Whilst many reds had been following the career of striker Danny Welbeck, the whole country was forced to acknowledge our young talent after his debut goal against Stoke this season. He hit the ball perfectly from distance, the ball rocketing in to the top corner of the goal.
More recently, he scored another good goal, this time against Derby, yet his celebration was notably absent. He just walked over to the crowd, before his team mates caught up with him.
One of the reports in the papers this morning suggests that Sir Alex Ferguson was less than happy with Welbeck’s nonchalance following his goal, with ‘a source close to the club’ voicing Fergie’s displeasure.
“Alex was very angry about the way Welbeck celebrated his goal at Derby. He felt there was a touch of arrogance about it. Danny is just a kid and Alex does not like the thought of him getting too big for his boots. That is a lesson plenty of players have learned over the years at Old Trafford.”
The report suggests Welbeck was relegated to the Reserves as a punishment, where he managed to impress, scoring twice to help United turn a losing 4-1 scoreline to a winning 5-4 result.
Do you think Ferguson really had a problem with Welbeck’s cocky celebration?
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bullshit….. i dont believe a single word….
bullshit
If that is the case,then i am glad SAF did it.I was never a fan of Henry’s celebrations.Some might say Cantona did it,but Cantona did it only when he scored brilliant goals(against Sunderland).And even though that finish by Welbeck had fantastic maturity for someone his age,there is no reason for him to be getting ahead of himself.Either way,i am really optimistic about this kid.He looks like the real deal.
I was turned off by Welback’s celebration as it reminded me of Thierry Henry’s. The latter once score against ManU’s Barthez and cockily ran past & turned his head to look contemptously at his countryman. He was such a prick and I was glad he left for Spain. I hope Welback learned something from this.
its from the daily star. you should remove this post scott…
He does look like he has a touch of cockyness about him, but i think it’s just a youthful cockyness not real arrogance.
Won’t do him any harm to step back into the reserves to keep him grounded.
He was placed back into reserve action because Ole needed him for the big match against Wigan, that’s all.
Heh! Trust Fergie to sort things out at the first whiff of trouble.
From losing 4-1, the reserves won 5-4? Against whom? That must have been one hell of a game!
And, obviously there was a certain Mr. Rooney back on the bench.
Well, it is possible. I was also disappointed the he did not celebrate well.
However, I thought his celebration was as a result of the scoreline. We were coasting at 3 nil so no big deal.
We have seen Ronaldo failed to celebrate a couple of goals this season for which he received a bit of a stick from the press.
This can all be a cookup story by the media. Quoting an unknown source even increase my doubts. Please leave the kid alone.
We know a lot of players who dont celebrate goals…. so what da fuck… why the fuss over celebration……….I hate journos…..cheap profession!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thank my stars that I am not one of them
horseshit
I didn’t like his celebration, I doubt Fergie has given it a thought though
I am sure Sir has other important things on his mind other than punishment for being cocky and not celebrating a goal properly.
Anyway, his celebration of the goal against Stoke was almost as weird.
Absolutely bollocks. I would imagine SAF would be chuffed with him scoring regardless of the celebration. Just more ABU shite.
Some players just don’t like to go mad when they score, I don’t necessarily see it as a bad thing.
@King Eric,
Yah take me for instance, I score a goal every once in a blue moon, but when I do I just sort of walk back to the center circle and get on with it. lol
Fergie has form for commenting on selfish goal celebrations and he’s right..I didn’t like it either, I think Fergie has commented that he likes players to celebrate with team-mates rather than pushing people away etc I know Welbeck didn’t do that but it was of the same category, I don’t think he relegated him to reserves because of that but I do think he will have had a word
United’s reserve were playing against Wigan. I only watched about 30 mins because it clashed with the fulham game. Welbeck had a really good game and scored two goals and soo did Macheda who also got sent off. I dont think Fergie has a problem with welbeck its all bullshit.
Btw how old is Welbeck?
I thought he was 17? :S
I suppose all players can’t celebrate with the modesty of Ronaldo.
its a load of crap..
you dont punish a player for not celebrating a goal..
espeacially if he scored. and scored wonderfully.
and how could that put someone off the way he celebrated.
we should worry about the game.and not because welbeck didnt jump around with his shirt off, and his pants on his ankle screaming goallllll
how to make a story out of the most tight knit team in england
if SAF was unhappy he would of made it damn clear and lucky for the lad that he has a teacher like Ole to look after him in the reserves
@Paul the red,
Well I hope Ole doesn’t teach him his celebrations.
You know Ole admitted that he fucked his knee up the night he scored in 99′ final, when he slid on the grass he said he felt his knee give way. And we all know how that turned out for him.
TinManUnited: Ole said in his testimonial programme that whilst he hurt his knee during that celebration it had nothing to do with his other, more serious injuries.
maybe it’s a bit old fashioned…but i want to see players go mental when they score a goal whilst wearing a United shirt…I’m not into all of the ‘look how f*cking good I am’ bullshit.
