1. So we’re barely in December and we’ve already won as many games away as we had done all of last season. Whilst the scoreline meant we had a nervy ending to the game, it was a convincing performance that was worthy of victory. Whilst I don’t think dominating a team in the top half away from home is anything to be sniffed at, it is frustrating to see us struggle to put games to bed. It’s not as though we aren’t creating the chances either.
2. The media tried to make something of Rooney’s “goal drought” ahead of kick-off, largely ignoring the fact he had been forced in to midfield for some games this season and played alongside a different strike partner every week, thanks to the injuries to Welbeck, Chicharito and Berba. He was excellent against Villa though and yet again showed off his impressive passing range. I don’t know what has happened to his decision making though. In front of goal, he keeps picking the wrong option, which is so unlike him. As long as we keep winning games and he keeps contributing at the level he is doing though, the supposed goal drought and decision making shouldn’t make too much difference.
3. Phil Jones, how we love you. A few weeks ago he talked about how he would celebrate his first professional goal, having never scored at Blackburn. Not long after he stuck the ball in the back of his own net in our draw with Benfica. At Villa Park, he cushioned the ball perfectly as he fired past Shay Given, after an inch perfect cross from Nani. His goal celebration was nothing to write home about although I did enjoy him pointing to the bench and the proud Grandad impression from Fergie which followed, as he waved back to the teenager, beaming. Rene Meulensteen had been giving him some stick before kick-off, so the gesture was for his benefit.
4. Jones and Michael Carrick combined well in the centre of the park and were probably the best performing pair post-Cleverley. Fergie said a few weeks ago that Carrick hits good form at this time of year, which has become a self-fulfilling prophecy, with our experienced midfielder having a string of good games now. As was pointed out on Twitter, United have only conceded once with Carrick on the pitch this season, and that was the penalty that should never have been awarded against Newcastle. I know you can get stats to support most arguments but I have been genuinely impressed with Carrick again. He’s been making some great tackles and has remembered where “forward” is. Great stuff.
5. Five points behind at this time of year, with City yet to play any of their toughest games yet (pretending the 10 man derby day just never, ever happened), is a decent position to be in. I do worry about whether our squad, particularly with the weekly injuries we are picking up, has enough in the engine to cope with the crowded fixture list ahead. You’ll have to hope that extra experience we have will push us through to January in a better position though.
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The reactions are back! Welcome home, Scott?
Nervy ending. Is that because Villa brought Heskey on?
Great to have them reactions after a match threads again also glad you got your finger out of your err twiter ass STR! hahahaha
Like James, I shitted my pants when Heskey came on…… For fucks sake, it was a walk in the park
Not so quick reactions.
Cheers Scott.
We’ve definitely set the record straight away from home this season. Unfortunately a couple of bad results at OT mean that we have the same amount of points as we did in these same 14 fixtures last season…
Won as many away as all of last season and 5 points more after 14 games than after 14 last season and still it feels like a crisis. Our bad luck continues with injuries as it happens to all our strikers now when it used to be all our defenders that were out.
Wish the injuries could be a little bit more spread all over the side. Cannot see any of the strikers left scoring goals so I think we will have to rely on our midfielders and wingers now to produce goals.
If only Cleverley could come back and I wonder how long Berba will be out cause it would be nice with him on the bench at least.
Rooney still has to help the midfield out so I wish they could do their job without him so he could be upfront a lot more and maybe start to score goals again.
Nice write-up.
do not overstestimate that game. villa played pisspoor the last weeks, aswell as last saturday.
still a long way to go to reach topform i think
Cheers Scott !!
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I don’t care how we win as long as we win. This has been a good victory though, notwithstanding that it was quite a dire Villa side. The performance was generally very good, the only down side for me was our finishing which worries me a little because we haven’t been able to finish teams off lately, and that can hurt, like in the case against Newcastle, even though the penalty should never have been given in the first place.
On a separate note, I’d like to state again that I absolutely abhor people who come on here regularly to moan about the team performances or about individual players. It is ridiculous to expect the team to play free flowing football week in week out, particularly with the amount of injuries we have suffered since the start of the season. For the record, I’d like all you moaners on here to get off this site for good. This site should be meant for true United fans to celebrate the team.
@ Costas
And won the league by 6 points.
I couldn’t see the game, far too busy winding the Villa fans up. I know how tense though it gets on TV you never seam to be able to get that clock to 90 mins and Fergie time. They had stages and think Albrighton played well. But they gave MOTM to Dunn?????????? Yeh a fair player but Carrick ran the show. I suppose the home team have to choose a home player. I saw some stats on goalkeepers, can you find or do you have them? De Gea was top of the tree for shots saved. I Think. Thats me not paying attention.
Yii – ha!
James – that’s largely because our porous defence has allowed a ridiculous number of shots to be taken at De Gea’s goal.
All the moaners should leave the site? I’ll miss slim and Costas.
LOL
Porous midfield maybe…. Anyway, we’ve obviously tightened things up in that department recently.
Martin O’Neill back in business and his next job after Sunderland will be replacing Sir Alex at United.
Anyone else see Bendtner mocking the one minute applauds for Speedo?
@James
9 points actually.
I just think that 80 points won’t be enough this time. I will say this though. On this away form, and if we avoid any more slip ups at OT, we’ll win the title.
Marco Materazzi on Rafael Benitez: “He’s the kind of guy that pretends to know everything and you want to punch him in the face after 5mins you met him”
Willie – Hahahaha seems your dig was missed
Captain Park – Again welcome aboard fellow RED …. Enjoying your posts
Costas. I realised straight after I posted.
I think Utd need to keep winning 1-0 til the end of the season.
De Gea Rocks and I can’t for the life of me where I saw the stats. He waved at us yesterday, I think Lindergard told him to, who had waved every time we chanted.
This is why I love Vidic: http://h6.abload.de/img/vidic6c7xs.gif
Only 5 mins, the blokes got more fucking restrant than me then.
That “proud grandad” moment Scott referred to: http://h3.abload.de/img/jonesyzfh5.gif
Martin O’Neil at Utd?
I need to see the punchline I really do. OH WIAT, THAT WAS IT.
James21
Hahaha
Cheers Cedars !!
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James21, haha, I don’t mind us winning 1-0 for the rest of the season as long as we get our hands on another treble. That’ll make all the deluded and jealous ABUs squirm with rage and jealousy. That’d be truly awesome.
@Fred, I would pay money to have a photo of Sir Alex smiling like that framed and hung in my bedroom wall. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for that.
Sorry cedars but is that just fans reading the papers? That Martin is a fair Manager but he takes teams as far as he can and fucks off. Utd will destroy him.
The year 2031, a now bored and seen it all 90 year old Sir Alex calls it a day…… Sick to fuck of waiting and having led Molde to two CL wins Ole is appointed as the new boss……Has his medical and its assured that he can last 30 years in the hot seat
I’d rather have Martin Sheen as manager!
Captain park – sorry but this blog isn’t made for everyone to agree with each other like robots, football at the end of the day is all about debating and deep down, all fans all think they can be burgeoning managers (depending on how crap they would be or how good).
you don’t have to agree with people’s opinion but you can respect their views, no human being is perfect and we all react to things differently.
Can’t work out in what way we can win the group on Wednesday if we win and Benfica win. I know results between us and Benfica count first but both were draws. If results are tied then goal difference comes into account.
Does this mean that we win the group if we have the best goal difference or what?
Just realised that the current table gives Benfica top spot cause of the results against us and the away goals so even if we win 10-0 on Wednesday Benfica wins the group if they win.
@ Captain Park. OK, I won’t moan about things — I’ll let Ruud Gullitt do it for me
Former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit has taken a swipe at Manchester United, insisting that fans should be worried about the strength of the squad.
“United are just too dependent on Wayne Rooney. They should have really tried to sign Sneijder,” said Gullit. “Without Paul Scholes, they really miss having a creative midfielder in the team and I can’t understand why they didn’t make good their interest in Sneijder in the summer.
If I was a United fan I would worry about this team.”
Well I know why we didn’t buy Sneijder. Anyone here remember some chaps called the Glazers that have drained all the money out of the clubs while Ferguson and Gill continue lie for them?
I am worrying. We can’t wing it forever. We have one, possibly two, world-class players. Ferdinand is crocked. Several players, including Diouf, Macheda, Evans, Gibson etc should have already gone. Anderson and Fletcher are going backwards — FFS Modric and Scott Parker are better. Evra is half the player he was. Park is a headless chicken. The twins have stopped progressing. Thank fuck for Michael Carrick waking up recently — and Smalling, Jones Young and Welbeck showing some promise.
Rant Over — Time to open another bottle
I’ll go and moan somewhere else now, and watch a re-run of the Palace game to remind me of our squad depth.
Have to agree with Sammy. Every blog needs both sides of the argument. Wums and bitches, are a different case entirely. Cedars chases them off the blog!
Bruce Thomas – agree pal.
I worry about us not having fresh players for the Wolves game. They won’t be pushovers and last season Park nicked the win on time added on.
Just read on the Busby Babe site that theres rumours going round the Holte End that a sprinkler may have caused the injuries to Chico and Jenas.
Blimey!
*in time added on
Feels like every game is like a heavyweight fight and we’re hanging on by the ropes.
@Willie, I personally have no problem with people like Sam, slim, denton etc. who are award-worthy cynics and incessantly moan (as a figure of speech, these guys don’t literally “moan” all the time) whether we win or lose. In fact, I love them. As I said a few weeks ago when addressing slim, we need people like that who always keep it real and who provide an alternate school of thought. That is one of the reasons why ROM is the best blog on the net. Because of arguments between the optimists and the cynics.
The people I don’t like however are the ones who turn up only after bad performances all the time and moan. These aren’t your garden variety trolls or WUMs, these are United fans who are so pessimistic that you just want to strangle them. I fucking hate this lot and I can never understand why they are United fans in the first place.
What would Ruudy know about squad depths? He’s been fucking useless in management!
Yeah it must have been a sprinkler hole that caused those injuries but I am still surprised Chicho injured himself that badly cause he seemed to react quickly when folding his leg and falling down.
Could just imagine a conversation yesterday between Moses and a Millwall fan…
‘Hey can we call a truce’
‘What the fuck are you on about’
‘I could teach you ways to shag a sheep that are beyond your wildest dreams;
Hands are shook and the orgy starts
My reactions from the game
1) smalling is a beast and now a starter when fit
2) villa are the poorest set of fans I have not heard for years they were shite
3) rooney’s passing is class but he needs to become more selfish again and play up top
4) nabi was fantastic we all know he can frustrate but fuck me he does deliver and is a genuine world class footballer
5) what has happened to tony v he looks shit scared to take on players, I dont buy comments like full backs have worked him out bull shit. He was class year because he attacked full backs and got them on their back foot
6) give me a 0-1 away win anyday.
While I’d take 1-0 wins for the rest of the season, I’d probably have a heart attack before we lift the 20th!!
In relation to the above post, I just remembered these wonderful lines that I read and always remember. And I think they are perfectly applicable to all sets of United fans. I am part of the first group but like to consider myself as someone who is positive after having seen all the facts.
An OPTIMIST is a person who doesn’t have all the facts.
A PESSIMIST is an optimist who does have all the facts.
A CYNIC is a pessimist who has seen the facts in action.
A PARANOID is a cynic who has FINALLY realized that the facts are after him.
samuel – united WE stand, yes, I get the point you’ve just put across and I can accept that you and I may never even agree in our lifetime because you sound like a reasonable fan. Many come on here though with such strong prejudices and biases that it so hinder their ability to see reason.
Willie
You called?
Couldn’t believe my eyes. Not a just “quick reactions” but Reactions to victory over Villa. Wow
Sheer joy,at least that was mine the big red bus is back in forward gear.
Would Fergie really lie for the Glazers? Thought about this a lot over the seasons. Maybe a time, when I would’ve considered this to be true. A wee White lie, to protect the club. I don’t believe he would. He’s too proud. He was given 50 million in the summer. He chose not to spend it on a midfielder. Can’t blame the owners for that.
bruce thomas, Ruud Gullitt moaning about United, tell him to stuff it. The fact that he said we should have signed Sneijder proves that he has his personal agenda.
I’m an United fan and I have little worry about this team. I’ll be disappointed if we didn’t win the premiership at the end of the season but I’d be more gutted if City or Liverpoo won it because the ABU media can’t wait to see either of them get one over us.
Nabi was class!
I’m glad Carrick is getting some recognition. His work infront of the back 4 is underrated. He’s not a destroyer, but a sweeper. His reading of the game is also good. He could create more and be a little more adverturous. I’m glad he got over his bad patch.
Nabi Nabi who the fuck is Nabi….
For 25 years I’ve been livin next door to Nabi. NABI WHO THE FUCK IS NABI.
NABI?
Liverpoo have absolutely no chance though, but moneybags city are a threat. Let’s see if they can cope with the same amount of injuries we have. Imagine if Silva and Augero were to suffer long term injuries, would they be maintain the same level of performance?
Feg is spoiling Rooney on playing him on midfeild. Thats why man u is not scoring goals. Feg should know that rooney cant much the calibres of the likes of david silva, mata,scott parker, modric etc. him is a good striker, to compete with teams like madrid, barcelona we need to invest in this january transfer window
Liverpoo have absolutely no chance though, but moneybags city are a threat, but let’s see if they can cope with the same amount of injuries we have though. Imagine if Silva and Augero were to suffer long term injuries, would they be able maintain the same level of performance?
NabisDevil
Viva Nabi!
Willie – Sure, he was given £50m for the goalkeeper, defender and winger he wanted. He also wanted a midfielder, namely Nasri and/or Sneijder, as admitted by Paddy Crerand. Both were out of our price range.
And of course Fergie would lie for the Glazers. What do you think “they’re great owners”, “there’s no value in the transfer market”, “I’m happy with the squad I’ve got” and “the boy Diouf is a fantastic player, no question about that” are, if not lies?
City will now be playing games not to lose and are under pressure as leaders they have never experienced in their puff.And I for one doubt their ability to cope with it,we’ll see how they react on their first loss it wont be pretty.
If city suffers the same injuries as man u at present, definately they cant cope their coach does not have experience
@ Captain Park
Hope your Prozac doesn’t wear off.
Fred – He’s hardly gonna diss his own players in public? Maybe they are great owners to him. I wouldn’t say that, but each to their own. The Nasri deal was done, if we believe certain sources. City fucked that deal up. Who knows how far down the road the Sneijder deal was?
Was it because we baulked at his wage demands? Or, maybe Fergie didn’t feel the deal was right for us. I’m sure you have your own theories though lol.
Parryheid – I agree, especially as the media has them believing they are God’s gift to football. Their first loss will be a big blow to them, psychologically, just as it was for Arsenal when their unbeaten streak came to an unceremonious end, and Chelsea players, who wept like babies into Mourinho’s shoulder when they lost their league title to us in 2007 – a title Mourinho had them believing was their divine right. They just could not believe they had lost – in their minds, it wasn’t “supposed to happen”.
Hopefully City will be dealt three defeats in quick succession: Bayern, Chelsea and Arsenal.
