Wayne Rooney was named Man of the Match in our 2-1 victory over Arsenal yesterday after scoring our equalising goal. Given that our winning goal was scored by an Arsenal player, I suppose whoever was making the decision didn’t feel as though they had much choice.
After the match, Rooney revealed that incredibly nobody knew who our penalty taker was which is why Michael Carrick stepped up to take the pen against Burnley. I mean, wow, how it that possible? Obviously Cristiano Ronaldo had always taken our penalties but surely there should have been some sort of discussion over who would be taking over from him. Incredible.
Regardless, Rooney very modestly claimed that whilst he’d been named Man of the Match, a victory wouldn’t have been possible without Darren Fletcher.
“No-one really knew who was our penalty taker,” said Rooney. “Then we got one at Burnley but Michael unfortunately missed it so from then on I said I’d take them – and thankfully I scored today. It was a good game and I thought we were much better in the second half. Arsenal had a lot of possession in the first half but didn’t really hurt us – apart from the goal. The second half we knew we had to be better and thankfully we were.”
“No, there was no controversy in my penalty,” he said. “I tried getting on the end of the ball and I’ve done so and the goalkeeper took my legs from me – so I’ve had no option. Last season our record against the big teams wasn’t great and Arsenal have started the season so well, so we needed to win today.”
As for Darren “Football Genius” Fletcher, Rooney reckons he should have got his man of the match award.
“I’ve said many times that forwards, if they score goals, tend to get man of the match awards – but I think Fletch was head and shoulders over anyone on the pitch today.”
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Spot on Wayne, it should of been Fletcher MOTM
darren fletcher got a 6 rating in the news of the world and they said he was missing for most of the game
so scott what your saying about fletcher is wrong he’s not that good , the news of the world said so
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now on to real news.
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Wayne Rooooooney is the best player i have ever seen playing football.
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i watched the match today and after the match sir alex said that wayne would prob give fletch the man of the match award.
as ive heard from people who have seen him lay wayne rooney is the closest that they have seen to duncan edwards
I think we were very fortunate to win game today arsenal were head and shoulders above us,was a disgrace not to play Berbatov so far this season Ferguson is being very negative,as for the Penalty taker I reckon Rooney should have taken the one against burnley also as the more goals you score the more confidence you feel!!!!We need to buy a top midfielder cause we are crap there and will win nothing this season with them!!!
That IS scary, you would think these things would have been talked about when they train! Fletcher was all over the pitch yesterday, he is becoming the cover we needed in front of the defense.
All that ability, tremendous work ethic, great attitude and he loves United.
Absolutely love this guy!
Clangers — They were head and shoulders above us?? What match were you watching? No they fucking weren’t you moron. Head and shoulders above us but yet Foster didn’t have a save to make after we went ahead, and oh yeah, we possession was 60-40 in our favor. Do one
News of the world haven’t a clue tbf
Drew Vader your obviously another plastic fan who can’t see the truth or a 13 year old who doesn’t understand the game I would say you fit both cases so shut it you childish plonker!!
Ouch. I have been put in my place. Well done
Allow me to clarify. Were they the better team on the day? Yes, unquestionably. Were they “head and shoulders” above us? No, they weren’t. I’ll say it again, apart from ONE Diaby shot immediately after his header, Foster had nothing to do after we went ahead.
News of the fucking world my arse!! none of the papers have a fucking clue, they dont even watch the fuckin match!! And well said Drew Vader!!
And the fact that you have the nerve to call me a plastic fan when you say, after FOUR FUCKING GAMES, that our midfield is crap and we aren’t going to win anything is fucking hilarious. I repeat, do one.
he is the lad that can get us the 19th, thank fuck for wayne rooney
sw
there is no way whoever does the ratings seen the game
or did see the game but doesnt understand the game
with a “how could fletcher be any good he didnt even score” way of thinking
drew vader,ive read months of your comment and i know your not plastic
clangers, if you read drews comments you’ll see that he is agreeing with you but not agreeing with the over reaction that arsenal played united off the pitch.
No drew its not after 4 games i’m making this judgement(again this is where the plastic fan comes in) but any REAL fan who watched last year saw that when united came up against Barca,Liverpool,Inter 2nd leg we were completely run over and it was obvious something was needed in the centre…so go back playing fifa on your playstation little boy!!
off topic but i won the juventus v roma bet on footboo
3-1!!!
