Two substitute appearances, two winning goals, Federico Macheda is an overnight star for Manchester United fans.
Following our 2-1 win over Sunderland this afternoon, Sir Alex Ferguson has praised Macheda for his quick-thinking and goal instinct.
“He has got something special about him, the boy,” Ferguson said. “I haven’t seen the goal, but one of the players said he actually tried it. He side-footed it as it came to him. It’s that quick-thinking that goalscorers have got. He has just got that instinct.”
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Is this all just a dream? Am I just a 13 year old girl dreaming about a 17 year old italian football player becoming the best in the world, and in the end we will fall in love? Or is this reality? Can it be?
GET IN THERE KIKO!! love him!!
Fergie needs to put this boy in ahead of Berbatov and even Tevez on current form. He looks like he can score in every game. which isn’t something we can say about our other two 30 million plus strikers.
While we’re at it…wish Brown and Raphael would get well soon. Neville has become a defensive liability and besides his crosses is adding nothing to our game.
This boy is special, this boy is good, this is boy is the new Ole, the new berbatov, the new cantona…….boy im gettng carried away! I don’t care, we won 2day, 3 points, marching towards the prem!! COME ON LADS, WE’LL NEVER DIE! WE’LL NEVER DIE
you are my Kiko, my only Kiko,
you make me happy, when skys are grey,
cause when were drawing, you just keep scoring,
please dont take my Kiko away!
I can’t wait for Rio to come back and I can say the same about Brown. Our defensive line has been really shaky after the Liverpool game. We have struggled with injuries and bans but still that’s no excuse. I’m not really confident that we’ll keep a clean sheet against Porto on their homeground so I do hope our strikers will be on their best form in that match.
I hope to see this defensive lineup soon:
Van der Saar
Brown – Rio – Vidic – Evra
the new berbatov? berbatov is a nonce who doesnt deserve to wear the united shirt… fuck him out
Berbatov is pure class at football but he is not what united need. I like him as a player but he is not worth all of 30 million. Anyway kiko macheda what a player. Won us the league with his 2 goals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tt7k11_QOI
LOVIN KIKO
My initial reaction to seeing a replay of the goal is that Kiko’s touch was intentional. If it is, and sorry to sound like Andy Gray, then you simply can’t teach that. His is indeed special.
No doubt we’ll be hearing more from Lazio’s directors this week, who appear to be working under the assumption that Kiko would be coming off the bench to score crucial goals for them. Nevermind Fergie’s influence on the boy’s development and how he’s time his introduction to the senior team.
Where we could have been in the after the last two games without Kiko’s contribution doesn’t bear thinking about. It’s such a relief to see a player going about it without the burden of whatever must be weighing the rest of the team down. Long may his form continue.
The FSW is at it again.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1169319/Rafa-taunts-Fergie-I-understand-word-says.html?ITO=1490
Sad sad man.
For every word SAF speaks the FSW needs an A4 sheet of drivel.
Two faced, hypocritical comedian. He’s worst than Mourinho always wants to be in the limelight.
Sad sad man is right costas, you would think hes been in our situation before the way hes talking and going on and on and on about it, fergie has been in this situation 10 times already with United, ever hear of experience rafa? yah fuckin thick cunt
fuck rafa
start talkin about kiko again
the ssw is just such a downer
He definitely meant it. Some parts of the media are using the word luck but I thought it was a great piece of technique.
At least Mourinho had a bit of class, this guy sounds like he’s lost his mind.. I can only imagine what he’s like at home… like those mad professor type movie villains!
Bud ‘Our defensive line has been really shaky after the Liverpool game. We have struggled with injuries and bans but still that’s no excuse’.
The problem with many of our fans at the moment is that mentality. I am not having a go at Bud because I can see where he is coming from but we need to accept that having a big squad does not always mean replacing ‘like for like’. An injury or a suspension to a top player like Ferdinand or Vidic or Hargreaves does not mean that the guy who replaces him will automatically perform as well. At Utd a player who steps in at the business end of the season is automatically under scrutiny and immense pressure. If we had players of equal ability to cover every position the wage bill for one thing would be immense not to mention the fact that top players do not like to warm benches waiting for their counterpart to get injured or sent off. That is where the O’Shea’s,Fletcher’s and Evans’ come in. We are having a torrid time with injuries at the moment and that IS an excuse. I don’t remember a time where nervousness has been such an issue at Utd as it is at the moment, but we do have to stay behind the team. If we get on the backs of the players then it will become self perpetuating. We got a break today. If we win against Porto then we should forget the problems we have had and treat the remaining games like the start of a new season
Sorry for taking the conversation off Kiko before guys,but this guy is a piece of work.Several weeks ago he implied that United would have been successeful with or without Fergie because of their wealth.Now he mocks his accent.Now i am not British and i would never make jokes about the accent of the Scottish,the Geordies or anyone else.Does he think he is funny?Or is he such a blatant disrespecting cunt?I have never been as fired up about any title as i am about this one.And that’s all thanks to Senior FSW.
