Nani suffered from poor form at the start of the season, rarely started in the team and then disappeared for a couple of months. The reason given later was injury, although there had been plenty of talk of a falling our with the manager.
Since then, Nani has hit some brilliant form, putting in good performances against the likes of Arsenal and City, and is receiving praise from all over the place.
Nani has today confessed that were times when he felt down in the dumps but insists he never wanted to leave.
“I never wanted to go,” he said. “When you are feeling low and things aren’t going well, you do feel alone and there have been times like that. But I never thought about quitting and going back to Portugal. I was in a bad position sometimes and it wasn’t easy to get back up again. Of course, your confidence does suffer on occasions and you get down. But I have shown I don’t get depressed too easily. I am a strong personality. If you are not a strong character then it will drag you down. I am not like that. I am sure I have the quality to be one of the best in the world. I can achieve that.”
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You can already tell he’s more confident after a string of good performances. March on nani!
Absolute Bullshit. He wanted out!
Wherever he was for the last month, I hope Ando is there too.
nani dont speak to soon the parasites might try and cash in on you too since they want to suck any assets they can get their hands on
keep it up nani! after all the abuse nani has received it’s great to see him getting plaudits for turning it all around. it’s easier to like him more and more each day, as his confidence and performances grow, we’re getting to see more interviews and more of his humble personality come out. it’s fergie and his teammates who are bragging him up right now, while he mostly talk about the team’s performance. well done.
is berbatov the next one to change fans’ opinions?
Do your talking on the pitch. LUHG
Good on Nani, there were plenty of people, myself included, wanting him shipped out. Fergie must’ve kicked him right in the arse because he’s been bloody brilliant of late. This gives Obertan more time to mature now that both our wingers are playing so superbly.
Signs of improvement are there. Keep up the good work Nani. Off topic, just heard on Sky News that if Portsmouth don’t pay the tax man the £11.5m that is owed by Feb 19th, they will fold. This means that we will lose 6 points and 9 goals from our games against them, as well losing 8 on our goal difference, as the club will effectively be non-existent. Chelsea and Arsenal will also lose points, the biggest winners from this will be the vermin, as Portsmouth beat them 2-0, which means they don’t lose anything anyway. Watch this space.
@ Kings
quite possible. and i think there is no other way.
let’s hope Portsmouth will sort out everything.
The last time a club went bust with fixtures outstanding, their results stood with unplayed fixtures netting the surviving club 3 points but no goals. Considering the FA overruled the Northern Prem’s decision and imposed that fix, I’m guessing that’s what will happen if Pompey go under
In this pompey situation, do you guys think we should capitalise and snap up some of their stars ? ( just incase there is any )
imo nadir belhadji would be a nice cover for pat and piquouine wont be a bad addition also.
Nani is showing marked improvement, but he is not the finished article yet! He needs to keep on improving his final ball delivery, his awareness of other players around him in better positions, and his defensive duties to help out his full back when required. He needs to be aware to look for the killer pass on occasions rather than go for glory himself, something he now appears to have taken on board! Lets hope he continues to improve and we could have another world star on our hands?!? Once he realises that the team is a much stronger unit when they all pull together rather than ‘going it alone’, then we will see what a great talent he is more consistently. Well done Nani! keep it up! We all want to see you succeed at O.T.!
Like who red sam?
Kings, if that’s true we should loan them the £11.5m. It will be well worth it if it wins us the league. Assuming we’ve got £11.5m to spare, that is.
I’d like to direct everyone on here who bashed me months ago for supporting Nani to all of my previous posts as well as the current news.
Nani is a great footballer as I mentioned. He has skill, pace, invention, creativity, and a cracker of a shot…as I mentioned.
NOW everyone sees it finally and are coming forward with “I always knew he’d come good” That’s why so many on here wanted him sold in January???
What a bunch of BS.
Well done RedDeviled Egg, I have always seen the potential in Nani too. Can’t believe the hatred of him from some fans. All seemed to start when he “nutted” Lucas Neill.
RedDeviled Egg, I’ve always said Nani was one of the most naturally gifted players in the EPL. I just hope that with his new confidence comes better decision making abilities. Nani has the potential to be a world class player in about 2 years.
Red Sam – Nooooooooo mate.
