Ballack, Owen & Obi Mikel ????s [Archive]

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MANUTDGAL

04 Aug 2005, 04:09 PM

Will any of them join Manchester United...
Who would you like to see us get if we could only obtain one...

Me I think we might get Owen..
But if I had my druthers I would love Ballack...
He is what we need at the midfield position...

Teso Dos Bichos

04 Aug 2005, 04:10 PM

I hope we get the former and latter.

tscboys

04 Aug 2005, 04:13 PM

Mikel for me, long term D-mid replacement would be scrumptious right about now!

JinJin

04 Aug 2005, 04:29 PM

Mikel for me, long term D-mid replacement would be scrumptious right about now!

but Mikel is not a defensive midfielder.....

tscboys

04 Aug 2005, 04:31 PM

From what I saw/heard from the U-20 World Cup he was a very talented and very defensive midfielder with a very good ability to go forward and attack and great creativity.

Vermont Red

04 Aug 2005, 04:52 PM

United doesn't use a DM.

MANUTDGAL

04 Aug 2005, 08:33 PM

My dream addition to the squad would be Michael Essien
but Lyon's asking price is obscene...:mad:

i07m

04 Aug 2005, 10:00 PM

Hm . . .

Owen could help us now. A team of Van Der Sar; Neville, Rio, Silvestre, Heinze; Keane; Ronaldo, Rooney, Giggs/Scholes/Park; with Van Nistelrooy and Owen up front is tempting.

A bench of Scholes, Ole, Saha, Smith, Park leaves many, many attacking options, not to mention Pique in defense and Rossi as another striker/free mid.

That's the problem, though. If Solskjaer is healthy, we'd have 6 strikers including Owen. 6 strikers all competing for World Cup national spots (depending on Ole and Norway). You could call it good competition, but what it would do to chemistry on the pitch could be negative. Owen would not want to come off the bench, and having Rooney playing that free-role could make it harder for him to adapt to the English squad, where he might have to play a set-striker (doubt it, but maybe)

Ballack is good for the near future, but Ballack's ego makes it so that Fergie can't have him off the bench. He is a brilliant midfielder, proven to be world class, and as much as I would like him, it might not work out. But Van Der Sar; Neville, Rio, Silvestre, Heinze; with Ballack, Keane, and Scholes supporting; Ronaldo, Rooney in the free roles (which SAF is opting for in the preseason?); and Van Nistelrooy upfront is really, really, lethal.

Just my random rant, excuse any errors along the way. ;)

BuRaK

05 Aug 2005, 05:18 AM

Ballack.He is the guy who we need!

dan100200z

05 Aug 2005, 06:16 AM

Hasn't solskjaer retired from international football yet?

a-m-a-n

05 Aug 2005, 08:36 AM

Chaz Striker

05 Aug 2005, 09:26 AM

My dream addition to the squad would be Michael Essien
but Lyon's asking price is obscene...:mad:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=338091&cc=5901

nuff said!!!!!!!! :mad:

MtP07

05 Aug 2005, 10:46 AM

One Ballack please. And an Obi on the side. Just no midgets please.

Hawki

05 Aug 2005, 11:09 AM

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=338091&cc=5901

nuff said!!!!!!!! :mad:

I for one hope he never plays here. If he is willing to hold his breath until he gets his way then he belongs at Chelsea ... he will fit in fine. What an arssss!!

Nicodemus145

05 Aug 2005, 02:58 PM

Chelsea are the only team I wish to play for. I have heard the Lyon president saying other clubs from the English Premiership are interested in signing me, including Arsenal and Manchester United, but I have no desire to play for anyone else other than Chelsea.

Good god. Didn't he say just two months ago "my dream is to play for United"? Let chelski have him. He'd only demand a transfer away from OT if MU didn't win the prem.... and he'll come begging again by next may ;) :D

StrikerCW

05 Aug 2005, 03:25 PM

Good god. Didn't he say just two months ago "my dream is to play for United"? Let chelski have him. He'd only demand a transfer away from OT if MU didn't win the prem.... and he'll come begging again by next may ;) :D
Fo sho, he'll be sorry.