Anyway,just watched the game.Don’t take my head off,but i noticed a slight improvement overall.It might have something to do with the quality of the opposition.The Good:Evra,Ronaldo and VSD getting rests,Vida becoming better as the game progressed and Rooney in his best and more mature form.The Bad:The defence is still jittery,Scholes spells of blacking out of the game and out inability to kill them off.The Excellent:Kiko Macheda.
Costas – The man is a fuckin disgrace, he will get what is coming to him. Cannot wait to see the fat cunts face when the Trophies are handed out in May. Mark my words mate the dippers will not win the league. Slip ups will happen during the next few games I am sure of it. May sound daft but if it was “meant to be” that United are not gonna win the league then we would not have ground out the last couple of results. Everything will fall in to place, you’ll see.
put the shoe on the other foot, if Sir Alex said i cant understand him as he has a spanish accent, that would be deemed racist, no?
cunt
No no no no no. The boy will have enough pressure on his shoulders by everyone from so called pundits to people who think they know everything about the game, pretending they knew something about this boy when they hadn’t heard of him before Villa. Any United fan with half a brain should be looking to play down his achievements. He has done well for sure but all this about starting games, ousting Berbatov and wishing he had a different passport (as some of the imbeciles texting SSN suggest) now is just ridiculous. Keep him in the squad but lets make sure we dont inflate egos or expectations at such a young age.
should have pointed out that i was referring to the article in the link from costas
Halo, you are right. SAF will know exactly how to handle him. Some of us are getting a little over excited,especially me but in a couple of days I will be more realistic.
My problem with that comment from Benitez was that it was insulting.It’s as if saying “Sir Alex doesn’t know how to speak his native language because he has this heavy accent”.Ferguson never said or would never say that Benitez doesn’t know how to speak his native language.This rivalry has become silly to be honest.It started with the “FACTS”,Fergie talked about Freud and now it’s down to this.
King Eric i like the “it’s meant to be” mentality.I use it a lot myself.There will be dropped point and for LIverpool the next 3 games are tricky.Arsenal at home,Hull away and Newcastle(fighting for their lives) also away.And sometime in May there is also a trip to West Ham.But first thing os first.We need the 6 our of 6 with Portsmouth and Tottenham at OT.
Kiko definately has a magnet for the goal… sommat we aint really had since Ole or Ruud…
I know they are different types of players.. but knew instinctively where the goal is.. and Kiko is the same…
He could end up saving us a lot of money… coz he has not fear… got plenty of bottle… and i buzz of his exuberance (if thats how u spell it)… and seems to have a little bit of cockyness which if used in the right way.. will be all the better.
Benitez is a cunt! To taunt Sir Alex by saying he doesn’t understand him should bring him an FA disrepute charge. We all know that the English game is more cosmopolitan now than at any time in history and to mock the dialect of someone of such standing in the game is beyond reproach. Think back to Ardiles in the 80′s referring to Tottenham as Tottingham. We all laughed but it meant nothing. No one in the media took the piss out of him for it. The guy pronounced things differently but so what.
So when Benitez went on his famous rant, did we hear Fergie say ‘Hass a fack,what does that mean’? Did we fuck.
Benitez should be brought in front of the FA on this one because for all the mind games between Ferguson, Wenger,Mourinho and Benitez, until now no-one has tried to undermine an opposing manager by critisising his native tongue.
Benitez,remember this. Sir Alex has had differences with with Mourinho but now they are great friends, he has had differences with Wenger but they sit at charity events together and their great minds meet.Three men far more eloquent than you and more astute than you. To start mocking the dialect of fellow professionals be it managers or players will leave you a lonely and isolated figure in the English game with only your compatriots to talk to. But you’re probably used to that anyway.’HASS A FACK’!
