1. The latest of a long line of must-win games, we had to yet again overcome playing a team that had no other game plan than to stick all their players behind the ball and hope we couldn’t break them down. It doesn’t half make for a dull game of football. We got the three points though to put us eight point clear but we did make hard work of it.
2. When you’re playing against the ten men of a team that could (hopefully) go down, the question should be more how many goals you’re going to score, rather than are we going to win this. Replays show that Ashley Young took a dive to win a penalty when in an offside position. Lady Luck was shining down on us and I’d like to think we can thank Patrick Vieira for that one, whose unnecessary remarks about United and penalties lead to most newspapers writing articles and producing stats to the contrary. If he was trying to put the pressure on referees, he managed to do the opposite. Young was a diver at Villa so we shouldn’t be surprised that he dives here either and at least be grateful that he’s better at it than Carroll or Suarez who keep getting booked for diving. Wayne Rooney has clearly been practicing his penalties and freekicks and slotted it away nicely. This of course lead to QPR playing an even more defensive game but I was still disappointed we didn’t break them down more than we did.
3. Our strikers, with the exception of Wayne Rooney, are fairly frustrating at the moment. Chicharito did next to nothing at Blackburn whilst Danny Welbeck was effective outside the penalty area against QPR, he had a mare inside it. Danny has scored once in his last thirteen appearances whilst Hernandez goals to games record is a lot more impressive, with six goals in his last ten appearances, but his general contribution to the game is poor, with him losing possession far too easily on a regular basis. If only we had a fourth striker to choose from… oh. We miss you, Berba.
4. Vieira deserves another mention here after claiming United looked desperate to bring Paul Scholes out of retirement. If the past few months have shown us anything it’s that it was ridiculous Scholes retired when he did and our “desperate” move of bringing him back could be exactly what has won us the title. His passing completion was a ridiculous 95% against QPR, completing 114 of his 120 passes. Only 3% of those passes were going backwards. He also created five goalscoring opportunities which was more than any other player. And then he went and scored a belter to ensure we’d win the game. Desperate.
5. It was another solid performance from our defence, with Jonny Evans, a certain candidate for our player of the season, standing out. Even Patrice Evra had a good game, so I’m not sure what that tells you about QPR. David de Gea gets his name sung at least once a game by the Stretford End, even if he doesn’t do anything remarkable, which is always nice to hear.
6. So there we have it, eight points clear and it’s almost certain that Manchester United will be champions again. Not too shabby for the worst United team in decades eh…
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3 PTS AND I’M FIRST?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC5YOEFbInY
My question is this…was the “foul”, or lack thereof, really any different than the “OMG STONEWALL!!!!” penalty shout on Carrick last week?
Begs the question why you felt the need to cheat if you’re so mighty (granted you are) and we’re so shit (granted we comparatively are)
Most important thing was the 3 points, this ultra defensive game plan against us seems to be the way most teams will play from now on. Makes for a fairly boring game but as long as we get the points I dont really give a toss. Watching Utd is always exciting and nerve wrecking for me.
The one thing still gets me is how Berba doesnt get a run, brains and skill is what can open up the opposition.
I just hope we dont make to many changes for Wigan, maybe Cleverly for Scholes, Nani for Young and of course Berba for Danny.
I feel we are really going to win with games to spare, and there is no getting away from the fact we need a centre mid at some point. As good as Scholes IS, he wont be around for ever.
Still, from a few weeks back when we looked up against it, City beating Chelsea, I thought it would be tough. But this looks easy now.
And the grinnig cunt Nasri saying he wants Utd to win every game before the derby match. Dick.
@Robbo
Berba won’t start in any of the 6 remaining games. There’s no need to rotate without cups to worry about, and you can’t sell an injured player…
Loved point number 4….. Wonder how that cunt feels like now
Can almost taste no 20 now. A win at Wigan (which will be tough judging from the way we are having difficulty putting away our chances) and for me its over.
If we do we reach no.20 I hope they put two stars above the badge just to rub the Scousers noses in it.
Fcuk the ABU’s…..
Master Class by SAF yet again
Nice comments – and this might mean that we’ll see more of the youngsters as well, give Pogba more opportunities etc… After city loose again, of course…
City has been really poor under pressure. Credit to the lads who has worked hard all the way through and being mentally strong all the way.
Robbo,
Buddy i believe Scholesy will start the against Wigan..
lets accept, Tom C hasnt had enough game time and he hasnt hit the top form after coming back from injury due to the lack of game time..
may be a 1 nil or 2 nil lead, then we can throw in Toc C in place of Scholesy,
for me now all that matters is 3 points, i dont give a fuck if media writes about our dependency on old guards of scholesy and Giggsy…
Not quite agreeing it’s a dive though… fact that Derry didn’t even protest much says it all for me. Replays are not always the best thing to rely on for determining whether there’s no contact and how much strength was used – a physicist might be able to get some proper calculations out though.
come on scott, no mention of rafael. The kid brings us some brazilian flair. He is now solid as well and has matured brilliant. He has that energy that rubs off to other players. Very rarely does he have a bad game. Did ddg get paid this week cause he did nothing. I think he might have won us more points than anyone else th4s season
I think Rio will be fine to play against Wigan, he barely touched the ball against QPR, same with Evans and Evra. We may see changes elsewhere to freshen up and improve fitness.
I’d like to see;
De Gea
Jones Rio Evans Evra
Nani Giggs Clevs Young
Welbeck Chicharito
We’ll have Rooney,Carrick,Rafa,Pogba,Valencia etc on the bench, so I guess we’d be fine.
ETIHAD = ELEVEN TIRED IDIOTS HAVING A DREAM! Loool!
MUFC20
Am i the only one that saw a hand go onto Young and push him,always thought a dive when there was no contact.
Young is a diver, its known to everybody, lets not be silly here !
The whole league knows it too, Villa always benefited from his dives, so not much we can do considering he does have that lightweight frame so he’s bound to drop regardless.
I blame the refs for QPR being screwed, we didn’t hound the ref if anything we was surprised and outrages ( slightly in our heads)….Evra’s face during the red showed we never expected a red.
Lightning quick reactions.
3 is spot on. Especially the last sentence.
Good points Scott. I think Clevs could start tomorrow? He needs a game imo. On Rooney’s penalties? I fully agree with you. He was sort of telegraphing them, so maybe he has been practicing. Good lad wazza!
I would add to that we finally have a first choice RB again. Rafael has been really good and growing from strength to strength, stil has areas to improve but on the whole is learning from his past mistakes.
Another reaction for is that Young is becoming integral with his ability to become a central player drifting in. With Danny and Chico struggling I wouldnt mind playing Nani and valenci out wide with Young supporting Rooney as the they do for England.
On thw whole it was another very efficiiant performance and I am rerally geitting aggrieved with the media blaming on city collapsing rather than United winning. I always said we would be there and make them nervous, would they have exploded had we not been piling on the pressure.
Just for the media, we have scored more, won more, and have more points that makes us comforatbly the best team in teh league
Forgot to say. Rooney’s penalties remind me of Bruce’s. He picks his spot and goes for power. Hard to deal with.
Pappi,
agreed,
if there is anything that Young has to improve, its his easiness with which he goes down to the ground..
For me, that tarnishes the club image…
i m sure the lad will be more stronger as the time moves on..
Nani was like this when he started with us..now he is way better..
so i expect Young to be more competent physically, on the football field that is
##
for the record,
Young has won more penalties since 2012 – 7 penalties.. the most by any
not saying they are dives, just a fact..
mark my word, man shitty can’t beat Norwich city. so we don’t have to worry about our last three games. i love Manchester United*20
Kanchelskis
You’re probably right re Berba, but I am still hoping to see some class before the end of the season.
Clint-lam…
No disrespect to Giggsy but I wouldn’t start him any more, off the bench is the way he should be used.
Not getting silly Clint Young made a cut back which would make him slightly off balance and i saw a hand push him,again i thought a dive was no contact,so what you’re saying there was no contact?
To Papii’s point, I remember reading recently that Ashley Young has won the most penalties out of any other player in recent Pr.League history. Of course not all of them were dives, but it wouldn’t hurt if he heeds Wilkins’ advice and stays on his feet from now on.
Costas no forward is staying on their feet in the box,slightest contact everyone is going down,what i’m saying it wasn’t a out and out dive there was contact
Listen i hate all the diving and play acting but the Young penalty isn’t as bad as everyone seems to be making out,it doesn’t take much when someone is off balance and is pushed.
Anyone that has played actual football knows a push in the ribs…. hand on the back doesn’t knock you down when running, being pushed,shoved or tripped/tackled does. Its always annoying to see light weight players going down but its one of those things you have get used to, we don’t play in the 90′s anymore.
Its in Young style of football to be a bit weak because he’s a tricky fella to catch, so when you do, you have to be careful not to “hurt” him otherwise he’ll make the most out of it. A lot of good players do this, Robben,Ronaldo,Messi,Silva etc.
I don’t think Young will cut it out, its part of the threat he brings to teams. Nani on the other hand is a better players and has more to his game so he can cut it out because it hold him back.
How is player of the year determined- by the players vote? And am I crazy for saying Scholes should be a candidate but not the winner as the team became more settled and went on a tear as soon as the Ginger Ninja was back in the squad, even though he missed the first half of the season?
Clint i’ve played football and disagree when someone is running and off balance its easy to send someone tumbling with the slightest touch
Wayne
Was just about to post the same. When your running at speed and changing direction to get thru players a slight push will knock you off balance. I also thought there was enough hand in the back to warrant enough contact.
My prediction:
DDG
Jones Rio Evans Evra
The Beast Carrick Giggs Nani
Rooney Hernandez
Giggs12 – Think Jones will come in for Rafael tomorrow? I wouldn’t want Fergie to tinker too much with the back 4. We’ve got a settled defense at last. That’s showing in the number of cleans sheets we’ve had lately.
Robbo
You serious, not start Giggs, he might aswell retire, if SAF shared that opinion. 2-3 bad games against Bilbao and Fulham doesn’t suddenly make him a bench player. I’m sure people said the same of Scholes. Giggs in the past few game has overcomplicated passes and flicks, He just needs to be simple and direct. Its nowhere near over for Giggs at Centre Mid. He’ll prove his quality again in the middle, he and Scholes bring different qualities to the middle which are key when Clevs has barely played, Ando is retired and Fletch is away.
We could do with a signing and but I doubt SAF will risk another Veron/Anderson/Kleberson .
@wayne
I don’t think it’s the worst out there either mate. The one Chelsea got last night was quite bad too. But it’s matter of perspective and in my opinion, Ashley could have stayed on his feet. There was contact, but it didn’t look enough to bring him down. To me anyway. The thing is, if it was Rooney or Valencia I would have been inclided to agree with you that it was a penalty. However, Young has shown a tendency to go down under slight contacts, hence why I am leaning towards this being a dive.
A bit of a non-event as a match? But was really shocked by how quiet OT was – how hard is it to sing We’re Going to Win the League or Are you Watching Merseyside?
Thanks Robbo i was beginning to think i was the only one who saw the push,the lad had no complaints whatsoever he knew what he’d done
Considering Chica is a poacher and Denny is not really at his best, squandering chances at times, I would give Berba a higher preference since he is quite an awesome player who has a better skill. At times, I was thinking we were lucky to win this game since United was fighting 10 players, United did not manage to strike with so many chances opening at our doorstep. It would have been bad if something like this turned out to be like what happened to Liverpool in the early season when they dominate and yet unable to finish those games.
Even if we took the 20th trophy this year, I think we need 2/3 new players who have the power to influence games and as a future replacement for Giggs and Scholes and when we rest our key players. Both Giggs and Scholes have served United well, but we can’t depend on them all the time as their age have caught up with them, we need new ones who will be the star of the future.
Title almost in the bag. c’mon lads
@Wayne: Agree about that too. Last weekend, I was about to head a ball down and run with it, when a dude raised his leg. He didn’t even touch me, but just that slight intervention was enough for me to tumble over because I had to move my head a fraction of a degree.
Wayne,
how are you pal?
Na, no one is denying there was a contact,
but the contact was minimal, certainly not strong enough to make Young go to the ground the way he did..
we are on the same sides here, any sane fan would understand that Young needs to be more stronger physically,
Having said that, i m very sure that will be a development area for him and he will come good..
@Willie: I think Fergie will put Jonesy in cos Rafael, if I’m not mistaken, has picked up 2 yellows in the last 3 (?) games or so
Sorry we can’t rest wazza carrick and tony until we got the 20.
Costas mate Rooney and Tony V are much stronger players so not really a fair comparison
Anyway going to work my point it wasn’t a dive you can clearly see the hand and the push.
Have a good day Reds
Wayne
I see your points, but if the shoe was on the other foot and say Carrick was sent off, we would say Wright-Phillips was to eager to go down.
