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the team
eddie
brown rio rio evra(how good does that feel)
gibson scholes carrick
valencia berbatov nani
Rooney not even on the bench
Thanks GHTT. You beat me to it.
So the back 5 from 07-08 is back! Where’s Fletch though?
subs
foster
red nev
park
rafael
fletcher
gabby
diouf
GHTT, I think you mean Rio Vidic not Rio Rio…besides I would rather clone vidic than rio:)
No rooney, time for berba to step up.
Shit
This is the first time since Goodison Park 2008 that this back four will play together.
Ok we know what the deal is with Rooney(thanks again Capello you idiot). Why isn’t Fletch starting?
why is gibson playing?. Does fletcher have a knock.
ah whats the fucking harm in gibson getting a start and fletcher getting a rest
remember theres a game on wednesday whats the harm in a 10 day rest for united players rooney and fletcher
fletch will be rested for midweek, but what would the line up be then, id of thought scholes wont play if he plays 90 mins today. im always concerned when gibson plays though. id of gone 442 and give diouf a proper chance to show what he can do
I posted elsewhere today that the decision by Rooney to play fo 90 mins for England was a bad one – now they are saying he is doubtful for Milan – what a complete joke! Who gives a flying toss about Engerlund anyway?
United without Rooney lack that sharp cutting edge and power. I hope I’m wrong but I can see a very slow slow build up with lots of square passing today – a clean sheet may be essential if we are to pick up 3 points.
Another thing – Capello has been whinging about SAF resting Rooney then plays him for a full game in a pointless friendly – what a twat!
The team is strong enough to beat Wolves.
False hope from Burnley taking something from Arsenal. 2nd and 3rd goals were so soft.
There’s no doubt Fletcher is being rested with Wednesday in mind – he played for Scotland in midweek and Fletch always gives 110% as we all know – SAF will be wary of him picking up an injury today. Shame we couldn’t go with 2 up top although I hope to see Nani & Valencia bombing on to support The Berb.
Come on Reds – lets go clear a the top tonight!
In my opinion Fletcher should have started the next two games and got a rest against Fulham.
I think the midfield 3 for Milan will be Fletcher, Scholes, Park.
I think Rooney will be ok for Milan.
This team is good enough to beat wolves lads.
well said willerednut
Come on you Red’s enjoy the Match lad’s and Lassie’s.
Come on United. Off to watch the match.
Those who watch the game on FSC in the US.. what do you think of the stupid HD label that FSC is so proud of. The game isn’t even on HD
Do they think people are stupid?
any one have any live feeds
*Cough*IraqGoals*Cough*
Apparently Fergie has said Wazza is a doubt for Milan game!
I guess that’s why we are using this 4-3-3 system, so Berbatov has some practise for Wednesday.
Nice to see the vintage back five of 08/09 reunited for the first time in ages.
COME ON UNITED!
http://eplsite.com/chanel2.html
what sopcast channel address is the game on
Great not only that super HD.. now the signal’s lost
How gibson gets a start before park is honestly rediculous!! Nani on the right valencia on the left… Come on u reds!!
Berbatov as target man. Er… Yeah
Is Carrick lacking confidence or something? He’s losing possession quite a lot today.
Oh boy! We’ve not been this average in a long time.we lack a finisher upfront & their mid is running us ragged. Wolves r hitting us on the break & its good riddance they’ve spanned those chances. Is Carrick actually a slow thinker or he’s slowly paving the way for Hargreaves?
Berbatov is a decend striker but he just doesn’t have pace. He can’t go solo up there without Rooney. Perhaps Diouf would be a better choice although he is lacking experience.
We also need to bring in PJS (not pijamas)
Midfield needs a bit of a shake up methinks…… get some speed into the game Carrick and Gibson seem to need some passing practice…come on you FUCKING REDS
1st half…..BORING
@Mo
http://asiaplatetv.com/football.php
Plenty of Sopcast links here for many games.
