David28

Would love it if they got Kinnear. Not that I would wish Kinnear to any team - but it would be very funny to see him in his press conferences, getting touchline bans, telling lies to the fans and so on... Just at any other club than here.

Think so, too. But what if Smith always has been in Hughton's plans for Old Trafford? Hope that's not the case, of course. But I could imagine him playing Smith ahead of Guthrie to protect the back 4 a bit more.

I doubt it. Unless it hits 250 pages it would even make the XI. Ah, right. Would have though it's at least top in the 5.

If we don't get this player, will this thread be the one with the most pages about a player we've never got?

That's true but I honestly don't think we need to worry too much about finishing ahead of Blackpool this season. Well, good point.

So, why exactly did you post that? To increase your post count?

The more clubs have trouble with managers (or other things) the better for us.

Bremen have Marin who can play the Özil part for them. Btw, if Diego goes to Wolfsburg I will put some money on them to win the Bundesliga. They have McClaren, a better defence than in recent years and with Diego they had the playmaker they are missing.

Nasri thanks Barton influence http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_6304174,00.html

Hitzfeld won't manage another club. Switzerland is his last job.

Thank you for this. Their predictions are remarkably similar to ours. Very funny that none of them have Owen starting. Yeah thought the same. But why are they allowed to post youtube football video clips?

Could someone add a poll to those pre-match threads btw? Would be interesting to see how many on here would think we have a chance...

I don't think Hughton has that attitude. But that Arsenal will finish higher up in the table than we will is safe to say.

The strange thing is though, that "Chelsea + 0" is at 15/1 while Chelsea to win the Premier League is at 13/8.

What does "Season Handicap - Winner" mean? Does for example "Stoke + 40" mean I have to add 40 points to their final amount of points and if they would be champions with that new amount of points I would have won?

Hughton on Campbell: from .com.

They might still have some hope of him signing a new contract. Aye but surely the very fact he wants to run down his contract shows his intention to leave? You probably have a better idea though, do they have any hope of talking him into it? I don't know if they have any hope tbh. But they must have some hope if they won't sell him, simple as that. You never know what happens in football. One bad year of Özil now and his World Cup is forgotten and those Barca, ManUtd and Real Madrid rumors would be dead.

Wrong thread?

And how do they want to target Simpson? With a sniper?

They might still have some hope of him signing a new contract.

I don't think Özil will join ManU. Yesterday in the TV, the Bremen manager said he would stay. But even if he joined them, I don't think he's that good tbh. He was good at the world cup whenever Germany played well. Against Australia, Argentina and England. In the difficult matches against Serbia, Ghana (where he scored that brilliant goal) and against Spain he hardly showed any extra class.

With Owen starting today, is he supposed to start against us as well or is this the usual "unimportant" match he gets at Man Utd?

How long will Chech be out for Chelsea?

He either never comes off his line or he comes too far of it; Liverpool in 2007 (?), that Xavi Alonso goal.

Yep. We don't have the players like Inter had last season for example, who could play like this against Barca. The more we keep Man Utd in their half the better.