I know that but labelling them as capable of being the 'best team the world has ever seen' is up there with claiming Owen is back to his best after a couple of goals against some unknown Asian team and saying Valencia reminds you of Ronaldo when it comes to jumping the gun.
Firstly, I never said that Owen is back to his best, I said he was looking very sharp, which he was. Quite a few of those goals he scored were great finishes - if the finish is great, it makes not a jot of difference who the opposition are. He looked sharp today as well - forget about the one on one. We've all seen countless numbers of them, sometimes they go in, sometimes the keeper makes a great save. I've seen Ronaldo do that, Giggs, Shearer and countless others - so if Owen did it, it doesn't make him a bad player. More accurately, you are hoping that he fails at Utd, because if we can get Rooney/Owen firing, then it'll be great for not only England, but Utd as well and there were a lot of good signs for that partnership. I want to see them start the next game - Berba did OK, but Rooney/Owen needs to be given 90 minutes as soon as possible.
Owen also had a second chance that was rightly ruled offside, but the way he finished that was beautiful. Owen and Valencia will both be successes at Utd, I am fully confident of that. You cannot replace Ronaldo, so there's no point even trying, (unless you sign Messi I suppose; that'd be the closest you'd come), but Valencia is a very good player in his own right. I always thought he looked very dangerous against us when he was with Wigan.
Secondly, when did I ever say that Valencia reminds me of Ronaldo? I said
that goal reminded me of Ronaldo; it was very much like goals that Ronaldo had scored. Thirdly, as I said before, it's not just me saying that Utd team would've proved to have been the best, or at the very least one of the best teams the world has seen, it's people who were around the team at the time (didn't you read the latter part of the post?)
Seriously, comparing my thoughts about Owen/Valencia (about which you were barking up the wrong tree anyway) with the quality of the United team that died at Munich is just daft.
I suspect the latter may be Moyes' tactic and yes, I too am a toffee (can you not tell from the poll?
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Haven't looked at that for ages...
Edit: I get it. But this was Evertonfan's thread, so surely he posted that poll? Or did you do that?
