I think Dabo was the team mate in question. Side issue, Barton pays some one else to tweet from his account on occasion. Think it's safe to assume that all the controversial stuff is his own work though.

optimark_prime wrote:

He (Barton) suggested he'd let out info about Lineker's many skeletons!

I doubt the papers would even print the stories.

RasDam wrote:

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optimark_prime wrote:

He (Barton) suggested he'd let out info about Lineker's many skeletons!

I doubt the papers would even print the stories.

They've been common knowledge for years and they haven't.

Eating crisps, or maybe he's not been eating crisps he is more of a Scampi fry man.

Gary Neville as Woy's No. 2 then.  Was quite looking forward to the Euro's, but the thought of seeing those two gormless gits sitting in the dugout together makes me feel queasy.

Nah, I think they're going to go from strength to strength now.

If you'd have won it would be a very different story but the psychological boost/punch in the fuck this gives is going to make a big difference next season.

I think you'll finish third at best this time next year. Probably a good time for Ferguson to go as well.

It's not on his timeline so I don't think it's him.

Mod74 wrote:

Nah, I think they're going to go from strength to strength now.

If you'd have won it would be a very different story but the psychological boost/punch in the fuck this gives is going to make a big difference next season.

I think you'll finish third at best this time next year. Probably a good time for Ferguson to go as well.

I disagree with the last part of your post. Whilst we had a bad season by United's standards, we were still better than the other 18 teams in the league. We will strengthen and our younger players will be better and more importantly, have that bit of extra experience. People need to remember that we struggled with many injuries this season too - I would have liked to have seen how City did without Kompany for most of the season. We really missed Vidic, especially in the key games.

I think City will dominate for a few years now but United will be up there with them, pushing them all the way. We might not make the marquee signings but hopefully we are building a young, talented side. United really need to sign a world class midfielder to compete in all the of the competitions though. Anderson just isn't United quality and Fletcher will most likely retire or be made to find football elsewhere.

Plan_M wrote:

United really need to sign a world class midfielder to compete in all the of the competitions though. Anderson just isn't United quality and Fletcher will most likely retire or be made to find football elsewhere.

+1. No doubt there will be a ton of Modric paper talk again, amongst others.

While the methods City have used to top the league are questionable it really is nice to see another team up there other than United (sorry united fans). The United dominance gets a bit stale after a while and they haven't had a serious challenger since Chelsea a few years back.
Revel in the excitement is what I say if it makes for day like Sunday then good.

I'd rather go back to being a Plc.

It really looks like United and City for the foreseeable future, with City having the momentum (and finances) to push on from here. Unless someone else gets taken over by multi-billionaires and splashes the cash around in a reckless fashion. Despite the Champions League Final Chelsea have an aging squad who can't go on forever and are likely to be out-bidded by City for any of the real talents out there. Arsenal and Spurs are several rungs beneath the Manchester clubs, happy with an annual champions league berth and the odd cup run. 

We're nowhere near any of those clubs unfortunately.

Fergie could drag any old shit to the top or near the top of the table. He'll probably have one final triumph up his sleeve before he shuffles off upstairs to become the bane of any future United manager's life.

LarryDavid wrote:

Arsenal and Spurs are several rungs beneath the Manchester clubs, happy with an annual champions league berth and the odd cup run.

No we're not.

Diluted Dante wrote:

Chelsea losing to Bayern will create a very interesting dynamic indeed. As you say they have a very old squad, and it needs a drastic overhaul. But how will they do that without Champions League football? Arsenal if they keep Van Persie could make things interesting. I can't see them suffering the same start to the season again. Liverpool are as you say, miles away. But what if you got rid of King Kenny for say Brendan Rogers?

No Champions League football for Chelsea will just mean that they have to pay more to sign a star player. The same way that Liverpool & City brought in Suarez & Robinho respectively.

@Ras Well, yeah obviously most fans would want to see their team compete for the league. Arsenal seem to have far more ground to make up than the Manc clubs though. Although Van Persie on the form of this season and staying fit all year would be massively helpful. Wenger needs to find his transfer mojo again. Gervinho, lolz.

Although we've even further than Arsenal to make up, so I can't really take the piss there.


I don't really care for Rogers or Martinez much, although both are decent managers and seem like nice blokes. But then the season has been such a mess Dalglish can't have much credit left with the owners.

RasDam wrote:

Martinez laid the foundations for what Rodgers has done at Swansea.

Yep, I posted this very thing a few pages back. What most people don't realise is that apparantly Huw Jenkins, chairman at Swansea City, insisted in the interview with Rodgers is that he expected Swansea to play the same way that they did under Martinez i.e. the short passing, possession football. And boy, didn't Rodgers get it right.

RasDam wrote:

@LarryDavid Arsene's acclaimed scouting network came up with Gervinho, Park, and Chamakh. Newcastle bought Ben Arfa, Ba, and Cisse all from the same league. It's bloody shameful. I don't know what the hell Wenger is up to. I'm so thankful for that 8-2 spanking we got at Old Trafford as we wouldn't have brought in Arteta, Santos, Mertesacker. Benayoun, and the invisible man Park without it. @Plan_M I'm tempted to say that Martinez is the better manager as he's turned Wigan in to a proper bogey team for us.

I dont need to tell you that all three of the players you mentioned were pretty incredible in France during their time there. 

It seems to be less them being bad players and more their lack of adaptability within Arsenal/London/Premier League.

Nonsense. Chamakh was not incredible. He's never been incredible. His goal scoring record has never been that of a prolific goalscorer. The best spell of his entire career was his first few months for Arsenal.

Gervinho did well last season, but he wasn't Lille's main man. He seems to make a habit of going somewhere for two years and moving on. He started out okay for us, and then the ACN came along and ruined him. So we can expect something similar next year.

Everyone was surprised we bought Park. He'd been playing for Ligue 1 relegation battlers for a spell and was going to join Lille as third choice striker before we snuck in and brought him to Colney to collect the cones after training. His signing more than any makes no sense.