Off topic – Did anyone watch the berties last night? I must have been watching a different game. Read a mates Sun and they said Viera was excellent and that Citeh are rampant and marching on to 4th spot. They were fucking dire and but for a piss poor Bolton team with a striker who hasn’t bagged in 18 games could have dropped points. As I said last night why do the fucking media keep painting this rosy picture of Citeh like they are world beaters?
Denton Davey – Was Keane a superstar when we bought him? Was Rooney? Was Ronaldo? What had they achieved before they came to United? Keano was leaving a club that was being relegated and Rooney left a club that was one place above the relegation zone. What had they won? What had they achieved in the game? Essentially, nothing.
The year we bought Ronaldo, Wenger bought Reyes for more money. So in Ronaldo, did we buy a superstar? No, we bought someone with the potential to be a superstar (just like there was potential for Reyes to be) and turned him to one.
Veron is probably the only example I can think of someone who had really made it as a big name before he came to the club, but even he wasn’t a massive superstar.
rooninho @ 15:02 : “is berbatov the next one to change fans’ opinions?”
I’d really like that to be so BUT I don’t think so – his style of play may suit the slower, more “tactical” way that SAF sets up shop for Europe but he really is a brake on the team’s fluid play in the EPL. Unlike Berbatov, Nani has the speed to fit in well with an up-tempo style of play. So, basically, I think you’re comparing apples and oranges.
ScottTheRed: @ 17:04: “Was Keane a superstar when we bought him? Was Rooney? Was Ronaldo?”
This is really beside-the-point. SAF paid huge sums (in relative terms) for these guys because it was understood that they had the potential to rise to the occasion on the platform provided by UTD/OldTrafford. Keane – like Rio – was signed for a record fee for a defender. Ronaldo and Rooney were signed for huge fees for teenagers – SAF got ahead of that curve. But it is ludicrous to suggest that they were “improved” by coming to OT – what’s more correct to say is that coming to OT gave them the opportunity to grow and that these guys have all seized that chance. On the other hand, for example, neither Veron nor Berbatov have seized the chance and blossomed on the big stage. And, in the case of Berbatov, it’s not because he hasn’t been given the opportunity; he just hasn’t performed in a way that is commensurate with his price-tag or the expectations that came with it. That’s why he’s been excluded from most of the really-big games.
@RedDeviled Egg
Agree with you there.
I was one of those people who took alot of stick for defending Nani against people who said he was not good enough to play at United and should be sold in January as we now have Obertan.
Nani can potentially become as good as Ronnie if he applys himself and I came in for alot of shit when I said that if we sell him he will only become good somewhere else. A bit like Pique has at Barcelona.
Nani just needed a sustained run in the team like Ronnie did.
Imagine if Ronnie didn’t have a sustained run in the team because we kept Beckham. Ronnie would NEVER have become the player he did.
Nani is one of the biggest raw talents at United. SAF seems to have worked on him alittle and now we are seeing some success. For instance the second goal against Arsenal when he ran the length of the pitch with the ball. How often have we seen him go alone only to blast over or misplace a pass? He knew exactly what he was doing when he slowed down allowing Rooney and Park to catch up. Well done Nani. Fcuk the haters!
@denton davey
Agree with you there about Berbatov.
He is nowhere to be seen in SAF 4-3-3 formation with Giggs-Rooney-Nani.
He is too slow to play the counter attacking style of play.
SAF tried the 4-4-2 formation earlier in the season as I personally believe we didn’t have the players to continue playing 4-4-2 when Ronnie and Tevez left. But when he has deployed the 4-3-3 formation it looks almost as good as it did over the last few years.
In Europe Berbatov will be played more but as for the Premiership I don’t think Berbatov or Owen will get much of a look in.
Also I think that SAF signs young raw talent for relatively expensive transfer fees because he knows that he has the experience to channel the talent they have in to the United style of play.
Guys something about the Portsmouth situation and it’s how I understand it. We will probably get deducted our points and our 9 goals. Chelsea will get deducted just 3 points, but here’s the thing: What happens in the weekend when Chelsea are supposed to travel to Portsmouth? My guess is that Chelsea will have the weekend off and we will get a chance to win our game that weekend and make up for this 3 point loss. That’s how it works here when a team goes under administration.
