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First?
First?
^ and second… Lol
Live streams: http://redlog.pl/2012/01/04/wideo-z-meczu-newcastle-united-manchester-united-3/
not a massive deal de gea being dropped, he is only 20!
Whoa, I predicted the entire starting XI right. The last time I did that was the Citeh game. *shudder*
Good luck team!!!!!
Rafael on the bench, Valencia at RB again?
3.1 United Giggs Park and Rooney
Bit of trivia before the match. When was the last time Rooney scored a winning goal for us? I’m sure it was in August
Going with 3-0, Rooney with 2 Berba 1
2-1 United. Dramatic last minute gasp winner (after 85 mins). Bet £2.50
Come on you mighty REDS…………. Pissing off to watch the match.
Laters
3.1 giggs,ronney,barba go on guyz we are behind you
Come on Utd!!!
The squad is okey,thankx SAF hope today its 4plus Rooney repay us plz
Looks like we mean it tonight……
Scott’s on fire – 5 threads in one day – must have got up REALLY early today!
We need a goal, it would be the perfect time NOW!
Final ball has been pretty poor again
FUCK
fucks sake
the ref’s the biggest joke of this match!
rubbish!
and there we go…
we gotta start getting tougher on bully boy teams ….get fucking stuck into them like they are getting stuck into us
lot of arm waving going on between Rooney and Berba…. mark my words one will be off second half
rooney with an absolute mare out there.
Who’s is disguised in the rooney shirt ??!!!!!!
We are being bullied out there, nothings being created, good finish from Ba was Route One though. Need to improve immensely second half
Very disappointing 1st half, no chances created whatsoever, hopefully the 2nd half will see an improvement. Come on UNITED
terrible performance in the first half.
Hoping for a better 2nd half. Looked like we had quite a strong headwind, maybe we can string some more passes together next half.
Halftime hairdryer !!!!!!
Not one proper goal opportunity….. Sums it up.Rooney is so poor tonight.
rooney poor but carrick/giggs get dominated in midfield.
defenders have to play long balls.
nothings working so far.
berbatov/rooney will never click.
Yet another disastrous first half!! No creativity whatsoever. Absolutely clueless!!! Nani has been absolutely useless last two matches.
This is a match we cannot afford to draw let alone lose and we are showing fuck all!!!!
Fergie has a lot of talking to do. He should have brake the bank and get a creative midfielder or we have no hope!!
Very good goal by Demba Ba. But this has been a lethargic performance by us. Rooney and Nani in particular have been crap.
rooney and Berba as 2 strikers aint working…Park and Giggs don’t work in midfield either….i would drop off giggs and bring Pogba on to bring a bit of steel into our mid…. and drop Ronney back behind a lone striker
COME ON REDS!
There’s no second half improvement, I’m dissapointe because our gran-coach still won’t buy even if we loose this match, which is happening ( no EPL no CL no FA) :S
I can see why Rooney was disciplined, his first touch is awful. Having said that he has the capability to pull off something even when not playing well. I hope that is the case in second half.
Valencia and Evra have played very well. we should play Rafael on RB and move Tony to right midfield and nani to left.
Rooney should be replaced with Welbeck after 60 odd mins if he doesn’t improve.
To be fair, Pardew’s strategy has been spot on and his players have implemented it brilliantly. Seem to have a high line at times – perhaps not worried about the pace of Rooney or Berba, Coloccini and Williamson have stuck to them like glue, they’ve had no space at all.
Maybe Danny or Pea, with Rooney deeper providing the ammunition, is the answer.
Shit. Take out giggs and park. They don’t hv strength at all. They are easily bullied. Bring on rafa and ando. Push valencia up and nani left. Carik shld put a tackle. Bypassed easily for my liking
We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder. Sorry got a bit carried away did I mention We need to buy a midfielder. We need to buy a midfielder.
Disgraceful Newcastle are cruising could be more than 1-0
Get giggs off now. Ferguson stop protecting the glazers before they bring you down with them and start pushing to buy. This squad is not good enough.
We have been shit! Newcastle on other hand, superb! Boy I’d take Tiote to OT in a heartbeat, the boy is a monster in mindfield, with a sweet touch on the ball as well – hell, he could teach Rooney a thing or two about first touch…If there isn’t massive improvement in the second half, we dont’ have a chance against Newcastle…they look infinitely better than us!
Obviously Rooney and Berbatov are no Yorke and Cole as a partnership, but I am not so sure if the problem today lies in the partnership itself or each individual separately.
Good thing we have Javier on the bench in case we need a goal. And it’s been a very long time since we didn’t score in a game.
Shit. Take out giggs and park. They don’t hv strength at all. They are easily bullied. Bring on rafa and ando. Push valencia up and nani left. Carik shld put a tackle. Bypassed easily for my liking.
@seanmthered
Do we fuck. Only 1-0 down, grow some fucking balls lad.
At least we’ve had a penalty decision in our favour, balances out the earlier game a bit.
Who is that abysmal gimp wearing Rooney’s shirt? Is it Heskey? Is it Carroll?
@Costas
Nice to see someone still believes
Come on United!
@Dela
Excellent summary of the first half. Are you Stacey Solomon in disguise?
@Fibes
Well we’ve come back at St James on numerous occasions. We just need the players to get their act together.
dela….you twat …how can you compare Wazza to them two cunts ffs….
@Costas
I have a feeling SAF will set our boys on the special ‘destroy’ setting for the second half. My waters are vibrating
As I’ve said, a draw AT BEST.
Terrible goal. Wimbledon and Fash the Bash all over again. COME ON REDS!
This team is in second place, and in contention of winning it all this season- this team!
Sir Alex you are an absolute genius.
come utd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just came home and was able to watch the last 15 minutes… What the hell??!! 1-0?! Didn’t see it coming, if we loose tonight it’s gonna be really hard for us to get back but we all trust sir Alex and the players
Come on UNITED
we are looking scarliy the same as we were leading up yo the pounding by City a few weeks ago. We have good possesion, but not creating chances. Then get hit by a long ball goal or a set play. COME ON UNITED GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER!!!!
I agree with Yorke, it’s not a penalty!
come on UTD!!!!!!!!
worst passing display I’ve seen from us this year. the wizard will set to kill i think.
@doghouse – did you think it was a penalty? I didn’t, it was just two players coming together and colliding. It was no foul by rio. How can be tackle for the ball [he did get a touch in slow mo] and then move back his leg in one movement? It is not humanly possible.
Stacie Solomon in disguise ….hahahahah…… fucking classic one-liner
@ Sean
Do you think we could do with buying a midfielder?
