Red_91

Real Madrid are signing 'Superstar' players, they know they'll get all that money back through shirt sales, they needed these signings after Beckham went. But for all the Ronaldo's and Kaka's of this world, they are not going to sort Real's huge defensive problems and their club politics. Before this summer I would have said that Madrid had a pretty good attack with the likes of Sneijder, Van Der Vaart, Robben, Huigain etc. But there defense it very poor, has been exposed by Liverpool in the Champions League and Barcelona with that 6 - 2 win. For me if Real want to get somewhere they need the sort our their problems in the boardroom and buy quality defenders (which are quite difficult to get a hold of at the moment). ________________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Now on to Manchester United, they will be sad to see Ronaldo leaving but it wont be the end of United, as Mishom pointed out earlier Rooney can return to his preferred position meaning he can play a lot better (like he does for England), only problem is the right side which will need sorting out, and a creative midfielder (who can score goals) Ribery's price tag is far too much and I think United might go for Luis Valencia (Wigan Ath.) as he is a cheaper option but is he good enough? Other options are changing the formation all together and going 4 3 3 with Rooney, Tevez (assuming he is bought which is likely now) and Berbatov up front. Or you could buy Silva, whatever the outcome though I think that Sir Alex has probably prepared for this moment and will have had a good look at all the different players. Ronaldo is irreplaceable, just like Van Nistelrooy, Roy Keane, Beckham and countless others are to United, doesn't mean they will become unsuccessful, just means they will have to change their style a bit etc. This is quite a long post

Husky I know how you feel I cant get GTA IV until im 18 (this november) but I can wait, , theres no point in moaning because it isn't going to change anything, if anything you should prove to your parents you ARE mature to play those games etc.

Beyonce - Should put a ring on it One of the most annoying songs for me, it just sticks in your head even after you change the radio station on your phone. Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers Need I say more? Black Eyes Peas - Boom Boom Pow Its just not music or singing

I read about this before, never seen the movie, rumours were going around tha tthis was actually staged, still I wouldn't have wanted to be in eminems position there.

Meh, what is wrong being curious? Human nature. Nothing really, but I think some people might just say they are bi for the attention,

Im not trying to stray off topic but I think most people who are Bi (from people I have known) are just Bi'curious (want to see what it is like) and not really bi, they go back to straight after about 2 years, I've known 3 people like this 1 girl and 2 boys.

Yeah Barcelona did deserve it and probably Ferguson now knows his midfield isn't as good as it should be apart fomr Ronaldo and Carrick. For me though it was Xavi and Iniesta who won the game the front three of Henry, Messi and Eto to me appeared fairly ordinary on the night. I know Etoo and Messi scored but they were both assisted by Xavi and Iniesta. It will give Ferguson some thinking to do over the summer but I reckon if anyone can win the CL next season, its United, they just need a world class CM and a quality left winger.

Mines exactly in between 6 and 7

The result last night really shocked me, United after the first goal went in were poor, beyond expectation considering how weak Barca's defence was meant to be, real shock but for me the player of the night was not Messi but more Iniesta, people like him dont get the credit they deserve because they dont score goals like Messi and Ronaldo but they controll the game very well. For me though its hard to see where United go from here, I dont think they will win the CL under the Ferguson era again, this loss also shows how good and difficult it was to win last years CL.

@ Bateman I do agree Barca have been on fire, however United probably got the edge as Barca have 3 of the 4 first team defenders out through injuries or suspension which could mean United exposing their defence, if Ferdinance is fit, there is not better centre back pairing that Ferdinand and Vidic, they are just unstoppable, plus a lot depends on Messi, he hasn't played well against English teams for a very long time, hasn't scored against English opposition in 10 games, for me though if Ronaldo or Rooney are playing well United will win.

Probably Ronaldo even though he is having a bad season apparently (25 goals +), but I reckon he will only continue being the best player if Man Utd win the final, if Barca win the final people will say Messi is the best.

Not sure if it was but I kinda liked it, one of my favourite shows after Heroes.

