Liverpool in the Cup. These are those ‘Football Factory’ moments, when you get drawn against a hated rival in the FA Cup, which every fan looks forward to it. I won’t just be Mancs and scousers watching today’s game, but football fans from all over the world, whichever team they support. It’s a massive fixture and it means the world to both sets of fans.
This time last year we were drawn against Leeds, which was probably a bigger occasion, because the scum aren’t in the same league as us so we never get to play them anymore. But Liverpool are a team we hate more and circumstances make this game massive.
Liverpool have just got rid of Hodgson, who dispelled the myth about scousers being great fans who always support the manager. The truth is Liverpool have never had to endure a dreadful manager before now, so they’ve never had reason to show a lack of support. Now the world gets to see they’re just like every other set of fans, who will turn on anyone and support anyone if it means success. This is the same reason they were calling for ‘Yanks Out!’ at the same time they were calling for ‘Yanks In!’ earlier this season.
The dismissal of Hodgson leaves room for the arrival of Kenny Dalglish, the last manager to lead Liverpool to success, and one of the few managers who have denied Sir Alex Ferguson a Premier League title.
It is a sad indication of the current state of Liverpool FC that their fans and players will give more to the club now that Dalglish is in charge. The same fans that were leaving their ground well under full capacity and were booing their players and manager off the pitch, will be out in full force today, ‘singing their hearts out for the lads’. And that effect shouldn’t be underestimated by our club.
Leeds weren’t anything special last season but United just didn’t have enough. It was such a drab performance and it deserved nothing. The manager has said he was left feeling sick by the result but we’ll see how sick he felt that day when we see the line-up he selects. It should be nothing short of our first available XI.
Paul Scholes is still out, but we should see Anderson back in midfield, probably alongside Darren Fletcher. The problem is the only first choice winger available is Nani. Ryan Giggs might still be classed as ‘winger’ in some circles, but he doesn’t have the pace and he was shocking against Stoke. Our lacking width could see us play a packed midfield, or it could see us shove Wayne Rooney out on the left and Nani on the right to support Dimitar Berbatov up front. Your guess is as good as mine.
But whatever the formation, whoever plays, what I’m really looking for is something that was lacking last season against Leeds. So often we see our lads drag themselves over the finishing line, get a result they don’t necessarily deserve, work hard for the points, hassle our opponents, put the effort in for their team mates and share the glory and the recognition. United need to get a result today, by whatever means necessary, and nothing that is going on in the Liverpool camp should stop that.
I believe Hodgson in charge would leave United in a much more favourable position, whilst the return of Dalglish throws a spanner in the works for us. They should be ashamed by this, but chances are the fans and players will put far much more in to the game now that ‘King Kenny’ is in charge. Can you imagine how we would react if on the decline and Eric Cantona was named manager? Dalglish hasn’t been in management for 10 years, has had no time to prepare the players, but this is the fans dream, and if it’s only Gerrard that gives a shit on the pitch, that is enough to cause us some trouble.
But we’re presented with a brilliant opportunity here. This isn’t just about victory over our rivals and this isn’t just knocking Liverpool out of the Cup. Their fans are too giddy right now, like the Geordies after the appointment of Shearer (who lead them to relegation). Our lads have the opportunity to put an end to this resurgence before it’s even begun. Whilst Hodgson was in charge, Liverpool fans were ready to accept defeat. With Dalglish the boss they’re actually expecting a result. Today we’re presented with the opportunity to break their hearts even more than we thought was possible, by knocking them out of the Cup with Kenny Dalglish in charge.
I always feel sick ahead of kick-off against Liverpool, regardless of who is in form or who is the favourite. The same will be true today, with the stakes so much higher. After our 4-1 defeat a couple of seasons ago we got the last laugh by making it 18 in May. I hope we can make it 19 this season without giving them the consolation prize of a victory over us in the FA Cup.
If it was an ideal world, Michael Owen would score a goal today and he’d get a medal in May which saw United become the most successful English team of all time. Neither of these things are essential, but it would help rub salt in the wounds. Just like Arsenal fans wanted Sol Campbell to make the tackle that would deny Tottenham Hotspur a top four finish, and City fans hoped Carlos Tevez would score a goal than denied United another trophy win, it would be nice to see a one time Liverpool hero play his part this season, as he did last season when scoring in the League Cup final.
So come on reds, make amends for last season, and give the fans the FA Cup victory we crave.
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Come on United!
Mikey Owen to get the winner.
Becks deal unlikely says harry
Great article Scot, I am only wishing that our players read this and that this inspires them, believe me mate, if I were in United squad
and if I have read this article, I would be super inspired.
Btw, ever considered menagerial career
In a menagerie?
Nice one scott. Gotta be Rooney on the left to start for me, not his favourable position but then Giggs has been poor recently. I always feel sick before a game like this, Owen to get the winner in stoppage time would be fucking mental and amazing. C’mon United!!!
Anyway, wives are the best man agers.
Great article .I really feel ill before big games like this ,and i also feel like i’m going to take a very important and difficult exam. Let’s hope we win today and kill the resurgence before it starts.
Glory Glory Man United.
off topic..according to the telegraph Sir Alex want to buy one player in january
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/8248428/Manchester-United-v-Liverpool-Sir-Alex-Ferguson-wants-to-buy-a-player-in-January.html
come on you mighty Reds !!! my prediction for today’s lign up:
VDS/PIG rafa rio vida evra
Nani Fletch Ando Giggs
Berb Roo
Personally, and since our midfield duo will be more industrious today than they were back in September, I’d play Rooney next to Berb today. No reason to show Liverpoo that much respect and play 4-5-1. Fletch or Ando can operate on a wing and then come inside..
The dippers will up their game for this one. I can feel it in my water!
Kiko on the bench for Sampdoria against Roma
rooney on the left wing and berba with chicharito up front
we need to have players who’ll stand up and be counted today, the scousers will be up for it, I’d expect they’ll start fast but fall away quickly if they lose a goal. So we need to match their start and score early.
From Ben HIbbs:
You get all kinds of rumours when you turn up early at the press box. Already heard no Rooney and Van der Sar (!) Unconfirmed. We’ll see
Great post Scott. If Rooney’s out, let’s play Berba and Chicho together, backed by Anderson, and attack! Yes Torres and gerrard will be threats, especially if all pumped up by King Kenny, but they are a poor side and we should go for the throat. Let’s not go for a ‘European’ formation, let’s remember it’s the FA Cup and go for Glory.
hopefully everyone will be singing the old classic today!
There’s a tavern in the town (in the town!)
And were gonna burn it down (burn it down)
Were gonna hang Dalglish from the nearest fucking tree
For all you Scouse bastards to see
Brilliant pre match review as ever, if that does not get you excited and your nerves jangling nothing ever will.
Just cant wait, I just know I am gonna be shouting for the lads in front of my telly in ma wee hoose.
No balls ups, no regrets, the time is nigh.
Must go and get a wee liverner to wet my tongue and settle my nerves.
Cmon you Reds.
Looks quite likely that Rooney will miss out. So it turns out that he was out for 2 weeks after the WBA game…Ugh.
I hope it’s not 4-5-1 with Berb on top.
AIG ALEX IS GOD OR ANY OTHER Indian/Bangladeshi poster
What channel is televising the bloody match!!?
Any news on the squad? Rumor that Anders Lindegaard is playing have any credability?
Kenny Dalglish has come out and denied that he is out of touch with the modern game and vows to knock Nottingham Forest of their fucking perch!!!
FA cup is on SET PIX on INDIAN SUBCONTINENT. going early from office to watch the match .
Build a bone fire , build bone fire, put the scousers on the top, with City in the middle, lets cunts/bastards burn all night!
Buzzing already.I live in Thailand so game kicks of at the lovely time of 8.30 pm.Im well oiled already!
Off to the pub in 30 mins after another ice cold Leo.Not confident about todays game and that just the way I like to be on a match day.
Lets do them!
I agree with Giles.SAF please dont play the ”European formation” that would be giving this poor Liverpool team far too much respect.Chich and Berba up top and bring Rooney or Owen on later.
Who put the ball in the scousers net, who put the ball in the scousers net, who put the ball in the scousers net, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer!
Good luck to us today. It looks like i will be watching the game alone in front of my computer on the internet. I guess it’s faith.
Unconfirmed, but looks like Rooney, VDS and Vida are out.
Scott: “Ryan Giggs might still be classed as ‘winger’ in some circles, but he doesn’t have the pace and he was shocking against Stoke.”