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck….
NOT EVEN A FOUL!!! JONES SHOULDER BARGE!
Noooooooooooo, seriously??!!
Game over sign Tiote and Cabaye
There be no signings in January . You can write this season off. Let’s hope we sign some decent players in the summer .. we are fucked
It’s all over now, baby blue.
Are walls not supposed to jump.??
Fucking sort this Shit out Fergie
thats us fucked now…. keeper at fault for that one
Jones tripped, not his fault….
that’s game over then.
Still don’t think it was a foul!
When was the last great comeback away from home ?
No game plame for the past 3 months, the team is clueless all over the pitch! do not tell me about the league position – we have NO game!!!
I don’t see how we can win this game !!!!!!
Ok so what next? The United way of course, eight our way back into the game.
They’re laughing and joking out there piss easy for Newcastle awful united again!
The importance of being Vidic
I am baffled at how many people on this site are in total denial and embrace mediocracy. It doesnt make you a bad fan to want SAF to buy 4 New CM’s. Everyone except people on this site can see it.
When are we going to buy Christian Erikson from Ajax???
It took us less than 10 seconds to give the ball away at the start of this half. It will take something special to turn this around. Mark my words injuries will be the death of us this season. Newcastle arent better just have a settled team and it shows.
Were gonna be 2-2 in no time. Just. Little bit more focus, get chicha and ando in
This surely must be United’s weakest squad for 20 years!!!!
TonyBee….please tell me your joking mate.
Keeper at fault? How mate? Please explain.
Miracle he even got his fingers on that one, it was impeccably placed. Top drawer FK.
*fight*
What is point of the wall during a freekick… do we want to win the game or what?! some of the players are letting us down.
Sadly, I have to agree with Vilhelm…
lindegard gave far too much room to his right hand side….
What next? Let me tell you: another humiliation against City, that’s what’s next.
i wonder what park is doing in this game?if we are not playing arsenal he does not play well in games like this. nani is shit for soome times now. comon reds
Not over yet do need to change a few things but
I guess Jasonpark will continue to post on here.. referring to a previous bet.
God help us this weekend, I thought 6-1 were the end of the world
So the player who scored the most in the last 3 games is being replaced. Sad.
as long as you fuck off then K9/ Redsmegsucker/ Jason Park
barbertov off welbeck on.i thing park should be off and anderson on.
TonyBee – You’re completely wrong. No Keeper would have saved that, they put a wall to cover that side for a reason, if the player can get it up and down, and leave it in the top corner then its usually a great FK
Cant even make three passes inside the Newcastle half I am astonished at how poor our attacking play has been.
Yes, will be happy to do so captaink9. See u later rai
Danny Simpson? Seriously?
When chances like that are cleared off the line may as well call it a day.
What the fuck was Park doing standing there like a doll?! this is gut wrenching!
White Pele of all the spots to place that ball from 3 yards out, straight to Simpson. Maybe we should drop the Pele bit heh.
Great, keep creating de chances
that is your opinion Old Traffords finest…it aint mine
What is going on here? We are being totally outplayed by Newcastle…. NEWCASTLE!!!!!
I agree we need an overhaul of our midfield, maybe some provem players this time? Just look what Scottie Parker is doing for Spurs….
Old Trafford Finest… Thanks for the education on wall set up and GK positioning. Couldn’t have said it better myself. Anders played it as well as humanly possible.
Tiote might be looking for a way out of the African Nations Cup…I know, I know – cynical
Trafford LORD AND Trafford FINEST …ONE AND THE SAME ?????
so far no passion, no tempo, no leadership & no control! POOR POOR POOR. If we play like this on Sun it will be more than 6 we lose by.
Newcastle have been good, we are poor, Krul hasn’t made a save.
TonyBee…. you are a comic mate
No we are not one and the same lol.
TonyBee, that’s the beauty of football & why forums exist, but on a windy day to claim he could have done any more than he did I think is too harsh.
@Traffordlord, No worries kid, any other questions then fire them this way buddy,
Newcastle’s midfield looks worlds better than ours, perhaps for the first time in my lifetime.
need some help – I am looking for positives, can anyone help me?
The only thing keeping my mood in some sort of control is beer.
No imagination.
No passion.
No team spirit.
Outplayed by a mediocre side.
Vadim – nobody new injured so far.
To much junk on the trunk
sorry but all I see are 10 headless chicken and one very worried, old butcher watching from the pen
This is just painful to watch. Need. More. Alcohol.
@Vadim
Positives? Hoping that City score 5or less this time round.
Calm down people. If the match does end like this or worse, then we can get as angry as the constitution permits….
Their is no way fergie would put up with this shit for the last 3 yrs and do nothing about it .we have no money to sort this out. we have to face it this is an ordinary team withmany ordinary players . It is going to take mega money to sort this out and we dont have mega money.
Does Hernandez not work on offsides in training?
Yes!! Ando and Chico on the pitch, hope we get goals from these
Next: Schneijder.
Anderson on for Rooney…
He played SHITE today, and he knows it.
Why do we not look at all arsed at the situation?
Tongue-in-cheek
Just so worried as to where our team is going. We knew Scholes wasn’t going on forever, id the plans were Cleverly then he should have been playing last year at OT when Scholes wasn’t. We don’t have a world class midfielder. Not one. And for Manchester United that’s not good enough.
Also I know we are ‘patient’ but we are losing 2-0 and 76 mins, why are we not showing any urgency?!?? Devastated by us making it easy for the Scum from Wastelands
We make a good Championchip side look like Barca.
What does Giggs have to do to get taken off? He’s given the ball away virtually every time he has passed it.
Listen to those Die hard Reds still singing at 2-0 down. Don’t you wish you were there with em. Brings a tear to your eye. UTD UTD UTD.
God help us Sunday. Dreading work Monday
This is getting painful to watch now….our midfield hasn’t got a leader
Glazers out
Could be the first time in a long time I have turned the footy off early. Have to go to work in 10 hours… Not wasting any more time watching this crap
Fuck all of you saying injuries etc, we have no game! Open your blind eyes you fuckers!
Work part time this year. No work on Monday.
Just as well…
Relax guys. United will always bounce back. its what the club is all about. This is still our season. Get it? *delusional*
@ Vadim
Only positives I can take is that our form is SO bad it has highlighted our need to invest… also we have too many nothing players….
Too many players on the fringe who can come one and ‘do a job’. Where have the days gone when we had a bench that could change a game when things weren’t going our way, not just fill in the gaps.
We should play our reserves against City to save our 1st team the embarrasment of being thumped 6-1 again… who knows, the stiffs might put in a better performance than this shite….
its ok… win or lose… there’s only one team worth supporting. That’s UNITED!
