Support NeoGAF

[Mr. Luchador]

Oh hey look at that. All of Man U's Champions League group games are followed by a home fixture in the league. Wow.

/fake surprise.

 

[Moobabe]

Sky Sports are claiming we've agreed a deal to sign Kevin De Bruyne and are in talks to bring Lukaku to Chelsea as well.

Belgium-GAF; how good are these two? I'm always hearing about Lukaku as 'the next Drogba' but De Bruyne has never been on my radar.

 

[Hixx]

FUCK YOU FIXTURE COMPUTER.

Difficult away game to start season off. The skunks the week after. Bogey team at home on boxing day. Man Utd at home on last day.

 

[kharma45]

Make Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson a Lord - MPs

Well if Alan Sugar can become one why not I guess.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Make Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson a Lord - MPs

Well if Alan Sugar can become one why not I guess.

Lord Ferguson. I like it.

 

[Scum]

Spurs got a really nasty opening period.

Everton H
United A
City H
Liverpool H
Arsenal H

All in the first month and a half.

Eugh! :-/

 

[Ushojax]

Eugh! :-/

The one I'm most worried about is Everton. I'm not looking forward to playing our bogey team on the first day. We've been shit against them for the last few years. We need to come flying out of the blocks and lay down a marker, not start the season with a dodgy result like last seasons 0-0 with City.

 

[Wes]

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Quite Wes. Quite.

 

[Lightning]

Arsenal have been handed a hard start... At least we don't have a world cup hangover to hamper procedings like what happened last season.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Arsenal have been handed a hard start... At least we don't have a world cup hangover to hamper procedings like what happened last season.

Sure, but you'll probably have lots of injuries so you can blame your poor start on that at least.

 

[anonnumber6]

Tottenham v Man Utd
Man Utd v West Brom
Wolverhampton v Man Utd
Man Utd v Fulham
Blackburn v Man Utd
Man Utd v QPR
Wigan v Man Utd
Man Utd v Aston Villa
Man Utd v Everton
Man City v Man Utd
Man Utd v Swansea
Sunderland v Man Utd

March to May. The run-in is more important than the beginning of the season in my opinion, very glad to see Spurs as the only top five side in the last few months.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Tottenham v Man Utd
Man Utd v West Brom
Wolverhampton v Man Utd
Man Utd v Fulham
Blackburn v Man Utd
Man Utd v QPR
Wigan v Man Utd
Man Utd v Aston Villa
Man Utd v Everton
Man City v Man Utd
Man Utd v Swansea
Sunderland v Man Utd

March to May. The run-in is more important than the beginning of the season in my opinion, very glad to see Spurs as the only top five side in the last few months.

Well trolled sir.

 

[anonnumber6]

Well trolled sir.

haha I swear I didn't see City in there when I first looked at it.

 

[Salazar]

haha I swear I didn't see City in there when I first looked at it.

Aaaah, should have kept a straight face.

We need to start demoralising the City fans NOW.

 

[Vivalaraza]

Tottenham v Man Utd
Man Utd v West Brom
Wolverhampton v Man Utd
Man Utd v Fulham
Blackburn v Man Utd
Man Utd v QPR
Wigan v Man Utd
Man Utd v Aston Villa
Man Utd v Everton
Man City v Man Utd
Man Utd v Swansea
Sunderland v Man Utd

March to May. The run-in is more important than the beginning of the season in my opinion, very glad to see Spurs as the only top five side in the last few months.

Liking that alot. If were within 5 points of whoever is leading going into that run we'll have a good chance.

The biggest Manchester Derby of All Time in there too possibly.

 

[Splatt]

Ditto.

None of the PL teams look weak to me, anyone can lose/get points from anyone. Just look at the recently over season. Full of suprises.

I don't see anyone getting a harder/easier fixture list.

 

[Plasma]

Arsenal have been handed a hard start... At least we don't have a world cup hangover to hamper procedings like what happened last season.

Would rather have them at the start than in November, that is usually the point where the team just implodes on itself.

 

[Vivalaraza]

Looking at it now United's start is kinda tricky. We play Chelsea/City/Arsenal/Liverpool/Spurs all by GW9. 4 of the 5 are at home though, which is nice but it means if we won't win at least 3 of the 5 games we could be left trailing with all the big comes to come away from home. At least they'll be out of the way before the CL comes back around. United don't always start well so this year we will have to.