So no need to panic really. Hopefully, we won’t reach that point because the GD from those 2 games has been immense. Chelsea beat them by a single goal!
if they deduct the points then it will be a 3 horse title race because liverpool will be backlol
I really hope Nani puts in another stunning performance tonight. He pretty much got it all if he can manage to put it to use.
arsene wenger
good to see you back mate. your thoughts on tonights game with the dippers. hope you beat them.
Once again these ads that play automatically when you visit the page are a disgrace. Sort it out Scott. I know you have to pay for the site and the server it runs on somehow and I have no problems with ads but there is no way they should load automatically. There’s not even an option to stop or pause them it’s absolutely ridiculous. The ads are making visiting this fine site not as pleasurable as experience as it should be.
aig how yu doing fella, i gave away my ticket for tonight because i feel so negative about arsenal at the minute, seriously confused at the manager the financial situations ,the future plans, some of the players in the team (most of them), i pray we beat liverpool ,not just because i hate liverpool more than anything on earth, mainly because it could start a serious downward spiral if we lose, our next league game is stoke away ,plus we got porto away, tonight we need a win just to steady the ship and i am seriously doubting wether we have a win in us tonight
disilusioned is the word
@arsene wenger
i am good mate. how are you?
are you serious you gave your ticket away for tonight?. i feel Arsenal got their tactics wrong and that led to the 2 defeats against United and Chelsea.Liverpool will try very much similar to Chelsea.only difference is they will play one up front. They will soak up the pressure and try to hit you on the break or on set pieces.However if Arsenal get the first goal i can see you winning because Arsenal are lethal on the break. However if you go behind it could be different. Possibly Bendtner should get a start. Arsenal looked better when he came on against Chelsea.
Not everything goes everyones way. Its not easy to sit on the bench a much as luis nani has. When he was given his chance of late he took it, he proved everyone wrong. Good on ya mate. Keep it up!
aig i agree fully,arsenals style is very dependant on scoring the first goal, vitally against any team above say 7th or 8th in the prem, but seriously i gave my ticket to my brother because for once i am in doubt about a win and id hate to go thinking a draw would be great, i went down there expecting a win against you lot,imagine that ,now im worried about liverpool, if it wasnt on telly though i would be going
arsene wenger – giving your ticket is worth explaining
LOL. Can’t understant where Scott found denton davey’s post he answered.
i seriously thought we would sit back against chelsea for an hour or 70 minutes, make them run, either keep the score low 1-0 or 0-0 and then try snatch something, but we just went gun-ho after they scored like there was only 2 minutes left aig
Scott the Red Said,February 10th, 2010 @17:04
Denton Davey – Was Keane a superstar when we bought him? Was Rooney? Was Ronaldo? What had they achieved before they came to United? Keano was leaving a club that was being relegated and Rooney left a club that was one place above the relegation zone. What had they won? What had they achieved in the game? Essentially, nothing.
The year we bought Ronaldo, Wenger bought Reyes for more money. So in Ronaldo, did we buy a superstar? No, we bought someone with the potential to be a superstar (just like there was potential for Reyes to be) and turned him to one.
Veron is probably the only example I can think of someone who had really made it as a big name before he came to the club, but even he wasn’t a massive superstar.
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Excellent point Scott, thats the point I was making earlier today on other threads, its just my opinion, but I’ve always believed that UNITED DON’T SIGN STARS WE MAKE THEM. obviously there are exceptions to that rule, of course, but generally speaking, we MAKE more stars then we BUY, I didn’t have the chance to repond to Davey when he disagreed with my point but you’ve just done it perfectly. Anybody who knows our history knows that we have an unmatched record of buying young unknown, or emerging talent and developing them, its what we do best and its one of the most exciting reasons to watch United. When Alec leaves us I hope that policy above all others stays in place, I’d hate to see us turn into a Chelsea or a Man City who don’t place faith in bright, new, unproven stars. ITS THE UNITED WAY, and this current crop are just coming of age. But you are right, everybody forgets that WE MADE RONALDO. Yes he was talented, Yes he would have been a great player anyway, but he’s being compared to PELE these days !!! THATS ALL DOWN TO MANCHESTER UNITED !!! You cannot put a price on the desire and hunger Alec instills in his players, its priceless.