An excuse I heard from Ronaldo a few years back was something like;
“I feel something and I go down” I think Young would say the same if he was honest about what happened. Im not criticising Young, but he is one of the many divers around that will make the most of a situation.
From personal experience, When I am “knocked off balance ” while running at speed, I usually lose speed, slow down and wave my arms around like a petulant kid, the most extreme reaction being knocked off balance is me sliding down to my knees but not a tumble.
we got no reason to tinker with the team too much especially the defence. I think because we have no other commitments, we nee to play our best eleven. Jones simply has to prove he is better than rafa to play ahead of him. Lets get points first and then freshen. We should do it for a reason not for the sake of it.
Clint
His passing is terrible. We cannot afford to give away possession and put the defence under undue pressure. He cannot play as a left winger anymore (not for a full game) and IMO is a liability in a 2 man MF. The only place he should play is in the ‘hole’ with 2 MF behind him.
I know he is a legend and has been one of my favourite players over the years but if you watch the games closely (last 2 – 3) his passing and defending when in the CMF has been woeful.
Again just my opinion but obviously SAF will also disagree.
we got no reason to tinker with the team too much especially the defence. I think because we have no other commitments, we nee to play our best eleven. Jones simply has to prove he is better than rafa to play ahead of him. Lets get points first and then freshen. We should do it for a reason not for the sake of it
Paul Scholes. Signing of the year, no doubt.
Jeet – There’s also Smalling to consider. Either way, I wouldn’t be too fussed. Just keeping that back 5 together will only help the winning run we’re on. I’m sure Fergie will freshen up the attacking options. Probably less of a gamble as well.
guys dont you think we need another 1st choice more complete striker to complement rooney. If we could get a mixture of chica and dannyboy. The problem is its danny who would be under threat more as cicha is a fantastic game changer
Not sure about who’s better (or worse
) at RB between Smalling and Jones. But then I’m a TwinFreak and feel aggrieved every time Rafael is benched 
Totally agree with parryheid when he says that Rafael is the best RB in the league by a countrymile
I think we will play with rafael against Wigan,
His combination with Valencia has been really good off late and is helping each other’s form..
this is my side,
De Gea,
Rafael – Rio – Evans – Evra
Valencia – Scholesy – Carrick – Young/Nani
Rooney – Danny
Robbo
If this was how he performed over 30 odd games I would agree, but the last 3 could just be a dip in form. He is not a natural centre mid, so the errors he makes are most likely because it is not instinctive but his effort is there.
Giggs will overcome this minor dip, but its a huge over-reaction to doubt whether he can start a game or play 90 minutes. I agree he is better in the hole, but the fella in Centre Mid surprisingly wins a lot of loose balls and can start many attacks. When Giggs plays I’m not worried, the only worrying thing is when we play BIG teams in europe, we can expect to be outplayed in the middle because our current midfield are ball players and not ball winners and chasers. We cannot chase with Scholes,Giggs, Carrick. Thats when we are lacking that creative,dynamic battler that grabs the midfield by the throat and takes apart a midfield.
(Hargreaves,Fletcher,Keano type ) Not many of those left in the world.
gora – no doubt SAF will go for a top class striker in the summer, given that Berba has one foot outta the door. If Rooney gets injured, or has another of his whoreslumps, then a Danny_Hernandez pairing is not what we need. Don’t know if Will Keane is ready to cut it, or if Macheda is to be brought back (me not a big fan of freddyM, despite heroics against Villains)
Gora,
I totally agree with you regarding the need of a new 4th striker (with berbatov set to leave)..
If it puts Danny in a spot of bother, be it, but we cant expect to be on top of the games with just 3 strikers next season, and we need something new to trump in Europe..
Not sure we’ll go for a top striker. Word on the street is, we’re looking to bring in a younger player. Him, with the funny name has been mentioned. Wolfwinkle!
Or something like that ha ha.
I want Raul !
There is no Raul, only Zuul!
ManShitty’s weekend game is away to Norwich – a match that has “banana skin” written all over it.
Shitty are in free-fall having finally come face-to-face with their own injury crisis and an over-reliance on a few “tired” players.
In addition, Shitty seem to have aninternally-divided dressing room – and TheBitters have a pretty feeble record in their away games.
Norwich completely outplayed Spurs yesterday in London and now have their sights on finishing above LiverpoolFC !
A PERFECT STORM ?
Our away fans during And after the Rovers game,
awesome fans, simply awesome..
1
City’s cracking up…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hPPYlEwRs8&feature=related
2
Oh United, we love you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWx1bSYTKKk&feature=relmfu
3
We shall not be moved – champione…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQk4gbl6Erk&feature=related.
4
The busby babes,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-7dM1kFnF4&feature=relmfu
5.
Oh Every Single One Of Us We Fucking Hate City !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukPC0yUjU7E&feature=relmfu
6.
were man utd we do what we want
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkwR3qwlfdQ&feature=relmfu
Just amazing, the fans are fantastic and they are the best..
proud to be a RED..
Scott: “If only we had a fourth striker to choose from… oh. We miss you, Berba.”
Give me strength ! Scott, that train left the station a while ago.
How about Owen to start? He’s fit againisn’t he?
I would agree with wayne on this one, I did not see that as a dive. The card and penalty may be debatable. It was obvious from Derry’s reaction when he was sent off. Young is very quick and was on the turn, slightest of touches and he was down to go down
How about Owen to be fit?
2 minute video of David De Gea vs Rovers,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4yFjq-IYFU&feature=related
8 minute vide of Valencia vs Rovers – HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9EumkDmGsk&feature=relmfu
Clint @ 14:48: “I want Raul !”
I doubt that he’d want to be the “fourth” striker – he’s playing as first-choice now.
I want Diego Forlan – but, like Mick and the boys told us a long, long time ago – indeed, back in the day – “you don’t always get what you waaaaant, sometimes you get what you need”.
AND what UTD need is someone who can play the DarrenFletcherinho (“football genius”) box-to-box midfielder – an ankle-biting harasser, an every-ready pit-bull kinda player.
Cheers for that Willie
Thanks Cedars.
I want?
I need you Sneijder
But seriously We Need Huntlaar or Raul one of those fuckers would be a great bench addition
“Until it is mathematically impossible for us to be caught, we won’t be counting our chickens. We never do.” Ryan Giggs
Sam platts … City will win fuck all
Is any of ROM regular goers to Platts in this video? – King eric, Giggsy, James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1RUbH3W_y_o
Loving the idea of Raul, or some other veteran, just coming in for a year for goals from the bench and to impart a bit of wisdom to Danny and Javier. That Larsson loan was a real treat – would like to see something similar again. Raul? Crespo’s out of contract? Hell, even Inzaghi is still playing!
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/david-mcdonnell/The-Manchester-United-column-Why-I-was-wrong-to-doubt-Alex-Ferguson-and-the-Second-Coming-of-Paul-Scholes-by-David-McDonnell-article888808.html
Not the only one, I’m guessing.
what about dembale (i think?) from fulham i like the look of him, big strong lad can tackle & he’s pretty skillful on the ball as well? and while were at it bring dempsey in as 4th choice hes pure class
I want?
One or two players coming through from the youth system pretty soon and making a name for themselves in the first team
You’re welcome Willie
Scholes has attempted 1.06 passes per min he’s played in the PL this season. More than any midfielder this season, next are Yaya Toure 0.92, Carrick 0.89, Arteta 0.88 & Mikel 0.82.
DESPERATE
by the way,
Happy birthday Ben Amos..
I would go with the same team as against QPR to face Wigan but Cleverly for Scholes and Nani for Young if he is fit.
Somebody will have to wake De Gea up from the QPR match. I bet he is still napping in the 6 yard box.
denton- Hello sir. Who do you have in mind for the Fletch role? Anyone think Tunnicliffe can do the job there?
Speaking of ”twin lovers”. When will Fabio get a look in? Im afraid he might get frustrated and start doing a ‘pogba’ on us.
Otherwise I for one am considering 20 bagged! I also believe that teams playing like QPR should be a cue for us to bring in Berbatov. No way he can be kept out for 90 minutes when he is lurking in the area wit 70% united possesion.
i want this team to play..
Amos
keane smalling jones fryers
cole pogba tunnicliffe lingard
cleverly
will keane
too much to expect though. maybe league cup in a couple of years
We really do miss Berbatov against a parked bus defence, but we all knew that anyway. Can’t blame QPR for the way they approached the game, they needed to protect a goal difference and they knew they were never going to win so they didn’t try. Maybe the system should be goals scored, rather than goal difference, to encourage scrunty little teams to go for it.
Feels like the bigger result of the day was City losing, particularly the manner of it, they were flattered by the scoreline in that game something rotten. Arsenal could have taken them to the cleaners. Expect we’ll have it all sown up pretty soon.
Tunnel bottling vieira..
by the way,
what a fucking chip by JOS..
one of the best games…;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKAPdB_4fu4
The Titanic cost £200m. So did Liverpool’s current side. One is a sinking ship.. The other was the Titanic.
it even more amazing watching it in 3D, cost £300 million to assemble, they got half way then sank……
just watching man city on match of the day
Surely Wigan Athletic is an oxymoron.
What do Sir Elton John and Man City have in common? They both have a prick up front.
What is the difference between Sir Elton John and Man City? Elton John has a title.
Sandeep- Hi mate. How’s it going?
In a recent interview regarding Andy Carrol, Kenny Dalglish said
“I don’t know whats wrong with him, he scores all the time in training.”
Probably something to do with him playing against Liverpool’s defence…
If you receive a message from me offering the chance to win free Liverpool FC tickets, DO NOT click the link. You could win free Liverpool tickets.
For what it’s worth. QPR appeal over Derry’s red has been rejected.
That does seem bizarre. Even if they deemed there was sufficient contact for the pen and red, surely the fact Young was offside should save him!?
Whats this about Scholes, Rio and ‘man of the match champagne? I missed that?
Got the points.Got the goal difference advantage,job done.
kanchelskis
Young was not flagged offside mate, the FA reviewed the appeal based on the card and penalty as spotted by the ref
Young’s dive was a blight on us. I hope SAF or some other veteran spoke to him quietly and explained we don’t need that sort.
It would be nice to see Berba get a run out.
On the Young penalty I have mixed opinions. It did look like he went down easily, however, as Derry was behind him he must have felt something otherwise how would he have known to go down. Secondly, why would a player in a rich vein of form go down when clean through with the opportunity of scoring an opener at OT?!
@CedarsDevil
Yeh I know, but youd’ve thought they’d exercise a bit of discretion and note that Derry only had to pull him back cos he’d gained an advantage by committing an offence (ie being offside), and factor that in. I’d be pretty angry if we’d appealed something like that and had the appeal dismissed.
hahah the Strawy haired one Krazy Kenny is having a pop at the refs that they lack integrity? fuck me if anyone lacks integrity its that fucking wino. He most be fucking wasted to think that the greasy cunt Suarezs handball against Wigan should have stood! claims theres a conspiracey against shiterpool eh how about your just fucking silage Dogleash? i mean really benderson that little prick belongs in a fucking boyband then being a footballer! Charlie Gap Teeth is fucking toilet and the pony tailed assasin of Jagercastle Andy if my head was my feet id be a dangerous footballer Carroll! love it keep em coming ya drunken bollocks!!
Oi who has stolen my moniker
I have been GIggs 8,9,10,11, and 12 you cant be that name it is taken my friend
Giggs12
Was that not you with the 13 thing mate? I thought you were having a pop
Cedars
No mate not me
Giggs13 is fully reserved!
Not very nice that, people need to innovate not imitate. Next time that person makes an appearance will let him/her know
I sense a sachurism.
Has to be sachu. Weird fuck, that he is.
Can’t be him, though? He said sorry!
@ Mikekelly12
Close up replays show Derry did make very slight contact. So either Derry is very skilled in Aikido or Judo or Young launched himself and spun. He launched himself and spun. And yes he is in good form atm which makes it all the dumber to dive.
Superior on Points (78 to 71)
Superior of Goal differential (51 to 49)
Superior win percentage
Superior Goals per Match
Unbeaten in 12
8th straight win
17 clean sheets
It’s the money time of the season and United know what to do.
My maths indicates that we only need 11 points from the remaining 6 games and we would have to completely bungle it to do that poorly.
City can’t do better than 89 points even if they win out the season. So any way we get it, 11 points is the magic number for being crowned champ20ns.
“Roberto Mancini insists it is only an injury crisis that has taken the title out of Manchester City’s hands” is he joking? No vidic or fletcher all season plus a LOT more, jokers. Bye bye city
Bit off topic, but since STR brought up the issue of player of the season…..
Alan Hansen seems ready to vote today:
“He may have played only 14 games this year, but Scholes is my player of the year”.
