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Bench?
Sorry
wow so quiet over here, 30 minutes into the game
this is the formation United are used to 4-4-2, carrick is not a surprise but scholesy is. Anyway let’s hope they dictate the rhythm.
RVP rooney in the attack, meaning Rooney could score today more, and we’ll see that duo together in a pure 442, or will Rooney drop deep?
anyway CMON UNITED.
A hardworking win for us, won’t be an easy game, but we’ll manage to win this!
Good lineup. Scholes should be well rested and ready by now. This probably means evans is still injured.
Yep Evans got a knock a few days ago, lucky we had smalling in the waiting, tho to be fair to Evans, he already played through injury for us this season.
3points.
Buzzing!!
Assuming:
DDG
Rafa Rio Smalling Evra
Carrick Scholes
Valencia Rooney Young
RVP
The ginger prince is a surprise, hopefully he will raise to the expectation.This formation gives you an idea about Fergie’s clear intention to use the typical and traditional form of 4-4-2, there is no need for Rooney to sit in the middle and play the Scholes role.All the good luck for Smalling, he is starting his first premier league game.
Definitely wouldn’t have gone with Scholes instead of Carrick for an away game. Other than that, the expected line up. Come on United.
Costas – Hey up mate, how’s tricks? He is going with BOTH Carrick and Scholes.
@King Eric
Hi mate. I am good thanks. How are you and the family?
Thanks for the correction. My mind was elsewhere. I meant I would have picked Tom instead of Scholes for this game. More energy.
This kind of games need mobility and hard working, would have preferred a trio of Anderson, Carrick and Cleverly..Any way come on UNITED!!!
@Costas, couldn’t agree more, although scholes had a long break and probably he is more fresh than anyone in the starting lineup for today, methinks Fergie is going for experience at the Villa park.let us all hope it will pay off in the end.
Costas – Yes good thanks my friend. Tom is 11 months old now!! A big lad too. Saw Giggs12, Mike and James last week. Yes mate I would have gone with Clevs although Scholesy will be chomping at the bit for a game. Has barely featured of late.
Team is strong rnough to accomodate Scholes,happy enough with that.
It’s a good lineup. We need to start strong against Villa’s youngsters. Giving them to much space will increase their confidence. It’s very comportment to continue our momentum.
parry – I agree pal
ANyone else think That set up looks so fucking sick! I love this white jersey with the Poppy goes nicely
always some classless jerk that yells during the minute of silence
@King Eric
Time sure flies by! It seems like yesterday when we kept asking you when your son would make his debut! Scholes was rusty, I give you that. Hasn’t startted the last 4 I believe. Personally though, I would have gone with him and Ando at Braga while Carrick and Cleverley started today. Either way, I hope it works today.
@andromeda
Maybe he’s expecting us to have a lot of the possession just like we did last year at Villa Park. In that case, Scholes would be a better option at the moment. If Villa decide to take it to us though, it could get tricky.
I would have liked to have seen Anderson start this one. He’s beginning to make a real difference in midfield. Good team out none the less.
Can someone tell me why Young is being roundly booed? Disgraceful!!
hey, does anyone have a good streaming link that i can use to watch the match online
So quiet on RoM today, not even haters showing up. Can someone please start slating our boys so they have someone to prove wrong?
Carrick and scholes = Defends..!
Big red – have you tried veetle or Justin.tv?
Young is very very poor.
RVP is starved
Getting out played by Villa?
have never seen a home team as poor as this villa team
So much Possession but can’t create clear cut chances.
is cleverley or anderson injured? we cant keep starting scholes. Young and valencia poor so far. rooney and van persie are barely seeing the ball cuz of the lack of good crosses. we have to pick it up quickly.
youngs looking nervous. too scared to run with ball. crowd got to him i reckon.
very predictable. same attacking type. villa very comfirtable.
get it to RvP
Worthless possession because we have no scoring threat in cm. need ando in second half.
Otherwise they will just cover our wings and settle for a draw.
And scholes looking tired..
rooney needs to be the attacking center but he has been very slow today. wake up guys.
Handball before that. Whatever. Now we can wake up.
aaaaaaaand that’s what happens when you put in a shit performance.
Shit goal… shit..! i hate this..!
Was about to write atleast we didnt concede in first half.. joke defense as usual
Unbelievable
FFS, Rio was penalized for a LOT less. Smalling got barged out of the way there and the ref saw nothing in it.
For me anderson or cleverly HAS to come on
fucking unbelievable SHITE!! 44 mins and we could have crossed it in to attck and instead we FUCK about and lose a stupid goal
If we had to concede i really wish we’d have done it earlier so it wouldn’t be right on the half time break. Please don’t let it be one of those weekends where we miss a golden opportunity to put pressure on rivals, but Chelsea and City in dodgy games tomorrow, if we drop points I’ll be like a dog.
this is fucking wank……….passing too slow our wingers are shite scholes is piss poor rooney cant pass and aint seen van persie………………at least get to half time at nil nil and cant even do fucking that.villa are a fucking atrocious team and are battering us.
Smalling had plenty of opportunity to win that ball and he fucked it up.
Seriously, we should just start every game with 1-0 down. That might fire up the players a bit.
