It was a marvellous occasion. Late Spring 2007. Wednesday evening. The pitch was so green. Their royal blue stood in marked contrast to our bright red. The stadium was sombre, all but for the 3000 man choir in the corner of the Shed End, singing to the man with orange skin and a silver puffa jacket.
“Mourinho, are you listening? You better keep our trophy glistening. We’ll be back in May, to take it away, walking in a Fergie wonderland.” The sing had been sung for months and today it came in to fruition.
Lined either side of the pitch by the entrance to the tunnel stood John Terry, Michael Essien, Claude Makelele, and John Obi Mikel, the young lad who had missed an entire year of his career to try and get out of his contract with Manchester United in favour of joining Chelsea, amongst others. With gritted teeth they applauded our players on to the pitch.
The likes of Dong Fangzhuo, Kieran Lee, Chris Eagles, Tomasz Kuszczak and Kieran Richardson strolled on, acknowledging the travelling support, before lining up to play our first game as Champions, having gone since 2003 since winning the league.
A few weeks before, the game had been billed as a title decider, but after Chelsea failed to beat Arsenal three days earlier, we had been named Champions. It felt incredible to receive a Guard of Honour for our second string from the team that had threatened to dominate English football indefinitely after Roman Abramovich had bought them.
Back to present day, Manchester United moved five points clear of Manchester City last night after we beat Blackburn at Ewood Park. A month ago today we were the ones five points behind with a goal difference worse by thirteen. So, it wasn’t long ago that this country looked to the game between United and City at the Etihad as a potential title clincher for the blues.
I’m not getting carried away with myself. There are still seven games to go and we should all know by now that United don’t ever do things the easy way but imagining hypothetically, if we were to definitely win the title, in which circumstances would you choose?
For us to win it at their place, we have to be 7 points clear at the final whistle, meaning we have to match their results, apart from winning when they draw. If we match their results between now and then but beat them on the night, we win the league.
To receive the guard of honour, we would have to be 10 points clear at the final whistle, meaning they have to draw and lose one more than us before then. Three of their four games before we play them are away and City’s away form this season stands at W7 D4 L4 (compared to our away form of W12 D3 L1, out of interest).
Would you rather see their players applaud us on to the pitch, as title rivals Chelsea had to in 2007, or would you rather us go there needing a win for the title?
The idea of watching their ridiculously expensive team welcoming on to the field and celebrating our success feels too good to be true. It is only bettered by the possibility that Carlos Tevez could be in the starting line-up by then.
However, as tense and sickening we would feel ahead of kick-off, the thought of getting a result at their place to win the league is surely second to none? It would be absolute magic.
Essentially, I’d gladly take winning the title with a goal at 4.25pm at Sunderland on the final day of the season but it’s not too unrealistic to think we could win it before then. Which would you prefer?
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I would love to have won the league before the Man City game, oh how nice it would be to see them give us a guard of honour!
If it’s a choice between the guard of honour and NEEDING with win, I’ll take the guard of honour.
If it’s a choice between the guard of honour and GETTING the win, I’ll definitely take the latter.
Welbeck. Screamer. Last minute. Would be football Nirvana.
Focus and take one game at a time. Pinches self.
But, Scott, you are right, one can;t help spinning out some of those scenarios in one’s mind, right?
Ok, so let me be a greedy cunt – we take the guard of honor, and smash the bastards at their stinky backyard, ok?
Come on, you Arse!!
Guard of honor would be my choice, the look at their players faces along with Wankini’s would be priceless, besides our fans would have a blast with it on the day
don’t tempt me. let’s not got carried away boys. it only takes a repeat of our fulham performance and the gooners’ spineless side to shine through again on sunday for everything to be turned on it’s head.
7 games to go, one at a time. tick, tock …
@cedars: where have you been, you lebanese disgrace? I smell bood. That and kebabs
I’d take winning it full stop, no matter how it comes. 4.25 at Sunderland would see me admitted to A&E with serious heart problems!! It would be great if we could lift the trophy at home to Swansea on the bank holiday weekend!!! Just win number 20 boys, above all else we fucking deserve it!!
Their faces in the guard of honour wouldn’t match there faces watching the dugout run onto the pitch to celebrate #20 . Running past all of their players as if they’re not even relevant anymore. Condemning them to a trophyless season.
It’s amazing to think that they could probably afford to buy the company the manufacture the trophy. But for all their billions, they just can’t earn it.