Whats more…. it is printed in the KOP. The comments are priceless as well.
Think our work is nearly done boys
http://www.liverpool-kop.com/2012/04/alan-hansen-man-united-star-is-player.html
@13.59
Cully boy in the house!
@Giggs12
My friend, you can have Giggs14 when the time comes. Cheers
Shaun Derry has lost his appeal against his sending off on Sunday.
I don’t agree Young dived for the penalty his speed and momentum means that he fell – he did get tugged and you can clearly see he lost his footing and went down
This is only an issue because the officials did not see the clear offside and Ashley Young was clearly offside – everything else that happened after that was not right
The penalty was not a penalty and the red card was no red card – it was a nothing situation that became a situation – it was unfortunate – we all know that we would have broken QPR anyway because we had momentum going for us – the fact that lady luck may have shined meant that as the Gaffer put it we totally lost tempo of the match which was actually worse!
The other point is this which no one talks about.
Imagine it’s still 11 men no penalty and the play carries on – the 34 min challenge on Valencia in the box was a penalty and it should have been given.
At the end I don’t understand where clear cut decisions should warrant the appropriate penalty – they are not given. The ones which are 50/50 or whatever are given and then to the detriment of the opposing team and ABU media.
When constructing an argument I am trying to be fair, QPR would have lost with 11 men anyway and they know it – if we were never to score through open play we should have been awarded the penalty that was never given – and at the end that is relevant when we start talking about ifs buts and the whole bullshit hog about what never happened that should have happened.
Manchester United too are a football team that have luck on there side, but we are also a team that suffers from bad decisions. To say otherwise is fucking hypocritical – a lie – blinded by those who hate us.
The Fulham game was a classic example – days before city had a penalty against Chelsea when Mikel put his hands/arms up – the exact same thing happened in the first half at OT yet no penalty was given at all!
And yet no one talks about this because apparently fuck us we never get the decisions!
This is all bullshit and is a further reminder that if we get some luck then fair enough. There have been enough times when we have suffered too.
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Giggs13Gerrard0
Bit of a piss take is it? Your moniker is essentially taken by a superior mind. I guess imitation is considered flattery in some cultures. But why not use your imagination in ways that will actually win you a token of respect in this one.
Imagine a :
Clint-IamyourMummy
CedarsAngel
Costa
WillyRedNUT
GeneKelly12
It feels like an old pair of comfy shoes seeing the reactions to the game STR, nice one.
I don’t think Ash dived; when you weigh less than a tea bag, even a strong gust is a risky business for staying on your feet.
Fucking get in United.
Fucking Fuck OFF City.
Cunt off Scousers and rob your Grans.
Minge the Cunt off Kings Road Rent Boys.
Gooners…. for once, and for the Poznan at the the bitters; Nice one.
Mancini, woah
Mancini, woah
A week, or two or three
Til you’re back in Italy
ManKini!
I fucking love this team, our team, this club, we, ARE UNITED.
What about:
MG:Hayley
Yes Please!
MG drooling
please Sir Alex PLEASE. Play Berbatov. It is CLEAR that he should be second choice behind rooney and he should be leading the line WITH rooney. Welbeck and Chicharito have been annoying in recent games. Just give Berb another chance.
Special Mention to taiye taiwo of QPR who kept Valencia in check for most of the game. had a very strong game at Left back too. Maybe we should be looking at him as an Evra replacement for next season.
Giggs13Gerrard0
Bit cheap that and shows no imagination on your part, I suggest you change your moniker otherwise you will be completely isolated here and be thought of that person who steals monikors.
Either way when the time comes our original Giggs12 will become Giggs13 and will be able to post as such. If you continue being a fake we will always figure you out
Not so sure Young dived. Yes, it was offside and shouldn’t have been a penalty, but that doesn’t mean Derry didn’t foul him. Easy to give players a tag as a diver, but look at Young’s build. He has wide shoulders, he spreads his arms as he runs, leans his head forward, all adding to his top-heavy posture, making him easy to knock off his stride. That same body-shape helps propel him past defenders, shielding the ball, so it’s not all bad, but the leaning forward of a man who already has a strong, muscular upper body, such as Young, will always make him vulnerable to even quite small tugs, pushes and nudges. Same with Garteh Bale. The case of Suarez is different. He’s a cunt.
I’m listening to Terry Connor Wolves Boss
He’s saying they have to win as many as they possibly can.
I think the guy is a top guy a lot of dignity but fuck me
Dude you are going down
!
And G13
Sorry that G13 only belongs to one man and one man only
It’s his there can never be two
Never ever never
Do the decent thing and change your name – In all honesty you can’t turn up when there is someone who has honestly been here for years and changed his name accordingly after every title won.
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One other point. Please everyone, don’t say or do anything that gives the impression we think the title is in the bag. It isn’t, we have won precisely nothing so far. Mancini is trying to instill a feeling of complacency in United so it’s up to United players and fans to make sure that doesn’t happen. Please, please listen to what I’m saying. No crowing , no triumphalism. Wall of Sound time for those lucky enough to get to matches, just like Blackburn.
Second Giles
Until SAF and United pick number 20 up we haven’t won it
Let’s win it and show them how it’s done
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@MG
If Young fell over why was he flailing his arms around at the referee wanting a penalty?
I don’t like that kind of behaviour. I remember Red Nev saying a few of the lads had a word with Ronnie when he was doing the same and he cut it out of his game.
Sir Giles
On Young I agree with you 100%, I know the issue has divided opinions here personally I do not think he dived at all….
I am pretty sure all cards are reset after last weeks games? So this should not factor in. Judging from SAFs comments keeping the back 4 is integral. Can see a couple of changes in the middle, maybe clevs and nani and chica up top. Rooney probably dropped back in a semi 4-5-1. Cicha stretching wigan and preventing them from moving too far up. Remember that is 50% of his job, keeping opponents honest because of his speed.
good point Giles. lets get past wigan and villa first.
Wigan are fighting for their lives and Villa have been better the last 2 matches. Hopefully Mr Foster will have one of his better matches tomorrow for WBA.
I would still like to see Carrick/Scholes and not too many changes for the lineup. Maybe bring Nani in for Young, but that is about it. I know they are tired, but a consistent lineup would be great now.
I’m with Gilesy….not in the bag yet 8 points can be lost easily if we take the foot off the gas.
Say we
Draw with wigan
Beat Villa
Draw to Everton
Lose to City
Beat Swansea
Draw with sunderland
DWDLWD
That’s 2 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss and 9 points from 18 and Shitty could win the league by 1 point, in that that Scenario. Its highly unlikely but Crazier things have happened in the past and I don’t think City have the nuts for it. But we should start to cap the celebrations for now, so it’s sweeter in May.
Balotelli won’t face any more action from the FA for his challenge on Song. Atkinson saw it, so nothing will happen.
Clayton
Very eloquently put, loved it
Giles
My sentiments also. This season we have won a charity shield and nothing else. 11 more points and we can shout from the rooftops!!
Giggs12/13
We know when you post so if the imposter continues he’ll look like a right tool.
Giles, Completely agree on the complacency thing. I am assuming that Fans, senior players (Giggs, Scholes, Rio, Evra) and Sir Alex wouldn’t let that happen.
The numbers I provided could be achieved by any combination of 4 wins
But also 3 wins and 3 draws.
If city drop points as well, then scenarios with 2 wins even come in.
No one is going to get complacent. We all want to close out with 6 more wins. Most especially with a win at the Wastelands.
Clayton,
Awesome post mate.
Only negative? Now Mancini has a better song than Valencia
11 more points spread to clinch I think. That is any combination of us winning and City dropping.
City won’t the league under their current management. There’s only one manager who could walk in there and turn that group of players and a few new faces into a title winning team in the next season or two.
The thing that worries me is if the manager I’m referring to, wins the Spanish league and the champions league with Madrid and is looking for a new challenge (big bag of dirty money).
Mourinho is probably the only one who could have an immediate impact with his dreary but effective brand of football.
If they don’t win something major soon the Arabs will lose interest.
The sooner they lose patience and fuck off. The better.
I would hate to see Mourinho at city almost as much as I’d hate to see him at United.
Mourinho + shedload of money = at least one title
Hello all on RoM, even the ones who like chewing there toe nails.
I have a dozen eggs and no chickens, yet!
Another thing about complacency.
At this club you get an end of the year bounce of energy from every player, including the fringe players.
More than one voice is saying certain of the lads could be moved on. Whether you are fighting for a place in next years team or want to highlight yourself for a new team, I think every lad we put in the shirt will play his socks off.
It aint over, till it’s over. hehe
Fat lady warming up her voice.
so ballotelli let off for te 17th min challenge wr he almost broke te opp plyers leg!..FA r JOKE!..disgusting!..no consistency in te punishment given to all clubs#hell i dont care,shall wait for tat 20th trophy to come home!!..united till i die!
8 points up with 6 games to play. Awesome position for the run in.
Ba humbug! The titles staying at OT! I was shite at maths, so fuck that side of it. Got confidence in this team, to see it through. Fergie won’t allow any complacency to spread through the squad. It’s just a matter of ticking off the games, with wins.
I’m down to a pack of cigarettes every 4 days now, but my weed consumption has tripled .
Ashley Young didn’t dive.
This fact is essentially what the FA are saying by confirming Shaun Derry’s red card
http://m.skysports.com/article/football/7659434
@ Giles The following link is the play where Derry was sent of. I have spent quite a bit of time looking at it, over and over. My conclusion is that Derry’s touch was more aggressive than I originally but that Young made a meal if it. At :27-:30 of the clip look at Young’s left foot. He kicks it out and up instead of continuing to put it down and rolling to the ground due to Derry’s push. Yes he was waaay offside/ not called. Yes he was pushed and his body position at the time allowed an effective fulcrum for Derry to impede him. That qualifies as a penalty. Yes he flared out his left foot and embellished.
http://www.footytube.com/video/derrys-controversial-red-card-112865?ref=tchan_ov_vidgr
GO WOLFIE GO!!!!!!!!!!! It is staying home !!!!
How am I being fake?. I’m 100% sure Giggs12 did not originate the Giggs/Gerrard thing. and secondly, I wasn’t aware there was another giggs here. I have been using this moniker in another forum for a couple of month now. However, I am willing to change it only if I can come up with something unique, and I must admit that I am not creative with stuff like this, so if you guys can come up with a decent moniker for my humble self, then I will let this one go. Cheers fellas!.
Only young knows if he dived. He certainly made the most of it. The linesman should have flagged him offside anyway.
So much depends on staying up for these clubs, and human error will be a reason for going down or staying up.
Wow could you imagine in the US the Yankees going down,, hahahahaha what a feature for a sporting league.
@ Zibbie Bite your tongue about my Yanks. Never happen. In the 80′s yes but not now.
Sir Giles, IMO, there’s a difference between “diving” and “making the most of a challenge.” Diving is another thing altogether and as you rightly said, Suarez is a cunt as is most of the Barcelona and Spanish team. These people fall over without any hint of touch as if they’ve been shot and feign injury at every possible moment to reduce opposition numbers.
For me, Young is not a diver in the real sense of the word but he does make the most of every challenge and falls over theatrically at every touch. Some people may not think of that as wrong especially when there actually is contact. But, for me, that is one of the aspects ruining football at the moment. I don’t think we can act as if falling theatrically is the right thing. It most certainly is not.
You were there when players like Best were in full flow and I am sure unless they were manhandled and actually physically fouled, they never fell over theatrically. That is the kind of football I want to see our players produce. As I said on that day, I hated it when Ronaldo did it and Young isn’t endearing himself to me by falling over like that.
Giggs 13 they domesticated bovines in different parts of the world, our cow giggs 12 has this given right here, please be decent and change your name.
Giggs13Gerrard0
Our Giggs12 has been posting here for many years, started as Giggs8, so you can understand why some of us reacted, we can only converse with the original. If as you say you are willing to change your moniker than fine, however its up to you to come up with one not us
@ Balaji Sivaramam Great minds think alike.
LSR hahaha see what I mean, some 10 years ago now with little to no help, by watching Fox Soccer I had to put bits and pieces together and make sense of the English game. FA, CL Carlin cups, club teams and national duties, every thing, it was a fun year, I love merit promotion from the lower leagues and drop on current form from the top.
Giggs13
Quality response mate. Respect if you do change.
Seems Pappi needs a Mammi
Just joshing with ya. All good fun when everyone respects the banter.
Along those lines:
Scholes22
United20Pool18
My favorite………. SirAlex12Rafa0
You are welcome to any and welcome to ROM.
Haven’t seen the Wellbeck offside goal in the QPR game again, only real time during the match. Could anybody tell me how far offside he was?