SAF?!?!?!?! 4-4-2? Great. Scholes and Carrick in the middle is the most uninspiring combination in world football. Every single attack goes out to the wing where Young and Valencia have some kind of competition of who can lose the ball quickest. 4-4-2 is dead. Fucking dead. Wake the fuck up.
well well well…valencia,young n smalling been absolute shit…
we r too one dimensional,just passing it out to valencia,who wastes it with a poor cross,rooney did nothing except pass to valencia….its football of 1996 ,cross and run,we need to change it
smalling was just bullied throughout and was just plain poor
young was tripping up all over the pace,running like a headless chicken on the ball…occasion got to him,get on chicha n ando
Another bollocks performance just like midweek. We can’t keep digging ourselves out of holes every game. Struggling to find any positives out of that first half performance.
Looks like the team expected to win by just showing up today. Mentality of last season starting to appear. Think scholes and young off for anderson and cleverly will be our best option here.
We should really start turning up at the same time as the opposition rather than 45-60 mins later when were at least one goal down.
we have played ok i reckon but just need to cross the friggin ball more!! stop farting around with it and cross the fucker
We got lucky when scholes tripped himself, now the ref didnt blew the whistle so stop whining.
Cleverly on for Scholes.. Hes too pedestrian today… Need higher tempo to our game
no creativity. slow and predictable. we need to change the formation and bring some speed into the game. take off young and bring in chicharito.
Yet another pathetic first half performance. A team of no hoper’s beating us.
Dela, you’re clutching at straws pal. Smalling was out muscled fair and square.
@dela – you are right, can’t believe we are playing like crap with both chelsea and city having big games tomorrow. Too many times this year we play like morons – fergie needs to sort it out.
We haven’t played that bad, but one thing gotta say for the first half, and what we need to improve on the second half.
Firstly I want to say.
OUR WINGERS have been SHIT today SHIT SHIT SHIT, whatever you say, crossing always to the first players, going backwards. And Rooney has been SHIT also.
WOW, never been so angry with these 3 players. And usually I try to be calm with our players and getting the positive from them. Now I got angry.
We will trun this game,. I KNOW that, but playing like SHIT is not good at this stage. WOW. amazing.
Let’s hope they turn the switch on in a more creative way.
WE will trun this game on, 3-2 for us, guaranteed.
CMON UNITED !!
Champions league title just a dreams, if we played like this..! Just a dreams!
Jeff, my point is Rio did a LOT less and he was pulled up for it. If the ref found what Rio did to be a foul, then that’s definitely a foul. All I’m looking for is consistency, I don’t think thats much to ask for.
No push from the middle. Hate to say it, but Scholes does not look likey to score or provide. Time for Cleverley.
Anderson may be needed to salvage this thing.
Everton all over again.
We deserved it. We weren’t that bad but Villa were really good. Good game plan.
Anyone watching bthye game?
Can someone tell me what the f*ck they are playing at?
Midfielders and forward pranching about like peacocks.
Get the f*cking digit out!!!
Aston Villa is defending very well shutting off any attempts from our wingers, Smalling is the weak link for today, he is caught by their manager and put a striker right behind him.There is still more to come, we must respond by an early goal in the second half, perhaps we need Chicarito and Cleverly to come in.
We’re playing poorly and have conceded the first goal yet again. Let’s see if Ferguson makes some much needed changes at half time. I’d take off Scholes and Young for Anderson and Clevs.
valencia can’t beat a man, young well the less said, scholse too old ..bring on nani, cleverly and anderson soon
Young and valencia cant go past anyone, both one footed, carrick can only backpass!
IS it possible that we only one game start with a goal, but not in our net?
Calm down lads, villa lads will be knackered second half, this is there cup final. We need chicharito on to stretch there defense. Nothing down the left though, time to bring on Anderson? Scholes and carrick way too far back. But it will come!
can’t afford to drop points today. This villa team is shit.
I’m still backing Utd to come back and win this.
But my god, when are Fergie, Phelan and Muelensteen going to wake up and stop telling our players to soak up home side pressure first, rather than going for the jugular straight off?
Yet again, we are pedestrian in possession and appear to be lacking any confidence. We can’t rely on our defence, or at least can’t rely on the fact that they might have one shot on target and not score. We should have gone after this Villa side but we pick a side lacking in any real drive and now we’re doing the things the hard way, again!
Like I said, I always have faith that Utd will come back and win. But this performance is not acceptable and that takes alot for me to say.
How about instead of farting about waiting for Villa to set up we actually show a bit of urgency and move the ball a lot quicker.
We seem to be touch touch touch pass roll the ball sideways slowly, touch f*cking touch. What the F***
Rooney is not playing to his potential, he gives many easy balls away, Young is clearly feeling the pressure from the Villa park, RVP is out of order today not his mistake though as he is surrounded by many defenders.we really need a better tactic in the second half.
No Nani to bring on – didn’t even make the bench!
Young & scholes off bring on cleverley & chico drop rooney into the midfield.
Hope fergie has read the riot act & fuck em royal that 1st half was shite.
I thought someone was going say Nani is piss poor,hahahahaha…he should thank his luck he’s not playing…
Is this the same midfield that got torn a new one by a yiung energetic spurs? Stupidity is doing the same thing over n over again and exoecting a different result. scholes Carrick vs a young energetic team us just stupid. Whenever villa break iur mid are incapable if actching up coz they are too slow.
Pretty cautious play by United,not enjoying this so far.
Come on Chico!
Nani went off injured mid-week, thats why he’s not on the bench.
Well, that’s the game over.