@matt4d: Thanks for injecting a dose of realism. Hope the lads are more grounded than us. 7 to go. One at a time.
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also got a horrible feeling they’d just field a 2nd string team so as not give us the satisfaction in the guard of honour. Assuming they have 2nd spot wrapped up.
a guard of honour in thier flea pit, including the phantom of the ethiad (scarfaced teves) and the walking sicknote (injured hargreaves) as the last guards would be a dream come true, but can’t imagine that turncoat hargreaves, having the strengh to stand that long
I’m not taking anything for granted as you guys have rightly stated, but if I had to choose then I think I would take a guard of honour with KFC neck and Baloterrible sprinkling rose petals at the feet of Lord Ferguson and his Red Army…
Although needing a win to claim the title and securing a 3-0 victory with Scholes, Giggs and Welbeck all scoring in front of an apoplectic sheik might just be enough to convince him to stop throwing his perto-dollars at that lost cause and f*** off into baseball or something haha!
Close call but i’d have to go for a Guard Of Honour, i’d just love to see their faces!
@Jeet @matt4d
I agree. It’s v easy to get carried away, amid stories of bookies making us 1-8 faves, and Betfred even paying out on us winning it now.
But of our 7 remaining games, 3 of them fall well within the ‘difficult’ category – Everton, Sunderland and of course City.
And we can’t rely on Arsenal. Everyone thought a resurgent Chelsea would do us a favour, but it never happened.
All that’s certain is that Fergie will NOT allow the players to get carried away. Concentration is the key now.
Fook moi. IT’s that time of year again.
Only a few weeks back I would have took any chance of winning. I thought Shity were too far ahead. Jammy win against Spurs, then they beat Chelski. Citys fucking year.
IT’s the first time ever I have watched the City games and cheered on the oposition as if it was United.
As for the City game. Fuck. My heart would not take needing a win there. I would be happy being, say, 4 points ahead before kick off. Would prefer being 7 or more.
Would love to see the Troll clap the team onto the pitch. To win there would have me waving me dick in the air!!!
Fuck!!!
I would love it won before 30th April.
As for taking 1 game at a time? I think that is the reason we are where we are now. Since the turn of the year almost every City player or official has mentioned that game as the game they would win the league, I think they have taken for granted that they would still be top then and that match would be the defining moment of the ‘Blue Moon rising’, Utd on the other hand have targeted each game in turn, never looked ahead to the end of the season and, I hope, will go there as champions or at least league leaders.
Just watched the goals back from last night. Who was the co-commentator on the tv? He sounded absolutely gutted when Valencia scored!! Not once did he complement the goal, just, keeper should have done better, can’t believe it’s found the back of the net etc etc!!!! Bitter twat!
I’d rather not think like this. Too optimistic for me.
But if I had to choose? Definitely the guard of honour! Imagine the mercenary twats applauding the team they “destroyed at OT”. How fitting.
Courtesy of Clayton in case you missed it from the other thread, really worth watching, best supporters in the world…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FF6YUqoaw3E
Jeet – Ha ha, been in and out mate, I am still pumped up from last night
Stretfordendoli.
top marks with ONE GAME AT A TIME. when you have cunts like Nasri saying he hopes United win every game before the derby.
Happy to oblige Nasri, you grinning cunt.
Had the chance to be king of old trafford, but took the the fucking petro dollar.
I just want us to win the league at their place.
A win or a draw as long as we get the decisive point or points from the derby.
Mike
How’s your voice today? The lads were absolutely magnificent last night
If anyone has the link to last night’s game with English commentary could you please post it?
My office had blocked youtube, and for some reason it’s back on. I just saw some of the clips on the away support yesterday and fuck me, it beats description. My heart swells in pride for these supporters – best supported team in the whole fucking world.
Absolutely mind blowing, and for those of you on RoM who were there – please accept humble thanks and a 21 gun Red salute from a fan who is not to fortunate as you, and at the moment, can only dream of making the trip one day. But, dreams turn to reality, that is what United is all about, and one day we shall meet!
We need to stay focused if we loose and they win its back to two points there is still a long way to go sorry to be a spoil sport but Sunday might sort it out we win they loose then its over.
Cedars
Voice is fucked! I tried to call you from the Darwin end but got a woman babbling on about something. I guessed your phone is not working. Got a call off to the ankle biter! I was right behind the post where Tony’s goal went in. Mental!!