Usually, I’m in agreement with most of what you write but I think that you’ve gone overboard in calling Ryan Giggs’ display against Stoke “shocking”. His final ball WAS shocking but, otherwise, he was just fine. Of course, Giggs is not as pacey as he was ten years ago – although it would be interesting to see his times for a twenty=yard dash in comparison with that of others since speed is the last thing a premier athlete loses. What impresses me about the “New/OldGiggs” is his ability to see the pitch in slow motion and “usually” make excellent decisions while playing at full speed. Ryan Giggs was never a terrific crosser of the ball, his outstanding talent was his ability to keep control of the ball at speed and, thereby, “twist the blood” of defenders. From what I’ve seen this year, he can still do this but at a slower pace. Underestimate the man at your peril.
got goose bumps reading this can’t wait till k.O. Moved to Jakarta from Manchester last September so have to stay up and watch all the games. will be well worth it to watch us batter the scousers today!! cummon Reds!!!
@arijc
AND Vidic? FFS.
no vidic, evans in!
http://twitter.com/#!/DTguardian
Oh ah Cantona, oh ah Cantona, oh ah Cantona
Good luck out there Jonny. It’s a real shame that we could be missing three players from team’s spine.
Giles Oakley @ 11:51: “they are a poor side and we should go for the throat. Let’s not go for a ‘European’ formation, let’s remember it’s the FA Cup and go for Glory.”
i’d like that, you’d like that, but “King Kenny” would like that too. So, I rekon that SAF – the knight who trumps a king ? – probably won’t do that.
Fuck them ….lets just beat the bastards….
come on Costas ….aint you got the team sheet yet?
TonyBee
Kuzsazc, rafa, Rio, Evans, Evra, Nani, fletcher, Anderson, Carrick, giggs, Berbatov, hernandez
or maybe not ) tufty in twitter
ACTUAL LINE UP COREA?
11am – no.
I’m up early in the AM for this one here in US and can’t wait for kickoff!
@Corea
That’s 12 players.
@corea
u gt 12 players in your team sheet
hey yup Redscot…….you pissed yet….. todays gonna be a good one….her indoors is brewing up roasty beef with all the works and got some Bulmers Original to help ,it down
VIA TWITTER: Liverpool team (unconfirmed): Reina, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Aurelio, Kuyt, Lucas, Meireles, Maxi, Gerrard, Torres
@TonyBee
Not yet mate. Waiting anxiously!
Strong enough team, to beat this lot. Anyone want to blame Jonny Evans, on anything, before we kick off?
Official lineup
Kuszczak; Rafael, Ferdinand, J. Evans, Evra; Nani, Carrick, Fletcher, Giggs; Berbatov, Hernandez
Fucking twitter! lol.
sorry guys ) a didn’t count them like you did ))
VIA BBC LIVE UPDATE:
1235: Kenny Dalglish’s Liverpool team: Reina, Kelly, Aurelio, Agger, Skrtel, Meireles, Lucas, Maxi, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres.
STARTING LINE UP: PIG RAFAEL EVANS RIO EVRA NANI FLETCHER CARRICK GIGGS HERNANDEZ BERBS
Anderson drops out again.
Thanks arijc.
Vidic picked the perfect game to get injured…
In Vidic’s absence, I would have gone with Ando instead of Giggs to offer more protection to the back 4. Oh well, I hope this system works out, but not too positive.
You can wath this game here:
http://redlog.pl/2011/01/09/wideo-z-meczu-manchester-united-liverpool-fc-3/#live
Subs- Owen, Anderson, Smalling, Fabio, Obertan, Gibson, Lindegaard
This is their cup final. They got nothing to lose and we have got the fans favourite Evans on the pitch. Those if any, are good omens. But seriously how long is Scholes going to be out? Its been ages since his last game.
Radzio…we can also watch the game on terrestial tv .ITVhave got it on live today
So the fa cup isnt a priority then
@Costas
Ando is dropped for carrick bcoz of vidic’s injury.. carrick in front of the back 4 offer more protection than ando
I really hope Fergie is as good as his word and picks the strongest side today. I was absolutely appalled by his team selection for the Leeds game last season, coupled with the lack of effort from the players. Firstly, the FA Cup is something special for me as I have grown up watching United win it. Secondly, when you are drawn at home against any of your bitter rivals, then surely that is an incentive to win the game. Therefore, don’t compromise with team selection and go for it ffs.
Scholes should have been back by the new year, but then suffered a set back. He should be ok for Spurs or Birmingham. Brown and O’Shea have been out for a long time too.
The worrying thing is that we are not getting anyone back. Just losing players each week.
I feel sick as dog!! always do before playing liverpool. I really hope owen scores and its the winner in the last minute.
) Come on united!! ( THINK A CAN OF BEER AND A JD TO CALMS THE NERVES) LOL
We have their measure. Sir Alex has been very positive about Evans recently.
We’ve got too much in attack for them to handle.
Can Ando play out on the left? We could have done with his energy today.
@Mrad_leb
No, I meant I would have played with Fletch, Carrick and Ando in midfield to protect the defence. Besides, on the form Anderson is in, I don’t get why he is dropped.
costas as the stat man …..lol…. any news on Hargo?
cant believe theres no ando in there. hes in much better form than carrick and fletcher
Yup, Ando has finally found some form but he doesn’t get any games. Funny that.
@TonyBee
Nothing. Ferguson said yesterday that he saw a specialist in Germany and that he is still injured. Go figure…
Hargo is in Germany to visit Bayerns doctor Müller Wohlfahrt.
Breaking News!
It seems that the scouse ran out of delusion beverage so therefore they requested extra supplies off shitty fc
Now that they believe that the Messiah has returned to them some are even contemplating winning the 19th before Manchester United
Apparently the new owners at the behest of the new management are in Africa searching for voodoo priests in order to fulfil the dramatic collapse of Manchester United’s assault on the premiership.
However Sir Alex Ferguson is counter reacting by just doing all the magic on the pitch something the scousers have lost all knowledge of.
As Rooney, Edwin and Vidic are out, we would lack experience if Anderson replaced Giggs.
no ando…..SAF might be saving him till scouse shite is running low on energy to bring on a fit Ando…
@smartalex
thered still be plenty of experience with rio carrick fletcher berbs in the side, plus andos played in european cup finals. just think he should be in there even at the expense of fletch or carrick
@ costas.. SAF don’t play 4-5-1 at OT (except Arse) maybe ando could have played on the left..but our game is so positive at OT i think we will smash them.. espacially on the right hand side with nani and rafa..brilliant touches by berb and the superb finish of chicha.. in Sir we trust
One must applaud SAF man management skills
Evans had a shocker against Liverpool and I believe the only games he started after were the CC? In any case he brings him back starting against the team he faltered against
Evans has his opportunity to show us how good he is again – and it’s the perfect match
All be ti Vidic isn’t available – however Smalling could have been picked instead of Jonny – so well done SAF
Deluded arsenal fan i met today claimin sagna and glenda better than Rafael… Felt sorry for him.
The team still has experienced players out there. It’s the midfield that could have done with more bite.
I see Becks was true to his word then
Only training with Spurs till 10 Feb because Insurance premiums were too high apparently in order to get him playing
What a fucking pathetic excuse if their ever was one
11am
It’s the occasion that seals it. Has Anderson experienced this before? I’d like him to play, but not at the expense of Giggs. Not even for Carrick or Fletcher.
Water off a duck’s back for Giggs.
Fuck, I’m feeling sick to my stomach. So nervous. Does anyone have our bench?
bring those fuckers back to reality. let’s rub it in their face that they are fucked.
@ smartalex
anderson has experienced this before, kept gerrard in his pocket in his first two liverpool utd games, so thats certainly not a problem. in his first one he was outstanding.
no tryin to argue, jus disappointed hes not in, as he should be in our strongest team
@MG
I thought so too. Cleary something else has gone down. Pathetic from Redknapp.
colbert – see 1240
I think Evans will have a top game and that’ll bring his confidence back.
That’s more than sufficient to beat those bastards. C’MON UNITED
Let`s go boys…
God (Cantona) is with us !
@MG
Really? So Beckham wasn’t lying then? Weird…
I don’t get why Ando is out either. At least he’s on the bench and can come in if needed. Glad to see Chicha in, but if Rooney had been available, that might have given us more flexibility during the match, because Rooney can be pushed out to the side if necessary. That allows us to switch between 442 and 451 during the game. And there’s no doubt Rooney would have been well fired up for this one. Still, Chicha is in better form. With his eye for a space, his fast ghost-like runs the way he peels off the defense, and his devastating touch when he gets in there, he could cause them some problems. Especially in combination with what berba brings to the table. Berba may also serve as a big-time distraction to the dippers’ defense today, given what he did to them last time we played, and that could serve Chicha too. You’ve got to think that their defenders will constantly have at least one eye on Berba. Those two could cause havoc and mayhem in the dipper defense today, so long as they see enough of the ball.
