grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I just think we'll lose. That's all. Total lack of pressure/excitement/expectation feeling. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Arse tonight. Maybe another draw. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 An Arse vs Utd draw I see. What I gather is that they were both bloody awful. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Another utterly dull and lifeless performance. From both teams thankfully, not just us! At least Spurs beat Newcastle United and we gallop one more point ahead of them! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 We're up there, only 4 points off the top. Going to be an exciting last third of the season. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 whats wrong with Arse. They'll fail again if this keeps going on. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 just watched the game......the stats are pretty shocking from a Man U point of view.......17 shots on goal for Arsenal to 6 from Man U Changed days indeed, Fergie must be vewy pwoud of Agent moyes Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Arsenal are the bottling kings. They were going to sometime. Liverpool traditionally too. I reckon it'll be City or Chelsea, probably the former. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I still reckon it's Arse this year. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Its pretty interesting this year, everyone is dropping points....hope it continues to be close right to the end Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 FA Cup holders Wigan move closer to Wembley return after shock Cardiff win Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Rooney being offered 300K a week apparently. I think we should offer him 400K, loyalty bonus! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I think he's past his best. Got for a cool 500K why not?! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 He should get a mil a week. He just should, before anyone else does. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I wrote this earlier during my morning coffee break on the subject of Rooney: And so, it looks like the rumours are true. While Manchester United have, at the time of writing, denied that Wayne Rooney has signed a new contract, the details of it have been so effectively and widely leaked by whoever might want them leaked (and we can't possibly imagine who that would be), that an announcement of a four or five-year deal worth £300,000 a week should be confirmed soon. Once you've wiped the vomit from your chin, for regurgitation should of course be the natural reaction at such a sum, consider why Manchester United are paying this much money to their striker. United seem to think that Rooney represents a symbol, a player they cannot possibly part with because of what it might say about them. They appear to think Rooney's departure would represent weakness, a sign that they are no longer the top dogs in English football, something that should be rather more apparent from their sugar paper-thin midfield and league position. To say United are keen to keep Rooney would be quite an understatement. If the size of this deal isn't enough to convince you, the stories about the lengths United went to in order to avoid even discussing Rooney during the Juan Mata negotiations with Chelsea are extraordinary. Daniel Taylor wrote in The Guardian that Ed Woodward refused to talk directly to his Chelsea counterpart because he knew the subject of Rooney would come up, preferring to use intermediaries to thrash out the deal. This coming after a summer in which they refused to entertain the possibility of selling Rooney to Chelsea because they thought it would paint them as weak, submitting to the superiority of a domestic opponent. That all might be true, but it seems strange to so bloody-mindedly hold onto a player on a point of principle - especially such an expensive player. Really, United should have sold Rooney last summer when his value was a little higher, but if Chelsea were really the only serious customers, United's no-domestic sale policy took over. United might argue that it would cost more to replace Rooney than stick with him, given transfer fees and the assorted hassle with having to find a forward when so much work needs doing on the rest of the team, but to use some rather crude maths - say they were to give any replacement a mere four-year, £200,000-a-week deal, that's around £36million saved to put towards the new man. The financial case for this Rooney deal doesn't look quite so good with those sort of figures. In any case, it looked like they had already replaced him in January. While those that have said Mata can and should only be played in the centre exaggerate slightly, given that he has played wide before and it shouldn't be too hard to incorporate him, Rooney, Adnan Januzaj and Robin van Persie in the same team (at least for some games), the purchase of the Spaniard would have made more sense if it was with a view to selling Rooney. Mata is best deployed in Rooney's position, and with Januzaj's continuing development and the consensus that he'll eventually end up in the middle, United are pretty well stocked in that number ten role. A slightly troubling thought that must have gone through the heads of many United fans this weekend is whether Rooney's new contract, combined with the recruitment of Mata, means the stories about Van Persie wanting out are true. There is of course an element of 2+2=5 thinking to that, and United's determination to keep Rooney was made clear well before these rumours emerged, but the thought may fester, nonetheless. Giving Rooney such a lucrative and lengthy contract shows that United regard him as what the Americans would call a 'franchise' player - one that a team, indeed a whole club can be built around. Chuck in the captaincy (which bafflingly seems to mean a lot to footballers) and treating Rooney as some sort of transfer consigliore, and you have an awful lot of faith placed in one player. But is he good enough to justify that? The answer surely must be no. Rooney has of course been better this season, looking sharper than last term and his goals earlier on in the campaign certainly dug them out of a couple of holes. However, his recent form has just confirmed what we always knew about Rooney: that he is a streaky player whose form can fall off a cliff with little warning. He has just one goal in his last nine starts (against Hull), five since the start of November and just three against teams in the top half all season. A record of 11 goals in 25 starts this term is good, but deserving of being ranked among the top few players in the world? Of course not. The idea of committing to paying Rooney £300,000 a week when he's 33 is little short of ludicrous. There are those that might argue Rooney's form has been negatively impacted by his new manager's tactics, that he is perhaps being asked to do too much, but if he really was as good as this contract suggests, this would not be such a factor. The question is not whether Rooney is a good player, because he very clearly is, but whether he is good enough for this much faith to be placed in him by United. The answer is no, and when you remember that Rooney's previous actions suggest he could turn on his club at any minute and demand to leave, should something displease him, this deal represents an enormous gamble for Manchester United and David Moyes. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Good luck to them. Where would RVP like to go? Man City? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 City and Arse didn't fare too well in their CL games I see. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Arse got wiped. Interesting second legs. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Rooney signed Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Crap 1st half at the bridge Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Everton have been playing brilliantly. Definitely the better team so far. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Been a crap game tho up till now Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Unless you're an Everton supporter. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Spoke too soon Link to post Share on other sites
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