Now I am really pissed off!!!this is a utter ignorance form our players,
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
Good night. We deserve this and it was coming let’s not deny it.
How did that second goal come about? poor scholes pass. ecerybody goes to sleep thinking “oh this villa team is shit we’ll just walk over them” and then BOOM.
Yeah rio wave your hand and stop playing..
i think its unfair to single out Scholes. Id be hard pressed to pick a single United player that is putting in a decent shift today.
as if the problem is missing chances..we bring on hernandez..get a midfielder …
What is the point of keeping Scholes on the pitch if we play with three strikers, excuse me but that is a purely deluded tactic.
rio and smalling are feckin shite
second goal is on scholes..he lost the ball and we it is a goal..
Theres me thinking rooney was playing how wrong was I?
This is torture
What’s happening? Are we two down?
Well I think that Scholes has just redeemed himself rather neatly.
The team selections this season has shown a lack of understanding of the opposition imo. On another note, yes Chico!!
@andromeda –> THAT’S WHY SCHOLES IS ON THE PITCH. He can pick a pass, he found Valencia repeatedly, and now he found Hernandez. 2-1.
Chicharitooooo!!!!
still picked the wrong team. AGAIN. Why make it hard than it has to be?!?!? It seems crazy to me.
Dela, I agree but still our midfield will be exposed on any counter attack….we must bring a player that can fill the gap, that was my point otherwise his pass was marvelous.
@andro, ye it might leave us open to the counter but u have to remember we were 2 goals down, at that point you have to take ur risks. If we score again I think we’ll see scholes replaced with either tom or ando then.
Times two!!!!
OMG………………Chica
Chicarito
chicharito
Fuck yeah
Hernandez I fucking you, you little pea!
Hernandez fucking savior!
JAVIER MOTHERFUCKING HERNANDEZ!!!!! THIS BOY IS JUST GODSENT!!!!
THE MEXICAN JESUS! 2-2…
COME ON HERNANDEZ!
Serious Kudos to Rooney for his determination to keep the ball!
@Dela, that is absolutely right.now bring on Anderson and go for the winner,
Back in it at least,and here’s me blaming the goalie for both goals.
FFS our midfield and defense is like fucking AIR.
yellow card for that?
“November 10, 2012 at 19:37
Dela says:
Well, that’s the game over.”
I swear some people have never seen a Man Utd game before. Even 2 nil down, I mean it’s obviously worrying, but never over.
Chica!!!!! DDG what a save!!!
Bring on anderson!!!
Valencia needs to learn to use his left fucking leg..This is the problem..great on his day..but very easy to shut him down
@ahjs –> yep i was wrong, im not usually thjat negative during a game but with the chelsea and city games tomorrow i just had that feeling like we were going to be disappointed.
A dangerous period, we must also defend well.
scholes looking tired now
We need to close down players, a couple of dangerous crosses in there that we could have organized against.
good sub now
RVP two times on the bar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a match!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hit the post twice VPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FFS rvp so unlucky
twice the bar..
Fuck.. RVP, hit the same spot of the crossbar twice in a minute.
Hit the post twice RVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We must quickly score a goal if not the momentul will be gone and we might be in danger. Come on!!!
I have a feeling that we will win it, I think we need to bring on Anderson for Rooney.
That is what I was talking about!!!!!
@andromeda
yeah lol
Rooney off for his foot injury id say. Ando hopefully props the midfield now. Take a brave man to call the result now.
The intensity is gone, we need another sparkle for next few minutes.
Come on, come on!!!!we are close
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL
Whar a player Javier
Chicaritooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Yessssssssssd I fucking love him .
MARRY ME JAVIER HERNANDEZ!!!!! ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!! NOW DEFEND WITH YOUR LIVES!!!!
that is more of UNITED
First hattrick?
Hernandez!
Unbelievable! This lad is just sensational! Javier Hernandez. Goal poacher extraordinaire. Now HOLD ON!
Chichafuckingrito!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHA
Give him an oscar, the pulitzer, the noble prize and make a statue out of him while u are at it!!!
And never ever put him in the corner again in favour of Welbz!!!
So happy for the little Mexican, he changed the game and ran his ass off motm for sure!!!!! United!!!!!!!!!!!
Cane they score, they always score!!!!!
United play again at 17:30 next Saturday. Expect them to turn up around 6 o’clock
This kid is heavenly sent men, what a masterclass performance from him
Who’s messi now?????? We have our own superstar in chicha
De Gea with two crucial punches clear commanding the box as well to stifle any comeback.
Never say die attitude!!!!
I love playing against Villa 3-2 is getting a classic HAHAH
Great comeback, some questions about the defense remaining but what a great comeback, and the right man for the job again… CHIIIIICCHHARITO!
What a game!!!congratulation to all united fans
Another bail out. Precious 3 pts.
Good subs by Sir Alex. Cleverley helped but Chicharito was the difference.
And they say City have the deepest squad in the PL?
El Chicharito. Thank you.
Nobody does it better,how crucial was that win.Superb.
If Scholesy usually averages about 80 bad passes in a season, he made 40 of them this game. Uncharacteristic.
But words cannot describe how happy i am that Chicha’s getting so many goals. Now if only Rooney can heat up, Good God, it’ll be hell for the whole of Europe!
This was another crazy game. Too exhausted to comment more, so just wanted to say Chicha what a player.