Hope we get a chance to win it at the Emptihad with an emphatic win to put them in their place. 6-1 must be avenged. Otherwise we will never hear the end of it.
I really can’t see them beating Arsenel. This time next week we should be 7 or 8 points clear.
Jeet
I’ll look forward to it pal.
i’d preffer if we won it before !!! i couldn’t stand watching the game against city if it was a decider
Mike
Truly amazing scenes mate, especially at the final whistle. Not getting carried and I know QPR is not three points in the bag, one game at a time….But its nights like last night live long in the memory..
Oh, my phone battery was dead, did not notice till just before going to bed! Was too focused on my TV screaming my head off as well! ha ha
One jam roll at a time fellas.
balotelli with his “Why Always Me?’ T-shirt in the guard of honor must be real fun.
of course Tevez the cunt in it will be truly orgasmic.
Thanks so much, Mikekelly12!
Trouble is my current company doesn’t do any business in the UK, else I’d have wrangled a “business” trip
More the reason, why I’m trying to make a switch! Else, hopefully in 2-3 years time, between tmy wife and me we’ll have saved up for a European vacation, and our son will be old enough to make the trip to OT and enjoy it too. Right now, he’s 3 – he’d probably be terrified seeing so many people and hearing all the noise!
But meet we shall – and that’s a goddamn promise.
City seem to play well against the big clubs but take for granted the smaller clubs a sign or there arrogance . I just think that the Arsenal match will be to much for them if Arsenal score first they might implode hope fully they will.
Right got some errands, catch you all later you RED beauties
The guard of honour without a doubt, rubbing it in their faces would be priceless and would beat the 6 1 score anyday
I was chatting to a bloke from Egypt last night. He’s a Barca fan and is over on business. He had the choice of any game this week and he chose Blackburn v United. Unfortunately he was in the Blackburn end! He thought United deserved the league and disliked city immensely. Good lad!!
The way City have gone about trying to buy the league with a bunch of rentboy cunts most teams and fans must hate them.Be fucking sweet to recieve the gaurd of honor at that shithole.Wonder if it was all over if alot of their fans would stay away
No guard of honour talk please. One game at a time. That type of speculation reminds me too much of the Spanish press and I can’t stand that muck. We’ll take the title whenever it comes.
@mikekelly12
Agreed on the commentater, noticed it myself mate, couldn’t beleive it, cheeky cunt, ball went like a bullet, no keeper in the work would of saved that, 50/50 top class
Wayne
Their fans stay away even when they were top of the league!!!!
Guard of Honour at their place Hands down every time. I just feel if we need to win at emptihad to claim the title (even if we have 2 bites of the cherry after it) we will bottle it.
The sooner the better really – Seven games isn’t that many, and we’ve had a fantastic run where we’ve won something like 10 of our last 11 matches. It’ll be a feat in itself if we can keep winning every game until the end of the season, but personally I’d rather have the league sewn up before the Sunderland game as that could be a potential banana skin. Win it at City on April 30th – that’s I think the best we could hope for – to win it sooner would be a bit too optimistic.
Tom Cleverly twitter “Our away fans are unreal and what a result! Enough said”
Rio Ferdinand twitter “What a game, what a result and what fans we have, they were screaming the ball into the net….our 12th man. Love that!”
Wayne Rooney twitter “Great result tonight. Have to say that our fans were incredible tonight. Drove us on.”
Lets keep it up lads, we can make a difference
@ MikeKelly12 – Davie Provan was co commentator on Sky thought he was alright to be fair. Tyler thought it was a cross and he said it was a shot. He did say keeper should have saved it which was harsh because Robinson didn’t expect it and neither did his defence help him out.
Mike lol true mate just see it being emptier than usual
NRD hi mate why would you think Utd will bottle it?
When we’ve had 11 men on the pitch we’ve been the equal and better at times of city in our 3 meetings this season! People are going on about tricky games we have coming up, and rightly so, but none trickier than last night and we navigated that one! But lets not forget city have tricky games too. Arsenal, Newcastle, Norwich and us!
Something i’ve been thinking about recently,if City don’t win the prem think there’s a big chance Bobby Manc will be gone.Maureen is fav to take the City job,will get offered a ton of money both in his wages and the amount he’ll have to spend in the transfer market.
I’m indifferent to him coming or not as Utd manager but i know alot of lads don’t want him at OT,so if he gets offered the City job but turns it down would that change anyone’s mind about him coming to Utd.