Today is a match that would have been fit for a Roy Keane
I bet he would have been chomping to bits to get out at Liverpool with Dalglish back
That’s why been there and done it Ryan Giggs is playing instead of let’s say Anderson
Though Giggsy is in a different mould to Keane – he knows what this means – and consequently what all games mean now to get to a historic 19
Colbert
Harry talks a lot doesn’t he?
@11am
Thanks for that. Slightly weak bench for me. We’re struggling with injuries.
11am
Of course. I’m happy we chat.
I’m also disappointed as I had him in before fletch. It is only that we’ve lost a couple of experienced players, and the occasion is massive. I think SAF want’s to control the nerves from the off.
Well, let’s win come what may.
good article as usual.. macheda just come on for last ten mins against 10 man roma.. link… http://atdhe.net/32213/watch-sampdoriavs-as-roma
Costas
Really just read it up on the BBC
Everything goes to plan, we won’t need to use the bench.
@MG
Yeah, he fucking does. Clown. He’s just trying to save face with this bullshit excuse. And he’s a bastard for trying to engineer this deal in the media in the first place. But it’s very funny watching him fall flat on his face. Again:)
Well done Becks lad.
@MG
I see. I wish some weren’t so quick to jump the gun and accuse him. It wasn’t the first time Harry was talking out of his ass.
@Colbert the bench mate.
Lindegaard,Owen,Anderson,Smalling,Fabio,Obertan.Gibson.
Cmon United.
Jaysus hope Jonny evan can stand up to Torres.
Chicharito to score the winner.
Cmon yOU REDS.
colbert – our bench isnt bad, considering who weve got out. ando and owen can make a difference. see the liverpool bench.
Man United v Liverpool line-ups:
Man Utd: Kuszczak, Rafael Da Silva, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Nani, Carrick, Fletcher, Giggs, Berbatov, Hernandez.
Subs: Lindegaard, Owen, Anderson, Smalling, Fabio Da Silva, Obertan, Gibson.
Liverpool: Reina, Kelly, Skrtel, Agger, Aurelio, Kuyt, Meireles, Lucas, Maxi, Gerrard, Torres.
Subs: Gulacsi, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Wilson, Ngog, Poulsen, Shelvey.
our bench is far superior
please what happened to vidic? is he injured or something? because i am not wholly confident in evans abilities this moment. maybe if he produces the form of last season we can give him one more shot. LAST CHANCE JONNY!!! and why is anderson not playing? anyways the team is pretty strong and i expect nothing short of win. COME ON UNITED!!!!
Jonny evans FFS
Yeah yeah i said it, what the fuck is he doing in there, the scousers will be on a fucking high the last thing we need is defender low on confidence. shit i hope this doesn’t backfire. Come on United
Is it true that Rooney, Edwin and Vidic are just being rested? Read it on The Guardian.
@ smart alex, i can see your point and i am expecting a hard game.
but if i was fergie id be sending them out the destroy the shite. but as always trust in fergie
Yes, we have a better bench than Liverpool, but that’s not really saying much.
Sunshine at Old Trafford.
We should beat liverpool.First half is very important.I wouyld be very disappointed if it stays 0-0 in the half time let alone losing.
But frankly i am also very much nervous.Cant digest a loss tonight.
CMONN UNITED
FUCK is Vida injured? or just not playing today. maybe Fergie didn’t want him against his bogeyman? anybody in india/bangladesh know where they’re showing the game? Star Sports?
Evans will have plenty of chances. He is 23 not 33 ffs.
evans kusz carrick. i love them all but im fully prepared for heartstopping defending tonight! hahaha should be a cracking game!
@Colbert
Rooney and Edwin must have missed out due to injuries. I think it’s utter stupidity rest someone when our next game is 1 week away. Vidic was a late call, so maybe he got the flu too.
eff off costas. this my opinion. in my mind this is his last chance to impress me and most people. after that shocker at west ham he better not screw this one up.
And it’s my opinion that you are full of crap.
@Costas – pretty long-term flu it has to be said
Am actually full of whisky, but I dont give a fuck.
Cmon united, must go for a pre match pish.
@Corea
Whatever it is,I hope it doesn’t keep Vida out as long as that injury that made him miss the Leeds game at the last minute…
oh sure let me be full of crap it’s in me it’s not in you right? you’re one of those good two shoes who will support jonny evans even if he is throwing us into fire. i don’t know if you made a secret pact with him or something. i repeat. FUCK OFF!!!
Kiko played 15 mins for Sampdoria. A few good touches and nearly scored with a diving header. Sampdoria won 2-1 against Roma
on other news, kiko looking pretty comfortable playing for sampdoria…they beat roma 2-1.
dannysoya
It is true that Evans has let himself down
But Costas is right he is 23 not 33 – you don’t become a bad player all of a sudden – read Nani and Anderson accordingly – the management and the coaching staff just work on you longer to get you where you have to get to – read Nani and Anderson again
Well read Ronaldo for the greatest example. It does take time – they do have time because this club will give you time – if say in a year or so Evans hasn’t come out of his hole – then it’s obvious maybe he might have to be moved on – but we all know he’s a great defender – should have started the CL final against Barca – Rio should never have come back for the final – Evans was playing brilliant and deserved his chance
jellybean- Sony Pix.
@COSTAS
lol Mate just chill.I think this game is making you mad.Lol
@ AIG, you beat me to it:)
hate the kiss of death but ill mention this anyway
Liverpool have only won three of their 15 FA Cup matches against Manchester United and only one of the last 10.
Defeat is unthinkable. Come on United
Jellybean
its on sony pix
@danny
Yeah, because it’s just a game. I don’t look at United or Evans to fill my little, insignificant, virgin life. Try getting behind our players for once. This is your LAST CHANCE to act like a red and not a bitter.
I have faith in Evans and i am sure he will be a class defender for us.
Guys evans is not o shea.Lol
No Vida, no VDS and the Scousers are more deluded than ever thanks to the return of that pitiful excuse they have for a hero. Darn, this has disaster written all over it.
I have been wrong before and I hope I’m wrong again tonight.
Come on you reds!
By the way, this is Obertan’s LAST CHANCE to make a significant impact from the bench.
@Ash
I am calm don’t worry mate.
Come on United!
@ash totally agree with your first statement
as for oshea, i like, one of the minority on here tho.
game time so im off!
hey MG i had no problems with Jonny evans UNTIL this season. consistently played horribly for more than just one game. thrown away all those points at the beginning of the season and then crowned it off with the destruction at west ham. i do believe he can return to form and that is why i mentioned it in my comment. to me this has to be the ultimate litmus test for jonny. he knows how massive this game is. he cannot afford to make silly mistakes and if he does i will turn my back on him until he makes it right. that;s what i am saying not for someone to come and attack me for stating my opinion. anyways this is all childish two united brothers shouldn’t be fighting on a day we should be our closest. let’s put it all behind us and concentrate.
@Colbert
Rested? Our next game is a week away!
CMONNNNNNN UNITED.Pls dont disappoint us.
COME ON UNITED!!!
Come on United! Berbatter the scousers.
and btw i am not a bitter. i do not like jonny’s selection against fernando torres. PERIOD. it’s up to him to prove me wrong. i am not a drone i can like and dislike whatever i want. united is not a prison. it’s a family.
Cmon United, hip hip hoorah
Pen, agger caught Berbatov, brilliant start
Penalty.What a start.
Penalty!!!!!!!!!!
jesus a peno already
Ryan Giggs!
Giggsy sweet as fuck drilled away, brilliant what a start
Giggsy.
abso super peno get in there lets maul them!!!!!!
Now Tensend wont shut thefuck up for 90 minutes about it, media crucifies Berb and adores Walcott. Continue the victory.
dannysoya
Let’s all just get together for the team – yes I agree with that
Before people start having a go at Berba for the penalty – I remember us not getting a clear cut one against West Brom – so things do go around come around and whatever
Evans already out of position….
Thank you Haward Webb MBE.
Stand up if you hate Jim Beglin!!!!!
Steven Gerrard v Sheffield United before they fucking start
Go on Giggs.
Can someone with quality video confirm that Berbatov’s right heel wasn’t touched?
was a soft penalty.
I know its too early but mid field duo of carrick and fletcher looks weak.Would have loved ando to start.
Liverpool players fucking play acting got to love it
Live streaming link Please ????
Hi Guys
Can someone please provide me with a link to the game? Bloody cable went down ffs! Even missed the goal….
I tell you what the fucking `itv commentary is a fucking joke – Liverpool love in is fucking sickening
All hail the return of the King
Fuck me
Midfield looks extremely congested. That early breakthrough will be crucial.
Cedars and all
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Jaysus fuck we are playing a fucking dangerous game letting them through in crosses and drives into the danger areas.
Cmon United, lets get a fucking grip here.
