After thrashing West Ham 4-0 away from home, with two central midfielders making up half of our defence, alongside our second/third choice goalkeeper, we were put within two points of league leaders Chelsea.
After the ball bounced off Emmanuel Adebayor’s back and in to the goal to put Chelsea ahead, I assumed it was going to be another one of those days where Chelsea were concerned. The ball came off Ashley Cole but the referee awarded a corner to Chelsea instead of a goalkick to City, which is where their goal came from. Great, another completely wrong match deciding decision in favour of Chelsea!
How happy I am to have been totally wrong.
Not long before half time, Shaun Wright-Phillips struck the ball and it deflected off Micah Richards arms in to the path of Adebayor. He added to his own goal with a goal for City, with the Chelsea players tearing after the referee. The referee wasn’t interested. It definitely hit Richards arms and they were on his chest, so whether his arms being there or not changed the flight of the ball is unknown. Oh well.
Then not long after the restart, City were awarded a freekick just outside the area which Carlos Tevez curled around the wall. It took the slightest of deflections off Lescott, which totally wrong-footed Petr Cech. 2-1.
With less than ten minutes to go when Chelsea were awarded a penalty for a foul on Drogba, I was hoping for a draw as the best result. Never in my wildest dreams did I anticipate that Fwank would take such a ridiculously bad penalty, that a keeper of Shay Given’s ability would have no problem with. He palmed it away and that was that. City won 2-1 and United stay within two points of Chelsea.
So a massive thank you to Tevez for scoring the winning goal, to Fwank for missing the penalty, but the biggest thank you of all to every City player for trying so hard and every City fan in the ground cheering them on. How thankful we are will be determined in May.
Until then, here’s to the African Cup of Nations!
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yea city played their hearts out..
lovely. cant help but comment that tevez looks really good in a non united shirt… made a couple of scholesy-esque passes, one with the other foot. lolsss
Thanks SCHITTY for doing us a favour…HA HA HA
Did you too see tears from the eyes of Terry this time again??
Great stuff, Chelsea and Liverpool…
never cheered for city that hard in my life….never will again hahah glory glory
Chelsea 36 points 37 scored 10 conceded
United 34 points 34 scored 13 conceded
Shity have outplayed Chelsea today. Put enormous pressure in the first half and Chelsea crumbled.
Couldn’t be happier.
As far as the ACoN- Sunderland are the only team they’re playing who are capable of beating even a stripped down Chelsea, so I’m not really banking on the cup to help us all that much. 2 or 3 dropped points at the most.
It’s Terry’s birthday on 7th. LOL
Chelsea better not focus on the officiating. Crappy refereeing is what keeps them at the top spot as we speak.
well , well , well…i think you are all forgetting chelsea got the 5 pt lead by beating you….yeah !!..the way chelsea played today, with a non blind referee (responsible for both shitty goals), no team will stand a chance against chelsea !!
@ Cav, without Drgoba & Essien I don’t see em carving teams up too much. A couple of Jan draws and we can cruise past! Come on UNITED!!!!!
@ Costas, Terry was priceless! And heard the fans are adding to the pricelessness! PRICELESS!!
@ Scott, I believe a special thanks has to go out to Blackburn too! for locking their bins! (aka locking out the dippers!)
:O)
Haha Tevez always pops up with a goal when we need him to, eh?
City won and I was surprised. Bit of a new feeling actually. I have cheered for City against Liverpool in the past but…yeah…a bit twilight zone. But yes, I am happy Chelsea lost.
Had to listen to Chelsea lovers and players speak about how they were invincible and destined to win the title this year based on what exactly I’m not sure. Hopefully this will go some way to shutting them up together with the 11 goals we’ve scored in our last three league games, games in which we conceded a single goal thanks to a dodgy peno.
The team’s hitting form, players like Fletch and Gibbo are maturing, the old guard look ageless…and its almost Christmas and we all know United kick on at Christmas.
The future’s bright, the future’s red.
Oh god speaking of the african cup this loss for chelsea could not have come at a better time
No drogba and essien!Cmon!!!!
Has anyone noticed i am back?
Right Agent Tevez return to shit mode until further notice – Over and Out.
Chelski were fucking shocking today to be honest – what odds on them going on a real barren spell in Jan when the big boys fuck off to the African Cup of Nations? Say goodbye to Essien and Drogba and they’re not up to much. I see Tiny Tears has got a hurty leg too – aww.
Fair play to the boys in lazer blue, they’ve done us a massive favour (you can go back to being shit and drawing now thanks, Sparky.)
No fuck ups against Villa next week plz Reds…!
Carlos tevez is still a red. lol. hahahaha
what a fuckin pen… my dog wud have saved that.. anyways Shitty know they’ll never ever win anythin so they did it for us so that atleast the trophy remains within MANCHESTER. hahah.
fuckin brilliant that the rent boys are even worse than shitty, lampard has got true quality
Thanks tevez and shitty.
@Macheda is God
Of course we have noticed you are back mate we just didnt want to point it out and make you feel self conscious.
Have you been in Perugia sniffing Foxy Knoxys knickers again ?
Cav – I would have said Burnley had no chance of beating an almost full strength United team (Foster, O’Shea, Evans, Brown, Evra, Park, Anderson, Carrick, Giggs, Owen and Rooney) until it happened.
If the best team always won in football then there’d be no point in having a league and we’d just give the trophy out once a year to whoever had the best players. On their day, anyone can win, so it’s daft to predict only Sunderland being capable of taking points off Chelsea.
Read carefully…Have you been following me?? O_O lol
Scott, on the other hand we have OUR games to WIN.
Villa home, Fulham away, Birmingham away, Hull away…
@Macheda is God
Not following you mate – Im still hiding in the fucking wardrobe til the fuss dies down !
We actually deserved to lose, so no complaints there. In fact, we were so shit we made Citeh look credible winners (so you can only imagine how bad we were!) but it’s funny how repeatedly poor decisions in a game are only a factor when they’re against United, lol.
