13 goals in 35 league appearances is not a very good return for a striker.


Wayne Rooney: 0.4 Goals per Game last Season
Fabio Quagliarella: 0.38 Goals per Game last Season

Rooney scored every 7th Goal for his Team.
Quagliarella scored nearly every 3rd Goal for his Team.

Wayne Rooney: 0.4 Goals per Game last Season
Fabio Quagliarella: 0.38 Goals per Game last Season

Rooney scored every 7th Goal for his Team.
Quagliarella scored nearly every 3rd Goal for his Team. Good post. 13 goals for a 23 year old in Serie A is not very bad at all. But if you consider Rossi scored 9 goals for Parma in 19 games, then why are we buying what we already have.

backup? lets we got rooney ole rossi n fabio as smith n saha could be sold...

There's increaing reports that Barca want Gerard Pique for £7M, or even in exchange for Eidur Gudjonssen :) I think that'd be a good deal, though I like Pique and wouldn't mind him sticking around.


Mike

rooney ole rossi n fabio

you forget dong. The effort they went to getting him able to play over here, I'm sure we will be seeing a lot more of him.

I cant see saf selling saha either. Smith maybe, but hes even stated before he wants too use him more, stuck up for him recently on the england front suggesting he was good enough to have a crack at it.

In fact i'd be very surprised if they sold anyone, although if anyone was too go on that front it would be smith.

*edit* was looking up some videos of dong apprently hes got bit of a temper, ave it! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOQoeuVP314

we are no strangers to players that display temper. Rooney...keano...sparky...cantona.

But it doesnt matter its very hard to see dong given a chance at united.

It's pathetic peefan talk, should be ignored.

I'll pretend you got your nickers in a twist

Anyways back on topic, I'm not sure about Dong staying. Like David Gill said there will be exits and i hope one of those is Richardson.

There's increaing reports that Barca want Gerard Pique for £7M, or even in exchange for Eidur Gudjonssen :) I think that'd be a good deal, though I like Pique and wouldn't mind him sticking around.

Mike

I think Pique has good potential and would love to see him develop and stay at United...though if Barca want a loan deal then i'd say thats good for Pique

Otherwise they can **** off

I seriously doubt that Pique can overtake Brown and Evans as 4th choice centerback.

Nani injured his ankle yesterday for the U21's and was stretchered off. He scored a cracking goal though. Hope he's alright.


Mike

I seriously doubt that Pique can overtake Brown and Evans as 4th choice centerback.

Apparently he's been told he's third choice behind Vidic and Rio, although thats from Ballague. I've heard some good reviews about pique, with some comparing him to Hierro? I dont have sky so can't watch the Spanish league, so i haven't seen much of him.

Nani upped a gear last night to silence some of his critics. (Y)

our coach said the injury shouldnt be that seriouse, heres the tackle

http://images.skysports.com/images/playerpics06_07/International/nani-ankle.jpg

Also you could see his goal/chances here:

http://footballocks.net/index.php/273/portugal-vs-israel-under-21-highlights/

Nani upped a gear last night to silence some of his critics. (Y)

Same old same old. United players dissed before even playing for the club.

Anyway, young Rossi scored and was voted Man of The Match (Y).
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Italy consultant Gianfranco Zola admits they were wrong in leaving Giuseppe Rossi on the bench in the European Under-21 Championships.

“Giuseppe is an important player, but at the start so was Palladino, so we thought it was right to keep faith with Raffaele,” he said after the Azzurrini crashed out of the tournament.

“Obviously with hindsight you can say many things, but at the time we thought that was the right thing to do.”

The decision to give Rossi only 16 minutes against Serbia and the second half in the 2-2 draw with England caused controversy and confusion in the Italian media.

In his first start of the competition this evening, he scored for the 3-1 win over the Czech Republic and was voted Man of the Match by UEFA.

Despite the result, Italy still go out at the first hurdle thanks to England’s controversial 2-0 victory over the already qualified Serbia.