Brio:
It’s probably not Carrick’s day to be honest. He may miss the partnership with Gibson. I think the whole thing about Gibson is that they were told to do a long range shooting
@TheRadLegion
if you are watching a stream, then youre not going to get it in HD unless the stream is in HD which its not. Like someone could stream Sky Sports HD but it wouldnt be in HD on the stream.
Bit lightweight up front. Berba needs a partner and no one from the midfield 5 is offering a good option. I wonder if Fergie will have to bring on Mame.
God Wolves play horrible football. Hope those cunts go down.
Toby:
It’s a direct feed from FSC. I watch this on TV. I don’t know much about technical term but if FSC promises HD and have the guts to label it Live HD.. then it has to be HD. But it’s not. Not even better than the standard SD.
They just need to stop promoting HD and remove the label.. it’s misleading.
So far not good at all. As stated before kick off my worry was the lack of pace, power & cutting edge without Rooney. We look totally toothless and the support is not arriving quickly enough for The Berb. It looks like we need a second striker – give it 15 mins max then throw on Diouf. Nani needs to provide something so SAF doesn’t need to put 3 lung on (who he is clearly resting along with Fletch for Milan)
This is a very average United side going forward – clean sheet absolutely essential if 3 points are to be picked up tonight
wolves are pushing faster on the ball when we get possession. Need more passes and opening up the game a bit. Nani needs to run at them more…Berba needs to get into the box faster too. Vidic has been good keeping their goalkicks from moving forward.
Best player so far for me has been Brown.
What the hell? Is this the usual fuck-up-after-the-chavs-dropped-points game? They’re looking confident at all?
I wonder if Nani is suffering from the fact that he is playing out of position again. We might get away with it at home, but on the road he is quite ineffective as a left winger.
All the backline looks solid but Brown. I’ve never sold on Brown to be honest. He can be slow in reading the situation.
Hussbooster; i agree the they play shit ….as Keano famously said….Mick Macarthy was a shit player and all the teams he has had play shit football…the blokes a cunt of the highest order.
Dimitar Berbatov, you’re a joke. Can’t cut it against fucking Wolves, needs Rooney to hold his hand FFS. No room for shrinking violets at Man United, pal.
Disappointed with the performance so far.
Even without Rooney we should be doing better.
P.S. – Can Gibson Pass?? A good pass from him is as rare as a good tackle by Scholes. lol.
Costas – Nani is just not doing it again tonight. Playing on the left shouldn’t be used as an excuse for him. Poor quality on both feet so far – what the hell does he do in training every day because most of the time he can’t pass to a red shirt.
Time for them all to step up & show how much it means to retain that trophy!
Fred:
As much as I don’t want to defend the striker, his technical skill is very good and overall he’s a decend striker, but he just can’t play alone.. it’s not gonna work from him.
Just getting out fought right now. Wolves want it more than we do.
EFFORT LADS!!! COME ON!!!
Let’s not start whinging because Wolves won’t let us play football. What do you want them to do FFS? The last thing we want is to turn into a bunch of fairies like Arsenal.
I’ll happily take a scrappy goal in the last minute, that’s what champions are made of.
Fred. stfu! He’s supposed to be the man the players feed the ball to but it’s backwards right now.
Brown on for Gary…
Gary injured??
@Mags:
I thought Nani was fine to be honest. He needs more support i think. Right now whenever he gets the ball 2-3 players were around him, there were a couple of time when he should have done better when he was 1 on 1. But overall he was okay.
FFS Wes injured, enter Gary Neville.
Fred – harsh assessment of The Berb pal. He’s playing up top with sod all support, some dreadful service and the only glimpses of class in the final third so far have come from him ie the ball to Valencia that created the best opening so far.
Come on Berb… put one away
Brilliant play by Valencia there
Of course, hindsight is 20/20 but Park would have been preferable to Nani – more reliable and has a better understanding with Berbatov.
@Radlegion – fair comment pal but we need him to be a hell of a lot better than fine. He’s got the ability to skin that fullback alive.
