Manchester United Thread [2008/2009]

[farmboy]

that's how i understand it, yes.

 

[andremc11]

We've already paid £5mill a year for the loan for 2 years. So would just have to pay the balance of £22mill, from what i've read.

Its not a set fee, Kia Joborchian(Tevez's owner) wants to extort as much as possible from United for him as I heard he now wants somewhere between 25mil-30mil for him. I dont think Fergie has a problem with paying for Tevez if it was to a straight forward club but he doesnt want to give that money to such a shadey character or to have entngled with third party deals as the FA are cracking down on them. To be honest Tevez is only worth around 20mil(which means Berba should have have been 18mil at most). Tevez is not worth 35-40mil only kaka,messi,ibra and ronaldo are in that bracket.

But Tevez is excellent for us so we should sign him even if we have to use some underhand tactics(fergie let the mob pay Kia a visit in Iran or wherever hes from and get him to lower the price)

 

[ArgVega]

Again, Tevez told the press about his desire to leave United coz he wants to play more. I think Fergi can convince him that he can get more playing time by rotation. I think if he goes to Spain he can't get more minutes than he had in United this session.

Barca - they've henry, eto'o, messi, bojan, goui, hleb (just look at hleb)
Real - Raul, Higauin, Huntelaar, and Ruud
unless he goes to Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla.

In Italy Inter is a candidate, they've cruz, Ibra and Mario. But Tevez can play good number of matches there.

he scored 13 goals in 42 matches (which he came as a sub as well). It would be a big shame if he goes but he should be careful about that because United will find a good player to replace him but can he find a better club in terms of success and appearence.

It wouldn't be useless for him to go to valencia, although I don't think they have the money to afford him... I think Inter might be the team to swoop him from you guys.. But I think it would be a mistake for tevez to leave, manchester fits the apache to perfection and vice versa, I hope he stays with you guys!

 

[cfdemarco]

No chance Valencia is going to buy a big name player, they may have to sell David Villa to offset some of the debt they're in.

As great as SAF is sometimes I just do not see the logic in his behavior. I would keep Tevez at all costs, United are so much more dangerous when he's on the field. I would make selling Berbs a priority this summer, and also looking for a good defender because our defense is always missing players and Neville is basically useless these days.

 

[andremc11]

No chance Valencia is going to buy a big name player, they may have to sell David Villa to offset some of the debt they're in.

As great as SAF is sometimes I just do not see the logic in his behavior. I would keep Tevez at all costs, United are so much more dangerous when he's on the field. I would make selling Berbs a priority this summer, and also looking for a good defender because our defense is always missing players and Neville is basically useless these days.

Well said mate. I have nothing against Berba but this is not his team. Now I saw an article where Ferguson now says"Berbatov is a fantastic link between midfield and attack," the Scot told France Football. ??!! but before he was the 30gol man like Van nistelrooy.As long as we get n offer of 30mil or more sellin him would be best,to reputable club though no man city , the milan sides or the 2 spanish powerhouses.

In respect to our defense, 2 words, Glen Johnson best RB there is, probably a good backup Centre back aswell cuz evans always looks shakey,Lucio would be free.

News links-http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11667_5264092,00.html

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5250543,00.html

 

[Dipanjan]

Yes, Glen's probably the best RB there is, in England at the moment. I do think that he will end up at Liverpool or Chelsea. But we can try for him as well. Considering that there is no way we can get Dani Alves, he looks to be the best option for us, if we decide to buy a RB i.e

 

[kp41]

I think Oshea is doing great job at RB, and we have more mature Rafael there as well. Brown is also ok.

RB - Brown, Oshea, Neville, Rafael
CB - Evans, Vidic, Rio
LB - Evra, Fabio

The problem that we have is frequent injuries of bold players.

by the way, decent performance in a first half as well as a decent goal from giggs.

 

[kp41]

good win, fantastic jobs from Giggs, scholes and back players.

7 more points and we are champions again.

 

[ladylover]

Good win, Central pairing of Giggs and Scholes was a masterstroke, they controlled the game, good goals from Giggs and Park.....

 

[mnj2x]

We didnt have to step out of gear 1 at all. It was a professional performance. Now to complete the job at the emirates.

 

[Help?]

So why did we have Tevez, Berbatov and Rooney on after going 2-0?

 

[Dipanjan]

Should have scored more against this Championship side.
Need to increase the goal difference.

 

[newbie original]

The league is yours now. There were chances for dropped points, Villa, Spurs, @'Boro, but you won them all. It's too much to catch up now. Your depth came through in the end. Congratulations, you deserve it.

 

[thetrooper37]

Well said mate. I have nothing against Berba but this is not his team. Now I saw an article where Ferguson now says"Berbatov is a fantastic link between midfield and attack," the Scot told France Football. ??!! but before he was the 30gol man like Van nistelrooy.As long as we get n offer of 30mil or more sellin him would be best,to reputable club though no man city , the milan sides or the 2 spanish powerhouses.

The only people that claimed he'd score 30 goals in his first season were the fans...you're so disillusioned. He's never scored 30 goals in a season in his entire career. There's absolutely no way he'll be sold in the summer.
And seriously? We look more dangerous with Tevez? He's started more games than Berbatov, played more minutes than both him and Rooney and has scored less and assisted less than both of them. Tevez has been doing a lot of running but that's about it. I'd rather spend another 30mils on another player (apparently that's how much he's gonna cost)

 

[kramer11]

The league is yours now. There were chances for dropped points, Villa, Spurs, @'Boro, but you won them all. It's too much to catch up now. Your depth came through in the end. Congratulations, you deserve it.

Liverpool drew too many games against nothing sides. Hull, Stoke, Fulham, all at home. You can't do that if you want to win the league. Man U ground out the results against lower teams even when it wasn't pretty. That's the difference.

 

[Help?]

Umm, we still play Arsenal and Manchester City

 

[kp41]

Umm, we still play Arsenal and Manchester City

we need 7 more points.

 

[cmc211]

Other two is Hull and Wigan
Well Liverpool has quite better schedule...

Nah title is on our hnd

 

[kp41]

I'm nervous, there is no room for mistake

 

[kp41]

I think liverpool will win all remaining matches so we should grab 7 points for sure.