OzzieMandias

So who IS signing this week?

England friendlies are always crap, unless we're playing Argentina or Germany.

For me it's directing peoples thoughts. That's exactly what the press does in England, a large chunk of the population think how the press tells them to on issues. The internet generation is a little more savvy but there is still a sizeable few who's main window on the world outside big brother is what is printed in the red tops. I don't think it's any different in the US. In today's world power is all about the control of public opinion -- never an exact science, and particularly not in a democracy, but huge amounts of time and money are spent trying to influence the media agenda in the US, successfully to a degree.

Don't know how you measure comparative "influence". The paper you're thinking of is the Murdoch-owned New York Post.

Read widely, and figure things out for yourself. It's not ALL bollocks and they're not ALL charlatans.

How crap a nickname is "the Trotters"?

Whatever the true figure, it has to be balanced against what it would cost to replace him with someone of similar standard. If we're going to have to pay £20 million for another top striker, plus his wages -- assuming we can even attract such a player -- then maybe it makes sense, outside of wage structure considerations, to pay this much to Owen.

Which was the sublime version?

Well, at least it makes a change from the tight-fisted-Ashley-to-ruthlessly-slash-wage-bill stories.

To be fair, there aren't any teams to support in Cornwall.

Injury-prone, will want big wages, no resale value. We won't be going for him.

That's because of that holiday he took when he should have been out scouring the world for players.

Hey!

And your point is...? well seeing as noone else bothered to make a point i felt compelled to join in really Aye, suitably pointless.

coming from the hindsight king, or queen maybe - who knows nighty night ozzie lad, not much point in debating with you, but there never was See if you can dream up a point while you're sleeping it off.

And your point is...?

Ah, so you have no point. Give us news, eh, not history.

And your point is...?

Now, now lads! Steady on with the negativity!

Didn't cost enough, though.

Because he is fooking useless, have you not herd him when he was on the BBC? As for "new low" checkout Sky Sports CL pundits Souey, & Trevor Francis. Dion once said Kevin Kuranyi was going to be Golden boot winner at Euro 2004 on the BBC even Lawro laughed & said he will be lucky to start a game. Great sax player though. Why can't you just say "fucking" like any normal person?

According to nufc.com he's now doing real estate deals in Orange County.

And this is a "new low" because...?

If NE5 had of posted this thread you would of been all over it man. Bollocks. He would only have posted this thread if he could somehow have implied that we would have won there if only Ashley hadn't fucked things up. But of course, we never won there under either Hall or Shepherd, so the issue is useless for his agenda.

It's hardly overblown negativity to expect we won't get a result today. Apart from cup semi-finals against other opposition, we haven't won at Old Trafford for over 30 years.