Brio the red:
i can understand your reaction regarding carrick slow thinking mate
i miss hargo though. how is everyone at 21 century ? God i miss the place ;(
See that steward trying to take that Green and Gold banner off our lot?!
@RED SAM~21st century is buzzing as ussual. The Arse fans making all their typical noises as ussual.they feel they are on a roll after seeing off Stoke. Now that Gibson is off & Mame on,we might get something from this game.we r excessively average even if both of our two best performers are missing(Wazaa & fletch).something is wrong with us: either we hv 10 men on the pitch while wolves hv 12 or the boys r suffering from Wazaaphrenia!
THAT’S A HUGE GOAL!!!!
Pauuuuuul schooöooolees haha
100 Goals – Paul Scholes!
I love you paul
fucking get in there….Ginger Prince to the rescue…….!!!!
Scchhooless 100 premier league goals!!!!!!legend
Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou Paul Scholes for getting us out of the shit.
As I said, a HUGE goal.
As for Berba, I think people are wrong when they say he doesn’t try hard enough. I honestly think he’s trying his best, it’s just that his best is not good enough for Manchester United.
Was park brought on for:
a) defensive duties
b) offensive duties
c) all of the above
diouf fuck !!!
Great cross by Nev. Diouf, you’ve gotta score them.
@Fred
FSC HD Live commentators said earlier he has to have more to his game than fancy flicks. You know what? They are right. He is one of those players you think is class or is lazy. He will score an important goal at some point in the season though.
Fred
spot on regarding berba i think that sums his debate Lol
Fuck’s sake, Diouf!
How did Diouf miss that again?!
6 yards out on a plate!
My Nan could shoot better than these “forwards”
fucking hell diouf thats 2 you’ve missed
@red sam~all of the above. IS PARK JI SUNG turning into our next Ronaldo? There’s away about him: his movement,his dribbling,his agility,his LOOKS!
What the fuck did diouf smoke ??
It must be something the greater manchester police would love to look after…;)
what the fuck is Berba doing back there???
In the summer we must must must buy a top striker. Without Rooney it looks like a really average attack. Berb isn’t going to frighten anyone and Diouf is already missing too many. I think Macheda is a better player and I’m glad he looks like he’s coming back.
If rooney got injured for the rest of the season, are these the “strickers” we could be putting week in week out ?
Carrick almost sealed his death there…
great clearance Carrick….bloody hell.
How LUCKY are we that Vokes didn’t put that in the net. Lazy clearance!
Diouf cracks me up. He must wonder how the fuck he wound up playing for United.
That Vokes guy is my new favourite player.
What the fuck was Carrick doing pissing about in the box though? That could have been VERY costly.
ugly win…but 3 points and on top!!
well Mick Mcarthy…. you is still ashit manager with a shit team and you IS still a cunt of the highest order….
well done lads
lets hope we can stay on top now…
Someone give diouf a camera he looks like a lost fucking tourist
Dear me, I have never been this nervous. I am still trembling.
hooray…
united finally got a 3 points.
And now Milan…….
3 points was the piroity today. got it. performance was below par no doubt. diouf performance was juz plain shocking, not juz about those 3 misses. knew he need polishing, never really expect him to be that raw wow. his confident must be badly bruised after this game.
congrats to scholes out saviour for his 100th!!!
On another positive news HARGO WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY !!! Ye haaaa !!!
Why am i so active after this tea ? He waiter ?
HARGREAVES IS COMIN BACK !!
Given the circumstances, it’s a big win. Pleased with the result. I had a feeling about the ginger prince today.
Berbatov did well today given his role on the field. No complaints there. Diouf still needs some work I think…
First clean sheet on the road since West Ham 3 months ago! I still wonder how it happened though!
Thank you Vokes.
terrible performance. Shows what Rooney and fletcher bring to the team. Impressed with berbatov, was excellent today but he cant lead the line on his own.Carrick had a shocker.Hope this isnt the start of his late season slump in form
think wolves will be fine again by the FA for Vokes’s miss. another €50K suspended fine my guess. poor wolves.
big three points now comes the pullaway.
