continuing my earlier posts as I was on my phone and working at the time


If Rooney leaves: United has gone from Ronaldo-Tevez-Rooney-Berbatov to Nani-Macheda-Chicharito-Berbatov. The latter is a formidable strike force... for a mid-table team. (and before the Liverpool hate starts up again, I know the state of my favorite club and I'm not happy about it either)

They're losing stars and replacing them with younger not-as-talented reserves and decent but not amazing signings. And it doesn't look like a major injection of cash flow is coming any time soon from the owners. If you really believe guys like VDV and Ozil were available and Ferguson just decided to pass on them, go ahead. I think Rooney leaving is just another sign that the Glazers can't compete financially and lack the money/ambition to make moves in the future. That's why Rooney leaving should be a big deal. They're not only not buying star players, they're letting them all leave.

In all honesty, I wouldn't have blamed Torres one bit for leaving this summer. A 4-4-2 under Hodgson with the forwards they have sucks for him, they were always an outside shot for top 4 this season, and he's not playing in CL. Maybe Rooney just sees what's on the horizon...

10/19/2010 5:38:31 PM

agreed, man utd won't be winning like they have been, that's for sure. They're becoming like a much bigger version of Ajax, a farm team for the big teams (even though man u is one of the big teams). It seems like man utd is just bringing all of these elite players up and then selling them for as much as possible.

10/19/2010 8:05:53 PM

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/39762114/ns/sports-soccer/

Lack of ambition by club owners apparently.

10/20/2010 3:53:27 PM

I feel like I have seen this same this situation happen in the NBA this summer

10/20/2010 5:28:25 PM

nah Rooney already did that act when he left Everton and "took his talents to Greater Manchester"

[Edited on October 20, 2010 at 5:45 PM. Reason : lol, both northwest England]

10/20/2010 5:44:29 PM

fucking Hodgson, he acts like he'd prefer Zamora over Torres

Rafa says he'd quit if they sold Torres, you act like a little bitch... go back to a mid-table team with your "we might not be able to keep our best players" mentality and your pussy tactics

10/21/2010 8:36:53 AM

it's alright everybody, I got this thread

Quote :

"While Rooney was pondering the fall-out from several hours of high-level talks at Old Trafford, a 40-strong group of United supporters, many wearing balaclavas and hooded tops, had travelled to his home town of Wilmslow in Cheshire to warn him off any move to Manchester City. Witnesses reported a gathering outside his house, with a banner reading "If you join City you're dead"."

classy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/oct/21/wayne-rooney-manchester-united-city

10/21/2010 7:21:22 PM

That is some next level shit right there

10/21/2010 8:19:49 PM

well, so much for all that, looks like Rooney signed a 5 year deal

I wonder what all the fans who said he was on the decline think now.

[Edited on October 22, 2010 at 8:15 AM. Reason : and so much for my rant on the Glazers, they WILL spend money it seems]

10/22/2010 8:13:48 AM

ManUre fans earlier this week. Fuck you you Troll bastard.

ManUre fans today. We always loved you Roon-Dawg

10/22/2010 8:15:46 AM

like i said, biggest troll job by rooney and saf

10/22/2010 8:19:13 AM

at least this can put that Torres to United horseshit to bed

10/22/2010 8:24:01 AM

can we? Lolverpool are still gonna get relegated.

10/22/2010 10:40:46 AM

he might leave but it won't be there


back to Rooney for a sec - Beckham signed a new deal in November the year before he was sold to Madrid. Maybe United's just maximizing his value before they ship him off in the summer (or January) so if Rooney agreed to the new deal, they'd agree to sell him

10/22/2010 10:58:39 AM

or maybe u mad

10/22/2010 11:03:17 AM

haha

10/22/2010 11:04:05 AM

nah

I think you are in fact the one who is mad

10/22/2010 11:04:49 AM

.......why would I be mad?