But 5 points was a considerable gap. If we lost another game it would have been 8 points. 2 points is a breath of fresh air.
At least the Argentinian twat did not let us down tonight.
Yes he scored, but still not sorry that he left.
is it me or lescott happens to be a good rugby playa?
chelski crumbling b4 the ACoNs, intresting
Manutd hitting top gear
To may l look forward, come on reds
Wow!..gd day out today,we collected five points,.3 from the hammers and 2 from shitty!!
The Shitty defensive midfielder – de Jong – was immense. Given was unlucky on the goal – just like Cech on the Adebayor goal: nice to see a call NOT go the way of the RentBoyz. Tevez’s free kick was nothing special – Cech fucked up.
Good day, and I hear Hargreaves is a fortnight away!
watching Real with one eye. Ron missed the pen, fucker Benzema scored, Ron didn’t run to celebrate the goal. just stood shaking his head because of his failures. then he scores and celebrates it like he did against Tottenham in the famous game we won 5-2. he cares only about himself.
just as i was writing he has been sent off. )))
neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours
: )
Oh by the way I have a dream has been sent off against Almeria – wonderful day today…
“Have you been in Perugia sniffing Foxy Knoxys knickers again “? Fucking priceless rcwis!
Well done Agent’s Sparky and Carlos. The only thing now is how fucking giddy are the bitters gonna be? Fair play to them though. Maybe just maybe the media may see just what an average team the rentboys are and not this powerful unbeatable unit we have all heard about the last 3 months. United are now in a very good position. Do the Scouser’s play Arsenal next week?
Corea – Yeh of course. I think we’re going to win the league so for me, the debate is more about when we are going to go top, not if. We might lose more games, we will certainly draw some, but I fancy us to do it over the long distance and am just thinking about when the advantage is going to swing in our direction. The results today probably mean it will happen sooner rather than later, I hope so, but I’m not counting on United to win every game… just enough games to see us win the league.
Haha Ronnie. Doing his “topless I don’t care about no damn yellow card” celebration and getting sent off minutes later…
Corea – Ronaldo been sent off? Oh dear his dream move ain’t going according to plan.
United > Ronaldo.
He scored a goal though King Eric.
I think these stats are correct:
2009 – 15 matches – 34 goals – 34 points – 11 wins – 3 losses – 1 draw
2008 – 15 matches – 27 goals – 31 points – 9 wins – 2 losses – 4 draws
So are we a team in dissaray after the loss of Ronaldo and Tevez!! We’ve fielded relatively “weaker” sides in the first third of this season and finished games without a back four to speak of and still we’re in a stronger position than last years double winning side! Valencia is looking better and better, Gibson is benefitting hugely by SAF’s “lack of respect” for Champions league and Carling cup trophies, and Tevez is still scoring for us!! Happy Days ladies and gents!
Scott – i am more careful about our chances. Of course i believe we can do it but it will be the case of the other teams not being able to strengthen their squads . We played wonderful football in 06-07, injuries didn’t let us progress in the CL. The 07-08 season was great but the style of play changed and we were lucky to win in Moscow but were quite impressive in the PL. 08-09 was really strange. I think we have a lot to improve on but still we are 2 points off the top playing mediocre football.
I cheered for City today on the telly. But after the game I had to take a shower to feel fresh again, had to wash all that blue out of my body.
This season is going to be interesting. City are now a point ahead of Liverpool with a game in hand.
1. Chelsea 15 games – 36 points
2. Man.Utd. 15 games – 34 points
3.Arsenal 14 games – 28 points
4. Tottenham 14 games – 26 points
5. Aston Villa 15 games – 26 points
6. Man.City 14 games – 25 points
7. Liverpool 15 games 24 points
I think these teams will be in the 1-7th places in a different order. Not so sure Liverpool will climb up any higher than this though. I also believe Sunderland could even get in on this list, I like what Bruce is doing.
I predict we’ll be on the top in January. Chelsea have to say goodbye to Drogba, Essien, Kalou and Mikel. I think Kalou and Mikel can be replaced but Drogba and Essien are a massive blow for them.
@ hurr
it was a simple put away, mate.
@ King Eric
hehe. i think he is their best player, he has settled in nicely but i have a feeling they won’t win anything.
a bit nostalgic about Ton but today he showed once again what he thinks of football and his place in it.
* about Ron of course
TBH i wold have liked if chelsea won or drew the game. i really cant stand city as a club and everything they represent. i hate to feel we are indebted to them. but at this point i’ll take the 2 point gap between united and chelsea
Terrible of me but, when Drogba was clutching his arm – was hoping for a dislocation … not nice and sporting but, still. He missed a couple of chances today and without him – I dunno, they could drop points.
hurr – Oh i am not denying that or his talents but just doesn’t seem happy there. Is it really surprising with those fuckers about like Benzema and Guti. Horrible cunts. Anyway fuck him.
It is funny actually . Some United fans will NOT have a bad word said about him.
KIng Eric
It has been dawning on me for a while that the virus will never be the same again. It was funny him trying to take his shirt off after he had scored the goal and it was far funnier with his team winning that he decided to kick out on an Almeria player in front of the Ref.
The Ronaldo of Manchester United would never have done that. That’s what made him – and now he has no one to protect him – no SA, no Evra, no Rooney…
There in lies the mother of all problems for him – what does he do when things are against him – who does he turn to, who’s advice does he take and who can he lean on to become better? At United everything and everyone made him, he was the one – at Madrid he has to be one part of eleven, he is not the one.
It will be pretty interesting to see how Rooney develops to how Ronaldo develops. The next 10 years will be defining for sure.
