When we were first linked to Michael Owen in the summer, I laughed it off. Another bollocks transfer rumours with too many reasons for it to be impossible.
Then, when the pictures of him arriving at Carrington were all the net, we all had to face the strong possibility that the player that ranked fairly highly on our most hated list would soon be wearing our shirt. Nightmare.
Attitudes quickly changed though with Owen making all the right noises in the press. He seemed genuinely humbled to be at the club and repeatedly speaks of his respect for the manager.
The fact that he scored a winner against our hated rivals deep in to injury time didn’t harm his cause either!
Regardless, there appears to be another bogus transfer rumour circulating today and I daren’t make a big song and dance about it, just in case this one comes true too!
Sol Campbell? You have got to be kidding.
I honestly would prefer Darren Fletcher and Michael Carrick in the centre of our defence to him.
This surely has got to be a case of the press putting two and two together and getting five. Yes, we are desperately short in defence and yes, Sol Campbell is out of contract and on a free. But surely we’re not that desperate!
On the up side, Nemanja Vidic is expected back for the weekend, so only half our defence should be made up of midfielders!
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on what basis will we sign him. just for a month? .what will he do when rafael,fabio,o shea,rio,evans,brown,hargo all return.in jan all of the injured players will be back.i just hate sol campbell. Money grabbing cunt
campbell has no pace now , he had none when he was playing at pompey let alone now when i dont know his last competitive game was , no thank you ..the man is more than past it ……..
fuck that selfish cunt
Look with Owen it was noted that he was one of the deadliest finishers in the game and he was scoring goals even with the shit Newcastle players behind him, we knew that if we got him match fit and iinjury free he would be an asset no matter how much we hate him.
But Sol Campbell? I like Big Sol he was immense for Engerland and a beast of a centreback…but he is horribly unfit and unlike Owen he has none of his old qualities left. He isnt as agile, isnt as strong and looked out of place in the one game he did play for Notts county
Funnily enough a few weeks ago someone posted here suggesting Lucas Neil, he was laughed at but I’d take him over Campbell anyday!.
But we should have Vida back for Villa and De La Et available for selection…
I have a sneaky feeling this is true. If I remember correctly at the start of the season Evans said he needed an operation on his ankle but wanted to wait till the end of the season, this may have flared up again?
On another note. please check out my attempt at a chant for Darron Gibson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IlguBL7zI4
I’d rather have Glen Campbell on Sol!
no fucking deal
never saw this one coming lol… hope he doesnt end up harming our campaign… i dont know if he’s fit enough or wether he’s still up to the task to be challenging in the premierships top team… i think he’d be a liability…
i vote for the young guns… my opinion though… SAF knows best.
I guess we cant sign him till january coy he broke his contrabt with notts county and he cant sign tell that. Not sure. Even if he signed he’ll need a month to settle and be fully fit which by then oshea evans and dasilva’s will surely have returned so he’ll have nothing to do. I prefer getting cathcart back from loan
Besher we can sign him but he cant play till January
Some sort of a joke! I would rather have owen and rooney!
Lucas Neil ? What to do with Nani ?
Sol ? What problem with him ? Any facts besides his move to Arsenal ?
@aig alex is god
I agree mate, what would the point be? We have not suffered another Munich tradgedy for fucks sake! Once the players return from injury(not the dead) we will have a big strong squad.
Once we have used his services for a month Sol Campbell could tell people to sit down in the Stretford end whilst wearing a high-viz jacket.
I suppose we could always do with another big strong lad to help out in the Trophy room.
Either way we won”t be able to play him which makes the rumor more urealistic. I guess fergie was asked about bying some one and he said that we didn”t reach that level yet
@READ CAREFULLY WHAT I
i actually find your Munich references quite offensive mate…tone it down a bit would you?
@Sir Ryan Giggs for PM
I actually find your synthetic sensitivities to be a lot of steam of my cock helmet – warm it up a bit would you?
I think it’s understandable. I would be delighted if we got Sol just to cover the rest of the season. He would play the role like Mickey, just to cover possibility of another injury-hit. Though he definitely will not get the priority over Evans, O’Shea, Brown or Neville. I think Sol still is a good defender, experienced, eligible for Champions League and free. So why not?
lmfao…synthetic eh? a lot of steam? strange to see how time really does get rid of bad memories…you want the dead players back you fat load of shit? how about we refer your comments to some munich chanting city cunts im sure they’d make a chant out of it to warm your cock helmet up nicely
I do hope this is all bollocks. I do not want that kiddy fiddler at our club.
