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Vannizzlefashizzal said:
Wow your reaching there, its similar to city fans telling us they are the best supporters in the world yet they never fill their ground...

Anyway, in last years CL qualifier we got 55K so with 40K already being sold and tickets still on sale it will hit 50K again.
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Yep its so hard being a midtable club with the 3rd highest average attendence in England at 46,830 we really strugle to fill it!:roll: and last year in the qualifier you got 61000+!:) Is this Cicinho the one who played in the Confederation cup?
 
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Yeah. Otherwise paying £8million on an unknown player is just stupid.
 
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Oh and on a random side note, since this is a WE forum, anyone else notice Heinze has the middle shot star? Has he ever scored from a middle shot for us? I recall he slammed a long volley into the crossbar in a match near the end of the season, but other than that...

And Fletcher doesn't have a passing star, nor decent passing stats. Which makes him completely useless in the game. Oh well.
 
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Good young player, Hed be a excellent signing but for 8m would you expect him to be first team!?
 
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Heinze is still good in WE9. But still underrated.
 
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I think that Saturdays game is probably more important than any other game this season. United are claiming that they've changed, will be back to freescoring ways, and that Ruud is back, Ronaldo can produce end results and Rooney, well needs no proving. If United can score a few against Everton, and not just look good and create chances, then teams will start to wonder. I mean an attacking 3 of Rooney, Ronaldo and RVN is unarguably the scariest trio in football, in theory. But becuase Ruud has been injured and subsequently uncharacteristically wasteful, defenders aren't as scared as they used to be. Ronaldo will burn defenders, but they might just as well let him shoot, since his accuracy is often abismal. I think most defenders do fear Rooney, though he has a tendency to dissappear sometimes (see AC Milan). If those 3 can start scoring and scoring fast, the effect will be a snowball in nature, because you can't pick one to singleout and try to take out of the game. You cant' even pick two. And then you have to remember that right behind them is Paul Scholes ready to pick upt he scraps.

While I'm babbling, I also think I see what SAF is trying to do, at last. Have the 3 strikers creating their own chances amongst themselves, while leaving one of the midfielders to go up with them (presumably Scholes) and the other two to remain back, holding and supplying. This allows the two full backs to get forward and provide cover down the wings. Heinze loves to have a forray into the other teams final third, and if we get Cicinho, that would take care of both sides. Its an interesting formation/strategy, which should definitely prevent vunerability to counterattacks (although I didnt' see this as a big problem for us last year, other than the rather controversial one with Ljungberg). Its success all depends on the top 3 though, and with 1 injury to any of them, I don't see us having much of a season. And I fear Ronaldo will finally get hurt, because Refs do not protect him, in fact they seem to be more leninet to defenders when they foul him. And fine, you can argue he's a diver, he definitely has had his moments, but in the end he needs protecting, that's a refs job. Its only a matter of time til he just mistimes his jump over a studs up flying challenge, and that's his leg for 4 months. Hopefully I'm wrong, but until nasty challenges on him start getting punished, defenders will quite happily hack him down...how else can you stop him?

Okay, back to work :)
 
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jamie_mack said:
Yep its so hard being a midtable club with the 3rd highest average attendence in England at 46,830 we really strugle to fill it!:roll: and last year in the qualifier you got 61000+!:)
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well mate I know for a fact you dont sell out every home game, yeah your average might be 46K but there are plenty of games that dont sell out and thats not including the one game you play in each cup comp.
 
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Heinze's defending is better than what WE9 make it out to be.
 
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Averages dont lie and you have to take into account the travelling away support adds to the gate! so of course we wont sell every seat! even on % of the average gate were 5th in the league! Id be more worried about my own fellow fans at OT rather than concern yourself with the 500 or so were short on a matchday!:)
 
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Re: Manchester United Supporters Thread - Owen wants move!

jamie_mack said:
Averages dont lie and you have to take into account the travelling away support adds to the gate! so of course we wont sell every seat!
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lol @ away supporters not wanting to watch city, cant say I blame them, some of their own fans cant be arsed going and according to the "Liars" they all live within a few miles of the ground...

now thats support for ya!!

Anyway enough wasting energy on the shite on the other side of town....

The new signing is very intersting, a good talent, poor at defending but decent going forward, i'd have thought the 8mill could be better spent but what do I know...

As long as Fregie doesnt put the other Neville into MF!!!!!
 
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jamie_mack said:
Id be more worried about my own fellow fans at OT rather than concern yourself with the 500 or so were short on a matchday!:)
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what an earth would I have to worry about??