The fixtures in the run in and during the packed Christmas/New Year period are favourable though so can't complain.

 

[elseanio]

snip

March to May. The run-in is more important than the beginning of the season in my opinion, very glad to see Spurs as the only top five side in the last few months.

Not that I think for one second Liverpool are gonna win the league, but we have a similar run at the end of our season.

Sunderland (a)
Queens Park Rangers (a)
Wigan Athletic (h)
Newcastle United (a)
Aston Villa (h)
Blackburn Rovers (a)
Fulham (h)
West Bromwich Albion (h)
Norwich City (a)
Chelsea (h)
Swansea City (a)

 

[gbus]

Sky Sports are claiming we've agreed a deal to sign Kevin De Bruyne and are in talks to bring Lukaku to Chelsea as well.

Belgium-GAF; how good are these two? I'm always hearing about Lukaku as 'the next Drogba' but De Bruyne has never been on my radar.
Today 10:42 AM

De Bruyne is my favorite player in the Belgian league right now. Very good shot, lovely style/technique, intelligent and a ginger. Lacks pace though and I don't know if he's ready for a club like Chelsea. Wasn't very consistent this season but that was due to illness. Reports are that if Chelsea are going to buy him they are immediately going to loan him to Anderlecht. Scored some wonderfull goals the last two seaons.

Lukaku is probably more suited for Chelsea. Strong, scores easy, quite quick for his build, has to improve some basic skills though, most notably his first touch and heading.

 

[Arnie]

Sunderland at home is a decent opening fixture, going to get a ticket for that one, and Bolton too. Definitely going to go to the Wolves game in late September so I can get a ticket to the Manc fixture through the online ballot again. Last seasons was too good to not try again.

 

[Vivalaraza]

Not that I think for one second Liverpool are gonna win the league, but we have a similar run at the end of our season.
Sunderland (a)
Queens Park Rangers (a)
Wigan Athletic (h)
Newcastle United (a)
Aston Villa (h)
Blackburn Rovers (a)
Fulham (h)
West Bromwich Albion (h)
Norwich City (a)
Chelsea (h)
Swansea City (a)

You sure you're a Liverpool fan?! Haha.

Run in looks good tbh. Same for Liverpool, if you're within a few points of the top 4 (or even top spot...not the CRAZIEST idea) you'd have to back Liverpool to pick up a lot of points in the run in and get up the table. Esp with no European football to share the workload with.

 

[caramac]

Oh hey look at that. All of Man U's Champions League group games are followed by a home fixture in the league. Wow.

/fake surprise.

all reffed by Webb?

 

[Dark Machine]

Reports from Sky say we've talked to Christian Zapata of Udinese. Apparently we're the most serious offer for him, others are Bayern and Arsenal, though Arsenal haven't bid yet apparently.

Big CB, colombian, decent on the ball. That's all I know of him.

 

[offshore]

Arsenal at home, what a great opening fixture.

Though I bet this time it'll be a boring 0-0 draw :lol

 

[anonnumber6]

Reports from Sky say we've talked to Christian Zapata of Udinese. Apparently we're the most serious offer for him, others are Bayern and Arsenal, though Arsenal haven't bid yet apparently.

Big CB, colombian, decent on the ball. That's all I know of him.

FM legend.

 

[MPW]

Malaga have continued their summer spending spree by agreeing terms with Lyon midfielder Jeremy Toulalan.

Jeremy Toulalan and Cristano Ronaldo
APJeremy Toulalan will face Cristano Ronaldo in La Liga next season

Club owner Sheikh Abdallah Ben Nasser Al-Thani, a member of the Qatari ruling family, has been busy this transfer window having already wrapped up the signings of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Nacho Monreal and Joris Mathijsen for Los Boquerones, and now has secured the services of the Frenchman Toulalan.

malaga should make some noise in la liga next season

 

[Moobabe]

De Bruyne is my favorite player in the Belgian league right now. Very good shot, lovely style/technique, intelligent and a ginger. Lacks pace though and I don't know if he's ready for a club like Chelsea. Wasn't very consistent this season but that was due to illness. Reports are that if Chelsea are going to buy him they are immediately going to loan him to Anderlecht. Scored some wonderfull goals the last two seaons.