Corea I don’t think we are playing mediocre football. Second half last week and today we have our fluidity back and the third and fourth goals were classic United. We look much harder to beat. Which team can strengthen that much to effect us? No top players will be bought in January and even if they are they will take time to bed in. Our rivals would have to buy a full team of players to have anything like United’s depth of squad. Tell me another team that could keep a clean sheet with EIGHT defenders missing.
King Eric – Ronaldo’s a CUNT
@ Shimo
LOL. Agree mate. But it was an obvious attemp to get the opposition player booked.
@ MG
he is not a part of 11. when he was out with injury they all talked how they would cope without him against Barca. he is their best player.
but, anyway. enough is enough.
Rooney has got 11 goals so far. I pray he continues scoring and stay injury free. i need Wazza as the top scorer in May.
MG – Spot on pal. Also I have heard people saying Fergie may buy him back if it doesn’t work out. I really don’t think he would. United have always been about moving on and evolving. That is the key to our success, not resting on our laurels. Teams got used to United last season . We are more unpredictable this season with the goals coming from all over the park. Fergie is just getting to grips with the new look United and has clearly been trying out different tactics and formations.
Fergie IS God.
And we have our neighbours to thank. Lovely. Still do love the 4-3 derby…
Hope we get a long run of victories in…in fact, I wouldn’t mind us crushing all opposition like the way we did.
Can anyone tell me how many corners the dippers are going to turn this season? They told us they had turned the corner after beating us (Fulham) and then they told us they’d turned the corner after the merseyside derby (Blackburn)…turn anymore corners and they’ll be back where they started!!
@ King Eric
as Denton said West Ham was a weak team today. they had many players missing like Carlton Cole and the others. When Carrick came on and until the end of the game he didn’t have much to do because we controled the game in the middle.
what i am saying is a simple thing. even with Ron and Tevez gone we have every chance to win things and it is mainly because the other teams haven’t progressed. we have time to improve our game while winning trophies. we can only get better, will Chelsea get better ?
@King Eric
i agree with you. We are looking good and very disciplined. As Fletch said at the start of the season we will be more compact and difficult to beat as proved by the 4-5-1 formation. Valencia and Giggsy look great on the counter attack and Rooney is getting in brilliant positions.we have been frustrated many times in away games so the best thing is to let the opposition play and hit them on the break as we have done in the last 2 games
Scholesy’s goal changed the game and there was no turning back.
I have to admit, despite having boo’d him at Old Trafford, I still like Tevez! He can be a great player when on fire. I hope we won’t boo him next time as he has matured a bit in his interviews recently (hasn’t criticised SAF, which was the only reason I boo’d). He’s had his share – and he’s still helping us as we saw today
mike kelly12 – Nice one pal.
Corea – In a word no mate. Don’t think Ancelotti is gonna buy anyone. Anyway let them get Aguero. Good player but just a tad over rated. Not a United player anyway.
aig – Exactly mate. The funny thing is a few weeks ago a lot of fans were saying we don’t have the pace to hit teams on the counter like we used to. Well Valencia, Ando and Rooney have proved otherwise. Another thing is the team spirit. The rentboys can bang on about theirs but I was watching the Unicef dinner the other night and the cameraderie between the players is a delight to see. Kuscak sat with Edwin even though the media said they didn’t get on. Park, Obertan, Vidic, Fletch and Berba all having a laugh together as were Wazza, O’Shea and Carrick. I know its early but United WILL take some beating this season.
* and Giggsy on the counter attack as well.
shame when you need another team to help you out!!!
Bluemoon, you saw me standing alone…..bring on the the semis with your younguns…
King Eric
Yes you are correct because truly Manchester United is the only religion : )
mac glossop – Fuck off prick. Don’t get carried away normal business will resume next week. You are miles off United. “Cockney”. What is that all about? No class, no history, small club. United will hammer you in the semi’s . Fucking joker.
PS Other than that hideous song “blue moon” do you actually have any more songs? Also what is with all the lights dimming and the big blue moon and razzmatazz before the games? I will reiterate. No class No history small club.
@mac_glossop
No point boasting about your 200 million sides achievements in some shit competition which none of the big clubs give a fuck about.draws against mighty Hull,Burnley at home.although i cant blame you for you have always been in our shadowand that will continue to be the case as the United kids will hammer you.
Great to see the lads get that ruthless streak back. Anyone else notice we got three more goals from our “poor” midfield? I still remember people posting rubbish about Van Der Vaart, Toure, etc. Laughable! Gibson had a poor first half, really settled down in the second half and what a strike. Scholes was immense as usual, also have noticed a complete absence of people slagging him. I wonder why… Hope he doesn’t retire as he’s pondered, I think he’s got at least a couple more years in those legs. His legs may be old, but that mind has aged like a fine wine. Anderson was also brilliant, helped boss the middle. Giggs, marvelous as usual, though he gave away a few balls, but overall was brilliant, great layoff to Gibson. Valencia is settling down and I think has already proved to be a brilliant signing. 3 league goals already and his pace truly adds another dimension to our attack. Also, great to see Berba contribute a few brilliant balls in the build ups. We may not have that supposed “world class” midfield (which I strongly disagree with), but I’d like to see a Chelsea/Barca/Real Madrid have a SQUAD of midfielders that can both boss the middle of the park and fill in for a completely depleted defense. Fat Frank’s ego is too fat for him to play center back. Sorry for the novel, but a great win for the lads. Only a matter of time before we go top of the table.
MacGobshite….how exactly do you spell wankers??!!
@mac_glossop
4-3 mate
mac_glossop, fuck off, you wanker. our young lads are going to beat your “massive” team. you’re nothing but a “noisy neighbor.” it goes to show you how far below us you are when we want you to grab three points. you know why? because you’re not a threat. bunch of small-time jokers. what is that now, 10 points out of a possible 24? do one.
Eric…miles off, please with the the shite you lot have, you make me larrf. Have a good weekend
@mac_glossop, we’ve been laughing at your lot for 33 years.
mac glossop – The shite we have? Jog on pal. There is not one player in your bunch of greedy mercenary line up that I would have at United , not one. Given is your best player. If we are shite what does that make you? 4-3 mate.