Rooney is a living legend.One day he will have a statue outside OT
Clangers and Drew……..relax yeah! You sound like a pair of citeh fans. Lets celebrate the fabled exploits of El Blanco and his trusty sidekick, Darren ‘fergie mclair’ Fletcher aka the football genius instead of tearing each other to bits.
I have to agree with Clangers.
In terms of football, we could played off the pitch. Our midfield were getting destroyed out there for the first 70 mins.
The penalty was a penalty but Wazza was going down before there was any contact and the own goal was very fortuitous… let’s be honest fellas- we didn’t look like scoring other than those 2 instances.
@drew… we only created chances once they had 4 strikers on the pitch in the last 15 minutes.
You can’t look at possession and say we matched them… their passing was far superior and in more dangerous areas… our possession was in our own half not really going anywhere.
Im the biggest Utd fan out there but yesterday we deserved to lose. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. Hopefully SAF will realise our weaknesses and spend some of the £££ from the Ronaldo deal.
Clangers is the only one being honest…they were head and shoulders above us until the own goal.
@ Clangers I read a few comments w/ the same sentiment on other forums some MUTD fans are very worried. While others think the treble is in the bag.
Now Rooney looks a captain material.
Lol CONGRATS Macheda is god!
@Clangers, Rooney’s words sum it up -”Arsenal had a lot of possession in the first half but didn’t really hurt us – apart from the goal.”
Fletch was all over the park, husseling arsenal everywhere… i dont think he ever slowed down did he
how could fergie miss a player like Diego! this guy is a genius. look at the goals he scored against roma. class…we need a player like him.
did anyone see the shitt-eh match today? what was up with their shirt? kinda odd. had our colors and all on that stripe. they cant help but try so hard to be like us they need our colors to make them stronger? haha. in all seriousness i think they are pretty sharp if they were made for a united shirt. no sponsor on the front? kinda odd. what u guys think? cmon united from detroit, usa….. wahoooo.
Clangers; Why mouth off at somebody who has as much right as you to their own opinion. Calling people plastic fans just cause they diasgree with you is a bit childish. everyone on here has there own point of view so do kindly keep our silly comments to yourself….unless you diss the dippers, rentboys etc…. And by the way we weren’t that bad yesterday….we actually beat the form team of the moment after a pretty lacklustre performance….. but SAF turned on the hairdryer at halftime and we performed better after half time.
Daniel. How can you claim to be the biggest fan yet go on to say we deserved to lose.
Hope you don’t mind a gooner coming on here. I thought fletcher was mom aswell. Had an excellent game. What do you guys make of Valencia, I haven’t seen that much of him but he doesn’t look good enough for you boys in my opinion.
I am glad to see UTD have some fans who have a genuine appreciation of football. There have been number of occasions recently where Arsenal have taken points of UTD that their performance didn’t merit. I have enjoyed the points (and a cup final the that I dimly remember winning in the old days when we were regular trophy winners!), but I knew that we had often been inferior on the day, and have for a long time struggled to match UTD in depth. This was role reversal, and while I was far from happy with the result the performance gave me some comfort.
UTD will be there at the finish, but I honestly believe that we will be a lot closer than last year and could push them all the way.
All that with a team (possibly a squad) that cost less than the combined fees for Berbatov and Ferdinand to sign!
Anyone saying we were played off of the pitch is wrong, put simply. Long periods in the second half possession was never in Arsenal’s favour, Berbatov had a great impact in the ten minutes he had on the pitch, Fletcher was fantastic, Rooney did as much as he could as a lone striker despite it not suiting him at all – and, well, when Almunia and Diaby both cock up so badly and another Gunner dives.. nah, we were very evenly matched aside from the cheating.
Got to say I agree with Drew. It infuriates me that United fans are saying Arsenal were “head and shoulders” above us. Were they fuck. As for the midfield we have a huge amount of options there before even Hargo come s back. After 4 games it is way too early to write them off. As I said before Carrick and Anderson haven’t suddenly “gone shit” over night. They just need to regain their confidence. Seeing as it is exactly the same midfield for the last 3 seasons plus a much improved Fletch and Gibson. Sometimes I really do think people read the red tops or 606 and just come out with “template” views. “Our midfield is shit” or “We are fucked without Ronaldo” and so on and so on.
Wow. Great interview. Rooney <3
Cheers Daniel at least your not looking at performance with red tinted classes and can see the obvious..And Tony Bee if you read the thread properly I gave my opinion first and when that Idiot replied he called me a Moron for my opionion and then told me to go do one!!So who started mouthing off at who Tony??
