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Listed below are comments made by DevilOfRed between Monday, 6th July 2009 and Monday, 14th September 2009.

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Ferguson faces huge task in Europe 2:44pm on 14 Sep 2009 I have a question for you Phil, what do you make of Ibrahimovic's move to Barca? Over the last few years he has been a huge disappointment against English opposition, could his presence at Barca make them weaker - when so often Samuel Etoo was a bogey man of sorts against Chelsea, and last season against United.
Ferguson faces huge task in Europe 2:41pm on 14 Sep 2009 I think we (utd) will give it a good go this season, after all, in 99 we didnt have 1 stand out player like ronaldo, it was a team effort. Likewise we could do it again this season, but one thing Phil touched on was that Berbatov is not a go to guy when the going gets tough. In fact i recall him only being used as a sub for most of the latter stage games last season - as so often we started ronny up front with rooney and some one else flanking - so it will be interesting to see how fergie changes his tactics this season.
Chelsea will suffer if transfer ban stands 6:17pm on 03 Sep 2009 Anyone else think that since the Eduardo incident we're about to see FIFA actually do some police work?

But if another English club is made an example of . . .
Crowd trouble club-by-club 2:34pm on 26 Aug 2009 If anyones seen Green Street then they wouldv known that last night was almost a certainty. I bet Frodo was out with all the hobbits.
Tevez a sound deal for Man City 9:50pm on 13 Jul 2009 @ The_third_Ronaldo

I wasn't arguing with city fans, just the point raised by galcoura about youth teams and money spent. It's an annoying prejudice that United have "bought" their success, yes we are able to afford spending £30 mil on a player every few seasons but where did the money come from? Their success. And what you're saying about City being "more mancurian" etc, well thats also a by product of United's success - in that dimwit fans start supporting United because they're succesful. Some of which actually manage to come on this site and spew out a load of nonsense such as Tevez was pants after all.

If only there was a rule on websites like this, where you have to actually watch a certain amount of games, before posting any comment. I think it would filter out a lot of the turd that gets wiped across my screen.
Tevez a sound deal for Man City 9:35pm on 13 Jul 2009 and all the "united fans" saying good riddance to tevez and how owen will be a lot better, er hello? How can you be so fickle?? I don't think Owen would've hit that 20 yard screamer to beat City towards the end of the season, do you? And where's all this rubbish that his touch is poor and that he can't pass come from?? I seem to remember in his first season a very beautiful partnership with him and wayne rooney up front - oh but wait, that's right - you plastic united fans that can't remember more than 3 months ago don't understand football, and the necessity to play regular football. This is also why you will see that expectations for Owen may be slightly too high over the coming year.
Tevez a sound deal for Man City 9:23pm on 13 Jul 2009 @ galocoura - could you please explain then how man united became so rich?

I think you'll find they were a biggish club in the late 80's early 90's, but we spent peanuts on players like Keane and Cantona - and the main core of our dominating team throughout the 90's was our youth players Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, Butt and the Nevilles. Thats 6 players from our youth team, while our other influential players like Schmeichel, Irwin, Cole and Solsjkaer etc cost sod all. You mean to tell me that we bought success with that squad? No, our continued success on the pitch brought us more success off the pitch.

It wasn't until around 2000 that we started earning mega money after winning the CL, and the rise of David Beckham becoming a global superstar helping us to raise the profile of our club - hence why we spent so much on Rio and Veron. Other more succesful clubs that United were competing with at the time (i.e. Real and Inter etc) were a hell of a lot more richer than us.

Please don't slate united just because we're more succesful than you.
Ancelotti's reality check 9:22pm on 06 Jul 2009 @shesh_666

haha fail
Ancelotti's reality check 8:03pm on 06 Jul 2009 @Dwilson903

Except City could have bought better players than the ones they did, that would have been way more availible than the biggest names they've tried to sign.

I still think they should sign a big name but not one of the elite, Sergio Aguero wouldn't be a bad shout.
Ancelotti's reality check 7:52pm on 06 Jul 2009 Is it me or does anyone else think City are just plain stupid trying to sign all these A+ quality players from A+ teams. Why are they trying to sign players who are so unlikely to move, ala Ronaldinho, Kaka, Etoo etc

Why don't they try and sign great players from good clubs, I can think of countless great players that are way more likely to join; Lavezzi, Amauri, Felipe Melo, Mexes etc

It seems they're hell bent on trying to show their superior financial power, but the best players only want to play for the best clubs! Look at Real Madrid!

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