Um yeah, I have my own theories. We pursued him all summer but couldn’t come to an agreement – due to his astronomical wage demands, according to several sources. Somehow I doubt Fergie had a sudden change of mind about Sneijder’s usefulness to his team.
Do you think Gill was trying to buy him as a surprise present to Fergie?
PROZAK ! WHO’S ON PROZAK? GRRRRRRRRRRR STRESSED.
Nabis is plumb centers own brand…. Just like No Frills. ‘No Frills Devil’
Gill: Guess what I’ve bought you, Alex!
Sir Alex: Och, it’s not that wee Dutch cunt is it? FFS David!
Not the first time we’ve missed out players either. And before the glazers took over.
WillieRedNut
the way i see it, i don’t think Fergie really wanted to buy a midfielder, Nasri isn’t a CM and the boy from Holland, in all honesty was a little fan service. The great man wasn’t convinced if you ask me.
Peter, haha! Don’t need that though.
First time we’ve started to miss out on players because we can’t afford them though. That’s a Glazer phenomenon.
Ok, going into hibernation for time being.
slim – True on Sneijder. We dodged a bullet there anyway. He’s been rank for Inter this season.
Slim is moving the goalposts. The argument isn’t about whether Fergie wanted a central midfielder, it’s about whether he wanted Nasri and Sneijder. He did.
He wanted both?
He would’ve loved both! Ah well, Bebe will be back next season. 
Sneijder might have been useful filling in for Tom during his absence, but he would have cost a lot. I wonder how much will be trimmed off his price tag next year. A great attacking mid. Ahh fuck it, it’s all been said countless times. We play 2 wingers, like to play 2 up front. A back 4 + Carrick the wall who has started to venture forward again. Leaves one space. Considering Evra, the twins and Jones/Smalling are also requested to get forward, filling that one vacancy with an all out attacker may be a bit much. This, I’m sure is why the likes of Di Rossi appeal to some. If we sign a midfielder, I’d like it if he can do the defensive bit, the tackling, blocking of channels, as well as all the attacking stuff. Thing is, we already have midfielders that are all-rounders, Players that don’t excel at one particular thing. Maybe this is why SAF didn’t sign a midfielder. He’s aware Gibson and Fletch, Park, Giggs and Anderson can play their part in turning defence into attack. If they need games to find form, why buy another?
Maybe Fergie didn’t think Benzema was the player for us either and would much rather have had perma-crocked has-been Michael Owen on a free. It just so happened that fitted in with the Glazers’ budget too!
Seriously though, you shouldn’t scoff at Bebe. There’ll be a lot more Bebes, Manuchos, Obertans and Dioufs to come under the Glazer regime. You can forget about Tiote for a start!
Sir Alex made a comment during the whole Sneijder saga that purchasing would stunt the progression of Paul Pogba. I don’t know whether he has plans for Pogba for the remainder of the season, but can’t see how a purchase would have affected Pogba thus far.
This argument about where Sneijder would have fitted in is irrelevant. It is public knowledge that Fergie was trying to sign him this summer.
I’m sure the wizard had something in mind for the stocky balding Dutch bloke.
Mike – are you sure he didn’t make that comment after we failed to sign Sneijder? That sounds more likely to me.
@ red nut “What would Gullitt know about squad depth? he was usless in management.”
Agree he was useless in management — but you don’t have to be a Chinaman to recognize a Chinese resturant, do you?
Manchester Derby in the FA Cup!!!!! Time for revenge hehehehehe
Maybe you mean his comments of August 12th, when he talked about giving Pogba games (another lie?)
Let’s not forget that the club unsuccessfully tried to sell Darron Gibson this summer. That would have opened up a spot on the “roster”.
Fred – really? The parallels are undeniable. he wouldn’t have wanted Nasri if he didn’t want a winger(left).Thus Ashley Young. Same thing with Wes. I get your drift and maybe i was speaking broadly but it still leads to the question doesn’t it. Why would he want Wes if he wasn’t looking to get a body in there? Doesn’t worry me.Followed United long enough to know you don’t get everything you want all the time or at your own choosing. i was just putting an opinion out there
Bruce my man.
Glad you’re back to fight the anti-Glazer fight.
Now I can go and get something to eat.
I hope you don’t have too much difficulty fending off the pro-Glazer hordes. Best of luck my friend!
You shouldn’t scoff at Owen. He scored the winner in the derby. Bebe’s gonna make it(at another club) IMO, it was either Sneijder, or Nasri. Both, as you said, wouldn’t fit the owners mantra. I look forward to more trophies under the master! With these terrible players.
It is not public knowledge! It is shite that the vast majority of the sports pages reading public has read in the red tops. It is fact that David Gill went to Barcelona. Papers said it was about Sanchez. Heard rumours about Gill being in Italy but apparently that was for some meeting or other. Press mithered Gill and ferguson about it daily so they are on record saying such things as, ‘hes a great player and we are always interested in great players’.
The issue about telling fibs really doesn’t need discussing. If Gill and Saf talk brazenly about the Glazer situation, the shit hits the fan.
Slim, he wanted Nasri or Sneijder. City paid off Nasri’s agent, so we turned our attentions to Sneijder. Ashley Young was always going to be signed, whether we signed Nasri or not.
xol – The recent comments of Pat Crerand disprove your theory. Paddy is very close to Sir Alex and knows the inner-workings of the club. You’re basically calling Paddy Crerand a liar now.
I’m outta here! PEACE!
Hi Anyone great win 4 the reds Utd plus I would love if the Utd boss Sir Alex 2 buy 2 good milfielders 4 the new year plus bring on City Utd are very much ready 4 the game against City watch out 4 Rooney going 2 score more goals against City in the F.A Cup. Anyone know what the score will be
Please buy Sneijer
The pro Glazer hordes? Fuck off Fred! Lol. Neither for, or against the gimps. In the middle somewhere.
fred, so be it. SAF and Gill are also liars, but I’m ok with it. Debt IS the road to ruin.
@ Fred Thanks , mate.
“Fending off the pro-Glazer hordes?” Hah — it’s like being savaged by Bambi
All this talk on the gimps will bring wakey into the fray.
…and Iniesta is twice the player Sneijder is. If the dosh stayed in the club, we could aim higher than Sneijder. I see it like this; So what if Sir Alex and Gill tells fibs. Would you rather them tell it like it is regarding the Glazers and for the Glazers to act accordingly? I’d rather they stick around and make the best of the situation. Hence my view that Sneijder is expensive.
Imo the problem this summer wasn’t the amount of money Fergie had at his disposal. Heck, he could always sell Berba and Kuszczak if he needed more. It was the wage structure. Sneijder’s wages alone weren’t an issue, but they could have opened up a can of worms. And as sad as it sounds, we are dealing with a new set of rules in that department now. City’s spending has raised the standards. We’ll probably lose Pogba for that same reason.
Can someone remind me why you get a yellow card for taking your top off?
As for Gullit’s comments, mr Sexy football is one to talk. Just because one player stands out for a club that doesn’t mean the others are useless. It’s like saying Nani, Vidic and Carrick have nothing to offer. How good are Barcelona without Messi anyway?
xol – If Sneijder was 24/25…….do you think the deal would’ve been more appealing? I slightly agree with you on the reasons for it not happening. Truth is, we won’t probably ever find out.
xol – I think you and I are on the same page, buddy.
Costas – Berba was never going to be sold. Who would have lead our Carling Cup “loser squad” into battle each month?
Fred
Diouf!
*re-treads old ground*
Willie – sad truth is, when Sneijder was 25, we could have got him for £12m from Real Madrid.
Mike –
I fail to see Scott’s argument that City have yet to play their toughest games. Took 7 points from White Hart Lane, Old Trafford and Anfield that’s pretty concincing and we have to go away to all the sides around us baring Liverpool. We really need a convincing win against Wolves who we’ve never really put to the sword home or away in recent years so it’s time to change that, we need to pile the pressure on City ahead of their trip to Stamford Bridge. I just feel we’ll come up a tad short this season with the way injuries have been going and a unsettled starting11 that has been chopped and changed too much with players playing out of position. With City on the brink of going out of the champions league I can only feel that will help their course in terms of the premiership title race. I really hope I’m wrong lads but I think this City will be too strong for us but we will sure come again with the likes of Smalling, Jones and Cleverly sure to improve and with a 2 quality additions in the centre of the park and we will be back on track to challenge them next season.
Brucie baby, I couldn’t give a fuck what Ruud boy has to say. Great player, but a shit manager. Does he support United? No. Did he play for United? No. Then, why would i give a flying fuck about his opinion? Stop the press! United need CM! Thanks Ruud for stating the obvious. Plank.
As for Rooney? That old chestnut again. We’re a one man team!
Costas – how good are Barca without Messi? We’ll never know, as the drugged-up little fucker never needs a rest.
@Fred
Sure that was worth risking any chance we had of getting half the money we spent on Berba back.
: And as much as I like Berbatov, I still don’t see what Fergie’s reason was for keeping him around.
Like I’ve said before, when Fergie writes his book, the chapter about how this season’s squad was formed will be most interesting. 3 full backs and 7 strikers ffs.
Fred – Inter give him 250k a week? If that’s true, no way we could’ve signed him. Unless he took a pay cut. Modern footballers, and pay cuts don’t go together lol.
Gary speaks sense – and it makes me sad.
Let’s just see how the Mighty Blues from the King’s Road and Professor Wenger’s glorious Gunners get on against the twats before we throw in the towel though.
Willie as you know I fucking detest the cunts, so much so I’ve suggested on here that once they go, we continue to make life hell for them by boycotting every fucking business venture they attempt in the future – in order to show them that nobody fucks with UTD. Sir Alex is the best person to get the club through it. Other managers might have given in by now, left the club then spilled the beans. Perhaps, if Sneijdey were younger, he may have come. It might be that the glazers really do leave it up to SAF and Gill, and on this matter they chose to keep the cash. What then happens to that cash isn’t their decision though. Its a difficult situation. The debt must be cleared and i’m sure Gill and Sir Alex would like to see money not spent on players paying off the debt, so that we won’t always be in this situation.
True about Messi. He never misses any games apprarently. He eats a lot of spinach I guess…
Fred
It’s a terible slur on Barca…. The whole squad mistakenly took Shakiras diet pills and are in no way cheating!!!
Costas – 3 fullbacks, 7 strikers and 1 Diouf. Scandalous.
Willie – Sneijder signed a contract extension in 2010, after he had led Inter to the Treble and was nominated for the Balon d’Or. I presume this is when his wages were bumped up.
Shakira’s diet pills!
Sorry to be crude, but could it be that Barca players get copious amounts of protein by swallowing each other’s semen?
As much as I’d like to see city lose their up coming games, i’m not counting on it. They still have form. My guess is that complacency and over-confidence will be their downfall. Someone unlikely will beat them.
Us perhaps.
@Fred
I’m definitely not throwing the towel in pal I mean I’m convinced our form will pick up and United now how to win titles and handle the pressure of a title race when it comes to the crunch. This little period now is crucial, we need to win our games over the Christmas period starting with Wolves and hope Arsenal and Chelsea can take some points of City. If City come out with 6 points from those 2 fixtures it will be a big blow to us. Let’s re-evaluate it after the Christmas and see where we stand.
‘know’ sorry. Bloody Iphone!
Players we were linked with I’m glad we didn’t sign… Adam & Henderson’
Pique got some juice from Ibrahimovic if I remember. Don’t know what’s going there right now.
Gary, we might not even have to wait till Christmas. If things go well, we could be a point clear of City after the next two rounds of games.
Costas – he dumped her for Shakira.
Fred – no worries
Booch wants us to sign Sneijder – and Booch always gets what she wants!
No wonder Pique hasn’t been the same player this year? Shakira got the lad tapped out!
haha fred. ‘us’ You need to watch the charity shield. Does wonders. And most games we’ve played against them in recent erm, centuries.
Any connection with Boots? There’s a creme I’d lilke to order…
Fred – oh no we wouldn’t. and played him where?
No chance we would we have gone in for them both(Young and Nasri). I know Fergie loves his wingers but that would have been over the top.
Its simple, we lost RedNev we got cover in the area – transfers and in-house promotion. Goalkeeper? We got two of them. One before VDS retired, the other one coming in after. SAF also had eyes on Neuer, once it was determined he was going else where, got chalked off and we moved in for DDG. I stand by it, the gaffer wasn’t too interested in the idea. As any manager would he looked into it – One Player and that was it. With Tom C and belief in other senior players he decided against.
Costas – The Pique and Zlatan pictures were a bit of a hit. remember that one
Fred – thats would mean a ton of spunk mate. Thats a lot of nasty i’ll tell you that
Booch – I love sass! And you’ve got it.
We’ll beat city 3 1 in the cup. 
Cue doom mongers……
@slim this pic http://m24digital.com/en/2010/05/06/ibrahimovic-and-pique-in-an-unexpected-picture/
So its ok to have a dig at the glazers when we dont get players we desire. When they jack up ticket prices and generally treat match going fans as shit then they become “good owners” more to being a supporter than results on the pitch. (Fans who went Rome in 07 who were bloodied barely had any comeback from the club.)
We’ve missed out on players in the past due to penny pinching under the Edwards regime (we signed Bosnich for fucks sake even after a dozen come and get me pleas from VDS and stam tappin him up on international duty)
We will miss out on more players and it isnt just because of oil money. We’ve had a wage structure in place for years and that isnt being adjusted over time accordingly because of the parasites that own us.
NRD
Some good points pal.
So, back to my booking for taking your shirt off question? Anyone know?
NRD – too true, we’ve always had that wage structure. That’s why we never broke the bank for the likes of Desailly, Batistuta, Ronaldo and Salas! You’ve got to move with the times though. We broke that wage structure for Keane, didn’t we? Probably broke it again for TheWayneBoy A.K.A. Mr. Ambitious. As you say, the gimps want us to scrounge around the bargain bins of world football for cheap and cheerful players with plenty of “re-sale value”. Scandalous.
Slim – we already had the Young deal “in place” before we moved onto Nasri, I seem to recall. The Youngster then pissed off on holiday. There were even some outrageous suggestions (which I never believed, probably started by some ABU mischief-maker) that we would pull out of the Young deal if we got Nasri.
Mike – the sight of a man’s naked torso is offensive to Little Jimmy and Aunt Mavis, as they sit at home watching “Sky Sports Ford Super Dooper Sunday Sanitised Plastic Football Extravaganza in association with SkyBet” on their 69″ 3-D plasma screens.
Mike – is it a uefa thing to hide the fact that Barca’s players have breasts as a side-effect of taking illegal drugs?
thanks nabi.
@Fred knew someone would bring up wayne so purposely left that out. No work today so well up for a debate.
Wayne different story entirely think when we gave him his contract it was under the proviso we got rid of some big hitters such as Rod Flanders/o shea/brown VDS was retiring and obviously Scholes doing the same and Neville too more than compensated for that.
Its all well and good saying players need to reduce their pay demands. But does anyone think players wage demands are going to reduce anytime soon? Even if the financial boom in football collapses most of them will fuck off to Russia or Qatar. Top clubs always pay stupid wages or at least have done in my lifetime. Not always In England but always been a league that has.
nabi = Fred
@willie im not fred haha
Listen Nabi is my grandfathers name and still belongs to the Christian side of my family
I swear it I kid you not – on my 19 I do!