corea lol i blame wenger, i feel like his tactics are tryin to piss me off
Off topic but looks like we will be going 4-5-1 tonight. Not that I really mind when we play away. I actually like Villa and hope they make it above the bitters and dippers this season, but I still want us to score some tonight
denton davey Said,
Paul Parker Said @ 12:48
“no player is bigger then United, and generally speaking, we don’t BUY super stars we MAKE them”
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This is just a ridiculous statement – what about Keane, Rio, Veron, Rooney, Berbatov, and many others who were purchased for record (or near-record) fees ? What has happenend in the last few years is a change in strategy – buying kids with fantastic potential instead of spending mega-quid. But the reality is that SAF has always had an open cheque-book if he thinks that the player-in-question will be a “missing link”.
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and I still stand by that comment mate, Alec proved it when he sold Ince and Hughs and Co, and he proved it when he sold Beckham, and he’s proving it right now without Ronaldo – NO… PLAYER… IS BIGGER… THEN… UNITED, not then not now and hopefully not ever. We won the LOT in 1999 with Kids, thats not a recent change in strategy is it ? think about it. United have always been bigger then their players, its Vital, because the moment THAT changes its all over. Alec said that himself.
arsene wenger
ill be frank and admit i was not optimistic when we played you . I had gone 3-1 to Arsenal. Lost my bet. Got the scoreline right though
I feel Arsenal will win tonight.Liverpool have won the last few games but have been rubbish.Wenger will demand a good performance and you are at home so i feel Arsenal definitely wont lose. Arshavin always does well against Arsenal and he has been quiet for the last 2 games as has fabregas by their standards. Wont be long before they give a match winning performance. Could be tonight.
arsene wenger – oh no! it can’t be true! i can’t understand how one can support Chelsea these days. i was trying to tell to myself that you don’t choose players your club chooses to play for your beloved club. there are some interesting personas out there like Ballack, Drogba, Anelka.
But you’ve just proved that there are actually fans who can’t endure some moments in their club’s history.
its not really arshavin and cesc i worry about, its clichy nasri denilson diaby almunia (even sagna has joined in) gallas walcott , cesc got a lot of crticism but one man cant do it all, against chelsea he put both arshavin and nasri through on goal and forced a good save from cech, cant ask for much more, its the surrounding bunch, come like a gang of rejected bash street kids, i think we should beat liverpool but this run of games was just a soul destroyer, if we had a wolves inbetween to cushon our fall it wouldnt have been so bad
“Arshavin always does well against Arsenal ”
it was a double LOL, mate ))
Alright Gentlemen Enjoy the match, God speed.
I’ve hears Arsenal have signed Maruan Chamach. Not a bad addition i think.
Paul Parker – we are 2 hours away, no ?
@ Corea
Lol. It was Liverpool. 5 goals in 2 games i think. Some record that
lol corea, iv had a season ticket since the george graham era, in 30 years iv seen more arsenal games than wenger, i used to get dragged when i was 4 years old by my dad because my mum went shopping, in all this time, this is the first arsenal squad with such little care for the badge, little twats that are just playin amongst friends rather than playin for the club, i dislike the character of most of these players,i seriously feel weve been stripped of character, and honestly i dont know if il pay to watch another arsene wenger team mainly because his football teams are mechanical and blatant and more predictable than a long ball
Fred – Yeah I’m sure the Glazers will stump up then raise ticket prices by 60% to get that money back!
@arsene wenger
I think diaby was good for you the whole season but looked a bit out of sorts against Chelsea. Possibly because he missed a few games due to injury.Denilson has been poor,no denying that . Walcott was anonymous on Sunday.Clichy’s form has surprised me because whenever he played against us before he did keep ronaldo quiet but Nani gave him a torrid time and Drogba zoomed past him for the 2nd goal.
got to say vermalen has been good. think he is just 23-24. Has a great future and can score some belters too
@arsene wenger
Hi. Surely, the current bunch can’t be worse than Wreh, Grimandi or Stepanovs right?
The problem lies with Wenger in my opinion. No Plan B when things aren’t going his way.
arsene wenger – nice having you here and i feel sorry for you in some way but of course you just don’t need sympathy from me.
