Despite having been forecast a weekend of rain, today was the first we saw of it, and we have pink cheeks from yesterday’s afternoon in the sun at the national stadium to prove it. We were treated to a bizarre rendition of “Glory, Glory, Man United” ahead of kick-off yesterday, with an old guy wearing a ‘Chicharito 14′ shirt dropping to his knees to belt it out. Maybe the heat sent him funny. Bryan Robson was interviewed and was told he was like Elvis. “I wish I was like Elvis,” he replied. Maybe the sun effected us all.
We splashed out £15 a head for one of those hop on, hop off bus tours today, which is decent enough seeing as though you get transport around the city all day and never have to wait longer than ten minutes. We started the day at Vigeland Sculpture Park which is full of sculptures by Gustav Vigeland which show the ‘human condition’. They’re all naked. Men beating their wives, laughing children, hugging couples and so on. The only sculpture that isn’t naked is the one he did of himself.
Our next stop was the Fram Museum which is all about polar exploration, looking particularly at explorers Nansen, Sverdrup and Amundsen. It was particularly interesting reading about Captain Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, if not fairly depressing.
In between looking at the impressive new Opera House, City Hall (where the Nobel Peace Prize is handed out every year), the Royal Castle and Oslo Parliament, I was able to take a few minutes to scan for any United related news. After Bob Cass’ “exclusive” about Lucas Moura’s medical with us on Sunday, reports from Brazil claimed PSG had a €40m bid accepted today. The Daily Mail quickly followed suit and cleaned up after Cass’ mistake, claiming the national team wouldn’t release Lucas for the medical. Hmmm. Surely this would be an obstacle United would have overcome before Sir Alex Ferguson cancelled his trip to Oslo and the club booked in a medical… Lucas’ agent has since claimed that no deal has been made with either club. Maybe Ferguson is using Cass to create a smokescreen so we can get our intended business wrapped up. Van Persie? The Baines talk has dried up in the press.
Whilst Lucas looks cracking on YouTube, as most players with a compilation on there do, an article by a neutral expert on Brazilian football has made me question the decision for us to spend £30m so frivolously. This kid is nowhere near the complete package so why spend such an incredible amount of money on him? Let’s not forget that Kleberson was in Brazil’s World Cup winning squad but, at £6m, was a gamble worth taking. Essentially, you have to trust the boss, but if we keep Nani and don’t sign Lucas, I will be happy enough.
The other United related transfer news was seeing that Ravel Morrison, former future United legend, has been shipped off to Birmingham on loan. He played just 9 minutes for West Ham in the half season he spent there, with the London club believing his potential was worth £1m, despite his attitude problems. Morrison’s career isn’t over but West Ham have obviously learnt, as United did, that right now he is not ready to make the sacrifices required to be a professional footballer. Despite claims that Morrison’s head was turned by more money or more playing time, the truth is United grew tired of his bad attitude and failure to turn up for training. After giving him way more chances than would be afforded to someone less talented, enough was enough, and they didn’t offer him a new deal. He will have been told of that ultimatum time and again, but he wasn’t bright enough or mature enough to do something about it. That’s why we moved him on to West Ham and, more than likely, that is why he is now at Birmingham.
They like a bad boy in Birmingham though, with both Jermaine Pennant and Lee Bowyer recently on their books. Now they boast the “talent” of Marlon King who has convictions for 14 offences. Assault, wounding with intent, sexual assault, theft, fraud, drink driving and speeding are amongst the crimes he’s been found guilty of, having served two prison sentences. He is on the sex offenders register and broke a 20-year-old girl’s nose after punching her in the face. Who needs the guidance of Paul Scholes when you can find a role model like King, eh Ravel? Whilst some United fans have taken a strange pleasure in his latest fall from grace, I suggest we just let him get on with it. He will never be the player he could have been and that is something he will have to live with for the rest of his life. We don’t need to be gleeful about that.
I will be back in Manchester tomorrow, after checking out the Ice Bar. Oslo is a nice city and a place I would probably have never seen if not for United. The things this club does for us eh…
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Loving these shares, its like being there!
Great day Scott,
Paapi,
Belting post pal..awesome..
Evening mate..
Papii
You fucking beauty, got me eyes watering reading that
Che Cedara,
evening my friend..
you will get the ” power to ban”
Here’s an excellent video on the Brazilian, Lucas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4grGuNz265g
Have a look, its short (16sec).