Tree nice, Giggs and SAF13 captaincunt0
Balaji a great mind? Now I have heard it all! ha ha ha
Mike12 me to I want to know, great call.
Cedars, Ssshhhh…. They might hear you. I want to keep this up.
@ Zibbie Truth be told, it would really make the game better ! And teams like the old Expos, new Nationals would get right or get gone.
If Atkinson saw it and did nothing then he should be banned
Gigg13steviewee0
Can’t believe the FA have upheld Derry’s red card from the game the other night.
Fair enough the ref made a mistake in awarding the pen at the time, given our Ashley was offside,
but surely there’s no need for the FA to compound things by not overturning the red card.
Amazing decision, that underlines how petty the FA truly are.
(ps i am a United fan by the way!
)
LSR what a great topic for my friends over the years. Many watch the PL now. LSDempsey doing US soccer a great service. I love how Check blasted a ball off his head from 10 yards, and all he does is looks back like you fucker. Wow an American in the top 5 PL goal scorers.
@ Giggs13Gerrard0
Giggs12 has been changing his name not only due to United championships but also due to how wants the results of his male enhancement pills to manifest. And you have to have some sympathy here mate as you are on the metric system not inches. Have a heart for goodness sake!!! Give the lad some hope.
Mike / Zibbie
Welbeck’s goal did not seem off side to me, every replay I saw he seemed to be level
This mastermind also thinks Bibotelli is the next Cantona
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12040/7663508/Bye-bye-Balotelli-
My arse, one was a man of genius that behaved and acted extraordinarily …the other is and always will be a boy that is reckless,selfish and stupid and doesn’t have the ability to match a dog chasing after a thrown ball.
These similarities are lazy and cheap, they are nothing alike and never will be. Ballotelli is not half the player Rooney was at 18 (Euro 04 and Arsenal etc ) and is being compared to Cantona. Another piss poor attempt at replicating the success at United.
Small-time as Fergie would say.
in 2114 Dempsey, Landon and Holden backed by Adu, Bradley and more MF’s how fucking cool !! When some of those Mushi (bad spelling) young lads start dribbling balls with there feet not there hands wow the US will be awesome. My bad spelling on your great post of our long running discussion on what makes a Rooney, Messi, CR7 ect. the Japan’s master swordsman who talks of the well practiced mind finding nothing where every thing is possible. That link was awesome LSR!!!
I have to take the word of Scott on the reactions as I can’t remember the game.
The penalty looked a good shout from East Tier 2 and they do say ignorance is bliss.
The one thing I will pull is ‘team that could (hopefully) go down’
not really sure why any Utd fan would hope QPR go down, their fans were good and didn’t feel any need to chant Munich, unless I missed something. The banter was good including the usual we support our local team which is their right and just what it is, banter. Stoke fans chant the same but the difference is Stoke fans chant Munich thats why I never have any respect for them.
Tree thanks, FUCK Danny needed a goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How aboot these for a moniker?
Bebe 1,Gerrard 0
Hit me Bebe one more time
I got you Bebe
Bebe boy or Bebe Girl
Bebe got Back
or
simples……..Oh Bebe’
Giggs13
A simple UTD19 is great and you can change that accordingly
Evening reds,
theboogeyman
I m good pal, thanks for asking..how are you? long time no see?
Cedars
Cheers pal. Looked close from where I was sat, just wondered why it never got a mention!
So if Michael Owen leaves in the summer who should have the number 7 shirt, for me it would be Valencia
Wow I love this Club, at 40 I had lost a passion for sport, and BAM SAF and Rooney and CR7 running crazy the gaffer so strong as he was attacked for selling Becks, Keano and Ruud. I loved that he did what he thought he needed to to overtake Chelski. And they did 4 of 5 PL titles soon 5 of 6!?!! and a CL title along the way. Now this man wants to leave the next gaffer with his 4th great side!!!!
Bebe should be healthy and back in training?
@ Zibbie mushin no shin or just ” mushin”
Bebe …..seriously
If we going to sell the Silky Bulgarian, Dimitar Mitko Berbatov, isn’t it right that we play him and jerk up his market values? Just saying
The FA didn’t increase Balloteli’s ban because there was no need. Bobby’s already said he won’t play again this season.
As everyone knows, when Bobby says a player won’t play for him, he really means it.
Balloteli is very upset though coz he had a special t-shirt made for the derby.
Giggs13 mate he has not won it yet its a running theme my build up to my yearly name change.
To be honest mate I’m not 100% sure but what I will say is I was calling myself this name before united were singing Giggs10Gerrard0. I was also in the blaize when I stared singing it with Boyley so I can’t be that far off being one of the originators.
If I could keep that name I woild be most grateful pal.
Dazbomber,
I dont think Owen will leave this summer, no harm if he stays, can be useful in many ways..
If at all he leaves, then i think we will sign a possible number 7 futuristic player…
Ha Ha @ Zib’s suggestion, thanks, they are hilarious. But I think I’ll go with Fletch’s SirAlex12Rafa0, absolutely briliant. Thank you vewy much mate. Fucking hate that fat jobless cunt. Thanks once again. Cheers
” mushin” awesome baby, as just a student at the U of Iowa I had friends on the wrestling team, I worked out with the heavy weights some 10 times I saw a true master in Dan Gable, and more.
Giggs12, don’t worry about it, I will change to another name.
great!!! I works out for everyone!! BBL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO ROONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ironbrand,
right pal, we can jerk up the Bulgarian price..
but what i see is,
Club will be looking at the amount of wages they can save and for that club will be ready to sell him at a 2 or 4 million lesser, if at all we are selling..plus its really difficult get more transfer money out of a 30 plus a player..
Having said that, i would be livid if we sell him below 10 million..
and i hope he stays but this hope aint coming true for sure
Giggsy13
Cheers mate that’s proper sound of you
Giggs13- nice one . Im hoping 12 has the inconvenience if adjusting his moniker every year
Why don’t you just change back to sachu?
Hope the Brazilian Nevilles will start a game together asap…
Zibbie – I will not be rest until we win the next 2 to 3 games, they for me is getting has close to that magic 89 threshold as possible
Ivanovic banned for 3 games for punching Maloney. well done!! In other news , Dave Bryan the linesman from the Wigan game dropped for next game
this is an example of generations..
Since Tottenham last won the league Maldini won the Champions league as captain of AC Milan AND Maldini’s son has won the champions league as captain of AC Milan. XD XD
the worst part it, 3rd generation Maldinis are coming through…2 of them
Willie
You bloody stirrer.
Mike
Reason it never got a mention is because it was over shadowed by the penalty incident
Willie
Seems highly unlikely, easy to tell from the writing style….. I guess we will never know
Anybody heard or read about Scholesy extending the contract for one more year?
Sir Alex,
Sign him…
I’m gonna have to go sensible lads we need to chill on the title talk. Only the berties gets tattoos of transfer rumours and have champion flags made.
Huge game tomorrow, Wigan is always a good away I’m looking forward to this one.
Blackburn was fucking immense proper old school goonage.
Hello Lebanese king, Irish hero, James, Giggsy 12, Red billy, FITB, Zibster..
Evening true reds…
Cedars
Evening mate. I had someone else in mind but Willie is on the ball.
Giggs
No shitty ticket for me, thought I’d turned the corner with getting one for Blackburn.
On this day in 1993…………. Bruuuuuuce 6 crazy minutes of added time that won us the match and pretty much all but secured our first title in 26 years
Evening fellow Reds……….
This came through email at work today, you gotta love some peoples sense of humour!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodsieee/7065139419
Here is this for all you reds,
he won us the title with this goal at Wigan in 2008…
what a fitting end to the season…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNov3dU95gQ&feature=related
Giggs12 Piss on that mate. I am sure that must be someone with a
Bébé2Gerrard0 tattoo
…. for the number of times he had featured of the reds ofcourse
Show some passion
Funnies from Sunday…….
Stretford End sing “Fergie, Fergie, give us wave”……………. Fergie waves, cheers all round.
Stretford End sing “Sparky, Sparky, give us wave”……………. Sparky doesn’t react, couple of boos.
Stretford End sing “Hughsie, Hughsie”……………. Sparky doesn’t react again, couple more boos.
Stretford End sing “Sparky, Sparky, what’s the score”……………. laughs all round.
At least Steve Bruce used to acknowledge us, but then again look where it got him!
James
Willie’s instincts never fail, I almost have blind faith in them….. Just not quite sure about this one though
Evening Sandeep
Collyhurst Red
fucking top class pic
Redmist.
If the FA didn’t overturn it then logic tells you the referee justified it in his match report.
Giggs12 – It’s not about being sensible mate. I’m just confident we’ll do it. I don’t see city hauling us in. As I said last night, they’re more likely to drop points. Anyway, sick of sounding like a broken record lol. Everyone deals with it differently. Maybe a win against Wigan will ease any last nerves some United fans have.
Collyhurst
Brucie got into bother with the Sunderland fans thats probably why Sparky didn’t wave.
Evening Sandy.
Sandeep
Evening mate how are you pal, will you get the game on tv in India tomorrow.
James/willie
Had my suspicions. Along with another. I bombed on the city ticket too, as with Wigan!! Hey ho. Agree with Giggs14, gonna have to cool it with the ticker tape! 18 is a lot of points, the teams we have to play all have something to play for (except Sunderland which is never easy) and Everton are showing good form.
Willie
Absolutely mate I agree and think the same but until its a mathematical certainty I’m always uneasy.
Must share this…..
During the phone is show earlier 13 year old Sara from Iraq called in via Skype, an Arsenal fan but damn does she know her stuff. Hates the bitters with a passion, I mean huge passion. Called them a team of money grabbers and good for nothing, chuckled at Balotelli and loved the fact that Arteta scored as he wears Nasri’s old number 8 shirt!! Cracking stuff and so impressive
Sandeep
It was actually sent to me by a bitter who thought it was great as well!
Evening James and Cedars,
Giggsy12,
i m fine buddy, thanks, hope you are well..
yeah surely we get it on ESPN, night 12 30 kick off Indian Time,
if no ESPN then i have internet to watch it through online streams
but United’s all games are broadcast-ed in India, very rarely they miss..
Giggs 13
SirAlex12-Rafa0 Class mate. That is an image that continues to give me the strength to move on. Even on the darkest of days.
Collyhurst
Balotelli is a nutter ! Class
James21
Didn’t really expect a response, it was the typical quick-witted humour that once again impressed.
We really are the best for songs, chants, wit, humour, swearing, winning…….. the list goes on!
Cedars
Evan a 13 year old girl can see what city are about! Probably do a better job managing them too!
Collyhurst
I put it down to the fact he still hasn’t got over Owens winner in the derby! Hahaha.
Other funnies from Sunday for those that weren’t there or couldn’t hear on TV were the never heard before songs/chants from the QPR fans.
I believe they will be releasing an album with such “new” songs such as……….
“We’ll race you back to Landan (London)
“We support our local team”
“Is there a fire drill”
“1 nil to the referee”
Oh, how we laughed at their wit !
Says a lot about the dippers when the donkey has had more pitch time then any other player in the squad……… Hope the fuckers give me some laughs tonight
I have changed the name at last. I will be leaving it at “12″ for now, because I don’t want to jinx our season. But if we do manage to win our next 2 matches, I can assure everyone it’s a wrap.
Lol @ Fletch
The FA are a bunch of cunts for letting the moron off the hook. However, it shouldn’t make a difference. Didn’t Mancini say that Balo won’t play again? And we know he’s a man of his word…
@Giggs13
You could also change it to Gerrard0Giggs13. I am sure we will be able to tell the two of you apart then.
Fletch
I take it you liked that picture then, I reckon it won’t be long before ROM allows us to post pictures directly, now that would be progress!
But then again it would be a full-time job censoring them!
Why would put fat Rafa in your username? He doesn’t matter anymore.
speaking of the vermin, they’ve got 4 defenders on the bench! Rested the thug and Suarez(racist cunt) 
This thread issa running like a train no?
Guess you have seen this, but it is class. Uniteds new away kit finally revealed !
Just in time to welcome Rafa back to pool
http://www.talksport.co.uk/magazine/virals/120410/does-man-uniteds-shocking-new-away-kit-prove-they-are-favoured-refs-169303
Aint read any comments yet but will do so in a bit.
Those fucking cunts Gough and Durham`s subject tonight was Young’s dive. What? Are these bitter cunts for real. It was three fucking days ago. Get over it. Why not talk about the fact no action has been taken against that head case Balotelli? Or Dzekos dive the other week. Give it a fucking rest. Durham even had the audacity to take the piss out of fat cunt Gough for stating weeks back that the power was shifting in North London. Err Adrian you bastard. You said Spurs may win the league and City were as good as Barca. Do these clowns think we forget all this hyperbole? As Mancdub said this morning they should be brought to task. Better still shot dead.