One game at a time – be very nice to have won the league before we go to city’s shithole of a ground,knowingl the berties will be pissed off as fuck.
This Scott the Red, he back no?
As for the Guard of Honour, we’ll talk about that when I can change 19 to 20
19
Some of my thoughts on the title run in here : http://oldtraffordfaithful.com/the-title-run-in-united-vs-city/
Mike – The co commentator was Davie Provan pal.
@ wayne – I just do mate, especially based on this season. Basel away, Bilbao away needed the win and fucked it up on both occasions. When we need a win we haven’t done it,
I think we will the league just that if we can win it at the emptihad we won’t. We could have won it at l’arse last season but fucked that up.
For many winning the league this season would be sweet because cit-eh are likely to be runners up. For me however the amount of injuries, the lack of rhythm in the starting XI because of it and to a lesser extent our abysmal performances in all the cup competitions makes me want this season to end as soon as possible. I don’t know what our strongest XI is, I don’t even know if we have a centre midfield pairing that can play 3 90 minute games back to back.
We have had a lot of bad luck which has stunted our development as a team this season. The cups are proof of that. When I read
“I hope we go out of the Europa League so we can fully focus on the league” or quotes of our nature it sickens me.
Apart from the first title we’ve always been able to juggle more than one competition we need to rectify that next season. I’d say we won’t have the same bad luck next season regarding player personnel but I won’t be holding my breath based on the last 4 years.
kanchelskis – Hello I know what you mean about a resurgent Chelsea taking points the other week but in all honesty I expected nowt but a City win at home. Even then they toiled. Going away to the Emirates however in their wretched away form is a different matter altogether.
Had to laugh at that fat bloated alky Brazil this morning “Can Mark Hughes do his former club City a favour at the weekend”. Err I think Sparky is more likely to do United a favour seeing as though he came through our youth ranks and is a United great. Thick cunt.
imagnie the walk back into town afterwards – Epic
Tyler is a fucking abu bastard. He never used to be but I guess seeing United lift title after title has turned him that way. He was so excitable whenever Blackburn went forward. Even said “Big call from the linesman” for the Pederson goal even after 5 replays. A blind man could see it was out by about 2 feet. Fuck off Tyler.
guard of honor would be immense lol. the faces the bitters will carry that day priceless. as well as the look on their fruity scarf hogging manager
but i’d most love to see us take revenge for the old trafford beating by pummeling them at their wastelands ground
bundling the bitters out of fa cup at their home ground was very nice lol but we let up after being 3-0 and a man up. not a very satisfactory performance that. we should utterly dismantle man sh-tty on their turf and make them cry hehe. i’d love to see that.
NRD – Hello mate. In a way I think our last 2 or 3 seasons have been transitions yet we have still won silverware. I think we may see a very different United next season.
I dont know why we are dissecting Europe this season as law of averages would suggest we were due one. We have reached three finals in five years which is unbelievably consistant. It has actually benefitted us in the league and this year was all about the league.
Fergie will haev to add if he wants to win the champions league I think we are one or two world class talents for us to knock Barca of their perch, add to that a very functioanl Virus side now as well.
How good is today, we sang a song last night on our bus and got it going in the ground……
The title is yours, the title is yours. five points clear are you fucking sure.
King Eric
Cheers fella. I liked the goal regardless of his thoughts! Was speaking to some Blackburn fans in the boozer afterwards who thought we were lucky!! Haha! I laughed at them and said I thought they were shit!! Had we played with that line up at OT we’d be 8 points clear now!
NRD
You could say last night was a must win game and we didn’t bottle that mate.
King Eric
Plus the fact Sparky got stiffed by the Abu dhabi fuckers!!
Btw, thanks to everyone who’s filled in the questionnaire for my dissertation, much appreciated.
If you haven’t yet, I’d be glad if you could spare 5 minutes and fill it out! Gotta be over the age of 18 though, click the link below:
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This is one of the last times I’ll be bothering you about it lol, thanks guys.
as i said in the other thread,
nope,
i would rather win it infront of the OT faithful than some oil fans and players who doesnt know the value of football…
OT faithful deserves to see the guard of honor and title celebration, thats how i would prefer,
but there is no harm if we get it at Shittihad..