Loving this blog, btw:
“We were treated to a bizarre rendition of “Glory, Glory, Man United” ahead of kick-off yesterday, with an old guy wearing a ‘Chicharito 14′ shirt dropping to his knees to belt it out.”
Laugh riot!
Thanks Cedars…Sandy
I can’t wait for the season to start.. Its going to be BIG.
Clint-Iamyourpapii, that is a great speech mate!!!!I was a bit pessimistic after reading the whole article but reading your comment was something special.
@Pint Glass of Vodka, are you sober buddy?
@andromeda:
Doctor said no booze for me. I’ve been fighting a terrible bout with the summer flu. So I’ve been up for the last 36 hours eating paint chips that I mixed with my antibiotics with a food processor. Neat little gadget, this food processor. It was advertised on this home shopping network. After the food processor commercial came on, I saw Owen Hargreaves on TV advertising some kind of fitness device that utilizes these large rubber bands.
Aformentioned Hargreaves infomercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fipEh7iF6RY
Comparison between Nani and Valencia in last season..
Its pretty interesting and close,
http://mixturesport.com/football/comparison-between-nani-and-valencia.html
cheers Scott, but you failed to mention what the women are like in Oslo. Call me shallow but that should have been included somewhere in your piece and plus i’ve never been.
Paapi that was emotional man.
Be very surprised if we did sign anyone else, and i’d be ok with that. We do have great depth despite what some may say, last season showed that with amount of injuries yet finishing on same points as those cunts. Lucas seems pointless unless we were selling Nani, which i wouldn’t want and can’t see happening this summer. We don’e have vast amounts to spend, 30 mill on a kid who wouldn’t get a massive amount of game time seems a little silly and would be considered a risk. If fergy does go 4-2-3-1 on a more permanent basis then out of those 2 wide spaces behind the front man you have Tony V, Nani and Young as main contenders. Yet Roo, shinjzi and Welbz could all do a role and probably will at some point. That’s 6 players for 2 positions and is more than enough to please the rotation addiction SAF has at times.
RVP signing does seem right up Fergy’s street apart from the age issue.
pro’s
He loves signing strikers.
RVP in theory would be a good fit for the team
Amazing player, when fully fit…
Always nice signing rival’s best players, United not done that for some time if ever in recent years…Cantona maybe, undervalued by leeds perhaps.
Great finisher
Know’s the premiership…etc..etc
Con’s
- Injury record and Age perhaps, if stays fully fit then awesome if say we get him on a 4 yr contract. But if we sign him, he gets crocked and before you know it he’s into his 30′s.
- Hinder development of welbz and chichirito
- less likely to play 4-2-3-1, meaning kagawa being used not in his favoured and supposed best position
- wages
- transfer fee for 29 yr old
Wouldn’t say we urgently need either player, yet i probably wouldn’t complain if we signed 1 from the 2.
Trust whatever the gaffer has in mind. Suppose we rotate pretty heavy at times and formations will change from game to game, meaning shinjzi may get some game time in the hole.
Two weeks today fucking can’t wait, no more fucking gardening, no more painting fences, no more fucking Trafford center on a weekend.
Giggs
Can’t wait for the first ‘where to put your money’ Thread.
So lucas transfer saga being kept alive?
This place will go mental again
Clint fucking awesome off topic
Good evening ROM…
Canada livin on the edge here, triple teaming Wambach and Alex Mmmmmmorgan is going to rip them apart. I’ll be right back, got me thinking of a Alex Morgan/Hope Solo 3way…
james
waiting more for the view from the enemy……. tho where to put your money is not far behind……
Giggs12 – No more Sollozzo tricks!
Giggsy12,
Evening mate, yup just 2 weeks away from the promised land!!
James,
Lol at your thread dig
So we play barca again
And we have no tom there on tour
Hopefully we win cause the ABU’s are only waiting to pounce
Tom handled them quite in the last game we played them in US, if anything he can do and to it better since he idolise them fucking spaniard is contain their ticky-thack and he seems to know what they will do next thus he intercept almost their every attempt at tipy-tapy.
But it will be a great game, I’m excited to see wot show kagawa will give this time around.
Fitty cent of ROM and Fitty shades of Willie
wasup mate..
