Is Nani the reason manyoo will win the weague? [Archive] - Peoples Republic Of Cork Discussion Forums

Edmund Blackwater

03-03-2009, 04:41 PM

KolaKubes

03-03-2009, 04:46 PM

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When you think that manyoo can afford to spend 17 million on an utter lemon like Nani, it's hard to see how any other club could compete with them.
Add Hargreaves to that too, 19 million for a mole in the physio room.
That's 36 million or in more tangible terms, Wigan, Bolton, Hull and Stoke's first teams.

And Chelsea bought the league?

How do you like them lemons?

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 04:46 PM

are ya hurting Ed?

If United win the league, doing so without much contribution from Nani, Hargreaves and Anderson this year will be impressive

Chelsea didn't buy the league

The core players were there they got a manager who gave them belief
Some of their buys helped their decline a few seasons ago

Eoin

03-03-2009, 04:50 PM

Who exactly does Ed support?? He seems to be just anti-everything.

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 04:52 PM

Lapsed Forest fan

doesn't post about them though

duffer31

03-03-2009, 04:56 PM

Who exactly does Ed support?? He seems to be just anti-everything.

he is anti everything. i think he may have been abused as a child or at the very least dropped on his noggin a good few times. he is really bored today to start a pss poor wumming thread like this one. nani is a carling cup specialist and wing wizard. as soon as thriller is launched as a broadway musical then nani will be off........

2/10 for wumming effort. only getting the 2 as it is a tuesday in fairnes......

KD Langer

03-03-2009, 04:56 PM

who exactly does ed support?? He seems to be just anti-everything.

abu.

Edmund Blackwater

03-03-2009, 04:59 PM

Lapsed Forest fan

doesn't post about them though
Not that lapsed. I've been to see them a couple of times this season.
Won both as well.

I don't post about them...here.

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:00 PM

Not that lapsed. I've been to see them a couple of times this season.
Won both as well.

I don't post about them...here.

fair d'nuff

KD Langer

03-03-2009, 05:00 PM

http://yepyep.gibbs12.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/fergie-maxim-webb.jpg

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:00 PM

nani is a carling cup specialist

2/10 for wumming effort.

heh heh heh

ah in fairness to Ed he has his moments

RodrigoCardoso

03-03-2009, 05:07 PM

Edmund Blackwater

03-03-2009, 05:09 PM

So United bought the league with a 'lemon' and a 'mole' who doesn't even play?

Jaysus, that's some logic. Was that revelation bestowed upon you by a woman by any chance?
Are you special?
What I'm saying is that when you can afford to pay that money for two muppets who never play, what hope has anyone else got?

duffer31

03-03-2009, 05:09 PM

heh heh heh

ah in fairness to Ed he has his moments

yes indeed stevie but are they good or bad moments. that my friend is of vital importance..... how are the nipples and night feeds.....i can change a nappy with one hand now an all stevie while still being able to press the red button for interactive sevices on sky.... ill teach ya. ha ha. my small wan is nearly 3 months now and we had her all decked out sunday for the carling cup final. as cheesy as it was her little united beany hat brought a tear to daddys eye. we have not lost a game bar derby since she was born i think. lucky charm me thinks.........

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:10 PM

Are you special?
What I'm saying is that when you can afford to pay that money for two muppets who never play, what hope has anyone else got?

The names Shevchenko, Robbie Keane, Darren Bent, and many more spring to mind

Edmund Blackwater

03-03-2009, 05:11 PM

The names Shevchenko, Robbie Keane, Darren Bent, and many more spring to mind
All of whom get/got more game time than these two clowns.

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:12 PM

yes indeed stevie but are they good or bad moments. that my friend is of vital importance..... how are the nipples and night feeds.....i can change a nappy with one hand now an all stevie while still being able to press the red button for interactive sevices on sky.... ill teach ya. ha ha. my small wan is nearly 3 months now and we had her all decked out sunday for the carling cup final. as cheesy as it was her little united beany hat brought a tear to daddys eye. we have not lost a game bar derby since she was born i think. lucky charm me thinks.........

good work!

