Celtic are through.

50p in the pot please

Celtic in away win in Europe shock.

50P

Hull city to move for Jozy Altidore?



He was touted as a great prospect has he done anything since he moved to Villareal?

Never mind to move for, it's a done deal!



Big Bad Seyi Olofinjana signed as well. They'll run out of texts to broadcast on SportsTalk!

Good result for Celtic. Would have liked them to crash and burn mind.



What a well taken goal by Samaras. City were stupid to let him go....

Sounds like a promising player that striker from Villareal only 19 sort of striker we need pacey and got a eye for goal hopefully will play well alongside Cousin.



Not sure about Olofinjana he looked poor for Stoke and from what ive seen dont see him as a PL player but still at least weve finally made a summer signing!

Subject to a work permit according to his twitter page

Glad Mr Rule's not in charge then!

well done celtic, excellent start for mowbray

TBF I rate Taylor, even Ferdinand and Vidic had "Bramble-esque" moments last season, and fook me they were vital...

You'll be playing like Stoke next year, Olofinjana has a fooking beast of a throw.



I'm very surprised Stoke have let him go to a side that they will be battling with down at the bottom.

Dont be daft mate. Tried o defend Samaras all i could but he had a bad first touch was too slow and innoucous in the air for hes sign hes playing well in the Scottish League which TBF any player playing in the Premiership could look awesome in

Tosic and Valencia have looked good so far versus Valencia, some good running and crossing from both, and Owen has been unlucky with a few chances.



David Villa has had a few good efforts as well, he'd look awesome in United Red.





EDIT: Valencia has had an awesome second half, two fantastic crosses and United score twice.



Valencia CF have had to bring their reserve goalkeeper on outfield due to injury.

What about Nile Ranger ?

Believe it or not, I've just got back from the Valencia game. I got a free ticket so I thought I'd go and watch, Valencia are one of my favourite sides outside of England so I won't get many chances to see them, especially for free!



Anyway, David Silva looked very good, passing was classy and his movement and link up play was first class.



One or two others impressed me from Valencia but I didn't know their names so when I find out, I'll give my expert view

Owen had three decent chances, especially the first one from the Rooney pass. Valencia looked very good, no Brown or Vidic for the CS on Sunday.

He scored against Spain recently for USA but has doen little at Villareal.

Typo, etc.









He'll be a step up from Ashbee though, IMO. Still think City missed a trick not trying for Huddlestone, personally.

the man utd v valencia game was actually very good! quick skillful and an open game. rooney should have scored from a valencia(the player) cross early on and owen had four good chances(he should have scored at least two of them) valencia could easily of had two 1st half goals hitting the bar(that would have been some goal!!) and then fluffing a free header inside the 6yrd box valencia made all of their allowed TEN subs at half-time and then early in the 2nd half a player had to come off and(as stated in an above post) the sub goalie came on to play in midfield

stand out players:



rooney- utterly world class player



carrick- picked up where he left off last season very consistent



richie de laet(belgian youngster i think?) played right back and was very good. especially going forward!



antonio valencia- had a cracking game! quick and strong and will get better as season goes on. set up rooney with a quality cross



tom cleverly- another youngster that looked confident. very cool finish



foster and cushak(sp) got a half each. foster did'nt really have owt to do cushak made a superb save early on in the 2nd half



owen- ran great angles as always clever front man. once he gains more match fitness and gets his sharpness back he will without doubt score goals for man utd!

I expect these three to be regarded as 'world class' by Red Cafe before the end of the week. Valencia is probably regarded as 'world class' already by the posters on that forum.



On teh subject of Van Der Saar: I think he;'s going to be a huge miss for United. Foster and Kuszcack (sp?) are simply not good enough for a team who will be looking to win the league. They are decent enough back-ups but 2 / 3 months is a long time.

I wouldn't disagree with that. The main issues I have with him is that he's made of glass, too much of a show pony and lacks work-rate.

Robinho?