Weird
@mg i honestly dont understand the second part you said hahaha
Nabi = Booch?
Booch = sachu?
Hmmmm…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16022468.stm
Cool story about our under-12s winning the inaugural “Christmas Truce” tournament in Belgium.
People bang on about sneijder as if he’d be United’s saviour, football is a team game and if you think one man would turn everything around then you must be truly deluded.
Samuel – He’s Sneijderman, though? Fly through brick walls, for you.
Never said anything about what Sneijder would do for us, just stating that we tried to sign him in the summer. Maybe you think Sir Alex Ferguson is truly deluded…?
Fucking snowing over here!
Have to dig my wellies out. 
Night fellas.
Night Willie!
samuel- one man definatley dosen’t turn things around oops-robbo cantona
Yeah so anyway, enough of the strawman arguments. No-one on this thread was “banging on about Sneijder” or suggesting he’d be our saviour.
P.S. I leave you with this picture: http://i.imgur.com/QGro2.jpg
The dark side is rising
Night Willie
Night United
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P.P.S. A message from Wesley Sneijder:
“There was definitely interest. For a while, I had a feeling that a transfer [to Manchester United] was pretty close. We discussed it a number of times, but the move eventually didn’t go ahead,”
“I never spoke with Alex Ferguson. Talks weren’t in such an advanced stage yet. I don’t really know why they eventually stopped their attempts to sign me either.”
“Manchester are one of the biggest clubs in the world, so of course I was open to a move. Nevertheless, a transfer was not a must for me. I’m happy to stay at Inter and I’m feeling very well in Italy.
“Perhaps Manchester United also got the feeling that I didn’t really want to leave Inter.”
FFS – we are second in the league – most of the top teams played.
Well we still need to buy Sneider and Nasri and Kaka and bring back Ronaldo and sign De Rossi (and Totti whilst we’re at it and every fucking player whose surname starts with Van, and Pele and Beckenbauer. Think Sir Bobby is getting back to finess to help out) and Rooney should be up front and we have no succession planning for the middle of the park and the sky is falling in. FFS sake listen listen to SAF
Injuries have caught us out lately but we are still second – quality of the play is well controlled – Villa did not have a fucking chance – one shot!!
We buried Newcastle but their keeper stood on his head – mentally that was there cup final and they got trimmed well yesterday.
Yeah we should be banging in more goals but this is a race where we need to pace ourselves – maintain squad consistency – bring in the new boys. All will be well.
SAF preaches it.
Only complaint would really like to see the new boys get more time – has been our history.
UNITED 20/4/12
@torontored its actually the 5th
Also, no-one suggested we need to sign any of those players.
Not at all. Sneijder and Nasri are merely examples. Their names will be replaced with other “supposed” targets next season. We’re light in midfield and are probably the only top club in the world that is eagerly awaiting the influx of youth in the team. If thats not happening expect supporters to talk about players who can do the job in a certain position, at this moment midfield.
we should buy £30 millon pound midfielders and if the reserves are good enough so be it
Markg – you’re only as good as the players around you, you could be a brilliant player but if those around aren’t of equal ability or at least close to that then your work is forfeited.
Cantona, bryan robson e.t.c were players who produced consistent inspiration but they also had help from their team mates.
Sneijder may be the solution to the creativity issues or he may not be but he would be part of a team and if his team mates don’t provide for him then he wouldn’t shine.
All i’m saying is i don’t know if Fergie was interested in him or not as we’ve dealt with speculations all summer and the fact is, he ain’t here plus i don’t think only sneijder can solve our midfield problems, there are no guarantees he’d make as fast an impact as we united fans want, of course his signing would be a major boost and we’d all get optimistic again but nothing is guaranteed.
I’d like Fergie to get out there and get players in midfield, we need both quality to add to what we already have and squad depth especially in that position but nothing is currently happening on that front but i suppose we have to believe although i’m baffled just like anyone.
Markg – you’re only as good as the players around you, you could be a brilliant player but if those around aren’t of equal ability or at least close to that then your work is forfeited.
Cantona, bryan robson e.t.c were players who produced consistent inspiration but they also had help from their team mates.
Sneijder may be the solution to the creativity issues or he may not be but he would be part of a team and if his team mates don’t provide for him then he wouldn’t shine.
All i’m saying is i don’t know if Fergie was interested in him or not as we’ve dealt with speculations all summer and the fact is, he ain’t here plus i don’t think only sneijder can solve our midfield problems, there are no guarantees he’d make as fast an impact as we united fans want, of course his signing would be a major boost and we’d all get optimistic again but nothing is guaranteed.
I’d like Fergie to get out there and get players in midfield, we need both quality to add to what we already have and squad depth especially in that position but nothing is currently happening on that front but i suppose we have to believe although i’m baffled just like anyone..
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Phil Jones is only 19 3:)
Over reliant of Rooney? I don’t think so actually. He ain’t very effective the last few games and we still won. But of course, if he’s at his best, we benefit so yeah.
Oh how much i love Vidic. So. Much. He really puts his head on the line for the team.
Keeper:
- Edwin’s looming retirement and Kuszczak’s tepid track record resulted in United selecting de Gea as our prime target. His age and inexperience, when added to Tomasz apparently having reached his ceiling, was deftly resolved with the purchase of the excellent Lindegaard.
Midfield:
- Scholes’ reduced role and likely retirement resulted in United identifying three proven midfielders worth adding to our squad. Only one would be acquired, if possible. The 3 players targeted were Modric, Nasri and Sneijder. Modric crossed himself off the list as he prefers London. Sneijder was told our ball-park offer, but chose not to compromise significantly, and therefore priced himself out of the picture. His addition would damage squad unity more than it would add to our options. Nasri agreed in principle to join United, but went back on his word to entertain a offer from city. We immediately severed his grasping arm when he tried to triple-cross city.
- United play with 2 wingers (at least!) We had Nani (excellent, but happier on the right), Giggs (playing more centrally now), Park (excellent tactically and plays to instructions, but not a naturally mercurial winger), Fabio (hammered Arsenal, but otherwise unproven). We bought Ashley Young.
- These two issues were not interdependent. We bought Young, and this did not sway us from targetting the 3 midfielders.
- When Sir Alex spoke of impeding Pogba he was referring to not purchasing a young unproven player (such as Jack Rodwell).
Defense:
- GNev’s retirement was clearly considered resolved already. The twins, Valencia, Smalling, Fletcher (and possibly a youth player?) would fill this position. United were even confident enough to sell/release Brown and O’Shea. A defensive long-term target had been identified however, a likely superstar by the name of Phil Jones. Other clubs began to hover around our Phil, so Sir Alex moved quickly, and brought him to United despite preferring Jones to remain at Blackburn for 1 more year.
i have a feeling we might go for rodwell IF he continues his current form..
never been a sneijder fan.. he’s a great player but not for us..
we need a box to box mid to suit our style. not many seem available currently..
javi martinez is one.. but there’s always the possibility he might leave in a few years to barca or virus,
hence sir alex seems intent on buying british talent and promoting from the academy..
any news on pogba’s contract??
our team in a few years would look like this
de gea
rafael smalling jones fryers
tunnicliffe cleverly
nani morrison young
rooney
good times.
Merry Christmas everyone!
KingOfStretfordEnd – hello mate. have a look at the gif linked by Fred at 20:12.
It’s a pastoral scene, that is interrupted by the launching of an ICBM!
@smartalex : concisely put.
can’t understand how some fans want us to buy all and sundry.
we don’t function like that.
its better when youth players are promoted.. they’re more loyal and actually play for the club rather than the money involved.. i don’t mid even if we take a couple of years rebuilding but as of now it seems the final product is worth the wait.
P.S : another reason sir alex won’t buy is cause some of the brightest prospects from our academy are all midfielders.. tunnicliffe clev morrison pogba(if he signs on).. i hear even larnell cole is a coming along great
Hello rohan19. You good? I guess that we’ll hear every development in Pogba’s contract discussions, probably in real time.
It is easy to over-react when hearing of player contract breakdowns. The one natural response is the all-too-human ‘We don’t fucking need him!”. An all-or-nothing die-for-the-flag uncompromising show of strength. Any psych. eval. will remind you that this is actually born from fear. Fear of embarrassment.
We can attract any player worth having! Fuck anyone who tries to prove otherwise.
ps If she doesn’t love me, then I fucking hate her and always have!
rohan19 – Understanding will remain an elusive grail, I’m afraid. The inconsistencies in the approach to the club amaze me. The arguments put forth sway with the winds of fortune, and take nothing else into account. The entrusted Sir Alex and co are fortunately not influenced by the knee-jerks. We have pies in ovens that not even the gluttonous press have wind of, never mind the array of top young players ready for some role in the Premiership.
We really can bask. I am!
rohan19 – Scholes this week had this to say about 18 year-old Larnell Cole:
“[He's] an excellent all-round footballer,” Scholes told the official United website.
“He can play wide right, central midfield, he can probably play other positions, too. He’s just someone who’s supremely confident on the ball, capable of scoring goals, making chances and he has a chance of being a good player for us, I think.
“He’s really impressed me. The ball seems almost glued to his foot, he knows exactly where he is on the pitch – which is key for a midfielder.”
i personally don’t like the Glazers much,but it has to be said the team has been pretty successful during their regime…some will say this success is despite the Glazers….the one thing i do like about them is that they do not interfere with the footballing aspects and let Fergie deal with it as he wishes….It also has to be said that they did give Ferguson the money to spend this transfer season and he has some gems….Phill Jones is absolute class,De Gea is certainly a world class star in the making and Ashley Young looks like he was destined to be at a club like United!… someone posted that we always used to get the players we wanted before the glazers arrived and now we do not have that luxury anymore.This according to me is not true…..i remember us trying to sign ronaldinho and because he chose barcelona over us we got RONALDO!!….same thing with arjen robben..he was even given a tour of old trafford and was set to join our club yet he joined Chelshit albiet higher wages…..so its not always the glazers fault that we did not get the players we wanted…..who knows maybe fergie thought snieder was not worth the insane amount we was asking…and nasri deal was spoilt by man shitty(the generally bid about 20 million more than the market price….dumb fucks!)
wayne
When asked to confirm Rooney would make the final squad, due to be announced at the end of May, Italian Capello said: “No, no I need to wait, I need to wait for UEFA’s decision. The appeal will be really important. I hope they understand what our lawyer will say, what Rooney will say and what I will say at the committee.”
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/287931/Fab-in-Rooney-threat
The FA are hoping that the commercial value of having Rooney at the Finals will encourage UEFA to to reduce the ban, enabling his inclusion. Of course, they don’t openly say that he won’t be picked, as the lily-livered losers are planning to pick him anyway.
It’s not cut-and-dried yet.
… he says, grasping at straws!
“I’m still young, I’m still learning the game and I don’t think it really matters about cementing a regular spot down in the side,” Jones told ESPN.
“As long as I am playing and enjoying playing, then that is all that matters. As my career progresses then it might be time to start cementing a regular spot down in a set position but for the time being, I’m just enjoying my time at Man United.”
‘cement a regular spot’?
This kid is a shoe-in every match, in whatever position he’s most needed.
Even Lindegaard is worried.
Fergie said: “We keep winding him up. I keep telling him ‘We’ve paid £16m for you and we can’t even get a shot off you’.”
Jones said: “I’m delighted with that one. I’ve been getting a lot of stick from the boys and backroom staff for not being able to score. Scoring in my own net in the Champions League wasn’t the ideal start to my scoring campaign but I’m delighted to get that one and for it to take the three points.”
Lindegaard said: “He’s awesome in any position. I’m just glad he’s such a lousy goalkeeper. It’s amazing how well he’s done in all the positions he’s been asked to play. No matter what the boss asks, he delivers every time. He’s also great in the dressing room.”
McLeish said: “He sees things the other youngsters don’t. He just ran into our box unchallenged. That’s why he cost what he did.”
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/223962/Aston-Villa-0-Manchester-United-1-Villa-killer-Phil-Jones-ends-duck-shoot-/
“Third round FA Cup game vs. Man City,” Ferdinand wrote on Twitter yesterday. “Great game to kick off this year’s FA Cup, can’t wait.”
1-0 is not safe as far as am concerned, as the opposition can get back any time, like the peno newcastle won to equalize and hold on… I was watching the highlights of the other games, and was disconcerted when I saw how easily the others scored in the weekend, the likes of arteta, adam johnson etc, while Utd are struggling to get the ball in the net. but I would happily take a 0-1 from Basel just to make sure we qualify, but sooner the scoring problem is solved the better it will be, and time I think to make the decision to sell the less impressive lads, like diouf or gibson, and get better replacements for them
The correct time to release academy products is in no way related to the first team’s current performances on the pitch.
As for Sunderland, they just used Steve Bruce to attract top players from United, then ditched the Geordie, and brought in a Northern Irishman, as the stars seem to be shining really brightly over their sporting sons.
Could it actually be that Gibson astutely spotted the trap!
He’s still playing for United, a lofty goal indeed.
Get in there Gibbo! Be a complete midfielder, come on son!
Wonder full United
You are the sunshine of my life
That’s why I’ll always be around,
You are the apple of my eye,
Forever you’ll stay in my heart
I feel like this is the beginning,
Though I’ve loved you for a million years,
And if I thought our love was ending,
I’d find myself drowning in my own tears
I’m drinking coke and cane
and singin’ this refrain
What a glorious feelin’
To be winning again!
dancin’ in the rain…
im happy again…
Winning, singing, drinking coke and cane!
1-0 is pretty much good enough for me. As long as the 3 points are in the bag. We’ve not been the most exciting club to watch in the EPL but we’ll still come along. But it’s obvious we have quality in defence,it’s been showing since the man city game. But we definitely need to buy cos carrick is done to me, Anderson and cleverley injured, how long are we gonna rely on carrick and rooney for creativity?
A good summary of Ole at Molde by Dave Quinn, entitled:
‘Sorcerer’s apprentice Solskjaer working magic at Molde’
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/english-football/sorcerer-s-apprentice-solskjaer-working-magic-at-molde-1.1138146?35550
same goes for nani and ashley who aint playing close to their best. i’m sure SAF would be looking into bringing in a strong attacking midfielder. Surely gonna relieve rooney
Good morning Red Devils around the world,
Paul Pogba turns down £15,000/week contract. At the same age Ryan Giggs was earning £120/week. Football has changed alot in last 20 years!
The door is open for whoever wants to leave
UNITED is what remains constant at the end of everything…
Phil jones has been the breakthrough player for us. Really impressed with the lad. Tom clev and Danny welbeck have also done really well for us. Injuries have disrupted their flow. Its Ok they are still young and will become stronger.
From youth academy I have been really impressed with fryers. Has a good temperament and is down to earth guy.
Others like pogba, Morrison , Will keane ,Michael keane, Larnel cole have still to prove themselves. They have to remain patient and work hard. Out of all Morrison has been the most impressive.
Then we Have Tunni also. He is a hard working guy. Knows about football and has loads of talent. He could be the first one to be a regular starter for us.
