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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Não HAVIA NENHUMA NECESSIDADE A REMONSTRATE COM O ÃRBITRO </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Next time you're sucking Cronaldo's c0ck, pass that on

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mika:

I bet a lot of posters here weren't familar with them too. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

AFAIK seeing them on FM counts as being familiar with them.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Francis Cole:

oh, you mean the fact you're sending him to Leeds? icon_biggrin.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, yes I do icon_biggrin.gif

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Nick OGS20

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by James07?:

ah ******** nick. I've been to many games, especially away from home when he's just looked uninterested. Yes, that might simply cos those around him were simply not up to his god like standards, but it was still deeply annoying. Times when he’s just trotted around the half way line gurning and flinging his arms about. OK he’d normally bundle a goal or two, but his overall contribution would be negligible. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

'Negligible' is rubbish. He's not a Hughes or Smith kind of player, it isn't and never has been what his game was about. Even then, a striker like those two would have struggled when stuck upfront alone, starved of service and looking fornlornly back at a midfield in decline.

I've been to enough games where I've seen him putting the effort in, chasing down lost causes and making runs in the vain hope our midfield might show some creativity. That undoubtedly changed post-injury, perhaps as a result of wanting away, perhaps because of physical reasons, but I completely refute this allegation that he was lazy.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">16)The goal at home to Juve from Beckham’s long pass with him throwing the shirt into the crowd before O’Shea launched himself onto him icon_biggrin.gif

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icon_eek.gif That's not like O'shea to throw himself ontop of other men is it?

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Nick OGS20

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AndyPolack:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Nick OGS20:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by jep:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AndyPolack:

Still 3 hours to go though. icon14.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

It's just like ur thread last summer - its going to be a long, long 3 hours chaps icon_frown.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

It's not - iirc you guys were actively after Simao, talks were underway etc, there was stuff going on. With us, Fergie's on his fourth bottle of scotch and Gill's asleep, simply no chance of anything happening bar last minute selling/loaning off of squad players. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hahaha, i was gonna post that with the deadline looming, Ferguson would be sat asleep in a chair, in front of a roaring fire, clutching a glass half full of brandy. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Nah, he's very much a whisky man. Great buddies with ol' Jack Daniels and Glen Morangie.

NEWS JUST IN!

David Gill has just cracked open another beer and sat down to enjoy this week's Bad Girls

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ajw10:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Nick OGS20:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ajw10:

I don't see this as a bad thing tbh. At least this way you will see if the kids you have in your squad are good enough. Jones being a prime example. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Jonah's really the only youngster we've kept, and his best position is the one we're arguably best stocked in. Rossi, Bardsley, Simpson, Martin, Gibson could all arguably have staked a claim in weaker positions had they stayed. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

fair point, but you must have a recall option on these players surely? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Possibly in some cases. Probably not in others. They'll only be activated in the event of injuries anyway, so it's not really relevant.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mika:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by pjburrage:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Coldberg:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Saha:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Coldberg:

If we spend over £50 million in the next 2 transfer windows I will be very surprised. It's just another line of crap to appease the fans. I don't give a crap if we can use the money at a later date, we need to use it now icon_mad.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

but think of the money we'll have to spend after we get rid of the debt!

We'll be able to buy Microsoft to play for us. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I will be drawing my pension before we get rid ofthe debt. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Nick will get a job before we get rid of the debt. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I read that as Nick will get a job to pay off the debt. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

nick getting a job after england win the world cup tbh

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Blaine:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BBB:

Such a ball ache to do it icon_biggrin.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I have to worry about getting Padiham away tickets tomorrow icon_eek.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

padiham is just outside warrington right?

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by mark g:

He had a spell of about two months that was better than this a couple of seasons ago and we all got conned into thinking he was back. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Heh, most of Giggsy's purple patches have coincided with his contract negotiations iirc. Funny, that.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by stripeylad:

Mart,

Sent you a text but not sure if you received it.

Can whoever had my Copenhaven ticket please send the cheque asap. The boys are standing by !