“Clearly this is not enough, as we thought – and I still think – we deserved to go further,” added Zola.

“Unfortunately we are paying the price for mistakes above all in the first game, which looking carefully we did not deserve to lose. We didn’t do enough against Serbia in terms of finishing.

“These things can happen and the lads can be proud they gave their all with more or less everyone playing their part.”

It’s not all over yet, as Italy face a play-off with Portugal on Thursday for a place in the 2008 Olympics.

This is because England can only compete as part of Great Britain, so their presence in the top four leaves a space open.
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Quagliarella claims that we've upped the bid in order to get him, look's like we're eager to get him. Considering he scored 13 goals, they were all pretty spectacular, he could be a interesting one. He seems to have a presence surrounding him.

Nani aims to prove a point!

Nani says he cannot wait until the Community Shield to respond to Chelsea's jibe that Manchester United paid over-the-odds for his signature.

That was the accusation levelled at United by their rivals' chief scout Piet de Visser after the Dutchman watched Nani at the European Under 21 Championship in Holland.

As a result, Nani is now doubly keen to showcase his talent when the two sides meet in the season's opener at Wembley on 5th August.

"I am already thinking about that game," Nani is quoted in The Daily Mail. "That is where I will make my mark.

"I want to show Chelsea that buying me has been a great move by Manchester United."

Nani has been compared to new team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo after coming through the youth ranks at Sporting, and will be joined at Old Trafford next season by fellow new signings Owen Hargreaves and Anderson.

Good, sounds like Nani is making all the right noises :)

Any news on Anderson's permit yet? They'll want to get a move on if he's going on the tour. Especially as he's at the Copa next week.


Mike

I think they'll reconsider after copa america. Hopefully Brazil win it then he would have at least 7 caps by then. So we;ll see. But another thing that could work for him is his talent. Ithink if a player is very good hes more likely to get a permit in that kind of circumstance. But we'll see.

But hey we get about 300,000 immigrants come in a year and dont leave. Within a year or two they get jobs and they become legit. Britain is a soft touch. So i dont see what the big deal is with foreign players. IF we can let non eu people in here with not much resistance.

They should just give him a work permit. 299,000 other people get one every year.

Anderson wouldn't need a work permit for the tour.

But hey we get about 300,000 immigrants come in a year and dont leave. Within a year or two they get jobs and they become legit. Britain is a soft touch. So i dont see what the big deal is with foreign players. IF we can let non eu people in here with not much resistance.

They should just give him a work permit. 299,000 other people get one every year.

Someone sucks at Maths eh? :funny:

haha i pointed that out, but then felt harsh so edited my post (H)

man, quiet summer after that really early spending spree. at least we got who SAF wanted. no arsing about. but the entertainment value sucks :corn:

I guess he wanted the team lineup finalised before the preseason tours, I think any future signings would depend on us first selling a player though.

that's true, there's no logic in buying a striker when you have like 5

There is when those 5 include Dong, Smith, Louis "crocked" Saha..

I've just been editing United's squad on my Xbox - With all the returning players it looks strong enough as it is!

Including the returns of;

Rossi
Pique
Evans
Simpson
Foster
Bardsley
Campbell

And of course the new boys.


Mike

could see evans and pique getting much more time this coming season. smith to boro might not happen as they have signed tuncay.

Nani apparently was ripping Italy to shreds today.

n Rossi got sent off...AWESOME!! hahaha

Wow! Those club takeovers are getting ridicules......

smith seems to be off to newcastle. big sam also wanted to add brown and tweedy apparantely.

Quagliarella has been fully bought by Udinese now, he was previously owned by both Sampadoria and Udinese. But when both bid, Udinese bid more, and now own the player 100%, and it look's as if they don't want to let him leave.

He wanted for a big club to buy him, so he got the agent to start all the rumours about bids and stuff to get attention. Too bad for him nothing happened and United were never going to splash out another 25 million EURO on a young unproven player.