I noticed a comparison between the first 15 Premier League games from this and last season. While i agree that we are better, it must be said that last season we had a much tougher schedule at first. We had already gone to the Bridge, Anfield, the Emirates and the Wastelands. If you compare the 15 games from this season with the corresponding fixtures from last season we are 2 points less.
Not that all this counts mind you. Every season is a different prospect. Given the shady refereeing, all the injury problems we have had this season, as well as the minor rebuilding of our attacking play, we have done the best we can. Now it’s time for Chelsea to start feeling the heat.
@Macheda is God
Good to have you back, mate.
@Mac_glossop
You make me laugh too – saddled with Arab Muslim millions – muslims that you hate and call terrorists – yet you don’t mind some of them financing your club.
Are you a hypocrite – of course you are : )
Have a good weekend and thank our Agents on the way out
Allah-Hafiz as your owners would say : )
@mac_glossop:
This shite for a team has won more trophies in the last 12 months than your team has won in 40 years.
@Macheda is God: I forgot to say it’s good to have you back! Now all that’s left is for Suhayl to reappear!
@King Eric
forget it mate. No Point arguing with some deluded half witted blue nosed cunt.let them dream on. When the season ends they will realise what a bunch of clowns they have at the wastelands.
@mac_glossop:
It’s tough to go to the stadium whenever United play pal. We sell out all our tickets. Don’t confuse us with your sorry excuse for fans.
Likewise, fuck off.
Have to say Tommy Kuscak has been outstanding the last 3 games or so. Really hope he makes it actually. Whenever I see him interviewed he comes across a really funny bloke with a great sense of humour. Top geezer.
I hope SAF will be wise enough to play second string of players against Shity in the Carling Cup. We might lose but we have much more important things to play for.
Awesome! I was so excited when lampard missed the penalty. WOOOOOOHH
King Eric – i’ve heard he doesn’t play for Poland because he has some communication problems.
He has a weak point – his feet. I was saying a couple of months ago that he deserves his chance.
Sanj: “Great to see the lads get that ruthless streak back. Anyone else notice we got three more goals from our “poor” midfield? …. Scholes was immense as usual…. Anderson was also brilliant, helped boss the middle.”
I’ve gotta disagree a bit with your assessment – Scholes is fan-fucking-tastic in those matches (Stoke away wa a great example) when the opposition “sits off” and tries to defend-in-depth; then he has time and just picks apart the opposition. He seems to have real trouble when he gets harrassed.
Anderson didn’t impress me much today – I thought that this was a scenario in which he could have really taken advantage of, but he didn’t do much in a positive way although he was quite capable in his defensive duties. I really, really rate Anderson so this performance was disapppointing – quite unlike his masterful display against Spurs.
On the other hand, your main point about UTD’s “poor midfield” is spot-on – the five absolutely controlled the game. Imagine – an away match to a team that’s coming off hitting a five-spot and desperate; they hardly had a look-in as most of the game was played in their half of the field. And, of course, UTD was playing with a completely make-shift defence so there must have been instructions to keep-it-simple. To top it off, the “poor midfield” also contributed three goals. Fantastic game.
Fletcherinho and Carrick deserve to be bigged-up – they were immense in their replacement roles. Indeed, Carrick’s contribution was reminiscent of the aged-Maldini – never leaving his feet but always breaking up attacks. Raises some interesting formation possibilities, eh ?
Is Scott drunk, or is it the Christmas spirit?
Joining this one late…
I noticed early on in this thread that someone mentioned about poor refereeing decisions costing Chelsea today… Incredible. You want poor refereeing decisions?
Choose the blatant penalty when Terry falls over Valencia in the box at Stamford Bridge.
Choose the free kick given when Fletcher won the ball in the same game.
Choose the linesman raising his flag when Rooney was onside and clean through on goal.
Choose the moment Carragher brings down Michael Owen and doesn’t get sent off at Anfield.
Choose the penalty awarded at Portsmouth last month when Vidic dared to tug a shirt. (Not seen any pens given for that since?)
Choose Life. Choose winning games despite the referee, not because of them.
Chelsea had tonight’s refereeing performance coming.
Haha @ mac_glossop
No one cares about you small timers moron. We just cared that the Rentboys dropped valuable points. Take a walk.
@mac_glossop: Are you Mark Hughes?
Fuck me he might of done us a favour today but by Christ, Tevez is still so fcukin’ ugly!! What is it with all them raincovers/mac’s etc and all lad’s – City fashion eh?? One giant condom would’ve done the trick!
Couldn’t help noticing all of those fans wearing transparent rain capes at the Chelsea game. It looked like the Sunshine Club was on a day out.
Can’t say I’ve seen hordes of fans wearing them at OT, nor do I wish to. Get a fucking coat.
ps any of you at the game today…..thankyou then fuckoff
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Impossible to get aways these days. Kinda says a lot about you though that when you get back from your own team’s game (assuming you went, can’t imagine you wouldn’t be able to unless your fans enjoy dressing up as blue chairs) that you come on a United board.
That said, I would like to echo the MASSIVE thank you to City for their performance today. Hopefully they’ll fuck off and lose the rest of their games.
Bebeto Said,December 5th, 2009 @23:50 Couldn’t help noticing all of those fans wearing transparent rain capes at the Chelsea game. It looked like the Sunshine Club was on a day out.
Can’t say I’ve seen hordes of fans wearing them at OT, nor do I wish to. Get a fucking coat.
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Aye fucking cheapskates, get a nice CP or Victorinox number!
