Official Premiership 06/07 thread

[cmb211087]

You've got to remember rovers only had a solid defense since feb when nelsen got back and we signed samba and warnock

And jose got arrested and cautioned today haha

[Thomas]

Brad Friedel is a better goalkeeper than Howard is, and I doubt Howard will ever reach the peak Friedel will.

Brad essentially keeps his team in games really, without him they'd probably be much worse than what they really are.

Not anymore. Friedels decline has been this season. He can't reach as many shots as before, so he covers less of the goal. Trust me, Howard is better.

Yeah, trust an Everton fan's opinion

[IAceI]

I can be unbiased too. I like Everton and hate Blackburn Rover's beyond belief for some reason. But that's just how I see things.

[cmb211087]

Because we keep getting newcastles managers sacked?? Maybe you support the wrong north east team and you just dont know it

[IAceI]

Like I've said, there's not much about the Newcastle team that really annoys me - more their fans that drive me to my hatred

[therockbox]

Carragher & Agger are the main reason Liverpool had so many clean sheets

[ONO]

Howard's so good that Fergie was happy to sell him and keep Kuszczak instead

[cmb211087]

Europes top scorer or the champions league top scorer? Because if it was the latter fair enough, if it was just for goals scored in a league again it means nothing because each league is different, I mean hell the spanish leagues used to have hockey scores every match!

[ONO]

He scored the most goals in Europe, when people said he couldn't score to save himself.

[ONO]

England midfielder Owen Hargreaves is set to complete a move to Manchester United after Bayern Munich agreed a deal, according to reports in Germany.

Hargreaves's move to the Premiership champions has been agreed according to the website of German magazine Spiegel.

The deal, believed to be worth £17million, would go through once Hargreaves signs a four-year contract.

Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer has previously admitted that the player could be sold if the price was right.

The Bundesliga giants have so far refused to grant the 26-year-old's wish to leave for Old Trafford.

And Hargreaves refused to comment on the report following the conclusion of the German Bundesliga season.

He missed Bayern's 5-2 win over Energie Cottbus because of a knee injury which means he could have already played his last game for the club after 10 years.

He has played a total of 145 league games won the Champions League with the Bavarian side in 2001.

Beckenbauer, speaking recently on German television, said: "If it is right there is an offer of 25-30m euros (£17-20m), then I would seriously consider it.

"I think the board also think this way to satisfy the needs of the player."

Hargreaves has been a long-standing United target and the player has expressed a desire to play in England.

[IAceI]

So if this is true, that combined with Woodgate's return to England permanantly means that the entire England squad that is - on most occassions - picked all ply their trade in the English leagues, right?

[9 to 5]

Considering Beckham won't get picked again it would seem so, unless Barton to Bayern comes true. Even then Lampard and Gerrard will make sure he doesn't get picked. >_>

[lanky316]

I must have missed something, Is Scholes is retiring or something? Unless he or Carrick is leaving which would be a surprise, I can't believe that Fergie would pay that money for a reserve and neither of the starters have done enough wrong to warrant being dropped.

[ravenjuice]

I think he's being brought in in place of fletcher, which is a shame really, as he's showed some promise this season.

[public enemy]

Hargreaves is being brought in to strengthen the midfield as all too often this season, against the top sides, we've missed the luxury of a real defensive-lying midfielder.

Sadly, I think if anyone's to miss out next season - it'll be Giggs. Either that or Fergie will rotate.

-------------VDS/Foster------------

Neville---Ferdinand---Vidic---Evra

--------------------------------------

-------------Hargreaves------------

------Carrick-------Scholes/Giggs-

---------------------------------------

Ronaldo---------------------Rooney

-------------New Striker?-----------

(Y)

[Matt]

So you reckon he'll drop his most consistent player who can cross better than anyone on the team and is one of the top passers of the ball, not to mention he can score a shitload of goals. I'd ignore the new striker part and United's side will look like this.

-------------Van Der Sar-----------

Neville---Ferdinand---Vidic---Evra

--------------------------------------

--------Carrick------Hargreaves---

---------------Scholes---------------

Ronaldo-----------------------Giggs

---------------Rooney---------------

Or something like that any way. Not sure whether it'll work though, as it'll leave the midfield rather weak.

Either that or we'll see...

-----------------Van Der Sar--------------

Neville-----Ferdinand-----Vidic-----Evra

---------------------------------------------

-Ronaldo-Scholes-Carrick-Hargreaves-

-------------------------Giggs-------------

---------------Rooney---------------------

Not entirely sure which of Scholes/Carrick/Hargreaves will play left side, I imagine Carrick, seeing as they've paid so much money for Hargreaves as a central midfielder, but you never know.

[therockbox]

It'll mimmick Milan's formation, with Carrick and Hargreaves playing in the Gattuso/Pirlo roles.

Edited May 20, 2007 by therockbox

[Mike Widdows]

Hargreaves is being brought in to strengthen the midfield as all too often this season, against the top sides, we've missed the luxury of a real defensive-lying midfielder.

Sadly, I think if anyone's to miss out next season - it'll be Giggs. Either that or Fergie will rotate.

-------------VDS/Foster------------

Neville---Ferdinand---Vidic---Evra

--------------------------------------

-------------Hargreaves------------

------Carrick-------Scholes/Giggs-

---------------------------------------

Ronaldo---------------------Rooney

-------------New Striker?-----------

(Y)

[therockbox]

Viduka (Y)

Edited May 20, 2007 by therockbox

[public enemy]

So you reckon he'll drop his most consistent player who can cross better than anyone on the team and is one of the top passers of the ball, not to mention he can score a shitload of goals. I'd ignore the new striker part and United's side will look like this.

-------------Van Der Sar-----------

Neville---Ferdinand---Vidic---Evra

--------------------------------------

--------Carrick------Hargreaves---

---------------Scholes---------------

Ronaldo-----------------------Giggs

---------------Rooney---------------