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tevez has gone,ronaldo gone. i just can't see utd winning the prem next year.i would not say for certain liverpool will, but the man utd team ain't what it once was.
van de sar, not bad but he's no schmicheal
o'shea, average
neville, past his sell by
evra, quality
ferdinand, quality
brown,average
vidic,quality but makes mistakes
fletcher, average
carrick,average
scholes, over the top
giggs,over the top
park,overated
berbatov,prima donna
rooney,ugly hothead
have i missed anyone?
not bad at the back, midfield has nothing. they need a cantona,keane type in there, up front they need to spend. i can not see them winning a raffle next year. fergy should have retired at the top. the way real are spending they have the champions league sawn up,liverpool should win the prem, the fa cup is up for grabs.
just to clarify, i'm a rovers man, i do admire good football, just can't see man u playing any next season

Man Utd not well not win the Premiership but Liverpool aren't the likely winners if they do slip up.

Real having the CL sewn up is up there with the dumbest things you've said.

trust me, i have said dumber things than that

yeah thats true.

If Drogba turns up and gives a s***, and Anchelotti gets to grips with the Premiership, then I reckon were looking good to take back the title. Couple more defenders and were sweet. Good times!! 

Real has the CL sown up??? I think Barca might have something to say about that.

rooney is still a good player
he will have a chance next season to play in his prefered option as a striker

park has never been highly rated

carrick is a good player imo good passing

and i think man utd will buy some players to bolster their team.


I dont think real will have the champions league in the bag already there are still some good teams out their barce chelsea liverpool man utd the milans.

FYP.

I think a lot depends who Utd buy, if the season started tomorrow I couldn't pick a winner, If Utd spend what they've got in, they'll still be faves...

Chelsea.

Exactly. The time to make predictions is when the window closes, to many unknowns at the moment.

Too tough to call.

My bet this minute would be Chelsea as it looks as though we'll lose some important players too. Chelsea don't necessarily need to buy to win.

Utd will no doubt strengthen though.

This. Ronaldo is a huge loss- it's who we replace him with that'll determine how successful we are next year

And also if Liverpool manage to hold onto their players

Will Real Madrid gel well as a team ??

Sandy

Yes

I still cant see how Real will line up

Any suggestions? then try to include Ribery and Villa

                        Casillas

Ramos    Metzelder/Garay/Torres     Pepe      Heinze

             L Diarra  Gago  M Diarra

              Ronaldo         Kaka

                        Huntelaar

subs lol  Van der Vaart, Higuain, Sneijder, Torres/Metzelder/Garay, Drenthe


no room for Guti, Raul etc


The next Galacticos....


                    Casillas

Ramos       Metzelder         Pepe      Heinze


Ronaldo     Kaka         M Diarra          Ribery

  
               Huntelaar       Villa


I am assuming Ruud V N is off as rumoured        

I would take Liverpool, Utd & Chelsea still over that team in a 2 legged game...

like i said park has never been highly rated
i dont think he is skillful
just puts in alot of effort

I still dont like any of these sides. The centre half pairing is a problem. I'm not convinced on Metzelder. Gago is not good enough for Real Madrid. The fight for the left back's shirt is debatable too. Drenthe, Torres, Marcelo, Heinze.

Right not I'd go for a new centre half and a new left back.

They also need to sell en masse.

RVN
Robben
Raul
Guti
Gago
De La Red
Drenthe
Torres
Heinze
Salgado
Sneijder
Van Der Vaart

I would guess at least 6 or 7 of these will go this summer. Somehow I think Raul and Guti will be staying though!

Raul will probably never leave Real.

RVN has been injured a lot but he's still the best poacher they have IMO and with Ronaldo and Kaka putting the balls in I sure wouldn't sell him, especially for the 1.5 mill everyone in the press keeps mentioning.

its true that making a prediction before the transfer window is pretentious, i just can't see who man utd can buy?........all the good players are sold or settled.utd's midfield is shite, they need to buy 5/6 players. they need a young ballack, they need two strikers. they need a miracle. there are i'm sure some skilled brazilians up for sale, they just don't seem to fit in utd's team.

who can they buy??????????????????????????

Two words as to why they'll sell RVN

David Villa

True....if he comes. Not a done deal yet. I also still wouldn't let RVN go for just over 1mill though.

Comedy OP

There is no one "name" they can buy but there are several good to great players they can use to strengthen the squad.

After Valencia and Benzema it has to be a central midfielder though.

Park, Fletcher and Anderson are all good but similar. Hargreaves also. Carrick is more creative but they need a new Scholes.

Baron, what do you think if Liverpool went for Robben and what sort of price would Real let him go for?

I have heard talk of Agger playing at LB this season, would obv be happy if we get a good price for Dossena.

Id like to pick Kevin Nolan up he would be an upgrade from Lucas for me and at 2.5m would be good value.

Still think we need another striker i think Owen would be a bad move

I'm not Baron, but Robben would be a good buy for us to strengthen the left.  Not sure Riera is consistent enough for a title-challenging side.

He's have to cut out his diving though, and he runs like a camp t-rex - but no doubting that he's a quality winger.

Agger is a centre back first and foremost - if Aurelio's fit he should be the automatic first choice at LB, with Insua as his understudy.  Owen - meh, we wouldn't pay the wages he'd demand. 

Only reason Chelsea didn't win this year was because Essien wasn't in the team at the start of the year.

This year we will blitz the Premiership. I'd take bets that we'll finish 5 points ahead of UTD.

Interesting. @ What price ?

+1 I am still rather doubtful that Chelsea will get their summer targets (if they actually have any that are realistic) and Ancelotti definitely doesn't convince me.

How much do you want on?