Danké </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah that would be me. I just plain forgot to send it.

Will write it now & post it on the way to the pub icon14.gif

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Nick OGS20:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by mark g:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Nick OGS20:

i respectfully continue to disagree. i don't think he leaves the leg in there, i think it's a case of momentum. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

You respectfully disagree? **** that, give it me with both barrels, you big nancy. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

i cba, i'm hungover icon_frown.gif

plus, i was always taught to respect my elders </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well it's about the first time since i've been here icon_biggrin.gif

Just one more thing on the penalty, as i'm going out now. Is there anyone in here who wouldn't have been screaming blue murder about a diving cheat if that penalty had been against us and we'd lost 2-1?

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The Silvestre love from me probably stems from his bombing down the left hand side in 00-03, he was awesome at that. Plus for a good few years he was very good indeed, just seems to have gone backwards in the last 2/3 seasons for no reason at all.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ericcantona7:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Young Jimlad:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Juni:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ericcantona7:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Mika:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BBB:

I love Matt sometimes, such an optimist icon_biggrin.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Going into Liverpool/Arsenal/Spurs/Lille/Fulham away games thinking we will win them all is beyond optimistic to be fair. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

we can afford to lose 2 league games and still be top though. The way Chelsea are playing we'll probably still have an advantage. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

and that's the 100% wrong way to look at it. You've gotta keep winning to maintain the points gap and the psychological pressure of Chelsea having to chase, which in turn puts us under more pressure. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Juni has it in a nutshell. EC7 what were you thinking? icon_confused.gificon_biggrin.gif

We start dropping points and we're telling Chelsea that they can get back in it if they can just maintain some semblance of form. The only way to maintain this title challenge is to be as imperious as possible and deal with each fixture as they come up and not keep one eye on the prem while splitting our other eye between our European and FA Cup commitments. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I agree, but I think we'll still have a gap as long as we don't self-implode, Chelsea look like they'll drop more points to me, I'm sure they'll hit form sooner or later, but as long as we're still ahead then they'll be the ones with the work to do.

My two losses thing was a worst case scenario anyway, if we win all 5 then we'll be sitting pretty. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

If we don't win the title now, it's your negative attitude which will have got to the players. Be it on your head icon_mad.gif

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by BBB:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> “It’s all true. I could have been a Red Devil. Manchester United representatives contacted me in August.†Del Piero told Sky Italia.

“At first I was flattered, but I never really thought of leaving Juventus. I’ve been playing 13 years in this club and I want to finish my career here.â€

“I’m sure Alex Ferguson understood my decision.†</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

aw man, legend :*( </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

When was that quote taken?

He's actually been making noises recently that if Juve don't invest properly next summer he'd seriously consider going. Not that I'd take him, he's not been the potential world-beater he could've been since his knee injury in the late 90s. Even as a super-sub I'd be sceptical about his potential impact.

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[14] A very bizarre story in the Mirror

Thursday, January 25, 2007

SPY IN THE SKY

Riddle of where the secret film has gone

Exclusive by Andy Lines And Jon Clements

AIR WE GO: United's training ground set-piece moves are pictured from above

MYSTERY last night surrounded the whereabouts of aerial footage taken of Manchester United stars in top-secret training sessions.

It remained unclear who authorised the filming in a specially converted Cessna light aircraft and whether the material is destined for this country or abroad.

The covert clips of players such as Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo working on tactics, formation, free kicks and penalties during the astonishing spying mission could be invaluable to rival clubs.

Videos and stills of the training were driven from a Derbyshire airfield to Heston Services on the M4 - a mile from Heathrow airport - and handed to a mystery client in a Chrysler Grand Voyager with blacked-out windows.

He shook hands with the delivery man - one of two on board the Cessna 172 Skyhawk commissioned by a photographic agency - then left after a 30-second encounter.

Earlier, the Mirror watched as the plane - registration G-CBME - passed over United's high-security training complex at Carrington while manager Sir Alex Ferguson would have been putting his team through their paces. The sky blue-striped Cessna, owned by a company called Skytrax Aviation, swooped down to about 1,500ft to get the best shots.