I just noticed what Corea was saying about Ronaldo. His body language was really bizarre today. Benzema scored the rebound from a Ronaldo penalty miss putting Real in front, yet Ronaldo stood there with his hands on his head. And when he scored he celebrated wildly. I don’t think he is having a bad time at Madrid. I just think he is embracing the Real Madrid mercenary mentality.
like I said on the previous post I wonder what the scouser times podcast will have 2 say this time. and tony drunken twat evans come out with more pethetic bitter comments. his 2 lines that have turned him into one if not the UKs biggest media joke jurno, he has lost all credibility when he says chelsea will walk the league by 15 points and liverpool will finish above united, this current liverpool side who relys on buckeroo torres and out of position gerrard add a managerwho playes his best player put of position and continues to play average players ahead of talented players. you put these 2 comments together we have the biggest football retard on the planet, add stan collymores and adrian durham they 2 have lost all credibility has football pundits.
forget about city. to hell with their deluded fans. may their hopes and dreams crumble and vanish. ignore them for waiting in the shadows and only talking shite after something good finally happens. where was all this arrogance and bravado when they were drawing every fucking match?
city are a small club with a small mentality.
Ahh, let the City fans have their fun tonight – they are not a threat to us.
Whiteside10 – Quality post.
Bebeto – ditto
rooney the new king – Also the fact the waiter STILL hasn’t given Aquilani a run. He keeps saying how it isn’t the right game to introduce him. This has been going on the last 5 or 6 games now. It is a joke. Sells Alonso, spends £20 million on a replacement and doesn’t play him? Continues with 2 holding midfielders.
@King Eric:
Patience! What’s with the rush? The waiter has until 2014 to give Aquilani a run of games. What? You don’t think he is going anywhere do you?
twats on MOTD didnt even comment on liverpools boring points dropped draw hence avoiding talking about stevie me’s blatent dive looking for a pen. But then again im not really suprised
King Eric
haha the media totaly forgets that liverpool also sold their most effect CM player we were not the only ones who lost a key player. I also thought when I did my research that liverpool signed a CM player this summer is he has good has alonzo, he was out a lot for roma and I was also shocked when someone said Aquilani 4 year track record for roma. he played less football for roma than owen did for newcastle now thats a horror track record to waste 20 million on. no scouting or homework done on the player.
Gazmask
I thought the liverpool game was not shown on MOTD WOW it was that bad, maybe they are blue faced pridicting greatness for toothless liverpool LOL
Costas – The dippers can’t get rid of Rafa which makes it all the more amusing.
Has anyone got a link to Stevie Me’s dive please?
king eric
left you a post on the rooney>england thread mate
@King Eric:
I know. That’s the great thing about it!
Anyway, it’s really hard to find footie highlight on the internet these days. I found this vid:
http://todayfoot.com/Football/Video-premier-league-blackburn-rovers-fc-0-0-liverpool-05122009
Stevie Me’s starfish impersonation is on 1:05 and N’Gog’s miss is on 2:44.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Only for those 90 mins at least.
King Eric if your out there reading this I owe you a coke, althou they should the Stevie starfish with 2 slow mo replays the panel seemed to of missed it even thou only4 things happened in the whole match and, as you said, they didn’t mention it at all
By the way – did anyone see the Real Madrid game? Ha that game summed up Ronaldo. Missed a penalty, which Benzema scored rebound, but he was only thinking of himself and didn’t even celebrate.
Then Higuain makes the goal for him on a plate, yet he runs off celebrating on his own when everyone else goes to Higuain.. gets booked for shirt off celebration. (Then got red card later..)
Makes me think that overall we are much better off without him, at least we are a team..
I’m fuming about Stevie Me’s dive, because:
1. It’s disgraceful in itself.
2. Dippers went to great lengths to discredit Fletcher after he was blatantly hacked down against CSKA, but it’s all “part of the game” and they’re “due a decision” when N’Gog and Stevie Me go down like cheap whores.
3. Media attention will be comparatively small to when a foreigner did it – “He should stay on his feet, we don’t tolerate that sort of thing in England”, etc.
4. This cunt’s had the audacity to wax lyrical in the past, and he’s been exposed as a hypocrite, yet he persists. The guy’s an embarrassment to the game.
@ Denton Davey
Anderson-
41 successful passes, 6 unsuccessful passes, 1 assist
Scholes-
61 successful passes, 7 unsuccessful passes, 1 goal
102 successful passes, 13 unsuccessful, 1 goal, 1 assist….
All in all I thought they did a good job of distributing the ball and rarely misplaced passes. Scholes scored the first that turned the momentum of the match. Anderson’s run into space allowed him to cross for an easy tap in for Valencia. Scholes made the first pass to Rooney in the move that led to the final goal, although at that point it looked like West Ham had already given up. They may not have ‘bossed’ the middle as I stated originally, but I thought they did a sufficient job and were involved in most of United’s fluid forays forward. They were also excellent defensively as you mentioned. That being said, I trust your assessment of the game far more than mine!
I liked how Wayne was heavily involved in all 3 second half goals today. And its terrific that he got one himself, it just keeps his scoring in bunches streak going for one more match.
I don’t know where I stand on this really, but is PIG doing enough to convince that we might not have to splash the cash on a keeper anytime soon? He needs to work on that celebration though!
yes i also cheered for city, buy i needed to be quarantined, scrubbed and had a colonic irrigation to make myself feel human again….needless to say that rat-faced parasite from Fuerte Apache can crawl back under his goal-drought rock now
I think Owen needs a start or a goal or something. his diary is disturbin
http://crabfootball.com/news-article/michael-owens-diary-4th-december-2009/
ulster red – Left a post on the united > Ingerlund thread.
I wonder if the media make such a big deal about this? Also Mark Halsey has said that the first person to call him and wish him well in his cancer battle was ……………………………………. yes you’ve guessed it Fergie!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1233565/Chelsea-boss-Carlo-Ancelotti-loses-cool-points-finger-referee-Howard-Webb-mistakes-Manchester-City-defeat.html
Costas – Cheers pal. Disgusting hypocritical bastard. Steeeeeeeeeeevie Geeeee not you mate!