Evening reds
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. For me, the next match at OT when QPR visits is all I’m thinking about. Whatever Blackburn did up to the 80min, QPR is also capable of doing. One game at a time to the 20th title!
for me all that matters is reversing the catastrophic 1-6 defeat…a title would feel me better but if we can exactly reverse or with a near by score then i would feel even better…
and…
UNITED last night scored their 76th league goal..
one fucking more than the oil mercenaries…
one FUCKING more than 500 Million spent club..
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Hope some of you recall my post the other day,
our defence is back to its best..
and the best united defense is way better than the fantastic four we had,
Ron—Roo_Berba__cunt,
Usually at this time of the season, our defense is what wins us games and we have seen it in the last coupla months..and to do it without the ever present Serbian Tiger goes on to show what awaits the future..
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that Rio tackle on Yakubu…simply class..had that gone in, things could have been worse..
and a special mention to Rafael…He was immense…
and as usual…Evans and De Gea are fucking top class…
Just imagine if Evra comes back to his defensive best, how it would be
by the way, if i m not mistaken, its neither Nani nor Rooney, its our very left back Evra who always makes those deep runs in opponent’s box..
couple more years later, when he becomes a squad player, he would be used as a winger coming off the bench, that is our future plan for our skipper
NRD hi mate i’m proud of our lads this season,the way City was being touted as the new Barca and all the injuries but never gave up the chase,now the team is approaching full strength doesn’t even come into my mind the lads will bottle it.I’m one of those who think getting bumped out of the cups early was a good thing under the circumstances and i didn’t give a fuck about the Europa cup.
Honestly mate winning the league this year will be one of the sweetest for me so we’ll just have to disagree on this subject
5points behind in January and 5points clear in April. That’s how we roll !
This is Manchester United and we are a fucking machine that rules football…
From the banks of the River Irwell
To the shores of Sicily,
We will fight, fight, fight for United
Till we win the Football League
To hell with Liverpool,
To hell with Man City – (They’re shit!)
We will fight, fight, fight for United
Till we win the Football League
From the banks of the Irwell,
To Sicily,
And we will fight fight fight,
For Man United FC,
Oh oh oh ohhh,
Oh oh oh ohhh,
Ay ay ay ayyy
Ay ay ay ayyy
Let’s not get carried away, one game at a time. QPR will be coming to scrap and fight and we’ll have to match that and continue to be ruthless all season.
Hello to all whom prefer toeJam on there biscuits.
What a team.
What a club.
What a gaffer.
Tony what a player.
Pipe line of talent filling up.
http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/how-man-utd-are-beating-euro-rivals-brazils-best-kids-and-saving-millions-process-3061631?utm_source=main_feed
Giggsy12,
Hello pal, howdy?
“The title is yours, the title is yours. five points clear are you fucking sure.”
awesome..
wish i was on that bus…
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Mike,
how are you pal?
awesome result last night…
and were those Rovers fans real at the pub?
agreed they put in a solid defensive performance, but UNITED always play for the whistle..
that never say die attitude has rescued and won us countless times, but all rivals think is that we are lucky because we score at the death end, football is of 90 minutes and for us that is what matters…
B4 81th min, i was about to die…then flashed in that with his right powerful gunner. Of course i vot 4 G.H. I don’t want to be in balloterrible…
Durham talking BS again. Not a vintage United team. I love their displeasure at United coming up with the goods once more!
This kind of threads are not to my liking. 7 games togo and only 5 points clear. I would like to win the title as soon as possible and don’r care about guard on hours and such. Just give me the freaking trophy and I will celebrate it myself.
Evening Zibster,
time we sold Rooney,
he is not scoring, he is not making diagonal passes…
is he worth what we are paying?>
sell him
Willie,
time for some Irish beer eh
Fucking Durham is a wum says shit to get response,some of the stands he takes is fucking ridculous,Utd according to the Abu’s have been shit for what 4 yrs now? stupid fuckers.
1878 I agree before the FFP laws kick in, we should get 50-60 million pounds!
5 points up 7 to play, the one that matters is the next game!
Guard of honour could be special. Especially if Tevez starts for them and Berbatov starts for us.
Better than porn.
Rooney always plays hard even on one of his less effective days. He started out left, I think SAF tried and almost got an early goal with a long pass, then Blackburn played tough D, Giggs come in then Young and Rooney sits in the hole and wham bam thank you mam, 2 goals up!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kebab as we age some things are better then porn. hehe, hit me in my mid 40′s.