Sir alex won’t ;lose Pogba. But if Pogba wants to leave then so be it. We are Manchester United we don’t depend on one player. We can make 100 players who are like pogba or better than him .But I hope he is signed to a long contract.
Overall our future is bright. People may say whatever they want but I feel our side is the Most balanced side.
fuck sake. 15k a week for the best club in the world? i’d play for way less than that. but thats coz im shit.
In the picture, Jones looks like The Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of the Greek Titan Helios.
colossus:
- much bigger than life size
- of enormous size, importance, or ability
Source please sandeep.
@smartalex
Yeap saw that awesome stuff. Vidic youtheman.
HM… about Pogba.
Im not posting anything constructive but yeah.. I love Jones. Massively. Berba and Vidic have a new competitor.
Morning United
I think we should all stop with Pogba stories me included and wait till SAF says what he says
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16022468.stm
Enjoy that story instead
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Apart from the image of Jones’ goal and his celebration with the granddad looking on etched forever in my mind, I really don’t take heart from this victory. Sadly the injury woes we’re facing this year make the midfield situation look like a puzzle we can solve in our sleep!
I was talking to my friend before the match, and we both agreed on one point. Make Berba start every game with Rooney up front (once he’s fit, that is). Once he finds his match touch (not that he’s lacking it, but everyone rusts a bit) we’ll be converting, nay, pulling out chances from thin air in no time! He’s that class! Welbeck can come on the 70th minute for either one of them. But Berba HAS to play for us. SAF CANNOT keep him sidelined while he’s still in his game.
Morning all
Cedars is here……. Cedars? who the fuck is Cedars? hahaha
Are we there yet?
Morning MG
That link was just triffic! Always loved McClair as a player and since retiring he has given so much to the club…..
Loved Choccy. Probably one of very few who preferred him over Sparky when I was growing up. Great article that read it this morning, especially the bit at the end where he says children and football transcend all languages and culture. Truer words have never been spoken.
NRD
Hi pal, for me Choccy and Sparky were different types of players, Choccy probably had a better football brain, could read the game better and had a decent pass on him. Sparky was a beast, built like a brick wall, could never be bullied off the ball and he never really scored tap ins
Agreed Cedars. Although even though we didn’t win the league with them as a strikeforce. What a pair we had up front. They don’t make em like that anymore. Just remember as a kid had way more McClair clippings and posters than Hughes. Didn’t have the football brain then that I do now!!!
NRD
True that, we came close on a few occasions, 85 springs to mind (Could be wrong with the year so do forgive me) It was a season where we started the league with 10 straight wins only to falter at the end… We have been blessed with so many wonderful strikers that sadly never won the league with us… One striker I loved was Pearson another was Stapleton, such a class act he was on the pitch
Why did the chicken cross the road?….
to get to the other side ….obviously….but…
Why did the semen cross the road?……
Because it was my first wank in two weeks.
Nowt to do with Carrick mate, it’s Vidic being back! Just watch Carrick for one game, he does F all! Just runs around and passes backwards. The rest of the lads have been so poor this season, he’s starting to look decent thats all
A kid knocks on Kenny Dalglish`s door and starts to sing “Away in a Manger”.
Kenny replies “Fuck Off, I’ve already wasted enough money on Carrols”
Mancini, “I think our Balotelli is gay”.
Mansour, “What makes you think that?”
Mancini, “Have you seen the skid marks in his shorts?”
Mansour, “Yeah, but we all have skidders now and then”.
Mancini, “True – but not at the fucking front”
My mate’s been suffering with depression so I gave him a call to see how he was.
“Sorry mate I can’t talk, I’m just in a really dark place right now” he said.
“What’s wrong? Are you ok? Don’t do anything stupid” I replied.
“What? No, I’m at Anfield, I don’t want my phone getting nicked.”
Loved the last one, thought you were talking about Moses there for a second!
Hello NRD,
that is from twitter and other social networking sites,
I know they may just gossip but this whole story is making us uneasy regarding pogba, vieira, city and other shit..
anyway as mentioned, better we leave this till we hear something official..
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Aston Villa Team Statistics Manchester United
0 Goals 1
0 1st Half Goals 1
2 Shots on Target 4
4 Shots off Target 6
2 Blocked Shots 4
5 Corners 5
4 Fouls 12
2 Offsides 3
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
66.8 Passing Success 80.1
16 Tackles 8
75 Tackles Success 75
43.8 Possession 56.2
44.4 Territorial Advantage 55.6
355 Total Passes 473
23 Total Crosses 22
181 Lost Balls 183
51 Recoveries 55
39.2 1st Half Poss. 60.8
48.1 2nd Half Poss. 51.9
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for me, posession, tackles won, passing and aerial battles(thanks mainly to Vida) won stand out..
we are enjoying the water tight defence days again and how happy i m..
as Sir Alex said, the goals will come in as the season goes on..at the moment, keeping clean sheets and ticking 3 points is all we need..
and i hope we will have less injuries starting from now, its really annoying,
first we were spoilt for choices in strikers dept and now we are falling way short, thank god, Danny is back at least..
I think we will miss Chicharito in away games but i have hope in Danny boy to excel as he started the season…
happy days ahead red devils..
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MG,
thank you for the lovely link, good read that
Non football but I love watching them babes dancing with only their bikinis on, or is it their panties, not sure……… The song gets me in the groove too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5luLhzba13M
Cedars give us a wave, Cedars Cedars give us a wave………… Cedars? Who the fuck is Cedars?
Cedars is now officially drugged, by prescribed medication may I add, I err do not condone the use of illegal drugs, well to minors anyway! hahahaha
RoM has been troll/WUM free for a couple of days which is nice to see, I do miss a bit of action though
Just as I typed my last post Tgan appears on the United draw shitty thread….. Bless the heavens
One of the rare occasions that I get to go out, I usually a visit a friend who owns a coffee shop near by, I sit and have a few laughs…. A kid from the neighborhood, probably 16 or 17 comes in frequently, nice kid, loves football and recently we had this chat (Real story)
‘Who do you support?’
‘Barca’
‘Oh nice choice, and why is that?’
‘Messi’
‘What if Messi went to say Madrid, what then?’
‘I would support Madrid’
I just cracked up with laughter, some of these young fellas have NO idea what it means to actually support a team….pity in a way
Oh and why the fuck am I here all on my own?
“Manchester United need a defensive midfielder, an attacking midfielder and a striker but will still finish above all but their most bitter rivals.”
i love journos
@sandeep cheers mate
Like you and others have said think it is best to leave it and see how it pans out. It is uncomfortable reading the rumours but we’ve all had our say no need to ruminate over it, that does nobody any good.
NRD,
I have nothing of confirmation yet but found this in website,
though i doubt the credibility of the source..
http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/football-hotline/2011/12/04/united-prospect-pogba-rejects-deal-and-sparks-interest-from-rivals-city-102039-23608302/
I love Hernandez, I really do, but I really do feel we play better when he’s not playing. The last few weeks we’ve struggled to string much together in the attacking third because, good as he is in and around the box, he’s actually pretty awful with the ball at his feet. Having Nani off Rooney after the injury to the poor fella was, I think, a blessing in disguise — a front PAIR that could bob and weave together, create things rather than simply get on the end of them.
How the fuck do we need a striker! Get choccy out of retirement and resign sparky they will fire us to GLORY! Stupid fuckin journos.
How the fuck do we need a striker! Get choccy out of retirement and resign sparky they will fire us to GLORY! Stupid fuckin journos.
NRD,
yeah i understand you point mate,
no worried,
better we leave it until its official,
nothing like UNITED will be doomed by this news or transfer
Players come and go, UNITED remains the winner..
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Cedars,
how are you my good friend? Long time..hope all is well,
Good chat with that Kid,
Cant blame him though, the times have changed.
from “loving a player because he played for my best club”
to
‘ loving a club because my best player plays for that club”
its all non sense,
as i pointed out last month,
Indian movie star has become the ambassador of Barca and he sports their jersey, he knew shit, he knows shit and he will know shit about football.,..
Woo hoo my first ever double post. Thanks food the link Sandeep
Woo hoo my first ever double post. Thanks food the link Sandeep
NRD
Get Cantona, Keane and Robbo out of retirement more like! Fucking idiots indeed
Sandeep
Hi buddy, ya just fickle fans these days
as long as Evra and Smalling are fit,
i think we will see Jonesy more in Midfield, along with Fletch, Carrick and eventually Tom C..
in case of inuries to defenders and want to rest Rio, then we have jonesy to fill in..
it will be too much of versatility and adjustments to ask of a 19 years old lad, but that is how the future Mancshester United is going to be…
NRD
More like double double posts! hahaha and with typos! Love it
Thanks food I am here! hahahahaha
Like buses 2 double posts at once. Which indian movie star sandeep?
Lol @ cedars – predictive text on a japanese phone=nightmare! Can’t even turn it off. It becomes ito for becomes food. Pain becomes pali.
NRD,
Ranbir kapoor,
Who the fuck is that?
Sorry for using the word ‘the’
Hahaha I just piss my self at my self I do
@Cedars, You cannot blame them really! It just isn’t football, but the values in general they’re taught. Loyalty isn’t a value in this world anymore and that only extends to football. Even in my time (and I am only 24), I was taught about being loyal to things you love – Family, Relatives, Friends, Country – and those teachings extended when I began supporting Manchester United. Even in the generation next to mine, many of these values have been diluted and replaced by a more materialistic attitude. Hence, the kid is speaking like that.
Look at me rambling like a fool!
Here’s a debate I want to start: Where do you see Phil Jones’ long term future – in a Keane/Robbo role or as a central defender?
I remember posts from King Eric and Willie, and all of us seemed to think the same thing. That he will eventually end up being a Keane or a Roobo and leading the team from mid-field. That was before I had gotten a chance to see him completely. Now that I have, I am more or less sure that if he ends up a defender, that will be somewhat a waste of his immense footballing skills. Not to mention I sometimes feel he is a bit short for a central defender in the English game.
Every time I look at him, I say to myself this is a kid who was born to be the successor to Roy Keane and Bryan Robson. Someone who is going to have the ability to take the game by the scruff of the neck and lead his team to victory like Keane did in Juventus. He is arguably the best all-around footballing youngster in the game right now.
For me, I think Phil Jones is a future Manchester United captain, maybe even in his early 20s as he has the leadership to be like that, and he will lead the team from mid-field. I have a feeling Sir Alex also is thinking along the same lines.
As for defense, we’ve still got Smalling and Evans covering that position.
One reason only he’s doing that…Money!!! Succes of IPL has them all interested in sports all of a sudden. Stick to making hollywood remakes.
Clubs with most CL wins
Manchester United : 99,
Real Madrid: 93,
Barcelona:92,
Bayern Munich: 77,
AC Milan: 69,
Arsenal: 61.
Win Against Basel will seal our 100th CL
win …
Yet Another Historic moment
Awaits us
Manchester United… ♥
guys,
anyone read Netherton’s article on Messi’s flawed genius on ESPN Soccernet? He’s one step short of starting a riot
has pissed people off big time!
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/conversation?id=990327&cc=4716
the petition
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/espn-soccernet-stop-publishing-alex-netherton/
NRD..
You an Indian?
You know lot of stuffs about India…
@Sandeep, I thought it was pretty apparent that NRD was an Indian (Sikh, I think) especially after his wishes for Diwali and all.
And you are officially the second stat person on ROM after the King of Stats, Costas. You are the Prince, so to speak.
Balaji
You do rumble on! hahah Just kidding, always love your posts….
Here is the thing, we may just may be able to replace Keano, or find a player with similar skills, could be Jones, too soon to tell but we will NEVER find anyone in the Robbo bracket…..
Not that I am biased towards Robbo my any means!
Yes mate parents are both from India I was born and bred in England though. Try and take the best of both worlds but end up pissing both cultures off.
NRD
Best of both worlds? That is being a ladyboy pal, just ask Torres! hahahahaha
You have a dirty mind cedars my friend. Only you could have arrived at that conclusion.
No one and I mean NO one can ever be compared to Robbo…..
NRD – I know I do and I love it! hahaha
Torres doesnt have the best of both worlds…he’s a titless wonder…
Jeet
Hi buddy…. hahaha A trip to Thailand will have him sorted on the titty department….
Best sign off for me nap now
Forgot to mention that which is obvious and will make this comment redundant – my earlier comment was OT
@Cedars
Robbo was the meaning of the term ” a one man team” but I would say the one man who does come in the same bracket for me is Keano.
Both exactly what we are missing in the current squad, i can just see Keano and Scholes now playing CM.
@giggs12gerrard0
Can you see De Rossi playing for us? What about Pablo Aimar?
Both free in the next transfer window you know….
One man does not make a team, all they can do is make bigger impacts. can one man do every aspects of a football match? defend, keep the ball in every position and score at the same time?
……
@Lovin United
Certanly i see De Rossi being a player we could utilise but not sure he will float Fergie’s boat. Aimar i would say a dfinate no to as he is suited to end his career in Portugal now more relaxed and can peak in the off champions league games, he has had a great career.
@ Samuel
In terms of Robbo yes he could and did, hence why we didnt win the league in his prime as he never had the supporting cast required.
De Rossi situation reminds me of the whole Ballack saga a few years back. Aimar just can’t see us going in for player like him.
Balaji,
Lol at your prince comment..
Cedars,
Yeah buddy you are right, no one can be on Captain Marvel’s bracket..
in my free time, i would love to download his videos, lets hope i can watch more of him in those..
we gonna miss Carrick at Basel by the way
@Sandeep
Hi mate hows tricks? Are you happy with the bitters in the draw? I couldnt have been more made up yesterday i was buzzing.
Would you not put Keano close to Robson?
Anand,
Hello mate,
thanks for the link, a riot indeed..
not that i m worried one bit about Messi or Cunntalona, they deserve no attention from me and most of the Red Devils
Samuel
You have a point but trust me during Robbo’s prime we were a one man team, totally clueless without him and almost brilliant with him, that is how good he was
giggs12gerrard0
Hi pal, no one loves Keane more than I do, however Robbo will always edge it for me….. The mere thought of a Keane and Robbo midfield is pure football fantasy
@CEDARS
I agree mate and Robbo edges it for me also but it was more pointing out that although no one else comes near Keano does.
I disagree about loving keano more as I think i may edge it as you love an Arsenal player to much and Keano would pissed about that
Speaking of Robbo I swear I could hear our fans chant One Bryan Robson at Villa Park on Saturday.
Just picture any opposing team manager reading the team sheet….
‘Oh for fucks sake, its Keano and Robbo in the middle again, pack your bags lads, we’re going home… Pointless to even go out on the pitch’
NRD
Heard it too pal, that would have been initiated by our friend James21 who posts here… He was at VP
giggs12gerrard0
Shhh, that was supposed to have been out secret! hahaha
Hello.
Just saw this comments from a bitter on the Nazi Mail site. You couldnt make it up. City is every team’s cup final!! Yeah course it is you silly cunt. Thats why teams are rolling over for them:
“Yeah that goes for you and your team what a joke they were yesterday! talk about not turning up every team thinks it a cup final when they play city hoping to get a win to cover up there dismal season utd played s#|t but villa just stood there!”