@AIG
I agree about Berbatov. Can’t lead the line on his own. Not with this curent crop of wingers anyway. When he played as a main striker at Milan, he had Ronaldo as one of the wingers. And at the moment, neither Nani nor Valencia can do what Ronaldo did in a 4-3-3.
4-3-3 has only started working recently for us because Rooney has been supernatural…
That may be the last we are seeing of diouf this season. anyone remember obertan ? One shit perfomance and you will totaly be pissed with the sight of ole for months
Here’s an interesting debate about Scholesy guys. How is it that he gets into more goalscoring positions when we play 4-4-2 rather than 4-3-3? It’s supposed to wok the other way round…
Lets give Diouf some time guys. He is far from the finished aticle. Good thing Kiko is returning!
Berbatov can’t play on the road in a 4-5-1 formation. He lacks speed. But a very solid display from him. Tried his best, good effort, Dimitar. Sadly he hasn’t got into double figures.
Ugly win, a game to forget, we are on top just as i started to think again we just can’t take advantage of Chelsea’s slip ups.
The players really need to man up now. Unlike the Gooners who only have easy fixtures ahead, we still got Fulham, Dippers, the Chavs and Shitty ahead…
A new striker next season ?
MO is an old horse, but yet very useful to us.
Berba, it shows just now how ‘capable’ he is to lead our attacking force.
Diouf, practice makes perfect son. Be a Drogba, i woudnt mind that.
Young Macheda & Welbeck, nothing to shout about this season.
We only have Rooney, we can only depend on him to get us goals from the strikers position. regular goals i mean.
TOP OF THE LEAGUE, AND THAT’S A FACT!
Lovely win. The only team in the league who could have won the way we did! Proves why we are triple champions, going on quadruple!
Chlesea played as badly, WITH Drogba, against the same team. And without Fletch and Roon, we still managed a decent win. Gibson was decent, Berba was on and off, Scholesy was brilliant, and not just co of the goal. I was surprised at how shaky the defence looked in the second half, despite Rio, Vida, Evra and the Neviller. Neville’s clearances were excellent, bar one.
All in all, a very important win, like Stoke away last season. And who better to get the winning goal than a midfielder whose been the best in the world at what he does. Take a bow Scholesy. Not far from 150 goals now!
These are the kind of results you need if your gonna win the league. I thought the ginger prince give a master class and yet again saved the day.
@Costas
exactly. Valencia and nani are proper wingers. No disrespect to them but they dont get in the box enough. We need rooney to play with berba, Berba lacks the pace to get quickly in the box unlike Rooney. However he was everywhere today and held the ball really well and made some good runs in space
The less said about diouf the better it is.
@Corea
Long time mate. How are you?
Nice to see you back
@AIG
Berba run a lot of miles didn’t he? And he also had a game in midweek. As far as him playing 4-3-3, as Corea said, he lacks the pace too. I actually think that the Milan game might suit him a bit more, but we will see. Hopefully Rooney will be fit for that.
Should have been at least 3-0 to United easily……., and wtf Diouf…. He neither passed the ball nor scored a goal. How did we get this win??? I am still really surprise.
Fuck me that was nerve wracking
@RED SAM – Yeah but at least we won today, so the result may gloss over Diouf’s “contribution” in Fergie’s eyes.
In Diouf’s defence I will say this: he’s not as bad as Dong.
I don’t think that’s the last we’ll see of him though. His finishing has been very tidy for the Reserves, as it was at Molde.
@Fred
Dong? Lol, that’s a good memory you have.
