lol

Did anyone else think of Doctor evil when they saw that?

1 Billion Pounds

I love how childish and arbitrary the number is. These guys should be hung in Merceyside for all to see.

10/15/2010 12:35:06 PM

nani has scored again. lol maybe giggs is right

10/16/2010 10:51:05 AM

WOW. what a howler from van der sar LOL

10/16/2010 11:15:26 AM

RE: United




I give up.

10/16/2010 11:16:42 AM

^ damn I thought that game was over... I was watching the Fulham game


SOMEBODY ALERT ME NEXT TIME MANYOO LOSES A TWO GOAL LEAD

10/16/2010 11:17:14 AM

Let's go Reds. Jesus christ.

10/16/2010 11:26:59 AM

Anyone have stream links for the derby tomorrow?

10/16/2010 10:33:55 PM

try this link: http://www.livescorehunter.com/live-streaming-video-football/

10/17/2010 12:41:44 AM

B - L - A - C - K


P - OO - L

10/17/2010 9:16:12 AM

fuck.

10/17/2010 10:20:16 AM

^

10/17/2010 10:22:30 AM

yeah doesnt look like its gonna be a good season for united or liverpool this year. liverpool better do something in january though or its gonna be much much worse for them

10/17/2010 10:29:28 AM

Fairy tale ending.


Bwahahahaha.


Everton!

10/17/2010 12:36:04 PM

God damn it I hate City and I hate Carlos Tevez.

10/17/2010 1:46:22 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/oct/17/wayne-rooney-manchester-united

damn. who wants him (and can afford what he's worth)?

hopefully City makes a bid

10/17/2010 5:31:15 PM

i doubt it happens, its probably just the press blowing something out of proportion. but if rooney did really piss of ferguson, he will surely feel his wrath. and be transferred

10/17/2010 5:40:48 PM

^^ That would be like 9/11 times 1000

10/17/2010 7:16:40 PM

Silva's goal was pure class

10/17/2010 8:50:30 PM

fuck out of here

10/17/2010 9:08:56 PM

I love how Tevez is making Man U look stupid for getting rid of him.

The fact he's doing it for a team that represents douchebaggery, I could do without.

10/17/2010 9:50:09 PM

This Rooney stuff kind of came out of nowhere, didn't it?

10/18/2010 8:28:00 AM

His desire to deny Arsene Wenger his favorite foods.

[Edited on October 18, 2010 at 9:24 PM. Reason : f]

10/18/2010 9:17:30 PM

Quote :

"Alex Ferguson on Rooney: "The player is adamant. He says he wants to leave."

Bingo.

Quote :

"Ferguson said he received the news that Rooney wanted to leave during the off season. "It was terribly disappointing that he wanted to leave. We just couldn't understand it.""

[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 9:29 AM. Reason : damn]

10/19/2010 9:27:56 AM

He must've known that story about him fuckin hookers was going to break.



Fuck that kid.

10/19/2010 10:48:26 AM

Alonso wants out, it's Rafa's fault. Rooney wants out, it's Rooney's fault.


beginning of the end for United with the Glazers at the helm

10/19/2010 10:54:00 AM

^ I was just about to say that is the beginning of the long road to mediocrity for United.

What if he goes to Chelsea on free?

10/19/2010 10:57:32 AM

why would he go on a free, he still has a year and a half left on his contract

10/19/2010 11:00:18 AM

Quote :

"Alonso wants out, it's Rafa's fault. Rooney wants out, it's Rooney's fault."

uhh....



perhaps you've forgotten that Rafa wanted to sell Xabi after he had a stand-out season with a club that he loved, without any cause, and then when no one wanted to pay what he was asking he acted like the player should be happy his own manager tried to sell him out.


because that's totally like this situation here.

totally.

almost exactly the same, in fact.