Good night
Chelsea were 5 points clear before today because of the ref in their game against us. What goes around, comes around
They sure did us a massive favour……game on now.
on like donkey kong, 4 in a row,sunday club rocks,guiness guiness and more guiness
I’m struggling to think of any team i’ve ever seen that has better movement than this United side. They were magnificent tonight. Sir Ryan Giggs, Rooney, Anderson, were excellent, getting involved with everything. Look at Giggs before Gibson’s goal. Beautiful.
Any team with 2 decent wingers and pace in defence and attack can beat Chelsea . Slow Ballack and Fat Frank just cant deal with the pace of these wingers . Through the centre , every time Tevez had a one on with terry , he screwed him which made me happy and unhappy at the same time . We have gone through our tough start to the season , Chelsea still have the ACN and of course their fatigue factor .
I am quite happy to see the team become more lethal in front of goal. I was saying after the Chelsea game that we should be taking advantage of our possesion. I think that our attacking play is getting better because Valencia is getting better. He has settled in now and he is more involved with our attacking play. We will never replace Ronaldo, but Valencia brings balance to the team. He and Ryan are the league’s 2 best wingers right now.
@King Eric:
No problem. I was looking for it myself. And i knew you wouldn’t call me that.:P
Valencia , that guy who couldn’t score in a brotel while playing for Wigan, is as important to united this season as anyone. I’ve watched united for a bit and I’ve seen sir Alex work in genius ways but the sale of Ronaldo for£6:50 less than what he payed for Valencia is a fantastic bit of business profit never mind the real fact that the made a profit of over 60 million because, don’t know how this is gonna go over , Valencia is better to have on a Manchester united team than Ronaldo……… I’m not saying Valencia will get ya 30/40+ a season I’m not saying Valencia is a more skillful player who will be world player if the year, I’m saying for a team game Valencia is my pick because of the different ways the team can play the different formations. Manchester united played around Ronaldo which worked a treat but it left giggs pondering retirement I think it stunted nanis growth it made people shout at sir Alex for putting Rooney on the wings with stupid statment that shout never be said about the manager” look at what England do with Wayne that’s what united should do” united > England. Valencia is a winger , that’s it, he’s strong so he’ll get stuck in the box once in a while and put the power behind his boot but he won’t get I’m anyones way. Antonio is a very very big unsung hero for united as the half way spot gets as close as we are to the rent boys
I went out to the pub yesterday to watch the match had a few pints of the black stuff , maybe I had one 2 many because I’m sure Stevie starfish dis a belly flop splash dive in the box, turn out after reading some match reports Watched match of the day and sky sports news it turns out it didn’t happen. No one talked about it anywhere
No new dives on youtube this morning. what a pity!
great results this weekend – and to top it off loserpool where shown last on motd which made me chuckle and of course there was no mention of steive me’s dive in the box not even a replay – any other player and it would have been shown again from different angles and talked about – such a fukin disgrace
Lads…. Off Topic.
Michael Carricks Future at the club!
I love carrick and he has always given everything for the club, but looking at his progress this season & the progress of all the players arround him it looks as if he has taken a step backwards!
When he has played for me his passing has been wayward and at times struggled to make the simple pass.
Work Rate – I dont think his workrate is anywhere near as good as Fletcher, Anderson & Gibson
Creativity – For me Giggs, Scholes are above him in Creativeness. With Michaels Supposed Passign Ability he should be creating more chances!
Goal Scoring – Fletcher, Scholes & Gibson are all ahead of him in Goal Scoring threat.
What im trying to say is over the past months or whole season Carrick doesnt look like a first team player to me!…I think the Combination of FLetcher and Anderson , Fletcher Gibson, Fletcher Scholes, Anderson Scholes, Anderson Gibson for that matter offer more for me than Carrick and another.
What do you all think?
Off Topic – Gibson
This lad has been quite impressive, Not only his goals> The lad certainly knows where the net is tahts for sure!
I have been impressed with his Passing & his work rate. Another few years experience and this lad will be a big force for us!
Anyone else Excited?
With Hargo back and Fletch fit no chance Gibson will play.
Trevor – Bit harsh mate. Carrick stepped into the centre half spot with real confidence yesterday. Personally I think he is getting his form back.
Gotta hate – Spot on about Valencia. Some of his runs through the middle yesterday were top drawer.
Sanj @ 2:16 – there are lies, damn lies, and statistics.
The numbers you quoted about Anderson are impressive – and he did lay on a beautiful pass for Valencia to tap in the third goal – BUT I expected more from him. As I wrote, this was a game that was set up perfectly for Scholes – given loads of time/space by West Ham which stood off him – and that should have given Anderson a more forward role which should have enabled him to play his natural game as an attacking midfielder.
I’m not saying Anderson had a bad game; what I am saying is that this was an opportunity for him to take over and boss the game, linking play with Rooney who (as the “1″ in a 4-5-1) was isolated up-front. To my eyes, Anderson didn’t do that.
But, this is a minor gripe because, as I wrote somewhere yesterday, Anderson was probably instructed to “tuck in” so as to protect the defence which began with RedNev and ended up with Patrice Evra and Michael Carrick playing in the middle. West Ham didn’t score so you have to give credit to the holding midfielders – Anderson, Gibson, and Scholes – for that.
In fact, West Ham were so feeble that SAF took off Gibson and brought on Berbatov because he must have seen that the opposition were posing no threat to the (make-shift) back four.
this bloke howard webb top draw! excellent fitness, total control of game. we need more of him for our games!!! wohooo perfect weekend!!!
now for mission completion in germany.