P.S How does he understand Gerrard, Carragher and his assistant Sammy Lee. They all talk like they have got a nose full of snot. ‘Fact’
once again berbetov shows how useless he truly is, 30 million your having a laugh he should join the blue half of manchester because he is a total joke.
Berbatov played a crucial role in the first goal.Not at his best, certainly, but there were glimpses of his quality. His ability to hold up the ball would be very useful if he’s fit against Porto. In the first leg their 3 attackers kept getting the ball becasue United didn’t have anyone who really held it. Other pluses, Scholes showed far more energy and drive. I’d like to see him play further forward and use his control under pressure used more in the opposition box. Vidic was feeling his way back to form and Evans never hides, despite recent lapses, which is excellent. He’s got guts under fire. Neville isn’t match fit but he never gives up,and some of his attacking play has been good, although here were some poor crosses. Overall United were still not at their best, but there were some real positives, not least the fact they won for the second match running. Winning is a habit..
Always the voice of reason Giles Oakley.Berba does have a part to play.Ferguson doesn’t spend 30mil for nobodies.And yes i dare say that even Veron could have helped.He did have good games in Europe.Anyway.I think that we should keep Berba on the bench on Wednesday.We need 2 strikers that will force them back.We need to keep our lines as high up as possible.If we do get a goal,then Berba might be more useful to come from the bench so that he will keep the ball and break Porto’s rhythm.But SAF knows his tactics better than me.Hopefully he will get it right again on Wednesday.
This is Roy of the Rovers stuff. May this long continue…
xyth it’s also Ole Gunnar Solskjaer from 96-97 stuff!Kiko won’t be top scorer this season like Ole was,but he is having a similar impact.Up until the Villa game the season has reached a stalemate.We needed someone to breathe new life into us and Kiko was the man.And how funny football is?It could have been Welbeck the savior in the Villa game if it wasn’t for a great Fiedel save.I think that he has bought our experienced players some time in order to screw their head on right.This week as i call it,is treble week.One game for each competition.Finals all of them.Hoping for the best.
That FSW is getting on too much, they only beat Blackburn because of Torres’s stunning play and the fact that Blackburn put on a platter the 3points playing a centrehalf as forward and keeping their top scorer on the bench!
We would love it, love it when we beat them to the title!!!
I want to see him get a few more minutes just like everyone else does. But talk of having him start some matches is a little over board. Maybe get him 30 or 20 mins against Everton?
On another note, where the hell is Fabio? He can’t even make the bench?
As Sir Alex said, ‘We are cutting off the games one by one’ till there’s no more games for the FSW’s team to catch up on..onwards ManUtd!
fredriko “da machine gun ” macheda
United players need to close down opposition players quickly.they r allowing the opposition too much time on the ball & get at them.the work rate is not there as before.Fletcher was superb in the last 2 matches.Ando also hardly tracked back yest.we are badly missing Hargo
I gotta say I never understood the concept of pressure. FSW seems to think the pressure is back on us since we are on the top of the table and Liverpool have none. Let us recap… First lets look at United. We have a better chance of making it to the Semi’s of the CL. United are top of the table, still in the FA Cup, and have already won two tournaments. That means we have…3 possibilities to ADD to our trophies collected this season and in a decent position in most of them to do so. Liverpool are a point back and a game ahead of United. They where easily beaten by Chelsea at Anfield during the week and look set on being knocked out of the CL and they have no shot at the FA Cup. So who is the pressure on really? If United hang on to the EPL than Liverpool win nothing. They have everything to lose if we don’t slip up. If we slip up we have other options and other possibilities. Liverpool have none which to me means there is much more pressure on Liverpool to perform.
Kiko should not start for any game during the remainder of the season. He should play a role of course but he hasn’t over taken Berba or Tevez. All this talk is ridiculous. Berba was playing well before he got injured and Tevez is in good form. Not to mention Kiko has come on fresh late in games and made an impact. I in no way want to diminish the amazing accomplishment of scoring those two game winning goals which were stunning strikes and important for our season. He well go down in United folklore no matter what he accomplishes from here on out but he needs time to develop. He doesn’t need to be thrown into a starting line-up but rather continue to come off the bench and make a difference. Over the summer we should look at him closely and make some decisions because surely we can’t keep the big three up front, bring back Campbell, and give the games to Wellbeck and Macheda they will need to continue their stellar development.