After 21 min the commentators realise we are not having a bad season
You couldn’t make it up
I agree RedScot United have to hold and boss this game or just bloody score score score
GERRARD YA THICK CUNT!! that was foul and townsend who the hell are you?
fk me how biased is jim beglin, what a first class cunt…
dannysoya
Townsend = first class cunt……. Most here know how I feel about the prick
Gerrard you dirty hacking cunt
Red For that cunt, brilliant
fk off you fking nobhead… dirty bastard
Gerrard Off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHA
Justice and shut the fuck up townsend oh my god
hahahahha.Gerrust sent off.
No camera kissing today ya cunt
BAHAHAHAHAHA i was waiting for that. THE CUNT IS OUT!!!! two footed challenge. CLEAR red card. NOW LET’S BLITZ THESE BASTARDS.
back from bastarding shopping and what do i see…… us 1 up and the thug just been sent off…bout time some fucking ref saw what a nasty cunt he is
alright Redscot m8
lawdy me andy townsend is turning into a first class prick. FFS. somebody shoot this man.
Go french kiss the fucken shower head you thug
fucking going off again …she wantd the fuckking puter be back later
Thats just reward for that cunt Gerrard for that pass back to Reina last season which landed neatly for Dogbreathe to score for Chelsea. Justice is served, thank the lord.
I wish that biased twat BEGLIN would shut the fuck up he is getting right on my paps.
what side or radio station is townsend on, im watching the game on itv and i cant hear him… not like i wana hear the fat big nosed, wart faced, mockney anyway ^^
Hi Tony Cedars Mg, etc etc, sorry getting ma knickers in a twist! lol
Sacked in the morning! Who killed Kenny? Gerrard killed Kenny.
NO camera kissing today then hey?
@redscott
on my paps..quality
MAXI you can’t act go and take lessons from michael caine. CUNT. COME ON UNITED!!!! and nani isn’t really himself today. i wanna see more of those crazy runs. aurelio ain’t shit.
Second goal now and close game out. Beat them and move on.
We’re playing against 10 men, lets up the pace and get Nani and Chicharito into the game.
Let’s score United.
In a way I am glad my cable TV cable is down, if I had to listen to cunt Townsend I would have smashed my set, pissing off the wife of course!
Hi Red Scot, keep em coming mate
fucking wimmen ….always on the fucking puter …..heh heh ….she’s off to do the fucking scran so thats me back
FFS EVANS JUST HIT POST……
Fuck thats it half time, am awa for something stiff. A drink I think.
We were lucky at one part of the game, they had too much possesion in the midfield.
Time for Sir alex to recognise we have eleven men on the park.
Last action of the half, Jonny Evans rattles the cross bar.
gENTLY DOES IT rEDSCOT….JUST GOT BACK FROM CHURCH AND FEELIONG HOLY SO NO FUCKING SWEARING….
We need to finish them off in the second half. We need to step up a gear or two!
HT. Need to score another one. Or several. Im too nervous. Keep it tight at the back too. No complacency. Ground em into the dirt.
OOOOOHHHH so close from jonny. he has really impressed me today. let’s hope you go from strength to strength and not return to the ugly west ham form. we are maiming them but one thing is missing, a second goal. and we’ll get that quickly.
cunts from the first half.
1, STEVEN GERRARD.
2. FERNANDO TORRES ( kicked the ball away and wasn’t booked fucking idiot).
3. ANDY TOWNSEND. ( maybe you can go and manage the scum and see how you’ll do just shut up).
The Howard Webb show, lol.
We are now used to see boring performances from united.We should be dominating this game rather than sitting back and playing a boring football.
Honestly not so great play from us in the first half.
Townsend might as well wear a Liverpool shirt. ‘Two big decisions and Howard Webb has given them both in United’s favour, wrongly on both occasions.’ What a prick.
What a disgrace of a commentary on Fox.
Berba was touched nothing more than that and Gerrard sent for the reckless challenge. Both decisions went United way because of the pressure from the stands. Gerrard should have been yellow carded and talked.
Unbearable. Fuck them.
Evans playing well on his last chance by the way.
It’s amazing that the same referee that didn’t send off De Jong in the WC final sent off Gerrard for this.
lets all laugh at ash.
Passing was a bit too sloppy for my liking.
What more motivation do we need against a side that is there for the taking? Hammer them and give Kenny a ‘perfect’ start.
Scholes dives in with two legs – commentator says its typical Scholesy and its reckless. He’s lucky to get away with it. Gerrard dives in with two legs – he was just going for the ball and it was just a little bit late. Maybe a talking to and a yellow. Unlucky to get a Red. Fuck this shit! I hate nearly every fucking commentator on this planet (except Martin Tyler of course). Cunts, all of them. Jealous of our fucking glory and the fact that we keep flinging shit in their faces every time they fucking write us off.
I HAD to get that off my chest. Anyways, Nani has been really poor today. Showing typical stuff with corners not even beating the first man and misdirected crosses. If he really gets into the game after a talking to from Sir Alex, then we can really murder this Liverpool team. Also, we need to get Hernandez into the game more. He is really isolated at the moment I feel. Plus, we need to start playing like we have an extra man. The longer it goes on 1-0, the more hope that gives to those fucking cunts and we definitely do not want that.
@dela
To be fair mate, that’s what’s happened. If those decisions had gone against us, I know I would have protested. Nonetheless, lets just get this game out of the way. United seem to be doing the bare essentials.
Gerrard had both feet of the ground and was almost in a palaticosesque position in the air, certain red.
Costas – you would have protested on the Gerrard like red ? Me certainly not.
What a nice time for my comeback here..After an year
FUCKING HELL PASSE ……paliticosueque…..jesus….best word on here in ages
Gerrard is fucking pathetic. What a bottler. Most useless “world class player” the world has ever seen. We should just put this one to bed as soon as possible now. Evans was desperately unlucky not to score, he’s been good apart from when he let someone run past him to put in a dangerous cross which thankfully was cleared. I think we have decent pressure and our midfield is up for it for once today. Just go for their throats in the second half and don’t let them rest. It would be unforgivable to throw this away.
@Corea
Well yeah, because he is not aiming his feet at someone at that point . Carrick comes from Gerrard’s side, so I don’t know how malicious it really is. Some felt that Nani’s red at Villa was too harsh and that tackle was more dangerous than this one.
@Tony, bow down at my awesomness
Costas, while I can agree that the penalty was not the most obvious decision and I would’ve screamed my lungs out if that had been given against us, there is little argument against the red card especially when you are away from home. He dived in with both legs and studs showing, 75% of the time it is a straight red according to the letter of the law. It was definitely reckless and dangerous IMO and I would’ve understood if one of our own had been sent off for that.
@Costas – i thought Nani’s red was justified. And this one as well. It is written in the rules, mate. Two footed challenge with feet off the ground. Stonewall.
CMONNN UNITED THRASH THE SCOUSE CUNTS.
It is certainly not a reckless challenge. Gerrard does it all the time. So you can’t call it reckless from his side.
United better not switch off because I’d be really fucking pisse at my team if they let themselves down
Win this match move on we have bigger fish to fry than Liverpool in the 3rd round of the FA cup
@Balaji
I know that his positioning was dangerous mate, it’s just that he wasn’t aiming the studs at someone and just happened to collide with Carrick who came from the side. That’s why I felt it was harsh. I am sure you will hear contradicting stuff about this the following week. As for the penalty, if Berb says he dived, maybe no one will accuse him. Worked for Walcott, lol.
Dalglish on his tactical influence.
“What do I say to them in the dressing-room? Nothing really. Most of the time I don’t even know what they are going to do myself.”
Not got Beglin here on ITV but to show Rafael’s touchline challenge for comparison with the thug’s attempted leg breaker is just ABU in the extreme. Come on Allardice, bring balance to the ‘neutral’ opinion please.
Wish I were here earlier, Evans all over Torres. Evans to score. I was thinking how with all the pre-match being about the scouse, people forgot there’s 2 teams playing today, and that there’s some difference between the 2.
Costas – Gerrard went for the FREE ball with studs up ? Why that ?
As for Stevie Me getting sent off
Just rewards for the refereeing against Vidic and us especially at Anfield
So all them fucking scousers who are complaining should fuck off and all those love in commentators might as well shut the fuck up
COME ON UNITED!!!!
Here we go.
Lets kill them off early
Cmon united.
Blood-twister!
i slated johnny evans on here during the cc game against west ham but he`s done well today!!!!!!
Passe…… am on me knees to your superbessness
RAFAEL I FUCKING LOVE YOU MAN HAHAHAHA GET IN THERE!!!!
