...

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He is a bit similar to Rooney, don't you think?

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yeah but i think fergie is trying to create that 4-3-3 formation have rooney and torres flanking a central striker. Torres is goalscorer but really shines in build up play.

with that 3 up top then ronaldo carrick and scholes/riquelme coming from midfield it would be superb XI

-----------------VDS-----------------
-Neville-----Rio------Vidic-------Heinze
-Ronaldo-------Carrick--------Scholes
-------Rooney--------Torres----------
---------------RVN------------------

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Not sure about RVN, unless he pulls his socks up, otherwise that team looks good even without Giggsy & Wes

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well i mean there is so many different formations and lineups that can be used with or without RVN etc. . . i guess it all depends on who we sign too ! lol

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Craig Bellamy is in talks with Liverpool, that could be an interesting transfer, as if Bellamy can be bothered he is top quality, certainly worth a punt a six million.

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personally i think bellamy is a horrible person and not even that great a player

imagine how bad his personally and how big his head will be if he is at a big club like liverpool.. can't see him fitting in there at all

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As a person he is vile, he has no class. I think going to a massive club where he is not the big fish in the small pond might just sort him out, I hope so anyway, I always think it sad when a footballer waste's their talent.

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Apparently Frank Ribery has turned down both Man Utd and Arsenal, I wonder if anyone has made him a better offer.

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Shearer set to be England No 2

---------- Post added at 19:35 ---------- Previous post was at 19:29 ----------

I just heard from the man himself that it is all lies, so please disregard the above post.

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gudjohnsen to barcelona?

also, i cannot believe atletico have paid 23 million for aguero. i haven't seen him play yet, but no 18 year old is worth that much

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even worse than all that one size Fitz Hall has left Palace and gone to Wigan.. what with AJ already gone things aren't looking great for next season

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Oh dear

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1779

If that article is correct, then maybe he should go, he will certainly be getting abuse from some supporters next season, even united's.

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HHHMM

Article title "I'll never go back to United, says Ronaldo".

Number of quotes in article from Ronaldo - Zero

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Good article....

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Sol's gone

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...al/5161642.stm

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From the above link
Portsmouth were understood to be interested in taking him to Fratton Park.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Not Brighton then.

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Manchester United are going back to the banks to allow the Glazer family to re-finance their debts with a plan to take out a new £500m loan secured against future ticket sales at Old Trafford.
Taken from the BBC sport website.

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yeah read that a few days ago. Appently it could reduce the interest paid from 20% to 6% or something

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Also at least you are now out of hock to those dodgy hedge funds, I believe I am right in saying the club is now in debt to normal banks.

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for whatever reason, southgate has chose to waste 5 million on robert huth.

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He is trying to replace himself! and no matter how bad Huth is he can't be any worse than Ehiough ;)

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Orlando Pirates 0-4 Man Utd

Good start, even without the World Cup stars.

Call me cynical if you like but, I am sure United bought Ji Sung Park to sell merchandise in Korea, now we have a Chinese player...........

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I think you have had him for a couple of years now, he's been on loan in Antwerp since 2004.

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He can't get a work permit or whatever, to play in England, so he only plays for United when they play in pre-season friendlies abroad...

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he must be a first - a man utd player on loan at antwerp that hasn't been banned from belgian football

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So Carrick and Kuszczak are both expected to sign for Utd this week. Fergie wants to sign Vieira but faces competition from Inter. Talks are supposed to have begun with Torres and Fergie also has his eye on Trezeguet and Ibrahimovic.

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Apparently Damien Duff is about to sign for Spurs, if I were Fergie I would be hi- jacking that deal.

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United reject Real offer for Ruud......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/5193288.stm

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There was talk of a swop deal for Ronaldo, imagine that two of them in the same team :)

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A nightmare for commentators no doubt

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Shaun Newtown has been banned for 7 Months after testing positive for coke.

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Well, one eats like a horse, and the other one looks like a horse. Match made in heaven really :D

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think you getting Ruud and Ronaldo mixed up there

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Southampton sign Pele ;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...on/5186608.stm

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Has he been cloned, or found a time machine?
"The 28-year-old centre-half has joined the Saints for an undisclosed fee from Portuguese club Belenenses."

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One for Nug to ponder over, Good or bad news for the Villa fans ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...la/5196872.stm

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So O'Leary's left Villa - bumnuts :(

Hopefully, that old Bluenose Ellis will be gone soon, and we'll actually get a chairman with a bit of ambition :mad:

EDIT: yesman just beat me to it

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Blimey, that was quick :)

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To be honest, and purely in my opinion, Ellis is possibly the worst thing ever to happen to Villa - it's quite telling that, when Villa won the European Cup back in '82, he wasn't actually on the board. Since he came back the next season, we've finished 2nd in the league (in about '92), won the Coca Cola Cup ('94, I think), and got to the FA Cup final in 2000. Shoddy for a club of its size that we've only won one cup in 25 years :mad:

Also proves its own point that he's only actually sacked one manager since he came back, but all of the rest have left of their own accord...

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I think Deadly Doug is careful with the clubs money, he reminds me of Alan Sugar when he was at Spurs, a middle table side who retain their premiership status season after season, and as you say, rarely win anything :(

At least the club won't do a Leeds and go bust, I know Leeds never went under, but they were trading while being insolvent.

I hope for your sake that the club can turn things around on the pitch this coming season.

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Well, bearing in mind that the team were basically crap last season, and we've yet to buy anyone, it looks like we're going to be for another long slog :(

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I dont think he is that careful, 6 million Balaban, 4 million Hadji over 10 million Angel who incidentally was a player they never even saw play in the flesh, he was signed on the evidence of a couple of videos :Yikes: and nobody told Villa he was playing with five of the best attacking footballers Argentina have produced in a generation and that was just in one season. I can see Villa going down unless swift wholesale changes are made.

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Point of order, but Angel was 9.5 million ;), and he did manage to score 20-odd goals a couple of seasons ago.

Having said that, I do agree about Hadji and Balaban (and I'm not going to mention Kachloul ;) )

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1979 Doug Ellis leaves Villa
1981 Villa win league
1982 Villa win European cup
1982 Doug Ellis returns

HHHMMMMMM....

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See? Gazzae knows what I'm talking about (although I was convinced that it was Villa who won in '82 - not sure who Villi are :D )

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Rooney's memorabilia nicked !!!!

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Haha only in Liverpool!

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I could not believe the paper today apparently we are selling Dean Ashton to Newcastle for 10,000,000 six months after signing him and buying Micah Richards for 9,000,000, now he may be a prospect but 9,000,000 I think they are making this one up ;)