I think we need to go with youth which means Tevez should go. I love Tevez, think he is hugely important to the success we have had over the last two years, but with the amount of money we spent on Berba he won’t and can’t be the one to go. This fact is why I thought buying Berba was a mistake and we should have stuck with the youth rather than gambling (yes, it was a gamble) on Berba. 32 million comes with an expectation which he hasn’t reached but after spending that much there is no way we can get rid of him. The wonderkid has given Fergie some tough decisions to make over the summer. But no way will he sell Berba, which will make signing Tevez even more complicated. Would love to know what you all think…
I didn’t mention Manucho who has shown some recent signs of development.
Wazza – I agree we aren’t closing people down enough. We need our midfield to close down much quicker and help our defense more. I am glad Evra got a rest today and thought we defended well for 10 minute periods through the course of the match but not nearly enough. Hargo would help since he is such a utility player and a fantastic defensive minded midfielder. Anderson is coming off an injury so I don’t expect him to be running his socks off just yet. I don’t think he was a reason for the conceded goal nor a major issue in our defensive troubles. I think his pace and defensive ability could really prove useful come Tuesday and I hope he is in the starting 11.
Manucho is not United class.we need to get at porto in their faces & have a real go from the start & play with a high tempo.we need a goal early to make things better.i see porto sitting back & trying to hit us on the counter.
Kiko is MU new Toti and MU also have Cambell,Wellbeck,Tosic for the next season. MU can say goodbye to Teves (hardworking but clumsy) and Ronaldo (complacent). Barbe and Roney will be their leaders to bring more glories for the club.Senior players Gary N,Scholes and Giggs can retire for good and John Oshea to be shown the exit door.
Guys we don’t necessarily need Hargo to close teams down.As i have said before,when you are going through a bad spell,the absentees are your most valuable players.I have missed Brown and Hargreaves very much.But let’s think about this.Last year we had 2 solid games defensively against Barcelona without Hargo as the defensive midfielder.This year we have set this record of clean sheets without him.Our best performance in terms of containing the opposition was at Inter.Again without him.In January and February SAF would play whatever team he wanted and they were getting the result.Now no matter what team he outs out,we concede a goal and don’t look dominating enough.We will get past this.Wednesday gives us a magnificent opportunity.To win in there would be a massive boost that could have a similar impact that the 3-0 win over Chelsea did.If we get knocked out(while being unbeaten in the Ch.League campaign!) wouldn’t bother me that much.For me the first goal is the Premiership.Thanx FSW for shifting my focus.
Oh,just found this:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/more-sport/2009/04/12/fergie-s-ron-rage-115875-21273035/
About time if you ask me.He did seem a bit more fired up yesterday.
Is he slowly becoming the next baby-face assassin… i know it’s too soon but…. 2 app/2 goals? Such big trophy preserving goals?
After sitting on it for a couple of minutes… i mean really? It is luck or fate?
jcolas King Eric touched upon it last night.It has to be fate as far as the title is concerned and i hope we are proved right.As far as the boy is concerned,who knows?To be honest,apart from the goals in these games he hasn’t done anything else(like a good flick or good skill) but at his age i wouldn’t expect him too.But when i saw him get in Barry’s face,i said to myself “we have a fiesty one here”.One thing is for sure.He knows where the goal is.He does have an instict.So in that sense he is like his mentor 20Legend.Will he become the next Solskjaer?I wish that he does.
Found this today:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/more-sport/2009/04/12/fergie-s-ron-rage-115875-21273035/
I am glad it was addessed.About time.Ronaldo did look more focused yesterday.
Kiko has already become what every united player dreams of becoming ….The most hated man in Liverpool
P.S. Berbatov is no shape to play in Portugal , looked extremely rusty today ….
how the fuck can anyone of u say berbatov is useless.
he is absolute class and he played well against sunderland
his hold up play and vision is just amazing i dont know how the fuck u think he looks rusty.
fucking no brainer shits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tt7k11_QOI
i just got around to watching wwe hall of fame this morning(happy easter by the by)
and there was something said on it that made me think of Federico Macheda
“success, it is not a given
it is not a guarantee
it does not come easy
if it comes at all
to achieve success
you must take it”
Federico Macheda is a success already because he has been out there for less that an hour of football in only 2 games but has gone out there and took it.
and i dont want to go over board with a player that ive only really seen playin newcastle and stokes second string. but i haven’t felt this buzz around da player since players like Rooney and Cantona.
