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mercurial said:
Yip, I vote for a ban too. It's flippin' annoying. Henry, when you are gonna get your tickets?
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I am still trying to find out where the different seats are and organise with me mates to see who all is coming...Think I might just go for the R60 ones but I have to organise still..
 
Reminds me of the one match I saw where a dude brought in a dead fish to support mark fish.Imagine sitting next to a dead fish in the middle of summer for over 90mins.
Why did he think that would be a good idea.
 
SuPaStA said:
Reminds me of the one match I saw where a dude brought in a dead fish to support mark fish.Imagine sitting next to a dead fish in the middle of summer for over 90mins.
Why did he think that would be a good idea.
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hahahaha thats funny

yea sitting next to a dead fish must be bad :)

i could be dirty here but i will reserve comment :)
 
Man Utd issue FIFA threat to Real over Ronaldo

Manchester United have insisted they may report Real Madrid to FIFA over their public pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Premier League and European champions issued a statement on Tuesday evening describing their 'growing irritation' at continuing comments seemingly emerging from the Spanish club concerning their interest in the Portugal attacker.

The statement said: 'Manchester United has watched with growing irritation the comments attributed to Real Madrid over their alleged desire to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.

'The facts are: the player is on a long-term contract and his registration is held by Manchester United; The player is not for sale.

'The club will have no alternative but to report Real Madrid to the world governing body, FIFA, if it continues to behave in this totally unacceptable fashion. These public attempts to unsettle the player are completely against the regulations and the club will not tolerate them any longer.

'In addition, the club is certain that they are a distraction for the Portuguese national squad as they prepare for the European Championships. No one should be in any doubt that Manchester United will do everything in its power to keep its best players.'

Madrid coach Bernd Schuster confirmed Ronaldo is his club's number one summer transfer target.

United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has already voiced his dislike of Madrid touting for Ronaldo, pointing out their major domestic rivals, Barcelona, refrain from public expressions of admiration for other clubs' players.

That tactic has worked for Barca in securing the services of United defender Gerard Pique on a four-year contract on Tuesday.

But with any softly-softly approach for Ronaldo almost certain to meet with failure, Real have decided to come out all guns blazing.

And Schuster's latest comments seem to have prompted a curt response from United on Tuesday.

Ferguson is sure to be infuriated by Schuster referring to the 23-year-old in a manner that would suggest the signing has virtually been completed.

'There are other players we have been looking at but everything has slowed down a little due to all this Cristiano Ronaldo business, seeing as he is the big priority for the club,' said Schuster.

'The English way has been a perfect education for a player with such exceptional individual talent.

'There he has learned to enjoy his football as a complete professional. This means we would get a Cristiano who would arrive here with his lessons learned.'

Given such a statement, Ferguson is probably glad he is due to embark on his annual summer holiday next week, thus avoiding what is sure to be a regular stream of stories linking Ronaldo with a move to Madrid.

For his part, the United boss is adamant Ronaldo neither wants to, nor will be, leaving Old Trafford this summer, claiming last week the acid test of the relationship between player and club will not be faced for another two years.

By that time, Ferguson expects his team to have added at least one more European Cup to a tally they took to three with their penalty shoot-out win over Chelsea in Moscow last week.

In addition, they could have overtaken Liverpool's record of 18 English championships; United moving to within one with their latest success, the 10th of Ferguson's 23-year stint as manager.

Not that Real are likely to be dissuaded by history.

Although they, like United, have won back-to-back titles, European success has remained frustratingly out of reach since 2002 for the nine-time winners, a record Schuster is determined to put right with Ronaldo leading the charge.

'Cristiano would help us in a lot of ways, without a doubt, but we can't stop with just him,' he explained.

'He'll be expensive and we'll have to pay a lot of money, but we need more players because he won't be enough.

'For a few months now we have had a plan and we know what we want, but now Alexander Hleb has been added to that plan.

'We didn't know he would be able to leave Arsenal, but now it seems he will.'

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger will be about as happy with Schuster as Ferguson but the German, who has impressed at Real since replacing England boss Fabio Capello at the end of last season, is not likely to be influenced by that.

He certainly does not see the man expected to be confirmed as the world's best player in December being a problem to his squad, no matter what massive price tag is attached and what attention he attracts. After all, this is the club that signed David Beckham.

'In this Madrid side, the kid wouldn't create any problems,' he said.

'For the fans this signing would be an amazing explosion similar to what happened here when Beckham arrived.