10/19/2010 11:13:50 AM

Tthere's no actual proof Rafa wanted to sell Alonso, it was more of Alonso's feelings being hurt that Rafa would actually want to add another good midfielder (the two weren't even playing the same position at the time). If Rafa wanted to sell Alonso that summer, I guarantee they could have found somebody (I'm pretty sure Juventus and Arsenal were interested). It was another example of the media trying to put two things together just because they "made sense" not because they were actually true - Rafa wanted Barry, nobody on Liverpool could get them the transfer money needed to match the higher valuation aside from Alonso (obviously excluding Torres/Gerrard) so it made the most sense for the deal to happen

It's all about a player feeling valued and Rooney obviously doesn't. Sir and United are stupid for leaving it so late in Rooney's contract discussions because all he wants is to get paid.


they're obviously different circumstances but the underlying issue is coach vs. player - this "can't be more than the club" horseshit is always so popular with United fans but the fact is your best player wants the fuck out and the club is receiving no blame for it. I'm sure he just woke up one day in August and said, "Fuck this club, I'm going somewhere else" for no reason, right?

[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 11:33 AM. Reason : .]

10/19/2010 11:28:36 AM

Quote :

"why would he go on a free, he still has a year and a half left on his contract"

I could be totally wrong here, but I thought I read a couple days ago he is in the last year of his current deal.

Ok n/m it was summer of '12 he finishes it up. It should be interesting to see where United tries to steer him vs where he actually wants a transfer to.

[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 11:38 AM. Reason : .]

10/19/2010 11:31:52 AM

Quote :

"Rooney has 20 months left on his contract and the dilemma for United, if he cannot resolve his differences with Ferguson, is that his transfer valuation is depreciating. In other words, they would get a higher fee selling in January rather than the end of the season."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/oct/18/wayne-rooney-manchester-city-united

10/19/2010 11:34:50 AM

He's gone in January, Rooney can buyout his current deal for 5mil at the end of the year.

10/19/2010 11:35:41 AM

Let the bidding begin.

The market will be hot for him, but if all the clubs attempt to lowball United for him because of the situation, they could get super fucked by this deal.

popcorn.gif ITT

[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 11:45 AM. Reason : soccernet has City as the odds on favorite... that would bring a hearty lol]

10/19/2010 11:41:30 AM

Quote :

"It's all about a player feeling valued and Rooney obviously doesn't. Sir and United are stupid for leaving it so late in Rooney's contract discussions because all he wants is to get paid."

That is probably the most naive statement ever. Rooney doesn't feel valued? They offered him a 66% pay raise. It's been on the table for almost a year now. He's got 20 months left on a 5 year deal, and the deal's been on the table under negotiation for at least 12. You do the math again and then tell me if you come up with "they're stupid for leaving it late" again.


He wants money, yes, and if he ends up at City, it will be because they are willing to pay over the odds for him. He may, at best, have 6 good seasons left in him, and in the end, Wayne Rooney is not going to be spokesman for anything once his playing days are over. He most likely wont be on the cover of FIFA next year. He's been dropped by sponsors left and right due to the hooker allegations. He's trying to get one big deal with stupid money so that he can retire and act like a fucking idiot like Paul Gascoigne. No more, no less. He's got an advisor that planted a bug in his ear before the world cup, and that bug has grown and grown.

10/19/2010 12:02:25 PM

Rooney to Blackpool.

10/19/2010 12:03:53 PM

Quote :

"Wayne Rooney is not going to be spokesman for anything once his playing days are over."

weak attempt at a character assassination

Quote :

"He most likely wont be on the cover of FIFA next year."

See above and I don't know why this matters anyway. Who gives a fuck about the cover of a video game?

Quote :

"He's got an advisor that planted a bug in his ear before the world cup, and that bug has grown and grown."

Maybe that advisor is looking out for his client. This is almost like the Peppers situation where all the "fans" were pissed at him for turning down the chance to be the highest paid player in the league, but it turns out he and his advisor were smart as fuck to get out before it all collapsed.

[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 12:19 PM. Reason : .]

10/19/2010 12:17:22 PM

How is it weak? Have you seen the dude? He's a fucking troll. He's not going to be the new face of anything.

