Manchester United Reserves’ beat Everton Reserves 1-0 thanks to a 56th minute goal from Federico Macheda.
Edwin Van der Sar played for the full 90 minutes without showing any signs of discomfort, indicating he’ll be back for the Bolton game.
Ben Foster sadly missed out on his big opportunity to impress and get himself in to the World Cup squad.
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gud news
Glad to hear this. With just his hand being broken, is normal fitness shouldn’t have been a problem – like running, agility training, kicking etc that he shouldn’t take too long once he can start taking shots.
Really wish Foster had taken his chance when he had but, we can’t keep shipping goals.
During the clean sheet record last year, I really didn’t think VDS played that great a role in it but, now understand how a presence like his really help solidify things in the back. I believe we can always score, so clean sheets should mean 3 points.
Finally!! I missed his calm influence. Foster should be sold. He has believed the hype and thinks he is the next big thing when he clearly is not. He won’t accept to be number 2. For his age he has very little experience at the top level compared to other good keepers. Let fergie get a new keeper coz apart from VDS, we have very average all round keepers(good shot stoppers). Good keepes start young, they don’t take years to break through. The likes of Casillas, Cech,Reina,Rensing,Neuer, Akinfeev. Football is a cruel game. It waits for no one. If Foster has no confidence, the he should not be in the team.period. We cannot afford that,not when we are fighting for titles. Sorry for the long post . Had to get that off my chest. ,
I’m hoping everyone who claimed Foster would be taking VDS’s spot will shut the hell up now.
Foster is a goon, as I first explained. He screwed his chance. Not only for United but for England.
Foster has a “chest injury” and has been left out of the England squad. Yeah right, he wasn’t going to get picked after his run of shit games.
And look, Joe Hart has been named to the squad. As I mentioned weeks ago. Hart is twice the keeper Foster ever will be. And Hart actually is young.
Foster got his run of games like everyone said he needed. He did not improve. If anything he got worse.
Extremely happy to have Steady Eddy back between the pipes!!! If it ain’t Dutch it ain’t Much!!!
@DevilEgg:
Chill out dude.
Everybody deserves a chance, unfortunately for Foster he just blew it.
I’m happy to shut my mouth now, but hey it was just an opinion
Gr8 news..now Foster take a rest nd Edwin please shut that goal for the next 14 games.
Didn’t have much to do tonight but great to have Edwin back. The calming influence behind the back four. Awful to say but every time the ball got passed back to Foster I was terrified that he would miss kick it or hesitate. His confidence by now must be shot. No need to be too harsh on him though a run of 8 or so games is fuck all and up until the Arsenal game he had been reasonably good. Just needs to go and put a lot of hard work in now. Think Sir Alex will probably end up getting a new keeper next summer unless he comes back stronger. The defence and United have really missed VDS.
Off topic – Having just watched the ten o clock news the media and referee’s are going to fucking town on SAF. Cunts.
can anyone post link with machedas goal, 10X
VDS is back! So happy to see that. Now maybe we can rectify our defensive record which is our 4th wost in the Premier League years(after the first 8 games).
@King Eric: I hate the ABUs as much as you, but did Fergie really have to make that comment about Alan Wiley? Especially after a game that we shouldn’t even contemplate about blaming the referee? Take it from someone who lives in a third world country(in terms of football organisation), i highly doubt the FA allows referees to officiate games without making them pass fitness tests. I hope Fergie gets a written warning and the story ends here.
Costas – Alright mate. I know what you mean but fuck em’. Wiley was puffing and panting like fuck and at times DID struggle to keep up with play. Would much rather Fergie says what he feels than wimpy cunts like the FSW and Mark Hughes.
Costas – I actually find it all very amusing.
Absolute quality!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/liverpool/article6863659.ece
As someone said earlier the focus is now on SAF and his comments, not on the shit performance from 90% of our lads, especially Wayne who was a shadow of what we all know he is capable of…
“I can’t stand Liverpool, I can’t stand Liverpool people, I can’t stand anything to do with them” – Gary Nevs.
All together now, Gary neville is a red..
I think we’re going about the hunt for a keeper the wrong way. Rather than trying to home grow one, which means the club suffering all their growing pains, this is one position which we ought to be buying either established pros like VDS, maybe in their early thirties or around the 30 mark at any rate, or signing really highly favoured keepers in their mid twenties, and by this I mean -really- highly favoured ones. Get somebody who has a few seasons of top class football under their belt before we sign them.
King Eric: “Awful to say but every time the ball got passed back to Foster I was terrified that he would miss kick it or hesitate.”
I’m in complete agreement with your statement; what VDS provided was a calming influence and confidence – you can’t see it when he’s playing but, for sure, it’s evident when he’s missing.
