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18 Jul 04:56

What Moyes actually said about Rooney:

"I think he's got a major role to play because we need to try and get as many goals as we possible can. I think Wayne can play up top. He can play dropped in [behind the center forward]. Overall my thought on Wayne is he'll be key. If, for any reason, we had an injury to Robin, we are going to need him. I want to be able to play the two of them. I want to be able to use Danny Welbeck, Chicharito as well."



With all the bullshit coming out of the UK I hope they sell him. Has been a great player for the club and I wish him well but he thinks he is bigger that the club. If he want to go, then let him.
When he has finished playing and perhaps forgotten, Utd. will still be there.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

18 Jul 05:10
Leggy wrote:

What Moyes actually said about Rooney:

"I think he's got a major role to play because we need to try and get as many goals as we possible can. I think Wayne can play up top. He can play dropped in [behind the center forward]. Overall my thought on Wayne is he'll be key. If, for any reason, we had an injury to Robin, we are going to need him. I want to be able to play the two of them. I want to be able to use Danny Welbeck, Chicharito as well."



With all the bullshit coming out of the UK I hope they sell him. Has been a great player for the club and I wish him well but he thinks he is bigger that the club. If he want to go, then let him.
When he has finished playing and perhaps forgotten, Utd. will still be there.

not a united or rooney fan but completely agree here with you mate

go gunners

19 Jul 00:38 · edited 19 Jul 00:38 · History

MAN UTD V A-LEAGUE ALL-STARS:

Sommet Sports Freeview HD (UHF only): Saturday at 9.30pm live from Sydney.
 Latest news: Van Persie, Giggs, Carrick, Evra, Ferdinand, Zaha, Evans, Jones, Raphael, de Gea all available to play !!!


I'm really looking forwards to this one now, esp to see how Ifill and McGlinchey go.


Big Pete 65, Christchurch

19 Jul 00:59
Big Pete 65 wrote:

MAN UTD V A-LEAGUE ALL-STARS:


Sommet Sports Freeview HD (UHF only): Saturday at 9.30pm live from Sydney.
 Latest news: Van Persie, Giggs, Carrick, Evra, Ferdinand, Zaha, Evans, Jones, Raphael, de Gea all available to play !!!


I'm really looking forwards to this one now, esp to see how Ifill and McGlinchey go.



Excuse the ignorance but is there a chance of a live stream?
19 Jul 05:22
brumbys wrote:
Big Pete 65 wrote:

MAN UTD V A-LEAGUE ALL-STARS:


Sommet Sports Freeview HD (UHF only): Saturday at 9.30pm live from Sydney.
 Latest news: Van Persie, Giggs, Carrick, Evra, Ferdinand, Zaha, Evans, Jones, Raphael, de Gea all available to play !!!


I'm really looking forwards to this one now, esp to see how Ifill and McGlinchey go.



Excuse the ignorance but is there a chance of a live stream?


Sommet don't have their internet streaming set up yet, so not from them. but bound to be one on a one of the dodgy sites.
22 Jul 10:25

What are the odds?

Rooney to Chelsea

Torres to Liverpool

Suarez to Real Madrid

Higuain to Man Utd

Kotahitanga. We are one.

22 Jul 10:26

We really need a playmaking midfielder but Fabregas will surely be kept by any new Barca manager. 

Who is our next CM target?

Kotahitanga. We are one.

22 Jul 23:10

We really need a playmaking midfielder but Fabregas will surely be kept by any new Barca manager. 

Who is our next CM target?



I would go for Fellaini.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

23 Jul 00:43

MAN UTD etc. ON SOMMET SPORTS FREEVIEW UHF CH 14:

ALL LIVE:

TONIGHT 10PM - Man United v Yokohama Marinos
24 - Bayern Munich v Barcelona
25 - Chelsea v BNI All Stars
26 - Man United v Cerezo Osaka
29 - Man United v Kitchee

August
11 - Community Shield - Wigan v Man Utd
14 - England v Scotland


Big Pete 65, Christchurch

23 Jul 04:14
Big Pete 65 wrote:

MAN UTD etc. ON SOMMET SPORTS FREEVIEW UHF CH 14:

ALL LIVE:

TONIGHT 10PM - Man United v Yokohama Marinos
24 - Bayern Munich v Barcelona
25 - Chelsea v BNI All Stars
26 - Man United v Cerezo Osaka
29 - Man United v Kitchee

August
11 - Community Shield - Wigan v Man Utd
14 - England v Scotland



Also I see Sunday morning at 6:30 is Dortmund v Bayern in what looks like the German super cup
23 Jul 04:36
JarrodM wrote:
Big Pete 65 wrote:

MAN UTD etc. ON SOMMET SPORTS FREEVIEW UHF CH 14:

ALL LIVE:

