usually no. usually 7-14 days. but i notice from November onwards, it takes AT LEAST 2 weeks for UK parcel to arrive OZ. The good news is unlike Malaysia where parcel missing is a huge risk, Australia is relatively safer...so sooner or later it will arrive. Thats from personal experience la, usually 14-20 days the past few months. No idea why.

I LIKE!

when he said they are even better than Barca and Real's attack force, u know whatever he said about Rooney is just as crap And sounds like sourgrapes to me, when just months ago they tried to "sign" this "not-the-best-striker-in-Manchester"

They did.

i think Tottenham have similar midfield tactics to us. They have pacey wingers to get the ball moving, while their central midfields are more defensive minded. not too sure with their Pienaar coz as with their central mid its 2 CM (1 behind mid line, 1 above [palacios and modric]) and 1 AM/CF which would be given automatically to VDV. SO pienaar could be backup for Modric? I cant see Pienaar replacing Modric, both immediate or for future since Pienaar is older.

My collection of latest season jersey, with possible "last-season men" printed

Ronaldo >>>> Balotelli

Viva Ronaldo!!

He even dared to say Mourinho need to learn politeness and respect obviously he doesnt know what a mirror is.

im planning on Gary for the 3rd kit...but u know la..the black and blue shirt with AON sponsor never made it for sale. there are rumours that players stock will be sold at the Old Trafford Megastore come end of the year, so im banging on that. Otherwise might get the one with AIG, remove the sponsor and DIY with AON

Good thing about this long punt to the other side of the field is, it diverts the opponents attention completely to the other side...and when a fast cross goes in again, they lost track of who they are marking. The concept is similar to the game of handball, if u watch the attacking players pass and pass from left to right and back to left and back to right, gathering speed in process.

Sad to say none of the current midfielders have the ability (or at least, lack of confidence) to pump the ball wide to left/right with precision like Scholes did. I think the cause is nowadays most teams, even the smaller teams like Blackpool dare to attack us directly, even at Old Trafford. So the times when we control midfield, aka passing around aka Control (FM11 mode ) are reduced significantly. This leads to lack of confidence, because players like Fletcher and Carrick cant risk these limited chance by taking a risk of such long ball...so usually u see them play short ball back to their sides or back to defenders when under pressure. Dayum...Scholes set such a high standard for the club's midfielders

BTW do you think Carrick may be a bit too quiet while on the field? quiet as in when calling for balls. Sometimes a player cant see everything so they need an open teammates to shout out if they are in open spaces and can receive the ball. If Carrick is too quiet and dont call out that often when he is open, then by the time he does he would have been closed down and opportunity gone wasted. Or maybe i am saying this coz of his personality, memang the diam tikus type. Scholes is different, his "quiteness" is just a "i dont give a damn to everything else off pitch"

This post has been edited by pyroboy1911: Jan 20 2011, 03:45 PM

probably coz Carrick and Fletcher's role is just too similar. and u know what happens when u got 2 similar players on the field, their "weakness" are not covered, though their "specialty" isnt necessarily doubled. Thats why when Scholes is available and fit, he will occupy one of the CM role and the other one will be either those 2...usually Fletcher coz he seems more fierce. but Carrick will do just fine if Fletcher is not available.

Schweinsteiger was in the mold of Scholes so i was quite happy when we were linked to him a while back ago but he decides to be loyal to Bayern so thats that. Another factor is commandeering. Not only is Scholes have the ability, he has the confidence that he can dictate the midfield. Those passes he made, are risky coz one wrong touch and the ball would be given to opponent. But he knows he can execute it and without any doubt, and confidence is just as important as the ability itself. So finding a replacement, either experienced player or upcoming youngsters, needs to have these quality. I think Anderson is showing such promise. He just gotta improve on his movement, decision making and other small "glitches" and i think he's good to go.

Modern football nowadays see a more specialized midfielders, either attacking or defensive. Pure CM like Scholes who is able to switch to attacking or defensive when appropriate is becoming rarer. When playing against opponent we can "bully", Scholes will decide where to pass. Wingers like Becks benefited from such passer coz that means they wont have to dribble a lot. If against stronger opponent where we need to hold, Scholes would easily switch to a more central figure and try to disrupt opponent.

yeah no news of any injury, knock whatsoever

Berba!! Double happiness coz he's my fantasy captain

DOWAN! Rio not in team, CS will benefit my fantasy team's opponent! concede 1 is enough.

Oh wai- not FF thread.

eh wait, Evra just got subbed out. that means no CS for my rival too. OK GOOD, CLEAN SHEET CLEAN SHEET!!

U sure?

Berbababababa!!

OK time to continue watching Park play!! if they win Semi Final Korea Japan banyak syok!! manyak amoi tengok.

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Added on January 23, 2011, 1:19 amScholes signed contract, he scores. Giggs signing, also score. Should we be starting to offer contracts to all players before every game?

This post has been edited by pyroboy1911: Jan 23 2011, 01:19 AM

talk or no talk yet, sign or no sign yet, memang confirm he will sign la. contract paper tu only formality, the real concrete one is him saying he will play. he might as well give SAF a copy of his signature on a cop and the gaffer can stamp onto the paper anytime he wants

im loving Darren Bent