THis is so satisfying I see all thes filthy ABU Cunts on BBC texting about how garage De gea and united are! suck it you fucks
Again and again, the defense will get floppy and the strikers save us!!!!more works to be done defending, we can’t win premier league this way.anyway, it feels like I am reliving the atmosphere of 1999
Wow, now that could turn out to be a big,big win.
A bit of concern with rooney’s crap show………again
Buy wanyama we need a powerful man to protect our defender .
When 2-0 down at 50 minutes, the odds for an away victory on a swedish betting site was 2,5 times the money. HAHAAHAHA. But I hate it, the way we give awy two goals in each and every game. ITwould be nice to sit and watch a game calmly a little more often. My neighbours are complaining. And the game against Arsenal last week was a good rest to my strained heart.
CHICHARITTTTTTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT A PLAYER!!!!
THIS GUY SHOULD START EVERY GAME WITH RVP AND ROONEY
CHICHARITTTTTTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT A PLAYER!!!!
THIS GUY SHOULD START EVERY GAME WITH RVP AND ROONEY
Wow CHICHARITOOOO, and I predicted after the first half hahah, it went correct
November 10, 2012 at 19:22
WeAreUnited says:
WE will trun this game on, 3-2 for us, guaranteed.
CMON UNITED !!
and when Chicha came on I said to my friend it will be his day, and voila 3 goals
We do what we want, we are ManUtd, we do what we want
You are my Chicha! My only Chicha! You make me happy, when the skies are grey!
but clearly then, what a win.This game may prove pivotal by the end of the season, we all remember this game by the end of the season if we win it. Chica is the hero.
what a comeback. as soon as we brought on chachirito we were in business. the pace of our game changed and that brought the attackers more into the game. well done lads.
One thing you can never do is write of Manchester United we always fight to the bitter end. We might not always play well but the team & fighting spirit is the best in the world & I think that’s what separates us from City as they play more like individuals than a team
*chicharito (sp)
Could you feel it? When Hernandez headed in the winner, could u feel the hearts of Mancini and Di Matteo sink? Could u feel the players coming under pressure. Two dodgy games for them tomorrow
Slippery surfaces out there 
Better be careful 
Never doubted!
Defence…!!!??? Well that was a big ask for Smalling playing 2 games when he has just come back. The pace takes a while to get used to. Thank God he was fit to play with Evans out. I still think Jones is a huge liability in defence, hopefully Evans will be fit soon.
Pea is our fire starter. What happened to the offsides? Boy is on fire! Long may it continue. You just feel better when the poacher is on and we are under pressure to nick goals.
How friggin smart is RVP, he is the only person on the team who can take a free kick and right now our Evra, Rafael and RVP are providing better crosses than our wingers. I cannot bow to SAF enough for that signing. RVP shows people why Berbatov never made it here, this is what a world class player looks like.
this should be chichas first hat trick
God Bless United & God Bless Chicharito!
Its safe to say that the gossip mongers who said Chicharito would be sold will be silenced and fall to the wayside.
How valuable has chicha become? His “rest” proved crucial as he REemerged to be a key player. That last goal of his was a beauty and I enjoyed it as much as i enjoyed his celebration. Right on!!
WeAreUnited, spot on mate. like your optimism.
Most useless and irritating posts – people correcting their spelling from a previous comment when it was frikin obvious what they were saying. Chill people. This is not English class.
@NBI Red Onion –> Yep, I can’t bring myself to criticize Chris Smalling today, obviously out-muscled for the first goal and then himself and Rio completely dropped the ball for the second.. but to be fair to him, he put in a couple of excellent last ditch tackles too and he had to play the 90 mins. He only broke his foot a few months ago, I’d say he was absolutely bolloxed at the end of the game. He’ll come good again, just need to get through the next few weeks until we have the Serbian murderer back, along with Phil Jones, who I still think is a good defender, even though he had a few horror moments last season.
Here’s hoping for a draw tomorrow.
Is there an Africa Cup of Nations competition early next year, if so losing Toure for City would be great.
November 10, 2012 at 20:36
Proverb says:
One thing you can never do is write of Manchester United we always fight to the bitter end. We might not always play well but the team & fighting spirit is the best in the world & I think that’s what separates us from City as they play more like individuals than a team
I LOVE YOU @Proverb hahah
I was so disappointed in the first half, and we turned our game like we always do.
and CHEERS @mig78
I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
@Dela spot on, mankini and crybaby di matteo had an heartattack ahhaha
@proverb, well said mate.we can’t never write off Manchester united.that is a sin.
@California-Mexi Red says:
Its safe to say that the gossip mongers who said Chicharito would be sold will be silenced and fall to the wayside
SPOT ON
by the way, a big hand from me, to the under the light Star, David De Gea, dealed the crosses and saved our ass wih that save.
I know Rooney drifts more into MF, but his positioning, passing and instincts are much sharper when he plays higher in the attacking third. Sometimes when he drifts back its like watching a champion swimmer go from a pool to bobbing about in the ocean.
After this game, i have learnt that we need more than one PROPER midfielder. we still need a top class left back. Also Welbeck must NEVER be chosen ahead of chicharito again. Another thing? we must never syart Paul scholes or Ryan Giggs in ANY meanigful games again. they are role players at this stage of their careers and Fergie needs to accept this. PHEW at least we won but we CANNOT continue to live like this. when was the last time we kept a clean sheet? I think Wigan was the last clean sheet i can remember. We’ve GOT to get this right soon.