Sometimes i wonder what United team i will see in some 10 years time. That’s why we are so afraid of Fergie’s retirement.
We had chosen our beloved club and we must support the club till the end.
costas you would be suprised, wreh chipped in with some goals, grimandi played in two or 3 positions saw many red cards defending the slighter players, but they had nerve and thats why we won trophys, to play a 3 man midfield against chelsea you have to be stronger than cesc diaby and song, song bless him the only one who puts his foot in, diaby just forgot his role, but the truth is only sagna and clichy were able to beat a man but couldt find a cross, nasri and walcott are barnet athletic
Costas – i just love when our posts are one after another
aig, Costas – Good evening, pals. interesting evening ahead of us.
the thing about fergie is he is less stubborn, he moves with the times, wenger has belief that you can turn denilson into a great player but he lacks height strangth and speed and most of all he is a stroller, fergie would have saw the weakness and got the cheaque book out, wenger just doesnt have the guts, i believe wenger has done a great job at arsenal but i believe this season was the difference between remaining a hero and havin your name sung in 20 years time and being hounded by the fans till your gone and he failed miserably
i dont know what will happen after wenger for us or fergie for you, but fergie will leave on his terms and i think wenger will be wheeled out to the asylum because he is showing clear signs of an unwell person
@Corea
Evening buddy. Yeah I know. It’s the Co-Co combination.
Interesting evening that could see us top of the league. Here’s hoping. I think we will play 4-5-1 and it could be a tight one.
@arsene wenger
I think my country has to take the blame for Wreh falling off the radar! He started the 98-99 season well enough, but for a weird reason Wenger loaned him to AEK Athens in January. Probably due to the Kanu signing. Honestly, he was a good player, just got lost somewhere.
It’s a bit ironic. Wenger has critisized the likes of Fletcher, but I think that it’s exactly what Arsenal are lacking. Plus, it’s not easy when young footballers nowdays develop an ego before they stop wearing diapers. Agreed about Alex Song. I watched him at Anfield last seasona and I thought that he was a fighter.
Corea trust me i support the club, im also a bit tired of the bollox ,but thats an absolute arsenal thing, its very hard to explain but it revolves around lies that they spin every damn year, wenger could be a glazer lol
They might have been given a lesson by United and Chelsea recently but Arsenal should still beat the Scousers with ease tonight.
arsene wenger – i don’t have doubts at all, mate. it was just an appropriate ending to my rant.
It’s a pity we had dull games yesterday and all of the interesting (and what a games!) games are held today.
costas wreh scored in three 1-0 wins ,away to wimbledon when they were good, blackburn away, and i think it was everton away in a title season, he was vital! the thing about wengers spin is there is no basis for his fletcher talk to be correct, all the great teams know how to break up oposition play, whose the greatest footballing team of them all???? and what did they do to thierry henry in the CL final?? a midfielder that isnt suspended twice a season isnt doing his job properly
It is quite odd about Arsenal, one minute they are boasting about their finances, the next Wenger is saying they can’t afford anyone.
If they get Chamakh on a free then that is fantastic business. I wonder if United are interested in him. After all, he could be reunited with Blanc at Old Trafford in a year or two.
i do feel a bit guilty for giving my ticket away but my brother is a student-lame-o, much younger than me so he can sit in the snow because he is much more optimistic than me lately
Fred chamak is a decent player but i dont think another forward is what arsenal need, we need a striker, a one chance one goal (more often than not) striker, chamak is just another arsene wenger special who wont be able to teach nicky pinkboots any new tricks
AlphaRS denton davey – then it makes me wonder why in the hell did fergie buy a player that was going to do exactly the same thing in what veron has done, disrupt and slow uniteds attacking style of play down. I heard many said before he arrived he was the last piece in the jigsaw when the team of 2008 the only piece missing before fletcher cemented his place in the team was a ball winning CM player.
