OneMoSalah

Apparently hes stalling on a move to Cardiff as he wants a bigger club to sign him. Cardiff are reportedly paying 8.6m upfront with 1.5 in add ons, surely worth a punt at that price for back up to Mikel?

Offer Liverpool 40m plus Bertrand perhaps? If they are interested in Bert perhaps we can come to some sort of compromise over the price if hes included. Of course we'd need another back up LB then though.... or make a straight swap, 50m Torres for Suarez

4-3-3 perhaps? Depends on if KDB's fit though. Also means Jose has a chance to use (waste) Oscar in a central midfield position toooooo.... Cech Kalas-Ivanovic-Luiz-Cole Mikel Ramires------Van Ginkel De Bruyne------------------------Hazard Lukaku

Wouldn't say hes shit, hes still settling into the team, it could take him a while yet. Sure he hasn't impressed but last pre-season it was the same, a lot of players looked rather shit (Ivanovic, Cole, Essien, Lampard, Torres) so I think to say that Schurrle is shit (he's a new signing who's still settling into the team) is a bit harsh. Its just about fitness really, I'm sure he'll improve.

You don't always have to go forward though. Josh will sometimes try and force a 30 or 40 yard pass as opposed to playing a safer option, helping the team recycle possession.

Looks good so far. Good passing range, tackles well and knows when to sit and when to push up. Hoping to see him get among the goals as well. 9M could turn out to be a sound investment.

Hes apparently been 'on trial' for over a year now, just we cannot sign him due to work permit issues hmmm.. he looks a decent prospect.

Has anyone seen the article the sun has put up to report about Tito stepping down and Uniteds chances of getting Fabergas being boosted etc, some absolute garbage, totally disrespectful too. The caption for a photo of Tito is "its Vilan-over for Barca boss", find that totally unacceptable to write about a man who is fighting cancer. Still the article should if anything be on Tito and wishing him a recovery as opposed to going on about transfer talk. As AVB said 'Its not the moment to speak about speculation, we are speaking about a persons health." just that idiot Antony Kastrinakis who clearly doesn't feel like that though. Anyway hoping Tito gets well, AVB could suit Barca but still I don't see it. Has Marcelo Bielsa written all over it tbh.

Gutted, really wanted De Rossi to sign. Would love to see a Ramires - Van Ginkel pivot though, both can swap their roles during games, Marco would start as the 6 with Ramires being the box to box player but he could swap with Rami so Rami's the 6 and Marco's the box to box player.

I'd be happy if we signed this guy. Sure hes not developed as much as he could have due to Carlo not using him as much but he still has very good potential. Has some issues to sort out but he could be a top player.

Hardly. If you think the Turkish league isn't a 2 horse race you've not been watching it. As I've said its the Turkish SPL. So what if Bursaspor one in once in like 135939593 years. Its the same with the SPL, Hearts split the Old Firm once.... As for your other point I'm not going to bother replying.

No he was confused as to why he was left out of the bigger games. Not every game, the bigger ones (ie. the Madrid game in the CL).

I have to disagree with some points. Firstly since when was the Turkish league the best after the top 4? The Turkish league is effectively a more exotic SPL, after Galatasary and Fenerbache the standard is abysmal. The English, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch and Italian leagues are all better than the Turkish league. Also there was a difference with SWP and what Rooney could be. SWP was used sparingly when he was at the club, his price was ridiculous but he wasn't exactly the worst signing we've ever made. Rooney has been a phenomenal player the last 10 years or whatever his career has been, nobody can deny that. SWP was average but Rooney is something else. Yilmaz has had a few great seasons but hes playing in the Turkish league, so you cannot say hes going to score 80 something goals in 3 PL seasons. He was prolific in Europe with Galatasary, scored 8 goals but thats a one off I'd say. Hes not spectacular, hes not going to have a similar impact to what Rooney will. Why does everyone seem to think if Rooney came he'd demand 1st place even if he was playing shit? he knows how football works, if your playing shit, your on the bench and if your playing well you play games. If Lukaku was out performing him he'd be playing and Rooney would have to accept that. The wages issue I partly agree on, even though their is no proof Rooney is on 250k p/w, just shitty stories the media write. If you believe half of those then JT and Lampard are on 200k p/w.... Rooney is probably on something like 150k or 175k would hardly bet hes making over 200k at United. He'd be the highest paid player in the country by a mile... You can't say Rooney's past it because hes been re-positioned for the last 2 years. Hes been playing as a #10 since Hernandez arrived in 2011. Hes also annoyed because Moyes effectively called him a squad player the other day.... it looks more likely Mourinho will go for Rooney over Yilmaz and if he did say go for Yilmaz over Rooney, I'd be extremely pissed off as Rooney is much much better.