That 8-2 score suddenly looks like the wet dream of a boy reaching puberty. This is adulthood.
James21—right on mate! Believe is what we do.
TonyBee– I finally agree with you. Carrick and Giggs have been bypassed like lepers on a dusty road. We don’t need midfield reinforcement . We need an entirely new central midfield.
Berba and Rooney were yanked off from this game. That is upwards of 60 million pounds worth of attacking talent deemed not good enough on the day, and then there is Demba Ba. SMH
Their is not one united player on that pitch that can come off an be happy with their performance
we lost this game when they started to put the boot in a bit in the first half …too many of ours notably Nani & Carrick disappeared
Newcastle are head and shoulders better all over the park, this is emabrrassing!
Toothless.
Our impotent central midfield has cost us the season
We’re pathetic, rio is fucking finished surely? you’d think with his experience he would galvanise the team but he’s a liability, demba ba has ripped him to shreds.
In midfield united are weaker than ever, can’t string two or three passes together, no creativity, no imagination, no passion. tiote and cabaye have dominated all night, giggs hasn’t got the legs anymore, carrick has lost confidence again.
People here have said jones is a midfielder and i’ve argued against it but i think i will accept that now, jones just can’t compete in the air, which is the maximum a defender should be able to do, he’s young so time for him to improve.
nani looks abysmal tonight. Rooney has been simply crap tonight, for the amount he gets paid, he can’t be putting in limp performances like this, the debate about him being world class or not continues
Hernandez can’t stay on fucking side, berba yet again fails to turn up for a big game even though his form has been decent lately, the team as a whole has been very mediocre and this two defeats will potentially make significant impact at the end of the season, we all talk about getting ahead of city, well spurs will be smelling blood.
Back to the drawing board, newcastle will win this.
Really does feel like we need a brutal overhaul. Carrick is just not good enough, so he put in a decent performance against QPR – so what, that’s QPR. Ferdinand is clearly on the way out, if he’s not injured anyway. Nani struggles to cross the ball past the first player, he can run and pass but just still so inconsistent. Giggs seems to either cock up the pass or his control. Evra whilst can be great at the front, seems to have been going the opposite way ever since the big French protest in the last world cup.
We really need to sign at least a world class midfielder and defender, preferably with strength too. Not someone who’s going to be amazing in several years and then gets injured 50% of the time.
Really not looking forward to Sunday’s game after this shite.
Not to talk shit but this is a pretty pathetic response to the Blackburn match, we’d better show some better effort this weekend. Also i haven’t seen Jones win a single aerial challenge today, injuries have completely derailed our plans this season.
fuck me…. the Lord of Trafford agreeing with me …..
F**k sake Nani put at least 1 decent cross in
Everytime we’ve made a pass, a newcastle shirt has reached it before us. And when they’ve passed, they’ve megged us. All those glorious statements given by the players to the media, suddenly seem so hollow.
Gutted. Absolutely gutted with the performance. “Comfortable with the squad at disposition”? Come on.
basically a very close game but Tashcastle took their chances so far. We had one cleared off the line, and we wasted a good free kick. They scaored a free kick and a well taken long ball goal. A draw would have been justice. United looking pretty average again!! Sad
fuck me….. Danny Wellbeck….. if you are going to foul him….. let him fucking feel it …..
Traffordlord
I would have been if not for a tight cash flow over Christmas. Sooner be there than sat here reading this tripe.
U sure we are playing city on sunday? with THIS team? ohhh man. u usually claim we need one midfielder i think we also need a new Left Back. what a performance. thanks for absolutely trashing my week.
Oh dear….the new Prunier.
Wow. just wow.
That sums it up
Its ok. United playing quite ok. Not surprise with our form anymore. We win some games and lose some. Just another symptom of a mid-table-to-be team.
But the only difference is that United can always bounce back, if not soon then there’s always next season.
B.E.L.I.E.V.E ~~~~
Nice one jones!!!!
Rio the invisible man
God are we going to miss Vidic so so so so so so much
Havent a F**kin hope in hell this season
well that just about says it fucking all …..
what the fuck does Jones think he is doing…. my four year old Grandson could have cleared that fucker….
JESUS WEPT……
Knew starting off so well was a bad omen. Where’s Cleverly again ?
Blargh. Terrible day.
Well I did say 3-0, wow what a disgusting performance, everyone should hang their head tonight for that display.
I can’t watch this any longer. Just blow the fucking whistle and be done with it.
Ok I know we are all righteous followers of the club we all love to the death, but you must admit-
THIS IS ABSOLUTE COMEDY.
I am so pissed
City’s season. Granted. See you next season. Hopefully the United squad for next season is sorted soon.
oh lord..
what a poor display..
the 3rd goal sums it up perfectly.
man sheikhy must be pissing their pants.
So the day that lindy concede is the day we don’t score? Wow!
What a fucking joke! Two route one balls we have conceded from. Play like this against cit-eh, bolton or l´arse we will get embarrassed again.
Astonishingly bad. Fully expecting Fergie to come out and talk about how he expects the players to respond blah blah blah, how the squad is good enough, how there’s no value in the market and that there is no need to buy anyone.
This is a big FUCK YOU to all the cunts doubting the genius of SAF, shouting for new signings, or digging into the current squad.
Pardew set his team up brilliantly, 2 really unlucky goals, and we failed to take some great chances. Sometimes this is the way it falls.
I think this game sums up our season and team shit. Back to the drawing board . We are average at best
wow pls tell me the positives oops there arent anyone
dont think we should buy we dont need to right
i love to see all the positive comments after the game 6goals in two games against super blackburn and the powerhouse newcastle incredible stuff.
I’m gutted for Lindegaard. He’s done absolutely nothing to deserve this drubbing.
Is it just me or do we seem to real diffulty breaking teams down?? Not just tonight but when our opposition defend as a team and put the effort in we are totally ineffective..
We seem to just grind away until the other team makes a mistake.
When is the last time you’ve seen on of our strikers score a 1 on 1 with the keeper.. we can’t seem to get our forwards into those positions anymore.
This is gonna be a season to forget- the midfield might as well not be there, no protection for the defence at all! i could think of twenty players who would be worth buying and better than the joke midfield we’ve had for the last 4 or so years!