Lukaku is probably more suited for Chelsea. Strong, scores easy, quite quick for his build, has to improve some basic skills though, most notably his first touch and heading.

Thanks for the info! I remember when Drogba came to us he had some basic issues as well; like those you've mentioned for Lukaku.

And I'm excited about the prospect of someone like De Bruyne - we need intelligent, quick players - the players we're going after are the kind that are really getting me excited as a Chelsea fan. I don't care so much for the 50 mil Torres transfer and it's like - the smaller buys for exciting prospects is what gets me.

Edit

Those are incredible deals for Malaga - some real top class talent there.

 

[Wes]

Really off topic (sorry) but there's a lot of Brits here. Anyone use Love Film? I'm thinking about subbing as a gift for my parents but they're not very tech savvy. Is the only way you can request the films by doing it online or is there another method at all?

 

[Moobabe]

Really off topic (sorry) but there's a lot of Brits here. Anyone use Love Film? I'm thinking about subbing as a gift for my parents but they're not very tech savvy. Is the only way you can request the films by doing it online or is there another method at all?

BAN THIS MAN!

But AFAIK you can only do it online.

 

[Wes]

Ah shucks.

To make it related, I was going to rent DVDs of Villa glory days. I'd only need the free trial two weeks though

 

[Regulus Tera]

Peñarol fans are amazing

If I had been a Santos fan there I would be fucking scared.

 

[elseanio]

Really off topic (sorry) but there's a lot of Brits here. Anyone use Love Film? I'm thinking about subbing as a gift for my parents but they're not very tech savvy. Is the only way you can request the films by doing it online or is there another method at all?

You can make a 'wish list', and they send you them automatically once you go through them. Would only require them to actually go online every couple months to update their list.

Streaming to the PS3 is pretty simple too.

 

[Kermit The Dog]

Aaaah, should have kept a straight face.

We need to start demoralising the City fans NOW.

Good luck. City's spirits have never been higher!

 

[Hixx]

44 funking pound to go to Anfield. Fuck that.

 

[Dark Machine]

44 funking pound to go to Anfield. Fuck that.

At least people turn up at Anfield.

Seriously it seems Quinn can't get enough mackems into the Stadium of Light judging by his slamming of pub going fans last year. Any reason why you can't fill it? Is it just too big?

 

[Arsenal2022]

Arsenal have been handed a hard start... At least we don't have a world cup hangover to hamper procedings like what happened last season.

Get the hard games out of the way when we have little else to worry about. Fixture congestion just after the Carling Cup final really hurt us last season.

 

[Sage00]

With McLeish now staying up, 7 out of the 20 managers in the Premier League are from Glasgow, compared to 4 English managers. Bizarre. Is there something wrong with the FA's coaching program?

 

[Yurt]

Moggi and Juve are victims confirmed.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/ed...idence-that-shows-luciano-moggi-is-the-victim

Interesting parts

In a series of consistent courtroom releases, Luciano Moggi’s defence team unravelled not tens, not hundreds, but thousands upon thousands of calls between the referee designators and the directors and/or coaches of every team in Serie A and beyond, including Inter. All during the same “incriminated” period that saw Juventus punished. The code of conduct in 2006 did not oppose dialogue between designators and directors; in fact the league officials encouraged it in order to maintain good relations between teams and the AIA (Italian Referee Association

What this has done, though, is call into question yet again the integrity of Italy’s football federation that apparently has no qualms about making hasty decisions based on discredited and manipulated evidence. One should also probe the federation’s sudden urgency to conclude a case a month early when so many other FIGC proceedings are still pending action or have simply fizzled away.

It's still ongoing.

 

[MarshMellow96]

I guess Italy are going to have to win the Euros now..

 

[Saiyar]

With McLeish now staying up, 7 out of the 20 managers in the Premier League are from Glasgow, compared to 4 English managers. Bizarre. Is there something wrong with the FA's coaching program?

It is more to do with the fact the the SFA coaching acadamy at Largs is the best in the world. Remember the likes of Mourinho and Villas-Boas also got their coaching badges in Scotland.