There is no need to put down Berbatov to praise Rvp. Both are great players, just that our system didn’t suit one of them.
There are top points from everyone, so no need for my two penth. All i will say is, I was watching Return of the Jedi earlier and I saw the moment when Vader took off his mask. So, it came as a shock to turn on the TV and see him in the studio with Dwight Yorke. Ray Wilkins is Darth Vader.
Ha all the trolls and fuckwits writing Utd off at 2 down,that litlle group stick out like a sore thumb
Fucking wankers
So many glaring weaknesses again. Particulary in defence and midfield. Thankfully, our comeback spirit overcame them again.
I hope Fergie understood what a defensive liability Scholes is. Especially in away games. Smalling also had me fuming for both their goals, but at least I can see why he was picked and why he had an off day until that point.
No complaints from the front line though. RVP was unlucky not to score, Valencia improved as the game went on and Jernandez is hell bent on turning me gay. As long as RVP and Javier are on this form, Rooney has to be forced to play elsewhere. Don’t know how much it suits him, so you can see why a typical 4-4-2 isn’t working for us anymore.
The best thing for me apart from Chica’s hatrick is Rafael.within a couple of years he will be the best right back in the whole Europe.
You know you are fucked when you’re leading against Manchester United
Viva Hernandez!
Agreed about Berbatov, Marq. Regarding RvP, meanwhile, the boy almost had a brace. Inches away! The score very well could’ve been 5-3.
Anyway, what a dramatic match. But I’d rather have a couple of more boring wins for a while now–for my blood-pressure’s sake.
RVP must be thinking: ‘now this is why i joined this club. Proper team, proper spirit. Not all about me. See Chicha, Rooney… Oh i just love this club’
@Costa, brilliant analysis mate.nothing to be added there, apart from taking more precaution at our away games, and its really time for Chicarito to be a regular starter.
The red devils go marching ON ON ON!
@Marq
Idiocy is undefeated as they say in my parts.
I never had the ” we wont be getting back into this ” at 2-0 but the goalkeeping and defending was unacceptable.
Playing Scholes in a 4-4-2 away from home is suicide.
Why not just be boring and play a midfield two that can move ?.
5 – Young was shocking always going backwards but generally gave us good balance on the left.
5 – Scholes looks every inch of his 38 years.
8 – Carrick had an excellent game he kept his passes short and forward.
8 – Valencia had that young left back on toast.
Hernandez looks razor sharp. Certainly improved his first touch. Starting to embrace his limits and only doing what he is good at. He sure can find the net.
Phew !!!
Phew!!!!
Why is it that we have to go 2 goals down before we up the pace, drive the game more.
Looked so so much better when we were 2-0 downand really upped the pace, showed so miuch more urgency and drive.
Love that little pea. Fucking great to see him fully fit again. Last season he was injured in out with a niggle back in again out niggle. Whole season was disrupted. This season he has had a pre season s has not been injured and is now WOW back on the money.
@andromeda
Cheers mate. I agree about Hernandez. Like Solskjaer, I can see Fergie’s temptation to use him as an impact sub, but with performances like this, it’s very hard to keep him on the bench. The boy is a predator and he seems to have worked a lot on his all around game the past 6 months.
Sir Alex Ferguson on today’s win for Man Utd: “We really need to be better defensively. But I admire the tenacity of the team.”
@dMuzikManUnited, I am sure RVP would have that feeling inside him, great statement brother.
phew!!! we got out of jail on that one. Our never say die spirit and chico brought us back – but my goodness it is getting harder to see which manutd is going to turn up. The sloppy manutd is terrible to watch – surely it isn’t doing Fergie’s and us poor fans health any help at all!
Rafael, De Gea and Chico were the only bright sparks. Evra and RVP did ok. Rio and smalling need to do better.
I’m hoping valencia will get better with few games but he does appear to be in need of a brain transplant!
I’m not going to comment on scholes and carrick – cannot bear to think of that performance.
Here what Fergie said after the game
“It’s a magnificent result, it was a magnificent game,” . “Aston Villa have done fantastic today, they ran their socks off but we never gave in. We hit the bar twice and we never give in.
“We were careless in the first-half and we had to improve and we did. Javier Hernandez is fantastic in the penalty box and it’s got us three goals today. If you score a hat-trick you pick yourself and he will play next week.”
Can someone really say that Valencia can cross now? Well, that boy can defend but when he attacks, he seems to be constantly running out of ideas. Why dont let Rafael be a winger and Valencia a full back instead? Haha
Hernandez looking really sharp. I say it before, and I say it again, Hernandez to partner Rvp, with Rooney in midfield. Great game, but our midfield & defence… Terrible
Side note. Berbatov shows how to take a penalty, no need to aim so hard so accurate at a bottom corner
@proverb says
“You know you are fucked when you’re leading against Manchester United”
This quote should be written on a banner every time we play, well at least this season.another great statement mate.
@ Costa – if that was aimed at me – screw you with your increasing snide little conceited comments. If not, carry on. Also the defence was not shit – Rafael, Evra (who you slated last seasons) and DDG were fine, Rafael in fact just gets better. Rio was ok, Smalling made a few mistakes which is to be expected. MF was also not shit either, and I don’t think Cleverly defends better than Scholes, so no need to get hysterical about
Evra, poor defensive positioning again 2day, Scholes was shocking, he’s a legend but time to leave him on the bench, Carrick was shaky, Ando should be starting with Clev’s every week now!! And Chico is back to his best, he’s got to play!! Good result but it should have been more comfortable!!