The thing about cancelling these shows is that they dont give it a proper show finale, like Kyle XY which was on ABC (I think), I liked the show a lot but when I heard it was cancelled, I thought the last episode would be great but all it was, was a cliffhanger and didn't tie up any of the plots that were going on, thats the big thing that really gets me about cancelling shows, if they're going to do it, do it right, because then it just pis*** off the viewers.

Man Utd have won the Premier League but it would be a bigger achievement if they win the Champions League again no ones ever done it back to back as it is that hard, to me the Champions League is better then the World Cup to be honest, you can't say that any two nations have all the quality that Bara and United have. Anyway should be a good final, got a feeling it might go to penalties though like last season.

I heard that an American Girl sold her virginity for something like $2/3 million not sure if its true though, still its sick that these people would do stuff like this for money.

Here bursaries (scholarships) are much harder to come across, I think you have to be really good or clever to get one, that said my sister did get a one off payment of £1500 for her university costs.

Archeolgy, I know a friend who is planning to do that, finance is a big issue for me. I dont want to go to university and cmoe out of debt, it just doesn't bode well for the years after uni. Anyway TM I think you should start planning now, you have to send your application form to uni in mid october. Or are you planning on doing 3 years at college.

As much as I despise Chelsea, quite frankly they were robbed, there were two definite penalties however saying that Abidal shouldn't have got sent off. Ballack adn Drogba were quite funny especially ballack houndling the ref and drogba swearing at the camera after the game on live TV.

I dont know for sure how much coald/oil you have but Iraq has the second (behind Saudi) most oil resources in the world. For me that must be more oil than on the Alaskan and off shore reserves, plus when Saddam was in power he wasn't exporting oil. The oil for food programme. Oil is so expensive now because we know its running out and the more closer to the point we are about to run out, it'll keep getting more expensive

Isn't that punjabi?

For me, Bush has always been bad news, after 9/11 I could understand American people wanting revenge for 3,000 (or more) people dieing, but people seem to forget there are kids in africa and elsewhere in the world who are dieing and who cares about them? Not many people, for me 9/11 was over publicised (if thats the right word for it) and since 9/11 we have had several one minutes silences (in UK) on 09/11 in school which I think was quite pointless for British people to do this (For Americans I can see the point). Going to war with Afghanistan I sort of see why it was done but still dont agree with it, they got rid of the Taliban (for a while) but now there back so really there was really no point in invading Afghanistan other than pleasing the American public, and I dont see Osama Bin Laden gettin gcaught anytime soon. Going to war with Iraq in my opinion was totally about oil, and so the US controlled a lot of it securing their own feature supplies, the used Saddam Hussein as a smoke-screen, funny how they aided him before and (cant remember who) but someone in this topic said he gassed his own poeple, well he probably got them weapons from America. If the war was JUST about Saddam then once he was found and hung they would ahve left, but the American soldiers WILL ALWAYS be there if theres oil.

Arsenal got dominated last night, just showed they are probably not fully top 4 material anymore, out of all the players Arsenal had out last night against United, probably only Fabregas would get into the team. Ronaldo played well as well (arguably his best game for United), only downer was a poor decision to send Fletched off, shame he is going to miss the final, these suspensions should be carried out next season.

Hatton played crap, quite frankly he is crap now, thats 2 defeats in a row and he is probably living on borrowed time now, his days are over and he is probably only fighting for his retirement money now, I cant even belive I woke up at 4.30 in the morning to watch it.

College in England is good but can be stressful at times (like now) since exams are coming up, coursework deadlines and thinking of which universities to apply to. The only real bad thing I can think of for going to university (In England) is that once you finish your degree your already in debt (which is kinda stupid) since it doesn't bode well for future plans, other than that it is (from what Ive heard) a good and new experience. Anyway TM/Bear what Universities/courses you thinking of doing?

Looks ok but all these action movies lately have failed for me, none have really made me go 'WoW' to be honest the last action film I really liked was Armageddon even though it has a bit of sci-fi in it. I'll definetly watch it, the last one was good but not upto the standard of the first two.