Football Close Season Thread - Page 24

**Russ** · 03-07-2009, 14:47

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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

Hardly a liability seeing we won the league and got to the champions league final with him featuring throughout...

How often did we need him to do something...ANYTHING and he failed to produce? I can think of 2 occasions where he got subbed, Tevez came on and won the game for us. I realise for £30m SAF had to play him but when it became obvious he couldn't hit a cow's rear end with a banjo Tevez should have been given priority.

Shadow Demon UK · 03-07-2009, 18:55

Michael Owen signs two-year deal at Man Utd according to 5 live

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Confirmed - Link

**Russ** · 03-07-2009, 18:57

Better than a kick in the butt I guess.

Cobbydaler · 03-07-2009, 18:57

Sturridge gone to Chelsea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ea/8067000.stm

He won't get much first team football there, at least initially, but he'll get paid what he thinks he deserves...

**Russ** · 03-07-2009, 19:22

Just found out Owen was the 2001 European footballer of the year

kingbuxton · 03-07-2009, 19:39

Signed - 2 Years - at least I wasn't the only person that thought this was a no brainer.

They read a statement from him (MUTV).

Sounds like he is over the moon.

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Agbonlahor next.

TheDaddy · 04-07-2009, 02:42

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Originally Posted by kingbuxton

Agbonlahor next.

I don't think so, can anyone else see Owen being your final signing this season

matt-h · 04-07-2009, 08:54

I cant no...but then i cant see us signing agbonlahor either..

Id have ashley young though.. He'd do well , and with tosic coming through then a couple of fast wingers would do well

kingbuxton · 04-07-2009, 10:04

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I don't think so, can anyone else see Owen being your final signing this season

No. Agbonlahor would be perfect for us.

TheDaddy · 04-07-2009, 14:22

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Originally Posted by kingbuxton

No. Agbonlahor would be perfect for us.

Maybe, can't see you getting him though, way I see it what's the point of spending the cash for the sake of it, give some of those youngsters a go.

Anyway moving on, this made me laugh

Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has vowed he will shout in Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's face if he scores against the Red Devils next season. (Daily Mirror)

If it makes you feel better son go right ahead, personally I'd have thought scoring would have been point enough but there you go

kingbuxton · 04-07-2009, 14:56

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way I see it what's the point of spending the cash for the sake of it, give some of those youngsters a go.

Was thinking of it as more of a good investment, if Rooney or Berbatov get injured (and based on the opinion of 95% of the www, Owen will be injured all season) having to stick a 17 year old in and hope for the best, not sure I like the idea of that.

And the way Blatter is starting to Huff n Puff we need to get as many Englishmen as we can.

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he will shout in Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's face

Regrdless of what happened, all UTD fault, all his fault or 50/50 (which it was) he needs to rise above it and stop gobbing off. Maybe he isn't the Class Act us UTD fans thought he was, and we are seeing what Ferguson has been putting up with. Maybe he is just a sulking brat?

SB_07 · 04-07-2009, 18:29

Arsenal have bid for Felipe Melo according to SS and Yahoo, but Fiorentina want Eboue as part of the deal.

I think he'd be a decent signing for us, add some fire to midfield.....although his yellow/red card stats are pretty poor, but we need someone like that.

matt-h · 05-07-2009, 11:50

According to BBC Sport

Samuel Eto'o will drop his wage demands to join Manchester Utd for £25m

now that could be interesting

**Russ** · 05-07-2009, 12:05

Eto'o, he's another player that the media seem to love but hasn't really done anything to justify it. Ok he's a good player but I haven't seen anything from him yet that backs up his reputation.

Plus he's rubbish on FM2009

Shadow Demon UK · 05-07-2009, 12:30

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Originally Posted by Russ B

Eto'o, he's another player that the media seem to love but hasn't really done anything to justify it. Ok he's a good player but I haven't seen anything from him yet that backs up his reputation.

Plus he's rubbish on FM2009

Err, 108 goals in 145 games in la liga is not enough justification? He got 30 goals in 36 la liga games last season. He's a class player, i'd love to see him play for us.