Hopefully.


As for the Vidic case.. it was very stupid of him to do that. If the ref had saw it, he would have been sent off. But if the ref didn't saw it, the FA can't do anything about it now.. right?

Nani could get 10-15 goals. That would be plenty. As for CMs.. 5+ is the best can hope for right now. Can forget about someone like Lampard/Gerrard because they play in a different role to our CMs and wouldn't be able to replicate their goal scoring exploits with us playing the role our CMs do, although they would get a bit more goals compared to our CMs.

It was a combination of that and Vidic's letting Eto'o in so easily.

Anderson sort of thought he can match Iniesta for pace, back off.. and one burst, Iniesta was through. He a poor game that night. Did nothing. Hope he can do better this season and see how Nani responded to last season.

He's consistent that's for sure. He need another 16+5-10 goals more, and it will be a great season for him. Really hope this is 'his' year finally. But from SAF comments about him not mature enough yet to be regarded as captain, and what he said about him needing 2-3 seasons for him to reach his potential, maybe it won't be this season although if the wingers keep supplying great balls each game, he could get 25-30 goals..

Long time no see Reon!
Thanks for the great siggies!

Hmmph.. Liverpool are showboating. Villa is leading right now, but you can bet you ass that Liverpool will score 5 goals next and all the world will hail the great comeback win and regard them as champions elect!

This is just shit. They lost.. made our loss against Burnley even worst. We should at least got a draw, and in normal conditions, would probably win that comfortably. And we would always be up 6 points on them.. arrgh.

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Added on August 25, 2009, 5:04 am

Well, we can laugh a bit for a while.
But watch us lost to Arsenal next weekend..

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Do the bragging and whatnot after the Arsenal game please. We could easily end up with the same number of points with them after that.






I love the caf..

If SAF was so mad at Anderson, he wouldn't have made the bench for the first game and was about to bring him on only for Evans to get injured and we subbed on a defender instead. He also wouldn't have started the game at Burnley if it was so. And Park, Carrick, Brown didn't made the bench either against Wigan. The story is bull..

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Reaction to last night..

http://sportgfx.com/english-football-pictu...otos-21/index52
Lots of great pictures there. Check it out.

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Come lah brader. Miri dekat what..

I'm sure not many were impressed with Fletcher at first, except for the last 2-3 seasons or so. Only last season or so he started to really win over the doubters. He's 25 this year. And Ando is only 21 years old. He's no Scholes I give you that, but he's got great vision.. and like all young players, they're inconsistent, as Fletcher showed over the years. With a bit of patience and games here and there, he will improve.. whether it'll be good enough to earn him a starting spot remains to be seen. But I'm betting he will nail that position alongside Fletcher in a few years.

We naik beca..

He's that good, although not as good as people make him out to be. If he was, Real would have built the team around him or integrate him into their first team/squad.

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Added on August 26, 2009, 1:52 pmJust above VDV level, but not the top ones.. but then not many are at the top ones.

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Well, in his reserve days, he was far more influential dictating the play etc. So I feel he still has another one or two gear to take..

Park, Nani, Valencia and Obertan, Tosic and Ljajic in January.. if we don't have those latter 3, Robben would be a great addition, but right now he's not needed in term of numbers. Banking on Obertan to be the surprise of the season..

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Added on August 26, 2009, 6:58 pmWell, as long as he still is our player, there's no need to worry about what happens in the future. We could say the same about any other player. Vida, Rio, Evans, Rooney.. they could leave for whatever reasons next season or the next one after that. Let's worry when the time comes. As of now, let's just hope they do their best for us.

Feeling Nani will have a fantastic season. Started well. Showed he has far more to his game than Valencia. Right now apart from Berba/Rooney/Giggsy, the only other player able to do something out of nothing.

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Robben is a very good winger. Not as good as Messi/Ronaldo/Ribery, but on his day he can be just as good as any of them on their day, but that's the thing.. those days don't come often, and he still seems to have that selfish part of him. Would be a very good addition for us.. could easily ended up at LW, with Nani moving over to the right and be our regular pair. But with the number of wingers we have right now, can't see us signing him.

We wanted him back then. We somewhat agreed a price for him in a gentleman's agreement with PSV, but then when we really made an actual bid, we only bid half of what we agreed before. Roman Abramovic then came in with a bid, and straight away got the player. 12m is nothing though, and can be considered a bargain.