Many said he will bring calmness in front of goal when uniteds style of play is a hundred miles an hour, almost like an F5 tornado at full speed ripping small towns apart. And many also said berbatov is made for the big games in england and europe, when he does not play any of them. What also makes buying berbatov very strange and bizare? is he is not tactically flexible in a 433 system or a fluid 424 formation when before he arrived we already had these pieces in place so it is a strange signing.
arsene wenger – you needed a break and you chose the moment. we are humans after all.
you lot got a tough one tonight, villa is another team that can help my lot out, i think you lot will just draw on experience though and take a 1-0 rooney special
lmao corea, your the first person to say i need a break, most people laugh and joke
arsene wenger – you’d had the right striker in Eduardo before he got injuried.
arsene wenger – at least i understood it that way
arsene wenger – it will be like I said if united had 2 inform strikers I would think united would win this one comfortable but with uniteds striker situation very weak it will be tough.
lol corea it is practically a medical break im taking, iv had sleepless nights, iv told many people my thoughts without actually sayin i think i need a game off, i feel like arsenal is the wife that dont love me and now im takin a night off lol
rooney pal hows it going, tonight i think you will get chances but so will villa, i just think that rooney is beating teams in the tunnel at the minute and he will do the business tonight but i think it will be a good game, i know what you mean though, but berbatovs will make a big impact even if its only for odd games here and there and tonight will be a tight game it could be set for him
corea ,eduardo is such a pityful sight, definantly lost a yard of pace, his all round play is good as well,even improved, just that yard of pace if he could get that back but he wont
anyone with good links for the game tonight please?
@arsene wenger
vela showed a lot of promise and i thought we would see a lot of him this year. It hasnt worked out that way i guess. I think Bendtner is better than Eduardo and Wenger should show more faith in him and start him tonight
arsene wenger – LOL. i will count it as an english humour, mate
) you’ll be fine. 
arsene wenger – I have been fine how about u, my insane hatred of the glazers is seen on other posters is the usual. But I am still woried tonight because villa are such a defensive side they are a rich mans celtic under o neil. But I dont care how well rooney is playing he still needs help, and it does not help when the complete waste of space berbatov does very little to impact games. I cant help it but it angers me what I am seeing that I am not getting enough from him, people say berbatov has had injurys dont forget tevez was injured and look how he is performing. I think fergie is god but he has made a complete cock up of the striker situation that we are stuck with berbatov.
@corea
good evening mate.massive night tonight. I usually get very tensed on such occasions but i am feeling excited today. Will be a tight game though
bendtner looks a bit over weight but thats exactly what we need directly upfront, he isnt great infront of goal but he has a real nasty streak and i think carragher will be all over him so a few elbows in his face would make me happy
@arsene wenger
lol. you really hate liverpool,dont you?.
I say 2-1 to Arsenal tonight.
RNTK iv been better mate(football wise) but im cool, the bright side for you is the results, sometimes mistakes can be costly but the majority of the time your manager gets it right, just see what happens tonight,im sure you wont lose to villa recently they havent really threatened to beat anyone, they are a happy drawing team
AIG loads of my friends support liverpool, i hate them from bruce grobelar to jan molby, collymore to kuyt, i hate their WERE LIVERPOOL divine right attitude, i hate them piling into stadiums without payin and playin the victim card, (the CL final and most games at highbury and the emirates that i can remember NOT HILSBOROUGH), their just a wank club who are always victims never to blame, i dont know why, i just really dislike them
we are minutes away.
aig alex is god – don’t forget that a part of being a fan is watching games.
see what i mean, LIVERPOOL SHOULD HAVE A STADIUM LIKE THIS, the were liverpool divine right straight out of sounesses mouth on sky sports at the emirates
arsene wenger – but like I say united are way to thin upfront. villa will try and nick a goal and park the bus I still have doubts knawing in my mind
corea
i am up for it and watching tonight. if i feel too tensed theres always Arsenal Vs Liverpool i can watch.Scott is doing the live blog anyways
VDS-Rafa,Wes,Evans,Evra-Nani,Carrick,Fletcher,Scholes,Giggs-Rooney
Team
Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Brown, Jonathan Evans, Evra, Scholes, Carrick, Fletcher, Nani, Rooney, Giggs.
Damn, I almost predicted it correctly. I thought Valencia would start over Nani.
Bench: Kuszczak, Owen, Berbatov, Gibson, Park, Neville, Valencia
@AIG
It was close this time. I think writing Jonathan Evans slowed you down a bit.
@Costas
Beat me to it again by seconds. Will i ever be lucky to post before you.