Federico Macheda i cant wait to see what happens next
Berba has his own style of playing.Fergie has changed his position to a withdrawn striker & like yesterday, Tevez was leading the line.Berba is playing more like an attacking mf
@gotta hate tiny tears :I am also a wrestling fan.Well my favourite wrestler Bret Hart said something like this on his induction:
“As times goes on you realise that success is based less than you think on what you learn and more than you think on what you have inside you from the start.”
In other words,Kiko was born with this killer instinct.Personally i put him in a different class than that of Rooney and Cantona.I put him in that of Ole Solskjaer.Rooney and Cantona were players that created a buzz when they came to United.Kiko and Ole have been coming slowly and quietly through the ranks before suddenly exploding on the big scene.Cool vid by the way.Your daughter will be leading the Stretford End for generations to come.
costa man i agree with you(apart from bret hart) hbk
just i ment just a new player on the scean that has the hopes of a team lifted
6 long weeks went bu then this guy gets sent on at villa and next thing ya know we are gonna win the league
like rooney last day of the tranfair window
like that wonderful december morning the king had arrived
its a simple boost
I get what you mean.I said it yesterday.Until the 90th minute against Villa(even at 2-2) you felt like the season was going nowhere.Danny had just missed his glorious chance and you felt that was it.Then, Kiko’s strike comes along and finally it’s like there is new breath in our bodies.We could get knocked out by Porto but as i said above,for me the priority is the title.And if we do end up winning it,we can thank this boy who won’t even get a medal.Typical FA shity bureaucracy.I wasn’t following United when the KIng came.But i certainly was when Wazza did.And i saw his first game live.You knew from then what was coming.HBK hey?Well no one is perfect.Great match at Wrestlemania this year though.Best of the decade.
do you not have to play in just 7 games for a medal??
or am i way off
I think it’s 10 but i may be off myself.I remember Smith and Kuszczak getting some sort of special medal for getting 9 games in the 06-07 campaign.Hopefully it’s less than that.But i really hope that we don’t need Kiko in 5 more games to save out butts.Maybe score 3 or 4 past Portsmouth and then put him on for 20-30 minutes to enjoy himself.
Apparently SAF has had a long talk with Ronaldo about his approach in the last few games.Yesterday he looked a lot more focused mind you.I don’t believe for a second that Ronaldo is facing the prospect of not playing against Porto but nothing like a bruised ego to get players refocused.
he did track back a few times when he came on yesterday
What’s happening with Tosic by the way?? hasn’t featured for the last couple of months.
ya he did track back yesterday quite a few times.fergie had surely spoken to him before the match about his on field attitude
Kings i wonder this myself.He was ok in the FA cup game against Tottenham.The same goes for Fabio but at least he has played in the Reserves.And whereas we have not been short on wingers making Tosic’s task difficult,i can’t understand why it’s always Eckersley on the bench instead of Fabio.
Kings – Tosic is currently on a programme to build his strength up according to SAF.
It’s a good programme to.Alan Smith went through it 2 years ago and he took Roma apart.
Scott – If Macheda plays in the rest of our Premiership games this season, and we go on to win the title, will he be able to get a medal if we appeal, baring in mind he wouldn’t of played the minimum of 10 games to be eligable for one? The same way in which we did to get Smith a medal for the 2006/07 season.
I can answer the Macheda query. He wouldn’t normally be eligible for having played less than ten games, but these things are available to appeal, ie Alan Smith. I believe that substitute goalkeepers have also been given medals as they are still part of the squad.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/5144535/Manchester-Uniteds-Federico-Macheda-could-miss-out-on-Premier-League-winners-medal.html
Thanks Halo.
Ahhh, Fergie and his most used two words: “the boy”.
Anyway, players can get special dispensation like Larsson.
I hope he gets one.This 10 games rule is a bit harsh.Every player plays a part.In 03 Ricardo the goalkeeper didn’t get a medal but he made an important penalty save in the run in.
Yeah!! I love u too man!! Thanx for the rescue… He is the luckiest 17 teenager in the world at the moment. Jz imagine, scored twice in your first 2 appearance for da biggest club in the world, in the biggest and most prestigious league in the world….. Keep it up man.. Dont get carried away easily