Yeah Marq – Berbatov never took a bad penalty right, that’s why SAF sold him, because SAF is an idiot. Get a grip Berbalovers. Berbatov is nowhere near the league of the top strikers in the world. Not saying he is shit, but he can’t make the step up to play for the best teams in the world. Does fine at midtable teams.
I don’t this Ando and Cleverly are the answer defensively – look at the record when they play the back 4 are completely exposed as they are so attacking. Fletcher in my view is what we need. There is no other player who can play the defensive mid role that well in our team and he can also pick a pass. However, unfortunately he is not well.
@muchio
Normally Valencia’s a very good crosser of the ball, but he needs to look up before he does it, lol. There are plenty of instances where he hits and hopes and those crosses rarely lead to anything productive. But overall, his wing play was pretty good. His partnership with Rafael is still the best combination we have on that side.
Not bothered replying to haters. Why is there a need to put down someone to praise another? I’m with Costas. Not blind supporters, just logical. Yea, sure someone must be a really bad player to get the golden boot playing half a season. I just said Berbatov took a good penalty, only hate filled folks like NBI see it as a snipe at our own players.
Haha! Cheers @andromeda
Its unbelievable how this team pick themselves up whenever they’re down, no matter what and they do not necessary require some wording from the gaffer, whenever they down they collect themselves and produce one unbelievable last gasp performance of sort
And there’s no need to say, yeah we need to play like that from the word go cause that my folks isn’t something down the earth, its called emergency call performance. Absolutely out of this world.
The feeling of such a win is better than SEX
Glory glory manchester united!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also strikers that cannot adapt to different systems are not world class in my opinion – e.g. Torres who is massively overrated IMO. Rudd, RVP, Drogba, Rooney, Ronnie, Pea….those players could play in team and excel.
CHICO IS THE MAN AND DE GEA WAS GREAT TODAY
@ Marq – friggin grow up you winny little twit and stop this childish “hate filled” hater” 3 year old nonsense. People have different views to you deal with it. You said Berbatov shows how to take a penalty….he took some poor ones at United if you remember, including one very soft one down the middle – so if you make a point be prepared to argue it. Anyway, let’s move on from Berbatov who is always divisive, it was a great win and we can enjoy watching the game tomorrow
@Marq
At the risk of growing boringly repetitive, well said. Just do what I do and use your halter filter. It works wonders.
Chicharito on twitter @CH14_: I dont care if they don’t give me the 2nd goal, for me I score a hattrick to my teammates to win the game. The matchball is coming home! #RESPECT
Chicharito: BBC interview….. Class! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20284557
Off to th States on business feeling very positive now! Attack attack attack! U make me happy!
PS really need to tighten up at the back quick SAF.
Costas mate need to stop worrying about Utd’s weaknesses and start enoying the football,for one I’m enjoying every fucking minute of it,
Old time Utd football,just outscore the fuckers
Look at the language used. Kinda shows who is the one who needs to grow up.
Funny how some people can only point to one single bad penalty from Berbatov. Rvp should be shit too by that measurement
Yea Costas, filter on from now
Wonderful image: Chicharito first to congratulate AVFC Keeper Brad Guzan on laying an Egg!
Bless im! So proud!
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Man Utd’s Comebacks This Season So Far :
From 1-0 Down, ended with 3-2 victory over Fulham
From 1-0 Down, ended with 3-2 victory over Southampton
From 1-0 Down, ended with 2-1 victory over Liverpool
From 1-0 Down, ended with 2-1 victory over Cluj
From 1-0 Down, ended with 4-2 victory over Stoke City
From 2-0 Down, ended with 3-2 victory over Braga
From 1-0 Down, ended with 3-1 victory over Braga
From 2-0 Down, ended with 3-2 victory over Aston Villa
@wayne
Ha, can’t do that mate! Too much of a perfectionist when it comes to United matters. Obviously I enjoy seeing us score goals. And it’s also nice to know that going behind doesn’t doom us in any way (which was the case last season). It’s just that we can’t win every game like this. Poor defending may go unpunished at Villa Park, but that may not be the case at the Etihad for example. It’s definitely been one of our most entertaining campaigns though. I’ll give you that. Our games average a little over 4 goals.
@wayne
I kinda agree with you ->> need to stop worrying about Utd’s weaknesses and start enoying the football,for one I’m enjoying every fucking minute of it,
Old time Utd football,just outscore the fuckers
but then I agree with you also COstas.
But I think, the thing is that when we play bigger teams, we will keep it tight, look at against Chelski no matter the score, Arsenal and small team Liverpool. In that sense, I think we will do good.
Let’s not worry and enjoy the game
btw Proverb, that’s amazing statistics,
COMEBACK KINGS
BIG HAND TO David De Gea, under the rada Star.
and @Marq SPOT ON mate.
Why is there a need to put down someone to praise another? I’m with Costas. Not blind supporters, just logical. Yea, sure someone must be a really bad player to get the golden boot playing half a season. I just said Berbatov took a good penalty, only hate filled folks like NBI see it as a snipe at our own players.
I have been trying to say this all the time. Valencia vs Nani, Ando vs Cleverley Chicha vs Welbz, Evra vs the rest of the wrold and Carrick against the rest of the world
it’s nonsense. anyway
Let’s enjoy this. We give goals when we want
We score when we want
We are ManUtd
An we’ll do what we want!