My little one is only 9 days old but she is looking forward to hitting the cross later in the summer and was shouting at Fergie the other day begging him to take Nani and Gibson off

KD Langer

03-03-2009, 05:13 PM

The names Shevchenko, Robbie Keane, Darren Bent, and many more spring to mind

not to mention torres...........

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:14 PM

All of whom get/got more game time than these two clowns.

Hargreaves is injured, quite seriously

But contributed very well to a Champions League win last year and like Nani, was important in the league too on occassions

United learnt from what was for many people here the highlight of the last few years, the 3-0 drubbing in Milan, where there squad depth was found out to be badly lacking

duffer31

03-03-2009, 05:15 PM

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:15 PM

not to mention torres...........

well he generally starts games but for a time Rafa has been known to bench him alright

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:16 PM

i hope you wet the baby's head in a severe manner. is it your first. maybe ed can babysit for the champions league final.....

Ya our first alright-been off drink all year but had a few on Sunday alright to celebrate the birth!

mayday

03-03-2009, 05:16 PM

The names Shevchenko, Robbie Keane, Darren Bent, and many more spring to mind

Don't forget Veron.

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:19 PM

Don't forget Veron.

Fergie did his best to start him and even unsettled a winning midfield to try and accomodate him

That's the issue

a 3 in a row title winning team bought him to better themselves in Europe

didn't work

lost the league in 2002 and failed in the semis of europe

Won back the league but moved him on

Overall, a failure, but like Morientes, Ballack and many more top players looked a great buy on paper

Philby

03-03-2009, 05:21 PM

not to mention torres...........

well he generally starts games but for a time Rafa has been known to bench him alright

Yet more misinformed idiocy.

A fit Torres has been benched very rarely indeed.

Less than Ronaldo or Rooney I'd be confident in saying.

mayday

03-03-2009, 05:23 PM

Fergie did his best to start him and even unsettled a winning midfield to try and accomodate him

That's the issue

a 3 in a row title winning team bought him to better themselves in Europe

didn't work

lost the league in 2002 and failed in the semis of europe

Won back the league but moved him on

Overall, a failure, but like Morientes, Ballack and many more top players looked a great buy on paper

Agreed, I was expecting big things from him at the time.
The squad Utd have now scares the bejesus out of me.
Don't ever remember it being so strong in all areas.

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:24 PM

Yet more misinformed idiocy.

A fit Torres has been benched very rarely indeed.

Less than Ronaldo or Rooney I'd be confident in saying.

last season he was rested in key games i thought?

earlier in the season?

and this year he was rested in games too; got them out of a ruckus at Fratton park recently, thought he was rested against Stoke

Ronaldo is rarely ever rested

United have decent alternatives to Rooney

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:25 PM

Agreed, I was expecting big things from him at the time.
The squad Utd have now scares the bejesus out of me.
Don't ever remember it being so strong in all areas.

yeah they look good but it can easily change though if they go out against Inter Milan the season could easily end in failure

I'd be happy with the league anything else a bonus

KD Langer

03-03-2009, 05:34 PM

Yet more misinformed idiocy.

A fit Torres has been benched very rarely indeed.

Less than Ronaldo or Rooney I'd be confident in saying.

he's the new louis saha..........

KD Langer

03-03-2009, 05:36 PM

one good thing about this thread is just by it's existence you know the abu'ers like ed have very little with which to attack these days..........

Philby

03-03-2009, 05:42 PM

last season he was rested in key games i thought?

earlier in the season?

and this year he was rested in games too; got them out of a ruckus at Fratton park recently, thought he was rested against Stoke

Ronaldo is rarely ever rested

This article debunks the well-trodden myth that Torres was rested excessively last season:

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/NG159163080313-1119.htm

If anything Torres has been overplayed this season.