Well said Fibes. A gutting night. Suck it up and move the fuck on. I still believe we can win this league.
don’t care if Sir Alex only wants to buy world class players, we need to buy just to get bodies into the squad players with passion and who aren’t going to get pushed around on the pitch like this team has been in the last 2 games. GET THE CHEQUE BOOK OUT FERGIE. TELL THE GLAZERS TO SPLASH THE FUCKING CASH.
game over. season over? only 3 points behind but there is a gap in quality between Manchester United and fucking SPURS yet alone those cunts in light blue.
city’s season. here’s to oil running out fucking fast.
Did Rooney have his right foot surgically removed before the game and have it replaced with Stan Laurel’s left foot?
What bodes like a nightmare for the rest of the season is that in the games we have lost this season we have been toothlessly woeful, and deserved to lose, in the games City have lost – they have been the best team in those games.
It’s a shame we could not have found some more value in the market last summer. City will probably add the likes of Van Persie, Hamsik and Schweinsteiger next summer – I hope some value appears quick.
Wow, that was shocking, can’t believe I’ve just seen that. How shite was that? Remeber at the beginning of the season when people were talking about how we would “eventually meet Barca” and were discussing the team that should face them? How silly was that… God, I need a drink.
I told you that there is no 2-half improvement, hope it is a lesson to jump in the market … and believe we need more than just a midfielder
How is this squad convincing fergie not to buy? We don’t even have a solid team he makes so many changes to it that the players don’t even settle. Getting beyond a joke now we was playing good in summer just don’t know what it’s happening as we should not rely on cleverly we need backs up in place.
Love this team to bits. This is killing me. Would still be orgasmic to win the league from this point on. But i’m not expecting any such miracles.
Wake me up when the season ends.
City must really be pissing their pants now.
Shamefull display. Didn’t see us making ONE propper pass, and Giggs looked like he couldn’t care less today.
No movement, no passing, no effort. 3-0 was the least Newcastle deserved.
I was expecting us to stand up today and really play football after the Blackburn defeat. Instead, we did the opposite. A couple more games like this, and the less honorably Europe League is all we’ll be playing for. Fergie, please save us!
I have no complains. This is not United’s best season. We didn’t play that bad guys, credit to Newcastle they played really well and the goals are all unstoppable (bar Jone’s OG). Well done Newcastle. Relax guys we are only 3 points behind. the Season is still long and Janbuary window is here. hope SAF buy someone or atleast do something to the current squad…
B’E'L’I'E’V'E!!!
questions of the day why didnt fergie play rafael rb valencia rw,why was rooney playing,why was nani playing after the blackburn game.
hope he answers these questions
Thoroughly deserved thumping we got..
very poor in all departments…
I think we gonna continue like this – this inconsistency cant be turned in few months time..lets accept it..
Phil Jones own goal summed it up all..
gone is gone..
We will keep the red flag flyin high coz Man United will never die..
@Whiteside
I still believe too. We’ve done it too many times to mention, and injuries or not, we still have as good a squad as we’ve ever had.
There’s some right fairweather cunts on here every matchday who just don’t know how to accept that we’ve lost a game, or that we’re not top of the league every fucking week.
woah what happened to united tactics? why dun they use both flanks anymore ? why?
World’s greatest captain Evra <3 what a joke…. and our starman Rooney was a pathetic…. We need some fucking leaders in this squad
@izzy
Bang on, that’s the spirit.
Newcastle United 3 – 0 Manchester United
On the positive side United are only 3 points behind City.
On the negative side that perfomance was absolutely PATHETIC.
No way should United be losing to teams like Blackburn and Newcastle. That squad has become poorer and poorer over the years. SAF has done well to get average players to over achieve. The fact players like Giggs and Park can get in to that midfield just shows how poor we are in that department.
How many sides in our history would those two players get in to in recent history?
Let’s face it, Newcastle won’t score 2 better goals from now til May (2020).
Roll on Sunday, we can’t do much worse.
Our two wingers don’t play well and we lose 3-0, surprise surprise. We need three or four players. Two central midfielders, a left back and a right back that will stay fit. There’s too many ‘ifs’ in this team – We don’t know if there going to play well or not. We’ve been embarrassed by Man City, Basel, Crystal Palace, Blackburn and Newcastle so far this season and it’s January.
Will be a great effort if we win the league, but it’s certainly possible. My big worries are that Rooney has to recover top form, we’re not playing with our customary pace which has been compromised by simply losing Cleverley, and that our only world class player (Vidic) is out for so long. He might have the odd trouble against quick, tricky players but in this league he’s a monster and pretty much essential for us. Him and Rooney.
I think we’re relying on a bit of weakness from City now.
JUST KILL ME…
Not sure if it’s coincidence but United has considered a lot while Jones’ playing at centreback, maybe its just the defence, or the whole team!
Sir Alex give us some hope in the transfer market to prove that at least we tried…
Well, we’re still only 3 points behind City, so it’s not decided yet! Newcastle played very well today.
Anyone have our passing stats, or know where to find them? Seemed to me like a lot of passes going astray. We couldn’t get any of our strikers in either. Shame about the one Simpson saved, thats twice against us now. Could have been a game-changer for sure!
Ando looked fit as hell! I watched a poor quality stream, and he was hard to pick out. Could do it before, he was the slightly round one
why has no one mentioned that the free kick was deflected into the top corner?
if someone can pick the positives out of this one, i commend you on your optimism…. i for one, see abso-fucking-lutely nothing….. what an atrocious display it was today….. the only two players i felt sorry for today were lindegaard and berbatov…. midfield was dreadful…. giggsy picked a bad game to screw up his normally sublime passing….. i just don’t see how we can play city away, spuds away, chelsea away, arsenal away and still be in contention for the title
Negatives: no one injured, so we cannot say it is due to injuries. Oh, by the way, I remember the good ole days when we had guys that could turn the games around for us
Positives: we did good against one of the worlds best last time around(Blackburn) and got completely utterly 100% outplayed by the European powerhouse today!
Bad night and an uninspiring performance, well done to the Geordies. We have Sunday to look forward now so lets move on. We surely cannot lose three on the bounce. City must be destroyed to claw back some pride. I believe we can do it. In Fergie we trust
Not a single thing dropped our way today. Not a single fucking thing. And of course Newcastle put in a Barca performance. Lately,when things arent looking good for us,we continue to fall harder instead of finding that extra something that we used to have.
Sigh.
Newcastle werent exactly fucking brilliant were they!! ffs they contained us all night but they didnt run the game. we had all the possession but they scored from a fuciing free kick, a long ball, and wel.,.another long ball/own goal. We got mugged. FUCKING SHIT! In fact it was like watching the match last night City v Liverpool. In a close game we had no luck tonight.
worst united team ive seen in a long time! no craft no muscle no pace no creativity no ideas. Ferguson needs some quality in that team at least 4 players – defender, at least 2 midfielders and a striker. Park ferdinand giggs are just not good enough in that team anymore, time for fergie to move on with them.