King Eric
I steered clear of talk shite today, I knew they’d have an agenda. I mentioned earlier how I hadn’t seen the disallowed Wellbeck goal again? If we lose the title on goal difference would that decision be analysed in detail? Dzeko took a proper dive, he didnt get the same air time, nor has ivanavic’s punch?! Cunts!!
Giles Oakley @ 17:06: ” Same with Garteh Bale. The case of Suarez is different. He’s a cunt.”
Best comment of the year !
King Eric Haha. Cheers mate. Why in the world to you subject yourself to that trash mate.
You do know that most practicing aesthetes no longer practice redemptive suffering?!
But I am sure my previous post will give those two idiots heart murmors for weeks
I agree with Giles Oakley’s statement earlier. THIS TITLE IS FAR FROM IN THE BAG. Like Giggsy said yesterday. Until it is mathematically assured, we have not won any title yet. I really hope the players go out and play like they have a target on their backs and need to keep playing at the highest level till the season ends.
I’m good at maths and 8 point lead + 6 games left = 20
It sure does!
We need 10 points from our last 6 games. From what I could find, throughout our Pr.League history there were only 2 occasions where we didn’t reach that mark in the final 6 games. And on both occasions (00-01, 03-04) our season was already over and Fergie was playing second string teams.
But, I’ll agree with Giles and say lets not count our chickens before they hatch.
I would happily take the opportunity to win it the emptyhad rather than before. If we can mathamaticly put them out of reach with just a draw would be amazing.
We’ve gone and won the football league again this time at man city this time at man city this time at man city……….singing that all the way back into town
Costas, 11 to insure the job and no mistake. 10 relies on them to maintain a lower GD. Prefer to set the targets and take Paul Scholes words to heart.
Paul Scholes: Scholes”There was a time when we were thinking abt City, when we were 2-3pts behind..Now we have a5pt lead and can concentrate on ourselves”
♪♪ Paul Scholes He scores goals ♪♪
Hahaha, Rooney in the ref’s kit is a laugh. Just need to see the devil rocking some sandals, shoulder length locks and a poncho and we’ll be all set.
Agree with Denton: “The case with Suarez is different. He’s a cunt….” fucking cracking Giles, didn’t see that coming
Keep it coming ROM pissing myself, as usual, cheers!
Dippers 2-0 up already.
@Fletch
Hi mate. 10 points will do if one of those draws or wins is at the Etihad.
Another red card for a dippers keeper Yakubu misses the pen, you tit
I was arguing with a lad about whether Mourinho should be our next manager. Most on here will know that I have been dead set against it. But he said it was a done deal. I said boo to that so he said, What could be done to change my view.
Ok,
We bring Mourinho in to be Fergies #2 for 2 years.
We don’t allow him to talk on camera until he learns the united way, or when fergie gets his next inevitable multimatch ban…. whichever comes first.
We get CR7 back as well.
OK thats me sorted then.
Well that was the poorest penalty try Ive pretty much ever seen, I’m still laughing at Loserfool mind you as they now have 2 red carded keepers but terrible penalty and Blackburn shows why they deserve to go down.
Doni gets sent off on the same day he conceded 7 goals against United, lol.
Yakubu would have tucked it away if they were playing United.
Should be 2-2 now, dunce.
OFF TOPIC>
Lets all laugh at Liverpool
Keeper Doni (right, the one who let in 7 for Roma at OT)
gets straight red and out 3 games I think
Now on 3rd string keeper with a cup semi on the weekend.
If Machaeda lived up to the potential we saw he would be the striker we need great outside the box, fast, strong and lethal in the box, scoring spectacular and ordinary goals alike. I am really hoping when he comes back to OT he picks up where he left off. It is shit that he is not getting a good run of games on loan. I back the kid to come good. I think he can be better than Pea and Wekbeck, he just needs to get games, confidence and sort his head out. The talent is there.
C’mon Rovers, I hate the way you play football but beat those inbred cunts.
Costas, cheers mate!
If yakubu tucked that away and with ten men, the momentum would have been with them but hey just as i was about to post this? he heads one in. momentum back with blackburn. Feed the yak.
I would love us to get the decisive points from the derby but for that to be possible we have to drop points first.
Now it’s easy to be cocky when your 8 points clear. I wasn’t this cocky Sunday morning when we were only 5 points clear.
We have 3 games that could be all be viewed as tricky but even so United would be expected to take maximum points.
If we drop points between now and then we can start to think about winning it in the derby and all the fun that will bring.
A Ruud like striker would not go amiss.
I can see Blackburn winning this!!
Fletch the man
I am the same mate I couldn’t stomach Mourinho being United manager. Fear not though Bobby Charlton feels the same and won’t have him anywhere near us.
I would not be averse to Moyes / O’Neil being given a shot post SAF with Giggs as assistant.
My 3 year old girl would have hit a better penalty… Anyway 2 – 1 now and game on
I could not stand Maureen at Chelsea, I don’t want him as manager at United. He poked a guy in the eye. He is a twat, SAF has a sense of honour and values that Mourinho lacks. He is an arrogant irritating man, that is why Barca decided not to appoint him after interviewing him and appointed Pep. He is a good manager, but he is soiled goods and second rate for United – no class – send him to City that’s his level, that and the Virus.
Nbi red onion
Great post and 100% agreed
NBI
I think Macheda is back but injured.
Fucking hell, as ugly as Dogleash is, that cheap 5 quid jacket he wears on match days makes him look worse
NBI – macheda is the case of “too much too soon”. That goal against villa brought its added pressure and since then he has looked out of his depth. His all round game has never been up to scratch but kiko could bang the goals in and it looked like it would be a smooth transition to the first team, well let’s just say it didn’t go as planned.
Admittedly i’ve criticised the choice of his loan spells, his attitude on the pitch sometimes and i questioned his ability to make it at united. To be fair to him, he’s had injuries and stop starts and possibly played out of position while playing in the cup games. perhaps that has stunted his development but then again some of the blame lies on the aforementioned player as wel.
He’ll back in the summer and with the manager’s evident trust and belief in him, maybe he can still make it just maybe…..
JC @ 20:28: “that was the poorest penalty try Ive pretty much ever seen”
You have a short memory – three years ago, Dimmy’s “effort” was even more feeble against Everton in the FACup semi-final.
The dippers were raving about John Flanagan and that other flat head looking cunt, Martin Kelly? If that’s their future, they’re fucked! Don’t get me started on Coates either. Dalglish signing btw.
@Fletch
That was a noble idea about Mourinho pal, but I doubt he’d sit around and keep his mouth shut for 2 years, lol. Don’t know if it’s a done deal or not, but my guess is that he’s one of the favorites to take over. Doesn’t seem like Fergie is against it either. I am certain that even though Fergie won’t retire at the end of this season (or the next) talks about his succeror are more advanced than we realize.
@ samuel –
It may be the case that Machaeda’s starring role with United went to his head, he them went into depression at Sampadoria where they did not play him and he missed Manchester’s fish and chips
, his confidence was then shot. In terms of his all round play however, if you watch him and Welbeck play together their intuitive pass and run triangles are great, and his stint on the wing has helped his all round game by giving him an exposure Pea has never had, with Cleverly in the mix they could be a deadly trio. But as you said, proof of the pudding is in the eating, let’s what the lad does, I really would love to see him come good.
Also – you could not make it up: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2127789/Roberto-Mancini-Manchester-City-proud-finish-second.html
I’d take Mourinho in a heartbeat, if only to stop him going to City.
@denton
And you have a selective memory mate, because we’ve actually seen a worse United penalty than Berba’s.
Skip to 2:47:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SMfAouLaC8
Samuel @ 20:51: “His all round game has never been up to scratch but kiko could bang the goals in and it looked like it would be a smooth transition to the first team, well let’s just say it didn’t go as planned.”
He’s still young BUT KikoTheKid is slow, he has a poor first-touch, and he has no heart BUT he does seem to have a “nose for goal”. I think he’s just a guy who peaked too soon – in his first appearance !
Obviously, DannyTheLad is the best of the youngsters that SAF has tried to bring through – ahead of Dong, Frazier Campbell, Manucho, Diouf, and Bebe. (You can’t lump Chicharito into that group because he was a real “hidden gem” and was able to do-the-business from the get-go.) Those five others have been flashes-in-the-pan and, in fact, only Diouf looks like a likely-lad – he scored a lot in Norway and, apparently, is scoring a lot in Germany, too.
OK, back to the ScouserTragedy.
You guys must be bored, if Liverpools on your minds
@ Xeno – Mourinhio is a rich man’s Dogleash. Let him go to City and deal with Tevez and Balotelli and Toure who hates his guts, SAF had the better of him in the end at Chelsea and he finished his career in England with a tanking team, if he goes to City, we will break them and him, like bacon on a buttered roll.
Talking of loan spells, joshua king seems to have gone off a lot people’s radar. Always maintained he has the required technical ability, pace, power and intelligence. He’s a wing-forward so can play anywhere across the forward-line and was given his debut against wolves in the carling cup i think, got farmed out on loan to preston and then to germany but he has been ravaged with long term injuries which has not helped but he’s back now and is at hull city. in my view, he was man of the match against boro, showing his blistering pace and power to glide past players. He scored with one thumping finish, laid an assist and almost had another but ulsterman corry evans side-footed wide. Fergie rates him highly and i do too, i think he can drive hull-city towards the play-offs and come back confident to fight for a place in the united first team.
Kiko has the touch of a rapist. Fergie seems to like him, though. That’s lucky on his part!
Papii
Touche!
@Papii
Fear not. At this hour tomorrow this place will be filled with moaners about Evans, Carrick and co.
@willie
Not too worried about his first touch, but then again, I am not a ball.
He has the talent, but unless he starts playing football on a regular basis, he won’t escape the one hit wonder tag. He should get more chances next season with Berba (and Owen?) on the way out.
Samuel
Watched the Hull game, he was quality.
all the talk of strikers is quite amusing.if anything I think we have a surplus even without berba
so long as Mr.ambition is guaranteed a start they’ll always be one to many.
The dippers GK comedy show continues!
Not a red card by the slimmest of margins as the Yak was going away from goal but how funny would that have been 3 keepers out with reds… Loserpool going down to the bottom half by the end of the season.
The current city squad is full of Mourinho type players. He and Mancini favour the same type of football. But Mourinho knows how to make it work and Mancini hasn’t got a scooby.
Mancini:
Issa okay no, I do the premiership, issa telephone phone a friend no?
Ring ring?
Hello this is Arry.
Issa hello Arry ow do I win de premiership?
Well Jeff I mean it’s triffic, the first thing you have to do is to find a way to send Alex to cuckoo land then we’ve got a chance. I should have won it by now but then the FA made me favourite for the England job and everything went tits up from there , you know?
Arry issa Roberto, no Jeff, no?
Triific Roberto, don’t panic son Alex does that to you, you know. Got to love the bloke you know, we just fall into his trap at the end.
Arry issa no good information Mario no help me, Carlos no help me Owen no help me
Well Roberto, I think it’s time you went to church you know
Issa good idea Arry
Okay Roberto. Now listen before you go
Yes er Arry
Any chance of Tevez and Mario on the cheap?
The dipper comedy show continues. LOL.
NBI & DENTON – i agree macheda had more than he bargained for. For example, if you look at welbeck, even when he isn’t scoring and perhaps frustrating some fans, he never stops running and working, he has the right attitude to make it far and can continue to improve.
I can’t say the same about kiko, he banged goals in for in the reserves and probably took his foot off the pedal and thought everything would be smooth sailing but that can backfire and it has. I still question the reason of him going off to italy other than for the sunshine simply because serie a employs an entirely different style, he should have gone to wigan or some team that badly needed a striker in the championship. QPR was a shambles though, they just kept buying experience and never had a sniff of chance of breaking through. Yet another injury to pile on the misery but i always badly want a united player to break through and hopefully he navigates these problems so i can put my hands up.
But can’t get away from the fact it’s all looking grim for him. NBI i gotta disagree, i think his all round game has never been there but if he could bang them in then great. Time will tell in terms of what happens with him but one thing is for certain, Fergie has declared his belief in the italian.
Accidentally:
Mancini issa phone a friend.
Ring Ring:
Good Evening.
Hello. Issa Good Evening, who issa speaking?
This is Sir Alex Ferguson manager of Manchester United FC OT Theatre of dreams.
Oh, sorry wrong number no?
No doubt about that!
MG
Ha ha ha, that certainly was triffic
Grow a neck Bellamy you ugly cunt
great performance by sir stumpy craig bellamy tonight only thing missing…….the cunts neck!
Andy Carroll almost scored… For blackburn that is. LOL
Cedars
Mancini phone a friend:
Ring Ring
Hello
Hello who issa speaking?