Vidic not even on the bench. WTF is going on
The full teams
Aston Villa: Friedel, Cuellar, Collins, Dunne, Luke Young, Petrov, Ashley Young, Milner, Delph, Downing, Agbonlahor.
Subs: Guzan, Sidwell, Carew, Delfouneso, Davies, Salifou, Beye.
Man Utd: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Brown, Jonathan Evans, Evra, Scholes, Carrick, Fletcher, Nani, Rooney, Giggs.
Subs: Foster, Neville, Owen, Berbatov, Park, Valencia, Gibson.
i hoped and hoped we will see Berba in the starting line-up but the inevitable has happened.
aig-costas always beats you LOL
“Will i ever be lucky to post before you.”
CMON, lad! don’t play with fire here!!!
@Costas
Copy pasted it mate.. Was watching SAF’s interview ahead of the game and didnt see the page refresh.i go for a 1-1 draw
bad feeling
RTNK its true but thats the way most teams will play against united, im sure that if villa snatch something it will be due to united not being at their best which doesnt really happen at this stage of the season which is why i see a win for you lot
Actually with this game, Berbatov has started just one of our 11 last away games in all competitions. Fergie prefers 4-5-1 for away games obviously.
About Vidic: Is it surprising? He will basically go to the Milan game(if he is fit for that) without a game in 40 days.
Costas – hope dies last
@Corea
I think I am just lucky. One day I will be defeated.
AIG will get the line ups for the MIlan game first.
@arsene wenger
all the best for tonight mate. nice talking to you and hope you beat the dippers. Bendtner starts so i think you will win for sure
arsene wenger – I dont know yes united have been good but pompey and arsenals defending no offence has been awful. tonight and the wekend I will get a true picture if uniteds thread bear frontline can break villa down and if united really are back, a brutel game tonight who united will have to be outstanding.
@Corea
At this point, would you start Nemanja at the San Siro? We know Rio will be there, but what is Vida’s condition? WIll he need match practice? So many questions.
Costas – then it has shown fergie realy made a mess buying berbatov and thinking tevez was not worth it because berbatov has not been worth 30 million. when things go his way he is ok when you have to dig deep he the last player you want in your lineup.
i agree RNTK villa is a brutal fixture, you lot have that character though, my team should have beat them but could have lost, i expect you lot to win, i was very worried about playin villa and then very confident of playing you, its a strange game anything could happen but on paper its your game
@Costas – it depends. as you rightly said so many questions. we are not the one to answer them unfortunately. you know i love the player but Evans – Brown do deserve a chance.
Hasn’t Chamakh only scored six or seven goals thus far ?
http://www.tribalfootball.com/ex-man-utd-defender-mcqueen-ferdinand-vidic-can-feel-pressure-633981
many think Brown was pure, i think he was ok and should and would up his game definitely if played against Milan.
* sorry, POOR not pure of course..
Man Utd: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Brown, Jonathan Evans, Evra, Scholes, Carrick, Fletcher, Nani, Rooney, Giggs. Subs: Foster, Neville, Owen, Berbatov, Park, Valencia, Gibson.
arsene wenger – this season it is like I said uniteds thread bear strike force has kept chelsea in the title race
@rooney the new king
Tevez might have been more helpful on the road, but think about it like this. When we play at OT and teams park the bus, who is more helpful in unlocking defences? Tevez or Berbatov? Personally, I don’t mind if Berbatov doesn’t start as often. Every player, even Rooney, has to be used to the best of his capabilities. If Fergie sees Berba as a solution for OT games, that’s ok by me.
@Corea
Agreed. Brown and Evans at least have been reliable this season. And Jonny is in terrific form in recent weeks. Maybe we will see Brown,Rio,Evans and Evra at Milan.
King Eric, he scored something like 17 last season, they say he is the best headerer of the ball since morientes, he best grow another 3 ft if he plans to score a header from a clichy cross
@King Eric
8 goals in 25 games this season.69 goals in 246 games total
@RTNK
Sorry, but I think it’s our defensive problems that kept Chelsea in it. That disastreous period when we lot to Villa and Fulham. In my opinion anyway.