@mikekelly12 – I’m not sure if last night was a must win game, it would have been an opportunity missed granted but if we had drew the staus quo at the start of the weekend would have been resumed. Had cit-eh been 2 points ahead and we drew then yes agreed must win game. For me a must win game is a cup tie, 2nd leg, a 6 pointer. This season in must win games especially away from home we haven’t done it.
@King Eric – Hello mate. I agree we will be a different team next season. De Gea, Jones, Young, Welbeck and Cleverly will all have (hopefully) won a tilte and be better as a result. This season has been so stop start in terms of continuity of the team selection I’ve been more concerned about just getting the result rather than the performance. With 7 games left its any continuity we do see will be with next season in mind hence the recent omissions of Berbatov from the squad. He’s not going to be here next year so no point in playing him. People could argue Scholes but I think he will be here next year.
@Zibbie
NRD and KE nice discussion One year one for the young ones and the new players with an addition or 3, wow look the fuck out. Then witch kid will step up?
Kebab!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!
Also forgot to add Tyler is an ABU cunt. So agree with King Eric on that one. Felt sorry for Davie Provan everytime Blackburn had a chance poor Provan had Tylers spunk stench to put up with.
@ Spartkz – Done you questionaire forwarded it to mates as well. Let us know how you get on and Good Luck. I know how stressful these cunts can be.
Porn in 3D makes me look like this.
Going into next year, the captain will be back, Rooney hitting his prime. Seems to me strikers primes are from 26-31 or so. Rooney will enter the season as a 26 year old married man with child. His game has matured. And we all hope he has as well.
Ashley Young goal of the season? According to Durham, it is. 37 passes, before the goal went in.
@ wayne – Fair enough mate. Forgot to add the fact I’ve only been 3 times this season is probably a major reason why I’m looking at it the way I am.
We’ll talk at the end of the season if I get tickets for Swansea will probably be saying the same things you are and become a hypocrite in the process lol.
@ WRN – Hello mate. Young’s goal from last night?
@willie
Willie / NRD
Hi pals, posted this on the reaction thread, PLTV said it was 38 passes which lead to our second. Kudos to Curbs, he said if this Barca people would be raving about it
The match against blackburn again highlights the fact philip jones still hasn’t got a fixed position to play in the team. Put in a below par performance last night and has been off the boil (and that’s been evident in the past month, 2 or so due to injuries e.t.c) but being moved around the pitch is certainly not helping is it?. Jones is burgeoning with enthusiasm and is willing to play anywhere but will that benefit him in the long term? i don’t think so.
1. I still hold on to the point that he won’t develop into the ideal midfielder we all imagine (roy keane blah blah blah), you need more than just bursting runs forward to be effective in central midfield or even as a anchor defensive midfielder. although he can do a job when needed.
Centre half is the position he was bought in for but right now, i don’t think he is ready to fulfill the role. You require positional awareness, reading of danger, aerial ability and discipline which to be fair, only comes with gathered experience.
In my view, he needs to stick to centre half and improve further from that position. Some people say playing at centre half would cut out his ability to maraud forward but that’s not true, a centre half can still get forward effectively but their job should primarily be defending immaculately and discipline, other attributes and contributions should be a bonus.
Jones is a fantastic talent. He also possesses the drive and determination required at the top level but he’s inexperienced and Fergie will have to work out a final position for him or he will turn into a jack of all trade and a master of none which would be absolutely shambolic as he’s a quality talent.
NRD – How many goals has Young scored that preceded 37 passes?
Only joking mate. Yeah, his goal last night. 
Cedars – I didn’t think we’d made that many passes, till after the game? Curbs giving us credit? Wonders will never cease….
Agree with STR, that was a day. Thing it has become a bit of tradition since we did it to the Chavs, but I always credit Mourinho, just a tad mind, for returning the gesture.
Life isn’t ever that kind twice, but if there is any smidgeon of justice in the world,
The “guard” of “honor” would include Tevez, Balotelli, and Owen Hargreaves
One gets the feeling, after all that has been put in his lap, that Mancini would do it just with these three
Tevez and then all the rest in Balotelli masks………… anyone?
Tree as always you cast a shadow on the warmest of days!!!!!!
Sammy that is the question? A good one that might take a few twists and turns before he settles into one type of position and captains the squad.
Oh wait….. ya can add Nasri to that list then, can’t ya.
Willie
Funnily enough I just watched the match in full, I counted 37, was a bugger to do though. after the Valencia goal I started counting every time we had the ball!
