Rival Watch

Sina wrote:Manchester United lost 1-0 to Singha All Stars
#moyesout is now trending in #Manchester http://t.co/5GXXG5ag4y

Lol.. Its their first preseason game ffs!

AW said we're gonna have a torrid time tomo against Indonesia as well

34 Days and 16 Hours until it officially kicks off

LOL at Thiago snubbing Man Utd in favor of Bayern, where he will join the most ridiculously stacked midfield in recent memory.

Gustavo will probably leave, they will need to let someone go, the mid is stacked

I'd take Luiz Gustavo anyday.

Was going to come back on GL and say the same thing about Gustavo. I never believed the rumors about Arsenal going in for him months ago, but now if they resurfaced it would be more believable.

Not that Thiago & Gustavo are the same kind of player exactly. But someone will surely need to leave.

Bayern's mid currently without Thiago

Defensive midfielders: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Javi Martinez, Luiz Gustavo, Toni Kroos, Emre Can, David Alaba.

Right wing: Arjen Robben, Thomas Mueller, Xherdan Shaqiri.

Left wing: Franck Ribery, Shaqiri, David Alaba.

Central attacking midfielder: Mario Goetze, Mueller, Kroos, Ribery, Claudio Pizarro, Schweinsteiger.

Cesc on the other hand will surely stay now, not that I ever doubted that.

Cesc who?? with Zelalem and Crowley we are set

Butt wrote:Bayern's mid currently without Thiago

Defensive midfielders: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Javi Martinez, Luiz Gustavo, Toni Kroos, Emre Can, David Alaba.

Right wing: Arjen Robben, Thomas Mueller, Xherdan Shaqiri.

Left wing: Franck Ribery, Shaqiri, David Alaba.

Central attacking midfielder: Mario Goetze, Mueller, Kroos, Ribery, Claudio Pizarro, Schweinsteiger.

Take note. THAT is the kind of squad depth and quality which will win you a treble. *sigh*

United just made a 25m bid for Fabregas according to BBC and other Twitter sources

Butt wrote:Gustavo will probably leave, they will need to let someone go, the mid is stacked

I've been calling for Gustavo on rawk. But I don't see him wanting to leave the CL winners for us

You want to replace Lucas?

Premier League Countdown: 32 Days
32% of Premier League games had 4 or more goals last season

RedOranje wrote:You want to replace Lucas?

Where did I say that?

You want to sign a CDM from the current CL champions... that's tantamount to saying you want a new CDM in the starting XI.

"England will suffer if Rooney is second choice at Yanited" - Mourinho.

Well played, Jose. Well played.

It seems Jovetic to City is imminent. Though it pains me to say it, because I really like Bon Jovi as a footballer, I'll keep my fingers crossed he flops in England. And then gets sold to a team in another league where he dramatically resurrects his career & tears things up.

Still can't get my head around what Man City have been doing with transfers, both this summer and last. I'm not even saying this summer's acquisitions have been bad ... but they've definitely been expensive.

Please sign Rooney.

Abramovich wrote:Please sign Rooney.

no Wenger just talking to rise the price value of Rooney..
just making sure that you will need to sign him at a higher price..

Chumlum wrote:It seems Jovetic to City is imminent. Though it pains me to say it, because I really like Bon Jovi as a footballer, I'll keep my fingers crossed he flops in England. And then gets sold to a team in another league where he dramatically resurrects his career & tears things up.

Still can't get my head around what Man City have been doing with transfers, both this summer and last. I'm not even saying this summer's acquisitions have been bad ... but they've definitely been expensive.

Sad...

RedOranje wrote:You want to sign a CDM from the current CL champions... that's tantamount to saying you want a new CDM in the starting XI.

It has never hurt any team challenging for top 4 to have 3 quality CM/DM's rotating for the double pivots.

Amazulu 2-1 Manchester City
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I know it's just a friendly, but both games, "title bound" City had £100 million worth of talent on the pitch and couldn't beat the easiest cannon fodder served up to them on a silver platter, while "Average" Arsenal have scored 14 goals in their last two friendlies

Pellegrini is trying out new things with his team.

Pellegrini could try playing with Nasri in goal if he so wished, there is absolutely NO way they should be losing these games. Not when they start names like Dzeko, Yaya and Milner, as well as their entire first team back 4. And certainly not two games on the trot