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I honestly don't know how to feel about Di Maria... he's a world class player. But perhaps the PL wasn't his cup of coffe? He showed glimpses of his ability every now and then, but he also lost numerous balls. Sure everyone loses a ball, but he seemed to do it a lot more than everybody else. I'm quite sure he'll leave any day now... all these rumours and him not showing up points to that I'm quite sure Pedro would suit us a lot better... if we were to buy him that is?

Or Cristiano, it's that time of the year again and if Cristiano is unhappy at a training and doesn't smile for the entire session... that means he wants to come home :P

Is that Fowler to the left? What's his position in the club? Making sure all drug tests are done properly?

That would be truly wonderful... but sadly not the case :(

Juan, can you please check your messages... :)

Cleverley - Lets be honest here, if we were facing you and you saw his name in the starting eleven... you would raise your fist and say "YESSS!!!" He simply wasn't good enough Welbeck - I loved his work rate, his passion... out of 10 things he made 9 of them perfect... it was that last pass, the shot, the whatever. His final product was never good. He was a local lad and I was a bit sad to see him go, but what are you supposed to do when one simply aint good enough? Fletcher - Age and those stomach-problems, what's more to say? Evans - Once more, simply not good enough. To be honest, I've never really rated him... Giggs, Evra, Ferdinand and Vidic... well they weren't exactly 23 and perhaps Evra and Vidic could've given us one or in best case two more seasons. But playing under Moyes can't have been that exciting... I hear and totally understand you when you say "DNA" and in a perfect world we could've kept it running. But when the youth players or the local/loyal ones just ain good enough, then what the hell are you supposed to do?

No, not your post... but I've read there was so much anger towards him from Chelsea fans when he decided to move to Arse. Of course it's not funny when you see an opposition team get strengthened and especially not when the player comes from your team. But a player of his calibre aint supposed to sit on the bench.

Now that you mention it... been awfully quiet down there. I honestly cant understand why you feel so much anger towards Cech, an awesome goalie that doesn't belong on the bench. Imo he is so far the catch of this window and will be an awesome player for the gooners. But this "first trophy" is quite the joke :P

I don't watch that much la liga, but is there any possibility of him playing as a striker? If not I'm totally with you on the ADM-moving saga... But I want ADM to try at least one more season, even at 75% of his ability he would be awesome... EDIT: Would make more sense if you were after him, Cuadrado didn't exactly tickle anyones b*lls... or do you feel he's worth one more season?

http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/anger-as-man-united-insist-on-52m-transfer-woodward-strikes-again Yeah, we're known to charge other clubs really good for our players, known to be greedy. Just because PSG can't afford him because of FFP doesn't make us greedy... Damn it, if you dont count Ronaldo, when did we actually sell a player for a higher fee... when did we ever make a profit on a player? BTW, whats your opinion on Pedro? Lots of rumours that we're getting him... I honestly don't know, but I've always seen him as a winger and I can't say that's the position I feel need stregnthening.

Well I happen to know a couple of more or less retarded United-fans. People dont become great and reasonable just because you happen to support the same team and you wanted that person to actually support another team ;) Sometimes it's age and you can live with the fact that they hopefully will mature. But sometimes they are 30+ when you would've guessed on 15...

From what I've read it is 5 million rising to 11 depending on appearances... so 5 million then? ;)

Tough question... Most of the times we don't know the players or clubs real opinions and where they stand. If he's realistic he should be aware that he's one of the worlds best goalies and that we want to be paid accordingly. We dont wanna get down on all four and let Real do it without lube... at least have the decency to use lube and give us a cigarette afterwards. If they at least pay us close to what he's worth we can buy Oblak which I consider to be the best replacement and I believe he can become even better (than he is right now, perhaps not better than DDG). But this is just me speaking. What LVG thinks and how these things work is pure science to me... He himself (DDG) haven't come out with a statement how he feels and what he wants so it's hard to say. But if he is so unhappy then perhaps it's time to bite the bullet and try to make the best of things. I think that's the scenario and we'll lose money and end up with a worse goalie.

Thanks. GK: Im going to quote myself from redcafe Defense: We need to adress our defence. Smalling has taken a few steps in the right direction but I'm not so sure about Jones... Rojo is an ok rotation option and can cover the left when Shaw is injured, which I hope isn't that much since I've been impressed with him whenever he has played. Can't say that much about Darmian yet, but he must be better than Valencia... not that hard? With Otamendi or Ramos coming I'd be satisfied. From the looks of it it will be Otamendi... Midfield seems to be sorted and even if ADM was to leave without being replaced I'd say we've upgraded since the central part was the weak part. Schw-Schn are exactly what we needed Forwards: If Rooney was to get a full season upfront then I'm sure he'd bang in 20+ goals... but we're quite thin behind him. Honestly I don't know who I'd like to see besides or as backup? If I play with the thought that we keep DDG, buy Otamendi and strengthen with someone to play next to Rooney I can see us competing with you for the title. LVG and Woodward both seem to want two more players and not wanting to sell DDG for sums being mentioned. Chelsea: You guys seem strong in every department and I haven't really read that much rumours about players to you. Cuadrado must've felt like a waste of money though, but I think Willian is quite ok. City: Sterling and Delph so far... are those two actually strengthening that much or rather just filling quota for HG? Yaya is getting older and in my eyes wasn't that impressive last season, is it the age talking? Will Aguero be less injured this season? Arsenal: Will they buy a forward? With an injury or two I think they will feel it a lot more than you, us and city. Liverpool: Haha no... they actually think they can attract Reus. That's deluded for you :D I truly hope I wont have to eat my words, but I think they will fail heavily and end up in place 6-10 My prediction with current rumours and players likely to be bought: 1: Chelsea/Man Utd 3: City 4: Arsenal About us spending sh*tloads of cash... it's seriously long overdue. Just look at our team from 2008 and compare it too the team of the last two seasons... that aint cheap to come too. Of course it would be nice to get young players from the academy, but if they aint good enough what the hell are you supposed to do? Why people are complaining about you and city spending is probably because they consider it to be money from oil and not generated money from the club? Not stating a fact, just speculating here... Sorry for the long post, hope it wasn't a waste of time reading it all ;)

Just because you lose bragging rights doesn't mean you have to disappear. In the end it has to do with how you would be treated, if you can speak to people in a respectful way and understand that opinions aren't always shared it wont be a problem :)

This is actually the first time I've registered on another forum. Mostly because I got the feeling that you could have serious discussions with people supporting another team. Trying to reason with the members on rawk would be like trying to persuade a kid out of getting christmas gifts :)

Hi there "fellows"... I'm yet another one of those United-fans you love so much. Been reading redcafe for many years and have had lots of laughs in the threads "rawk" and "bluemoon". Someone mentioned this forum to be a place where the delusion and bitterness might be a bit lower. I've not checked every thread, but it seems that you actually seem to be a bit more sane so far ;) I've not seen any mentions of other forums so far and I got a bit curious and wanted to know your opinion and rating of delusion of other forums. Hope that's not too much to ask for?