Zibbie
Thanks my friend
Personally, i would prefer the guard of honor but lets not think too far ahead! lets concentrate to the QPR game first!
A guard of honour @ cripttihad will be good but flogging them with goals will be funky cool it will be like drinking champagne and barbecue @ Kuramo Beach with girlfriends.GGMU
Pride comes before a fall. Focussing ones dreams on a guard if honour at this stage is what I would expect of the bitters or scouse not us. SAF. Has never allowed himself to be become a victim of hype . Wonderful thought but never take anything for granted. Turning wengers comments a a few seasons ago around. I will leave the dreams of ecstasy until it’s mathematically impossible for fergie not to lay both worthy hands on the trophy .
Couldnt care less. Just win the league. Then improve the midfield in the offseason then get back to challenging for Europe.
We’ve mastered England. Now it’s high time we mastered Europe. SAF should get his thired UCL title.
Guard of honour at Wastelands/Emptihad would be amazing, although we HAVE to put out our strongest team. Fuck going there and playing a side that would be expected to be beaten. That’s just cowardly imo, and I never liked that we did that against Chelsea. We should have gone there with the intention of tearing them a new one.
I WANT REVENGE FOR THAT 6-1 TO PROVE IT WAS A ONE OFF AND WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN
The vision of a guard of honour is “to dream the impossible dream”.
Oh the vomit stains that would create from Sydny to San Diego with the bitters – can only think that Anfield could top it.
But just win it – the fat lady has almost,but not yet, sung her final note.
United 20 – 2012
I’ve been dreaming of a “guard of honour” since their fortunes began to turn. That’s what I’d prefer: A guard of honour by City players while United line up a complete youngish squad: DDG -Rafael, Smalling, Evans, Fabio – Pogba, Cleverly, Anderson, – Young, Rooney, Valencia.
But, for that to happen we must win each game and heap loads of pressure on City. It starts (or continues) this weekend by doing our utmost to beat QPR and get the ‘blumooners’ shaking in their drawls before the Arsenal game.
First get the job done against QPR. They will probably bring in 2 double decker buses to park in front of their goal, so it wont be easy.
What is the protocol with guards of honour? Is it only the integrity of the opposition on the day or is it required by the FA.
If it is only the integrity factor we wont get one at the Emptyhand, because they are a classless lot of mercenaries.
Well guard of honour or not . If the 12 th man are the united fans should the honour of covert 13 th man go to mario
I’m not going to say anything until the fat lady sings, is there any chance Susan Boyle is on TV on the evening of April 30th ?
We cannot tempt fate, we had a lead over the Arse and ended up losing it by one point, so lets not tempt fate by even contemplating what could or will happen, we just have to keep winning.
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Rumour has it City are ”Gunning for us” according to Blue Moon forum – link provided by WRN.
I for one am shitting myself at the very prospect. It must be true cos all I hear is that the ”Blue Moon Is Rising” and the like. A team like Barcelona apparently with world domination at there fingertips the fore front of English Pantheons. A five point deficit which happened to them when they were 5 in front. Its happened to the Blue Moon so it can easily happen to us.
Just hang the fuck on you silly jumped up poznan pricks. Is the Blue Moon Rising? Is It Fuck.
You can be like Barcelona all you fucking want, we are Manchester United and we are like Manchester United, not some poncy fucking Spanish side or some Dog Shit Italian club.
Deep down you want to be like Manchester United but will never admit to this. Also you will never be like Manchester United because we as a club have a soul built up by noble warriors over a great period of time. I’d rather watch United a team with a soul than even acknowledge what the Bitter Lemon Eating Pricks are trying to achieve.
World Domination – In what capacity I ask you? You couldn’t even dominate your granny’s you horrible interbreeding deluded cants.
As for the points swing yes I accept that this could well happen to us guys, as no game is a formality. Still a long long way to go and total focus will be required. I’m sure the Godfather will be well aware of this.
How would I prefer Manchester United to win the title – All forms are well acceptable, it would be nice getting a guard of honour having everything wrapped up before we play them. Would be good going to Wastelands winning it there or it could go to the last minutes of the season. By fair means or foul people, fair means or foul.
Now somewhere in the world its 20 to 2 so will you noisy fuckers shut the fuck up. Hopefully one day it will be 20 to 2 everywhere, Keep the Faith Guys may the lord have mercy on their souls.
Maybe Nest Season