@Sir Ryan Giggs for PM
Is that you tufty ?
Another cyber stallion with big balls all safe and sound hidden behind his monitor and shouting the odds.
I thought I told you not to bother me whilst I am bumming your Mum.
There is nothing offensive whatsoever in what I wrote and to find offense you would have to really, really, really want to try and find the mere mention of the city of Munich an outrage.
Why dont you try and imply that I am suggesting Black people are only suitable for menial work because I suggested he could work in our trophy room?
Now fuck off and leave me to finish bumming your Mum. You know how annoyed she gets when you bother her whilst she is entertaining one of her “gentleman visitors”. In fact, just for you, I am going to bum her in German.
Ja, nimm meinen Schwanz im Arsch du schmutzige Sau !
She loves it you cock connoisseur !
@READ CAREFULLY WHAT I
I don’t really find the Munich reference offensive, but was it really necessary to compare our current situation to a tradegy?
Also there is no need for stupid childish insults, they are embarrassing to read to be fair.
@READ CAREFULLY WHAT I
Fucking lol.
Also, no Sol please. If push comes to shove, fork out for a target like Kjaer or loan someone in, a la Larsson. But it won’t get to that as Brown and the Da Silva twins will be back within a couple of weeks, whilst Vidic should play on Saturday.
u cunts r out of fukn control…. wtf??
@ S.R.G.F.PM, he didnt really say he wanted our respected deceased back to play, but id did sound a bit fukt first read, but no harm intended i beleive.
@ R.C.W.I, my aunt sil,(still livin in salford since she were born) used to go out dancing with her friends tommy taylor and duncan edwards, if she were to read wot u wrote mate shed be a bit upset. not to mention bummin someones mum…
RED ARMY!!
Back to the point after the jolly boys banter…. We are now shopping in the bargain basement. Thanks a lot to Glazer and his apologists – “I’ll fight from within”? – Fook off!
@AR
What the fuck is going on here are you and Sir Ryan Giggs for PM spending so long together that you are starting to menstruate at the same time?
Would you mind spelling out the problem with what I said? As for the “stupid,childish insults” I do believe they are neither stupid nor childish but witty and erudite. Calling somebody ” a fat load of shit” is childish perhaps but I am already over it.
Now, leave me alone go and change your tampon – I am trying to bum his Mum.
@ Read carefully…
Been following your posts here for quite a while mate. I thought you were more mature than childish insults like that mate, that too against a fellow United fan. I expected batter…
The munich reference wasn’t offensive at all
There was no need to start to go on about his mom but hey he ticked you off…let it rest.
I really dont want Sol here It’s not because of his past but because I really do believe he has nothing to offer. Owen still looked like a goal getter at Newcastle but Sol was horribly past it during the end of his Portsmouth spell…he’d be a liability we are better off sticking with Carrick!
But hey to each his own,
If its just a bit of banter, carry on….
“bumming the mum”
Lol
Oh come on! Bumming my mom? How did this end up readin like a ten year old’s testimonial…
Who the fuck is tufty?
@reddevil1878- sure mate but the fact that he reacted like i’d stolen his lolly ticked me off. all i did was ask the moron to tone it down a bit
‘witty and erudite’ indeed.
RCWIS – Ignore them pal, far too sensitive. Regulars on here know what you are about mate.
Re Campbell: A sick joke? We all know Fergie likes the challenge though.
@Red Devil
I cannot stand it when people rush to judgement in a “holier than thou” fashion like the comments aimed at me.
I naturally get offended by the suggestion that I disrespect the Munich Tradgedy in anyway. I will defend my right to actually refer to it though.
I will not be “targeted” by the fucking politically correct Taliban who all too quickly would like to cast aspertions on what I said without having read or understood what was actually said.
AIG said – “on what basis will we sign him. just for a month? .what will he do when rafael,fabio,o shea,rio,evans,brown,hargo all return.in jan all of the injured players will be back”
I said in response to this – “I agree mate, what would the point be? We have not suffered another Munich tradgedy for fucks sake! Once the players return from injury(not the dead) we will have a big strong squad”
My point being – Injured players return.
Next thing I am being forced to defend myself against comments from the sanctomonious bullys.
SRGFPM -”i actually find your Munich references quite offensive mate…tone it down a bit would you?”