Cos- I'll take that bet at evens? Is the bet called off if Essien gets injured?

At stages last season Robben was the best winger in the world. I'd love to go for him even if he is injured once every ten games. We're not after any Spanish based players though unfortunately. You could probably pick him up for £15m.

I know Agger can play LB but he's an awesome ball playing CB. For me, especially at home vs those who park the bus he should play CB. Insua will be our best LB in a year or so. Aurelio for the big games right now. Long term at the back is Agger and Skrtel.

Nolan is not good enough for Liverpool imho. This is probably true of Lucas as well but there is genuine belief amongst our dressing room and fans who go to melwood regularly that he can do well in a red shirt if he beefs up. From comments I've read from his fellow midfielders and from Rafa I do believe this is much more than backing one of their own.

Owen just wouldn't fit into our side now. We've got good strength and pace throughout the side as well as some good football. Unfortunately Owen is now just a poacher.

I'd like a bet you wont win it and finish 5 points clear of 2nd place whomever that may be. Evens?

lol- a queue is forming!

[  ] That's what I initially suggested.

George how much did you want on?

So the bet is Chelski to win the PL with ManU in second? Or Chelsea to win the EPL and ManU to be 5 points behind in any position.

No, because then I could lose if Chelsea beat Man UTD by 6 points but Liverpool came second or Chelsea beating Man Utd by 5 points but Liverpool winning the league etc...

Basically as I said....I think Chelsea will win the league this year.

I am willing to bet that Chelsea will finish 5 points ahead of Manchester United in the forthcoming season. No more to it than that.

Don't want to do small bets either. I want it to sting.

Ah OK...that's explains it (I didn't understand why someoen would take evens on a Chelsea to win the league, ManU to be 5 points behind Chelsea double.)

So just to double check - if Chelsea are exactly 5 points in front of Man U at the end of the season do you win the bet?

And what sort of amounts you willing to take?

you should be a soccer pundit on setanta..

Yes I would win the bet.

What sort of amount do you want to bet? I'll most probably take it.

Anything up to £1,000 will be fine.

Only thing is as we dont know each other do we just go on trust - or ask someone to hold the money for us?

Let me know what you think?

Cos I thought you were trying to get away from being a degen gambler. I think Chelsea are the most likely winners of the league but giving Manu a significant headstart on the handicap is just a really bad idea.

Sorry if I lose you your action Matt but it's only fair to give the guy an opportunity to see sense.

I'd like someone to hold the money.

Not saying you would but I've been grimmed by disappearing blondes for £600 in the last week or so and think it's easier to just have someone impartial hold the funds as I wouldn't expect you to trust me and vice versa, we've never met.

If I was degen I woulda wanted it for £3k!

Hmm you're prob right though. I'm gonna wait and see how much George wants on first before I book the £1k.

Okay, well just let me know if you want to take it.

Like you i would be happy for someone to hold the money, as long as we are both happy with that person.

imo, man u will not win the prem, antilotti is not proven in this league, wenger won't put his hand in his pocket so liverpool are likely winners

It's not up to Wenger to spend his own money.

I'm sure he'd love Arsenal to make funds available to him for transfers

£1k bets are a bit out of my league Greekstein ill swerve on this occasion. Although a Blonde lets sting Greekstein syndicate may be an idea, could run up some real numbers lol.

Essien says he will consider a transfer if Real or Barca come in for him

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/06/23/manual_163914.html&TEAMHD=soccer

[X] I am aware of what you suggested.

I was wondering how confident you were of Cheslea winning the league (you think they will) and doing it by 5 points of the second team.

So if you think they will win the league and be ahead of Man U by five points but not necessarily Liverpool by the same margin you therefore think the order will be:

1st Chelsea
2nd Liverpool
3rd Man U

How's about a bet at evens that this wont be the order?

1 liverpool
2 man u
3 chelski
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YOU SAW IT HERE 1ST

You have mistakenly typed Burnley instead of Blackburn Rovers

How do you figure that one out? I never ruled out the possibility that Man Utd would finish above Liverpool and you want to skank me for evens on that?

I've figured it out from what you've said.

I've offered Chelsea to finish first and whoever to finish second at 5 points or more behind and you didn't fancy it stating to Boldie that Utd might not finish second.

But you are confident of Chelsea winning the league ("this year we will blitz the prem"). You are also confident of them finishing 5 points ahead of Utd ("I'd take bets that we'll finish 5 points ahead of UTD").

So therefore it stands to reason that you think Chelsea will win and finish 5 points clear of Utd but possibly not the team in second place? (Arsenal or Liverpool realistically) So now you can see why I offered the top 3 bet.

No one is skanking you, I'm just trying to work out exactly what you think will happen by your posts.

offering evens on a chelsea>lpool>man utd forecast is pretty much skanking him.

theres 8.4 available on bfair atm for a chelsea>lpool forcast ffs!

Yes.

However offering evens on Chelsea to finish 5 clear of Utd is skanking yourself.

i dont think chelsea will win.
the manager might not even last the season.

roman abramovich likes attractive football

carlo ancelotti who managed ac milan previously played the most boring football you can ever imagine. he littered the team with old biddies who couldnt win a without bribing the ref.


I personally dont see ancelotti lasting more than 2 seasons

Went for a walk the other day and saw a 2009/2010 @rsenal SEASON TICKET nailed to a tree. I thought fuck me im having that.......




















well you can never have enough nails now can you!!

you should have taken the season ticket, pretty sure an arsenal fan would have bought it from you for at least 300 quid...

Think of all the nails you could have bought too Kev.

i didnt even think of that, he could have sold the season ticket then bought lots of nails...doh!

what a mug!

Deal or no deal Cos?