Good observations Scott. Regarding Carrick I have always been a fan as folk know. Him hitting form at this time of year is no coincidence. I remember in the summer of 06 when we signed him I asked a Spurs mate what he thought. He said he ALWAYS gets better as the season goes on.
@NRD
We was singing it mate I was there and we had all the old songs going. Great atmosphere
King Eric
Hi there my friend, posted earlier that I think Carrick is the main reason why we have become so solid defensively again, pure class he is…..
Now piss off and give the Mrs a much needed foot rub!!
Balaji – Spot on about Jonesy mate.
Anand – Hhmm. Interesting. There is no doubting Messi’s ability but the writer raises some valid points. Anyway Ronnie is the better all round player. Both footed. Powerful. Headers. Free kicks. he has the lot.
giggs12gerrard0
Were you there? Did you see my banner?
@King Eric
mate I am sick of defending Carrick in K everyone has a running joke about it, but he is genuibely our best midfielder by a strech.
@Cedars
I was there mate I was sat in tier 2 in the away end, villa fans are shite not a single song could be heard.
what banner was yours mate?
Cedars – Hello mate. Ha. Concerning Robbo. As you know he was my boyhood idol. Had the New Balance boots. Was listening to an old Fergie interview the other week about Gazza. He said he deployed Robbo, Whiteside and Moses in a three man midfield and he took the piss. They couldnt handle him. He nutmegged Moses then went back to pat him on the head. Fergie shouted to them “hit the fat bastard” but they couldnt get close. What a player Gazza would have been at United. Was due to sign, Fergie flew to Malta expecting done deal then Edwards called him following day and said he signed for Spurs. Could have been a legend.
Giggs12 – Hello mate. Spot on. He is one of the best one and two touch passers in the game as well.
@King Eric
I ahd them as well mate Nwe Balance Robson Gold they were called.
@King Eric
Did you hear Alan McInally on sky sports having a go at United fans wgho dont appreciate Carrick, quality!
I was on lower tier. Giggs. Did u see the Villa fan in the white getting wound up all through the game? The stewards grabbed him, all the Utd fans were singing ‘Do as your Told. Do as your told.
Cedars the Ol banner must have had a cloaking devise. Really do kick myself, no bloody photo’s, I went right to the front hopeing the TV cameras would catch it.
King Eric
I remember watching Gazza in a Spurs shirt kicking his own team mate off the floor after being fowled so he can get on with it, pure genius…. Pity we never saw him in RED
@James
I did mate it was funny that, he was proper wound up wasnt he. The stewards in the top deck were idiots throwing loads of united out then just sittnig there in their seats.
Did you see the letter from Vidic taped to each seat asking us to sit in our allocated seat and to refrain form standing haha!
Good on you lads. There were people round me that got the words wrong to that chant when we played Bolton at home last season. Some people chanting One Man United. Not been many away games but have been Villa Park are few times. Quality away day.
James21
Haha no worries, will look out for it at the East Stand v Wolves….. By the way you and Giggs12 should hook up, he’s an East Stand regular too
Giggs
Yeh I’ve got it with the programme. The stewards left us alone genrally.
@James
Where in East are you mate, i am K stand sec 239
Damn Cedars. I missed Tgan out of your song.
East tier 2. E335. I go in Sam Platts normally.
@James
Ah right sound mate I am tier one, I am a town man myself normally in Cask or the Deansgate!
James21 – hahaha, have a special mention for him in your next tune!
Before I sign off again I have this to say….
The Stretty > K stand, SAF Stand or any other stand for that matter! Ha! Bring it on
Laters my friends
Oh yeah I can concur about Villa fans being one of the worst set in the league. Now that Doug Ellis has fucked off whats their excuse? Their attitude towards Europe compared to teams like Fulham and chelski northern rent boys supporters club leaves a lot to be desired, their attitude towards O Neill after he took them from nowhere to consistent European places and almost top 4 and a cup final was appauling. Add to that they are based in the biggest shithole in England…Birmingham (See Note)
Note: If liverpool was geographically bigger they would win hands down, thank fuck it isn’t less theiving scum on the planet
@Cedars
Keano > RVP
The way i see it is this? Robbo edges it for Cedars. Keano edges it for me. At the end of the day though, both were fucking awesome midfielders for United! Maybe if I’d seen Robbo in the flesh, it would be different. I seen Keano live. The man covered ground, I thought was never possible. Most influential player in Fergie’s tenure. Why fans love these players, is the way they give everything on the pitch. Even when they weren’t playing at their max, you still knew they were trying their best. Probably why United fans would never get on their backs. I get the impression, when United lost games, Keane and Robson took it personally. Put the blame on themselves. I’ve always said this, and I still believe it to be true. Football fans would forgive most things, but not giving everything for the shirt, we can’t forgive. You couldn’t put that charge on Robbo and Keano. That’s what disappointed me the most against city. We seemed to give up those last 3 goals. I don’t mind losing, but throwing up the White flag, is unforgivable in my eyes. So, the FA cup game at wastelands, is the ample opportunity, to set the record straight. Fergie and the lads, will be pumped up for this one. Our fans, will rise to the challenge as well. 19
giggs12gerrard0,
Hello buddy, how are you? i m good..
Yeah i was thrilled to get Bitters in the FA cup, its time for revenge and show them exit..this time, there will be no regrets..
Regarding Robbo-keano..
I havent seen Robbo play for us
so i m not in a position to answer you,
but from what i have gone through with our club history and few player autobigraphies,
Captain Marvel is indeed in a different bracket..
Keano..He was a beast..stunning player, he too was in a league of his own,
but to half answer your question,
yeah keano is the closest to Robbo in the last 2 decades…
Hello King Eric,
howdy? Evening pal..
Top post willierednut- Nothing more to add other than for me as well Keane ahead of Robbo for the exact same reasons you mentioned. Saw one in the flesh but didn’t see the other.
Haha God forbid,most stupid gif this year
http://h11.abload.de/img/bieber_safydj28.gif
@ RedBlizzard – Whoever created that gif deserves to be hung, drawn and quartered. Sticking that waste of sperm Bieber and Fergie in the same Gif.
Judging by the background it looks like X Factor, how any self respecting male with a pair of testicles which he uses for fornication with the opposite sex can enjoy United and X Factor is beyond my comprehension.
God i hate Justin Beiber, i put that on all my internet profiles. You can add these modern day gay musicals
Carrick Bashers!
Hands up if you have heard a fan of your club say they will never be successful until the team can keep the ball like Arsenal or Barcelona? Hands up if you’ve heard England fans saying we need to play like Spain to win anything? And hands up if you’ve heard someone moaning about a player passing sideways and backwards?
Therein lies the problem. A lot of football fans in this country claim to want to see a more continental style of football, yet they expect every pass to be a killer, forward one.
This was summed up perfectly as I listened to Michael Carrick getting both barrels from some fans watching Manchester United’s game at Aston Villa on Saturday evening. ‘He’s rubbish, he never passes forwards’ was their analysis of the midfielder, and it’s a common criticism of Carrick among United supporters. The very same supporters that have twice rued their team’s failure to match Barca in Champions League finals.
I actually aren’t a massive fan of Barca’s style of football. I certainly respect it but I genuinely prefer the English-style of play – I like quick, attacking football and often find myself bored by Barca’s pass, pass, pass approach. If all you Carrick critics feel the same way as me then moan away, but if you are one of those that believes tiki-taka is the way forward for your club and for England, then you are a hypocrite.
Carrick is by far the best English passer of the ball and he has been outstanding on every occasion I have seen him this season. United need someone not to replace him but to partner him if they are to stand a chance of matching Barca any time soon.
As for England, it is a sad indictment of our game that someone with as little technical ability as Theo Walcott is such a key figure, while someone with the brain and class of Carrick will finish 2011 without a cap.
I agree with the above article ,surely we should be looking for a player to partner carrick and get the best out of him as we have with our acquisitions of Vidic and Hernandez,to compliment Ferdinand and Rooney respectively.Those purchases have left us with the best offensive and defensive pairings in the entire premier league.So enough of the Carrick bashing…lets get a player who will make Carrick reach the potential we all know his capable of.
Jones looked the part but only time will tell.
Willie … top post, mate. And I reckon it’s that quality you identified, that Keano and Robbo had, that SAF is mostly talking about when he refers to what makes a “United player”. Keano and Robbo had it more than anyone else, maybe, but that’s the quality SAF treasures most, imo, and he always looks for some of that in a player. That’s why he won’t go out and buy just anyone, even someone who has the necessary skills and other football qualities.
And although it’s still early in the lad’s career, I reckon Jones has got that quality or attribute in spades — great big tractor-loads of it, in fact. I remember one of our guys (was it Evra? Scholes?) talking about Jones when he played for Blackburn last season and we thrashed the crap out of them 7-1 (remember Berbatov, the stupid bastard, scoring 5 goals when it didn’t matter and he could have spread them around over several matches, the dumb selfish bastard!). They were totally impressed that even on the end of a hiding like that, Jones didn’t drop his head, didn’t want to give up.
You can’t learn shit like that. You can’t teach it. It’s there or it isn’t. But if it, then in the hands of a master coach, that core of pure diamond can be cut and polished and fashioned into a thing of awesome beauty and power. And there’s none better at that than SAF.
But hey, it’s not like I’m putting pressure on Jones or anything
I’m hoping he stays in the midfield.
@Theboywazza
I dont think it is clear cut as that but I certanly know where you are coming from. Put this way give me Michael Carrick over Sergio Biscuits anyday of the week.
Its not his passing people dont realise its his ability to move left to rigth in an instance he has a great footballing brain.
Its a tough comparison Robson might edge it with his goals. Would like to have seen Keane score more. His vital goal against Juventus away when we were 2-0 down in 99 probably justifies that though. Both were key players in their respective era’s. Nah I can’t call it
Cedars
Heskey> RVP :p :p :p
Notorious and StatesideAussie
Thanks lads.
@thatboywazza , i think you’ll after the last 3 games or so, there are extremely few Carrick ‘haters’, he’s the proverbial helmet of the team right now
Bobby Manc in a blue santa hat
RVP
Afternoon United
Okay i know every match report has contained the “it has to be said Aston Villa were shit…bla bla…” section, but anyone else notice that when Phil Jones left midfield and Ferdy left defense, newcastle started geting into the game a bit. I dont think Aston Villa were shit, i think the Jones-Carrick pairing is midfield adamantine
James21,
wear your bullet proof jacket,
cedars is about to shoot you
Willie,
top post on captain Marvel and Keano pal..
RedBlizzard,
i fucking hate beiber to the core..
To the tune of Rewind -Artful Dodger ft Craig David
Van Persie when the girl says “No!”
MOLEST HER!!!
Good night cedars, good night all.
Oh shit, Villa i mean
Sandeep
If I’m about to get shot MG is about to get Crucified, hung drawn and quartered then shot.
James
Cedars will preach Ezequiel Sheep and Goats before he seeks his vengeance
We better be ready
Cedars
You know I love you
Better get it in before WW3 starts and goats legs and sheeps brains are flying everywhere
MG
Moses> RVP
“With City yet to play any of their toughest games yet”:
Well, they’ve been to White Hart Lane, been to Anfield, and I’m not sure but I think they might have already visited Old Trafford this season – they’ve picked up 7 points from those games and scored 12 goals in the process. They might have already played most of their toughest games.
King Eric @ 13:31 … yeah, and that might have been better for Gazza too, if he had signed for us. I reckon it would have put his life on the right track. What a waste, for us, for him, and for British football.
Good for them.
No injuries to key players at any of the vital games or any stage yet. If that continues then they’ll take some stopping.
booch>RVP
Buggers the lot of you, its a good thing I am still getting my energy back so not feeling up for a proper one…. Mentioning RVP left right and center behind my back like that! You should be ashamed hahaha
As for the Robbo debate, Willie makes a good point, its all about who made more of an influence on you, both are great, well Keane is great but Robbo is a legend! (Cannot help it)
Out for my frigging prescribed walk…. Catch you later lads
Sheep and goats sheep and goats sheep and goats hahaha
Red Neville @ 16:21: ” they’ve been to White Hart Lane, been to Anfield, and I’m not sure but I think they might have already visited Old Trafford this season – they’ve picked up 7 points from those games and scored 12 goals in the process. They might have already played most of their toughest games.”
That’s right – the next few weeks (away to RentBoyz and then TheArse) will be important. UTD simply cannot lose points to the DeadMenWalking (Wolves/Wigan/QPR/Fulham) that are on their fixture-list in the same time period. Indeed, UTD need to pick up points so that the gap at the turn of the year is closed.
For me, the interesting thing about ManShitty’s run of success is that – on a man-for-man basis – they seem suspect at the back BUT their team-defence is generally well-organized and Joe Hart has saved their bacon on more than a few occasions (especially at AnFailed). Sure they have a very, very good attack but – really – not one of Aguero/Silva/Johnson/Balotelli would be an automatic first-choice for their national teams. Gareth Barry might have Capello’s confidence but – so what ? YaYa Toure is their key player in my opinion; more so than David Silva. HOWEVER, it’s a team game and it’s hard not to be impressed with their organization and discipline – and that has to be a tribute to Roberto Mancini’s management in bringing so many disparate parts and welding them into a coherent whole.
IF TheLads can get to evens by the new year then it really will be “game-on” but if there’s still a five-point gap then I’m much less confident that this year’s stuttering/sputtering team can ramp it up and run through the gears in the late winter/spring as some of its predecessors have do. Getting a settled back-six (i.e., including Michael Carrick) will, of course, be imperative; but, equally getting an attacking-five playing a synchronized game is equally important.
Mixing-and-matching the attacking quintet – especially with Ashley Young/Antonio Valencia/Dimitar Berbatov – isn’t a great idea. In contrast, I’m keen on promoting Phil Jones to play alongside Michael Carrick and giving DannyTheLad and Ravel Morrison more chances to play ahead of that veteran trio. Above all, what I’ve missed seeing since the opening month is a slashing and thrusting attack – TheLads have been waaaay too timid and, regardless of how tight the back-six can keep it, goals win games. Besides, watching UTD goals is the most fun.
That’s all for now – back to the grind.
Lmao @ Nabi, I thought he was the latest exotic player we were linked to
Spot on Scott – As long as Rooney performs elsewhere I don’t mind him not scoring for a few games, its not as if he doesn’t go through patches anyway, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he starts up again at Basel. Can’t wait for that game, should be an open match against the Champions. As for City, im expecting them to catch a rent boy backlash, as disturbing as that may sound.
Stuttering and spluttering ? Not United’s usual flair but far from a team in trouble.Pressure is on City to maintain their run I don’t think they are capable of it and am sure it will show in the next couple of games they play.
let’s support rooney on puskas award
http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/puskasaward/index.html
I’ve just noticed the amount of Praise I have been giving Carrick this months. My mates are fucking pissed with me banging on about
“Ramires & Mikel don;t know how to cut out play….like Carrick”,
“Spain love their holding mids, Busquets,Senna, Martinez, carrick would feel right at home”
“If there was one player that can change the way England play football at the moment its Carrick”
“Man United are at their most sucessful during the season carrick is a star man 2006-07-08-9. End of 2011.”