God knows how he would have done, if we got him back then. We haven't done too badly since then, but what IF..

Our wings while not great currently, is IMO very good, with good options. And if Nani stepped up, and Valencia do what he does right now + some more later on as he improve under our training, we would be a very hard team to stop. Park being dependable as ever, and Tosic + Obertan + Ljajic being the surprises, we don't have to worry about that position for a while.

It's the CM which is somewhat a 'problem' right now. Carrick=steady, Fletcher=run, harrying job, dependable, improving, Giggsy/Scholes=Classy, but past their best, and on a downward slope, Anderson=Potentially a monster, but right now just a good inconsistent player who needs to improve, Gibson=Prospect.. god knows how he would end up, and Hargo=Injured. Spare part. We certainly could do with someone top of the range there. But those who are at the top right now, apart from De Rossi are not available. We just have to bank on Anderson making it, and make do with what we have right now till he get there, which would be another 2-4 years looking at Fletcher's route.

Obertan plays a bit like Ribery. Getting past players, and then pass the ball, unlike Ronaldo who used to run down blind alleys. Quite surprised seeing the comments about him playing in France saying he was selfish etc.. but looks quite the opposite on the youtube videos, although that's no way to judge a player and only show his best parts. Hopefully we will all be surprised by him.. but looks like he will be on reserve duties when he gets back seeing he attended a lot of their games.

He's done all right so far. Whenever he gets outside successfully, most of the time his crosses will get through and our attackers in the box have a chance to attack that cross. But people sure does know a bit how to counter him. Show him the left/inside, and he wouldn't know what to do with the ball whenever he moves into that space. Certainly a work in progress. But he has the pace, strength, willingness to work etc that would work in his favour.

Obertan is out injured for 3 months(back around Sept-Oct?). That's why we didn't hear much about him. A lot of people seem a bit skeptical about him.. more so from those French people who see him in their league. Saying selfish, didn't quite lived up to the hype he got earlier. I'm a bit excited about him for some reason. Thinks he's gonna be a big player too, should he get the chances and take them. A Ribery with height.

Real Madrid wants Ribery. Ribery wants to join Real Madrid. End result, noone else have a chance to get him. I don't know how much Real offered them for Ribery, but if it was around the 40m mark, it would be foolish to reject, seeing next season he only have one season left on his contract. Who knows, if M.City did well and qualify for the CL, and throw enough $$ around, Ribery might be tempted and Bayern could ask for more..

Win-win situation maybe, but it would just be like last season where Nani would struggle to find his form. We want him to step up, and there's no better way than putting our trust in him and playing him in a lot of games. He could play on the right of course with Robben taking that other side, but we got Valencia for that, plus Park can cover both flanks, and there's Tosic and the newcomer Obertan who seems to be talented. There's also Ljajic coming over next January.

It was a case of us identifying Ribery as our #1 target, but we have to scratch his name from the list. And we seem to target Valencia around the middle of last season. Robben just didn't make the list I guess, however good he may be.

Park is more than a backup I think. First half of the Chelsea game, he was fantastic. Valencia wouldn't be able to do what he did in that game. But then Park wouldn't be able to do what Valencia does best, get to the byline and whip crosses. Park=Great inside, crap outside, Valencia=Great outside, crap inside.. merge please.

Well, Arshavin is a forward/winger.

But yeah, we could do with a young Keane/Scholes. But we have been searching forever for one of those, and none came up. Those that are around are now unavailable. Our best bet for some magic there is Ando, in another 2-3 seasons, unless one really special midfielder pop up somewhere.

Have to wait till the end of the season. Nobody would sell their players in the middle of the season. Too late now to do anything. Also remember Ronaldo before he turn on his god mode? First half look like any young player, inconsistent. But 2nd half of the season he somehow become our best/most threatening players in almost all the games. Nani so far have a good start to the season, although we only played four games. It's been encouraging IMO. I thought he was still in last season's mode during the pre-season. He was crap over here. Couldn't get past our defenders. But so far so good..

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Added on August 28, 2009, 4:44 amPretty tough draws huh? But we should be able to get past this group, unless we ... up somewhere.

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Added on August 28, 2009, 4:47 amTevez 1-1 Owen.
Game on!

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Rio, Vida, Evans, Brown.
O'Shea, Cathcart, Gary, De Laet..

That's our CB option. We have more than enough right now. We might need someone who has Vida's style as backup, but would be hard to find.