Hardly a convincing one but a win’s a win and we are back on top. Nani and Gibson both were shite today, trying to do too much on their own in Rooney’s absence. Diouf’s misses were pretty terrible but he did, at the least, make some good, proper “striker” type runs. Time for him to really work on his finishing though, that header was simply awful. Berbatov was decent but he really should be doing more to get shots on goal, I don’t think he had even one today. Good to see the back 5 working together like they did – the chances the Wolves had were more of their own doing than glaring mistakes on our part. Hopefully that group will get a chance to put in an extended run together and settle in. Scholes…just class, our MotM. Valencia was solid, though he’s someone I’d like to see take more chances at goal, especially when he doesn’t have his favorite target, Rooney, to aim for.
@hurr – you are right, but let’s not forget we were without Fletcher and Rooney today. With those two in the team we are a different animal.
@Costas
SAF said Rooney is a doubt for Milan. Hope he recovers
Pato is a major doubt for Milan too. their physios are working overtime to try and get him fit for wednesday. Isnt there tonight for Milan
Lets not focus on the negative today friends, we’re top of the league ffs!
Positives:
–100 for Scholes
–Berba looked hungry
–More quality from Valencia
–The return of the Rio Vida partnership
–An away clean sheet (cheers Vokes!)
–Park looked good when he came on
–Rest for Fletch so he can run himself into the ground against Milan
@aig alex is god – hi. i’m fine, just a little bit busy at work and took some time off.
@costas – was it 4-3-3 ? i actually thouпре it was 4-5-1, so isolated was Berba today. i actually stood by idea that Berba was a bit tentative but last few games he has been mister effort and determination. Good to see him having taste for the game.
@Costas, how could you forget the Chinese sensation Dong Fangzhou? Without question the greatest Chinese player ever to play for United.
@Drew Vader – Berba has been hungry for quite a few games, mate.
Fred – perfetc spelling, i wonder if you’ve actually checked google
No Pato for milan, not even on the bench. Berba was hungry, he’s was eating a bargin bucket coming of the pitch.
@Fred
And the only one if I can recall.
@Corea
Yeah friend. It was more like 4-5-1. I often get them mixed up. I hope we could have had someone counting the ground Berbatov covered…
Dong Even got a reception from the chelsea players after we won the league despite not playing a single game that season.Some achievement that
Vokes = United legend.
Only nine games left now
Fulham (h)
Liverpool (h)
Bolton (a)
Chelsea (h)
Blackburn (a)
Man City (a)
Tottenham (h)
Sunderland (a)
Stoke (h)
Piece of piss, imho.
@AIG
Lol exactly. What a masterstroke by Fergie. Having tiny tears give a guard of honour to Dong, Kieran Lee, Richardson and Eagles!
Eagles is easily the best player for Burnley these days. No chance but i would have liked to have him back..
We’ll win all them games Fred, the red army’s on the march.
Excellent result. This game was a potential banana skin. Wolves were up for it
And SAF had one eye on the Milan game @ OT. Resting Rooney, Fletcher and Park
Was a big big risk and gamble. We needed these 3 points, and had to give
Rio and Vidic much needed game time. A lot of things could have gone wrong.
But now we pull away by 2 points having played a game more. SAF will be
Telling his players win the next 9 games and we are prem league champions.
As for the Milan game we just need to play sensibly and put pressure on them
To kill the game off and progress to the next round.
From there its another league game at home and 3 points are a must again.
We can beat Milan and Fulham. This will give the lads confidence to win all their games
It’s important that we go to the Chelsea game with 3 wins out of 3.
@Corea
Call me crazy(you probably will
), but I liked Richardson more!
Corea, I always liked Eagles too. I also thought Lee Martin and Kieran Richardson deserved more of a chance. All three are arguably as useful as Nani, and certainly better than Obertan!
Very hard earned 3 points today, but we kept the pressure on and in the end it went in our favour. I thought Diouf was alittle cheeky seeming to complain and then spilling his chances himself. That said though, he isn’t afraid to ask for the ball and maybe given a starting place or some more minutes in the field would grow in confidence and stability for us.
Park really shone too, my admiration for him has really grown over the seasons he’s been with us. Shame Nani had a poor game, but all the same.. if he’s not being played on the right.. I’m tempted to give him sympathy. I dunno.