People bang on about lindegaard, well he has played in a big game now and has shipped enough so can we put the debate about him being miles better than de gea away? hasn’t made any mistakes but hardly looked commanding.
Jones and rio just can’t play together, both of them played against basel and benfica and we shipped in 6 goals add the 3 tonight and well i’ll leave you all to do the maths.
We’ve banged on about a whole new set of midfielders to be brought in but we get told there are options, what options?. why is pogba on the bench if he won’t play? United simply can’t control a game anymore, it’s truly appalling…..
manchester united will bounce back we always do with players like cleverly and jones we will prosper.
fuckin shite best player going forward evra fuckin disgrace
I am so gutted with the result ….. But it’s not a complete surprise we have looked shaky against physical forwards.
Newcastle’s centre mf cost a combined total of 7m. Tiote and cabaye monstered giggs and carrick
Hopefully. This will convince the boss to make a purchase in the jan sales
Fine, United lost. But that was a sloppy and dispirited display. It’s one thing to lose, but that was a shite display of effort. Nobody deserved to wear that Red shirt by looking at that display.
Onto Sunday, better show up and have fight against your inner-city rivals then Bolton.
What the FUCK is Nani doing in training… can’t seem to cross the ball….
Rooney seemed like taking revenge on SAF for the fine….
RIO is old, need terminator Vidic.
We are out of FA cup this sunday
the problem with this team is they lack the “united ethic”…. , i honestly didnt think they would come back from this. rooney needs to learn the shut the fuck up on the field and get on with the game . same old story shit midfield. two things can be done…wait it out and hope for the best with the current crop…or buy , i hope fergie does the latter…ah well should be a long season, first time this year , heck first time in the last 5 years , i honestly think city will win the title . not once did i lose belief in the team but city are playing so well and well theres no “champion” mentality about this side. too many players talk in the media about not slipping up, maybe they should shut up and and prove it on the pitch.
Wes Bison:
Couldn’t agree with you more mate, nowadays its all about TRYING to get a string of good passes forward until the opposition makes a mistake it seems.. Where is the old United that trashed the opposition?
Glazer cunts are ruining our club…
Well, that was a very very very disappointing performance from the lads. The own goal pretty much summed up our evening. We seemed off from the get go. The passes weren’t coming off and the players looked out of sorts. It was just an evening to forget. But the worst part was our inability to create clear cut chances apart from that one goal line clearance. Lindegaard could do nothing about those goals. 2 absolutely top drawer goals and 1 goal from miscommunication. I still believe we can win the league but we need to pull up our socks and now would be a great time to put in a long string of wins. We have been far too inconsistent this season and the injuries haven’t played. Next up is City and as much as I hate to admit it we will have to play out of our skins given our current situation to win against them.
And well played Newcastle. They defended resolutely and ran us ragged. Ba was MOM by a country mile. He absolutely tormented Rio and Jones and made a HUGE difference to their play. Newcastle will miss him big time when he departs for the african nations cup.
Good night fellas, coupla hours nap before my fucking office..disappointed, hurt but we will be back
I have the patience to wai coz we always come back!!!1
Man United
Nothing more than what we deserved unfortunately. Notorious made a good point about one team playing a settled side each week and us fucking the team around every game.
But it’s not just the rotating. Some players just didn’t have the heart for it. And the manager didn’t help with his selection. For example, why is Valencia playing at RB when we have Rafa? Why take off Berbatov when he was hardly the crappiest player out there?
Newcastle played really well. Accept it. It’s not like we have some unsaid rule that says teams roll over.’ Losing to teams like Newcastle, Blackburn’ is a rather odd comment. It’s the premier league we’re talking about here. It’s who performs on that day. We didn’t, I agree, but honestly it wasn’t our worse this season. What made the difference was that Newcastle played some fantastic stuff.
Drop everyone who’s played in the last two games, and play whoever’s left against City. Give the youth a chance. Tell them no pressure. If we lose, we lose. If not, we have something to smile about and some thoughts of younger players to bring into the team.
Yeah, you know even if we’d beaten Blackburn 1-0 at the weekend som United fans would grumble – oh we beat them 7-1 last year, where the fuck was 8-1 this season? Our treatment room looks like Viet fucking Nam at the moment, Shitty are about to lose their beast Yaya, and have gone distinctly off the boil, if we can get some players back, get a bit of form we’ll fucking win this man, and they deserve a bit of support along the way.
That was easily our worst performance of the season, even worse than at Old Trafford against City (we were down to 10 men for 5 of those goals) and worse than away to Basel.
They couldnt even complete a string of 3-4 passes for about 80 minutes of the game. Newcastle aren’t top class opposition.
IMO, Lindegaard was exposed tonight. I kept having to point out here that he hadn’t faced any serious opposition yet, and now tonight he had three put past him. First, not his fault. Second… he should have had, he had plenty of time IMO. The third, he obviously did not tell Jones to leave it. Back to back defeats and now we’re definitely worried for Sunday… staring another FA Cup exit in the face… go out in the third round 2 out of 3 seasons… ugh… let’s hope I’m wrong.
Pissed off. This reminds me of the 09/10 season… every time Chelsea opened the door for us by dropping points we said no thanks and lost. Clawed back a 5 point gap and made considerable gains in goal difference… now after just 2 games we are 3 behind and +11 GD again… and we only played Blackburn and Newcastle…. oh I don’t know…
Have a horrible feeling this season will be a trophy-less one…
Anyone who, after 2 losses on the trot, would like Fergie to sign a whole new team in the January transfer window – there’s another team called Manchester, they play in blue, and they were created JUST FOR YOU. Fucking do one.
Wow! That really was embarrassing. Fair play to Newcastle but my god was that a toothless performance. Do we have any world class players anymore? Paddy cannot defend, cannot shoot and is the most one footed player I have ever seen. Goggsy in fairness to him is 38. Is and always will be a legend but he cannot be the answer. Wazza’s first touch was hilarious today…. worth ever penny he earns.
Value in the Market??? What is the deal with our scouting network?? They are great for finding players that everyone knows about but give them the task of finding a cheap unknown and they crumble. Chico was an exception but then he did cost 7 mill. Demba Ba cost nothing!! Tiote cost next to nothing. Those two players just destroyed us. I have a tip from a friend that there is a decent fella playing in Milan. Midfield. Should only cost about 30 mil. His name is Scheider or something………
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
Phil Jones
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha!
@samuel – united WE stand
How’s that? Lindegaard didn’t “ship” any goals today.
