We had 4 outfield players over 22 years old, yes we expect better. We are Man United, of course we do, and so we should. but tell me any player ever who plays their best footbal under the age of 25 and realises their potential. Not 1, ever, since the dawn of time.

Did Fergie underestimate Leeds midfield. I think in hindsight he would agree. We fielded 19,20,21 & 22 year olds across the middle and although at times they done ok at other times they were bossed. I don’t know the age of the leeds midfield but boy were they hungry and seemed to have more experience.

Do not believe the crap you will read in the press about these “kids” not being good enough. Both Gibson and Fletcher are both more advanced than Fletcher was 3 years ago and he is now one of the outstanding combative midfielders in the PL. Obertan (and Valencia) need at least a year before they are judged (remember Vidic & Evra). Welbeck needs to play down the middle with a big experienced centre forward to show his best until he makes his mark. The twins are Brazilian and are learning how to defend (They are brazilian ffs)

So c’mon, we are UNITED, keep the faith with the Fergie masterplan

I actually watched about thirty minutes of that game. Ronaldo was played out on the wing and seemed to be commanded to feed the ball inside to Higuain and Benzema. Bad strategy. It didn’t work. I think that Pelligrini (the Madrid coach) seems to have learned nothing about CR’s value to his team.

Ronaldo is a very, very, very selfish player but he’s goddamned good at getting the ball to bulge the old onion basket. SAF had the right idea in structuring the team to funnel the ball in to Ronaldo because he’s greedy for glory – and can do the business, too. Like the man said, “it ain’t bragging ‘cos I can do it”.

I know that there’s no point crying over spilt milk but just imagine how good UTD would be with Ronaldo playing as the #9 and Rooney as the # 10, Valencia feeding them the ball from the right flank, and Patrrice Evra doing his thing down the left side of the pitch. With those four attackers, SAF could play ThreeLungPark all the time and it wouldn’t matter.

Watching the post-Ronaldo UTD’s attack splutter makes me think of the MasterCard advert: “priceless”. When he signed Dimmy in August, 2008, SAF must have believed that he had found a way to transition from a Ronaldo-centric team to a Rooney-centric one but so far, unfortunately, the evidence for that transition has been disappointing and frustrating.

but apart from this i am also thinking about what has been the common thing about all the defeats this season and to a certain extent the CL final and have concluded that the reason for poor performances in those games is the lack of coordination between players and that is because of the change in formation and the rotation we have done in these games either due to injury or to give some other players a chance. my main point is that the players develop better understanding by playing constantly with the same set of players and that transforms into good coordinated football. we all saw the immediate effects when valencia and giggs came on as subs to support berba, rooney. our attacks became better and we could have even levelled the game. so, my message to SAF would be to limit changes to a minimum specially in the midfield because it might just be the solution to some of the problems.

Interesting that on a poll on your website, when asked how much you should get for Beckford, a massive 25% wouldn’t quote a price, but opted for “He’s priceless to Leeds United.” You think he’s easily replaced, a quarter of your fan base think he’s priceless.

We’re second in the league, top of our group in the CL and in the semis of the League Cup without Ronaldo. Where you will be without Beckford is yet to be known.