 

[offshore]

Ba to Newcastle confirmed.

Let's hope this dodgy knee doesn't explode then...

 

[Hixx]

At least people turn up at Anfield.

Seriously it seems Quinn can't get enough mackems into the Stadium of Light judging by his slamming of pub going fans last year. Any reason why you can't fill it? Is it just too big?

40k average for a club who has won one trophy in 60+ years, has finished in the top 10 of the top league three times in over FIFTY YEARS, been internationally humiliated twice in the last decade.

We had to extend the stadium twice before the 19 and 15 point seasons as we would sell out the vast majority of the time.

If there is one thing the whole of the North East cannot be faulted for its attendances. Apart from Boro, though I have heard they are thinking of doing a headcount rather than ticket count next season, to double attendance figures.

 

[PaulLFC]

Sylvain's failed his medical. Marveaux-less...

http://www.football.fr/footballfr/c...cale-par-liverpool_106239.html?coverhome-page

I love how the Google translated version of that article says "According to information from Football.fr , the Rennes has been failed a medical on Friday". Bit harsh

 

[Mr. Luchador]

http://itv.stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/PR/attend.html

 

[Dark Machine]

40k average for a club who has won one trophy in 60+ years, has finished in the top 10 of the top league three times in over FIFTY YEARS, been internationally humiliated twice in the last decade.

We had to extend the stadium twice before the 19 and 15 point seasons as we would sell out the vast majority of the time.

If there is one thing the whole of the North East cannot be faulted for its attendances. Apart from Boro, though I have heard they are thinking of doing a headcount rather than ticket count next season, to double attendance figures.

That's what I meant really Hix, I remember under Reid when you'd never see a spare seat up at your place, then those tow bad seasons happened and now there's always space. Did they hike up the prices or did people just vow to stay away? I'm genuinely interested, not trying to be critical.

Looking at those attendence percentages, it's amazing that we maintained such a high one considering the football was dire in the 1st half of the season and many were starting to boycott games with the old owners and Hodgson in charge. After Northhampton it was especially bad I remember.

Sylvain's failed his medical. Marveaux-less...

http://www.football.fr/footballfr/c...cale-par-liverpool_106239.html?coverhome-page

I love how the Google translated version of that article says "According to information from Football.fr , the Rennes has been failed a medical on Friday". Bit harsh

With the amount of expertise and cash in our medical department now, I was thinking they'd pick up on something like this. We don't want another Agger/Aurelio situation on our hands.

 

[Feorax]

Sylvain's failed his medical. Marveaux-less...

http://www.football.fr/footballfr/c...cale-par-liverpool_106239.html?coverhome-page

I love how the Google translated version of that article says "According to information from Football.fr , the Rennes has been failed a medical on Friday". Bit harsh

To put that in perspective, he failed a medical that Joe Cole managed to pass...

 

[Mr. Luchador]

Medical team can only but tell the manager/owners of what they've found, and strongly advise, ultimately its the manager/owners decision at the end of the day.

 

[Hixx]

That's what I meant really Hix, I remember under Reid when you'd never see a spare seat up at your place, then those tow bad seasons happened and now there's always space. Did they hike up the prices or did people just vow to stay away? I'm genuinely interested, not trying to be critical.

Looking at those attendence percentages, it's amazing that we maintained such a high one considering the football was dire in the 1st half of the season and many were starting to boycott games with the old owners and Hodgson in charge. After Northhampton it was especially bad I remember.



With the amount of expertise and cash in our medical department now, I was thinking they'd pick up on something like this. We don't want another Agger/Aurelio situation on our hands.

A lot of older fans lost faith after the 19 point season and then 3 years later we got kicked in the bollocks again. I'm surprised we didn't lose more.

I personally can not stand 'fans' who spunk more than the price of a ticket on booze less than a mile from the ground while we play at home. They are usually the vocal negative bastards too.

The type that spouted 'I won't go back until Murray has gone'. 6 years later they've not come back.

And then there's fat bastards like this who fucked off when football was invented up the road in 1992:

http://www.nufc.co.uk/javaImages/c2/2a/0,,10278~9448130,00.jpg

Chubby bastard used to be a Sunderland fan.