Anyway… I’m on ease now until midweek.
I’m shaking ahead of the Milan game. Still not convinced at 3-2.
@ Fred – I agree, you put it well Berba tries he is just not good enough, all fancy foreplay and no end product. He is more Italian league. We really need a torres style flying striker. Villa please come in.
@NBI RED Onion
Villa wont come to united and i dont think saf would pay silly for him.
good 3 points.having rio and vidic together is a big bonus.hopefully we can finish the season strong.we being top of the league is a miracle.chelsea have been shit.
@willierednut
I agree. It’s not likely that Villa will be signed at his age and his transfer fee. Not sure if we can even splash out that amount of money.
Guys, what matter most is the win. We can’t always play a good game you know. Berbatov was alright and quite better than before. He seems to have urgently in his play. Nani just came back from suspension and you should give him some time as his confidence might be low. I won’t say anything bad about the team as i feel this game is won and all that matters.
Oh is this the SAF advisors sitting here discussing berbatov? lets ship him out for villa or torres.. he tries very hard but no end product? thank god SAF will be around some more years
breaking news: SAF signs Vokes as new central defender
sprite – shut up berbatov had a good game today to be fair he was along with scholes and valencia was our best player, I have been a massive critic of berbatov but he had a good game.
I am just relieved that game is over bring on milan, and another point the protests against the parasites is starting to get into overdrive.
anyone giving berbatov a hard time today should really just piss off and I will stick up for berbatov there if anyone gies him a hard time today, yes he did not score but his hunger and the way he was a predator like player hunting for the ball the way rooney has done. Carrick is the one who should get the battering from the united fans today because he almost cost united the game did that idiot see that one, also gibson was poor again today but oh well we won thats all that matters.
@RTNK
Fair play for today. I actually thought that Berbatov kind of faded away in the second half, but overall he worked his socks off. And that’s on the back of a busy last 2 weeks for him. I still feel that he is better off with Wazza as a partner. Speaking of Wazza, here’s Fergie’s assesment:
“Wayne is very doubtful for Wednesday,” said Ferguson, who has publicly aired his disappointment at seeing the 24-year-old play 86 minutes for England against Egypt in midweek.
“The Wembley pitch has killed him.”
I’ll be home in Toronto next Sunday to watch Fulham at OT. It cannot be worse than today ! I sure hope that they were trying to lull ACMeeelan into a false sense of security because if that was what they have to offer when the chance to go top-of-the-table is before them then it’s just plain worrying.
TheLads were dire – only VDS and Scholes should have been excused from the half-time hair-dryer. I thought that Evra, Nani, and even Valencia just weren’t with-the-program today. Vidic/Ferdinand/Brown were awful and gave away a lot of half-chances against weak opponents. Carrick was not just invisible but truly atrocious – almost giving the game away in the 92nd minute after doing sweet-fuck-all.
Yet again, I was also very under-impressed with what Berbatov brought to the party. The guy on GuardianOnline was cumming in his pants about his “exquiste skills” but, really, he is the center forward and did squat in that role until the very end when his exquisite skills were useful in wasting time. Sadly Diouf did nothing to create confidence that he’s not the second coming of Dong or Manucho – he’s sure fast but the game is about playing with the ball with your feet and head INTO THE GOAL and he failed miserably in that regard.
Today’s result was, well, a good result but a terrible performance. It happens but it sure better not get repeated on Wednesday or else Meeelan will have a field day and SAF will disappear into a purple haze.
Fred Said,March 6th, 2010 @20:49 @Costas, how could you forget the Chinese sensation Dong Fangzhou? Without question the greatest Chinese player ever to play for United.
Now that’s a blast from the past. Dong (and his mum) was my next door neighbour for over a year until Fergie sent him packing. Nice guy, but lacked in confidence on the field. Actually, now I come to think of it, he blocked me in a couple of times in his girly VW polo GTI (at least it was Red)
I wonder who he’s not scoring for now….?
Denton — Thats a bit pessimistic dont ya think dude?
Well I’m happy tonight, won’t judge any of the players cause as a team we were all atrocious, however scholes stood out with a rating of about 6.5 or 7 out of 10.
I’d happily take that performance for the rest or the season with the same end result (a boring 1-0)..
Top of the table and thats a fact. at this time of the year its just about winning esp since we on the verge of making history.
just a bit curious, people saying berbz looked hungry and good, but as a striker why was he never anywhere near the 18 yard area on the rare occasions we got our wingers to the byline .. not slating him because this to me was his first poor performance for a long while. just find it odd people should have to defend him when he wasn’t as good as against west ham for example?
Little off topic… But can anyone tell me what happened to Zoran Tosic…?
Bloody Excellent Result, there really is nothing like a scrappy 1 goal win away from home. Good to see Vidic and Rio back together without incident. Berbatov continued his excellent League Cup Final form today, he played well and linked up alot of play. He worked hard, thats all I can ask for. In the final he played with the ENERGY we’ve all expected of him, and after being involved in a successful Final I think we’ll continue seeing the same hunger and COMMITMENT. Absolutely great, because we KNEW he could give us more and he still can, thats what makes him so divisive. Scholes took his finish like a wiley old striker, and its a priceless 100th for us all. Without a shadow of a doubt we all know Nani def plays better on the right, but he played well enough on the left today and its clear Alec wants to continue sending him out there when its needed. But less then amazing performances were expected today – it was always going to be a tight scrappy affair away from home with Rooney out PLUS the whole club thinking forward to Milan. On the whole I think our players played well. We remained patient and didn’t panic. Diouf played well too, lol, yes I know he missed a great header and he let the ball bounce of his shin… but no need for any doom and gloom aye? He’s done well just to make space for himself to miss those chances in the first place. Considering his last game was for the reserves I think he’s just lacking that all important first team sharpness. Perhaps as fans we’re too spoilt and expect too much too soon sometimes. Diouf has my confidence because he has Solskjear’s confidence, really good to see him get some minutes under his belt. But more to the point WE’RE TOP OF THE LEAGUE LADS!!! Top of the table going into our Milan game!!! Lets just hope Rooney recovers in time aye?
nice to see rio and vidic back today. and evra plays yet another game. how many is that now in a row? brilliant. shame about brown going of. centre mid was pretty poor today but great goal from scholes, and a brilliant way to get his century. Gibson kist proved my point today about being only interested in shooting. central midfielders need to be offering more than that.
i thought berbatov had a hard job today because the midfield weren’t brilliant but at the same time, i still can’t work him out. for a striker who was leading the line, there simply can not be any excuses for his blatant reluctance to get in the box at times. as valencia and nani counter attacked at times, he was what appeared to be jogging to get in to the box. and again in the second half when VDS threw the ball to park who was trying to find someone up front. diouf was there. berbatov was on the half way line, not really bothered about trying to get in to the box. compare that to players in the past for us who have run from one end of the pitch to another just to get in to the box to score, such as rooney against arsenal. Also, interesting to note that Fergie said after the match that for the scholes chance (which he scored of course) he was glad he got the chance, as he felt that he was the best player to get it. as if to say, he had more faith in scholes scoring from there then any other player playing for us on that pitch today, including berbatov
Drew Vader @ 23:19: “Denton — Thats a bit pessimistic dont ya think dude?”
Not really; I write about what I see. Perhaps I have expectations that are unrealistic BUT when you expect TheLads to play in a manner befitting the league leaders, defending a treble and going for a record fourth-on-the-trot, THEN just getting by just isn’t good enough. This was especially the case today for Michael Carrick, Dimitar Berbatov, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, and Wesley Brown. These guys aren’t numpties but they sure played that way today. They can do much, much better and it’s not a matter of “protecting their feelings” to comment on how they under-performed; rather, it’s a matter of expectations. I expected more – and better – from that quintet who, when taken together, formed the core of the onfield team today. That’s what I saw in the match I watched – it’s not like I was expecting to watch Spurs-in-disguise; I was expecting to watch the back-to-back-to-back EPL champions which is why I wrote such a “pessimistic” comment – I defy any one of you to suggest that our team, playing this way, will win the EPL and/or CL. They have to do much, much better – and those five guys are cornerstones so they need to be particularly held to account for a dismal display for a very lucky result.
@LunG420: Loaned to Cologne FC
As for the game, I was pretty disappointed with Berbatov. Fella just doesn’t wanna get in the box at all. Valencia looked little effective without Rooney. Sadly I can finally see that Nani’s burst of form was only temporary. We were a little too lucky not to concede what was inevitable at the injury time.
Good thing is… Fletch and Wayne (fingers crossed) would be returning to the starting XI this Wednesday. Let’s give them Italians a big thrashin to nevr forget!
The 4 gears of Berbatov:
a) Magic
b) Slow
c) Slower
d) Neutral
denton – You will NEVER give Berbatov credit mate. Aside from Paul he was United’s best player today.
Cannot believe all the whinging especially on the post match show on MUTV. Those kind of scrappy wins today win you titles. A HUGE result at Molineaux.
denton – Furthermore of course they can do better but you can’t have 4-0 wins away from home every week. It will be scrappy and Wolves made it difficult. Its all about getting the 3 points at this stage and thats what United did. As I say a HUGE result especially with more than one eye on Europe.
King Eric – good early morning, mate
It’s funny these days we might have to rely on Berba on Wednesday in the game of immense importance.
Corea – Good morning mate. Off to bed now! Was watching Hurt Locker and fell asleep on sofa at 2am. Just woke up. Nah I reckon Rooney will be fit for Wednesday no doubt its just a smoke screen and Fergie getting his point across to Capello that playing him for that long could have fucked our season up.
I think this is one of those times where I can’t fault our team for the performance. This was a very disruptive week for us. Playing at Wembley, losing Rooney, Owen and Evans and having those idiotic internationals. Lets see what week these players had:
-VDS: Was well rested for 2 weeks.
-Brown: Didn’t play against Villa, but played 90 minutes against Egypt.(Thank Fabio)
-Ferdinand: Just returned from another setback and still looks a tad rusty.
-Vidic: Had a good week’s rest, but it was his first game back with Rio after 4 months.
-Evra: Played 90 minutes against Villa and another 90 on Wednesday. Has been playing non stop for 2 months.
-Valencia: Had a week’s rest.
-Carrick: Played for 90 minutes against Villa and 45 against Egypt at Wembley. I am surprised the Wembley pitch didn’t kill him like Rooney…
-Scholes: Has been rested for 10 days now.
-Gibson: Played for 5 minutes against Villa and for 45 on Tuesday.
-Nani: Played for 60 minutes in midweek. Hasn’t played for us in 18 days.
-Berbatov: Played for 90 minutes against Villa and another 45 for Bulgaria in midweek.
When you look at that, it’s not surprising that the likes of VDS, Valencia and Scholes were among our best players at Molineux. I am just glad this week is out of the way.
no joke, nani was awful.
and berbatov carnt play as a lone center forward, he was playing more in our half then theirs.
King Eric @ 7:00: “denton – You will NEVER give Berbatov credit mate. Aside from Paul he was United’s best player today.”
That might just be true. BUT I expect much more from the guy – he was divine at Spurs and has largely been a dud with UTD. I especially don’t like seeing a center forward playing in the center circle and then not running full-pelt to get into the box. I’ve never doubted his skills, which can be “exquisite”, but his positioning (and end-product) is just awful; and his application ain’t anything to write home about, either.
AND, I would dispute that he was UTD’s second-best player at Molyneux: that was Edwin. I also thought that Valencia and Evra – who both had off-days by their lights – were “better” than Dimmy yesterday.
So, I can see that my opinions are going to get right up your nose; but, just remember, opinions are like arm-pits – we all have two and they stink !