The first goal he conceded he did everything right. It was just a very well struck shot. If anything the defence should have done more to stop that ball getting through to Ba.
The second goal he concede perhaps he could have done better but he did get a hand to it.
The third goal wasn’t even his fault.
Lindegaard is still a better goal keeper although not “miles” better as some may want you to believe.
Why is this place filled with trolls? Where’s all the sensible regulars?
Our opposition saving special performances for us, and our team constantly being disrupted through injury, rotation and resting are not new phenomena.
Where to start? Fuck me that was terrible. I think we really have to buy at least one CB because no-one knows when Rio will pick up another injury (probably on the way back home). Playing like that we will get so buttfucked at shitty we will still have bruises come May. Lost count over how many times we conceded a foul in the last 15 minutes. Well, at least we have an easy game coming up…
@Fibes. Hey mate, am I totally wrong yeah? We got destroyed can’t say i’m happy to feel vindicated but it’s fucking obvious that we need one or two top class midfielders. Questioning Fergie on this one is right. He can’t blame injuries all teams have injuries and the squad should be good enough to cope with them. He has to stop his stance about value in the market and if he has no money come out and fucking say it. It’s become a farce at this stage and i’d very much like a reply from yourself mate perhaps further backing up your point or apologising i’ll be more then willing to have a look at what you think. I really want a reply though mate so come on?
Shocking. That performance was just awful. Plain and simple, except painful for any united fan who thought that TODAY UNITED WILL SOMEHOW RESTORE SOME OF THE DIGNITY LOST… I guess we will just have to wait for that..
Rio could have easily conceded a penalty, but today in spite of that, I can’t lay the blame onto him because those that played in front of him gave me no real support, none whatsoever.
Carrick, I really appreciate his play and style, but a little bit of grit and aggressiveness wouldn’t be in vain. In fact I am sure it would be greatly appreciated. He is a posh bastard who just doesn’t WANT to get his shorts dirty. He will continue to run hot and cold until we buy a CM to play alongside him that can stand up to the responsibilites and lift some of the pressure of Carrick.
Playing a 38(?) year old Giggs in midfield against the likes of Tiote is just stupid. But with the lack of other options its difficult to think of another partner for Carrick.
Rooney, dreadful. When he is playing badly HE IS SHIT. Lets just get this, he is not the type to produce that random goal out of nothing unless he is on TOP FORM. Perhaps due to the circumstances, I would rather have Ba anyday. Cracking player he is, and even somewhat LIKEABLE.
This is seriously depressing. I’m off before people start calling for SAF’s head and whatnot… Or has that already started?
LUFCWhite
Can’t wait to tonk your lot in the league again. Such a shame you’re taking so fucking long about it
At least some got it through their skull that De Gea is hardly our main problem. The team defends like amateurs when Vidic is missing. Can’t expect a goalkeeper to bail us out all the time or to be flawless.
Cool free kick by Cabaye. Anyone remember when it was the last time we scored a free kick like that?
why do we insists on crossing the ball into crowded area when the wind clear interruppted ball deliveries? why?
Injuries? Not an excuse for the last two games. Blackburn had their fair share of injuries too and I thought it looked like a fairly strong side out there tonight but they were well beaten.
A lot of sloppy passing tonight in particular rooney, nani and giggs. Thought TonyV and Carrick had solid games though. Third goal were irrelevant. Lindergard wanted to get ball back in play hence leaving his goal and Jones were in 2 minds…………still chomping at the bit for Sunday UTID
Danny “red at heart” Simpson saved the good one for us again didn’t he? Own goals against Liverpool and all around terrible performance but he has now saved two certain goals in both games against us. What a wanker.
I find it baffling that people come on here and question others venting frustrations over yet another abysmal performance, all good to be positive but if players can’t be criticised constructively then no wonder their egos have gone bigger.
We have some real geniuses on tonight. I mean, you all know better than Fergie. After the event. We are champions right?
@Red Neville
Some United players not up to United standards – New Phenomena.
Only disturbed by the fact that Berba got subbed early. He was the sharpest one on the pitch IMO.
I can’t believe some of the comments on here, just 3 points behind citeh, only half way through the season, Giggs past it? He was your best player tonight. Can’t really blame your keeper for anything but just look at how quickly we chased you down for everything. More committed, more passion, more deserving. Agreed Rio is a liability, I only noticed Park once or twice…he’s supposed to be your work horse, why isn’t he everywhere like Guttierez? As for not scoring any better goals until 2020 if you didn’t have your head up your own arse you’d have noticed we already have! HWTL
Costas,
I recall in other thread the other u were telling u have had a bad feeling about this game,
how true u turned out
Goodnight pal, catch u tmrw..
KingOfStretfordEnd ,
Regulars are away for coupla hours coz we want to stay away from Match day WUMs..
See u on the morrow fella, nearly 4 AM here
Good night
We will keep the red flag flyin high coz Man United will never die..
I donot care about citeh, I donot care about league position – I want United of old! When teams were afraid of playing us! Now we play Mourinho style – safocate the opponent and wait for them to make a mistake, we do not trash teams!
Great comment Fibes, although that performance made me nostalgic for the djemba djemba years in parts. Absolutely ridiculous own goal that gave me the same feeling when watching city hammer us – utter disbelief that Man Utd could sink to such comedy levels, that was an Arsenal style capitulation.
Not confident at all for sunday. If we get away with a face-saving 1-0 loss I’ll take it.
Fair play to Newcastle though, their two goals were ridiculously good and I wish we had the midfield that they do
@seanmthered
Damn right you’re wrong. It’s only just gone Christmas. Ando is still slowing coming back, so essentially we’re still without our first choice midfield pairing from the beginning of the season (add Young to that, who linked up so brilliantly with Clevs).
We buy someone now, a Schneijder/Martinez/Modric whatever, we wreck everything we’re trying to do. Clevs doesn’t get the games he needs to become a legend, Morrison/Pogba/Tunnicliffe don’t get the platform to push for their places. Now, more than ever, we need to trust in SAF and get behind the side, home and away. He needs to prove NOTHING to any true red.
Got our asses well and truly spanked tonight! Seen it coming from early on. No heart, or hunger for the battle. Midfield got exposed. Tiote and Cabbage run the show. I don’t blame Giggs though. I know he was poor, but Fergie has neglected that area for too long. This is the result of playing a former winger in CM. Said it before, I ain’t convinced of Jones in central defense. Looks better at RB, or in midfield. Nani had another off day. Wayne Rooney was even worse. One of the worst displays in a United shirt. First touch of a elephant. How Berba got brought off before Rooney, is a mystery. I was hoping for a response from United. We didn’t get that sadly. The boss will have to get the lads up for Sunday. Then again, why would you need to be motivated for a derby game? We’ll never die! 19
ps Sorry if I sound pissed off. Just really down when we lose like that.
daveob82 says:
“Do we have any world class players anymore?”