Costas, Yeah, I was more heated up at the commentators. I was talking to my dad and told him that at that stage of the game, I wouldn’t have been too unhappy even if it was an yellow. But I did tell him that the red card was by no means a wrong or unfair decision. Certainly, just to keep the game going some officials might’ve given him the benefit of the doubt with a yellow.
chico….you clown …thats it sell him….. buy Marcus Bent….i wouls put a sardonic smiley on here but i dont know how
#
@ Tony At least the Liverpool support have something to remember Roy bye….. His fucking hub caps!
Roys time at Liverpool has turned him into a a True Scouser…….He is fucking unemployed.
Got a swear Box mate?
Cmon united.
What’s wrong with Fletch, he can’t fucking find his passing range? 5 times now he has given the ball away needlessly.
Does anyone else HATE Jim Beglin?
@Trafford Brown
Anyone with a fully functional brain in their head mate.
redscot hodgeson dont give a fuck….Loserpool paid up his contract ….7.5 million…..
he is singing all the way to the bank..lol
here i sit watching the game roast beef a’cooking, me nuts emptied last night (thanks love) sucking on a bottle of Bulmers Original watching us put these cunts to the sword….. bring on Mikey Owen ….just to rub the salt right in…. alls well in the world
Great leap from Chicharito there. Come on get the second goal.
Christ thats scraping the Barrel, Ryan Bubble away to come on, desperate or what.
Dogleash must be loosing faith with Torres, says volumes
Listening to ITV commentary you’d think you are watching Looserpool’s own TV channel!
dogleash…….. hahahahah
Yet again Fletcher wastes a promising situation!
midfield needs sorting out…. Fletch and Carrick are too deep
what i say……..
@ Tony cracking little picture you drew there mate!
Ando on for Flertcher, more penetration I hope.
Anderson on for Fletch. Good call I think, Fletch rather off-colour today.
Anderson for Fletcher.
fucking hell ANDO ….YOU THICK CUNT
What the fuck… both for the sloppiness and for the yellow card
THANK THE PIG ….ando
Great save bye kuszczak, who the fuck has 10 men?
Cmon United
really really poor sloppy play at the back. KILL OFF THIS DAMN GAME FFS.
its ours to lose now…….c’mon SAF bring on Mikey
Come on what the fuck. GET THE BALL FORWARD!
ffs berba…. how close was that
Just wide bye Berbatov.
This is fucking nerve racking.Cmon united please
Dogleash….. classic
My gosh.
5 Saves from Reina!
what the fuck is Paddy Evra doing up there at just 1 nil ffs
Micheal Owen to come on and score the Winner in front of the Scousers, now mind Mickey you kiss the United badge mate, you will forever be a United Hero
Owen For Chicharito.
n’gog on for Ladtboy hahahahahahahahahahah
y is this still 1-0 ffs! weve been playin against 10 men since 30 odd mins in first half and its like is 11 v 11
Owen shows his class.
Cmon United lets close this off. Dont let the fuckers score, the last fucking thing we need is a replay, with the fixtures already goosed.
Cmon United. Its like our midfielders have got fucking Wellies on.
Shelby . baldheaded cunt
THIS IS NOT GUD COM ON LADS.
Berbatov fires over the bar. Jaysus this is too much for ma heart its gonna fucking jump out ma throat
Smalling for Evans.
come on Ryan you is better than that….
If anyone missed this and/or you are recording the game, watch from between 66.43 – 66.54… Clear Munich chanting goes without comment by ITV commentators while cameras are focused right in on scouse tw@ts for 11 seconds. The commentators did go quiet for another 10 seconds twhich make me think they knew wht was said and the mute button was pressed on their mikes! Nothing will be done, nothing was, and will be said. Just one reason why I will always hate these vile “people” and why I hate the ABU fuckwit media.
heartbeat now 200 a minute……..
@Red Monkey they are Vile spot on mate.
redmonkey@ they are all skank bastards
i cant believe how shite we are. Common guys!! Fucking rubbish.
siddown DOGLEASH YOU FUCKING SHIT FOR BRAINS CUNT
HOOO FUCKING RAY
THAT’LL DO
Job DONE and on we go Magic. Well played lads, they had the edge with Dalglish back.
I just think it was a fucking tough match, class won over brawn.
WELL BOYS AND GIRLS…..THATS IT FROM GONNA HAVE ME DIN DINS NOW SEE YOU LOR L8R
I am really disappointed that we did not humiliate them!!!!
Will we ever see Liverpool back at Old Trafford?
That will do, but could have done more. Allowed Liverpool to get out of jail with way too much credit. Can already imagine the ABU headlines, “controversial penalty deny brave 10-man Pool”
GET THE FUCKKK IN
lacked the killer instinct to score against 10 men for an hour
that was dire – a win, but a boring win – shud have really upped the pace and battered them
scholes would have been spraying passes all over the pitch – carrick keeps passing sideways and/or backwards against 10 men at home, grow a pair u fukin twat
Hmmm… so much said before the game and then this. Too much of this performances of late but we can say as usual job done and move on.
Thrashed them.
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Meh, should have hammered them, but a win will do.
Giggs, Rio and Carrick my men of the match.
@Corea
Yes, he is trying to sent it out for a free throw because players are also chasing the ball. If there is no opponent in front of him, I can’t call a tackle like that red card worthy, sorry.
Not our best but got the job done. A victory over Pool in whatever circumstances is fkin awesome.
Never got out of second gear and still got the job done. Story of our season really.
Made it look easy, could have scored more. Should have had another penalty. I thought despite the game being pretty drab to look at it was a very high standard of play, Evans was brilliant, Rafael would be my man of the match, and Little Pea caused a lot of problems for them. Giggs and Evra did great work too. Only minor downer was Fletcher, he had his game face on and did very well most of the time, but he just put a bit too much on about four key passes in a row, kind of annoying. Liverpool didn’t look like much but I think they played very well considering just how much better our players are than theirs, especially when they went down to ten.
Expecting the media to blame the ref, which is asinine of course. Gerrard is a cunt, nobody with eyes could defend him from that card, even Dogleash didn’t seem upset. Penalty, well, seen them given, and we could have had three.
Nani did not have a good game and chances were not put away, but then again, a win is a win. this is the FA cup and we just need to move on….Now FFS, lets have an easy team in the next round!
Oh and a big well done to PIG for that save. Saved Ando’s butt there.
Well done United!
I thought Evans did pretty well today, he did look uncomfortable right before he got subbed when he won the ball. Is he injured?
not a great game, but a wins a win … Nani and Fletch didn’t show up … but hats off to Giggsy … what a player even at 36 ..
@united.george
Did he? Didn’t notice it. Maybe Fergie wanted someone to deal better with high balls? Anyway, Jonny did well on his last chance match. Should have had a penalty too. I hope he plays just as well in his next last chance match.
Oh and can we get some of the injured players back please?
Someone should shoot Stewart Robson for his pro-Liverpool commentary. Unbelievably, at one point, he was reciting the names of the Liverpool team of the early 80s. I understand they were the best team around when he was a player at Arsenal, but this should not interfere with his duties as an unbiased commentator.
Even Martin Tyler, for once, joined in with his hopes for a Daglish-inspired Liverpool “golden comeback”.
Seriously unpleasant, this overt partiality…
Jonny Evans did well today and that will do him the world of good… Pitybwe didn’t score more than one but any day we beat those dipping cunts is a good day boys
Job done.But i am worried what will happen when we face barca.Surely we cant beat them if we play like this.
But i am happy we have done the business.and now the record will say that united beat liverpool.
Costas – it’s two-footed with both feet off the ground. Carrick was caught and it doesn’t matter if you meant it or not. From the side of the law everything is clear.
We’ve won against our biggest rivals but why am I not very happy with it?
First, we won with a goal from penalty kick,
second we played against 10 men but still both teams looks even,
third we played at home so a win is what we expect,
fourth liverpool are in a very poor form and any team could beat them at the moment,
fifth they just change their manager so they have less time to prepare for this match,
sixth we are awful!!!
The only good thing in this match is seeing stevie me being told fuck off by the ref.
I know some fans just don’t care as long as we keep on winning but it saddened me to see our current style of play and the inability to kill off games when playing with weaker opponents even with all decisions go our way like tonight.
I hope certain player can improve and show why they deserve to play for united.
Anyway, tonight is a good win and I wish the lads go all the way to win the cup.
Goodnight.
I would take any kind of win over these arseholes-playing ugly or not..But the ABU cunts are gonna have a field day with this..IMO the penalty should not have been given but we have seen softer penalties being given so it depends on the ref..And stevie me was rightly sent off..You cant make a challenge like that and not expect a red..
As for the performance..nothing great but job done..We tried hard for the 2nd goal but couldn get it..Rio, PIG, Giggsy, Carrick had a solid game..Bigger challenges lie ahead so lets just move on..
4th Round of the Fa cup, 29th January 2011, Southampton v United.