I think he’s overtaken Fletch as my favourite centre mid who’s held that position since 2006 even though he was on the bench till 2008.
Where is that Carrick-bashing prick on RoM? Forgot his name…it had carrick in it….?
Giggs12 – Sorry for the late reply but no didnt hear McInally.What did he say? Yes Carricks form dipped post Rome but at the end of last season and this season he has been somewhere near his best. In recent weeks he has been top drawer.
Parryheid- the test is how City react to a loss, when it happens, how quickly can they recover their belief ?. in the past teams like united the scouse and Chelski have succeeded- when on form- to quickly regain their composure. Classic example is United after the derby game. Many teams would have been crippled by such a result , not us.
You mean carBANGrick, haven’t seen him here for quite awhile…
Sandeep – Evening my friend. Hope you are well pal.
thatboywazza – Nail on the head mate.
The problem with Carrick is the same as it is for anyone who wishes to live a private, quiet life in modern day football. He is not flashy; he doesn’t spend millions of bucks on flashy high-end assets; he doesn’t parade his fame around like everyone else; he chooses to have a relatively private life with his family instead of a life amongst the paparazzi; he never as much moans once in public about the quality or quantity of games he gets; in fact, you are not even going to hear about him in papers if it wasn’t for his footballing exploits; on the outside, he is a relatively quiet person.
All of the above makes him an easy target for knobheads. They don’t realize what a gem of a player we find ourselves with in the realm of modern day football.
Oh well, as long as there are those of us who realize his true quality as a footballer and a human being, that is all that matters. Carrick is certainly one of the brightest gems in our recent history.
Player bashing most if not all the time stems from ignorance, those who are clueless about the game and its tactics. Carrick is a very very important player for us, he is calm and composed and brings that much needed stability for our back line… He is an easy target for the ignorant bashers because he is not your flashy type player …..
Evening all
Cedars
I think you hit the nail on the head and said it much better than Balaji. Evening Cedars. What flavour of those psychedelic pills are you on tonite?
sorry Balaji but saying thats its because he not flashy and quiet is in itself knobhead talk
Have to agree regarding the quality of Carrick. It’s a mystery why England has never really made use of his many talents. It’s a shame he seems to have hung up his shooting boots (remember the Roma game?) but he’s a world class midfielder.
I often get the feeling that Carrick, much like Scholesy, is not appreciated in England because of the way the English think about the game. If they were Spanish people would be babbling about the time that both players seem to have on the ball. In England we like the all action midfielder, and we seem to define action as goals, and sometimes assists.
@slim, I choose to ignore the underhanded insult, for whatever reason. But I was talking about non-footballing activities. Footballing side of Carrick has been covered enough on this forum for me to discuss about it all over again. But had he been outspoken and loud, he would’ve received far less criticism than what he is receiving now. I truly believe that to be the case. I believe the same for Berbatov. They are great players who have relatively quite personalities. They are not going to be outspoken like some of their colleagues which allows insults upon insults to be piled on them.
@king Eric
Hi mate McKinally was saying Carrick is the best one touch two touch passer in the league and united fans who bash him don’t have a clue.
Evening slim
Strawberry pal! hahaha
Balaji
How are you my friend, slim sort of confused me (Not for the first time hahahaha) I said he was not a flashy player so I assumed I was the one with the knobhead talk! hahaha
Still love the fella regardless, always cracks me up
Balaji isn’t a knobhead? He’s a fanny magnet! He he. Good evening all?
Willie is in the house baby, lets get the party started
On a side note COME ON Fulham
@Cedars, I am doing great my friend. Lugging my DSLR around Dubai and taking snaps of whatever strikes my fancy. Mostly architecture though, if I capture anything else, I would probably be jailed for life.
Re Slim, I also had a hard time understanding his post and whether it was directly intended at me or not. If it was, I choose to ignore it.
@Willie, I wish I was. LOL! Maybe in my dreams.
I dont know if it’s been mentioned but Ronnie Wallwork is now sowing mail bags,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-16012632
Balaji
Whilst not wanting to sound out of date, I have no clue what a DSLR is, I can only assume from your post that its some sort of camera? Furthermore nothing else to take pictures of in Dubai is there? I mean the frigging nature is just desert! hahahaha
Balaji Sivaraman
yeah it was to you. i thought your post on Carrick on was a bit opinionated thats all. Cedars said it perfectly, ignorance of the game is main reason he gets it from all corners, nothing to do with his personal life. There’s loads of non flashy players who don’t get stick
Bobby z hat trick would do nicely!
@slim, It is what I personally feel and I don’t want to be called a knobhead for it. If you had said my post was opinionated the first time around, I probably would’ve ignored it just as well. I don’t take online insults personally though, so no point getting into an argument with you for. But I would prefer you do without the insult next time around.
Bili Albania – thank you for the link! I had been voting frequently for Rooney since the voting opened and I’m glad to see he has made the final three. Now let’s help him win the damn thing!
RedBlizzard – Merry Christmas! Love the Santa Claus picture.
Add to that a double from Dempsey
@Cedars, LOL! That is exactly what it is. Have been lugging it around for the past few days. The buildings are pretty decent to look it and are worth capturing though, but, yeah, mostly just sand as you would know, lol. Hope you are doing well my friend.
Cedars give us a wave, Cedars Cedars give us a wave……… Cedars? Who the fuck is Cedars
Sorry fellas, I know I am milking this but its not every day that you get a banner with your name at a football ground!
Of course Balaji’s not a knobhead, Ignorance of the game is where the hate stems from- Carrick. His demeanor/personality has nothing to do with it. Its easy and a bit knob-ish to say its because he’s not a “loud” player with loads of personality hence the hate that comes his way. A lot of fans just don’t appreciate what he does on the pitch. If anything his off pitch behavior has stood him in good stead or the hating would be even worse
@Balaji – i don’t know why you think there was any underhand insult. i assure you nothing of the sort. Just challenging your school of thought on the Carrick bashing
Suarez hit a fantastic strike, I could have sworn the ball flew right out of the stadium! hahaha
Balaji
Doing as well as can be my friend, always a smile on my face…. The way it should be….
Cedars is seeing banners in front of his eyes
Cedars I’m waving!!!
Evening Cedars/All
@slim, Fair enough mate! As usual things get caught out of context in relation to a post, I was just caught aback with the mention of my name and knobhead in the same line probably. No issues whatsoever and I have to say it is late at night here as well.
As for my school of thought, it is just something I carry from personal experience and something I apply to all walks of life. The person who is loud, outspoken and brattish in his behaviour is going to have less things said about him than someone who is quiet, introverted and chooses to be a pacifist of sorts. Whenever I look at some of the footballers who consistently earn the ire of United fans like Berbatov, Evans, Carrick and even Gibson, that is the first thought that comes to my mind – that these guys are all quiet folks. Maybe I am not quite putting it forward in the proper manner: A large part of it does have to do with ignorance of football as everybody else is saying, but I personally always feel the quiet folks are targeted more often than not.
MG
Good evening my friend, a true friend you are…….. Red to the core and a proper gentleman may I add
December 4, 2011 at 21:06
MKADYA says:
Feg is spoiling Rooney on playing him on midfeild. Thats why man u is not scoring goals. Feg should know that rooney cant much the calibres of the likes of david silva, mata,scott parker, modric etc. him is a good striker, to compete with teams like madrid, barcelona we need to invest in this january transfer window
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Fred
That is a fucking classic, how on earth did I miss that one! Hilarious…. Feg???? Hahahaha
Cedars
A true friend is great because around him his friends are greater still
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I for one would be disappointed if we don’t get a snap of the Cedars banner the next time around. James, get on it ASAP!
@Cedars, Great to hear my friend. This is something I always say to myself and being around you on ROM has only increased that attitude: “Never lose that smile”
Feg? I reckon he meant Feggie ….hope Nabi has a good game vs Brasle
Balaji
Have you done photos of Jumeirah Beach yet lol
MG & Balaji
Enough with the loving, my eyes easily water these days! We’re all proper REDS we share a common love…..
I live for two things, my daughter and United, anything else is just a bonus
I voted there for Rooney. Hope he wins it. Don’t want the midget, or the lesbian winning.
@MG, Now that you ask of it, I was planning to go there this week or the next. My stay in Dubai comes to an end on December 29th when I will be flying back to India permanently. I am planning to visit a few landmarks and capture snaps to my heart’s content before I leave this city.
Balaji
Hope the day will come when you can visit OT my friend, will be the trip of your life….
Willie
Think I got who the midget is but who is the lesbian?
Feg, Nabi and Bero. Sack the lot of ‘em and bring in Mino, Raldo and Oza from Real Madrid.
Cedars – the lesbian is Neymar.
Hahahahaha
Balaji – Hmm yes, you’re right with regards to those players – Berbatov,Gibson and co have question marks here and there. it hasn’t been smooth sailing for those players and that can’t be denied. Good fantastic players but would probably say they haven’t done as well as they would have liked. Funny thing is you could describe half the squad that way. No one ever complains about game time and they all look and sound level headed. JOS was another one who was quiet – got stick but somehow always managed to endear him self. I think we’ve missed him this year
Feg please sign someone in February otherwise we’re fucked……. pleeeeeeease would do nicely!
Cedars –
Fegie!
Southgate and Townsend are so fucking knowledgeable that it makes watching them on mute at half time such a joy
Cedars – don’t forget that 2012 is a leap year, so we have an extra day to sign someone in the February transfer window!
Fred
You got me there, sorry meant to say March!
I would like SAF to sign someone in March – March is my preferred time of month for transfers
Looking at those 2 fuck heads with their touch screen tech analyzing the match cracks me up, what a pair of idiots………. Rumors going round saying that Southgate might be next England manager…..
Ha fucking haaaaa!
Actually Feb 29 is preferred date for transfers
Glazers would love me
Cedars
Southgate is already the FA’s head of elite development alongside the other fucking useless idiot Trevor Brooking who has done fuck all by the way for elite development – I mean who and what the fuck did he develop?
Dearie me… I could do a better job lol
Balaji
So your doing a tour of Dubai with a camera in your hands
Must be fun!
I’m at a little Christmas soirée this evening and an old RoM favourite is here with me. I’ve just taken a snap of her on my phone and uploaded it for you: http://oi44.tinypic.com/i1e4x0.jpg
MG
Ya I know that my friend, head of elite development??? I mean what the fuck is that all about? Just a title and a waste of money! As for Brooking, what a clueless idiot, Sir is he now? What the fuck for
Oh Fred
You know how to touch my heart! hahahaha
Cedars
You hit the nails on the head
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150383670251384.339442.695641383&type=3#!/photo.php?fbid=10150383670426384&set=a.10150383670251384.339442.695641383&type=3&theater
The Banner to look out for at the Wolves game.
It hadn’t been out since weekend so a little crumpled. I’ve ironed it all ready for saturday.
Hope you can view it cedars.
James
Great to see you here pal….. Link not working! sob sob sob
James – the picture is inaccessible pal.
He sent it to Papii to be ironed.
Great to see KK’s plan falling into place, Liverpool are bloody abysmal
Anyone got Scott Red
on FB?
Straight red for the scouse starlet! Ouch
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150383670426384&set=a.10150383670251384.339442.695641383&type=3&theater
Try that. If not I’ll post it on ScottReds FB page
Now I’ve emailed our great Cyril but no reply in 2 days
A little worried – so I hope he’s just on holiday on the beach
James
You can get in touch with STR directly if you need to, just hit the contact button at the top of the page, he always responds…. Got connected with a few regulars here though him
KK will be fuming at the ref! Makes a change though………..a ref not favouring scumpoo.
Don’t worry it will be Liverpool’s year next year, sorry the year after.
Conspiracy theory: The FA, powers that be are so enamored by Spanish football, they issued a directive to refs all over the country to issue daft red cards like the one given to the Liverpool player – Spearing. Looks like we’re going to see defenders standing off players more often these days
Evening all!! Cedars Cedars, who the fuck is Cedars. How are we all? I’ve jut got back from the Trafford Centre. Literally bumped into David Wheater. Now there’s a big ugly fuck!
MG – I asked about Cyril on Saturday night. I miss his input on the blog.
James21, why not upload it to TinyPic?
Liverpool….. Truly shit!
Fred
I emailed the Sneer but nothing back – Cyril isn’t one to not come back so let’s hope he’s on holiday enjoying some sunshine whilst the rest of us are grafting away fighting ROM dooms and gloomies
Fulham!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monkey – evening pal
Get the fuck stuck in Dempsey! hahahah How shit are them scousers?
Dempsey you beauty.
KK will probably walk after the new year, sad bastard just cannot handle the pressure
Breaking News:
Reaction from Scouse house after Danny Murphy had a foot in the Dempsey goal:
Fucking bastard fucking cunt fucking arsehole fucking motherfucker
Here have this you fucking sick fuck
5 fingers
Robbie Fowler Twitter comment:
5 fingers to you fucking Danny Murphy bastard traitor
Suarez can easily start up a business as a diving instructor
Michael Owen Twitter comment:
I have the Holy Grail none of you have
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The moose on talksport? Carroll is average.
35 million buys your average, these days. 
Panic buy by scumpoo. That’s why Fergie rarely gets involved in January. You get inflated prices, for ordinary players.
KK must be feeling like shit and I for one do not give a shit! hahahah
Clint Dempsey Twitter comment:
On my iPhone at the Cottage… Have that you murdering Scouse bastards!
Official Liverpool Comment after Liverpool sending off
We feel the refs are against us Manchester United always get away with refereeing decisions and this has to stop. We have submitted many documents approved by the Board of Abu Dhabi to FA Chairman David Bernstein to protest our concerns.
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TV Muted, got them 2 freaks talking about the match! What a pair
Oompa Loompa doopaty doo, I’ve got another red card for you
I have to thank Fulham, they have just what is usually a very dull Monday night into a fun one!
RIP Liverpool’s title dreams.
Sorry, deluded title dreams.
RIP Liverpool football club, always good for a laugh, but seriously you guys are shit, just pure shit
Looks like another season without European football for Liverpool. Great investment by John Dubya Henry!
Can they still get in via the “Fair Play” league? Because they have no chance of overhauling Tottenham and Arsenal.
Fred
Be careful with that moment we haven’t looked bloody clever!
Let God not intervene and send us on 5 Thursday nights or should he intervene and make sure we stay in the CL?
http://s1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee465/james21e/?action=view¤t=giveusaWave011.jpg
Does that work?
Papii is Hapii….the irons are fixed
The banners are finished….. 
PissPool lose again to another strong Europa side–shows do not mess with the quality of European sides. This Fulham side are real underpuppies, my brother Clint done well
Quick question? Whats worse, Desperate Scousewifes, or Andy Carroll? The former is a shocking reality show on E4.
Think, the only way is Essex. 
Sky commentator just stated expensive night for liverpool as the top five all won. Haha top fucking five how much further do they need to Fall before they are just classed as a mid table team. 7th and Dalglish has spent a fortune on mediocre players. Their not shit players but they only have two qualify footballers that would get in most teams being reina and Suarez the rest are very very average.
James
Fuck me side ways, that one does work! Hahahahaha
Cheers pal
The Cedars flag is real
The Cedars flag is life
Ha Ha did the Job Doders loose. Gr8 news.