TONIGHT 10PM - Man United v Yokohama Marinos
24 - Bayern Munich v Barcelona
25 - Chelsea v BNI All Stars
26 - Man United v Cerezo Osaka
29 - Man United v Kitchee

August
11 - Community Shield - Wigan v Man Utd
14 - England v Scotland



Also I see Sunday morning at 6:30 is Dortmund v Bayern in what looks like the German super cup

:)
23 Jul 08:06
Big Pete 65 wrote:

MAN UTD etc. ON SOMMET SPORTS FREEVIEW UHF CH 14:

ALL LIVE:

TONIGHT 10PM - Man United v Yokohama Marinos
24 - Bayern Munich v Barcelona
25 - Chelsea v BNI All Stars
26 - Man United v Cerezo Osaka
29 - Man United v Kitchee

August
11 - Community Shield - Wigan v Man Utd
14 - England v Scotland



Hey Big Pete, Love ya work (seriously, your the man on un-earthing obscure player info) but can you find another thread for Sommet etc. churr bruv.

Kotahitanga. We are one.

23 Jul 08:29
Big Pete 65 wrote:

MAN UTD etc. ON SOMMET SPORTS FREEVIEW UHF CH 14:

ALL LIVE:

TONIGHT 10PM - Man United v Yokohama Marinos
24 - Bayern Munich v Barcelona
25 - Chelsea v BNI All Stars
26 - Man United v Cerezo Osaka
29 - Man United v Kitchee

August
11 - Community Shield - Wigan v Man Utd
14 - England v Scotland



Hey Big Pete, Love ya work (seriously, your the man on un-earthing obscure player info) but can you find another thread for Sommet etc. churr bruv.
I would have thought this was the best place for the info about the Man U games being shown on TV?

Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

23 Jul 10:16 · edited 23 Jul 10:16 · History
[quote=Big Pete 65]

MAN UTD etc. ON SOMMET SPORTS FREEVIEW UHF CH 14:

ALL LIVE:

TONIGHT 10PM - Man United v Yokohama Marinos
24 - Bayern Munich v Barcelona
25 - Chelsea v BNI All Stars
26 - Man United v Cerezo Osaka
29 - Man United v Kitchee

August
11 - Community Shield - Wigan v Man Utd
14 - England v Scotland


  1st time i have watch SOMMET last saturday.....coverage not great...they.missed the pre match,the game had started before we started viewing, then dirt bike car racing came on for several minutes.....then wind surfing....plus other things and commentry was missing early on....IS THIS NORMAL FOR THERE BROADCASTS

23 Jul 11:01
SuperFrank wrote:
[quote=Big Pete 65]

MAN UTD etc. ON SOMMET SPORTS FREEVIEW UHF CH 14:

ALL LIVE:

TONIGHT 10PM - Man United v Yokohama Marinos
24 - Bayern Munich v Barcelona
25 - Chelsea v BNI All Stars
26 - Man United v Cerezo Osaka
29 - Man United v Kitchee

August
11 - Community Shield - Wigan v Man Utd
14 - England v Scotland


  1st time i have watch SOMMET last saturday.....coverage not great...they.missed the pre match,the game had started before we started viewing, then dirt bike car racing came on for several minutes.....then wind surfing....plus other things and commentry was missing early on....IS THIS NORMAL FOR THERE BROADCASTS


There was a problem with the international feed coming out of the stadium. On tonight's game the feed came on for a minute but then cut to ads and then came back on when the teams came out.
23 Jul 23:37

With Martino now managing Barca, I can't see any point in pursuing Cesc - he won't be leaving. Gary Neville is arguing that we have a good contingent of CMs and that there is no point spending big money if they're not going to be better than current lot. Problem is only one, Carrick, is a true defensive, playmaking box to box CM. There is little back up. This issue has been around for a few seasons and we have still not addressed it. Moyes has seen it as a key issue. Is Fellaini really the answer. I don't think so. Rooney anyone? ha ha

Kotahitanga. We are one.

24 Jul 05:04

With Martino now managing Barca, I can't see any point in pursuing Cesc - he won't be leaving. Gary Neville is arguing that we have a good contingent of CMs and that there is no point spending big money if they're not going to be better than current lot. Problem is only one, Carrick, is a true defensive, playmaking box to box CM. There is little back up. This issue has been around for a few seasons and we have still not addressed it. Moyes has seen it as a key issue. Is Fellaini really the answer. I don't think so. Rooney anyone? ha ha



I said a year or so ago on here that I thought Rooney would make a great mid field player.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

25 Jul 00:13 · edited 25 Jul 00:14 · History

Yeah I remember Leggy, and it's possible he could adapt his game (though I have reservations about him being able to  play deep enough to pick up the ball from the back line AND his technical defensive ability - tracking back, body shape, staying on his feet. The biggest issue though is his headspace. In his head he is a striker - always has been, and England's striker at that - with a World Cup on the horizon; and playing defensive CM (for that is what we need) is just not where his headspace will be. If Moyes can make that happen, he's a miracle-worker. It won't happen.