Arsene Wenger
Arsene this is Roberto, please issa tell me how city win de premiership no? Issa very hard United no do draw no?
The phone slams shut.
Roberto issa cry, no one help Roberto…
Barcelona going about their business. I wonder whether their fans are singing are you watching Chav fuckers?!!
Carroll almost scores! … Past his own keeper
Wind ya neck in bellers!!!! Oh, you have!!
Wow, Bellamy literally doesn’t have a neck.
How the hell can Carroll be worth £35mn – how stupid is Dogleash, it’s like watching the product of a kangaroo mating with an iguana.
How the fuck did we miss out on Henderson, what a gem….Err I mean what a bag of shit
Mancini phone a friend:
Ring Ring
Hello?
Ah Good Evening.
Who issa speaking?
This is your Majesty Queen Elizabeth speaking, whom am I to be acquainted with?
Issa Roberto your majesty, issa no know how to do premiership?
Ah Good Evening Roberto, well you would have to beg my pardon I cannot disclose that information.
Issa why your Majesty?
Ah Roberto, Alex Ferguson is one of my knights of the Realm, I cannot certainly divulge any information that would put my Knight in harms way.
I sincerely bid you a good evening and good knight. PS The Queens shop is open you may buy some Royalty cups for your home instead.
The phone closes as poor Roberto cries.
Issa no fair no! Why me Mario, Why always me?
couldnt resist this one lads!! classic!
A blind rabbit and a blind rat ran into each other in the woods one day. “Who the fuck are you” asked the rabbit.
“I dont know, im blind” replied the rat.
“So am i” said the rabbit “Why dont we feel each other all over and try and guess what we are?”
The rat went first, “You’re really furry with big floppy ears amd a wee bobbed tail, you’re a rabbit ”
The rabbit takes his turn, “you’ve got short greasy hair, horrible greasy skin and no neck and you stink of piss…..
You’re Craig Bellamy !”
Damn forgot to sign off my piece
Jay spearing looks like one of those prehistoric savages found in a darkened deep cave. The round headed little cunt, looks like he’s learning well from stevie GBH.
Andy Carroll walks into a bar and orders a pint. “Thats £35 million pounds please” says the barman. “You’ve got to be joking?” says Carroll. “Funny thats what i said when i saw you’re transfer fee” says the barman.
Andy Carroll has turned down being the new face of L’oreal hair products as everyone burst into fits of laughter everytime he uttered the words “Because Im Worth It!”
During a training session today, Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard mistimed a tackle and caught Craig Bellamy on the knee. Bellamy’s knee started to swell up and become hugely inflamed. As the rest of the Liverpool squad gathered round to see the damage, Luis Suarez shouted out – “Fuck me! Look at that knee grow!” It was an unfortunate event as Patrice Evra and senior Man Utd officials had just arrived at the training ground to hold reconciliation talks with Liverpool.
Courtesy of Google.
MG on a roll!
Craig Bellamy looks like Neville Southall shit him out his ass! Little turd…
Fuck how does that shit Rover team give up a long ball goal to the donkey… terrible. Playing against 10 men for 60+mins and they play shit for most of it.
Ha, donkey finally finds the onion bag. (queue the ‘resurgence’ headlines next)
The apocalypse is here…
Andy Carroll scores!
The cart horse scores. What s cunt!!
Liverpool for Europe. Carroll for the golden boot!!
Blackburn threw the game away, in fact yakubu fucking did with that penalty he normally would belt into the net. There goes the imbeciles in reds of liverpool singing the song they stole.
I hope that Everton beat the shit out of R’pool in the FA cup semifinal. As for Donkey Carroll getting a goal, well, every CUNT has his day and today was his.
Liverpool for team of the year
Makes fuck all difference to the dippers!! They’re still shit just Blackburn are shitter!!
Fuck the scousers, bring on Wigan……….
RED dreams you beauties, pissing off
Scholes has scored more than him. Donkey. He alomost scored at both ends. Shame. I am switching off now, can’t bear to hear Dogleash fightback talk. This is a player who told him to fuck off playing, pathetic. TWENTY will just feel better now. I want to see Dogleash cry and come up with yet more excuses about how e was robbed.
Night cedars… Night all.
Might be 8 points clear, but that defeat against Blackburn still annoys the hell out of me. I can accept it when a team is actually decent, but they’ve been mediocre. Carroll scored against them when they had an extra man. Doesn’t get any lower than that.
@ NBI Red Onion Hilarious!!!!
And Liverpool have finally won the premiership!
Sorry wrong alternate universe.
I hope Young gets a ban or fine from Sir Alex for his diving act. I really hate that all the ABU:s out there gets something new to add to the conspiration theory.
All and all 3 points and 20 isn´t far away.
There now Carrol can retire a KOP hero for keeping LFC up in 2012.
Never been relegated in EPL era. The Legacy Continues!
NBI – Andy carroll is like one of those hopeless rusty tractors found in the scrap-yard. The owner still deludes himself that he can make something from it but deep down, he knows it’s fucked before it started and to make it worst, the useless bastard cost 35 million but flicks his ponytail sideways more than he scores. A 50p coin has more mobility and dynamism when rolled than andy carroll will ever muster.
I’m looking forward to Scott’s reaction thread to Andy Carroll scoring.
@ Fletch – haha – exactly man…they should build a statue for Carrol now out of stolen car parts, it’ll probably move more than he does. Donkey.
MG
One day sir, you’ll displace Kenny as the funniest man in a galaxy far far away
@ samuel – agreed man, Carrol is a foul mouthed Bellamy donkey with extra neck.
RoM has betting thread on where to place your bets.
Liverpool blog posts are “How to write Livapool” followed by “How to spell Livapul”
Samuel. Just watching dipper tv pal and YES they are raving about Carroll. Saying his all round game was top class. Also saying Henderson was man of match. That Stevie GBH big head lookalike no mark cunt Neil Mellor. Same Romanian haircut. God how their standards have dropped. Jones will be like a fish out of water at Wembley. Everton will end their season with ease.
If Mourinho goes to City so what? Fergie will see him off again. Madrid have a very tough game tomorrow and it could be down to one point from ten heading into the Classico. Looks like Mourinho has bottled it. Don’t want that classless eye poking cunt anywhere near United. Fuck off Jose.
Speaking of which, where’s the betting thread for the Wigan game? StR neglecting his ROM brethren?
@Papii
He already has. MG goes off topic most of the time, yet talks more sense than most of the on topic comments.
Papii
Once again:
I am and forever shall be your friend.
that fucking turnip head dogleash with his plastic jacket i suppose he has a decision about andy jager fart caroll fucking useless pile of dog shit. look at the state of him fucking delapatated looking cunt wouldnt be surprised to see the prick running in the grand national on saturday instead of wembley. what a twat dogleash condacending sarcastic bitter fucking wino fuck off down a side alley and drink your whiskey ya fucking roundy headed basterd.
theboogeyman @ 15:38: “Who do you have in mind for the Fletch role?”
Good question. It’s pretty-much impossible to look for a “like-for-like replacement” so I’ve wondered which player would add something to the squad.
There have been a lot of Newcastle matches on the telly – for a while, I thought that Cheikh Tiote might be a reasonable target SAF doesn’t seem to be interested in a pure destroyer, a “Makalele-type” of midfielder.
The more I’ve watched Newcastle the more I’ve been taken with their little number 4, Yohan Cabaye, who seems a very similar kind of player TheGingerNinja in terms of his on-the-ball abilities while also having that little streak of nastiness. Newcastle bought him from Lille for something like 5 million quid but I’d now expect him to be valued at about four times that nowadays and, of course, IF Newcastle can get the fourth CL place then they’ll be buyers, not sellers.
The other player for Newcastle who has caught my eye – and who would make a splendid addition to UTD’s squad – is Jonas Guttieriez. He is extraordinarily competitive and also left-footed. I’m not sure that Jonas would be a box-to-box, central midfielder but he sure would provide left-sided depth for both the wing and left back.
The only other player who has impressed me as a possible “Fletcherinho replacement” is Alex Song who has just gotten better-and-better. BUT TheArse won’t sell him to UTD for any price and, in all likelihood, SAF would want someone younger rather than a ready-made product.
I’ve seen a bit of Swansea lately and while their midfielders can pass the ball around – WelshBarcelonaLight – not one of them would be an upgrade on Tom Cleverley (or even Anderson if he could ever get fit !). Norwich, who are a more combatative side than Swansea, have more combatative central midfielders but, again, no one who would be an upgrade.
The point about this is that UTD’s need has to be seen in the context of a midfield with a lot of very, very good players but no one who really provides that harrying energy and steely competitiveness that is now missing with the unfortunate illness that has most likely ended the career of DarrenFletcherinho. He was mindlessly criticized and incredibly under-rated by those people who only understand “Fantasy Football” but, in his “football genius” mode of 2007-2010, he provided an intangible “something” that is hard to replace and often overlooked – a huge commitment to team play and a willingness to run through a brick wall to get the job done. It is amazing that SAF has been able to compensate for his absences but, in the clutch – against Barcelona in Rome and again in London – his value was evident from TheLads’ inability to compete against the ultimate challenge.
Costas
Yep like can’t wait to start the kebabolympics kebabbc news channel and kebab sports 123and 4
Always off topic to be on topic
@MG
It will be a kebabological phenomenon.
Just thought about England’s potential Euro squad with Carroll, Heskey and Crouch all involved. England’s version of the 3 stooges.
Liverpool should be re-named the Bad, the Neck-less and the Donkey.
Or for Costas, the un-kababed.
Andy Carroll gets too much stick, imo its unfair criticism, here are some of the praise he’s received from some pretty major guys !
Sir Alex Ferguson said, “Andy has been a marvellous player for Newcastle United. His contribution has been a major factor in the club’s revival in that time and his talent, his ability to entertain and his infectious personality have enthralled fans the world over.”
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Defender Gerard Pique saying on fcbarcelona.com: ‘It’s a pleasure to be in the same generation as him, I believe he’s the best player in the history of the sport.
‘It doesn’t matter where he plays, if it’s cold or hot, he always proves that he’s the best.’
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“He’s fast – technically he’s really good,” said Capello. “He plays always with good confidence. He’s a dangerous player when he arrives near the box. He shoots so well.
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“He’s a world-class player who is very difficult to play against,” said John Terry.in England’s Pre-match conference ahead of the game against Montenegro.
“He’s agile, quick and a great finisher like we’ve seen over many years. We’ve got a good squad. If he comes, he could certainly add to that.”
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Shevchenko also took the time to praise Andy Carroll, underlining the Newcastle forward as someone he admires: “The forward I like the most is undoubtedly Andy Carroll. He never stops moving, he works hard for the team and scores important goals.”
LAY OFF THE GEEZER !
Costas
Or as Spock would say:
Live well and prosper James T kebabirk
I dont get the Hernandez criticism… that lad has been nothing short of a miracle and breath of fresh air since he arrived and was a big reason for our success and reaching Champs Lg final this year.
Remember he got concussion… got a nasty injury against Chelsea… and a nasty injury against Villa. All in all its been a stop start season for the lad and he cant get in the team for Gary Birtles… sorry Welbeck.
The lad DOES contribute to the team and is quite strong and can hold the ball up… with his only weakness being that he finds himself in an offside position more times than his pace should easily compensate more.
Obviously when you in one match and out the next, as a striker can affect your rhythm… I hope he starts every game from now on….Id hate the thought of losing this genius. Which is a possibility if he doesnt get game time he deserves.
sorry champs lg final LAST year *only wishing there!!!*
What the hell happened to my boy Park Ji Sung ?
He’s played significantly less games this year, I wonder if the Korean wonder is on his way out.
Could be a possible transfer, didn’t he sign a extension to his remaining 1 year?
i’m ready to bet Welbz will be a 15-20 goal scorer next season. The boy is pure class, all he needs to work on is his finishing a bit. He’s up there with the best of them, much better than Chicharito.
Dear LFC:
What hurts more, finishing below Everton in table?
Or 33 matches to get 46pts & insure relegation safety?
Speaking about game rhythm,
5 Nov Berbatov makes a sub appearance (18 minutes)
Next appearance 21 Dec sub (15 minutes) and a goal
26 Dec starting 3 goals
31 Dec starting 2 goals
4 Jan starting no goal (56 min), guess Ferguson has a “if no goal – drop” -rule for Berbatov.
31 Jan start and goal, but we haven’t seen him after that.
Berbatov’s game rhythm is fucked up but he still has 7 goals in PL.
denton, i agree about tieote but as you said fergie isnt interested in him, wouldnt like jonas though we need someone who can unlock tight defences and take some of the creative burden off of rooney. but why are you only looking at us buying within the league? Prices will be overinflated, and honestly i don’t really know many players of calibre enough to add to our squad. I’d much rather we expand our horizons and try to find some serious talent.