In between Blackpool away and Villa at home.
Good day. all great day in my opinion.
So it’s Southampton away in the next round.
Away to Southampton it is then, not bad.
Very disappointing TBH. Yes the job done and all that, but our team is really in a bad shape. The midfield was pathetic. Not a single one of them came out with any credit. Average and below average displays from all of them. We had the luck on our side with the penalty and the sending off (both deserved but soft) and couldn’t capitalize. Credit to Liverpool, they had a good game.
LOL
@Corea
It was a matter of seconds and Carrick could have made similar contact with Gerrard. It was 50-50 for me and you don’t send off someone for that after 20-25 minutes.
Southampton? Haven’t been to St Marys in 6 years…
@Costas – was Carrick with both feet off the ground ?
@Costas – i think we played them a couple of years back in the FA Cup away
Looking forward to Southampton away, usually a good game at St Marys!
Southampton away, which means 5 (or is 6?) away games in a row now?
3rd round FA Cup 4th of January 0-3
The Saints away … not bad a cup draw for us
@Costas, when a player jumps into a contested tackle, leading with both feet off the ground and studs up, that is the very definition of “reckless and dangerous”. Once he’s in the air it’s impossible to pull out, slow down or change direction, and he has his full body weight and momentum behind him. That makes it dangerous. Players know that when they do this, actual injury is just a matter of luck, so when they do it anyway, that means they don’t care that it’s dangerous and don’t care about the possible consequences. And that makes it reckless too. Meets both the letter and the spirit of the rules about red cards. On my son’s team this year, two of our players got broken legs and both came from tackles just like that. And in both cases, ref didn’t even award a free kick, let alone a card.
@Corea
Yes, they make similar tackles, but Gerrard beats him to it.
Nice win. Embarrassing penalty (If Nani had done it he would have been killed in the press). Gerrards red card is just, what a malicious attack on Carrick.
@Corea
Correct. Forgot about that game.
@Costas – will have a look at it again when the video will be available.
Once again, I thought we pretty ordinary for much of the game. But once again, we did “just enough”. I really expected us to lift the tempo, push forward and dominate, especially after that cunt was sent off, but we seem to have developed a pattern where we often hold back, and pass the ball around (especially at the back), as if our only intent is possession. I’m not sure why, but I have to guess we’re doing it under instructions. (Because we do it so much these days, and I have to assume that if he didn’t like it, SAF would put a stop to it.)
Thought Nani didn’t really get into the match, though whether that was because of him, or because we purposely focused on other avenues, I don’t really know.
Anyway, knocked the dippers out of the cup. It’s impossible to feel down about that.
Alot of my mates are avid Southampton supporters and predictably don’t like united, so we better not fucking lose!
Loved beating Liverpool but a slightly disappointing performance, but did what we had to do. Owen looked hungry when he came on towards the end, which was good to see. Disappointed to hear the scouse cunts singing around the 90th minute, with only a few half arsed attempts at boos in response. THat’s what I got from the TV anyway, correct me if i’m wrong
@Stateside
I am aware of the law mate, but for me not every tackle like that is a red, just like not every handball is a penalty. It depends on the circumstances. I would have agreed with Webb, had Carrick been in possession of the ball and Gerrard was charging towards him.
Anyway, I know I wouldn’t have been happy with it if one of our own got sent off for that. But I won’t dwell on it anymore. I don’t care anyway, It’s the rags that will have a field day with this and truth be told, I wanted to beat the scousers 11 v 11 and not like this.
did you see gerrard kissing the tv in the changing room?
I thought giggs was man of the match. For the first time in a while I was saying flying ryan, again united should have done better but its the 4th round
Videos are up in RoM Videos. Link at top of page.
Very happy with the result
Performance could be better but when Ji Tony V Rooney Vida are not available I thought we did just fine – I agree with StatesideAussie – we are doing just enough and at the end that will do for now because of the overload of matches.
Well done to Jonny Evans – excellent day for the lad – hope he kicks on.
fergie says Vidic and Rooney should be back for the Spurs game next weekend but probably no VDS
Well, it’s a fucking massive improvement to getting knocked out by leeds scum. I know it wasn’t exactly comprehensive but when you think of what it would be like if we lost this game…. i’ll take the 1 nil!
It’s the f.a. cup, throw the rulebook out of the window, form means nothing.
Diving in, both feet off the ground, studs up. A straight red. No idea how anybody can argue different. There are no circumstances where that isn’t a sending off if the ref see it.
The one thing that pleased me about Gerrard’s red was that karma came back to bite him for the two times he didn’t get sent off last season for elbowing his opponents.
@AIG
What’s wrong with Edwin?
I echo that, well done Jonny. Hope that’s the turning point of his season.
Leicester 1- Shitty 0
love it city is down within a minute….
Clap your hands if you love Leicester and hate City…
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
Sven was clapping too!
Citeh already behind with their first team
LOL
And the guy who scored was Bamba – I feel a song coming – for all you remember La Bamba by Los Lobos
Cmon you Foxes. lol Brilliant. Munching on ma Walkers crisps.
Thank you Mr Webb. Soft….maybe. But the defender did miss the ball and come over the strikers leg. At that speed, berba will go down. I have no problem with the call. Gerrard off was actually more surprising. Had he been playing dirty ball earlier maybe. Clearly got the carrik, two feet off the ground, take a powder son. Liverpool weren’t going to score if we had played all day. But then again we weren’t looking that likely either. How many corners did we have? Lord.
Still Sir Ryan, Great penalty.
11th FA cup goal for our number 11 according to one commentator.
Sven after Leicester have scored against shitty
Well…
Happy with the win
Not happy with the performance
It was a red card…studs up…two footed…no frigging argument
Was worried about Evans in the starting line up…he did okay
What is going on with Fletcher? ….to be really honest Fletcher has been dismal recently, he needs a hefty kick up the backside
Lastly when you play at home fielding a strong side and you are playing a mid-table side that only have 10men on the pitch, winning by just 1-0 … it’s like kissing your ugly grandmother
Made hard work of that in the end. My view on the penalty, Berbatov made the most of it, but hey, It’s Liverpoo, fuck em. Liverpool fans will claim, It was harsh, but so what. Vidic got sent 3 times in a row and Owen was dragged down by Carraaa, last season at Anfield. What goes around, comes around scum bags. The thug looked the only player up for this today, which is why he got frustrated, who wouldn’t, with some of the dross he has to play with every week. Agree with fitb, Giggs was the real motm, some great runs down the wing, the old man still got it. It was nice of SAF to bring off Evans, to give Torres a chance of scoring, how poor was he today?
MG – that is a bit of a weak excuse, it was 10 men liverpool and maybe one of the worst liverpool sides since 2004. United should have played a hell of allot better. with nani giggs carrick fletcher berbatov chico that collection of players should have beaten liverpool 3 or 4 – 0
Liverpool fans obsessed with the penalty decision. Well why don’t we ask them what is different about berba’s “making a meal” (not simulation because there was contact) of that and Torres making a meal of it back in September? Both led to a goal.
Listening to ITV then afterwards makes you sick. Remember the goal we conceded at Birmingham??? The Foul, The Handball and the possible Offside too late for United to respond? Well when that happened, it was treated as some kind of reward for Birmingham persistence instead of what it actually was, blatant cheating and a massive cock up by the officials.
Then when Berba goes down easily (Agger’s fault for being so stupid as to push him in the area), suddenly it’s dishonest… suddenly United have won the game.. “controversially”… hey, they had 89 fucking minutes to do ANYTHING about it and did NOTHING. Besides the Kuzchak save from the free kick… what else did he have to do? Compare to Reina who had arguably the best day of any Liverpool player, who at one point had to save about 5 in a row in the space of 10 seconds (where we really shud have bloody scored).
And then Kenny comes out and all he can say is “that wasn’t a penalty” and then cast doubt on the red card? IS HE SERIOUS? So he wants to complain about unfair play from an opposition player and then dismiss a dangerous assault from his own captain. Only the Scouse I swear.
A Liverpool fan, who is a mate of mine, really gave away their mentality in an sms to me when he went through all the fuck ups from Rafa and Hodgeson… he literally didn’t mention Hodgeson’s name. Instead he said “Fergie’s buddy”… Fergies buddy? So what’s he saying that Hodgeson was a failure because he is Fergie’s buddy? Conspiracy theories again from pool fans??? Hey Houllier and Fergie are friends… I guess he must have been in on it too HAHAHAHA.
I cant believe the number of people who say Berba dived..
Watch the replay over again and you see Agger puts him out of balance when he goes in for the tackle.. there is certainly contact!!
maybe not 4 0. But atleast beat liverpool atleast a comfi 2 0
@Costas – Watch the video in RoM Video section.