'This isn't England, and that change will affect him. We have to be clever about this and sort this problem out for the kid.'
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http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=539680&cc=5901
 
Real plead Ron innocence

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has pleaded the club's innocence after the speculation over Cristiano Ronaldo's future at Manchester United took another twist.

On Tuesday, United threatened to report Real to Fifa if the Primera Division champions continued to pursue their attempted capture of Ronaldo in an 'unacceptable fashion'.

The Portugal international's future at Old Trafford has been in doubt in recent weeks with various Real officials publicly speaking about their interest in Ronaldo.

However, the Red Devils have vehemently denied that they will be losing the PFA Player of the Year this summer.

Magnificent relationship

Real have now moved to ease the growing tension between the two clubs, but do insist that the problem lies between United and the player.

"We haven't done, nor will we do anything against the wishes of a club that we consider a friend like Manchester United," Calderon said on the club's official website.

"Our relationship with Manchester is magnificent and we will not do anything that would violate the will of a team, just as we would not like that done to us.

"We know Manchester doesn't want to sell and we have nothing to say. It's a problem between the player and his team."
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http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3620035,00.html
 
The usual tapping-up stories. Can tell the season is over...

Will be interesting to see who we actaully ending up buying, and selling...
 
HenryJ said:
The usual tapping-up stories. Can tell the season is over...

Will be interesting to see who we actaully ending up buying, and selling...
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I become increasingly annoyed with CapeTalk. Every bloody morning they have a new Ronaldo story and God alone knows where they get it from :mad:
Jeff Ayliffe must be on crack :rolleyes:
 
mercurial said:
I become increasingly annoyed with CapeTalk. Every bloody morning they have a new Ronaldo story and God alone knows where they get it from :mad:
Jeff Ayliffe must be on crack :rolleyes:
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Indeed. Like the Sun and the Mail in England. They have to report on something - half the time I really think they make a lot of it up :p
 
Ya read that in this mornings paper, I think his over-rated but there is not much to choice when it comes to capped strikers in england.So he has no choice but to back rooney until something better comes along.

The guy has scored 12 goals this season in the league that is pathetic for a striker, I dont care about his work rate/effort his suppose to score goals.

Lets see what he does tonight, I want the game to be high scoring so hopefully he gets a few in.

(will post pics of the game in snapshots footy pic thread)
 
Njoy the game Supa.

My take on Rooney:

He has seriously dissapointed this season. Last season he wasnt brilliant as well. He has adopted a more attacking midfield role to be honest. His work rate is brilliant, but he cant score goals.

He isnt an out an out striker like an Eto, Berbatov, Henry, Benzema, Ibram, Villa, Torres to name a few.

Anybody differ?
 
Kule said:
Njoy the game Supa.

My take on Rooney:

He has seriously dissapointed this season. Last season he wasnt brilliant as well. He has adopted a more attacking midfield role to be honest. His work rate is brilliant, but he cant score goals.

He isnt an out an out striker like an Eto, Berbatov, Henry, Benzema, Ibram, Villa, Torres to name a few.

Anybody differ?
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i agree. He played more as an attacking midfielder really, in the support role. Which, when combined with Tevez, meant we didn't realy have an out-and-out striker in the team, which was not great...
 
rooney has been one of united's best players this season

sure he didnt score alot but he setup so many

that article i think hits the nail on the head with rooney

also i dont know how you can say he is over-rated

i have no doubt he is a super star and i dont think you need to be top scorer in the league to be a superstar

ronaldo had a great season, dont forget rooney is one of the reasons why

rooney will find his goal scoring ways and when he does, i fear for the opposition
 
killadoob said:
rooney has been one of united's best players this season

sure he didnt score alot but he setup so many

that article i think hits the nail on the head with rooney

also i dont know how you can say he is over-rated

i have no doubt he is a super star and i dont think you need to be top scorer in the league to be a superstar

ronaldo had a great season, dont forget rooney is one of the reasons why

rooney will find his goal scoring ways and when he does, i fear for the opposition
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Rooney was suppose to be the next big thing in england but has become a average player, hence his over-rated.

The point is his a striker, his job is suppose to be scoring goals not setting them up.I dont see big things for him the future and 100% other countries dont fear him in the england shirt.
 
@ Killa

Rooneys job is to score goals. Not to set it up. He isnt a midfielder. If a striker cant score goals, then he is poor. That is the plain hard truth.

A few years ago, Rooney was a superstar. Now he is just average in everybody's books.
 
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