If Owen leaves at the end of the season, as the question raised earlier poses, who should wear the Number 7 shirt next year – only one answer to that – Paul Scholes – simply because he is deserving of the legend that goes with that shirt. I don’t expect it to happen, mainly because of the person that Scholes is himself, but if ever someone was deseving of it, it is Paul Scholes. Valencia is a good shout for a genuine possibility – if Scholes turns it down
Denton. Guiterez? Are you actually serious ? At United? He is a winger who more often than not runs down blind allies. Joe Allen is a tidy little player at Swansea. I don’t see him as a box to boxer much like I don’t Cabaye. Sweet left foot but not a Fletcher type box to boxer.
Fuck off Dogleash you nasty fucking man. His interview was pure arrogance. Woe is me and all the abuse they have had. What do you expect you arrogant fucking bastard. Your results have been relegation form. No place for this dinosaur in modern football. Raving about the pen save. Fuck me I would have saved it.
Sorry to bore you with the vermin bit they crack me up. Mellor said the media will be so positive about the way they showed guts and the amount of options in the squad. Jokers.
Well United it’s time to go
I really hope we thrash Wigan tomorrow and carry on we’ve done so well to get here but we have to finish it off.
6 out of 6 games left is the line we have to cross we should expect nothing less.
For The Babes
19
Can someone please help me choose a squad number to add to replica shirt that has been blank since october?
The options are and why I want them;
2 – Because the number is available in real life
7 – Cantona,becks,ronaldo etc
15 – For Vida and unconventional choice
18 – For Scholes but I’m worried about the Young-relation.
22- For Scholes
Please help me choose a squad number ? Pretty please Lol
utd_fc @ 23:32: “why are you only looking at us buying within the league?”
I used to watch a lot of Italian footie but the games just don’t have the atmosphere – on the telly – or the go=for-the-jugular mayhem of the EPL. I’ve never warmed to La Liga, but watch occasionally to see what all the fuss is about – I don’t get it although I will watch a week Saturday (21st) when Madrid might just crap their pants in the Nou Camp and blow their ten-point lead. On the other hand, I’d hate to see the BarcaDivers win. MOstly, though, I’d like to see Jo$e do his appalling thing – it’s entertainment, after all.
James 7t7 @ 23:06: “I dont get the Hernandez criticism…”
I TOTALLY CONCUR. He’s an absolutely-wonderful “goal suck”. And – remind me again – isn’t the point of the game to score more than your opponents ? Most of the criticism is one-eyed and often beside-the-point. For example, Scott wrote: “Chicharito did next to nothing at Blackburn” but that’s not what I saw – what I saw is that he was on the end of a Valencia-cross in the 10th minute and was desperately unlucky to have the ball hit the inside of the post and bounce back onto Robinson. For the rest of the match, the service just wasn’t there – is that his fault ? his job is to “hang about” and score goals. To do that, he needs service.
Without the service then it is hardly surprising that “Chicharito did next to nothing at Blackburn” because it’s a team-game and one of the team’s strategies is to get the ball to him when he’s playing inside the box. Anyhow, the criticism of Chicharito is not dissimilar to that dished out (by me, among others) at Dimmy – you know, square peg/round hole. I’ve never “blamed” Dimmy for his lack-of-fit, he’s just never been the right guy in the right place at the right time. Something not-too-dissimilar might be going on with Chicharito since he’s often playing second-fiddle to DannyTheLad, who is a wonderfully talented – big, fast, and strong – work-in-progress. It’s all about how any one of these players dovetails with TheWayneBoy who SAF clearly sees as the fulcrum of the team’s attack.
Gotta go now, the bath-tub is ready for deep-immersion for the aching bones of a cranky old man.
In a year or so Ryan Tunnicliffe will be that destroyer. Anyway from what Fergie was saying he is hoping to have Fletch back pre season. Big ask. God I hate that term Makele. someone who in my opinion was never a great footballer yet a whole role has been made out his name.
My Fifa 12 midfield targets for Man United were;
Cabaye, Modric, Shaqiri, Thiago Alcantara, Goetze, Sahin, Alonso,Ericksen,Dzagoev and Kroos.
In the end, I couldn’t afford anybody because I bought Huntlaar,Cyssoko and Casillas, so I stuck with Anderson and Cleverley.
@CaptainCharisma – go for 20 – if we win th etitle this season it will be fitting, if (and this is a big ‘if’) we don’t, you can always associate it with the legend that is Solskjaer.
King Eric
You mean Makelele right?
I rated him highly, whenever I watched him, he used to back pocket the attacking mid or the striker who drops deep.
I think he deserves the praise “The Makelele role. I remember in 2004 or 05 he pocketed a Young Wayne Rooney comfortably in both matches.
Utd fc. Hello pal. Disagree. We have plenty of creative players other than Rooney. Nani, scholes, young, carrick, giggs, tony, cleverley and so on.
Guiterez is a poor mans Park. That’s your worst suggestion yet, Denton! The bro in law is a toon fan. He doesn’t rate him at all lol. I’m losing faith in you fella!
I was impressed with Garcia last week against Chelsea. He’s a CM, but played in defense. Big, strong and versatile. We all know Fergie loves the latter. This is all in case Fletcher doesn’t recover fully from his illness. It must be doubtful, the lad will ever play at the top level again. I hope he does, though. He’s a legend in my eyes, for putting himself through that pain, just to play for United. Never moaning either. Big respect to Darren Fletcher!
Have to say that, in my opinion, the absence of Fletcher in Rome 2009 was the reason we did not win the CL that year, with him, Barca would not have had the same freedom – still angry over his red card against l’Arse in the semis that year – hope he comes back next season, just to add that disruption to opposing midfields again.
Clint. Yes I meant Makelele. He was a good player yes but limited. Didn’t have the drive or short snappy passes that keano had. No creativity. No goals. As I say limited but a decent player and key to Frances success but they aren’t my cup of tea those players. Like diarra types. Hargreaves in his pomp had all that and more. I fully expect stick on this one as most people love him but as i say not my cup of tea. Did a job and did it well.
denton
i’ve never really warmed up to serie a mostly because of the kind of football on display. vicious tackles and the pace of the game is rather slow compared to the epl. dont really fancy la liga either but i have to admit they have been producing some technically gifted footballers, only down side is that they’re overly soft and go down way too easy. If we buy someone from spain he’ll need to get time adjusting to the physicality of the epl. wouldn’t mind if we took Sahin off madrid’s hand, he’d be a pretty good fit into our formation too i believe. Another player I really like is Mario Goetze (yes he’d be a vanity buy, which do tend to go wrong sometimes but whenever i’ve seen him play he hasn’t really disappointed) Just my humble opinion though, gotta leave it to Fergie in the end
King Eric –
Giggs Scholes and Rooney are our main creators in my eyes. Valencia is a beast (that goes without saying ofcourse) but he is an out and out winger. Now i’m not saying that’s a bad thing i just feel we could do a lot of good with someone who is good with the ball and can run down the middle of the park and create a goal scoring opportunity or score himself. Someone who is technically proficient, and a proper playmaker. Basically a younger Scholes. How’s that for an ask ehhh
Nani is very creative don’t get me wrong but he’s not that play maker we need and ofcourse he’s also a winger and so is young, carrick is more of a deeplying holding mid while cleverley, who is no doubt a work in progress, is not going to be a potential worldclass player. I hope to God he proves me wrong but all that early season hype was all just hype for me, nothing more.
Willie. Yes mate bad call by denton on jonas. A fill in at left back he is NOT!
Also I wanted to add, Chicharito should be our super – sub, and a terrific one at that, but as a starter i don’t see him making an impact such an impact in games. His first-touch is horrendous, and he’s too one-dimensioned. Our Welbeck in that regard has a much better all-round game, he just needs to work on his composure iinfront of goal and improve his finishing, which i feel will come with playing time, he’s only just starting. the best of danny is yet to come
on scot’s thoughts on the game I agree with the CF position, I will say it time and time again we are going to need to buy another striker if berbatov is let go. For me if we are spending 70 million in the summer, it should be on a top class CM, and a top class striker. Welbeck and hernandez are good strikers, but we will need a plan B if rooney is not available, owen is done for me and macheda not good enough for united. If we manage to pull it off and get that CM we need so badly, and that striker to perhaps help rooney out, we will be a huge threat in europe, and I can see our performances over a whole season improving vastly At the minute the squad remains incomplete without those 2 positions strengthened
@utd_fc: Sorry, but did you see Chicharito’s contribution against Chavski this time last year, 1-0 after one minute, as a starter? One-dimensional? I think the guy has been sufering from injuries this year and an over-enthusiastic desire to please, but he is still the best natural finisher at the club, and probably the best header of a ball. for me we coul easily play 4-3-3 with Welbeck as the spear-head of an attcka that has Rooney on the left and Chicharito on the right -midfield of Cleverly, Carrick and Scholes (interswitching with Giggs, Fletcher and Pogba next season).
Apologies for the typos – damn Chianti is causing my keyboard to not work.
King Eric – for me what have we learnt since jan? scholes return has showed me we will need a midfielder in the long run, in the style of paul scholes, that will keep the ball, spray the passes and keep the attacking 4 players in the game. With scholes and carrick in the midfield, we have the ability to control games which makes united’s overall play much better. That is why the likes of makelele in his prime would not help our situation. Lets put it this way, if we had makelele at 26 in our squad, or scholes brought back in jan, scholes at his current age would make a bigger impact on the way united play, than makelele would, and that puts things into perspective on what we need for next season, and that is? a playmaker not a destroyer
Utd fc. Cleverley will be that player mate as long as he gets over his injury curse of this season. Look at him at Wembley in August and that one and two touch passing. Has great vision too. Not the passing range of Scholes but is a great one touch player who can thread a ball through. So often we hear of names like Sahin, canales, hamsik etc. They are flavours of the month in my opinion and in the long run amount to nowt. Been saying it for years. Fergie is NEVER gonna spunk 40 million on one of these so called playmakers. United have never had playmakers per se. Modric is another that gets my goat. Called a playmaker but makes fuck all. Never scores and rarely assists. I don’t know what the answer is. I just leave it to fergie and don’t get bogged down with fifa players. A year from now this Cisse geezer at the geordies will be doing nowt. Ba has ONE goal since jan. Again flavours of the month. I expect grief for these comments but its as I see it. I aint one eyed I just get sick of hearing of “world class“ players like Hamsik. Seen him a few times and he is average. All tatts and hairdo. Anotherone. Folk on here were crying out for Meireles a couple of years back. See my point! When Fergie gets a midfielder hopefully this summer it won’t be one of these fancy marquee names I will put money on it. Been there with Veron.
As for my makele comments I preferred lads like Mataus and the “water carrier“ deschamps. Proper players.
We will never replace Scholes. Nobody like him out there. Xavi aside.
Norman-85 – playing 3 strikers would make our shape look awful. united tried playing 3 strikers in a 433 against liverpool in september 2008, what happened? we looked awful and we lost 2 1. United need to play with wingers, or united are going to look very one paced. We are already short of quality in the engine room, why bench united’s most talented position the wingers. for the midfield
And hernandez is a no9 striker, he leads the line, not played on the right, hernandez is one of the best strikers playing on the shoulders of the the defence, and welbeck is good but he is not anywhere near has good as hernandez playing on the shoulder of the defence. And hernandez has not got the tools to play on the right, he is going to look abysmal and terribly out of position, rooney can semi job on the right or left because he is one of the most complete strikers in the world. Hernandez is not, because he is a goalpoacher
Xavi is Barca’s Scholes – Scholes is the one and only original.
T fuck off you stupid cunt
Not saying these players I mentioned earlier are shit just a tad overhyped. Look at Sahin. Probably a great player but why hasn’t Mourinho played him yet plays that unfit cunt Ozil who is fucked after 55 minutes?
Regards Clevz yes I do think a lot of us got carried away but make no mistake and I have watched him for years he is a fantastic little player and is Uniteds future. Are you telling me all those early season performances up till injury were just flukes? No of course not.
Utd fc. By the way my rant about these over hyped players wasn’t a dig at you mate. I just get sick of hearing about the next big thing that amount to fuck all. I am guilty of it. I had huge hopes for Ravel!
Goodnight.
@Fergie is the boss: Fair points, and how could I leave Nani or Valencia out (now I know how difficult Sir Alex job is, eh?), but didn’t we play Rooney, Welbeck and Chicharito against Wolves and we ended up winning 5-0 there?
@norman. Sorry mate but i ahve to say that sounds like a horrible idea. a 4-3-3 system would not work at United. We need our wingers like someone above just pointed out. Playing Rooney at the left is another travesty, and Chicharito on the right an ever bigger one if possible. he’d be isolated in play and would not be able to contribute at all. I agree he is a good finisher and his knack of heading goals belies his stature, but the fact remains that he is pretty one-dimensional and in modern football a striker has to be anything but.