10/22/2010 11:07:53 AM

United just got played for a pay raise by a dude currently in the worst form of his life who also threw his teammates and entire organization under the bus

10/22/2010 11:10:43 AM

10/22/2010 11:11:07 AM

Quote :

"United just got played for a pay raise by a dude currently in the worst form of his life who also threw his teammates and entire organization under the bus"

Did they?



They offered a pay raise. He took it, after acting like a child in public and getting smacked the fuck down.

10/22/2010 11:14:08 AM

yeah he really got "smacked the fuck down" with that huge increase in pay he just got

10/22/2010 11:26:58 AM

Form is temporary anyway. That he hasn't been lighting up the scoring charts doesn't change the fact that he's world class.

10/22/2010 12:37:20 PM

Lol, Andy Gray say that ^ like five times a game to me on FIFA 11...

10/22/2010 1:11:48 PM

aimorris, mad again

10/22/2010 5:06:07 PM

^^ lol, it's a cliche to be sure. i dont think rooney's worth is measured in goals either way.

10/22/2010 5:48:01 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ro-rooneystays102210

Quote :

"“Things had got to the point where it needed something drastic to turn it around,” said the source. “[Rooney] wanted real assurances, real information and a clear vision that the squad was not going to be allowed to weaken. Say what you like about the Glazers, but they delivered what he wanted to hear.”"

Quote :

"aimorris MAD AGAIN"

10/22/2010 9:00:44 PM

lol

big Glazer fan now, eh? Enjoy

10/22/2010 9:09:35 PM

If they can convince the biggest player to stay instead of doing what everyone said they'd do and sell him off to service debt, that goes a long way to improving their perception


that one act alone shows that maybe they do have the best interests of the club at heart, or at the very least aren't looking to sell it to the highest bidder H&G style and are invested in winning more silverware



and also shows that u mad

[Edited on October 22, 2010 at 9:25 PM. Reason : .]

10/22/2010 9:24:33 PM

United won't win any trophies this year, why would I be mad?

10/22/2010 9:33:10 PM

im just gonna take a shot in the dark here and say maybe because lolverpool are gonna be relegated

10/22/2010 9:45:34 PM

JT over here goin out on a limb

10/22/2010 9:47:09 PM

10/22/2010 9:48:50 PM

YNGRA

10/22/2010 9:49:50 PM

nope. cause you have 2 others with you

10/22/2010 9:50:13 PM

they won't get relegated and aren't stuck with shitty owners anymore and

Quote :

"United won't win any trophies this year"

either

10/22/2010 9:56:09 PM

10/22/2010 10:04:29 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA

10/22/2010 10:05:28 PM

Crouch or VDV need to figure out a way to get a winner in this final 30

10/23/2010 9:07:41 AM

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=835126&sec=england&cc=5901&cc=5901

10/23/2010 10:07:56 AM

^^

Fuck off, we're climbing our way back up the table, bitches.

One draw at a time.

10/23/2010 11:53:10 PM

Tuncay just had a nasty goal to tie Stoke up /w Man Utd. First goal against Man Utd for Stoke in premiere league too.

That's some NC State shit?

10/24/2010 10:14:03 AM

HOLY CHICHARITO

10/24/2010 10:16:17 AM

Well that tie lasted about 4 min. Man Utd's "little mexican" as the announcer called him just put one in during some traffic in the box. Chicharito is making a name for him self in Manchester.

10/24/2010 10:17:30 AM

Yeah, apparently as a "little Mexican".

10/24/2010 11:08:36 AM

just wait until next year when chongarito gets here

10/24/2010 11:55:36 AM

10/24/2010 12:29:23 PM

oh we back

10/24/2010 1:24:30 PM

nice. you moved from 19th to 18th

10/24/2010 1:33:21 PM

Sans the Cecs PK miss (or Joe Hart save rather), that Arsenal v Man City game was very satisfying to watch.

10/24/2010 1:45:18 PM