REDDEVIL1878 my aunt sil,(still livin in salford since she were born) used to go out dancing with her friends tommy taylor and duncan edwards, if she were to read wot u wrote mate shed be a bit upset
How the fuck ! Did my remarks possibly lead to little old ladies in Salford being offended and me slurring the memory of the Munich tradgey?
What is shameful here is how some people are quick to use the Munich tradgedy as a segway for them to vilify soemeone who never intended to cause offence, in actual fact didnt really cause offence at all because nothing offensive was said. To accuse a United fan of insulting the memory of the Munich victims is about as low as it gets in my view and all those who rushed to judgement should think how you came to be that person who rushes to condemn. I think using the tradgedy as your own personal stick to beat others with is probably what we should be incensed by and not the nothing comment that I made.
Now can you please, please leave me in peace to bum his Mum.
Back on topic I hope we don’t sign Campbell, even if it’s only a monthly rolling contract, we’ve doing fine as we are.
Vida will be back for the weekend and then others will start to return, no need for him to join us.
Back off, RCWI. For what it’s worth, I laughed at your posts. Like King Eric said, regulars get your jokes, the others don’t.
And I really don’t want Campbell. Can’t stand him.
Ah well all you needed to do was tell me you didn’t mean it that way not mount a full on cavalry charge at my fuckin head. If you ask me you’re the one getting defensive. Anyway i did not mean to ‘accuse a United fan of insulting the memory of the Munich victims’ and since that wasn’t the case here i apologize ONLY for making you think that way. Everything else i stand by
@RCWIS
Peace mate….
Carry on with the bumming as i said in an earlier post
I wasnt rushing into any judgement mate…I was just a bit surprised to see the ferocity of your “counter-attack” shall we say
As King Eric already pointed out, having seen you post regularly here for say a month or so I’ve been here, I just got the impression that you were a thoughtful chap. But a bit of humour never hurt anybody, its just that different people have different sense of humour. Maybe Sir Ryan Giggs for PM doesnt share your sense of humour…thats all.
Bum on!!
I think we are all adult enough to move on – apart from me .
Never the less I shall behave out of character and move on.
I only really came on to talk about football in the first place and ended up having to stand trial in in the Hague.
We would be best served to give the young lads the chance to cover at the back during this injury crisis. That is what United do best, blood youngsters and see if they are the calibre we expect. I prefer to see this not as a threat to our chances but an opportunity to introduce the next generation.
If you were a young lad trying to break through you would expect the chance now it has presented itself – signing Sol would be the wrong message to send through the ranks. If they fail when called upon then we can look elsewhere but we should not deny them their chance.
RCWIS and Sir_Ryan_Giggs_For_PM
Calm down folks. The last thing i want to read is United fans slagging each other.RCWIS has this habit of joking.Dont take it seriously.He does not mean to hurt or offend anyone.He is a smuch a red as we are.
Good point….the youth teamers should be given the chance first….
But Sir alex likes to nurse them in, doesnt he? Thats where he is different from Arsene Wanker in terms of blooding in youngsters
I mean he could’ve played De Laet against West ham but chose not to because if we had conceded a couple, then his confidence would’ve taken a hit.
Similarly with young Gill in Wolfsburg, tough european away game, if we had lost with him playing–the media would immediately be on about playing the CEO’s son and him being not good enough etc etc
So, in that sense the move just might make sense—-
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@AIG + kING ERIC
Cheers lads – There are enough injuries at the moment without people hurting my feelings LOL!
I need to be at my best because eventually, if we keep on getting injuries at this rate I will be the very last in Manchester and then Sir Alex will have to play me !
Sure lets move on then
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Sure that makes sense only problem being we don’t seem to have enough ready defensive cover at the moment, hence the midfielders doing their thing. I’m sure Sir Alex would have played selected reserve players otherwise. If the situation changes by January then yeah we shouldn’t deny the youngsters their chance. Either way Sol is a mercenary who’d just end up ruining the team spirit we have in the dressing room.
@READ CAREFULLY WHAT I
Mate your style is pretty immense. Do you write a blog? If not write a piece for mine.
And couldn’t agree more with whats already been said. Campbell would be utterly illogical and pointless. Of course we are down at the minute, but only a couple of our absentees are potentially long-term so I feel with the blend of make-shift defenders and youngster we can make do for now. Vidic is back for the weekend anyway so that would immediately and strength; Evans and Sheasy back in the new year (technically only a few weeks away); and Wes/Nev aren’t out for too long either.
i dont think ferguson is that desperate
Please saf dont sign this guy, rcwis i get your humour pal if some ppl dont.
sol said to espn
“I have heard nothing officially from Manchester United, but there have been suggestions and of course, it would be a great move for me, if it happens,” Campbell told ESPN.