It is believed three other spying mission have been carried out. The one we saw was last Wednesday morning.

Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes were among the first-team squad training as the four-seater, single-engine plane - adapted to carry camera equipment - twice buzzed over them at 1,500ft between 11.45am and 11.50am.

A huge circular lens was clearly visible from the ground. A panel had been unscrewed from the belly of the plane providing a gap for both video and stills cameras to operate.

The plane skirted around the edge of the heavily guarded training ground before heading off into the distance.

An aviation source said last night: "G-CBME may look like a little old Cessna with a single propeller but it is anything but.

"It has a £100,000 engine which operates on jet fuel.

"This is very unusual and means that the plane is able to fly much more quietly which obviously does not alert people on the ground so much to its presence. It also has £50,000 worth of specialist equipment on board. It has been deliberately modified so it looks like a little sight-seeing pleasure plane but it is equipped for some of the best surveillance operations in Britain."

The plane had taken off in fierce cross winds from tiny Egginton airfield 60 miles away in Derbyshire 40 minutes earlier.

It arrived back at the grass airstrip 2.05pm with its potentially damaging cargo.

One of the men then jumped into an estate car and sped south and on to the M40.

When he reached the M25 he joined the M4 and drove towards London, arriving at Heston Services near Heathrow airport where he was flagged down by the client in the Chrysler.

An A4 sized silver coloured metal case was handed over. The contact smiled, patted the delivery man on the shoulder and then left.

United lead the Premiership and are still in the FA Cup and European Champions League competitions that could lead to the club's second Treble.

If it is proved another Premiership club has or ordered the footage there could be serious repercussions under Football Association rules on conduct.

The Mirror was alerted to the secret mission after a series of flight plans over Carrington were logged with Manchester air traffic control. Several non-standard flight numbers were given to controllers. An ATC source said: "We received a request for this NSF during the week beginning January 8.

"The pilot specifically asked for permission to film a small site to the edge of Carrington village and it immediately rang bells again because there have been three other very similar NSF requests in recent months.

"It was activated at 10.30am on Wednesday January 17. The plane was given permission to proceed."

The firm that carried out the surveillance is a respected aerial photographic agency called British Geographical.

An aviation source said: "I don't know much about them but I know they are highly regarded within the field of aviation photography."

Skytrax leased the Cessna out for £119 per hour to British Geographical specifically for this assignment - although they would not have known what was going to be filmed.

BG owner David Goddard said: "We never discuss who our clients are. We always fly under strict Civil Aviation Authority guidelines and always comply fully with local air traffic control."

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obviously its good that we went through

but a performance like that is a f**king joke. a couple more actual decent players would have probably sealed enough composure for us to hit Reading's massive holes in defence with a couple more goals and then we wouldnt have nearly got ourselves knocked out

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by JulesMUFC:

any news when west ham ballot is? gonna make a night out in manc afterwards etc hopefully to celebrate/drown my sorrows. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Death Pact at Martin's iirc.

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MOTM: Scholes

2nd: VDS

Only two players who decided to turn up.

AFFG:

1st: no friggin idea

2nd: Giggs and Gaby joint special. Giggs with one of his flicks after we were starting to come back into it, leads to the attack that led to Gaby's mental lapse

3rd: who cares.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> might put some pictures up later if i cba. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Please do Nick, I wouldn't mind seeing your view. What was the atmosphere like on the bottom tier?

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by paulsgruff:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by LibLibertine:

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I love the reverse flip-flap (or whatever it actually is) at the start of this clip. Can't wait to see an all out attacking Brazilian in a Man Utd shirt. Hopefully Anderson will make up for missing out on Ronaldinho when he went to Barcelona.

Richardson might still have his uses - maybe as injury backup for the guy in the Fred The Red suit icon_biggrin.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think the signing of Ronaldo made up for the failed attempt to sign Ronaldinho.

Anderson looks awesome. I think he's more direct than Ronaldo and probably quicker, offers something slightly different.

How many more days till the Charity Shield?

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