@ Costas – sorry, forgotten Rio is available for the Milan trip.
chelsea are a good team but their players are all tough old boys RTNK , plus they can even bully a physical team,thats their strength
Just a thought, does somebody here doubt Rafael gonna big ?
One other thing. I think Villa have done us a favor by going 4-5-1. It will make it a tight game, but at least Brown and Evans won’t feel as much pressure.
i am off guys. have a wonderful evening!
Bye Corea. May the force be with us.
We played really badly at OT against Villa. I’m hoping for a good performance tonight… we should be wary of their counterattacks though.
Costas – we have adopted to life without vidic and ferdinand at times. na for both home and away especially with ronaldo gone these 2 could have been lethal. I have nothing against berbatov he is a good player for certain teams, when things go his way and its easy he is good but when its needed he goes missing.
goals change games and in games like sunderland and villa another inform striker thats 6 pts in the bag or more. Fergie may have underestimated what he could have given united Like I said it does not matter about teqnique with the likes of valencia rooney nani scholes carrick owen plenty of players who can score or unlock the door with plenty of teqnique. is fletcher teqnically better than carrick yet many feel fletcher is more crucial than carrick. you dont need a player who can play little passes through a eye of a needle look at arsenal, rooney can also unlock the door so really do we need a third wheel.
right im poppin out to watch the game with a few london scousers, gents have a good evening
arsene wenger – chelsea are a rich mans bolton, they were so dirty sunday with no control of the ball they were desperate saterday. while united played a control game and outfootballed arsenal while chelsea just kicked and bullied their way to victory it was a disgrace.
@RTNK
Of course, United will always create chances. I was just saying that Berbatov might have been a better option than Tevez when we played teams that parked the bus. I think we are just starting to get used to life without Vidic. But in December it wasn’t just him and Rio missing. It was Brown, Evans and Rafael too. And looking back, we could say that had the officiating not been shady at the Bridge, we would have been on level points with Chelsea.
Anyway, off to watch the first half. See you at half time.
ive been wittering to myself in another thread!… Sign of madness! hahaaha
How are we all?
Tough match ahead tonight, 3 Players scare the pants out of me!
On their day i think they are awsome!
Young
Milner
& agabangawhore!
Although saying that i could be a villa fan by saying.
Rooney
Giggs
Scholes
nani
Evra
Shit!
Forgot that fella celular…! He just pisses me off specialy when he scores against us!
Now we have a fight on our hands!
omg,
Another OG… Would you ever have guessed it?
That is not a red card… the ref does it to us again!
Paul Parker @ 18:38 (and others)
I’m not interested in playing “mine is bigger than yours”. The fact is that SAF has paid through the nose for players he deems to be quality – or the so-called “final piece of the puzzle”. He has also been willing to jettison guys who didn’t fit in with the program – either because (like Veron and probably Berbatov) they were no the final piece of the puzzle or because like Beckham, Van Nistelrooy, Keane, Stam and Ince they thought they were bigger than TheBoss. But, no one – NOBODY – is bigger than SAF. I grant you that – it’s part of his managerial “philosophy” and players soon learn it’s “my way or the highway”. But none of this distracts from the point that UTD have been a buying blub for most of the past twenty-odd years. Apart from the FergyFledglings and some others, there are very few players who have been UTD, through and through. Even Darren Fletcherinho was recruited as a kid. These guys most likely benefitted from the coaching made available to them but they (and many, many more) have been “recruited” not “born” to UTD.
So, what are we left with ? Our team buys lots of players, sifts through them, keeps some, and shuffles the rest down the food chain. So what ? That’s what all the big clubs in Europe do. There’s no need to get defensive or aggressive about that – it’s just a fact of life.
As time has progressed I can’t help but feel bad that my assessment of Valencia hasn’t changed and good about the fact that I was one of Nani’s biggest supporters. Now that I am done patting myself on the back, I just feel it is a shame that Valencia isn’t quite up to being a first choice united player. He started the season poorly, scored a few goals which earned him a reprieve and now, at the height of Nani’s decent into the abyss- he has been displaced from the team by the young Portuguese.
I expect someone to defend Valencia but long term I expect his stay at Old Trafford to be short. Oh and not wishing to irritate any Berbatov lovers out there but once again at the time when we needed him most he did nothing ambling about up front when we are down to ten men.