Its not as though we've just sold our best (if somewhat overated player) got a manager who hasnt got a years worth of experience in managment and having to add 30 odd year old players to our squad cos we've got fuck all money.......
 
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You seem to be more worried about us than man Yoo after all you did bring us up! Vannizzlefashizzal is a blue, is a blue, is a blue, Vannizzlefashizzal is a blue, he hates United!;)
 
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jamie_mack said:
You seem to be more worried about us than man Yoo after all you did bring us up! Vannizzlefashizzal is a blue, is a blue, is a blue, Vannizzlefashizzal is a blue, he hates United!;)
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my god your on to me, what gave it away,

funny that you post in here more than your own thread....

"jamie is a red, he hates berties!!!"
 
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And youve sussed me its all so true.... I cant wait for Derby day!
 
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Vannizzlefashizzal said:
my god your on to me, what gave it away,

funny that you post in here more than your own thread....

"jamie is a red, he hates berties!!!"
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What??? Is there a Citeh thread??
The mind boggles.
Whatever next?
 
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Man City are gonna be tough with their new center forward...
 
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I dont think the Cicinho transfer is fully done yet.8 million is pretty steep for a full back dont you think? He cant play in any other positions thou,maybe right winger? He was great during the Confederations cup,could be a useful player and will provide some challenge for Gaz on that rightback berth.Still 8 mill is too much though...
 
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Its not done yet, but if it is, he will not be starting for sure.
 
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He's Brazilian, what can go wrong? 8-[
 
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Yeah i think it might be a little Daily Mirror action...they seem to be the only ones reporting it first hand, and it does seem a little strange. Though talk of replacing gary isn't non-existent, its much less emphasized than the Keano vacuum.
 
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Vannizzlefashizzal said:
haha have the two wins during the best part of twenty wins must fill you with confidence!!
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You for one Van should no, Its about the week the build up ect....:)

northstandhero said:
What??? Is there a Citeh thread??
The mind boggles.
Whatever next?
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I dont know you tell me smart ass! ;)
 
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No offer for Cicinho, insist Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo executives have denied receiving any offers from European clubs for Brazil international Cicinho.

The Sao Paulo right-back has been linked with a move to Manchester United and AC Milan this summer but the club claim they have yet to receive a proposal.

'There hasn't been any offer made to Sao Paulo,' said an unnamed club executive on the Sao Paulo official website.

The Braziliian outfit did confirm that the player, who is under contract until 2008, has held talks this summer with several European clubs.

'He (Cicinho) is in Europe and he must be negotiating with a club because his agent is with him.

'But any negotiation must be accepted by Sao Paulo, who own 60% of Cicinho's sporting rights.'

Marcelo Gouvea, president of Sao Paulo, told O Globo TV: 'I will do everything to keep the player at Sao Paulo but if the English were to pay (US) 12million dollars for his transfer there is nothing I can do to keep him.'

The 25-year-old was granted permission to travel to Italy in order to finalise the paperwork to acquire his Italian nationality, which would open the door for a future in European football.

He reportedly held talks with Manchester United on Wednesday before heading back to Brazil.
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Seems Milan didnt offer either. We've got Dida, Kaka, Leonardo, Cafu and Serginho who can help sign him.

From yesterday:
'I want to play in Italy," he told Gazzetta dello Sport. 'It has been my dream since I was a child.

'I would like to join Milan. They are the strongest side in Europe. But there are also Inter and Juventus and I often speak to Adriano and Emerson about them.'
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Re: Manchester United Supporters Thread - Owen wants move!

Hey guys, its been a long time, but I`m back. This is going to be, without a doubt, the most exciting Premiership season to date. I can`t see ANY team running away with it. I`ve got tickets for Goodison on Saturday - C`MON UNITED. God, I`m nervous, but quietly condifent.
 
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A big win at Goodison should start the ball rolling well for the rest of the season. I cant wait.
 
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Should be ultra competitive at Goodison on Saturday, what with the Rooney and Neville factors (hehe, both Gary and Phil but for obviously different reasons), Utd coming off an easy CL win and Everton wanting to bounce back after the painful defeat to Villareal. I don't really see the 0-4 beating they got on opening day last season happening again. Still, match of the day imo.
 
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I wonder who Mr and Mrs Neviile will be supporting. I remember on MUTV where Paddy Crerand (family are Celtic fans) said that when he made his move from Celtic to Man Utd years ago, there was a match between the two teams and he asked his mother who she will be cheering for and his mother replied "I hope you score a hatrick but lose 4-3!".
 
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