Kotahitanga. We are one.

25 Jul 03:26

Yeah I remember Leggy, and it's possible he could adapt his game (though I have reservations about him being able to  play deep enough to pick up the ball from the back line AND his technical defensive ability - tracking back, body shape, staying on his feet. The biggest issue though is his headspace. In his head he is a striker - always has been, and England's striker at that - with a World Cup on the horizon; and playing defensive CM (for that is what we need) is just not where his headspace will be. If Moyes can make that happen, he's a miracle-worker. It won't happen.


The one thing you did not mention--- He is a scouser??????

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

25 Jul 03:57

I don't care where he knicks his goals from!

Kotahitanga. We are one.

08 Aug 02:31 · edited 08 Aug 02:31 · History

Community Shield: Man Utd v Wigan  -  Sommet Sport, Freeview ch. 14  -   Monday 1am

Hard to pick this one .... (only joking) .... lightning surely can't strike twice for wee Wigan and should be a training run for the Red Devils.

Have Wigan retained any decent players post-relegation? Who the hell is their manager now anyway?

Latest Man Utd transfer rumours :  http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/manchester-united-latest-transfer-rumours-and-completed-deals-8648127.html

bidding for Fellaini apparently, Fabregas looks unlikely, Chelsea tabled a bid for Rooney last week but rejected....

Big Pete 65, Christchurch

08 Aug 03:04

Also on espn.

08 Aug 03:29
JarrodM wrote:

Also on espn.



It is at 10.55 pm EST on Sunday  in Oz.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

08 Aug 21:36

Fellaini & Baines?

Kotahitanga. We are one.

08 Aug 22:01

Fellaini & Baines?



Hope so-- then sell Wayne.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

08 Aug 23:51

One injury/rotation to RVP and we're looking a bit light up front. I'd keep WR at this stage.

Kotahitanga. We are one.

14 Aug 22:02


14 Aug 22:21

That's brilliant!!

Grumpy old bastard alert

15 Aug 07:54

He is a typical scouse that thinks he is better than the club or game. I believe that he is one of the great players in the EPL but he has made a rod for himself and quite frankly I hope he leaves.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

15 Aug 23:36
Leggy wrote:

I believe that he is one of the great players in the EPL

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

16 Aug 01:13

Haha so much comedy in this thread

Grumpy old bastard alert

18 Aug 01:01

Considering we started with probably one of the weakest midfields in the EPL, the three points was welcome. Utd 2-0 up after 30mins but did not deserve it. Swansea played some great football but was undone by some RVP magic. How Cleverly and Giggs can start ahead of Rooney defies belief. When he did come on after 60mins he showed that he is a class above most of the other players.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

19 Aug 04:07

Yeah with you on that Leggy. VERY happy to get 3 points at Swansea. That will be hard for a lot of teams this year I reckon. Love the way Laudrup has the Swans playing. And really 4-1 flattered.

Cannot really believe Giggs starting. Hoping travelling fans' positive reception of Rooney is replicated at OT next week. Quite simple, we need him playing. And still the search for a playmaking CM goes on. Chelsea will expose and magnify this need next weekend.

Kotahitanga. We are one.

27 Aug 01:12

A pretty flat game. Chelsea hardly got a kick of the ball in the first half. The team they picked and the way they played looked like they came for a point. Utd played as well as any game last season. Rooney was the best player on the park. Don't think they should sell him on that performance. A point against Chelsea is fine although at home you expect to win.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

29 Aug 22:29


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02 Sep 02:53

For a side that dominated possession 57% to 43 % is was a disappointing result. On saying that, when you have a midfield of Giggs, Young and Cleverley you would struggle to win the A league with them never mind the EPL. Team played pretty well and played better than a lot of games that they won last season. Funny to read comments from other supporters, especially when their teams will more than likely fail again. You can't expect us to win every game and the league year after year.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

02 Sep 03:22
Leggy wrote:

. You can't expect us to win every game and the league year after year.


Why not? I bet you do.
02 Sep 03:46 · edited 02 Sep 03:47 · History
Jazzman wrote:
Leggy wrote:

. You can't expect us to win every game and the league year after year.


Why not? I bet you do.



I've been around long enough to know that this just does not happen, and I may hope that it is the case but I know it is not a reality.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

02 Sep 03:46
Leggy wrote:
Jazzman wrote:
Leggy wrote:

. You can't expect us to win every game and the league year after year.


Why not? I bet you do.



I've been around long enough to know that this just does not happen, and I may hope that it is the case but I know it is not a reality.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid

02 Sep 09:01

Have just heard Utd have signed Fellaini.

Hope this is true.

If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid