United’s surprise defeat at Turf Moor back in August was the first signal that Burnley meant business in the Premier League but with Owen Coyle gone fresh questions are being asked about the Claret and Blues’ survival.
Former Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws was the surprise choice to replace Bolton-bound Coyle and a trip to Old Trafford is hardly an ideal opening fixture.
The champions’ home is still a fortress with a lone defeat and draw against eight wins from ten league games. Under Coyle, there were stark differences between Burnley’s home and away form – 19 points at Turf Moor, one on the road – and the question for bettors is whether that will continue in the Laws era.
For those considering a bet, the odds point to an overwhelming home victory to cheer the Old Trafford faithful so how should we approach this game?
With United’s dominance reflected in the match odds, the value will lie with taking an extreme position – for instance, backing a slimmer than expected victory or going hell for leather on the number of goals scored.
The quote of 2.28 (5-4) that there will be over 3.5 goals in the game suggests an avalanche is on the cards. But remember, as long as the game kicks off with a few goalless minutes those odds will only get bigger. Since a 5-3 defeat at West Ham, all five of Burnley’s games have finished under 2.5 goals. A small lay of over 3.5 is recommended.
With United’s walking wounded making their way back to a stricken home defence, it’s doubtful whether Burnley will manage to score any goals of their own. A clean sheet for the Reds is skinny at 1.8 (4-5) but it should be backed.
Elsewhere in the league, Liverpool have suffered another week from hell and it may get worse yet. Fernando Torres left the field midway through the first half of Wednesday night’s FA Cup shocker against Reading and he’s joined on the sidelines by Steven Gerrard and Yossi Benayoun. This weekend’s opponents, Stoke, have come in from 7.4 (13-2) to just 4.2 (16-5) to win and they are still worth backing at that price. United may have suffered a few trying results this season but these truly are desperate times for Liverpool.
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Clean sheet? I would really like one. But more than that, I would like the team to score a few goals and boost the goal difference. Lets get our first win of the new decade!
Cleam sheet?sorry dont think so. A win is good enough.whether its 2-1 or 4-3 dosent make much difference to me.no point hammering a rubbish team and then struggling against decent teams.
Aig alex is god – 4-3 ? no way i need this nightmare
i think it will 2-0 or better. there is a strong possibility of us stop playing real football after 2 goals scored. Seen it a lot of times in the last few years.
It should be a clean sheet, anyways i’ll be happy with a comfortable victory and a confident performance from our players, which has been rare this season.
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Message for all those going to Old Trafford for the game… Make some noise.
This is the time to show the players that they are playing for the biggest club in the world.
I do not care about clean sheets, as long as we score at least one more than them.
Please win! No more spineless performance please!
Come on!
This is Man Utd at Home against Burnley!
3-0 at least to become worthy champions for the 19th time in may.
No more 2-1, 3-2, 4-3 please…
let`s go with a 4-4-2 , some beautiful football and some beautiful goals to watch
Its starts now or never!!!
Come on Man Utd!
any update on the team sheet?
http://tinyurl.com/y9fzucy
Hopefully Brucey will do us a favor too.
Anybody seen Gerrard type dive from Lucas ?
Commies from ESPN think this was a penalty.
anyone know the lineup for todays match ??
The lineup will be available any minute.
Hey, my Greek compatriot scored for the dippers! Pity he didn’t score an own goal though.
Sorensen is an idiot who chooses to punch when he could have caught the ball gifting the dippers a goal.
VDS-Neville,Brown,Evans,Evra-Valencia,Carrick,Scholes,Nani(!)-Rooney,Berba
If I write this about what I just seen it’ll look like it’s just cause Liverpool scored but it’s not it couldbe the other way around. Liverpool scored from a free kick which was in no way a free kick and the red didn’t think it was either cause it wasn’t but because the lines man said it was to the ref then it was given.Will anyone write a media piece in the Sunday papers about how the ref who’s in charge didn’t even trust his own right judgment and was told to give the wrong decision or if it stays at 1 nil will they just write saying Liverpool back on track. Someething needs to be done about refs in football.
Bench: Kus, Rafael, Fabio, Anderson, Park, Owen, Diouf
@ Costas
Neville is playing?
Good to see Nani and VDS back in the team. Not surprised that Vidic sits this out. Maybe he will make it in time for City.
With Nani back in the team, maybe Fergie will think about swapping him and Valencia around during the game. Like he did with Valencia and Giggs at Brum.
thanks !
really hope Nani does well tonight … he deserves a run of games
@arijc
So it seems. I got the team from the Skyports live score center.
@ERiC Is King
I hope he does well too. He might be a bit rusty at first. He hasn’t played for a month.
Only selection that i disagree with is that of gary neville – given rafael a steady run on games – he is our 1st choice right back next season without doubt.
Nani? Hmm, interesting to see if he takes the criticism onboard and really puts a performance in. Disappointed that it’s Red Nev and not Rafael at right back.
@Mahesh
Maybe Fergie will play Rafael at the Wastelands? I wouldn’t be surprised if he fielded a strong team for that one. I am actually glad Nev is playing today because I am curious to see how he handles it. If he can’t cut it in a game like this, then things won’t look too good for him.
@Costas- Thanks for the team news. Looking forward to Nani playing.
A win will do me a lot of good today.will motivate me for tommorrow.21 km to run tommorrow at the mumbai marathon
thanks for the team costas.
This is probably the last chance for Nani. I hope he takes it!
@AIG
Good luck for tomorrow pal!
You are welcome guys.
@AIG
21km mate? How fit are you? I can barely handle 1km!
Common Nani!!!!
@Costas
I can barely manage 1metre lol!
Thats the team? – Nani? Fantastic, I want the guy to do well so badly…
anyone know the bench?
hahaha good job Huth….same old Liverpool. Hopefully we will have better result
Nani? Fantastic? Never thought I’d hear those two words in the same sentance other than ‘fantastic news, Nani has left United’ – I do not share your delight in hearing he’s starting but I hope to be proved wrong!
@ Tony Starks.
I really want Nani to have a good game too. I would much rather have him start then Obertan who is not ready yet and Park who really is not the type of Winger that we could depend on to provide a decent cross or moments of magic.
Subs: Kuszczak, Owen, Anderson, Park, Fabio Da Silva, Rafael Da Silva, Diouf.
robert huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuth
90th minute
@Tony Starks
Subs: Kuszczak Fabio Rafael, Anderson, Park, Diouf, Owen.
Huth!
bchilds and costas
Thanks lads
Well i have been participating for the last 2 years. this is my 3rd time. i completed in 2hrs 30 mns last year,15 minute improvement on my 1st year. i am not that fit but have built my stamina gradually. when i started 4 years back i could barely run 2 kms on a stretch but one of my friend helped me to build my stamina. Now i can run 12-14 without stopping.
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@ Gotta hate tiny tears.
HAHAHAHA. Liverpool are in deep shit now. Though i hope Rafa doesnt get the sack. With him as their manager i really cant see them winning the premier league. Which is a really good thing for us united fans.
Why players like Kuszy and rafael are not given a run of games in the league??
They have both been fantastic.They represent the present AND especially the future.
Make or break for Nani tonight..Grab your chance boy!
We should still win comfortably…
@AIG
I hope you do even better tomorrow. You are doing the right thing by participating in these. It’s very good for your health.
As far as motivation goes, well, if Huth can score goals and if Nani can still start a United game, then you have a great chance!
hahahaha Kuyt hit cross bar…this year they really gonna win league…hahaaha
@AIG
Don’t knock your fitness pal, 2hr30min is a great time. Let us know tomorrow how you get on, hopefully it’ll be another PB for you!
Remember guys. KRAP.
Keep Rafa At Pool.
I agree Costas. Keep that Twat in Liverpool and they wont win fuck all.
Sketch
The premier league?????
They cant win a game. 4th place isnt gonna happen spurs will do them on wednesday and that really is that for them. I can see rafa getting the sack liverpool legend kenny taking over till the end of the season as a convidence boost to the team as rafa cant get the fight out of them and then they’ll get a new manager during the summer. In case this pratice sounds familiar its because newcastle did the same thing before they went down
Well done Stoke. The dippers are going downhill every passing day. I just wish we Utd fans can laugh at them, but we have problems of our own i.e the debt, our poor form, injuries. All I want today is a good performance and a convincing win. And Nani better perform well today. He is our only current hope for the left wing.
Anyway, the least the dippers can do to improve their state is to K.R.A.P.
Costas & bchilds
yup. Nani still there definitely is motivating me and did he does well today i will feel even more motivated.ill tell you tomorrow how i did. Its just the atmosphere and the crowd that drives you on. A really unforgettable experience.
Costas, i heard a story about Phidippedes of Greece and how he ran a lot of distance in very little time. is that story true?
Me too GHTT, I can see Kenny Dalglish taking over until the end of the season then them getting Mourinho in.
I do TNSSO would love to take over at United but Sir Alex ain’t going anywhere.
come on nani!!
Cant wait for this one, finally have myself back between the sticks, the boys seem motivated… Lets have three points please!!!
COME ON UNITED!!!
(oh yeah…. KRAP forever!!)
Signing out of ROM, I know the lynch mob will be in here wanting to hang Nani for every touch that doesn’t end up being an assist/goal.
Good line up, lets twat the motherfuckers!
@AIG
I think it is, although I always wonder what parts of our Ancient Greek history are real or legend. Here’s the wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phidippides
Talk about inspirations.
Thanks Costas
Hope United do well today. last year a day before the marathon we beat bolton to go top of the league with a last minute berba goal. Hope we win comfortably today and hopefully go top.
Come on United!! If we can’t beat these hapless fuckers at home (they’re so shit away like Scott said) we don’t deserve anything. Expecting a win today.
I’m also happy to see Nani back in the game – he has the ability to inspire and confound BUT, for me, those moments-of-magic are worth the frustration. Same goes for Wayne Rooney, who gets something of a free ride from most of you guys – 15 goals but how many missed passes ?
The point being that attackers fail more often than they succeed. IF Nani can get his game in gear then the “old question” comes to the fore: who will help Wayne Rooney play consistently at his best ?
we must win today!
good chance for Nani, although I dont have faith in him
Great ball from Nani. More of that please.
See GNev is playing……..great….he is playing really well this season eh lads LOL!!.
Off topic….Just been told by a mate that a story is going round that Krasic wants to join only Utd or Arseholes and has turned Shitty down coz they arent good enough!! Even tho we arent signing anyone at the min its great to see players turning Shitty down, its almost as good as signing them lol!!
Oh my god. That is comical defending. What the fuck!
fuk we were lucky then – were where all the defenders
phew!
anyone have a link for the match??
pass to a red ffs!
plenty of links here
myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=61600&part=sports
sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/81774
On Sopcast… With English comentary.. Steam is good No stops so far!
Isnt it lovely to see VDS back in goal!!
Damn…Alan Wiley is the forth referee….Anyway Nani is having a decent game so far.
ah deary me Nani….
Shit Anelka scored….Come on UNITED!!!
Its good to be back Trevor!! :p
LOL ! nani – swing n miss
Nani with a fresh air shot, Valencia looks a threat again.
Wow, Berbatov attempting a shot. Don’t see that every day.
I only get links to the Tottenham game for some reason, any solutions?
2-0 Chelski, fucking hell.
Berbatov is injured and I think Owen is coming in
lol @ Edwin!… Stop fucking about on your Iphone and concentrate ont he match!! You might be needed at some point!
Id love owen to come on.. Although fergie says owen and rooney cant play id really love to see them together.
I love owen as all he is looking to do is get on the last man and run into space… Makes more attempts than berbatov to get into goal scoring positions which is what i want!
Good shot Nani, but I am not convinced at all with our defensive play.
Sigh, Brucey is getting rinsed by the rentboys!
What the fuck is wrong with our defence today??????????
Am i the only one who gets irritated by rooneys passing??
Some matches it drives me crazy, he can hit a 20 yard chipped pass accuratly but the next 10 simple passes are either over hit, off target or completly miss hit!
when i said 10 i mean 2-3 hahahaha…… he aint that bad!
@Fze123
Doesnt look too bloody bad!
Fze123
Lack of confidence, familiarity and just poor play.
3-0 Chelski now, ffs. We should be doing that kind of thing to teams at home, 3 goals in 22mins.
Our defense positioning is really godawful today!
@Trevor
Lol. Will do Sir!!
Finally seem to be getting a hold on this match…. Need a goal…
poor performance against the worst away team in the league
nani neville off
rafeal and owen on
@ trevor
To me it looks like our defenders still think they’re in Qatar. They need to wake up!
rentboys 3-0 up
burnley are giving us a run for our money here, I think ando would have been a good option in the middle as he has the pace and strength to track their rubnners from midfield.
Nani frustrating as ever so far! And Red Nev is, well he’s nev but not a patch on the player he was ever 2/3 years ago
Rooney has been a total mess at least for the last 10-15games!
Top class sweeping from Edwin. How many other keepers could have kept his cool under pressure and played such a sweet ball to Evra in that situation?
Wtf Sayyid? Nani is not doing bad at all and you want him off? Get a grip!
Damn, I thought Brucey would have had a go at them. Oh well…
@Sayyid
Wind your neck in calling for subs with 25 fucking minutes gone!
Is it me or Nani is actually playing better offensively and defensively, even his decision making is quite good.
anything less than 4-0 is a disgrace against Burnley
we need a goal behind half time
and bring Owen on…what is a goalscorer doing on the bench when we cannot score simple chances
@Fze123
Havent done too bad for me if i am honest!..Take into concideration they havent played much together, Some getting match fit!
What more can we ask for than what they are doing!
@trevor
Nani needss 5 chances just to put in one decent cross
he is too inefficient
@Sayyid
4-0 … Who cares what the score is, Anything less than 3 points will be a discrace!
Quick question.,.. are you fergie in discuse??..
pleb
Did Berbatov just miss the ball there or did the defender get a touch on it?
@Sayyid
Your judgeing him on the past not this particular match…
What fucks me off is that during matches the usual suspects get targeted, irrespective of how they are actualy playing!
Damn Scholes, DO NOT TACKLE!!! YOU CAN’T TACKLE!!!
4-0 rentboys.
trevor
Agreed. I just want the three points today. goal difference can get fucked.
4-0 to the rentboys now. God, how many fucking chances do we need before we bury them?
rooney wat the fuck
The score-line doesnt matter Sayyid. It’s the performance and most of the all the result.
If we play fantastically and win 1-0, sure I’ll be disappointed not to score more, but satisfied with 3 points…
Valencia is playing really well today.
omg.. a good nani cross… well done lad!.. if memory strikes me correctly thats 2 good crosses in a row!
valencia has been class so far – imagine if he had a decent left peg on him
he’d been awsome
Nani and Valencia have provide good supply, but why our strikers are not taking the chances well.
im getting frustrated by our continual missing of goal..rent boiz r 4 nil up
Great ball and run. Shame.
come on lads! is scholes hurt?
That was odd. How often do you see United pegged back like that by the likes of Burnley?
I don’t say this very often but well done to the home support getting behind the team.
Keep it up!
Burnley look difficult to break down, for me its teh final pass thats letting us down and us finding space in the last third.
I think we will get our break!..> No team can defend like this for the whole 90 minutes.
With regards to chelsea 4-0 up who fucking cares???… Its what we do today that matters!
Keep the chances coming lads!!!…. Good delivery by valencia… He certainly is getting more consistant!
any good working links?
Was Berbatov moaning at Scholes there? If he was, that’s not something I like to see.
anywhere to watch this? can’t find a decent stream anywhere.
@bchilds
Exactly. After all, it IS Ferguson’s Red and White Army.
when rooney has the ball he looks straight for valencia
@Colbert
I didn’t see that incident but it wouldn’t surprise me he’s usually very critical of his team mates gestering a lot.
well done johnny evans!.. Nice defending big lad!
Valencia is doing well down the right, but at the moment he is our only outlet, we need more variety in our play
There’s that many of you watching it? Anyone care to take the 1.3 seconds to copy and paste a link please?
nani! finally great build up, so close!
plenty of links here guys
myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=61600&part=sports
Oh fuck me!!!
Nani!! unlucky!
Good counter-attack there, nearly Nani!
Great acrobatic afford from Nani!!!
@Colbert & bchilds.
I love the fact that Berbatov is starting to moan at the other players, I think one of his problems in the past was that he felt like a small fish in comparison to the other bigger players.. He has to realise he is a big fish also!
Just needs to start producing!.
Oh… Well played to nany .. overhead kick which needed a save!
Great acrobatic effort from Nani!!!
for me there doesnt look like anyone is playing badly at the moment… Everyone looks to be playing alright… just need a bit of luck infront of goal.
Im happy with the directness and speed of our passing, our chances will come!
Good man DV-ant. Cheers buddy.
HT
Owned the game eventually, just need a goal….
@mickjk
If you read up the post you would have found a link in the same time it too you to estimate 1.3 seconds and type the request!
hahaha
burnley givin us a game – not here to park the bus like teams used to
teams know how to play us now- hav we lost ur fear factor??
I have been struggling with the fucking links for most of the half. Burnley look galvanised under Laws and they won’t be easy to break down.
@ Dv-ant.. Exactly although we are well used to teams coming to old trafford and parking their bus infront of goal!
This often always fails in the last 30 minutes when everyone gets tired and substitutions are made!
Seems to me it would be the perfect occasion to use Owen. Valencia is putting so many balls across the box today…
Hope both wingers will see the end of 90 minutes, maybe we need Owen, its a shame we have 2 good wingers today but both strikers are playing deep. Also hope Anderson will come in to add more mobility to our midfield play.
whilst we hardly can get a fucking shot on target, Chelsea are beating the shit out of the team that beat us.
Nuff said
Yet another lethargic performance by us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Come on lads we deserve better than this.
Unfortunate we haven’t scored, though to be fair, we are also fortunate that Burnely did not go up 1-0 early on.
Nani, aside from the swing and miss, has played very well. Made good crosses and had some great efforts on goal. Definitely an attacking threat we have missed with Park on that side.
Valencia has looked good for most of the match though he’s also had the most chances as every ball upfield seems to go to him. Some of his crosses/passes should have been dealt with better by Rooney and Berba. Scholes having an OK game – thinking Anderson should come on for him – but Carrick’s been largely missing.
Berba started off strong and that knock seems to have slowed him a bit. Want to see him taking as many shots as possible. Rooney is Rooney, always involved and aside from the poor pass to Berba early on, has looked calmer and has his touch.
Our central defending is a worry again. VDS looks his usual commanding self, though, so hopefully things will settle down at the back. Evra as always is immense.
Sunderland didn’t beat us.
@keano
The timing of these fixtures is everything. Had Chelsea played Sunderland when we did, they wouldn’t have had such an easy game. Sunderland haven’t won their last 6 games. Burnley away from home under a new manager are also a different prospect compared to Burnley away under Coyle. Also, we stuffed Wigan twice and they beat Chelsea 3-1.
Not defending our performance today of course. We should be doing better.
keano
Sunderland didn’t beat us.
@Costas
Exactly, we ran into Sunderland during their purple run, Chelski are playing them during a dismal run of form.
We are really pathetic in the air. How many balls Valencia needs to cross before someone does something with it and then people are saying he is not a good crosser. Seems like everyone is doing fine, but Burnley is letting us to do it. The second half might not be that way, but we will see. One of our man should just get their act together and score the goal. Nani was way better then expected. He started a little rusty, but he got better. Let’s hope he does well in the second half also.
keano
Sunderland didnt beat us. I dont get why so many united fans seem to be concerned so much about Chelsea. Stop whining and get behind the lads. Who cares about the goal difference? We just need to keep playing like we did in the first half, make a few changes and hopefully we will get a goal and 3 points.
COME ON UNITED!
Pathetic. They’re all shit. Give Chelsea the title now.
Same as Birmingham really. They are playing fantastically at the moment. I doubt they will be playing so well in a month. Although good luck to them tbh, if they keep up their form, they are in contention for Europe.
We need some urgency, movement and imagination in our game. We are too slow, too predictable.
why Valencia is getting rid of that ball as it was a swine flu virus when he a chance to run at defenders?
@bchilds
Yep. Even Darren Bent was in Ruud Van Nistelrooy form. Everything was going their way at the time. Beach balls, Ben Foster fucking up, etc etc.
I will say what I have said again this season. We have a problem getting the damn first goal. I hope we up the tempo in the second half. Burnley can’t last the entire game like this.
@ Keano Calm down mate, Sunderland never beat us.
Valencia and Nani have been our best players so far. We have been creating and creating but not tucking the balls in. Berbatov needs to direct his headers toward the net, Rooney shouldn’t pass to Valencia everytime he gets the ball. I hope we can put all these chances to use in the 2nd half.
well said costas,
People seem to ignore circumstances and form of various teams, Another gripe for me is the other teams position.
Just cause they are close to the bottom of the league and when they come to old trafford are putting in a blinding performance which you have to admire. Some people are like…. “were shit, we should be beating burnley 3-0 by now”
In the real life performance levels of teams we play differ to them playing other teams!… We have a job to do.
All i want is good performances from our players and limit the sloppy play and the chances should follow!
Pretty poor 1st half performance really. Didn’t even know Carrick was on the pitch until the 25th minute or so. Valencia and Evra, and maybe even Nani are really the only ones that are on par, the rest need to step it up. This is not acceptable in any way, they have looked just as threatening as we have, and for all the possession we can’t create a clear cut chance against a team that ships on average 3 goals per away game and is missing it’s top 3 central defenders. Come on lads, show us you are worthy of the shirt!
Has anyone seen the Rafa interview on Sky Sports News. He was being so damn annoying….. 27000 people, 27000 people, etc, etc….
Lest go get them. All we need is that first goal.
PS. Pleased to have VDS back.
Sunderland didn’t beat us..my mistake.
Frustrating to see them falling to pieces at Chelsea, yet everyone seems to pick up their game against us. The thing is, that unlike old times, we re going into ‘surewin’ games wondering if we ll win. (a bit like the city fans feel i guess)
Berbatov can’t get a place in any top four team and it shows how poor interms of resource we are this season. Also rooney is overrated(becasue he is english) and i don’t expect any better from him, he is not ronaldo afterall.
@Drabik
Why was the FSW ranting about 27,000 people?
10 -1 Shots 59% possession is better effort than commentators are saying (typical anti Man Utd commentry). Bit of luck and we should win.
Rooney’s passing is fucking shit! Stop dicking around in the box and just shoot or do something at least!
Very frustrating to watch.
COME ON UNITED!!!
Berbatov can’t really go all out to win the ball because of his injury, so why play him? He’s clearly not fit.
Nice to see johnny evans joining the attack.
I love it when defenders mix it up and break out of defence with the ball and join straight in attack…
With the quality of players we have they are smart enough to cover when this happens. Against stubborn opposition like this id love to see it more often!
Rooney!! Seriously, now! Stop fucking about and find the net!
Well played by Pat
Attack attack attack!
not what i expect to see from rooney although it was a half chance, didnt have too much time to set himself.
Although doesnt stop me thinking if it was someone like alan shearer at the same age it would have been a certain goal!… Its this that we are missing and what we need berbatov to be!.
great shot by Nani
world class
Nice work Nani.
wtf was that from numpty nani
Can anyone on the team fukin SHOOT the ball!!!!!!! for FUKSAKE
Sunderland begin the fightback – 5-1 now!
Look at our team and that of chealsky, may be evans and evra can get a place in thier 11. buch of craps
fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck!!!
so fucking close berbaaaa!!!
Thought that was in from Berba
Shit! What a chance
berba u plank!
OMg.. that would have been some goal from berbatov
Oh my god Berba, wonderful skill awful finish
manu4life
Shut up cunt.
“Man U”? Really?
lol.. shot by Berbatov summed up his playing career at United…
we are knocking on the door lads… only a matter of time!!.
wait you lot and see!
Oh my motherfucking god what the hell is going on at the back!!!!
neville is poor
We’re going to get punished if don’t score soon.
Is this the same Chris Eagles that was at Man United?
@Rooney22United
Yeah i agree with regards to berbatov, moment of magic followed by no end prodduct!
Oh christ.. well done nev just to put off the pleb nugent!
fuk that was a good break and lucky for us didnt score
phew!!
Sigh, we’re gonna get punished for wasting this much chances!
OH MY GOD…..We are lucky not to be behind….Neville has lost his speed.
Neville is extremely disappointing. You would think with the huge experience he has he’s positioning would be good. I want to see Rafael on.
When did weekend afternoons become so tortuous?
Ok their is still 45min to turn this around but if the worse was to happen and we lost more points utd would not be out of it – yes it be more difficult but statistically we are not out of it for quite a few weeks (and whilst doing a liverpool at the same time).
Even if we were out of it after today, no point of giving chelsea the cup just yet as arsenal are also very much in it.
And chelsea have just scored again – well on the bright side at least the pl have one team (on current form) that can upset the spanish dream and make it to the cl final and perhaps win the thing (i’m personally fed up of the spanish love in right now and hope both of their big boys draw each other in the qf – but i don’t think fifa would allow it as rm-barca is their desired final by the sounds of thing), if utd aren’t able to do the business in the cl then i’d like the other 2 english teams to do well in carrying the flag.
But that’s off topic….back to the game – we’ve just hit the bar and sunderland have scored!
christ… that sums up rooney for me.. He sometimes fluffs every bloody chance then when i have a moan pops up and scrores a cracker!
Lets hope he scores sometime soon!
Macari is right. Valencia should take on the full back. What he’s doing now isn’t working and the full back is there for the taking.
someone tell valencia to fuckin shoot!!!
fuk!!! Rooney is having a disaster of a game…..
Rooney22United, yea I suppose that could sum up his United career – brilliance on one occasion undone by shit in another.
Come on United! The Nuge should have buried that one, we could be 2 down.
Berba u fukin legend!~!!!!!!
Yes, Berba! That’s what we need!
Berrrbatovvvvvv!!!!!!!! Yesssss!
Berbatooooooooooooooooooooooooov
FINALLY! Now come on United kill the game off.
BERBA!
Finally. Nice work Berbatov. Credit where it’s due.
Well done Berba, about fucking time!
FUKCIN GETTIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
at long last
I told you it would come!!
Supprised it was berbatov but thank god!
more please!
Colbert
Let’s face it am right. I am not the kind of fan who says thses craps are world class. we sold our world class player who won us EPL for three years, and Rooney he is a fighterlike tevez but not better than many in the league.
Ando on for Carrick
Lets get a few more.
ROM! Can we have a chatbox so we don’t have to friggin post so many comments!!!!!
Eagles is having a field day toying with our defence…
ive always been a big fan of chris egales… He always looks very tidy but i dont think he was united quality!
“Berbatov is shit. He’s the worst player to put on a red shirt. He’s useless he’s a flop. I’d drive the cunt out of Old Trafford tomorrow”
In case you couldn’t tell I was being sarcastic.
@manu4life
If you don’t like these craps go support Chelsea. Ronaldo won fuck all on his own. These craps won those trophies with Ronaldo.
Lou Macari having a dig at the twat in the studio, nice one Lou!
ROONEY!~!!!!!!!!
omg another shot from berbatov!!!!
H
2-0!!!!
Roooooney!!!!!
Thank God!! Three Points!!!
its 2!! ROOOOOOOONEy!!
WAZZA YES!
Rooooooooooooooooooooooooooooney
Also Sunderland, classic case of play United work your bollocks off. Play chelski roll over and die.
More!!
rooney… does it agin.. i start getting pissed off by him then he scores!
I told you guys! As soon as we get the first one…
You’re a fucking idiot if you think Ronaldo was the sole reason for our success. Go support Chelsea you muppet.
Owen+Diouf on!!
Ahhh, relief – how nice is this feeling!
a good finish and another goal or maybe 2 would help our confidence in the up and coming matches!
Come on lads! Hoefully burnley crumble!
Now it’s 2-0 get Owen on for Berba to save Berba’s knee.
bchilds
At who was Macari having a go?
would like to see mame diouf get some game time
When will Scholes get his 100th goal!!!?!?!?
Great… Im looking forward to seeing mama and owen…
Diouf and Owen on for Berbatov and Rooney
Did well Dimitar.
Diouuuuuuuf time
I have a feeling one of these two will score
Diouf had three bad involvements at Birmingham. That was it. Let’s see how he does when we’re 2-0 up and have everyone on the pitch.
quick summary please, how have we done? cud not watch until now..
anyone got a link
@ edwin
at the defense’s, errr… defence we haven’t had our 1st choice of back 5 playing together for a month of sundays (let alone all five playing like we know they can). Scrap that, we haven’t even had a consistent 2nd choice back five playing together and gaining an understanding with each other in the new formation over time as one of the new 5 keeps on getting injuried before that can happen and the defense has to start that process all over again. Name any of the big teams who’d be able to cope with the above – they’d all at least struggle!
back to the game, rooney scores the cushion, and both scorers are subbed
Colbert
Take it easy man.Yes ronald won it all for us by himself and ofcours the defence(sorry for that). A team of MANU world status should have better players than we have right now. any way congra, we are 2 up!
@Tony Starks
I think we have done quite well, Burnley parked their bus infront of goal for the first half and we didnt get too many chances.
Some sloppy crosses and passes and no real good chances.
Second half we have been battering them and knockign on the door constantly. Berbatov got put through by rooney in the let hand side of the box who shot accross the goal which went in. maybe a deflection but it counted!
Soon after berbatov had a shot saved byt he keepr which fell to rooney who turned the defender and took his time in the box and slotted it home!
Rooney and berbatov now off and we are getting to see mama and owen.. Burnley have upped their game but i think we might nicck another goal and win 3-0
@dl
True mate, we havent had Vidic and Rio back there at their best for ages, but the defence we have out there is competent enough to at least prevent such chances as the Fletcher and Nugent ones in my opinion.
off topic, but is obertan ok as he’s not on the bench? (just noticed on my match commentary link). I’m guessing he’s just been rested as he was in the training photo’s!
@Costas
He was slagging off Pat Dollan who is in the Setanta studio. Lou said he wouldn’t make a judgement if it was Berba’s goal or an own goal because whatever Lou said the ‘expert’ on the studio would just disagree and give it to the opposite.
He was saying it in a kind of joking way but you could tell there was some bad feeling there!
@Colbert
Ronaldo didnt win it all for us, he helped and the fack that fergie also geared the tactics around him and for him helped ronaldo!
It took ronaldo a couple of years where i would say cost us the league whilst he was learning his game. I can remember the early stages where he was too greedy, had no end product and crossing was abysmol!
This year we are far more of a team, life goes on! Fergie is more than capable of building another team. Might take this year and fire on all cylinders next but so far we havent done too badly!
Oh unlucky Diouf!!!
bchilds
I see. Lol. I thought it was Berba’s goal anyway.
Lou has given Duff the man of the match!
I have to agree to be honest! bit contraversial but he has done bloody well this game.
No player for united has stood out, been an good team performance
Please allow me:
Exeter 2
Leeds 0
By the way who the fuck are Leeds?
Diouf with a chance, from what I’ve seen he’s good in the air so could have scored!
Close for Diouf!
@ Costas,
There was a bit of a deflection from the defender but for me his shot was on target before so should be berbatovs goals!
DIOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!
YESSSS!!!!
DEBUT GOALLLL!!!!
4life
I just can’t take you seriously and when you write shit like that during a match where we’re struggling I get angry.
oh mame!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Outstanding Diouf! Outstanding!
This ‘Fergie Time’ nonsense is really getting on my tits now!
The Mame has done it!!
Diouf with the 3rd!
yes well done brilliant celebration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DIOUF! I called it!
Lads,
I think our defence today have done quite a good job
Nevile has been good today, quite solid!!!
Evans.. Fantastic
Brown – Fantastic
Evra… the usual!!
DIOUF DIOUF DIOUF IS ON FIRE
WE DON’T NEED NO TEVEZ, LET THE MOTHERFUCKER BURN!!!
Great pass.Tremendous pace.. and a well taken goal.
DIOUF!!! Fucking quality, what a home debut. Who was the old 32 again?
And Sunderland have decided to donate 7 goals to Chelski
Unbelievable
stole Nani’s backflip too!
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL DIOUF BETTER THAN ROONEYYYYYYYY
costas mate, do me a favor and call more goals! lol!
Thank god Edwin’s back… We missed him sooo much!
Oh and Diouf scored
More of that please
Love Youth – truly the making of our club
Trevor
Disagree on ronaldo. But agreed on Fergi. I have absolut trust in him and has done it time and again. But he has stop at some point with regard to schols, giggs and nevel and build the team around evans, ando, nani(you may not agree but i rate him high), maceda and bring some quality players. No body bet against Fergi.
Ft 3-0, although that does fletter us a little!!
good to see diouf get a bit of playing time and he did well!!
UNITED!!!!!!!!!
Well done lads, 3-0′ll do!
Diouf again nearly!!!
FT
Came good in the end, overcame some scares….
Glad to see us winning again… Extremely happy to see Diouf on the scoresheet….
Hopefully this will give us some confidence going to shitty!!
COME ON UNITED!!!
@Trevor
Yeam, that’s why I also thought it was Berba’s.
Anyway. Good win considering the mid week trip and Burnley having a new manager.
Brucey really embarassed himself today.
I do rate nani, i think he has bags of potential and what we all have to remember is that players click at different ages.
If nani goes i can see him still becoming 1 of the top 3-4 wingers in the world at some point in his carrier.
Look at his skill levels.
On his day
He is quick, Good dribbleing, Good Crossing, a goal threat from outside the box and a real handful for defenders!
The more experience he gets the more consistant he will be and the more productive he becomes
It’s really nice to have 3 of our strikers scoring after how they’ve been struggling to do so in the last couple of matches. Good performance from the defense with their leader back in the goal and Nani actually did quite well. All in all, I’m happy with the result.
Sorry bchilds – the 27000 people comments was his way of saying that everyone could see that they should have had 2 penalties. He wouldnt answer any questions with a straight answer. lol
@Costas
Yeah, bruce will be dissapointed with that performance.
@rooninho
Not to gloat or anything, but at 0-0 i was also thinking that if someone breaks the deadlock, it will be the Bulagrian. So happy he proved me right!
The biggest pluses today were 90 minutes for Nani who did well I thought and of course, the return of the flying Dutchman!
Decent 2nd half response to a piss poor 1st half performance, but can anyone tell me why the fuck we decided to lie down and try our hardest to give them a way back in it? Where is the United spirit in this team? What happened to ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK!!! Frustrating to watch but 3 points is all that matters in the end I guess.
Bear with me, I may sound negative here.
Yes, it’s 3-0 but I do now think we were that impressive and I personally think we do not deserve the clean sheet.
If it was Arsenal or Chelsea even the Shitty were to be presented with such opportunity, we could have been down one or two goals in the first half.
Carrick to me is not what he was last season. He tends to pass the ball back to the defender where he could have done the otherwise (that’s what makes him so great last season). He needs to up his game big times.
Sure Berbatov scored the goal and hit the post once. But the man is slow and often time he breaks the flow of the game because he simply can’t keep up. I heard Sir Alex said that Owen and Rooney could not play together, I just don’t understand why.
I’m looking forward to Hargreaves return. At least someone who can drive the game and let the burden off Rooney.
I just don’t think we were impressive but 3 points bagged thats the most important thing.
Anderson did really well, way better than Carrick
Another victory with a bitter taste.
We should not be deceived by final score. We could have been 2:0 down by the time finally we got a bit of luck and got that deflected goal .
This performance is far far from being acceptable. Yes a win is a win, but we should be able to beat teams like Burnley more comfortably. This is not how United used to play.
Let’s hope that the big performance we are all expecting for so long will come this Tuesday at Wastelands.
BTW, Eagles looked soaring. I saw him a few times in a few different clubs, this was one of his many performances where he was brilliant. I don’t understand why we let him go at the first place
Good performance. Ando played exteremly well when he came on, although i was suprised to see that Carrick was the one sacrificed and not Scholes. Neville wasnt much of a threat going forward and his positioning was horrible at times but redeemed himself in the last 20 minutes and did a number of crucial tackles. Its great to see Berba and Rooney staying upfront and not dropping too deep but thats more due to our wingers finally performing at uniteds level and both easily beating their man. Nani and Valencia played some great football today. They both deserve a mention, although i would like to see Valenica try to take a shoot every now and then instead of always attempting to pass the ball. Our defense overall played well and Evans’ long balls were suprisingly good and accurate, Top lad he is, more of the same please Johnny.
Fuckin’ hell, what happened to Sunderland? They drew to us and beat both Arsenal and Liverpool. Wtf happened?
@Xyth…..stop moaning,it was a decent performance and a good result….some people are never pleased!
@Xyth: Yup exactly. It could have been worse to be honest. I don’t think Brown was good enough. It may be his style on the pitch but I kinda think he’s trying too hard to be classy.
Garry Neville is pass his prime time. Evans needs more flying time. And Evra the only one who looked superb. He always does, doesn’t he.
Also due to the fact that Carrick was sort of like in the twilight zone.. he was just running around and passing the ball back to the defender. Scholes was great but again he isn’t what he was 10 years ago so it wasn’t easy for him to go back and forth.
@ jespermoses
It’s not moaning, it’s stating the obvious. If you were okay with that performance, there is something wrong about you.
am happy for the three points but are we good enough to win no.19? not sure dispite our rivals are also struggling. we need to buy a creative midfielder, striker(sell berbatove and owen). no problem with defence once rio returned, and give nani run of gams.
@radlegion,i’ll take a bad performance and 3-0 every day of the week mate.I thought we were in control of the game for 90 minutes and it was just a matter of time before we scored.
Burnley were hard to break down with 10 men behind the ball the whole time!
Job done!
Let’s hope Everton plat well and bring Shitty back to their place….F**k All
manu4life
Fuck off for two reasons: slating berbatov and owen today.. calling our team manu.. fuck off
@edwin
good point, i was just suggesting that for the last 2-3 months evra has been the only constant figure in the back (due to him somehow with our luck right now not having to visit the injury room). I know that all players of a team needs to gel but the defense in particular need to form an understanding and also whilst it is normal for teams to rotate their midfield/forward teams from game to game these days, apart from resting members of a back 5 during “easier” games, rotation of a back 5 is practically unheard of for any team. And with the right back & centre defense positions changing week to week and vds only able to be played on and off (for very understandable reasons mind), that’s kind of what we’re doing.
Happy with the win and delighted for Diouf. That good weekend feeling is at least temporarily back!
But good lord, chelsea! once they get back drogba and if cech gets back on his top form then i don’t see any team in europe beating them (at least not by more than one goal, or even the away goal rule) esp as the top teams in italy and spain (inter and barca respectively) have already shown their cracks this season and considering it may be too much to ask the galactico’s mk2 to win the cl on their first try (plus it sends out a bleak message if they did) i honestly think that the cl this yr is chelsea’s for the taking as things stand (i’d imagine a chelsea vs barca/arsenal final right now) but they’ll probably get beaten by inter now i’ve said that so….
Back on subject hope that this is the start of great results for us that over the next couple of months see us making it to the carling cup final, at least breathing down chelsea’s necks in the pl and knocking milan out of the cl, making us real (favorites) contenders to win the cl (probably not our yr but weirder things are happening in this season so i wouldn’t write it off as of yet)
good 3 points today
i thort anderson was excellent when he came on
great flick for the 2nd goal.. that little bit of flair/creativity that we all want from midfield!!! he was solid when he came on..
also VDS in goal!! what a difference… P.I.G did well.. but positioning wise defence management VDS was class!!
bring on shitty!!
hopefully everton beat them today… but im sure we can beat them..
hopefully vidic will be back.. rafael fabio.. gibson and anderson should start.. hopefully diouf and owen get a chance
should be good!!
COME ON UNITED!!
Sprite
Yes berbatove is not good enough for united. owen? well he should have ended up at Hall city(the only team bidd for him).
Fergie please don’t let Nani go.
glad to see VDS back in goal, his presence and positioning is always very good. Brown, I really dont know about his performance today, he seems a bit slow and struggles when the ball bounces…I cannot wait for tuesday. I really do hope we put a strong team out there.
@ sketch
I know – you just can’t predict any result in the pl anymore. In fact i’d go as far as saying apart from the likely positioning’s come the end of the season of portsmouth going down and chelsea at least remaining in the top 4 come the end of the season no team position can be predicted. Perhaps spain does have more quality overall but most people only seem to be interested in their big 2 battle and in terms of sheer excitement in a league of 20 teams overall (not just 2 to 6 teams in one league) imo the pl still reigns supreme!
Mame said KNOCK YOU OUT!
manu4life
at least wait with your less intelligent slating of berba to a day when he does not score and we dont win..
manchuchu
101Z!
@trevor
I have been saying that about Rooneys passing for over a season. He could be a true world class footballer but he lets himself down with his inability to do one of the most simple things in football right. Simple 10 yard passes should be professional players bread and butter but he under hits or places them too close to the other team for no reason.
Today In general we were fairly good imho, Burnley were just well organised and took a bit to break down. The defence was a little disorganised, Neville is probally past it now and we need Vidic and/or Rio back to add some more certainty to the defence.
CM is out biggest problem imho, we have alot of good players there BUT the wrong two keep getting picked and when there are two who could play together well they don’t get the games to build a partnership and get in their stride. Certainly I think Scholes and Carrick is starting to be a liability as a partnership as they both end up playing in a strange position in the pitch where with both of them there adds very little either defensive or offensive. Its one or the other with either a Defensive midfielder like Fletcher, a Box to Box midfielder like Anderson or an attacking one like Giggs is whats needed imho
well said united.george – Vds made the difference from start today. And kept calm during the game. mtm along with valencia
On Eagles he seems to have hit that point that Fletcher did where everything has suddenly clicked. He always showed promise for us but every part of his game just didn’t come together and even the loans he didn’t excel too much. He looked ok for Burnley in the Championship but he was no where near being a starter in the prem. But in the last couple of months he has become one of the best players in Burnleys team
I think it’s time we give the Fletcher-Anderson partnership a run of games. At the moment they look like the 2 most in form midfielders.
Citeh 2-0 down at half time to Everton. Saha and Pienaar. Roque Santa Cruz went off injured 10 minutes in and Tevez looks to be carrying a hamstring injury. Perhaps our luck is changing!
Hello guyz, the first United game I did not watch for the past ten years. I arrived in london this morning and could not watch the game cos my sis does not have sky..can some one pls help with a link for subsequent games…pls pls pls I am in dire need of one. pls
watching everton play, i really do like david moyes coming to united at some point. he really can make his team play. they all look good especially saha. even landon donovan is playing well. Piennar, fellaini, baines, heitinga, neville. not the biggest names, but he can make his team work as a unit. moyes is not the most talkative of managers, but I think he is an outstanding leader….and he is scottish!
Fuck me
Athletic Bilbao have scored but:
within a minute hit the post ball came out – hit the post again with Casillas getting a touch – another chance – batted down for corner
corner come in chance on goal batted down for another corner
corner again – Bang goal Llorente head – 2 min
in your face football – I love it and we should go back to it too – since we do it better than anyone
Hmmm a very interesting thing I noticed
Sorry to be off topic but since we’ve had a good day after a shit week a little indulgence wouldn’t go amiss:
The virus close up has pimples on his face and his skin is rough – contrast that to his images as the new Armani poster boy
Bloody hell what an airbrush : )
MG
Yeah, they always airbrush the fuck out of those photos. Some of them doesn’t even look like real people after they’re done with them. Worst example: http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/lauren340.jpg
@Colbert
Bloody hell – they managed to airbrush her body too
Poor woman : )
I just love seeing the Headless Chicken frantically running around trying to save his MASSIVE team from 2 goals down at the hand of Everton.
The Rad Legion – You must have been watching a different game mate. Brown, Carrick, Scholes and Evans had decent games. We played well second half.
Just want do some people want?
Edwin being back made all the difference. We played ok first half actually but again for some reason we didn’t want to fucking shoot. Nani had a decent game. Great to see City brought back down to earth and the scousers fucking up again. Good to see all our strikers score including Diouf.
“We want Glazer out” chants at Old Trafford today.
manu4life – No offence pal but get fucked.
The only worrying thing about today was Berba feeling his knee again. SAF said that they will look at it on Monday, but I am afraid that he might not avoid the op.
@King Eric
I agree about VDS. The biggest bonus of the day. How did Chris Eagles look to you inside the stadium? To me it seemed like he had a cracking game.
Costas – Yeah he had a decent game mate and got a good response when he went off.
King Eric
Good to hear. I always liked Chris. If he bulked up a bit, he might have made it at United.
Hehe. It was only Burnley
But what a performance from Chris Eagles!
united.george – are you sure about that lets be frank roooney and moyes hate each other and I do not want to lose rooney to get moyes in, who moyes is a good manager but nothing great.
i’m marrying my sis off to Valencia..he’s filling in quite nicely..
rtnk – Got to disagree mate. Personally I think Moyes is a damn good manager and knows how to get the best out of his players. On their day they take some fucking beating. Look at the way his teams play. He loves the youth and some of his signings have been nothing short of fantastic. Fellaini, Pienaar, Arteta, Saha and Cahill to name but a few. He is climbing the table quite nicely now and without Jagielka, Arteta and god knows which other injuries. Looks like the Landon Donovan could be an astute signing as well. No I really do rate him.
@ Trevor “It took ronaldo a couple of years where i would say cost us the league whilst he was learning his game. I”
No. I mean cmon. Don’t lie to yourself. We were no where near winning the league in those years. Fletch was still young and our mid looked abysmal. It was pretty dark times after Keano left.
Ronaldo’s flair along with quite a few signings coming good (vidic evra and the defense… Anderson’s world class first season along with Nani’s excellent play) and evergreen giggs and Rooney to make Utd such a devestating force going forward.
King Eric – yeah he haa but I just dont think he is the right manager to take over from fergie, add the fact rooney and moyes dont get along.
Rooney the new king – Yeah I too am not sure he is the man for United but all the same he is a bloody good manager. The Rooney and Moyes dislike for one another is a stumbling block indeed.
Toms – Maybe I have understood your post incorrectly but Ando and Nani weren’t here when we won the league after those first couple of seasons when we bought Rooney and Ronaldo. Apologies if I have.
King Eric – thats the huge problem the rooney and moyes fued, no offence but I would not want to lose rooney.
Toms – I would not blame ronaldo for united failing to win the league between 2004 and 2006 its a collective thing, ronaldos time and uniteds came at the right place at the right time, when united sorted out their spine of the team.
- like right GK
- the consistant picking in defence
- a better midfield with players in form
- and the balance in attack with a lot of good veriaty and tactical versitility made united a championship winning team.
A fairly laboured performance in which Burnley had three/four/five good chances. The defenders were playing so far up the pitch that VDS was left alone on a couple of occasions. But the big Dutchman proved his worth. He’s calm and very, very big. SAF must be really glad to see VDS back – as someone mentioned, he exudes calm and manages the defenders really well AND they all have tons of confidence in him.
To me, the most striking thing in this match was the amount of space Valencia had – over and over again, he was twenty yards away from the nearest opponent when he got the ball. Too bad he doesn’t do more when he gets it !
Berbatov IS slow but he was dangerous today – in good positions even if Scholes got in his way when he had an open header. Carrick is slow and was never in a good position ! Rooney was terribly wasteful before he scored. Nani was – well, he was Nani: some moments-of-brilliance and some really dumb-ass moves but I think that that’s the price you pay for having a guy who can be a game changer on the field. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. One thing is for sure, the Nani/Evra combination on the left is really, really, really dynamic.
And, it looks like Mame Biram Diouf has a nose for goal.
No wonder Berbatov can’t have his knee operation.
BECAUSE THE GLAZERS ARE FUCKING BROKE.
You know what I say?
Mame say KNOCK YOU OUT
32 gonna KNOCK YOU OUT
MAME SAY KNOCK YOU OUT!
32 GONNA KNOCK YOU OUT