Breaking News:
Suarez wants to leave Liverpool for United
Suarez: And I will say shorry to Evra for racist comment
James that is a terrible flag sorry cedars
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6njISX96LzM/TgFhi0s54iI/AAAAAAAAESU/HiBSbd1ZMcA/s1600/Sunny_Leone_Picture.jpg
Ooooh Bahama Mama….I Wanna give you some Bannana….Make you feel OoOH LALA !
She is Red ! Red Hot
On Topic – Does anybody else reckon if Welbeck gets a full season like Chico did, that Danny would infact be better than Chico as our strike partner for Rooney?
If you think about it the lads the complete package for youngster. I would pick him ahead of Chicha, but unfortunately he got that horror ankle thing again…Fucking Cashley Bumhole’s lunge is causing long term damage just like that Cunt Davies did to Cleverboy.
Just needs ironing
I was expecting Andy Warhol?
Only joking James. 
Its the thought that counts. :p
A RoM banner would be neat.
I can do wonders with pipework but art was never a strongpoint.
Cedars It has been Ironed and all ready for Sat.
Thanks Fulhamerica!
@cedars – nice banner!!
James
I know mate I’m just winding you up mate
RoM on tour! 19
Ha ha. I got grief off a bin dipper last month for saying we should have beaten a very poor Liverpool side. I now think that assessment was very average. I quite like the banner, something very organic about it!
Clint
hmmmmm, yummy
James
I am still honored by the gesture pal….. Lost for words really
No worries Giggs, I’m
Its hardly a Lowrey but when I get Wayne and co to sign it, it might be fit to hang in the Tate.
G12G0 – Spot on about Liverpool! Harsh on James’s banner – I think it’s great!
Papii – agreed about Welbeck. With every week that passes with wee Tom on the sidelines, I hate that cunt Davies even more. What a piece of shit he is. Love the Sunny Leone picture!
MG – I have a feeling this will be a great week for United: Scousers lose, Chelsea and City on the brink Champions League elimination and scheduled to kick the crap out of each other a week from today. Meanwhile, we should get the result we need in Basel and then we have what should be an easy home game on Saturday.
Bear in mind that (touch wood) by Monday night, Arsenal will have ousted Chelsea from the top four, while United and Spurs will have made up ground on City. The blue clowns will be nervously looking over their shoulders as they enter the den of a very hungry lion.
James – Wayne on here? He’ll sign it, no problem.
Cedars being honored all over the land baby….. Leeds fans can fuck off, including you Moses, you sheep shagging cunt!
Just watching Benn v McClellan fight. One of the best fights I’ve ever seen. Tragic outcome!
If I could find him I’d get Moses to Sign it.
@Fred
I like your thinking. I want that Sky blue shite to crumble under the pressure.
I think Benn will win.
James – No mate. You wouldn’t want that loose cannon’s stench on it.
Loose stool more like!
Signing off my good friends, special thanks to James…. Catch you later you RED nutters
Ok Remi Moses.
Goodnight Cedars!
Cedars who the fuck is Cedars. Night Marro.
Goodnight Fred!
Cheers Cedars it really was meant as a bit of fun, to say basically ‘Give us a Wave’ The banner will gain Legend status tho as it travels the country.
Mike – Let me know who wins the fight? I’ve a score note on Benn!
Scouse bastards shouldn’t have pissed off Dempsey, he was on a tear the rest of the game after Bellamy’s dirty tackle (though Clint was pushing the edge of a send off when it happened), he could have scored 3 had he been a tish luckier. Gotta love the cottagers, putting Fool in their place.
And oh yeah, I’d much rather have Bebe than Carroll what a fucking donkey
The Dark Destroyer!
JC – are you American? I’ve loved the “Deuce” since he came over here.
Watching a documentary on that fight now. Thrilling, wouldn’t do it justice. Tragic ending, of course. Benn was beast in the ring.
I’m thinking Ronaldo deserves WPOTY the year but the Messi love in will continue. As someone aptly put it on F365 Messi made a significant contribution to winning two major honours, while Ronaldo made an even greater contribution to win just one. I feel a bit sorry for Xavi and Iniesta too. Awards can be hit and miss but a little more imagination would be nice in order to honour other players.
Rooney is bound to win the goal award with that overhead kick in such a big game.
Well don’t forget to keep voting to ensure that he does, Brett!
Ha. Fuck off you scouse cunts. Decent player dempsey. Harsh sending off for potato head. Was like a fucking freak show with that dippers side. In bellamy, spearing and fulhams murphy have they even a neck between them? What a fucking unsavoury cunt Bellamy is. Then there is Adam who is 25 but llooks 48. Ugly Kuyt. Suarez with his pinned by ears and huge teeth. Skirtel like someone from a concentration camp. Agger with a travis bickle hairdo. What a horrible bunch of cunts. Not forgetting pikey Carrol and lurch Henderson. Misfit freaks. Is spearing murphys love child? Fucking tennis ball head weirdos.
Fuck off dogleash.
Messi has it won already.
Ronnie pushing him hard, though! 
Willie
Tragic indeed. Should never have been allowed to get to that point. Brutal fight!
Suarez caught on camera giving Fulham fans the finger: http://oi43.tinypic.com/2py9hj8.jpg
Sure am Fred, Clint’s a stud. I’ve been watching United since I got FSC back in 2005 but I always played as United in FIFA (snes etc) since it came out in the mid 90′s (since my idiot buddy always played Arsenal, I owned him though). But I do have a soft spot for watching the American players like Clint, Howard and Holden (terrible injury especially with the setback now) and always hope for their teams to beat our challengers though Im not sure Liverpool even qualifies now as theyre barely up to mid table standards anymore… :p
LOL @ King Eric’s description of the Liverpool players. So true! You didn’t even mention this fella either: http://live4liverpool.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/john-flanagan.jpg
Ronaldo unfortunate. 41 goals in a season in La Liga was an all time record- in a straight fight with Messi.
I shall be glad when this Barcelona side comes to an end, hopefully in el classico this week. I have enjoyed thieir football very much (except when they have been the thorn in our side) but I’ve a belief that they aren’t the best side ever- an opinion that belies their success.
They have been very fortunate and I think they are going to be overtaken by Madrid. Madrid have looked much better this season. Outstanding. It could be the first season where Ronaldo doesn’t have to play second fiddle to Barcelona and Messi.
JC – nice! Dempsey is quality and from what I saw of Holden, he looked a pretty nifty player too.
Watch how Dogleash will claim Suarez would never show opposition fans the finger. Even if he was caught doing it…
Clint. Oh I agree mate. Dannys all round game is better than Hernandez without a doubt. Better touch, hold up play and power. A very clever young player. Hernanz is an out and out finisher. Simple as.
Giggs12. Cheers pal. Kudos to Mcinally. I said the same to you earlier. Carricks one and two touch passing is top drawer and always has been.
Costas – it was nothing, showing the middle finger is a friendly gesture in Uruguay.
In fact, the highest term of endearment in Uruguay is “up yours, negro!”
@Fred
Yep! Gus Poyet should come out and defend the little racist twat any minute now.
“And Reds manager Kenny Dalglish admitted he could be forced to talk to Suarez about his conduct after the latest controversy to hit the Uruguay international.
‘I haven’t seen the picture and I’m not taking anybody’s word for it,’ said Dalglish.
‘If you show me the picture and I’m convinced that what you’re saying is true, then I’ve got a decision to make.’
In response to Fulham fans branding Suarez a ‘cheat’, Dalglish added: ‘That’s scandalous. We’ll look after Luis as best we can, and I think it’s about time he got a bit of protection from some people.
‘His integrity is impeccable. He can look in the mirror and go to bed at night and sleep soundly.’ ”
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Dear me, how moronic can someone be?
Fergie used to say, Ronaldo should be protected more. The media poured scorn on that. Will they do the same here? Very doubtful, considering Liverpool are the media darlings.
Hahaha
that’s classic from Dalglish. What a prick. Puts his defence of Suarez in the racism argument in perspective. 
Suarez. It’s just wishing happy X’mas in his native tongue.
That “controversial” and “contentious” red card from tonight’s game:
http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg619/scaled.php?tn=0&server=619&filename=xw5ma.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
Fred. Ha oh yeah. Forgot about that ugly cunt. Nice one!
Just listening to dippers phone in. Comedy gold. David Fairclough “its a set back. The media were Starting to say NICE THINGS about us“. Aww. Diddums you ginger clown.
Brett. Agree entirely pal. Ronnie is disrespected by all the pundits in Spain like Armstrong, Ballague etc at the expense of Messi. Ronnie is the better player. Has everything in his locker. Oh I think without a doubt Madrid will turn them over on Saturday. About time they were knocked down a peg. Like Fergie said most sides have four year cycles.
Agree all around. Ronnie is better than Messi and Madrid will get the better of Barca on Saturday, which should give them one hand on the title already imho.
The Spanish FA might as well just have Barca and Madrid play each other in a two-legged tie to decide the Spanish title every year and do away with all the other games, save everyone a lot of bother.
Fred – except me i’m afraid – messi is better than ronaldo. they’re due a good game though, Madrid look hot. Gaffer particularly mentioned them a Champs.League interview. Biscuits is gonna get it hard. You know Mou’s got his boys revved up
I’d like to see that drug cheat dwarf cunt try to score one of these:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7vr3r_ronaldo-vs-as-roma_sport
Furgy tried to buy Gazza …..but those damn Glaziers blocked the move!
Mercy, Ronald Ooh….WTF Wooney’s better than both, honestly, rather have him than either of them.
Not being biased seriously.
Say if Im manager of Wycombe, I’d take Dwayne over Lionel Ritchie & Ronald any day. More to do with heart & team effort….. those two others ladies would disapear for the rough + tumble.
Lil Duwayne wou;d Iron out the creases at Wycombe Wanderers !
I dunno, Papii – he has been known to blow a fuse.
Personal opinion counts. I like Messi better than Ronaldo. But If I may, I’d like to have them both playing for Manchester United, with Rooney playing up front with Batistuta
The media has never put pressure on That fucking Carrol. He has been pathetic buy for fuckin 35 and i mean 35 millions but still no one say he is a flop. It is because of 2 reasons
1) Because he is not a united player
2) He is a english
I remember How media and other fans treated Berba even though he has been successful for us.
Berba has scored 49 goals. He has won 2 premier league trophy with us. He was the joint highest scorer in premierleague but the media and fans label him as flop.
Torres and Carrol are the biggest flop in the football history.
@King Eric – LOL on your rant above…..I laughed my derriere off with those 2 lines :
“In bellamy, spearing and fulhams murphy have they even a neck between them? Then there is Adam who is 25 but llooks 48.”
Ha Ha Ha, that was a quality rant!!!
Whatever happened to Suhayl? he has not posted in eternity…
You take Messi out of Barca and he will be like a little girl lost in zombieland but Ronaldo has what it takes with any team on the planet. Facts dont lie.
Dimitar Berbatov 50 Goals in 3yrs with United
Club Medals: EPL (2) LeagueCup (2, 1 w THFC) FACup (1) CommShield (2) FIFAClubWorldCup (1) Personal Medals: EPLGoldenBoot (1)
Cost£29M Value: Priceless
James 21 – Awesome mate!
What a banner! What a fan! What a compliment to RoM Legend CedarsDevil
Well done, sir!
Fletcher is one of the survivors from the United squad that failed to qualify for the knockout stages following a defeat in their last group game against Benfica in Lisbon in December 2005.
“There are a few of us still in the squad who experienced the disappointment of that night,” said Fletcher. “We have experience of it not going right when it comes down to the last game, so we’ll try to draw from that experience and make sure it doesn’t happen again. We’ll reiterate that experience to the rest of the lads. But they’re fully aware we don’t want that to be the case. The difference is we know how bad that felt the last time it happened. But we’re not thinking like that, we’re thinking about getting a positive result, as we always do. If we perform to the level we know we can then I’m sure we’ll get the result that’s needed.”
“This game allows us to qualify for the next round of the Champions League, so it doesn’t get much bigger than that. That’s where this club needs to be so we know we have to get a positive result if that’s what we’re going to achieve. We’ll go there to win because you never know what’s going to happen in the Benfica game,” added Fletcher.
“We’re kicking ourselves because you want to be through by this stage and you want to be in pole position to win the group. Unfortunately, we’re not in that position and so you look back to the two home draws against Basle and Benfica. If you don’t win your home games in the Champions League then it’s not going to be as easy as you’d like. So we look to those two games as the reason why we’re not where we’d like to be, but we can’t do anything about that now. We can only deal with what’s in front of us in the position we’re in and challenge that obstacle. That means going to Basle and not losing while trying to win.”
Basle will throw everything at United “They’ll see it as they have nothing to lose. They have to come out and try to win the game and they will have that passionate home crowd behind them. But we’re used to that in Europe. We’ve built up lots of experience over the years of going into hostile atmospheres and digging deep to get results. We’ll draw on that in Basle if need be. We were well aware of their attacking prowess before the first game. We watched DVDs of them, as we do with all teams, but they always seem to create chances and they have good strikers.”
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/288147/Darren-Fletcher-I-cannot-suffer-pain-of-new-KO-
FletchTHEMAN
Great of you for giving detail achievement of berba. I get very angry when people say he is a flop.
If he was given more opportunity he would have scored more goals.
Like you said he is a priceless player for us.
FletchTheMan … thanks for the stats on Berbatov, but (hate to say it) he has not won a FA Cup medal. I confirmed it on Wikipedia, but I remember an interview with Berbatov last season where he talked about how much he wanted that medal.
Good morning lovely Red Devils around the world,
heard FSW is the new manager of PSG
If he was given opportunity? well maybe berbatov should have done more to be a certain starter for a sustained amount of time.
As good as berba is a footballer and i mean technically he is up there but consistency has never been key to his game, he should score more often than he does but i don’t think he is as clinical as some players even though they can’t match his overall link up game. berba showed glimpses of consistency when he banged in 20 but at united, that guarantees nothing you still have to keep proving yourself and dominating matches, if berba did all this then he’d start more often.
United isn’t a club where sentimentality and compassion are given to current players, it is not a club that gives players chances because they look ‘graceful’ on the ball.
Has berba been a success? yes as two titles and a couple cups/charity shield testify to that, could he have and still do more in his time at united to be a major player? maybe.
I like him both as a player and as a person he comes across as a very good guy but i put united as a priority. if berba wants to be a certain starter, he’d have to be consistently sublime, i doubt he can roll out performances like that regularly anymore, still glad to have him in the squad and would welcome him signing a new one year deal.
If he was given opportunity? well maybe berbatov should have done more to be a certain starter for a sustained amount of time.
As good as berba is a footballer and i mean technically he is up there but consistency has never been key to his game, he should score more often than he does but i don’t think he is as clinical as some players even though they can’t match his overall link up game. berba showed glimpses of consistency when he banged in 20 but at united, that guarantees nothing you still have to keep proving yourself and dominating matches, if berba did all this then he’d start more often.
United isn’t a club where sentimentality and compassion are given to current players, it is not a club that gives players chances because they look ‘graceful’ on the ball.
