I've got a bad feeling we're going to end up with Michael Owen

One thing about Owen is it generally takes him 4 or 5 games to get going, sharpness, fitness and reaction wise, he is hardly going to be useful coming off the £#%&!ing bench when you bare that in mind, is he? You would assume he is going to have to play a decent number of games to use to man or beast.

Originally Posted by Jack Duckworth

fuzzy, marlo and scarface (now there's a reality tv show waiting to happen).

anyway, who would you say we could realistically sign now benzema has gone to madrid?

Id' rather sign Julie from fredtissue. Atleast she could run over defenders feet with her wheels.

Van Persie ( last year of contract )

Adebayor

Aguero

Young players i've probably never erd of but who are on the scouting radar.................basically any £#%&!ing body that an aging crippled scouse midget @#%&!

Originally Posted by marlo

25m would land adebayor at the club.

I wouldn't give 2.5million for him - not a utd player !

Originally Posted by The Stella Fella

I wouldn't give 2.5million for him - not a utd player !

and owen is one?

just woke up. Lots of doom in this thread then?

Once they put pen to paper - they have my full support, regardless of what i thought before they signed.

This is no different.

For everyone saying he's not going to start games, his obvious priority is getting back in the England side for the World Cup. He needs to be playing regularly to do this. He's turned down the guarantee of being the first choice striker at a number of clubs to sign for us instead. He's not coming to sit on the bench, it wouldn't make sense for him. He must have had assurances that he will get at least a chance to prove himself i.e a run of games, imo.

Originally Posted by Ether

For everyone saying he's not going to start games, his obvious priority is getting back in the England side for the World Cup. He needs to be playing regularly to do this. He's turned down the guarantee of being the first choice striker at a number of clubs to sign for us instead. He's not coming to sit on the bench, it wouldn't make sense for him. He must have had assurances that he will get at least a chance to prove himself i.e a run of games, imo.

he'll get a fair crack of the whip. we play enough games every season don't we.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Once they put pen to paper - they have my full support, regardless of what i thought before they signed.

This is no different.

this is pretty typical of our current support.

i cant believe ronaldo is gone and now owen is his replacement.

Well you better believe it, baby.

Originally Posted by believe

this is pretty typical of our current support.

what do you mean by that?

Originally Posted by Sparky***

what do you mean by that?

fickle. you'll be singing owen songs next.

Originally Posted by believe

fickle. you'll be singing owen songs next.

Go have a drink, your posts are better when you're pissed.

Originally Posted by bigMikeA

yes, young foreign players with no grasp of english and no experience of the premier league always do well.


for every kaka or pato there's a hundred cavenaghi's

It's what our scouting network is for. Or why you have £80m to go towards a 'sure thing' like Benzema.

Atletico Madrid paid €22m for Aguero, back then with the strength of the pound it would have been nearer £17m.

Whether this Douglas Costa is more Aguero or Forlan remains to be seen if we were to buy him as well.

Who is the best young English centre forward in the league? Agbonlahor? I'd rather we gambled on him.

Actually, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but Defoe returned to Spurs for something like £10m? I'd rather have bought him. At least he has proper pace & his foot injury aside relatively injury free and a '3rd choice'.

Seriously, £#%&! Michael Owen. £#%&! him in the ear. Scouse £#%&!ing @#%&!.

Originally Posted by Ether

For everyone saying he's not going to start games, his obvious priority is getting back in the England side for the World Cup. He needs to be playing regularly to do this. He's turned down the guarantee of being the first choice striker at a number of clubs to sign for us instead. He's not coming to sit on the bench, it wouldn't make sense for him. He must have had assurances that he will get at least a chance to prove himself i.e a run of games, imo.

He's bound to start games. As will the likes of Evans, O'Shea, Welbeck etc.

However, i'd hardly say he is being brought in to be a member of the 'strongest 11'. He is an addition to the squad. In contrast with Valencia, who will probably start a higher proportion of games and be a more important part of the 'first 11' (I know we don't strictly have a first 11, but i can't think of another way to convey it right now).

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Go have a drink, your posts are better when you're pissed.

Originally Posted by Ether

For everyone saying he's not going to start games, his obvious priority is getting back in the England side for the World Cup. He needs to be playing regularly to do this. He's turned down the guarantee of being the first choice striker at a number of clubs to sign for us instead. He's not coming to sit on the bench, it wouldn't make sense for him. He must have had assurances that he will get at least a chance to prove himself i.e a run of games, imo.

He was largely guaranteed regular first team football at Newcastle and was almost always involved if fit. But that didn't really interest or impress Capello, so it probably wouldn't be much different at another medium sized club. I suspect Capello would be more impressed if he sees Owen get a handful of important goals for United in big games than him playing a lot of football for a smaller club. He'll simply be taken more seriously if he's at United. Besides, if he's got any ambition he'll still believe he can nail down a place at United, even if the odds are against him at the start. I'd be stunned if there were any assurances offered from United's end over how much playing time he'll be given. But then again I never thought I'd see the little @#%&! in a United shirt, so who £#%&!ing knows anymore..

Originally Posted by marlo

i cant believe ronaldo is gone and now owen is his replacement.

You don't really believe that

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

He was largely guaranteed regular first team football at Newcastle and was almost always involved if fit. But that didn't really interest or impress Capello, so it probably wouldn't be much different at another medium sized club. I suspect Capello would be more impressed if he sees Owen get a handful of important goals for United in big games than him playing a lot of football for a smaller club. He'll simply be taken more seriously if he's at United. Besides, if he's got any ambition he'll still believe he can nail down a place at United, even if the odds are against him at the start. I'd be stunned if there were any assurances offered from United's end over how much playing time he'll be given. But then again I never thought I'd see the little @#%&! in a United shirt, so who £#%&!ing knows anymore..

You're probably right, I'm still expecting to see him start the first few games of the season though