Some very negative stuff on here today.
First of all, I thought Villa played well until they were knackered around the hour mark.
I also think we have to allow Smalling time to get back to his best and he got better as the game went on.
Scholesy played much better than some are giving him credit for e.g. the pass for Chico’s 1st.
Carrick played really well and gave the team its shape.
Valencia only really got going second half but was then unplayable.
Villa had rested all week. Some of our team had been playing away in Europe.
All in all, an exciting game and by the end we crushed them. Well done the lads and ONCE AGAIN brilliant support from the fans – kept the lads going and kept believing.
Costas lol ok mate,I just look at it in Utd playing to their strengths.Best strike force in the world so why can’t we keep banging them in?
Even when Utd were down 2-0 the bookies only had us at 6/1 to win with 40 mins,that’s called respect
Dwight Yorke analysis after Aston Villa 2 – Manchester United 3
http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/dwight-yorke-analysis-after-aston-villa-2-manchester-united-3/
Not relevant to MUFC but an important cause north of the border….
http://leftbackinthechangingroom.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/save-our-hearts.html
Always had a good reaction and banter with the boys and gals of R_o_M forum. Long may it continue.
Rob
“In the history of Manchester United, we never want to give up until the end. The game is for 90 minutes and you need to play until the last minute.”
- Chicharito
Javier Hernandez – first name on the team sheet next week.
my brown hair is slowly turning greyer by the week.gotta admire the spirit of a ferguson team shit i should know better.gonna enjoy tomorrows games completely relaxed now i bet for sure that sir alex will get our defence sorted and once he does what a frightening proposition that will be……roll on norwich……
And this is why we should play Hernandez over Welbeck everytime…second goal called as OG bullshit, just deflection.
Hattrick in my books..
Now let’s hope for some big slippups tomorrow!
Definite goal and not an own goal.
BTW. Chicharito last 6 games he has played, he’s came from the subs 3 times and started 3 times.
Result: 6 games : 7 goals (8 if the one counts).
bring it on LITTLE PEA.
The result was really good again, but the performance should have been better. The defense leaves a lot more to be desired. I will not blame anyone specific cause you defend as a a team, but we need to get our act together. We will not be able to come back every single time. It already cost us against spurs. Vidic please come back and stay feet. Likely for us we have until dec 9 to sort it out. All the games before then should be won comfortably or through crazy comebacks, but on that day we play City and we will pay the price if not sorted out by then.
From our players I will point to two players who should do better. Valencia and Rooney. Both of them were wasteful and useless and they were playing against a very young team, whom they should have bullied. I am really worried for Valencia. He looks shot of confidence and can’t do anything. Carrick and Scholes weren’t amazing either but they did their job somewhat. Overall it says a lot that so many in out team underperformed and we had such an amazing comeback Can’t wait to the team ticking/running on all cylinders.
Great win for the lads, don’t half put you through it, RVP must be buzzin, that’s why he joined utd, that’s how we do it, get in
Last season we were really bad at coming from behind, only once did we do so if I’m not wrong. So its good to see our mental strength this season. Although in most part its because of our dire start to games. Imagine if we can sort out our defence, we’d be a really scary prospect!
Before this match started, i thought hernandez would be ideal to start, simply because he’s brimming with confidence, has abundance of pace, aggression and poaching skills to worry the physically excellent ron vlaar but the dutch lacks the mobility to nullify good movements and i was right, he pretty much kept the classy van persie at bay and headed everything aerially but as soon as javier came on, the mexican exposed all his flaws.
Great comeback again but i don’t think the tactic of out-scoring everyone is sustainable (if it is, i wouldn’t care to be honest). We really need to tighten up at the back and stop giving ourselves mountain to climb. The lack of consistency of selecting defenders and injuries is not helping but i’m hoping united can sort this issue out. Credit to the livewire mexican though, he really is finally developing into a world class centre forward and will be pushing to be a regular starter with performances like that. The good thing about him is, when van-persie was signed and welbeck moved ahead, he didn’t kick up a fuss. He’s put his head down and worked hard. His game has improved a lot and hopefully he’ll keep playing well.
smells like 98/99 season…bring us the ultimate come back in champions league final at wembley…
Man Utd move Nani to keep English Messi for Old Trafford http://t.co/ZsVkzNrD
English Messi? The media sure talks bollocks. From what I have seen of Tom Ince, nothing too special
tom c @ 00:07: “Javier Hernandez – first name on the team sheet next week.”
That won’t happen – SAF will chop-and-change so that DannyTheLad will also get game time. Then, when KagawaBunga gets back to fitness, he’ll need playing time too. We’ve not yet seen KagawaBunga at anything like his best/most effective. He’s a terrific player.
I’d like to see Chicharito played up-front in an attacking interchaning-diamond with TheWayneBoy at the base so that he can roam between midfield and attack. Similarly, I think that RVP is at his best when he has more liberty to roam/interchange. If those four were getting most of the playing time then the other four – DannyTheLad, AV7, Ashley Young, and Nani would be feeding-off-scraps. I don’t see that happening in a system that prizes squad-rotation.