Has berba been a success? yes as two titles and a couple cups/charity shield testify to that, could he have and still do more in his time at united to be a major player? maybe.
I like him both as a player and as a person he comes across as a very good guy but i put united as a priority. if berba wants to be a certain starter, he’d have to be consistently sublime, i doubt he can roll out performances like that regularly anymore, still glad to have him in the squad and would welcome him signing a new one year deal..
To think some doubted the commitment of fletcherinho to d utd cause!I always bliv dat saf isn’t one to carry along deadwoods sentimentally.ALL our players are TOP class.I remember fletcher’s goal against benfica.how he kept his cool to bury at d second attempt.Pure class.I doubt Carroll can pull that off.folk on here have bn harping on bout saf buying a box 2 box general.what exactly is fletcher then?oh,I forget,since d virus he’s bn so and so they say.Bollocks!his mental mind and spirit is still burning fervently with the utd fire.admittedly his body is playing catch up yet his performances in my candid opinion have bn spot on.pls fellas support the troops!
holy shit not Javi Martinez
take me but not Javi
I want a banner as well!
Please pretty please
Good Morning United
Have to be out so see you fine Red Devils later
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United will go to control the game and will be set up not to lose,similar to when we sacrificed our momentum against Liverpool not to lose so I hope for a Schalke type performance but don’t expect us to score like that this time.
King Eric @ 23:27
Quality post, that was you at your best pal… Brilliant stuff
Morning all
Hehe, i’ve always thought as much
http://thefootballasylum.com/featured/faking-news-even-god-is-a-manchester-united-fan/
Well well – tears before bedtime at the Cottage. Will Suarez receive the same punishment as Rooney and RedNev for his antics? Probably not tbh,so its just as well the big spending Liverpudlians dropped points as thats probably the only way to punish them anyway. Pissing perfectly good money clean up the wall clearly isn’t a problem for the King of Anfield.
Re: Ronaldo (for me at least) he is the greatest player in the World right now. There’s nothing that boy can’t do on a pitch – I wouldn’t be surprised if he was solid in goal as well! I’d love to see Barca take a beating from the Facists. How odd that Real now appear masculine compared to those poofs (no offence lol) in Catalonia. They are so flipping poncy im expecting a hail of red cards, tears and hair grease if they lose. For the life of me I cannot stand them anymore, they’re not even the biggest Club in Spain FFS and they think they’re masters of the Universe Lol.
@Ash – Spot on about Carroll. Our “Street Footballer” cost ONE fifth of his fee and scored twice in only 7 games, so imo he’s already proved he’s the better signing. Carrol is still on 5 goals in 23 games FFS, and to be fair to Bebe I don’t think it would’ve taken him another 16 games to score another 3 goals. Makes you wonder why Alex was/is roundly laughed at for spending a mere 7 million on a young inexperienced player, esp when Torres is still on 5 goals in 34 since leaving Liverpool!
Hilariously, Torres, Carroll and Bebe were all new signings last season, but Bebe ended up scoring more goals than Torres in less games and also matched Carroll’s 2 goals but in less games. Makes you wonder why Bebe always tops the “waste of transfer money” lists aye? More ABU bollocks im afraid. Carroll and Torres = 85 million pounds pissed up the wall, and their clubs will NEVER get that money back.
I’d say both have probably dropped 50% in value already
You gotta laugh.
RedBlizzard
Brilliant link, loved reading that article…… Thanks
Cheers Cedar, SportsKeeda and Football Asylum are fast becoming my favourites over Bleacher Report
Take a minute and think about your life…. Everyone has had their share of misfortunes, financial difficulties, tragedies, love, marriage, divorce and various other dramas, way too many to mention. High points and low points however what is the main constant in our lives as true REDS?
Manchester United
Not just a football club, Bolton are just a football club among all the rest… Manchester United are a way of life, my way of life…. No matter how down you are and regardless of what you are going through, watching those 11 beauties wearing that famous shirt on the pitch gives us all to much pleasure and so much joy….
Manchester United ARE my life
Well well well. Suarez now under two simultaneous FA investigations. He’s fast becoming one of the biggest bell-ends in the league.
Ronaldo is better than Messi hands down. Can do more on a football pitch, enough said. When have you seen Messi run 20 odd yards and crash in a header like our lad did against Roma?
Time for a scousebusting rant however.
Who the fuck does Ratface Dogleash think he is? I can’t believe that he’s defending that hideous mess of teeth, racism and cheating. He needs more protection? ARE YOU FUCKING JOKING? What on earth has Kenneth been smoking eh? Yes yes I understand you have to defend your players, but I’m sorry, Suarez is a blatant cheat, no matter how good he is. Honestly Ronnie wasn’t as bad as he was. Difference being that he was targeted by players and actually did need protection. How many horror tackles have we seen Ronaldo take? In his early years he went down a bit too much, but once he matured he could take an absolutely bone crunching tackle and just keep going. But Suarez is trying to force referees hands, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Ronaldo harass a referee (please do correct me if I’m wrong). And I know Scousers will say “he can do what he fuckin likes when those Fulham fans are calling him cheat”. Yes, yes he could, if he actually wasn’t cheating. But too bad he fucking was. So take off your red tinted specs you scouse bastards because he is a disgrace. And they always point the finger at us and say “What about Ronaldo?” and I say if Suarez went down half as less and was 10 times the player he is, then you’d have a point, but don’t make comparisons with the best player in the world. Now we move on to the biggest cunt of all, Dogleash. How can he say “I’ve not seen the picture and I am not taking anybody’s word for it, Until you have proved it’s true to me I won’t comment”. What so if he never sees the picture he’ll never comment. As if he’s going to do something to poor little misunderstood Luis, his fucking humongous teeth, racial slurs and constant cheating make him disliked so big daddy Kenneth will defend him. Christ, it’s like one of those parents who let’s their kid run wild, literally allowing them to steal from themselves. Typical Scouse parenting then. And how the fuck is it scandalous to call him a cheat?!?!? If he is fucking cheating, then it is well within the Fulham fans rights to call him a cheat!!!! Even if he wasn’t! Of course opposition fans will bait him if it looks like he is trying to con the referee!!!! Tell me Kenneth, how can you live with your ratface self calling that scandalous and having fuck all to say about Munich chants? And insulting journalists over the fact that “if you print that you’d get in trouble”, really? I highly doubt it seeing as it’s all over this morning papers. What a self righteous cunt, I actually would love to hang him from the highest tree for all of those Scouse bastards to see. And he wants to appeal Spearings red. Hmmmm, studs up into the ankle, fair dos it’s a yellow because Kenny asked for an appeal. Such a joke, the arrogance the man displays. It’s different with Fergie because he’s actually fucking successful, if people call him arrogant, which the man certainly isn’t, you can always say “even if he is, he can be what he likes, he’s successful”. That’s the worst thing with dear Kenneth. He’s not a success, pretty sure he’s worse off than Hodgson at the same time during his Liverpool tenure. Yet the arrogance he assumes is astounding. I can see why Fergie genuinely dislikes him. And the fact that ratface said “It’s frustrating because no one tells us what the level of interpretation is” about Spearings foul….studs up into the ankle, both feet off ground. What don’t you understand you ratface fuck? Oh, sorry, forgot that because he’s wearing a Liverpool shirt, he has an added allowance of acceptability regarding tackles, how silly of me to suggest that you’re being a bitter old cunt. He’s not gracious in defeat whatsoever, he just says they were lucky or “it could have gone the other way”. At least Fergie acknowledges when we are beaten, unless it actually is an unfair result (Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge, that fucking free kick). Can’t wait for “King Kenny” to open up the papers this morning and see his darling little Luis giving the finger, will he discipline him? Will he fuck. You know, the best players have a certain amount of humility to them as well, I include Ronaldo in that. But he doesn’t have a fucking drop in him. And that is why I will never, ever respect him as an enemy.
I am saddened by d spate of injuries we are suffering @ d mo.
Seems we’ll b needing unorthodox help (traditional/homoepathy/good old faith healing) to get by as I am sure our medical team and physios are totally knackered and just can’t figure out why its so.
Just a thought.
Anywayz,focus is on tomorrow and our topping d group.no small matter yet we’ve seen greater miracles in our favor b4.D lads definitely r up to it.they’ll do us proud.Certain of it.safs got it all under control by God’s grace and thru d power of the Holy Spirit.Thank you Jesus.Amen.
@Cedars
I have a running joke with the mother in law, she says ” You love United more than my daughter ” I reply ” No i dont i love them both the same, and I have only known her ten years so she has done well to catch up ”
@BobbyCahrlton
I can’t believe that he’s defending that hideous mess of teeth
That had me in stictches and I am in a meeting at work hahaha genius
bobbycharlie1968
Bloody hell, what a fucking brilliant rant pal, had me in stitches …….. ratface? hahahaha
Fucking amazing stuff
giggs12gerrard0
Bless her! Great response……
@bobbycharlie1968 says
AlI see in that text is: (…) Scouse bastards (…) Scouse bastards (…) Scouse bastards (…) hideous mess of teeth (…) Scouse bastards (…) Scouse bastards (…)
Ronaldo was a cheat. Suarez IS a cheat.
@Giggs12, LOL! That was a brilliant response. One I might use when the time arises.
And the Rant award of the year goes to………
And your point is what exactly?
My last post was aimed at Anti Scouser
@CedarsDevil
Does there have to be a point? People actually make points on this blog? Dear me, haven’t noticed
@Belaji
As long as you say it tongue in cheek mate you will be ok, she doesnt need to know Its my Son > United > Wife
Anti Scouser
You may have a ‘point’ there! hahahaha
Anti Scouser
I took your response as a joke and it put a smile on my face, however of course we make a bloody point on here
@CedarsDevil
Ok, but I just don’t take life so seriously
@Cedars, What I understood from that post was – all his own words, mind you.
1) Scouse are bastards.
2) Ronaldo WAS a cheat – back in 2003-2006 when he was largely immature and honing his skills.
3) Suarez IS a cheat.
@Giggs12, LOL! Yeah mate, will do well to remember that. The need isn’t going to arise for another few years though.
@bobbycharlie:
Brilliant rant mate
@antiscouser:
oh yes we do. When someone have a go at some posters on ROM, he must have a point.
Anti Scouser
Trust me, last thing I do is take life seriously, ….. Having smileys at the end of your posts do not hide the fact that you are having sly digs….
Capiche mon amour?
Now run along
@Balaji
No, not all Scousers are bastards, I didn’t say that. Ringo Starr definitely isn’t. The rest is correct.
@TheCANTONA
Not having a go at anybody. Seriously.
Nobody know to this day what Ringo was or is. Certainly not a drummer.
James21
Good friend, how are you today my United loving pal?
@CedarsDevil
Capiche mon amour?
Actually, no. That is grammatically incorrect, sorry.
In Italian, it is: “Capisci, mio amico?”
In French it is: “Entends, mon ami?”
What can I say, I am ‘grammatically’ challenged
cedars. I’m enjoying the blog on my phone while installing a central Heating system. Its proving to be a slag of a job. I like your Del Boy style comment. capish mon amour. Cracked me up. Mange tout Rodney.
James21
Blimey you must be freezing your ass off in the process! hahaha
Pity I had to be corrected on that comment as it seems it was ‘grammatically’ wrong!
@ antiScouser Actually in French that is how we would use the capiche…
@Garch the French
Not an expert in French, but a nickname on the internet calling me a lover (amour) was quite disturbing so I had to respond.
Anti Scouser
Not to worry, you see besides being grammatically challenged I am also disturbed….Must have freaked you out my love
@CedarsDevil
Nobody’s pefect.
I am perfect
Non mon amour. Appears u were right.
yeh it is bloody cold.
Its well documented that Napoleon in his best Corsican French said Capiche Mon Amour when he dumped Josaphine.
Anti Scouser
Never read anything about United posted by you, now be a nice boy and tell us who you support darling…. Do not worry about saying the truth, I will always love you…… hahaha
James21
Cracked me up pal
@CedarsDevil
I am a fervet supporter of reason and empirical sceiences. Atheist, of course. You?
Me? Just a nut case who enjoys bashing fake trolls
I’m thinking Chelsea fan for AntiScouser. They sing in your Liverpool slums with almost as much passion as Utd fans.
@CedarsDevil
Interesting paradox: Being a fake troll yourself, you enjoy bashing fake trolls. That would imply you enjoy bashing yourself.
Even more dubious than I initially thought.
@james21
No, not a Chelsea fan. Manchester born and bred. You figure it out. It’s tricky, I admit it.
This gets more interesting by the minute…. Me a fake troll? hahahaha
Manchester born, probably a United fan you are NOT you fake cunt
No true United fan would attack another, I bet this sick fuck hates United to death….
Come on son, tell us who you really support?
@CedarsDevil
Resorting to obscenities? Classic “regular” on this blog. Pathetic, what else can I say.
Now now antiscouser no need for that. Definately not a shitty blue then or you might have said Stockport. Although Manchester born and bred could include Buxton or Glossip to a blue. Give us another clue.
Just showing my true colors you hateful fuck, now show us yours you fake fuck
@james21
You seem more intelligent than the other “regular” (although I won’t put money on it yet) so I’ll respond. I support a club formed by Irish railroad workers in Newton Heat. Won their first title in 1908. The manager at the time was Ernest Mongnall. Need more clues?
I’d rather have someone openly be obcene like Cedars than have someone add sly little cloak and dagger digs. You can’t call anyone antiscouser. Were u never hugged as a child?
bobbycharlie1968 – Once again pal. Top , top post. “There’s a tavern in the town, in the town, and we’re gonna burn it down, burn it down, we’re gonna hang Dalglish from the ……………” Top song that. “Kenneth” Quality mate.
James21
That antiscouse fella has been well and truly sussed and flushed may I add…….
What a fucking fake, United fan my ass
@AntiScouser
Wikipedia is a great thing, eh?
@james21
Well, I keep my obcsenities down to a minimum. Unlike you people here. Pretending to be some “elite club of supporters”, only ones fit to diagnose the team’s problems, bashing anybody else who drops by to comment from time to time.
It’s disturbing to see a group of adults (presumably) succumb to that type of primitive gruopthink. Makes me sick really.
antiscouser
no need to put any money on it. I’m transparent, diplomatic and would never dig any fellow reds. Daytrippers i would but tongue and cheek only. I Don’t do sly and i don’t need to get arsey.
bloody phone signal. Grr
antiscouser. I’ve seen your posts before. U come on with unconstructive comments as if your spoiling for an arguement. What other reaction would u expect when most of these posters u talk about come out with ‘Carrick is shit. Evans is a wanker or SAF has lost it’ theres never a reason or anything to back the comment up so no wonder they get bashed. You come here and question my education without even knowing me yet you’re so eager to call everyone else who have a pop at u. Take your clever little words phrases, your superior education and your snide sly comments and go for a swim in the ship canal. Ttfn
FletchTHEMAN credited Berbatov with scoring more goals than he has actually scored, in less time than he has really been here; with helping us win a trophy that we never won, and costing less than he really did. Apart from that, great summary of Berbatov’s time with United!
RedBlizzard
Great link.Feels comforted with all the injuries and the basel game coming up.Thanks!!
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