“I shall just have to wait and see if a call comes through the right channels.
“Of course I would love to play for Manchester United, but I am not counting any chickens, just waiting to see what happens.
“I am training as usual at Arsenal, and would go to train at Manchester United if I was asked.”
is it the true ???
I can’t think why we would. Some things I wanted to know though: Why didn’t De Laet play against Wolfsburg? And if he’s not in the squad, how come Oliver Gill is?
Also, why haven’t we just recalled Craig Cathcart from Watford?
No fucking way do I want Sol the fucking mercenary at my club. He’s 34 and past it, which is why he got out of notts county after he got shown up that one game he played. I hate money hungry fucking mercenaries, Sol, stevie me, cashley Cole are all the fucking same and I would loathe the day that someone like them ended up at our club!!
RCWIS= Priceless everytime
sol? no. even as cover for 1 match, no way. play all of david gill’s entire family (sons, wife, daughters, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.) first.
in a strictly football sense- maybe ten years ago, but his time has long past. he was getting torched left and right at pompey by the end of his time there, how in the world is he going to suddenly get better now?
but sol of arsenal infamy? are we going to now sign martin keown, too? it’s crazy what the media comes up with just to make headlines.
and if, god forbid, he does sign on as stop gap cover… forget it, don’t want to even entertain that horrible thought!
This story doesn’t make sense.Atleast before Owen came,we were continually linked with attacking players because both Ronaldo and Tevez had left.So it made some sense.This story however about Sol is rubbish I feel.We have plenty of defenders don’t we?The only reason why Fergie went for Owen is because we missed out on Benzema.There is no credible reason why Fergie would want to go for Sol given that we already have so many defenders and none of them have left.
Ryan shawcross wud be the only option in january, the kid comes from good stock.
@willierednut
shawcross signed an extension til 2014 or something like that. he also goes on about how he is loyal to pulis for giving him a chance at regular first team football. even for a ton of money, i don’t think he’d want to come back and be behind rio, vidic, evans, brown, o’shea, etc. in the pecking order, when they are healthy.
he’s literally (up to 6’5″ now) grown into a very good player though hasn’t he?
Campbell can fuck off to Arsenal for all I care. Please say NO to Campbell!
Didn’t know he signed a contract extension rooninho, he certainly has improved since he left us.
It had to be a wind-up. At least with Owen we could see the ‘other side’ of what he might bring to us for free transfer. With Sol, erm, nothing.
I’d be glad with our defenders from reserves instead of this tool. By the way, Carrick and Fletcher are doing ok and will be good to continue I hope. With Vida back its not so bad, but results are important.
@ Callum because he was unregistered that is why. well signing campbell could be a smart bit of buisness and united have nowt to loose.
really Gandalf hmm. when owen was signed many called fergie mad signing a former scouser. many also said owen was past his best because he no longer had the pace. I was not hhappy much we did sign owen but he will add depth and on a 6 month contract we have nothing to lose. oh well many will say the debt is the reason we sign campbel if united do what idiots.
By the time we could sign him (1st Jan) we’ll have most of our injured defenders coming back. So at that time we wouldnt need him. From his time at pompey he stills looks an ok player for a lower end premier league team, but there would really be no point.
AND my biggest point against signing him;
He is currently training at arsenal to keep his fitness up – if he was good enough to perform at this level surely Wenger would sign him? If he’s not good enough for arsenal (Who have a weaker set of defenders than we do) then he should never be let anywhere near our first team squad!!
I so hope this is tabloid bollox. He wasn’t even that good in his heyday, let alone at 35!
Sol Campbell??
I’d rather have Bill Murray in D.
Or fuck, let’s just exhume Attila the Hun.
can you consider a Sol Campbell a christmas gift for the club?
haha…
It’s pretty shit if you ask me…
We can still use De Laet in all other competitions except the CL. So when Vidic returns, hopefully this week, we can lineup Carrick or DeLaet alongside Vidic. If we can beat Wolfsburg away 3-1 with a midfielder/winger (Park) in the right back position, two midfielders (Fletch, Carrick) in the center back positions we can surely beat Villa with that formation this weekend. But let’s hope Vidic will be back.