On his return from injuries he has looked like he was badly lacking match sharpness and if Liverpool weren't in such dire need of his talents I'm sure he'd have been eased back in quite a bit more gently.

United have decent alternatives to Rooney

How is that relevant to what we are talking about?

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:44 PM

How is that relevant to what we are talking about?

Rooney isn't benched for the sake of it and is generally in Uniteds first eleven (Inter was a rarity)

Nani isn't good enough to be in Uniteds first eleven

Wheteher he will be is up for debate

This season he has dissapointed but i wouldn't write him off yet

KD Langer

03-03-2009, 05:46 PM

This article debunks the well-trodden myth that Torres was rested excessively last season:

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/NG159163080313-1119.htm

If anything Torres has been overplayed this season.

On his return from injuries he has looked like he was badly lacking match sharpness and if Liverpool weren't in such dire need of his talents I'm sure he'd have been eased back in quite a bit more gently.

How is that relevant to what we are talking about?

yep, that selling keane was a benetiz masterstroke alright......

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:46 PM

If anything Torres has been overplayed this season.

True

bad management

rushed back to soon

Selling one of his few good bits of cover

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 05:47 PM

This article debunks the well-trodden myth that Torres was rested excessively last season:

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/NG159163080313-1119.htm

?

"despite a European record that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger dream about, Benitez instantly faced scarcely-veiled criticism."

oh dear

stopped reading after that

Philby

03-03-2009, 06:06 PM

"despite a European record that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger dream about, Benitez instantly faced scarcely-veiled criticism."

oh dear

stopped reading after that

If you factor in how much exposure each manager has had to European football then Benitez's record measures up very well against those two, the Frenchman especially.

youghalboi

03-03-2009, 06:09 PM

yep, that selling keane was a benetiz masterstroke alright......

A crazy decision. I didn't think he was good enough at Spurs first time around and I wasn't at all impressed when Liverpool signed him in the summer for a seriously inflated fee. At the same time selling him after 5-6months and leaving Liverpool with a half fit torres was an absolutely crazy decision

STEVIEG

03-03-2009, 06:10 PM

If you factor in how much exposure each manager has had to European football then Benitez's record measures up very well against those two, the Frenchman especially.

if's and but's and what have you

the Rafa way

Fergie beats him to a pulp in all regards only a fool can deny this

he has a better record in Europe than Wenger but not Fergie

mightyquark

03-03-2009, 06:13 PM

good work!

My little one is only 9 days old but she is looking forward to hitting the cross later in the summer and was shouting at Fergie the other day begging him to take Nani and Gibson off

Mine is 4 months old and was demanding a change of formation on Sunday which Fergie did do eventually.Pushing Nani and Ronaldo high and wide in a
4-3-3 formation therefore forcing Lennon back to play deeper to double up thus making him less effective.
She also wanted to know why Gibson kept giving the ball away and was playing the game at a slower pace than his elder Scholes.

Lee Bushwacker

05-03-2009, 09:33 PM

Not that lapsed. I've been to see them a couple of times this season.
Won both as well.

I don't post about them...here.

:twisted:
Would anyone actually be interested, Ebeneezer apart? :rolleyes:

st finnbar

06-03-2009, 03:12 AM

If you factor in how much exposure each manager has had to European football then Benitez's record measures up very well against those two, the Frenchman especially.

Less of the rawk shit please:mrgreen:

RodrigoCardoso

09-03-2009, 10:40 AM

Are you special?
What I'm saying is that when you can afford to pay that money for two muppets who never play, what hope has anyone else got?

The same as anyone else.
United built their team up over years. They didn't have 30million to spend on a player when the Premiership began. Their continual success built up the bank making it easier to buy players in future. Utter cunts, how dare they.

Edmund Blackwater

10-03-2009, 12:27 PM

Nobody paid 30 million for players when football began.
They did however consistently break the transfer record.

