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Prefer the old Rooney. But take your point. The old Rooney was raw, unpredictable and spontaneous. Not the things Fergie likes in a player. He needs to know what he's going to get out of a player and he's moulding Rooney into exactly what he wants - a player who is capable of playing really well in a few positions but who he can unleash a few times a season.

Still the brightest young English talent we've produced since Gazza imo. Ferguson is trying to 'round' him like he did to Andy Cole but he'll end up a better more consistent player, if less spectacular.

Pretty emphatic that like tbh. Barca controlled the tempo from their opening goal to the final whistle and passed Man U to death. Thoroughly deserved.

That's something he had to do. He had to apologise and acknowledge that he'd fucked up. It won't change the past 2 years and it won't get us promoted back up but he's held his hands up. Now hopefully he's learned from his idiotic mistakes and knows what has to be done. Getting Shearer onside and giving him free reign to rip it up and start again is the first step. Now he's apologised he has to follow it up with positive actions. He can start by slashing ticket prices, refunding a bit to the 3-year ticket lot, peddling the big earners and sticking his hand in his own pocket to bring a few good players into the club to replace them.

Got to be a better option than what we're going to be left with after the shitehawks leave.

Of course,it could happen to everyone,including S.Taylor.But its still nice to know that he has the heart to the club. Absolutely. Just pointing out that the decision to stay or go isn't really in his hands. He can say whatever he wants, the stark reality is that he'll be sold regardless if the money's right.

Good on him for saying the right things but surely everyone must realise that he'll be sold if a decent bid comes in for him?

Is that a joke? God I hope so. We need someone to do what Morgan does for Sheff Utd is how I read it. And he's spot on too. We need a true leader in the back 4 to organise things and deal with the physical stuff we're going to encounter. To pretend we can just keep the same squad and just play our way out of the division is pie in the fucking sky. We're going to have to fight tooth and nail to compete.

Christ, that's only 3 weeks away.

We definitely need some sort of brick shithouse (or, alternatively, someone who is capable of defending) in the midfield... but i mean, wouldn't signing a load of cloggers - like you've suggested - simply be succumbing to the league we're in? I know i'm in danger of contradicting my previous post, but surely it's a bit of flair and 'magic' that shoots teams up the Championship? A la Swansea (i think ). It's a physically tough league and our pampered little fannies would get rolled over every week. Gutierrez et al will get kicked to bits every week and we need to be strong and organised just to compete, let alone push on up the league. An extra 8 games this season and no room for passengers mean the emphasis is on graft over guile. Gutierrez got kicked to bits in a few games this season but it didn't stop him coming back for more. We'll get kicked off the park every game next season though. We'll be a prize scalp for most teams and they'll look at exploiting us being soft as shite from set-pieces and being and a shambles at the back in open play. We need to rip it up and start again.

We definitely need some sort of brick shithouse (or, alternatively, someone who is capable of defending) in the midfield... but i mean, wouldn't signing a load of cloggers - like you've suggested - simply be succumbing to the league we're in? I know i'm in danger of contradicting my previous post, but surely it's a bit of flair and 'magic' that shoots teams up the Championship? A la Swansea (i think ). It's a physically tough league and our pampered little fannies would get rolled over every week. Gutierrez et al will get kicked to bits every week and we need to be strong and organised just to compete, let alone push on up the league. An extra 8 games this season and no room for passengers mean the emphasis is on graft over guile.

Never looked like a £10m striker and won't miss him at all tbh. He's had the odd flash of brilliance and scored some important goals but never really did it. Running about like a headless chicken doesn't warrant £70,000 a week imo.

We'd need some big, hard, horrible bastards to get us back up. Fuck guile and craft, we need a bit of backbone or we'll get turned over every week. The rules have changed and we either adapt or drop again.

Basically they screwed us. We payed the money and we have to take whatever football they give us. No refunds or a sorry or nowt. I want at least £50 back as a goodwill gesture. Good luck with that.

Can't justify keeping him under any circumstances tbh. He's a washed-up, over the hill, 30 year old wanker taking the better part of £65,000 A WEEK out of the club. He has no future at this club and I'd give the hopeless little prick away to whoever is fucking thick enough to take him on.

Getting full-houses rely on getting sizable away fans on a regular basis. Can't see that happening too often so our attendances are never going to hit 50k+ imo.

Why on earth would they reduce prices if there's going to be 10,000 less people turning up? We need the money. Maybe these 10,000 missing punters are not willing to pay £35 for a game but would hand over £22 or something like that? I think if he slashes the prices for each matchday ticket the attendance wouldn't drop too much.

46 cup finals tbh.

Devastating news.

We have to be prepared to listen to any offers for any of the squad to be honest. As much as we value a player, they're only worth what someone else is prepared to pay for them. If, for example, Fulham come in for Martins with a £5m bid, even though it's only half what we gave for him, we're not really in any position to haggle. They're not going to take a pay-cut so we need to get them off the wage bill by accepting shit offers. That's the craic and we all knew it.

I'm guessing he's on a pretty decent wage seeing as he's been here for years and years. Maybe £25k a week or in that area. We simply can't afford to pay a goalkeeper that in the Championship. Especially considering we've got the Dutch Under 21 keeper on the bench. He's not a bad keeper but I don't think we can justify paying him what we currently do anymore. Get whatever we can for him and promote Krul.

He didn't pick up an injury which might have hampered him getting his move. Job done as far as he's concerned. Little wanker.

Fuck me.

Reading between the lines I thought he fancied the job but didn't want to say so. He acknowledged the fact the club needs to be ripped apart and rebuilt from top to bottom which in my opinion, was him telling Ashley he'd need complete control over the whole shooting match. Whether Ashley can let him have his head I'm not sure about. He's certainly our best hope of bouncing straight back though.

Stack 'em high, sell 'em low. Ashley's business policy may just mean our attendance doesn't suffer too much.