I didn’t like his celebration at all, at first I thought it was towards the Derby fans but it was in front of our own fans. Why the need for the Henryesque arrogance? I hate when people don’t celebrate goals properly!! Ronaldo and Berbatov have both been guilty of it this season. Maybe Rooney should have a word with him about how to celebrate a goal.
it came from a ‘source from the sun’
two words
bull shit
If I scored a quality goal like that i’d have the players and fans bow down to me!!! Seriously though, it’s nonsense.
@ Si:
Seeing him smile and hug O’Shea and the rest of the guys after scoring against Fulham was really nice.
I think Berbatov has greatly imporved in the goal celebration routine now
Bollocks.
Solskjaers policy when he was playing in Norway was: “I’m a striker, I’m supposed to score. It’s not supposed to be a special event to score a goal.”
When he scored his first goal against Blackburn, you can tell he forgot the policy in the heat of the moment, but quickly remembered and put his hands down.
I don’t really care, as long as the goals keep flowing, but I like to see fotballers who look like they care, and even enjoy themselves on the pitch.
Whose quote is that?
he should take his shorts off while celebrating
bullshit!
To me it looked like he didn’t know how to celebrate rather than “Look at me Im fantastic”. It was only when the United players arrived that he smiled.
@ TinManUnited
very true…
but i reckon no amount of advice and instructions could possibly make you do anything else after scoring a goal of that significance…
but yeah i agree with you…… just waiting for someone to do a nani celebration and end up with a broken back
what cockyness from welbeck I failed to see it all, the lad cant win if he celbrated too much people would bitch and cry like say he is showing no respect to derby, all he did was he looked at the crowd and then went to his team mates I see no harm in this at all he actually showed humility and a player who is down to earth, typical crap from the sun and how any fan could say he was out of line shows how sensitive people are today, and any little thing can upset them quiet pethetic to be honnest.
Yeah i taught the rest of the team were never going to get to him and celebrate with him…Like someone said above, he did look bit happier, when they arrived….Hopefully he goes mental the next time he scores!!! see what people have to say then…
I don’t think Fergie wants a single cocky team on his team. Because when players are cocky, they don’t tend to play in a ‘team work’ style. They’re too individual. Same with Nani, really disrespectful celebrations but I still love to watch him do them
. I don’t think Fergie is gunna use Nani as a long term replacement for Giggs or Ronaldo. I think Nani will leave maybe a season or 2 after Ronaldo leaves. Team work is what’s making United a better team this season. We’re ain’t relying on 1 player anymore. Then entire team created Berba’s goal against Derby. Every player knew exactly what they were doing.
I meant ‘a single cocky player on his team’ by the way
I really do fail to see how the kid is being “cocky” or “arrogant”. A pointless story.
Were you people with a problem watching the game? He just scored the fourth goal against Derby County in a complete rout, if he would have run around like he just won the world cup with a shot from midfield I would have been pissed. Maybe its just an american saying but I always believed in it its “act like you’ve been there before” I can’t stand in our football when people celebrate making a completely average play they are getting paid to make. I don’t believe fergie would punish him for that if he didn’t punish rooney for his attitude when he was younger. As far as looking cocky he should be cocky he is a fuckin striker for Manchester United if that doesn’t perk up your ego a little you must be dead or Berba. So maybe all you cats who never played anything but a playstation could tell me what is a proper celebration when you are 3 goals up on an obviously inferior squad at the end of an away game ?
No need to believe a single word. Sir Alex has straightened this nonesense out. http://www.manutd.com Just the usual rubbish from the Sun.
Park- in all fairness the source never mentions the dropping of Welbeck, I think the dropping thing is a red herring but I do think Fergie might have said something to Welbeck..and to blindkat, there’s a difference between scoring a goal that means very little, then maybe waving to the fans as you walk back, a smile and a couple of high fives compared to standing in front of the crowd like he had just scored a winning goal…I don’t want to see him running around llike a nutter for it because as you said it belies the actual significance of the goal but on the other hand, nor should he ‘Cantona-esque’ stand in front of the crowd like he’s the proverbial dog’s bollocks…I think Fergie would have reminded him he’s not quite there yet…he’s a great talent but Ferguson considers himself an expert on human behaviour and has mentioned selfish goal celebrations before as something which he doesn’t like and I can’t imagine him being impressed with Welbeck’s, after all there is little else for him to worry about so he’ll have to start micro-managing to keep himself occupied
Clearly nonsense, but if it isn’t I’m in full support. He just scored a goal that the likes of Eto’o, Villa, RVN would be proud of, yes we were 3-1 up but I expected him to go crazy, he looked a little arrogant just standing there.
even though this article isn’t true. It’s still disrespectful to just stare at the traveling Utd support, he should at least smile at them
100% bullshit imo
I dont give a Fuck how he celebrates, as long as he keeps banging in the Goals!!
wellbeck arrogant? erm arent u ppl familiar with a certain ronaldo? best in the world and 2nd and 3rd as well? cocky celebrations? winks? whines? kicking out everytime hes challenged? wellbeck is a saint in comparison.