Tom ince is no messi but not many players can match him for ability. I’ve seen tom ince and he’s an outstanding talent. Posseses abundance of technical ability. Glides across the pitch, great close control, super pace. Can score or make an assist. Modern winger with flair there. Time will tell if he can make the step up but he has the ability and probably more of a fergie type signing so i wouldn’t be suprised if it happens. Looking at wilfred zaha at crystal palace though, i think there’s a potential top class player in there. Powerful already and can get stronger, skillful, great dribbler, versatile across the forward areas and has an eye for a goal.
Going by YT vids he looks very good, I can understand why he’s being compared with messi, but he’s nowhere near messi’s class though. He’s a great potential would be a great addition to the club
Only time will tell if he’s going to come
Wouldn’t be surprised if the boss placed in a bid in january, already a lot of clubs showing interest..
theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1128291/Tevez-lashes-out-at-Neville
What on earth is tevez rambling on about here?
Man City’s player wages:
Below is a list of Manchester City’s player wages as of September 2012. The figure shown is a weekly wage before tax.
Carlos Tevez – £180,000
Yaya Toure – £180,000
David Sliva – £160,000
Samir Nasri – £140,000
Edin Dzeko – £120,000
Vincent Kompany – £120,000
Kolo Toure – £120,000
Sergio Aguero – £120,000
Javi Garcia – £110,000
Maicon – £110,000
Mario Balotelli – £100,000
Joleon Lescott – £94,000
Gael Clichy – £90,000
James Milner – £85,000
Gareth Barry – £80,000
Joe Hart – £80,000
Matija Nastasic – £75,000
Pablo Zabaleta – £70,000
Aleksandar Kolarov – £65,000
Micah Richards – £60,000
Jack Rodwell – £55,000
Scott Sinclair – £55,000
Costel Pantilimon – £20,000
John Guidetti – £10,000
Total – £2,299,000 per week or £120,000,000 per year and that’s just 24 players.
All but 2 of the players earn double in a week what the average person in a year earns.
Carlos Tevez on Gary Neville :
Which brings me to Gary Neville. I can’t believe that any of the top countries would employ a television pundit as a part-time coach.
Can you imagine Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland, Brazil or Argentina employing a manager’s right-hand man whose day job is a television pundit? I can’t ever see it happening.
This week, I saw that Gary is part of a venture to build a new hotel in Manchester.
How does that benefit England and Roy Hodgson?
I’m not a fan of foreign managers taking charge of national teams.
It would never happen in Brazil or Argentina because there’s too much pride at stake to admit a foreigner could understand the culture or mentality.
But at least when Fabio Capello was in charge, you saw his assistant, Franco Baldini at Premier League games scouting players.
To be honest, I haven’t seen much of that from Gary Neville.
He’s happy to make jokes about players referring them to a PlayStation game but I’m not sure many World Cups have been won on PlayStation — so I think Gary needs to stop playing games and concentrate on his coaching. I know Sky is a high-profile and lucrative job and must pay well but he has to decide whether his first loyalty is to them or the FA.
He should be out there watching games in the Premier League or the Championship, reporting back on current players and those who might play a part in the World Cup and beyond.
He should also be turning up at clubs, watching their sessions, seeing how top class coaches work and how England players respond to them.
I’ve worked under great managers, probably some of the best in the world and I don’t think any of them would consider having an assistant whose main focus was not 100 per cent on the job.
Spain have been the most successful side in the world for the past few years.
Is their assistant manager a TV pundit?
The short answer is no. Gary has to decide whether England is his absolute focus or does he want to make a name for himself on Sky.
Because, in my opinion, there is too much of a conflict of interest to do both.
Tevez is a cockroach as far as I’m concerned, a twat of the highest.
Cheers @samuel – united WE stand, your link failed
Sunday papers leading the was with ABU stuff (sort of)
Tevez in his own words, bashes England……. erm, he doesn’t ‘get’ england….. Who knew?
Note to Gary Neville: Watch your back son!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4637820/Carlos-Tevez-Gary-Neville-doesnt-help-solve-England-plight.html …
Hodgson’s right hand man is Ray Lewington. The equivalent to Baldini. Neville is just one of the coaches whose job is to work with the team during every gathering. Tevez himself called him a part time coach and later on in the article he’s wondering why Neville doesn’t act like a full time assistant.
Between that and calling Gareth Barry a player with pedigree and class, I haven’t laughed so hard in weeks.
Cheers for the link Fletch.
Ash young is not a united player for me. Questioned when we signed him and still questioning it today. He was useless yesterday it has to be said. Get bale at any cost in Jan or the summer and we’ll be unstoppable!
Valencia was poor too in the first half. Fucking about again. And his crossing was literally non fucking existent. Thankfully he got his act together 2nd half.
Costtas you’re a cunt for slagging scholes off. He didn’t have a bad game and he set Hernandez up for our 1st goal which got us going. The problem is that u simply cant play both Michael and Paul together from the start. Doesn’t work. Simples. U can’t start blaming scholes fella.
Football, bloody he’ll. Watching united this season……
Disgraceful 1st half. Pathetic it has to be said
Hernandez. What a guy! Get in there
Massive 3 points. Unbelievable
Oh, that dirty midget Tevez, he just can’t shut his dirty mouth…I am sure Gary will make some sarcasm out of him in public, may be with a bit of Fergie’s advice;)
I knew Villa would perform but it took something special to turn it around like that. I don’t even know where to start. What a game, lads?
Two pts clear at the top of the table thank you very much! Loved every minute of it.
MOTD should be a laugh. Suarez nicks 2 pts off Chelsea and hospitalises their Skipper! haha there is a God after all.