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*Official* English Football Season 2007-08
- Thread starter GIMH
- Start date
BoyBrumby
Englishman
I think the reason Rossi's gone is simple economics. According to The Guardian Villareal have paid £7 million for him, which is decent business for a fourth or fifth choice striker. Linky.
Anyway, Giggs, Scholes & Ronaldo have all been deployed as strikers before in extremis, so it's hardly like United are struggling to put out an XI.
Anyway, Giggs, Scholes & Ronaldo have all been deployed as strikers before in extremis, so it's hardly like United are struggling to put out an XI.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Daniel Braaten is going to Bolton, the local rag claimed today. Pretty sure he will flop (in FM terms: work rate of 1, hardly the stuff that gets you regular game time in the Premier League - should have plied his trade at Atalanta or similar Italian place IMO), but then again it's a £500k deal so reasonably small money to throw out the window by EPL standards.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Na the vegetable with limitless funds and given several years to fluke something might be an occasional force to be reckoned with.
Loony BoB
International Captain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6926637.stm
Happy with this - hope it spreads to other leagues!
Happy with this - hope it spreads to other leagues!
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Surprised Inter Milan turned over Man U tonight, their team of reverses looked shockingly undercooked last weekend against Valencia and Arsenal. Although, it seemed like both teams put out good sides for tonight’s game. From Man U's website it seems like the game was a cracker as well.
Elsewhere my boys got turned over by Hudders****ingfield.
Elsewhere my boys got turned over by Hudders****ingfield.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
He was a real talent at Leece but has gone of the boil since (hence the price) and is supposedly a hard guy to manager.Bojinov to Manchester City? Sven with money is a force to be reckoned with, tbh.
Matteh
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Whereas we beat Derby 2-0.Elsewhere my boys got turned over by Hudders****ingfield.
Johnners
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
best thing ever
Craig
World Traveller
Nearly 74,000 as well, tried to go but it was just to hard to get tickets on the website. Or rather the MU site wouldn't work for some reason.Surprised Inter Milan turned over Man U tonight, their team of reverses looked shockingly undercooked last weekend against Valencia and Arsenal. Although, it seemed like both teams put out good sides for tonight’s game. From Man U's website it seems like the game was a cracker as well.
Elsewhere my boys got turned over by Hudders****ingfield.
Loony BoB
International Captain
Watched the United vs. Inter game on MUTV, was really great. Our defence was an absolute shambles in the first half and we had a huge amount of chances we could have done better with if not for some good goalkeeping and some lousy shooting - but the one-touch interplay between Rooney, Ronaldo, Carrick, Evra and Eagles was just awesome at times. Pity Giggs, O'Shea and the rest of the defence couldn't get in on the act.
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Hmm £6m and 80 grand a week apparently. A few more moves like that and West Ham will have penalised themselves the amount they should have been fined (ie earnings lost through being relegated) over Tevez.
roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
Not economics. He wanted regular first team football.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
TS Giuseppe, frankly. If Fergie had really wanted him he'd still be there.
Loony BoB
International Captain
SAF said he'd done all he could to convince him to stay but Rossi wanted regular first team football and (with Saha, Rooney, probably Tevez and possibly Soljskaer ahead of him) SAF couldn't make any promises, so Rossi left - I think that SAF had a buy-back clause in the contract shows he really wants him, if that doesn't.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
I don't buy it. Players only leave United because they're surplus to requirements. When was the last time a player left to better himself? All the big names who've gone (Stam, Beckham, Van Nistelrooy) had fallen out with Fergie first. Except with Scottish players (cf McClair & Fletcher) Sir Alex shows an admirable lack of sentimentality.
Loony BoB
International Captain
Surplus to requirements isn't the same as not being wanted. SAF wanted him, but you can't keep 5+ first-team strikers even if you want them all. I'll agree he's surplus for now, but after a couple of years I can see him returning. Soljskaer is in his last season and we'll need a fourth striker once he's gone... I doubt Dong will be that man.