I would think that SAF will move heaven and earth to either convince Edwin to return for another “one more year” or else he will have scoured the planet to find a proper replaceent.
The shambolic performances from Ben Foster have made it clear that if UTD are going to challenge for titles/trophies this year then the sale of CR7 will be nothing as compared to the lack of a proper keeper.
With Foster in goal, UTD will win nothing. He’s become a distraction whose shot-confidence seems to seep into the psyches of the defenders. None of them can be confident of him after seeing him make so many elementary mistakes with such frequency.
Finally. To quote something I read somewhere, I think on F365, “Foster is pants.”
He had his run and in my opinion proved he’s rubbish. We should expect our keeper to make saves, not be terrified every time the ball comes near him. Why do we care so much about him being England’s number one anyway? We all feel the same about England I imagine.
And, just to say it one more time, let’s get Neuer.
How about the Russian?
@King Eric: Fair enough. Maybe Wiley had a bad day? Who knows? You know what i find amusing? That biased cunts like Jeff Winter finally come out of their worm holes and have a go at the manager. As if anyone rates their opinion highly!
I wonder what SAF is thinking about the goalkeeper situation right now. VDS is VDS, Kuszczak hasn’t done anything wrong this season and Ben is starting to feel the pressure. I wonder if he will rotate for a couple of games.
I was always saying “give Foster a chance” and argued that he will learn about what it takes to be a number 1 goalkeeper for the best team in England and one of the best in Europe. Having seen him play live and on tv it really seems that he’s gone backwards in terms of development. I like many fans was waiting to see him command the backline and give them confidence. I wanted to see him dominate the 12 yard box and claim the number 1 goalkeeper spot. I really didn’t want to see another Richard wright :- nervous, poor performance ,and sold onto a championship side.
After Vds who do we go for? What about the young Ron-Robert Zieler. He’s only 20 and has the abily and confidence to go all the way to the top.
Welcome back Edwin! We sure have missed you…
Nothing sad about Foster not making the grade. He’s simply not good enough yet. Not to say he won’t be in a few years, but he’s had ample opportunity when EVS out to cement his place and he got a good run against teams to prove he could handle the pressure.
He couldn’t deliver. I personally don’t feel sad about it because it exposes a flaw in him that can hopefully we corrected as he contemplates life on the bench.
And if he doesn’t, then so be it. I don’t think anyone can say he didn’t have an opportunity to make it here and with a big club like united you have to take those opportunities and Foster just didn’t seem to be able to do that.
Foster’s problem is to do with confidence, or rather the lack of it. He needs games in the reserves or out on loan again, I think. A goalie is a very important part of the team and ManUtd cannot chance it, not with very important games coming after the international break.
Like many said, when VDS is playing, we don’t realize his importance. When he is not around, we sense it. I missed him in our posts. Although sometimes he did nothing, you can still feel safe. Before the seasons start, i really don’t like to see united link with other keepers in the market like Neuer or Zieler. But after having a run of games, foster still makes me feel sweat when watching and having the ball at his feet makes me on parachute. I realize we do need a good goalkeeper, foster is heavy on his bottom and seems unable to dive or fly in the air(seems heavy). Lets buy good keeper which reflexes are good, brave, consistent. Good goalkeeper win us points.
As for the press on SAF. Although i know it is serious SAF on the referee but didn’t anyone realize that referee are doing something not consistent by not giving extra time given we score in the injury time? Why they are not consistent they should take the blame. Why no one mention them and all on SAF.
Great to have VDS back soon.
Foster was shite, thats true enough. But instead of just blaming him and highlighting his inadequacies, shoudlnt we, as proper UNITED FANS have backed him up to the hilt? Just like Fergie has been doing all this time.
His lack of performance could very well be attributed to all this negatve energy being directed at him as well (in the stadium..via this blog). Cmon guys…lets SUPPORT Foster to the hilt for a change, no matter how bad he was. Seriously.
Jish Inc
what are you on about. its not about foster believing his own hype he was just not good enough. I thought he could be good enough but the club is too big for him. it is the same has anderson and nani who they were over hyped young players who were not has good as many thought they are, foster would be a great back up keeper but he will want week in week out football. valencia is the same some players are just not made to cut it at united and these are not
Isn’t Igor Akinfeev interested in us as well? Well Sign him up!
oh oh! Looks like Foster won`t be seen for a very long time now. This article is from the guardian -
Ben Foster, left out of Fabio Capello’s England squad on Sunday after a string of goalkeeping errors in recent games, was involved in a furious row with his Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, the previous day, according to reports last night.