10/19/2010 12:38:26 PM

Quote :

"Manchester United are preparing to gamble by waiting until after the World Cup finals before opening negotiations with Wayne Rooney over a new contract. Rooney has a little more than two years remaining on a contract worth £90,000 a week and United are committed to offering him a new deal, both to reward him for his excellent form this season and to guard against losing him on a free transfer in 2012. But the United hierarchy see no cause for urgency with the talks, despite the possibility that a successful World Cup could mean the England forward’s market value soaring."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article7117431.ece

Quote :

"United's chief executive David Gill said in January that a new deal for Rooney, who is expected to increase his basic £90,000-a-week salary at Old Trafford to more than £150,000, would be tied up no earlier than July and the first reports from Spain of Real Madrid's interest in the striker have not changed the picture. The club are clearly convinced that there is no prospect of Rooney becoming pessimistic about United's prospects of regaining domestic and European ascendancy if other clubs outspend United this summer"

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/united-delay-rooneys-163150000aweek-deal-1964275.html

10/19/2010 12:40:13 PM

am i crazy to think that Rooney and SAF are sitting back having a good laugh about the best troll job ever

10/19/2010 1:49:42 PM

Yeah, good point. SAF is known for his witty hijinks.

10/19/2010 1:51:38 PM

Quote :

"How is it weak? Have you seen the dude? He's a fucking troll. He's not going to be the new face of anything."

My point is that you immediately go to him being ugly and not being able to endorse anything. Like he gives a fuck, or anyone else does for that matter. Attacking his lack of endorsements is weak shit. Just wish the guy well for wanting to get into a much better situation and don't get all sour grapes butthurt like you currently sound.

10/19/2010 1:57:15 PM

It's weird, but I don't think losing rooney will hurt man utd a ton. He's been playing like shit for a while now, too bad they didn't sell him before the world cup so they could get more value for him.

10/19/2010 2:04:03 PM

bring in benzema...lol

10/19/2010 3:21:07 PM

mm-hmm

also if Torres left, it wouldn't be a big deal to Liverpool either because he too has been out of form or injured for a while, right?

10/19/2010 3:30:17 PM

well look at the difference in the table. united havent had problems scoring goals...surprising and uncharacteristically enough they have just been giving away leads for no reason.

liverpool, with the exception of 1 or 2 games have just looked flat all game long and dont have anyone who really wants to score except gerrard on set piece situations..


(unless you were being sarcastic just now )

[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 3:36 PM. Reason : f]

10/19/2010 3:36:26 PM

torres has been horrible for probably a year. liverpool sucks because their only strikers are torres (injured/sucky) n'gog (league 2 quality striker) and jovanovic (?). Gerrard scores all the goals for them. If they could ship off torres for 50 mil and get 2 good strikers, that'd probably be a good trade off, because they have absolutely no depth after torres.

Man Utd has owen, berbatov, macheda, all of whom are at least better than n'gog. Berbatov is playing a lot better than Torres right now, and they still get goals from Nani.

I don't like how SAF throws players under the bus so quickly though. Everytime a player leaves he makes them seem like the villain.

[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 3:55 PM. Reason : s]

10/19/2010 3:50:31 PM

i wouldnt say a year. he did score a good amount when he played last season...but for some reason he has some shitty ass muscles in his legs and cant stay healthy.

10/19/2010 4:02:00 PM

Not sure why you're comparing Liverpool and United... that wasn't the point

Rooney was a top 5 player in the world less than a year ago and now it's a good idea for him to leave?? (when the odds are likely you won't get shit in return)

I don't care about Torres form right now - when he's on, there's no one better. And I'm not sure where you will find world class strikers you can get for 15 mil, let me know

10/19/2010 4:02:03 PM

didn't they get torres for like 15-20 mil?

10/19/2010 4:11:00 PM

yeah a couple of years ago

market for good strikers is a little fucked now


[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 4:15 PM. Reason : Bebe was 7 mil for crying out loud]

10/19/2010 4:14:48 PM