Trevor @ 13:25 – I’m in agreement with KingEric on this one – but not completely in disagreement with your point that in comparison to some of the other pairings, Carrick looks like the weakest link. On the other hand, his play at the back was very interesting – kinda like Scholes, he provides a great alternative when playing a team that won’t press. I wrote somewhere that his defending is like the aged-Maldini – he can win the ball and yet never leave his feet. How many screening midfielders have moved into central defence later in their careers ? I have no answer to that but it sure looked yesterday like Michael Carrich might get a fresh lease on life in that role.
GottaHate – absolutely agree about Valencia. He’s coming on leaps-and-bounds and is a much better player when he’s not isolated on the wing. I’d love to see what he could do if he played with a quality right back – so far this season he’s had five “partners” – Johnny O’Shea, RedNev, Wesley Brown, Rafael, and Ritchie de Laet – not one of whom could be confused with Patrice Evra in terms of attacking skill, power, and/or speed.
@denton davey, fair play, mate. nothing wrong with expecting more from the lads… better than the muppets who constantly slag them and say they need to be sold.
@denton davey, excellent point about Valencia playing with a quality right back. I thought some of his best link up play was with Rafael (forgot which match it was). Once Rafael matures a bit more, I can see them having great chemistry. The French connection on the left (Obertan/Pat) and Valencia/Rafael on the right. I like it.
I also think centre back is a role that suits Michael Carrick very well. In general, he is very composed and excellent at those nicking tackles. He rarely makes a brash challenge (a la Scholes), and there is nothing wrong with having a member of the back four have a passing range like he does- offers a new dimension to the attack. He also has the height to deal with an aerial threat.
haha, Ronaldo didn’t get sent off for taking off his shirt, he got sent off for being a petulant brat and kicking out. So much for the Spanish league protecting their players, eh Ron?
http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/4113934/
look at this stupid arrogant Chelsea blog… the author was sooo sure Chelsea wud demolish Citeh…
http://bluechampions.com/2009/12/04/man-city-vs-chelsea-05-dec-09-1730-uk/
“So the teams that beat Arsenal 3-0 last week meet tomorrow. And boys, it’s Man City’s turn next. Oh yeah, I’m arrogant. Despite the mid-week defeat to Blackburn, everyone knows that Chelsea is in some form. In fact, it’s a pity Man City has to play us at this stage. It’s not only the form that should bother them, it’s also the fact that Chelsea has got their key players back from injury. Only Bosingwa, Kalou and Alex are out injured. Ivanovic is slowly moving from a second choice to a first choice defender, in my books. So, no worries about Bosingwa not being there, we’ve got Ivanovic. No worries about Alex not being there, we’ve got . . . Ivanovic!”
I said to so may cunts waxing lyrical over Chelsea that it’s early days and if we are at least 5 points in it with two months to play, then we can still win it, due to the following reasons:
1. We have been there and done it.
2. Our performance against them cunts shows that they are not as good as people make out.
3. We invariably get better as the season reaches the business end.
4. Chelsea still have to go to Tottenham and United where they can lose more points.
5. Our most difficult away fixtures to come are Arsenal, Citeh and Villa away, places where we are more than capable of getting a result from.
6. Hargreaves is coming back from injury.
The pleasing aspect of our recent performances is that we are smashing teams that deserve it. Rooney and Valencia look to have a good understanding, which is pleasing to see.
Lads,
Carrick at Centre Half wasnt tested in that match. No Offence to West Ham but their attacking play was awful. Carrick did step in a do a job.
For me all defensive Midfielders can play in defence, carricks main advantage is his height. Roy Keane was awsome for us in defence on a few occasions, Essian has played defence for chelsea and done alright!
I dont think carrick in defence will do anything else but fill in.
My worry for him is when all players are fit where he is going to fit in. At his current Performance level i cant see him being a regular.
United wins in a stylish way. its funny to see seven midfielders in united shirt.. but who cares, 4-0..!! Gibson strike was simply marvelous..
btw, MG comment on religion kinda offensive.. I guess this is not a place to talk about religion.. peace…
trevor – I agree Carrick wasn’t particularly tested and hope Wes may be back for Tuesday as Carrick will have a lot tougher test marking Dzeko. Vidic should be back in. I also agree that Keano had some superb displays at centre back.
Arrogant Rentboy cunts. Been telling everyone that they are ridiculously over rated. Why the fuck have the media and pundits alike been banging on about how powerful they are and that they may as well get the trophy for title winners now as nobody will beat them let alone catch them. What qualifies them for this? It is fucking United not those cunts that are 3 on the trot winners and will be going for number 4. They have virtually the same squad as the last two seasons only a year older. Why all of a sudden are they world beaters? They aren’t. Only today talkshite were talking about their “defensive frailties” only 3 days ago saying how strong they all were. Far too arrogant and down right stupid to write United off in December only 5 points behind. True to form it is now only 2 points.
Kings – Alright pal. Chelsea have to go to Anfield as well don’t they? The 2-0 was at Stamford Bridge I think. On their day the dippers are capable of beating anyone at home.
King Eric – calm down, mate. The RentBoyz have had a few matches this year when they’ve been brilliant, firing on all cylinders. The fools in the press have taken those performances to be the correct indicator of their level of play whereas they’ve ignored the other matches (Bolton when they won on a flukey/terrific (?) last-minute miracle, Wigan, Villa, at home v. UTD, and yesterday when they were pretty shitty against Shitty – and while they’ve done well in Europe the reports haven’t told us of “dominance – not to mention their cup-exit against Blackburn). But, that’s the press – last year they told us that BigPhil (last seen coaching in some place north of Afghanistan) was going to pick up the baton that Roman grabbed from Jose’s hands. They desperately want the RentBoyz to win – as much as, if not more than, they want UTD to not win. Living in Toronto I don’t have to endure Alan Green, Stan Collymore, Alan Shearer, or the rest of the British “pundits” so I only see what gets written in the online press – it’s sad, often-untruthful, and always ABU. You know that – I know that, every one of us who participates in Scott’s blog knows that – so there’s not much reason to expect otherwise. Most of these writers consistently under-estimate SAF – and have done despite all the evidence to the contrary, nothwithstanding. They also loathed the fact that CR7 played for UTD and gloated that his departure would lead to UTD’s demise – and LiverPoo’s “this year”. They’re supposed to provide insight but they usually proffer shite. the bookies should know better but they’ve been fooled by the media-hype about the RentBoyz. And, it looks like this year they’re once again going to have to choke on their own bile. I can only hope that WilliamHill and his colleagues lose their shorts !