Vidic.
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And presumably Berabtov getting subbed was a tactical decision. Him and Rooney aren’t a good partnership as both are better as second strikers behind the CF.
no squad depth- as shown by our lack of quality coming in.
nothing in midfield- as shown by the fact carrick hasnt played well in 3 years now, park is no world beater, giggs is past it, anderson should be sold, fletcher is dead and cleverley hasnt even showed anyone he has the ability to do it just yet
evra- horrendous. over heated, over used, over run and now is looking over rated
rio- passed it
jones- definite midfielder, cant head the ball to save his life
rooney- looks so desperate. he even comes deeper than carrick to get the ball.. says everything about his confidence in the midfield.
berbatov- needs to get sold we dont need him anymore. welbeck does his job but more efficiently.
hernandez- offers nothing apart from poach play
all in all… we cant use injuries as an excuse cos apparently we have the greatest squad in the league which would surely mean you neeed to be able to rely on squad players when your first teamers are out! our 2 best youth products can leave on frees this summer. fergie is lying to everyone saying we have money- im embarassed to think anyone disagrees. he is losing credability by not buying anyone in midfield. sell gibson for 5 mil. buy ANYONE. even if it is just a stop gap!!!!! look at scotty parker and what he is doing at spurs. harry has built a better team in 3 years than fergie has done in 10!!!!! stop living in the past and get with it! fergies track record has come about because we have NEVER had direct competitors to the title. the one time we did… in 03 04…. we got dominated by chelsea. then mourinho left!!!! look at the facts people.
@ fibes, I totally agree pal. Many people crying out for signings are the same ones calling for the emergence of youth. In football there will always be transitional periods. The money is not as available under the glazers like years previous so you have to expect days like this. Of course we could have played better but tonight it didn’t happen. Head up, look forward to bouncing back against citeh.
Costas:
Yup, cannot understand why Rafa doesn’t get any games and instead we play Valencia out of position. Can’t be good for his confidence either.
same opinion as costas why was our in form striker taken off
sorry to say but rooney was pathetic no excuse there either why berba was substituted and for nani how on earth can someone lose his form like this,maybe its because of his silly haircut.
but the questions of the day is why was valencia rb again when rafa is on the bench. rafa in nani(maybe he needs some rest because he gets in the lineup witohout showing anything lately)out valencia rw.
i dont know what happened to rooney but he plays like he did at the worl cup
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“Anyone who, after 2 losses on the trot, would like Fergie to sign a whole new team in the January transfer window – there’s another team called Manchester, they play in blue, and they were created JUST FOR YOU. Fucking do one.”
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Easy. Stop biting the other fish in your own pond, OK? I agree that we do not need signings (though if I’m honest, I’d great a proven defender if nemanja is to be out for a year) but at the same time, it’s 100% fine.. and HEALTHY.. to recognize when you’re hitting the bottom relative to your average. Yes, it’s only two losses BUT consider the opposition. Blackburn should not have had a chance at netting three at OT, simple as that. As for tonight, like I said in my post above, they couldn’t even string passes together for a large part of the game. It was a very bizarre performance from United. It also also a good performance from Newcastle, but worthy of a 3-0 scoreline? My arse. I defend United repeatedly here against undeserved attacks by some fans when we drop points, but if you look at the past week and write it off as injury crisis or nothing out of the norm, then you’re settling for less than United’s average, simple.
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“How’s that? Lindegaard didn’t “ship” any goals today.
The first goal he conceded he did everything right. It was just a very well struck shot. If anything the defence should have done more to stop that ball getting through to Ba.
The second goal he concede perhaps he could have done better but he did get a hand to it.
The third goal wasn’t even his fault.
Lindegaard is still a better goal keeper although not “miles” better as some may want you to believe.”
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The first, you are right, not his fault.
The second shouldn’t have went in. I know it was “wind assisted” but still, he managed to actually reach it but not stop it. He should have done better.
The third you are wrong, it WAS his fault. He should have SCREAMED at Jones to leave it like all goalkeeper should, but Jones obviously didn’t get any message from him since he tried to soften it and direct it back to the keeper, who wasn’t in position.
I won’t condemn him though. Lindegaard has had next to no Premier League time. I’m reminded of De Gea’s two conceded goals in the community shield and then the goal he left in at West Brom. It’s the Premier League, you get here you have to adjust, you can’t do that on the bench.
Totally gutted. The performance tonight was even worse than the one against Blackburn. After these defeats I cannot see us recovering. What an opportunity missed.
If Fergie thought that his squad does not need improving, he better think again. [A word class keeper, a right back, a defending midfielder, a creative midfielder, a left footed left winger to say the least] This is a pale shadow of what United used to be. Teams would shit themselves not only at OT but in their grounds as well. Now, they are looking forward to playing us, knowing they’ve got a chance.
Fergie should play tonight’s tape to players and use Newcastle players as an example of how you try and give all for your club. I thing, for quite a while now, that we have an attitude problem. Sometimes I cannot believe how complacent they are. At other times you wonder if anybody forced them to be there! Tonight hardly anybody came out with any credit [Giggsy maybe].
It hurts to say, but we are gift-wrapping Shitty the title ourselves!!! [I would love to be proven wrong at the end of the season, but with pathetic performances like this I am hopeless as much as I would like to BELIEVE.]
Anderson is still slowly coming back? don’t FUCKING crack me up, he’s been coming for the past 5 years now, i’ve always supported him but if he is to be the saviour of our midfield then i think we’ll be having nights like this more often.
I can take FUCKING defeats but when a united team hardly put up a fight then i start to worry. Fergie is the best football manager of all time, these bastards keep letting him down.
@ Whiteside:
I agree pal, we have a lot of injuries but really only defenders.. we shipped 3 today but we didn’t score… we basically had our pick of attackers today and hardly got a sniff…
When our defenders are fit again we are good in that department but we really need new faces in midfield… our current crop are too predictable… a proper holding midfielder and Christian Erikson from Ajax…
Why didn’t Rafa play RB, Valencia RM, Nani LM, Ando and Carrick CM… no balance to the way we set up.. dont think we are making the best of what we have.. .. We’re just picking names first then trying to fit them in somehow
With this being a Fergie team, I am hopeful that a spirited side will line up on Sunday. It’s usually how we respond. If we get a performance similar to the last two, then personally I’ll have to start wondering how much influence Fergie has on some of these players anymore.