People forget Mata played more to the right for a bit under RDM and he did alright. He'll do good on the right and if Ramires plays right side of the pivot he will be more than capable to cover for him. If hes playing on the right wing, he'll be coming in field all the time so it might mean he'll shoot more like that goal he scored against Arsenal under AVB in that 5-3 game. Will save me shouting 'fucking shoot' at him when hes in more central positions trying to work onto his left the whole time.

I think him and Lamps should be squad players. In my eyes our strongest option in the pivot is Mikel or Ramires next to Van Ginkel (not just judging him on his performance yesterday but for the Holland u21s he looked very very comfortable as the deepest midfielder as well as a box to box midfielder), he looks like he could be an all round midfield player. Plus Jose's adamant Van Ginkel is going to play, he has said hes ready to play numerous times so I think he will be a starter. If we can sell Essien for a decent fee I'd be happy with that too but having Essien as a squad player is alright I suppose.

Pellegrini has a superb record in Europe so I wouldn't be surprised if City make it to the last 16 in the CL at least with these new additions. Anyway based on what you said I pretty much agree, if we get Rooney and another DM to fill the void Romeu left to compete with Mikel (if its not De Rossi then Gustavo would be a good back up) then we'd have a very much complete squad and competition in every place. The title race could be very good this year along with Champions League but I feel we'll see Bayern in the final again.

All this Kaka talk is making me cringe. Nobody is the next Kaka.

I think Silva will play on the wings still. Jovetic either uptop or as a second striker effectively. City have replaced egoistic players with players who were desperate to move to top clubs and that could be a plus for them if they work hard. They can also play 4-3-3 now which I reckon that Txiki and Sariano ex-Barca cunts want.

I think he played well, he played as the more disciplined defensive midfield player so he didn't make forward runs so the team had some balance. I think your being a bit harsh on his passing, his passing was quite good and it was varied.

You sometimes expect that from your #10, that they drop deep so they can link the play when the pivot players or center/full backs have possession. The #10 role is where Oscar is best as opposed to the wing imo. Was very impressed with Van Ginkel. Played well as a 6 as well as an 8 at times but its only against minor opposition I suppose so. De Bruyne was the stand out by a mile, he looked like he was out to prove a point to Jose. Wallace looked comfortable too, not seen any of this rash Brazilian tackles yet too so thats another plus haha.

Bale, Hazard, Mata, RVP and Lukaku should win me this shit. If not the system is flawed.

I know juts I feel very frustrated knowning that since Romeu picked up that injury he has fallen behind Essien in the pecking order

Could we not have just loaned out Essien and used Romeu instead?

Hazard playing in the 10 role, should be awesome.

Its funny because c stands for cunt and Chicarito is a cunt. I'd probably punch Charlie Adam so many times that he was unrecognizable because hes a fucking cunt. Same with most of Uniteds squad, including Chicacunto and Wazza. Rafael would also be one of those guys at United that I'd never stop punching. Hes such a cunt, ever since that Luiz smiling sending off I've hated Rafael more, wee bastard he is. Now if we go to Spain, I'd punch everyone in Barcalona's face too except Busquets and possibly Messi depending on if he'd give me some of that tax money he swindled.