denton – good post. I know mate. I can’t help getting wound up. Even though it has been this way for years I still cannot help getting angry with the bastards. (deep breath). One minute they are “bigging up” the dippers. They drop out of the race by October so they move on to Chelsea . Everything they say about Chelsea is positive and constant back biting at United. They are enjoying the fact that United aren’t firing on all cylinders and are 5 points behind. But then…………………………… United start to click and it begins to look ominous that United could actually win the league again. They then have no choice but to start licking United and Fergies arses. They have no shame. There is absolutely no United front in any of the media. It is all abu. Why is this? Hardly any of the pundits, jounalists, radio presenters , commentators are of United pursuasion. Again I ask the question why?
I have to admit though as much as it annoys me I also revel in the fact that they are proved wrong time and time again. Hopefully they will be this season and it will be the sweetest one of the lot.
Kuszczak is a better goalkeeper than VDS presently
King Eric
well lets hope we are not 5 points behind chelsea i march but I expect united to have pulled away come the next 4 games, have you seen that idiot on the timesonline who posts on there called Graham Smith what a douche he is such a blue nose. saying we are gonna be dissapointed come may, but when I was hearing that the media was saying chelsea have won the league and I was shocked 14 games played. if we start scoring goals again in the next game then we can then start to believe we are back after being in hybernation since the 07/08 season in terms of attacking football.
Rooney – right now, December 6th, UTD’s position (2 points back after a long, long run of injuries to the central defence, missing Owen Hargreaves, and still waiting for the Rooney/Berbatov partnership to gel) is something any one of us would have gladly accepted back in June when CR was sold and the media were cumming in the shorts about the end of Fergy’s reign.
I’m still not completely sure that this team will, in fact, gel but the signs are really good since SAF has all that experience to get his ducks-in-a-row during the autumn so that he can get his guys to put the-pedal-to-the-metal when the weather gets nasty and the Londoners begin to think nice thoughts of sea breezes in far-off sunny locales.
The fact that UTD have a pretty easy schedule between now and the end of January is even more good news. Perhaps some re-jigging will take place – maybe that’s why the option on Ljajic wasn’t taken and why some other moves might free up some more money – but I’ve thought (and written) that as long as injuries don’t just snowball out of control then the key to the 19th will be getting the Rooney/Berbatov partnership to function smoothly. (Or, maybe spending big on a hired gun like David Villa or the Brazilian poacher who plays for Sevilla and whose name is on the tip of my tongue. Villa would be very expensive but don’t forget that the purchase-price – 50 million Euros – would be recouped by winning the CL.)
I’ve been very pleasantly surprised by the way that Valencia has improved in the last month which, I think, makes the “black hole” at center forward more obvious. Perhaps, however, SAF is working towards the kind of 4-6-0 formation that Roma used a few years ago – hell, with Evra playing ahead of the forwards most of the time, the formation might better be described as a 3-7-0 !
The relatively “easy” schedule until the end of January is something of a blessing because the “tinkering” is going to continue until SAF gets these guys – or maybe some new additions – firing on all cylinders.
So, in my view, our footie world is evolving in a fashion that is most enjoyable for a proper Red.
@ denton davey, in fairness, Shearer has always backed Utd to win the league and pointed out we hit form later. Let’s not get too bitter about what the press says and anyone listening to Collymore needs to go outside and slap themselves.
We haven’t been looking that slick for a while, lets hope the form continues, I think Valancia is a big plus, with Rooney and Giggs seem a better fit than Rooney and berba oddly enough, and Obertan has something to offer. Our midfield is beginning to gel and look much stronger than at the start of the season as new played bed in.
I have to say I would have liked nani to have more time but loks like he may well be shipped out.
Anyway its going to be one hell of a season from here, we have 2 more mtches than chelsea now re carling cup and the game starts now! First match we must win in Villa who look good right now in attack so please let us have our defence back.
off the topic a bit..
anyone knows valencia’s chant? i think he’s the most improving new player this season so far..
his link up play is better, he’s determination and pace are superb, and also he already starts banging some goals..
Oh, i love the african nations cup! Funny thing bout Chelsea seeing drogba, essien, kalou and mikel going is that the natural replacement for drogba would be kalou, and the natural replacement for essien would be mikel xD fucking hillarious!
And this cup reminds me that I am so fucking glad that Evra is playing for France and not Senegal! what would we do without paddy? The best leftback in the world, there’s not even a worthy challenger for that title other than him
BTW, just read ur comment Scott, in the blues forum. fucking hilarious!
24. Scott – 4th Dec
“Oh yeah, I’m arrogant. Despite the mid-week defeat to Blackburn, everyone knows that Chelsea is in some form. In fact, it’s a pity Man City has to play us at this stage.”
D’oh. How embarrassing.
let me tell you this
when berbatov manages to do what tevez did against chelsea, i’ll rate him as good as tevez
he was an enigma to their entire defence…got the 3 players booked, won and scored a decisive free kick…most importantly – did it against a top top team – something i’ve been waiting for berbatov to do in a year and a half now…sure they will both win you some small matches, one in a more flashy way, but tevez’ ability to perform when it matters edges it big time for me…
tevez as a person doesn’t come in this argument of course
King Eric – Hello mate. Yes a good point that. Yeah they are more than capable of beating the rent boys at Anfield, especially if Stevie Me takes a dive and wins a penalty!
I can kick about that far