Of course spirit alone won’t be enough. We have to stop defending like Leeds.
@willie
Lol, that’s you pissed off? Don’t whip out the bazooka just yet.
@Sandeep
Yeah mate, I wasn’t that confident. Among other things, we are not playing a settled side these days and that doesn’t help.
Shocking. Sell our entire midfield and buy 4 new ones, minimum. Start with Rodwell & Sneijder & Goetze
@Touché
Don’t know what it is. As if Fergie is afraid that Rafa will get injured again? He played 90 minutes for the reserves a few weeks back. Looking back at this season, we’ve played 30 games and I doubt we played a regular RB (meaning either one of the twins) for half of them.
Costas – I’ll give an honest opinion mate. Others can overreact lol.
3 things:
Lack of solid midfield. There is one settled MF in this team at the moment and that’s Carrick. Master Giggs? Spare me; this is not his ideal role. Good yes, but average too many times in this position.
Vidic’s absence. We’ve got Rio, Jones, Smalling and Evans. Why does the injury of Vidic count for so much? Jones can´t play all games all the time. He is on the verge of greatness. But he is 19. 6 goals in two games really says it all, doesn’t it?
Goal-keeper confusion. Who is number one? De Gea? Lindegaard? How does anyone expect a defense to gel with its keeper if it isn’t pretty clear who is going to be there? Stick with one of them! We are half way through the season and we are still experimenting with keepers!? The third goal was a classic lack of communication between a defender and goalkeeper.
We have to deal with this.
Yeah fair enough Wes, a reasoned comment which criticises the team set up is fine, and often I wouldn’t set the team up the same way either, but you know the boss sees the players in training, abd he doesn’t just plan for one game, he plans for the whole season, so the squad builds up confidence and form at just the right time, and he nearly always gets it right. I for one prefer Jonesy in midfield cos hes so dynamic from there.
Are we becoming Arsenal?
Ahjs – that is without a doubt but considering he is gone for the season I decided to overlook him. I pray he comes back the old Vida.
I am all for giving youth a chance as opposed to buying but for that to work you need to play them. Otherwise they leave ala Pique, shawcross, rossi.
Play Pogba if he is so good. Midfield can’t get any worse
Rooney has had problems with his first touch for a long time now. Most of our players, besides Berbatov, wasn’t composed with the ball today. That’s why we lost.
Familiarity breeds Complacency, I think some of this team have played together for too long.. you just need to look at AC Milan to see what in the post for United over the next few years.
We need new faces, simple as that… our aging players could be replaced easily with younger models with equal ability… I think we need a few players in with something to prove.
When you were a kid at school did you ever play footie with the older ones and knock your balls in to try and show you could play… but when you’re playing with your mates you start fucking about with the showboating etc……….. just a thought
We were unlucky three goals, 2 wonder goals and an own goal, other than the score line which I know is the most important we pretty much dominated the game, they created nothing. Players are coming back and I fully expect a big reaction from Utd on Sunday and a change in luck would help too.
@willie
Well I liked reading it for one. The line about Rooney and the elephant had me laughing.
We missed Vidic big time, didn’t we?? Surely, he could have dealt with Ba better then Rio and Jones but what’s happened is happened and we move on.
Daveob82 says:
Fair enough. I wasn’t being funny, just posted his name as a way of agreeing with you that we haven’t got much in the way of world class talent.
And hopefully Pogba isn’t the next one to leave at the end of the season.
One thing Fergie got spot on tonight was putting Lingeaard in goal. Wouldn’t have fancied De Gae tonight at all
@Fibes. Backing him blindly doesn’t make you anymore of a red pal. It’s not as if we’re bedding in any of the youngsters you’ve mentioned are we i’m not bothered anymore arguing to be honest I love Sir Alex and this football club but if you want to disagree that’s fine I believe we need one world class midfielder at least if that makes me a bad fan I couldn’t care less I know myself how much this club means to me and it’s one of the reasons I want a new central midfielder because watching a United team like that tonight give me no pride whatsoever. UNITED
We need to find some kind of consistency.
He needs to try and get a back four playing regular even with the injuries we have.
Stop changing the keeper, doesnt help an already makeshift defence which changes from game to game.
Sort out the center of midfield. Get us passing again, shifting the ball quckly.
Alot will change when we have cleverly, young, anderson, smalling fully fit.
Costas
” If we get a performance similar to the last two, then personally I’ll have to start wondering how much influence Fergie has on some of these players anymore”
Thats a bold assertion, but i’m inclined to think that way myself. I mean its not even about formations or tactics. The lads just can’t seem to come up with the goods. Sad thing is i see it that way now. There’s sure to be another performance like this, maybe not the same scoreline, heck we could even win. This is a big test for the gaffer. The players are there, been there, done it, its become a worldwide cliche. Looks like its gaffers very own squeaky bum time
Willyrednut is from Muckamore
Slim:
my previous post
“Familiarity breeds Complacency, I think some of this team have played together for too long.. you just need to look at AC Milan to see what in the post for United over the next few years.
We need new faces, simple as that… our aging players could be replaced easily with younger models with equal ability… I think we need a few players in with something to prove.
When you were a kid at school did you ever play footie with the older ones and knock your balls in to try and show you could play… but when you’re playing with your mates you start fucking about with the showboating etc……….. just a thought”
Kind of ties in with what you’re saying…
Can’t believe some people are calling for Fergies head on you’re on skysports phone in… it’s the players who are underperforming… man for man we still had a better team than Newcastle tonight… the club defo needs a shake up but I don’t think it starts with Fergie
Captain boring? Don’t be a clown mate. You live there, don’t ya? Dribbling like a mofo.
Wishful thinking that id like to see Ravel play centrally with his ability and confidence on the ball and maybe Pogba given so prem minutes now.
Things need a bit of feshning up, some invention, points to prove.
Relying on Giggs and Park in midfield and Rafeal last week obviously seems to be not doing the trick.
Im sure we will be back tho.
Play Morrison or another of the young guns in midfield,
Even if he does nothing he will have matched Parks contribution
Fuck me. yes two back to back embarrassing/infuriating losses and people want fergie out. When your angry (and I dont blame any fan for that), withhold comments until you cool down please. even if I thought it I would never give the opposition the pleasure of hearing/ reading me slag my own manager off. Short memories.
And lets not take anything away from Newcasle, played well so congratulaions.
redbilly – ‘embarrassing’ is not the word. How you appear is not relevant.
Disappointing game! Another 3 points gone. How sad.