1. There is no way Carrick has 2 feet off the ground.
2. Carrick wins the ball first.
You are right. It could have been yellow but if the ref sees it from the side of the law it’s 100% legitimate sending off and it’s nothing to do with your and tbh mine wish to beat the 11 vs. 11. And you right once again about him getting hat he deserved after his unpunished elbows.
Chelsea finally got a tough game in the cup, away to Everton. The Saints away for us, should be a cracking atmosphere down there. Arsesnoods, if they beat Leeds scum, will be at home to Huddersfield.
Costas
down with flu
Corea – the gerrard challenge was a bad one maybe a ankle breaker. From the face angle it looks even worse. My reaction when I saw the replay at first, when I saw both his feet I said FUCKING HELL. the berbatov pen a little feble but it can easily be given. The real bitch is? everyone will now say if liverpool had 11 on the field they could have forced a replay has it took a weak pen to beat liverpool, it is a shame we never did humiliate such a terrible liverpool team.
FITB
It’s not an excuse at all – to the contrary it seems lessons have been learned from last year when most of the team were missing – namely first and second choice defence
It seems that at the moment it’s okay for United to get results whilst not playing at full throttle because you don’t have to pay full throttle when winning.
Of course you can be taught a lesson and I am not sitting back and acting as if everything is okay just playing the way we are – more importantly United will slowly kick on with a plan and hopefully by the time we get to Anfield in the league for what will be a more important game – then we should be on fire.
willierednut – any game is a tough one for chelsea these days lol, even FC united could beat chelsea at this point LOL
What goes around comes around is right Willie…
Dogleash the cunt after the match contested both decisions, both were wrong in that deluded cunts mind…
Did anyone see the close ups of the scouse fans clearly chanting Munich Munich Munich? Makes their complAints re hillsborough ring a bit hollow does it not??
@Costas, yeah, I’m not going to start WW# over it either. Just exchanging views. I thought the penalty was soft, but the question I always ask myself is, “if it had happened outside the box, would a foul have been awarded?”. In this case, it was a touch and go: some refs would give a foul, some wouldn’t, not really clear either way. Anyway, Evans had a much clearer case for a penalty late in the game. And as someone else, fuck ‘em, it’s Liverpool! If us winning some contentious decisions upsets them all the more, then hahahaha!
@AIG
Still? How long does it take to get over a flu ffs? Can’t remember the last time one of our players didn’t have the flu.
@Corea
I’ve watched the video on youtube. Yeah Carrick doesn’t dive in like Gerrard, but it’s a situation where Carrick could have hurt Gerrard too, had he been a step quicker. That’s way I said it was 50-50 and why I wouldn’t hand out a red that easily. Webb obviously has other ideas. I wish he had done the same in the World Cup final.
Typical FA Cup game. We won. Berbatov didn’t dive. The red card and the penalty were caused by the bad judgement of the players, not the ref.
Low percentage tackles. Poor preparation by Liverpool was unlikely to be overcome by the Dalglish factor alone.
Another step forward for United, I’m glad Gerrard’s neck got in the way.
Listen to all of you this is why you should be happy we won and move on:
“Kenny Dalglish, who only met his Liverpool squad at 1030 GMT this morning, on his return as Reds boss: “I was on a cruise ship heading for Bahrain and sat at the bar when I got a call from John W Henry saying he would like me to look after the team until the end of the season. I’m grateful to the people on the boat for letting me get off so I could get a plane back last night. Sir Alex Ferguson said ‘welcome back’ – and it is brilliant to be back in the job. It doesn’t seem that long ago I was last in the dug-out and the reception I got off the fans was unbelievable – it crossed my mind to do a Jose Mourinho and sprint down the touchline to thank them but I never quite made it.”
From the BBC
@Stateside
Haha, believe me I didn’t care that LIverpool were on the receiving end either. You just hope that decisions like that, with the shit storm they create, won’t affect future decisions in our games.
I said it about Evans too. That was a definite penalty.
@StatesideAussie – Berba said it was a pen and we should believe him. To be fair to him he really isn’t going down easily these days. To give the pen or not to give it’s something ref decides in split seconds. It was a contact and the player was unbalanced and fell to the ground. Dunno how ref can see whether the challenge was a sufficient one for the player to go to the ground but it is a completely different issue.
MG – I hope so but with united’s away schedule coming up in the prem they got to really pick it up, but when I see that 11 liverpool did field today, and you look at united’s it is built to pin liverpool back and hit them with all we got, it was like 2002/03 today OT we have the weaponswork hard and park the bus. Especially with 10 men. I am landed united won but sometimes I think there is something missing from united that will nail sides shut. We just do not seem to build on our first goal and really kill off teams. But when you see how torres is playing, and gerrard who is becoming a spent force and their static backline – I really thought it was a huge chance to pick them off 2 or 3 – 0
I will say that line again – it was like 2002/03 today OT we have the weapons liverpool work hard and park the bus.
Keanesmagichat – Not surprised by that lot, there scum bags.
@Costas
could be the same virus that affected some players in November. Pat was struggling a bit too today but he battled on
@Costas
“Carrick could have hurt Gerrard too”
yeah ifs and buts. when a player goes for a challenge they can sometimes be mistimed. If they are not they are not considered fouls if they are not two-footed. Carrick went for the ball accroding to the law and was CLEARLY the first man on the ball. Non-issue for me.
Who was that Shelby guy by the way?
who was that united fan in the east stand, it was quiet a header he done today
I was reading the cafe. And what was it with ITV this united fan on redcafe sumed their presentation of the united game today. – Well done ITV.Have to watch the highlights to hear SAF after match interview.Then again it’s all been about King Kenny and the dippers
Kojack was a constant threat, but why the lolly pop in the mouth?
FITB
I can’t disagree with that – and I guess the gaffer does have a plan – we’ve got this far – we have to trust him that this United side will do the talking when it matters.
I loved Berbatovs reaction, was it penalty, he was asked. He then scratched his head, and said yes. Not to convincing lol.
My brother said to me that he’s never listened to so much fucking one sided commentary from the iTV concerning United
This is good news by the way – we are doing good things and long may it continue.
The hatred has gone up a tempo – fasten your seat belts Ladies and Gentlemen we are about to go on one of our rides again…
@Corea, did berba say that about the penalty? I didn’t see his comments. I’m in a hotel and had to watch the match via an internet link to my home TV, and didn’t have the best picture, so hard for me to tell, but Agger stuck a leg out didn’t he, and it certainly looked like he had no chance of getting the ball, so his intent had to be suspect. Of course, all the dickhead commentators can say is berba dived, but fuck them.
MG – united themselves are the biggest danger. I do think if united can pick up 8 pts out of chelsea arsenal spurs and the scouser away that maybe enough to win the league, pending of united keep doing the buisness at OT
what’s this I read about us making a bid for the young german goalie Adler? I read we will bid $15m, which is a lot for a GK. Is he any good? I don’t know anything about him, not a name that you usually see on the rumor mill.
I got to say how can that co commentator on ITV say it was a yellow at best for gerrard. I forgot stevie me is loved by the press, still I laugh when they say gerrard is one of the best midfielders in the world. What has he done for 2 years
@ StatesideAussie – these pens aren’t usually given to say the truth but fortunately Webb saw it.
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/468286161?-19390
MG, when the hatred starts to crank up to fanatical fever-pitch, you know you must be doing something right!
Well done Becks, old Posh is up the duff again. @MG Jim Beglin was the co commentator, he’s an ex dipper, so I don’t expect anything else.
StatesideAussie – Imo Rene Adler is a topclass goalkeeper if he wouldn’t be that injury-prone atm.
You aren’t Germany’s No. 1 by doing a solid job.
Neuer or Adler is the best we can get for the future.
Both of them proved what they are capable of. Adler played in the European Cup and Neuer the World Cup due to an injury of Adler.
willierednut – he is like the english marcotti LOL. Is it me or the way daglish looked all game he seems shocked on how bad liverpool are, where have you been kenny
ah I’m sry.
Adler was in the squad, but didn’t play in Euro 2008.
But played a tremendous WC quali.
FITB – I agree
StatesideAussie
True mate – as they say let them keep on firing – as long as we keep on going – the end will justify everything.
willierednut
Ah yes poor scouse commentators – can’t live within themselves can they? Of course they are stuck in a time warp where they believe they still are it.
The truth is they cannot stomach that for nearly twenty years United have consistently stayed at the top which I believe out does anything they achieved.
MG – liverpool are like a girl who has maxed out her credit card totaly a spent force. But liverpool are defiantly a rock star who just cant party anymore
This just got removed from 606:
To Liverpool fans:
The Munich chants your fans were doing in Old Trafford was not only a disgrace to their families, it was a disgrace to your club and English football.