I don’t mind us taking £30million gamble , besides, Glazer will eat the money rather than pay the debt and will be shitting allover us!
Crapitano visuals, urgh.
Where’s that Lebanese fuckwit.
Carroll>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>RVP
Keane>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Robbo.
That should entice him out.
@Capitano
you got me pissing at myself
What an awesome moniker too
50 shades of Willie what the fuck is a sollozo trick?
James you are one league game away from K stand son.
Sandy evening pal how are you mate
We better take the gamble indeed
He’s likely to come good
Giggs
2 games mate, I miss Fulham at home.
Spoon 2 – That’s naughty!
Alright Sandy!
If the scenario was that we bought Moura at the expense of Nani it would be a worse deal than that of Eto and ibrabimovic.
james21 says:
Where’s that Lebanese fuckwit.
he’s out …WALKING Linda again…I expect….. dirty rotten lucky bastard
FFS Those female shot putters have balls.
Spoon
What is, missing Fulham?
and it should be …Lebanese fuck-halfwit….
^Giggs12
I think that scenario would be tough to summarize until the dust settled and we found out if Moura is the next Messi or the next Obertan. 2-3 years down the road at least.
wonder if he gets Linda to wear a RVP shirt for their ….ahem …. walks
Giggs12
Having said that I’m hoping the two aren’t mutually exclusive and we keep Nani no matter what. On his day, he can be unplayable.
@James21
Especially the Belarus winner!!
Tony Bee
He does some miles that randy old git.
Spoon 2 – No mate. The Keane>>>>>>Robbo post. Even though it’s true!
Spoon
Ha Ha. Keep em coming he’ll soon bite.
Lebanese Devil fishing.
Watching UsA vs canada WOMEN’s Match
US losing 1-0, but looking quite good with their european style of play
Maybe the letter being discussed of on ROM is glue to the tel watching it aswel
D
911 – Whats it like on planet button moon?
Giggs12 – Come on fella! Godfather reference? Sollozzo!
Off to Button moon to follow Mr Spoon, button moon.
50 shades of Willie
Never really got into the godfather films mate
50 shades
To be honest have no idea wot that is
Does anyone know someone named cazorla that signed for arsenal?
James – You know it?
Mr Spoon!
What a bunch of fuckers, so the cat goes out then the mice come in to play! ha ha ha
Just been reading up on levins interview regarding the football genius. How have we missed Darren Fletcher. Players like Fletch are so underrated its untrue. Give me fletch back over RVP everyday of the week.
Spoon
Oh yes I remember it well.
What a goal
Us scoring a goal direct from a corner
An unusual goal at that level
I thought only beckham could do that
Its 1-1 at old trafford
Looks like those Lebanese Devils are biting.
Thing about Robin Van injury prone……..he ain’t got no right foot. He’s all left peg. Maybe we could fit him in on the bench, but that’s it.
So so so shaky at the back tonight, wtf is going on, saw shades of this at the beginning of the France match but we cleaned it up. Too many wasted chances too by both Wambach and Morgan up front.
WHAT A FUCKING SHOT! holy crap Rapinoe has a right peg.
Enough with taking the piss out of me RvP already, its getting tiresome……..Besides he’s me Linda’s favourite player!
She has taste, I taught her well
Just terrible defending again, Canada has literally 1 good player and the shaky US defense just lets her waltz around unmarked in the box again for her 3rd goal of the night. Seems to be shades of extra time against Japan in the women’s World Cup, lax defending is going to keep us from gold.
Well I must say as big of a US supporter as I am, even I say that’s a very harsh penalty on the canucks.
Sinclair carrol scores for canada
After some nice play
Canada seems to be handful for worlds 1
Let’s see US come up with after that
Its 2-2 now
Yep JC this girl has a right peg
Beckham like
JC
What the fuck are you blabbering about mate? Who the fuck is playing who?
See, told you they would all piss off when I get on! ha ha
This sinclair carrol
Has a head 3-2 to canada
Anyone watching?