@King Eric
I agree these hot buys come and go and we had our own misfortunes with Veron. Sometimes these things work out and sometimes they don’t. I totally agree that we should not be dishing out 40 million on an unproven player, which is why i suggested Sahin since he is in the center-mid mould, and is on the sidelines at Madrid so maybe we could make a bargain there. That napoli trio is good, but the only potentially great player i see there is Cavani. all these hamsiks and lavezzi’s come and go, we’re above all that. Modric on the other hand is an enigma for me still. On one hand i’d like to see what he can do in a team better than the spuds, because at times he shows he has vision and can come up with the occasional cracker, but then there are a lot of times where he literally goes missing in games; put him out of position even a little and he’s as useless as that hack carroll is infront of goal. not worth breaking bank for definitely.
i just come here for the banter and to put my thoughts out of my head and infront of my fellow reds. Very glad it’s the gaffer who makes the final call in the end and not us blokes, even if we get the occasional bebe
@ King Eric
Makalele was much like Carrick . You severely underrate him. He was considered one of if not the best holding midfielder in the world at Real Madrid. He was severely under appreciated there as well by management. He wasn’t glitzy but he was efficient ,effective and a fixture in Del Bosque’s Galacticos at Real Madrid.
Florentino Perez , Real Madrid club President , said of Makalele in 2003 “We will not miss Makélelé. His technique is average, he lacks the speed and skill to take the ball past opponents, and ninety percent of his distribution either goes backwards or sideways. He wasn’t a header of the ball and he rarely passed the ball more than three metres. Younger players will arrive who will cause Makélelé to be forgotten.” Sounds a lot like what we heard about Carrick does it not?
No less than Zidane said of Makalele when he left Madrid and Beckham arrived, “Why put another layer of gold paint on the Bentley when you are losing the entire engine?”
McManaman , the scouser , has this to say of Makalele in 2006 “I think Claude has this kind of gift – he’s been the best player in the team for years but people just don’t notice him, don’t notice what he does. But you ask anyone at Real Madrid during the years we were talking about and they will tell you he was the best player at Real. We all knew, the players all knew he was the most important. The loss of Makélelé was the beginning of the end for Los Galacticos… You can see that it was also the beginning of a new dawn for Chelsea. He was the base, the key and I think he is the same to Chelsea now. ”
Now banish the thought if you think I am a fanboy of his. Not at all. But great players must be recognized for their skill and contribution even if they are despised. He was a key cog in Murhino’s machine. He protected the back line and started the attacks, just like Carrick does now.
hat tip to wikipedia.
King Eric. Didn’t take that as a dig at all. Like i said i come and bounce my ideas off you guys and like to hear what others, esp some of our most seasoned followers thinks
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Don’t really understand why he hasn’t brought Sahin on either, i mean he did buy him himself and now refuses to play him. Don’t really think he can take on Ozil’s role, for Madrid i’d rather see him play instead of Khedira. He has more to offer overall i believe. Hahah i’d like to know your reasons for not liking Ozil though, and at 15 mill i believe was a STEAL for madrid. He’s technique is near perfection and is a player i quite like. I don’t watch a lot of real madrid apart from the clasicos so i don’t know about his consistency.
And regarding Clevs, i hope he does step up his game. He’s a very good player and a good passer of the ball but his vision is pretty limited, and he tends to sky the ball when he goes for goal, sometimes even when a good pass could do so much more damage. I feel midfielders should more often than not try to play the killer pass rather than go for glory. A prime example in my mind being the community shield against city when Clevs skied the ball, if you take a look at the replays a simple through to Danny would see him right infront of goal. This i feel is something Scholes’ judges so well. He knows precisely when to pass rather than take the shot, or vice versa. Even at the game against QPR, before he took his goal there were a number of opportunities where the crowd was even willing for him to shoot but he decided to play one of his teammates in creating abetter chance at goal.
Norman-85 – yes but guess who was playing is well? valencia. So one way or another united still were fielding one of their wide players. And most of united’s attacking play came from valencia, united played a 442 that day of
de gea
rafeal ferdinand evans evra
carrick scholes
valencia rooney hernandez welbeck
So united did not start 433, they had an attacking outlet in valencia who could stretch sides that fed the likes of rooney. And it was wolves, united could get away with maybe playing a player or 2 out of position
You can’t say they haven’t tried! And this doesn’t include wages. Equivalent to annual earnings of 20,300 people – for just 41 footballers! Something not quite right there.
2007-11 – 4 YEARS OF SPENDING
1 Sergio Agüero 38,000,000
2 Robinho 32,500,000
3 Edin Dzeko 27,000,000
4 James Milner 26,000,000
5 Carlos Tevez 25,500,000
6 Emmanuel Adebayor 25,000,000
7 David Silva 25,000,000
8 Mario Balotelli 24,500,000
9 Yaya Toure 24,000,000
10 Samir Nasri 22,000,000
11 Joleon Lescott 22,000,000
12 Jo 18,000,000
13 Roque Santa Cruz 17,500,000
14 Aleksandar Kolarov 17,000,000
15 Kolo Toure 16,000,000
16 Nigel De Jong 16,000,000
17 Craig Bellamy 14,000,000
18 Wayne Bridge 12,000,000
19 Gareth Barry 12,000,000
20 Jerome Boateng 11,000,000
OTHERS (21) 104,000,000
TOTAL £529,000,000
@@CaptainCharisma it must 22 scholes same of Jordan 45
Morning reds,
Heard Liverpool won..
I m relieved we have a game in hand now they’ve narrowed the gap to 33 points
Rio on twitter : I don’t want to hear all this “only the big teams get leniency from refs” anymore! *wink wink*!!
Sandeep
….. and luckily our goal difference is better, I was starting to worry!
BBC sport news said Carroll’s goal touch had returned, WTF.
Roll on tonight, can’t wait.
CollyHurst Red,
yeah we are lucky on GD as well
yup roll on tonight..
it will be a yet another tough game..
i m going with 0-2 victory,
Valencia
Giggsy
morning all!
So Roberta Moankini is now saying that win all six of the bitters games they can win the league big fucking change since last weekend when he said if united beat blackburn (he said we would draw fucking tosser)and beat QPR its over? this gormless prick has to be one of the funniest wankers since the since the oval headed prick benitez his mis-management of situations is blindingly fucking funny jesus did the perma tanned spandex twat fall off his fucking bike and bang his head? Roberta “maybe united can lose at wigan and draw a game before the derby we can win the derby and be ahead” Fucking dumb twat even and i mean even if that happened United would STILL be fucking ahead. His team of fucking Mercenaries have packed it in they have no fucking bottle or heart for the fight its like asking a fucking turkey to jump into a pre-heated oven aint gonna fucking happen Roberta.
What the hell? Is everyone at City a crybaby?
http://www.football365.com/manchester-city/7664537/Richards-I-felt-like-crying?
I loved this quote though:
“(Sir Alex Ferguson) Fergie has got to be one of the best managers that I’ve ever come across because, if we had got beaten 6-1 that day, United would have been 20 points clear by now,” he added.
Ha!
I dont think Mancini is wrong in saying win all six and they have a chance as in retrospect thats true. Lets say we drop three points over the next three games and should city beat us that leaves a very nervous last two.
I dont think that will happen but like I said yesterday we just need to hold off the celebrations and focus in. SAF knows the score its because of his ability to manange the team for the full season we do so well.
I think we will comfortably beat Wigan tonight and then we have two big games.
Morning REDs , I was just reading all the posts from last nite. Interesting evening liverpool is shite! Everyone at that club should be really worried. By their standards this season I think Blackburn did ‘ok’ , they came back fron 2 down after missing a penalty ,scum just got lucky at the end.
I’m not changing my song 20 is in the bag and it begins tonite!
@lonestar, you are spot on abuot your Carrick-Makalele comparison, but you dont have to worry. Even though some fans and the others don’t see it SAF does. He rates Carrick very highly.
”Ferguson has revealed his five leaders responsible for overtaking title rivals Manchester City.
“You have to protect your team as best you can. I think it’s a good, strong squad with good youth and experience in it,” he said.
“Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick. Those five do represent a lot of experience and we expect them to be right on top of their job.”
“On a difficult day for the Football Association’s disciplinary department, referee Martin Atkinson said that he saw enough of Balotelli’s lunge at Song on Sunday that the governing body could not go back on the foul, under Fifa guidelines. That was despite Roberto Mancini, the Manchester City manager, urging the FA to review the foul.”
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/premiership/fa-farce-sees-balotelli-escape-as-derry-receives-ban-16143400.html?
If this doesn’t prove how incompetent Martin Atkinson is, then I don’t know what will. Send him to the championship. Doesn’t deserve to officiate any more Premier League games. Especially high profile ones.
Good read about the backroom staff, loved the fact that Eric Steele took it upon himself to learn Spanish in preparing for De Gea’s move to UTD. Explains why he was so ecstatic after De Gea saved us from dropping points. One thing I dont quite understand is why everybody is trying to convince themselves that City have a better squad than us??? FFS the only players I rate in that city side are Aguero, Silva, Yaya and just maybe Richards. All the others wouldnt make it into our squad. Wish STR could do an article comparing these two squads.
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2012/04/11/3028308/two-englishmen-a-dutchman-sir-alex-fergusons-brother-the
Do you know Peter Odemwinge??
costas you seem like a man in the know what record got set in 1969 by both manchester clubs in the sixth round of the fa cup and still stands today? this has been pickling me for weeks.
bayored.
you should add kompany to that list. he’s a solid SOB. Great CB.
utd_fc ….. agree, didnt want to make my list seem long, not that others are bad but am comparing to the quality we have. One can not say they have a superior squad I dont see it. I would be tempted to agree if the press said they have just as good a squad but superior NOOO!!!!!!
@just too good
I had a look. Can’t find anything noteworthy other than the fact that both us and City played at home on the same day? That’s not something you see often.
Maybe Giles Oakley can shed some light into this.
Preview from a Lactic….
”’Well this is it, this is the game when we finally break our last great hoodoo, getting points off Manchester United. Fourteen previous meetings, fourteen defeats, all changes tonight
Saturdays injustice against Chelsea left Martinez seething, he will undoubtedly use those feeling to inspire his team to continue to play the way they have been doing of late, the Latics looking more like a team chasing a European spot than one fighting for survival
A massive opportunity presents itself for the club to climb out of the bottom three for the first time since December, an opportunity to gain just reward for recent performances, of course Manchester United are hardly a push over, they are on a fantastic run, eight points clear at the top of the Premier League and they are like a juggernaut thundering towards another league title.
The confidence in the Latics camp though is high, the belief of the players and management team are there for all to see, and, just as important, the supporters also believe, this is the night””
Sorry lactics.. Not going to happen
20 in the bag!!!! It begins with your scalp!
costas thank you for that m8 much appricated yeah same here i cant find nothing noteworthy either.
kompany great? wouldn’t come close to any of the top cbs in Europe at present. Guy is a Fucking tool. resorting to brute strength to have a sly tug or fall over his marker… just lucky to not get caught. Rio, Vidic, Smalling, Evans, either of them on their worst day is far better than that fathead. Seen him when under pressure at Emirates… miss passes one after another…when the calmness to win matches are transmitted from the back.
Toure the same…uses his physicality to by pass less skilled midfield… but gets caught out when there’s a good midfield he’s against. Bumbling around the pitch… bottling fat prick. Flops around at the tiniest tug.
Richards that obese fuck. Batters and clutters his players. Decent pace, that’d be it.
Preview cont….
Hugo Rodallega is the only real doubt for the Latics, expect Martinez to name an unchanged side:
Latics probable – Al-Habsi, Boyce, Caldwell, Alcaraz, Figueroa, Beausejour, McCarthy, McArthur, Maloney, Moses, Di Santo
Nani is fit following an ankle injury that kept him out of the QPR game, two ex-Latics players Antonio Valencia and Tom Cleverley are expected to feature for United tonight
United from – De Gea, Evra, Ferdinand, Evans, Rafael, Carrick, Young, Scholes, Valencia, Rooney, Welbeck, Amos, Jones, Giggs, Park, Cleverley, Pogba, Hernandez, Nani
Valencia and Tom Cleverely will be in familiar surroundings having graced the DW in the past.
Referee
Phil Dowd – Card Watch 2011/12
Games – 32, yellows – 122, reds – 4
Read more: http://www.wigan.vitalfootball.co.uk/matchprere.asp?a=279062#ixzz1riqOaMn4
LOL!!
Obese fuck!
(wanted to add a smiley here, but dont know how).
@bayoRed
colon hyphen closed bracket