Many people died on that day, not just the ‘Flowers of Manchester’ Manchester United players, and I feel that what those people did was just the lowest of the low. I hope you agree with me that this is just wrong. It does not matter which club you or I support, there are more important things than football. Disgraceful, disgusting, distasteful.
Regarding the match:
Penalty – Although might have been perceived as harsh, I thought it was … contact at high speed will result in a loss of balance, although the touch did seem a little light.
Red card – Undeniable. Shame for the match as a spectacle I feel… we coasted afterwards.
Commentators – hilariously pro-Liverpool
Result – fair, although a bit disappointed we didn’t score more
WHAT THE FUCK WAS WRONG WITH THAT POST?? Anything not pro-Liverpool gets pulled
Dalglish’s face when Mereiles took a wild shot was priceless. Wasn’t 5 minutes and he was off.
the commentator is soooooo pro liverpool wtf?
@Zelh, thanks for the info. Takes a lot of effort for me to follow even our own team from over here, and I’m not always able to keep in touch with everything that’s happening in Europe too. You say he’s injury prone … I see he was injured for the world cup, but does he have a history of being our injured?
On the sending off, Dalgish’s reaction told you everything you needed to know. He looked at the monitor and then walked away. @MG Stuck in a time warp is bang on lol. Can’t see Dalglish staying there for too long in all honesty. He’s a relic, like old Keegan.
Question lads..
Will the southern media comment on the Munich chants like they pick up on the wenger chants?
I am guessing no..
Doghouse @ 15:33: “Only minor downer was Fletcher, he had his game face on and did very well most of the time, but he just put a bit too much on about four key passes in a row”
Excuse me BUT it was Darren Fletcherino’s pass to DimitarBerbatov which led to the penalty – a really beautifully-flighted ball. He did do very well most of the time. Just remember, he’s Darren Fletcherinho NOT Garrincha.
The United Way
BBC is run by idiots
On the live commentary blog they have just had this
Breaking News: David and Victoria are expecting their fourth child in the summer
I mean congratulations and all to the Beckhams but what the fuck has that got to do with sunday football – and that is unfortunately what the media has now become obsessed with celebrity and football is suffering because of it
Too much PR too much ass licking not enough honesty or direct talking
StatesideAussie – Not really. It’s just this season so far. Had a broken rib before WC and is fighting again and again with niggling injuries since then. Afaik he had a problem with his patellar tendon and is back in training with the team.
As was expected, the major talking points of the weekend would be around the Manchester United v Liverpool game. Spice was added to the occasion with the appointment of Kenny Dogleash to replace sacked Woy Hodgson.
The appointment of England’s top referee Howard Nobhead to the game confirmed the game as the tie of the round. No one could have imagined the game would start in such a manner with a penalty appeal within 32 secondsThe normal phrases were bandied about by commentators and pundits alike and the consensus of public opinion will, as usual, be dictated by which team you support.
Within minutes of the decision I was receiving emails from the usual Howard Nobhead hating cowardly toss pot that regularly anonymously makes comments about him. In answer to his pathetic suggestion that perhaps I had an orgasm when Webb received his award in the New Year’s Honours List, I can confirm that I did not but juices did flow as I wept a tear of pride for a man who deservedly received recognition for his outstanding service to football and refereeing.
None of that makes him perfect or incapable of human error. The knives would no doubt be out without juvenile accusations that he is a Manchester United fan. As I have advised before his team is Rotherham and he is not allowed to referee them.
Was it a penalty? In my opinion it was. A massive call for the officials but they got it right. Why on earth does Agger make a challenge in that position, when all he has to do is stay on his feet and block the cross? He makes contact with Berbatov****** and that is enough.
The pundits describe it as minimal, but he does not have to murder him. It was a totally unnecessary challenge and a foul. Whether or not Berbatov***** makes a meal of it is immaterial. It was a foul.
The pundits suggested that the assistant did not give it. Are they privy to what is said over the referee’s communication system?
Having made that major decision so early, Webb faced a second big call when Gerrard(Twat) dived in. Again he got this one correct as well. As Alladyce and Southgate this time correctly stated, it was a reckless challenge with excessive force. Once a player leaves the ground he has lost control of his body and only gravity or contact with an opponent or the ball will halt his momentum.
Gerrard(twat) went in two footed and caught his opponent. Webb took his time and got this one right as well.
From Jeff Winter as we know an Ex referee.
It was a solid United performance.
We march on together and fight another day.
God Bless. Laters.
in all honesty we played poorly, again..PIG and the whole back four were excellent today with Rafael again showing his bombing run down the flank but the rest is just simply put average..mediocre at best…
how much longer will utd play this way? people will say we got the result and thats all matters but once we lose which im hoping we will not, the same bunch of people will be screaming out loud. seriously i think its a symptom that need to be dealt with asap before it spread to become cancer
Remember this ?
January 9, 2011 at 12:20
denton davey says:
Scott: “Ryan Giggs might still be classed as ‘winger’ in some circles, but he doesn’t have the pace and he was shocking against Stoke.”
Usually, I’m in agreement with most of what you write but I think that you’ve gone overboard in calling Ryan Giggs’ display against Stoke “shocking”. His final ball WAS shocking but, otherwise, he was just fine. Of course, Giggs is not as pacey as he was ten years ago – although it would be interesting to see his times for a twenty=yard dash in comparison with that of others since speed is the last thing a premier athlete loses. What impresses me about the “New/OldGiggs” is his ability to see the pitch in slow motion and “usually” make excellent decisions while playing at full speed. Ryan Giggs was never a terrific crosser of the ball, his outstanding talent was his ability to keep control of the ball at speed and, thereby, “twist the blood” of defenders. From what I’ve seen this year, he can still do this but at a slower pace. Underestimate the man at your peril.
LIKE I WAS SAYING…..
Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention:
Giggs 11 and counting – Gerrard ZERO
Big players, usually turn up for the big games. Giggs, Giggs will tear them apart again!
unbelievable what difference the sub of Ando makes for our offense.
Sir Alex after the game.
http://www.simplyreds.com/manchester-united-videos/viewvideo/474/manchester-united-vs-liverpool/manchester-united-1-0-liverpool-fa-cup-sir-alex-ferguson.html
2-2!!!
FUCK YEAH!
Leicester destroying Citeh!
Costas now that the right result is out of the way I have something for you regarding our special list
Jessica Lowndes
Joe Hart looked like a complete plonker when that ball came in. Like Frankenstein trying to eat an icecream.
@MG – I’ve the trend today on twitter is Nina Dobrev who is she ?
Beckham will become a dad again? We usually win the league everytime Victoria is expecting.
@MG
There the boy.
Check out Krista Allen…
Nina Dobrev is an actress – her last film I believe was the Vampire Diaries or was it Chloe…
Oh my Costas!
One more for you – Kitty Lea
@MG
*Bows*
Is that true – all the best to the Beckhams then – let’s hope it works out for everyone this year
Ha ha ha Costas
Knew you’d be happy lol
@MG
What’s not to be happy about? Some hot babes on top of ending Liverpool’s season.
@MG and Costas
Oh darn, we aren’t discussing women all over again, are we? If we are, I just have two words for you- Sasha Grey
Sasha Grey
Good contribution dela!
Mirrah Foulkes
A win that got us into the next round with no injuries and plenty to be pleased about the all round generally consistent performance from the whole team, that goes fine by me.
Sure, a 7-0 would be nice, but 1-0 is just as painful. They’d be wondering the “what ifs” and “maybes” had their can-do-no-wrong captain got the benefit of the doubt and got a “deserving” yellow instead of an “undeserving” red. Piss off I say to those who think that. Thankfully Carrick wasn’t any quicker else he might be out for a while – not something I would like to be honest. How’d you like our Darth Scoles jumping in like that on your Hamburger Gerrard (he does look fat, doesn’t he?)?
Daniel Agger the most promising centre-back pushing for a first team place? Sure did his shouts a favour by doing a stupid thing like that – an outstretched arm on Berb’s back. That’s a lesson for you from a player at a different plane from your club.
They ain’t got nothing on Pammy, in her hay day.
@MG and Costa:
Bridget Regan
Tabrett Bethell
Blimey YorYor
Spot on on both – stunning!
Costas this list is getting bigger – all the better for it me thinks
Some great additions guys. I agree with willie too. Pam Anderson on her day was the hottest babe out there.
Another one that might interest you is Torrie Wilson.
I really prefer Stacey Keibler…
YorYor @ 19:00: “Sure, a 7-0 would be nice, but 1-0 is just as painful. They’d be wondering the “what ifs” and “maybes” had their can-do-no-wrong captain got the benefit of the doubt and got a “deserving” yellow instead of an “undeserving” red. ”
Exactly my sentiments – UTD won and UTD move on. LiverPoo lost and LiverPoo don’t win any silverware this year.