Its fantastic match really
Crouch>>>>>>>>>>>>>RVP
USA v Canada Cedars, 3-3 atm, back and forth end to end high tension football right now. Wambach should have just scored on a wide open net but pushed it wide after a beautiful run and pass from Alex Mmmmmmorgan. Match at Old Trafford I might add.
http://cdn.caughtoffside.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Alex-Morgan-MUFC.png
Alex Morgan in case you missed it last week when Fred posted it Cedars…
Go beckham
Penalty for US
That was a harsh one I might say
3-3 now USA scores from a pen
Ripinoe a great version of beckham
What a match, on to extra time, USA playing a 3-4-3 since Canada went up 3-2 and still playing it since they pulled even. Definitely going for the win here and honestly should have had a 4th. Hopefully they don’t slow down in ET either.
JasonLee>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>RVP
JC
Yes I saw that one mate, now what competition are the US and Canada playing in? Is it women’s football at the Olympics?
Spoon 1 and Spoon 2
You know that both of you may have the pleasure of pissing off, with my blessing of course
Ravel Morrison >>>>>>>>RvP
Oh and take Giggs12 with you as well!
What’s with Massimo Morrati statement on Lucas Moura, saying they have pulled out of the chase ,as PSG has made €45million(arab money) Speaking of Arab money? “i thought they were buying sheep shaggers? what happened?”
Yessir Cedars. As I said being played at Old Trafford too so in a stretch sort of relevant to ROM… lol.
Has the resident village idiot gone yet?
JC
Women’s football getting all this excited? Horny fucker, I bet you are just waiting for them to exchange shirts ! ha ha ha
Michael Rickets>>>>>>>>>>>>RVP
Jimmy James
Seems that way mate, but you never know, he’s like a fucking cockroach, keeps coming out from everywhere
@Capitano:
Wouldn’t put one once of stock into what that ass-hat Moratti says.
I still vividly remember Brandi Chastain tearing her shirt off after scoring the winning penalty in the women’s world cup years ago… I was scarred for life.
I want the right to have babies!
What I want to know is while these women are playing football. Who’s cooking the dinner?
Haha you fuckets
Resident Village
Fuck shit
And another name to the list
Uh, there you go chiko
Never take it seriously boy
Its their strategy to get on your nerves
Just calm down and watch them masturbate
911
Last time I addressed you I promised my self that it will be the last time I do so…….Now you have tempted me again….
Do you realize how you come across to every one on here? A freak! A frigging bizarre freak….You post bollocks and your obsession with me is quite worrying to be honest, you copy almost every thing I say…Do you have no identity? How old are you?
@Mancdub
:>
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MMMMMMMMMMMMMorgan!!!
WHAT A GOAL WHAT A MATCH!! USA USA… lol anyway that was easily the best women’s football match that I’ve ever watched and to be honest one of the better matches that I’ve seen (subtracting all Manchester United matches of course).
USA v Japan rematch in the final.
Its heading for a shoot-out
Still 0-0 120 mnts on 3mnts added on
JC
You are seriously worrying me mate! ha ha
Morgan scores
Morgaaaan scores
Its USA going through its USA going ahead for the first time and this time……
Heading for the final
Last time at germany
And this time in manchester 4-3 to USA
Nights everyone!!!
JC – wow, what a game. Fantastic stuff from both teams. Who else but the beautiful Alex Morgan with the winning goal in front of the Stretford End in injury time?
http://p.twimg.com/AzD-TPBCcAEfhki.jpg:large
Congratulations USA.
Aorry guys meant to say 3-3 there
USA USA USA USA
Fred
Is that the babe who scored?
JC how bout that second Rapinoe goal? BOOM! LOL She is class.
Cedars – that is indeed the babe who scored the winner in the 120th minute in front of the Stretty. The stuff dreams are made of (her AND the goal!)
JC do women play football? Jesus next we will be letting them vote……
In all seriousness congrats to the US ladies. Technically superior to the US men’s team. The US have a great ability to treat sports correctly at grass roots level.
Did Brandy Chastain do her goal celebration?
It sure is baby, a few minutes after Wambach hit the cross bar with a similar header, less than 30 secs remaining in injury time Morgan redirects a beautiful cross just under the bar (as Fred said) in the Stretty end… perfect.
I’ll be watching her Twitter tonight for more pics. Maybe she’ll post a few from the changing room?
this one for JC.. congrats USA
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151010117032746&set=a.411767862745.195597.7724542745&type=1&theater
Fred
Bloody hell. this babe should not be playing football………She should be in my bed getting some Cedars loving
LOL Cedars
just forget about moura and sign van persie and olso.mu forever