And by quite some distance in the case of veron and jabberwocky double in fact..

mightyquark

10-03-2009, 05:06 PM

Nobody paid 30 million for players when football began.
They did however consistently break the transfer record.

And by quite some distance in the case of veron and jabberwocky double in fact..

AHEM!
Forest doubled the Record Transfer fee when they bought Trevor Francis for 1 Million Pounds in 1979.

Edmund Blackwater

10-03-2009, 06:04 PM

AHEM!
Forest doubled the Record Transfer fee when they bought Trevor Francis for 1 Million Pounds in 1979.
Incorrect

duffer31

11-03-2009, 07:27 PM

AHEM!
Forest doubled the Record Transfer fee when they bought Trevor Francis for 1 Million Pounds in 1979.

ouch. broke the tranfer record all right..........

mightyquark

11-03-2009, 07:46 PM

Incorrect

It actually amounted to £1.1million with taxes.

mightyquark

11-03-2009, 07:51 PM

And it doubled the fee that West Brom paid Middlesbrough for David Mills which was the previous Brittish record transfer fee.

STEVIEG

11-03-2009, 07:57 PM

And it doubled the fee that West Brom paid Middlesbrough for David Mills which was the previous Brittish record transfer fee.

ooouch

sure Trevor Francis never did anything for Forest i suppose

ebenezer

11-03-2009, 08:02 PM

Francis cost less than 1 million.

ebenezer

11-03-2009, 08:04 PM

£999,999. :rolleyes:

TOMÁS

11-03-2009, 08:18 PM

AHEM!
Forest doubled the Record Transfer fee when they bought Trevor Francis for 1 Million Pounds in 1979.

Hey hey!

I like your style!

mightyquark

11-03-2009, 08:20 PM

£999,999. :rolleyes:

An urban myth spun by Clough to try and deflect the sensationalism the transfer was causing.Clough also referred to Francis as a promising player and boasted about the fact that his instructions to Francis were to give the ball to John Robertson cos he is a better player...Clough also did this with Stan Bowles.
Nice try Eb....

ebenezer

11-03-2009, 08:23 PM

Clough told EVERY player to get the ball to Robbo. :D

mightyquark

11-03-2009, 08:25 PM

Clough told EVERY player to get the ball to Robbo. :D

Yes he did say that to the Million Pound Trevor Francis.

ebenezer

11-03-2009, 08:25 PM

If United bomb out tonight.

We will still be the last English side to retain The European Cup. :cool:

We also have the same record for The League Cup. :cool:

Shame about now though. :(

ebenezer

11-03-2009, 08:27 PM

Yes he did say that to the Million Pound Trevor Francis.

Could be a bit tricky seeing as though Francis was mainly used on the right-flank with Robbo playing 70/80 yards opposite on the left. :D

mightyquark

11-03-2009, 08:30 PM

Could be a bit tricky seeing as though Francis was mainly used on the right-flank with Robbo playing 70/80 yards opposite on the left. :D

As I said Urban myth spun by Clough...He was brilliant at this..turning up to sign players dressed in a tracksuit and holding a squah racquet...class!
It was after all Robertson feeding Francis for his greatest moment.

BostonRebel

12-03-2009, 07:53 PM

Ya our first alright-been off drink all year but had a few on Sunday alright to celebrate the birth!

Been away for a while so just saw this.

Good man Stevie...congrats.

And on topic, United will win the league because City drew with Liverpool a couple of weeks ago effectively killing them off.

Jaysus when ye even have us doing ye favours...;)

STEVIEG

12-03-2009, 07:55 PM

Been away for a while so just saw this.

Good man Stevie...congrats.

And on topic, United will win the league because City drew with Liverpool a couple of weeks ago effectively killing them off.

Jaysus when ye even have us doing ye favours...;)

Cheers man I was a City fan that day!

Still think there could be a few twists and turns in the league but United are in the box seat

Good luck later