Maybe we are waiting to see what will happen with Eto'o now with the almost certain arrival of Henry,

Someone sucks at Maths eh? :funny:

I did it on purpose obviously felt for that one. 299,999 thousand seeing as your perfect.

Henry going on the cheap for that price we might as well put a bid in for him just for jokes.

Quagliarella gone to Udinese!

thats the team that owns his rights...

bidding for strikers is going to get hefty now.

i think we should give rossi and pique a chance.

I did it on purpose obviously felt for that one. 299,999 thousand seeing as your perfect.

299,999 thousand? so thats 299,999,000?

Dude. Seriously. Give up.

I think we all get what he was trying to say

I think we all get what he was trying to say
i knew exactly what he was trying to say but that doesn't make it any less fun to dig at.

some good news!

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=473609&CPID=8&clid=1&lid=3&title=Richardson+could+quit+United&channel=&

i like Richardson :( :$

u like him or u like LIKE him? :(

he could stay if heinze leaves, he would be lb cover for us.

we got evra silves oshea...

Proberly getting flamed for this,but it's my wiew!
Ship of Richardson as soon as possible,he aint United quality! he hasn't developed the way many predicted,he is stuck at avarage and thats it!
:(

But he never gets a decent run of games, so how do you expect him to get better when he hardly lasts a full 90 minutes?

But he never gets a decent run of games, so how do you expect him to get better when he hardly lasts a full 90 minutes?
That's why he is better off playing at a different club,he will never get a decent run of games here,but i guess in another club he proberly play every week,atleast be on the bench.
that would be the best thing for him!
:borat:

Yeah, he is just not quality enough for the first team, so why spend a lot of time trying to make him better, when we can get somebody that's already good in there? And its not like he barely plays, every season he gets like 10-20 games in, but he just never shows that improvement that you need. Keep in mind that players improve most of their skills on the training ground, not on the field. Field is just for confidence and experience and Kieran is just not skillful or smart enough right now.

That's why he is better off playing at a different club,he will never get a decent run of games here,but i guess in another club he proberly play every week,atleast be on the bench.
that would be the best thing for him!
:borat:

Yeah, just look at his games for West Brom. Personally I think he's got the talent but I feel he's too lazy sometimes at United - arrogance maybe? I noticed it again when I saw England U21 V Italy at Wembley, He has the arrogance of a Ronaldo or Cantona, but with less than an eighth of their ability. Maybe if he worked harder he could be a major player.


Mike

So they're finally bidding for Torres. I don't know, Torres seems pretty loyal to Atletico. What's gonna happen to Alan Smith?

What's gonna happen to Alan Smith?

Last time I heard about Smith, he was on his way to Boro...Portsmouth and Newcastle also interested in him. According to some reports, Boro offered us around £6 million.

Parma have offered 6m for Rossi aswell.

I miss you Andrejs :(

How about we stop believing newspapers?

How about we stop believing newspapers?

i dont read the papaers,,,but i do beleive graham hunter,,,,and guem balage (think i spell his name right haha)
but anyway graham says eider will be leaveing but not to united,,,,and guem says torres does definatly want to leave now as he thought atletico would improve this season and get into europe but that didnt happen and no he is desperate to leave

and united seems to be his choice,,,,and thats not from either of them but from torres himself on la liga review he had an interview and admitted he was interested when he heard united had contacted atletico about him

Balague is full of crap. Last season Torres was a United player, he had his heart set on us, yet this summer amazingly he claims he's Liverpool through and through. Doesn't quite add up Guillem!

Lets just wait for something to happen :p

btw, whose gonna start the new season thread of ours ? :lui:

I would but too much work, i say Stotty do it again, he did well on this one.

Fiiinne... i wasn't goin to bother, but i can't turn down a request.

edit: Wheels are in motion. I hope you all like the new thread (H)