Hopefully the latter is just paper talk. It's ridiculous.

As for Hargreaves, IMO he isn't worth the trouble or the money.

We still need a midfield ball-winner in the next few days, despite this
bright start. I hope we have a contingency plan that doesn't involve
grovelling back to Senna.

Pupkin wrote:
|| Hopefully the latter is just paper talk. It's ridiculous.
||
|| As for Hargreaves, IMO he isn't worth the trouble or the money.
||
|| We still need a midfield ball-winner in the next few days, despite
|| this bright start. I hope we have a contingency plan that doesn't
|| involve grovelling back to Senna.

According to another Usenet football group you are signing Carlos Tevez for
£16.9 million.

Frankie O

"Pupkin" <spamagnet@dorrk.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1f5e05e739b7ecfb989752@news.giganews.com. ..

I don't think we *need* anybody for the season now and would be more than
happy for the squad to stay as it is, in fact I would rather it did & give
someone like Jones the chance to break through.

Next season when Giggs, Scholes, Ole and Nev could all be looking to call it
a day maybe but for this season we've got a squad good enough to challenge
on all fronts IMHO.
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"Pupkin" <spamagnet@dorrk.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1f5e05e739b7ecfb989752@news.giganews.com. ..

I think we've more than proved we have what it takes now, even without these
signings. But knowing our luck for injuries and, more importantly, looking
to the future, I would love for us to get Owen Hargreaves. I would also be
happy for us to swallow of our pride for Senna (as pride won't win us any
matches), if indeed Munich stick to their guns (and according to OH's Agent
talking on the phone on Sky Sports News earlier today, it is indeed off for
now). Maybe next transfer window we can get Hargreaves. That's cool though,
as we don't *really* need him just yet. As regards another striker; again,
injuries to our present squad are surely the only reason to entertain the
notion - we look to have no serious need for goal scorers, in all honesty.

I'm just getting behind the lads we have here & now, so any additions made I
will see as a bonus.

Slitheen.
Man. U.T.D. for the title.

Pupkin wrote:

owen is nota comin to man utd.

lol.

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The team have started well, but we still need at least another defensive
midfielder. Right now we only have Carrick and O'Shea, neither of whom
are naturals in that role, and only Smith for backup.

It would be great if David Jones could break through, but I've never
seen him. The way people talk, he's more attack-minded.

Senna would have been ideal as short-term, but there must be a few more
players of his ability in Europe right now, or young ones to cover that
area like Haestad or Sivok from Sparta Prague relatively cheaply.

Fingers crossed that we're going to surprise everyone with Mascherano on
Thursday.

I know we don't need another striker, but the thought of Tevez playing
for Arsenal or Chelsea disturbs me enough that I think we need to go for
him, even it means loaning Rossi, selling Smith or making Ole full-time
reserves Captain.

In 1998 we had:

Cole
Yorke
Ole
Sheringham

Why can't we do
Rooney
Saha
Tevez
Ole/Smith/or Rossi
this year?

Smith is unlikely to stick around much longer after his injury anyway.
He spent one year playing understudy to surprise signing Rooney, and
spent the next as midfielder. He's going to want to go somewhere he can
play regularly in his natural position. And Ole is on the brink of
retirement. That would leave us with:

Rooney
Saha
Tevez
Rossi

As a young strikeforce that can play together for years.

Makes me want to play with myself just thinking about it.




In article <A9_Ig.17836$2J6.2@newsfe7-win.ntli.net>,
the.slitheen@nospamthanksmam.com says...

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:20:07 -0700, Pupkin <spamagnet@dorrk.com>
wrote:

It's fantasy stuff, no Tevez for us. There are few strikers as similar
to Wayne Rooney as Tevez is. I think you are wrong about Smith and
believe our strikers this year will come from a pool of:

Saha
Rooney
Smith
Rossi
Giggs
Ronaldo
Ole

In article <42j9f2tgnt651p1t2av8u5gtvm6mptitc4@4ax.com>,
REDDEVIL@xxxbellsouth.net says...


I'd rather not have any more games with wingers pretending to be
strikers. They are bad at it. We should have a big enough squad that we
can actually play strikers up front.

As for Rooney and Tevez being too similar, so what? They are both
versatile enough to cause lots of problems together, and Tevez is better
in the box and trickier with his feet.

And each would probably each play with Saha in rotation, as well, for
variety.

You're telling me if you could clone Rooney, you wouldn't want to,
because we already have one? TWO ROONEYS! Come on.

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:38:20 -0700, Pupkin <spamagnet@dorrk.com>
wrote:

Only one winger in that group and it's Ryan Giggs who has proven he
can play anywhere. Ronaldo's favourite position is down the middle
and he does fine when switched there. We'd only need to play them in
case of injury

So you'd sit Rooney down half the matches this season? I wouldn't!


Yea, I'd want to clone him, so we could then sell the clone and buy
what we really need, a world class DM.
Buying Tevez means either Tevez or Rooney would sit out a shedload
of matches, quite simply he's not what we need and I have serious
doubts that we have shown any interest in signing him.

There, I've set the table, we'll sign him for sure now

"Frankie O'" <frankomeara2@hotmail<no spammer.com> wrote in message
news:hGZIg.9085$HO5.2160@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...

Even though he looks like a great player he'd be a risk in my opinion. Too
many South American's fail in the Premiership.