Ferguson blamed his out-of-sorts goalkeeper for allowing Kenwyne Jones to score during last Saturday’s 2-2 Premier League draw at Old Trafford
it was one of the most boring matches ive ever seen
during the first half a .a. announcment went out saying car reg blah blah blah could you please move your car cause its parked somewhere it cant
paddy at the 45minute summed up the first half by askng
“i wonder if the meved that car”
get to see eddie back
I wonder where all the Foster supporters have gone. At the start of the season when some of us said we preferred Kuszack, a majority thought Foster was the man. We should get a new keeper. Manutdchampions, where have u been? I can see you are sliding back to your old ways. Always negative. Ando will come good. Nani is a mystery. Can’t tell if he is Ronaldo or Freddy Adu. Foster is crap.
I know I will be slated for this but I still back Foster to shine.
Foster was amazing in all the games till the derby. He made some bloody brilliant saves in the starting weeks but unfortunately he was on the receiving end of some quality goals. Even against Sunderland he got hold of the ball for the second goal but he lost it due to collision with Jones. That goal could have easily been disallowed on any other day. In the same game Vidic was not at his best and made some poor back passes 2-3 times but Foster cleared them very well.
I just feel we should give him some more time and support him through his bad time. Just my opinion, though I might be wrong.
jish Inc
Id be a Foster fan as much as a Nani fan
I know they can do it but they dont
Foster ,apart from dropping 2 points against sunderland, has been lucky that he fucks up but the rooneys Berbatov and mostly the Micheal Owens seem to have bailed him out. Nani getting better he took a deep but he seems to hopfully have ended after playing great against sunderland in my opinion . . .his best pre season since his first pre season so here hoping it continues
van der sar is sooo much better than foster but when it comes to crosses and corners and balls going across him i think foster is better than Kuszack
feel bad for Foster.. but i he think he can still make it..
@mangesh
yes you are wrong. Foster is not good enough.its sad to say that but the repurcussions of his mistakes could have been far worse hadnt it been for certain players like owen.8 games should be enough for anyone to prove themselves. bcause of this even the back 4 have lost faith in Foster and there is persistent misunderstanding that is causing problems.VDS is a cool head and a comamnding presence.atleast you should know how to kick the ball under pressure.foster looks tense every time the ball comes to him under pressure and often makes poor decisions.
@cantona7
no need to feel bad.i feel bad for fergie because he as 2 poor Gks to choose from who are letting the team down.kusczak is no good either but because he has got less chacnes cannot be blamed.we have to sign a good Gk soon
@cantona7
no need to feel bad.i feel bad for fergie because he as 2 poor Gks to choose from who are letting the team down.kusczak is no good either but because he has got less chacnes cannot be blamed.we have to sign a good Gk soon
sorry for posting the comment twice.
Yeah I feel bad for Foster too, but his nerves seriously got the better of him.
Need the safe hands of Edwin between those posts now…
i have been defending foster whole season and i still will be defending. but really foster is very nervous while playing for united.i guarentee if he playes for clubs like aston villa or tottenhem he would be a champion keeper.he is a class keeper but just because of his nervousness i think he cant be number 1 keeper fo united.
man utd champ
its shocking u say anderson still is not playing well.i think apart from berba ando played a good football against sunderland.and yeah i am frustrated with valencia.
guys i seriously doubt whether he was worth 17 millions.i think like park he wont be able to score goals.i still say a winger who doent score goals is not great.but i hope i am wrong.
@ash
valencia needs more chances and needs to work in training on using his left foot and getting better crosses in the box.because he is an outfield player he will get time he needs and i am sure he will improve.wigan and united are poles apart.goalkeeping is a less forgiving position.you make mistakes and you will most certainly pay for it.
We can’t just say sign Igor Akinfeev because the papers have mentioned him! If anyone has watched him, you will know his worste attribute is his catching, SAF also preffers his keepers to speak English, of which Akinfeev speaks none. I agree with earlier comments, lets not jump on Foster’s back, he arguably won us the game against Arsenal with an outstanding save from Van Persie at 1-0 and did the same when called upon at Spurs (Jenas) and birmingham (Chucho). He is not a bad keeper at all. He may just not be our beloved United class.
@aig
hi mate.yeah i agree he needs more chances but the way he plays is so boring like park.it hardly looks like he will score goals.i am not blaming his crosses that will be perfect when he playes another 10 -15 games but he is not an amazing player.yeah nani is frustrating but atleast nani creates chances for himself.valencia should have a bit variety.otherwise he will also become like park .
@ash
hi.i agree with you on certain points but valencia has played just 10 games.his pace is frightening.he needs to cut in more rather than just going wide on the wings and then crossing. but i am sure he will improve because as i said he has lot of time on his side.he needs to add more dimensions to his game but playing at United i am sure that will happen.he also needs to shoot more.otherwise he is never gonna score
http://therepublikofmancunia.com/time-for-foster-to-prove-himself/#comment-81932
Well, I will hold my hands up with this – while Foster has shown glimpses of the ability that prompted the above comment, I cannot defend his inconsistency and resilience under pressure. At Watford he was peppered with shots for 90 minutes, and did bloody well with them. BUT, were they expected to win? Was conceding 3 goals a bad thing, when just being in the Premiership is considered a bonus?
I just do not think Foster has the temperament for a club like United, a few mistakes have knocked him completely and there is little or no confidence on show there. I would bracket him with Tim Howard now, a very good keeper, but nowhere near the level required by Manchester United.
Expect to see Foster at Spurs or the like within a few seasons, we should be moving for Neuer or one of the other crop of decent German keepers around at the moment.
http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2009/10/07/1546065/report-manchester-united-goalkeeper-ben-foster-in-bust-up
United>England
@ash, Valencia is a great little player and definitely deserves our patience – while he’s been patchy so far, by and large he’s been good, he takes on a man, and can whip in a good cross, even from a difficult position.
Let him get his bearings, I have every faith he be an important 1st team player for us by Xmas.
I don’t think that Foster’s problem has to do with his confidence – it’s his ball-playing and game-anticipation that are just not good enough. The way he was caught out for the Tevez/Barry goal was simply shocking; for him to damned near repeat that lack of ball control right at the start of the Sunderland game was downright inexcusable. He just doesn’t have any “confidence” in his right foot and, to boot (as it were), he’s slow in playing the ball when it’s on his left side, too. IF all that weren’t bad enough, his lack of judgement in anticipating the situation leading up to the Kenwyne Jones’ goal was the sort of event that would scare the beejezus out of the central defenders who can have no sense that Foster is going to take command of the play in front of him (and behind them).
By the way, what did I tell you about Kenwyne Jones ? this guy is a real man-monster and would be a quite-wonderful addition to UTD’s forward-line.
having a keeper like Foster who is low on cofidence inspires opposition attackers to have a crack at our goals, and that is nothing short of blaspehmous.
I wanted him to succeed, I really did, because it will save us having to fork out £20 million for a decent keeper, and i’d like to think that he still has time to prove he can make it at United, be he has a lot of hard work to do.
denton – I remember you saying United should go for Owen and Jones. I laughed you off the blog!!
As for Valencia give him some time. I am happy with him so far and I have seen him use his left foot a few times. People expect world beaters after 8 games.
Costas – I think rotating the keepers would be disastous mate. As long as Edwin is fit play him. We won’t have him around much longer. He will probably get injuries then the other two can have another go. perhaps a run in the Carling and FA Cups though.
Ive been a supporter of foster since the start of the season but he’s making to many mistakes at the minute. I still think he can become a great keeper, just not at united. Never mind kenwyne jones id rather ave bent any day of the week.
Everyone can see Foster has had a bad run, fuck up after fuck up, but i still believe now with him in the stands for a while and the pressure being off he watch and what he should be during each time and will be able to watch what VDS does during games in his decision making and positionoing, i think he should still be given 1 more chance after watching VDS to see if he can improve, if he cant improve his decision making now (i still think he is good shot stopper & has good reflexes) after this thats the end, im hoping these mistakes can make him better for the future.
After all, any players anywhere on the pitch after their first decent run in a team wont be perfect and without faults.
King Eric @ 11:18 – YOU may think that you “laughed me off the blog” but I’d never agree with that !
What I was on about then was the need for variety in the attackers, which is especially apparent when Berbatov and Rooney revert to dropping deep. Plus, in many games the opposition are pinned in their end so the need for a fox-in-the-box AND a bulldozer seems to come to the fore. I doubt that Kenwyne Jones would be available for less than twenty-five or thirty million pounds – and that’s waaaaay too much for “an alternative”.
Right now, I’d be much, much, much more willing to investigate purchasing Emile Ivanhoe Heskey’s availability. I thought it was a mistake not to take of punt on him last winter when Aston Villa got him for three or four million. He’s not playing full-time for them now – because TheGiantNorwegian, John Carew, seems to be the chosen partner for Gabby Agbonlahor – so I would think that he’d be a useful stop-gap complement to Rooney/Berbatov and he has played a lot with LittleMikey, too.
In any event, lets keep up the banter and cross-commentary. I learn a lot from you.
Kick Alan Leighton out of Prospect after what he said about Sir Alex :
http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/31278.html
Help spread the word!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLc5qHBUbG0&feature=player_embedded
Macheda’s goal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBnYIuaLWyc&feature=player_embedded
Reserves vs Sunderland
Bring on ARTUR BORUC, Celtic’s charismatic keeper!!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/oct/07/football-transfer-rumours-rafael-benitez-portsmouth
That would be top hit and probably not too expensive. What do you think?