PS Clangers you’re attitude to Drew a regular poster is shocking. We simply just didn’t turn up against the dippers or Barca.
daniel – Who do you suggest Sir Alex buys then? go on.
Talking of midfielder’s I cannot wait to see this lad.
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:v5IEnEhSCfn7pM:http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/03/04/article-0-03B836BF000005DC-506_468x532.jpg
A Gooner – 4 of our 11 cost us nothing from the youth team (something you can’t claim about ANY of your players) and a further 3 cost £7m or less. The remaining 4 cost between £14m-27m. Perfect. Aside from having a massive fan base, you have more money to spend big when you bring through so many young players, and I mean our own players, not JUST foreigners from foreign clubs’ youth teams.
king eric.hello mate.gotta agree we were poor in those 2 games.lets chuck that out nw and hope our midfield gets sorted out soon.we havent been able to exert the normal level of domination.fletch has hit the ground running but others like carrick ando have to hit top gear.
In previous posts I have expressed amazement about how ‘apparently’ we have started this season so badly…….I have to get my head around the fact that other teams do actually beleive that they can play better football against us
(yeah right), if they actually try to outplay us we just go in to a higher gear as of halftime and lick ass….. when we played against the Arse-nil I knew second half, we would come out a kicking and a charging….it is what we do best, if we are looking down and out ……halftime…hairdryer …..and up tempo second half….
Got to say that our midfield top duo is still not sorted as of yet, in my humble opinion…..Fletch and who else…? Carrick has lost a bit, Giggsy is okay but cant do a full game, Ginger prince legs appear to have gone and Ando don’t appear to be firing on all cylinders as yet…..hurry back Hargo for fucks sake !!
rooney,most vital player at the club.fletcher is not to far behind,would he have been the difference in rome?
I think the majority of Man Utd fans owe Fletcher an apoligy, including myself. I used to curse when I saw his name in the starting eleven a few years back. Now he’s the first name I look for on the team sheet, especially in the big games!
Fletcher was the man of the match, no doubt about it!
I’m really glad Rooney is our penalty taker. This will give him more goals. Does anybody know how many penalties Ronaldo scored for us?
don’t think it matters if they were better team than us yesterday -which in my opinion they maybe just nudged it- what matters is we won. Plain and simple. Think if anyone remembers the 99 european final we had our names on the trophy but weren’t exactly at our brilliant best. And there are times wen we’ve played teams off park n lost-funny how arsenal spring to mind again! We played a genuinely good team yesterday, and won end of.
“Maybe just nudged it…”
Please, you didn’t create a single chance in the first 70 minutes. Not one.
You didn’t have a player within five yards of the winning goal that Diaby headed in his own net and Rooney’s “penalty” was never a scoring chance as the ball was out of bounds before contact even occurred.
The first half was all Arsenal and the second half began even more one-sided until Almunia has a brain fart and charges at Rooney, who did the exact same thing Eduardo did against Celtic. He took a touch on the ball with no intent other than to go to ground. While there was contact it wasn’t enough to put him down, and many of your own are admitting he was going down before anything happened. Not to mention his first touch sent the ball into the stands, which wouldn’t have happened had he been trying to make a proper touch instead of merely get any kind of touch and then go to ground.
Eboue may be a diver but then so is your Wayne Rooney; that’s the second time now that he has taken a dive to win a penalty against us., breaking the 49 unbeaten with that horrendous dive when Sol Campbell didn’t touch him being the other.
Congratulations on the 3 points but that team you put out there is nowhere near ours at this point and I’ll stick my neck out there and say that 15 or 20 matches in, the results will show it.
Well said King Eric. Arsenal were not ‘head & shoulder’s’ better than United, even though they were far from their best. United have problems but they can be sorted out with the players we’ve got. Picking up 3 points from the form team and a major rival when below our best is something to celebrate.
Rooney will be a united legend soon. Great attitude, gives 100% and plays for the team. Im glad he is scoring a lot of goals this season.
I agree with Drew. Our midfield is not that weak and are capable of winning the league. Granted is not as strong as it could be due to a number of players not performing, this can change but claiming its absolute rubbish and how we will end trophy less is bullshit. Maybe a one more midfield signing would be good. But our midfield is in no way rubbish.
Arsenal werent that great either. I can only recall one incident when they had me biting my nails and sitting at the edge of my seat which was resulted in the outstanding Foster save. They seemed to like to keep the ball just outside our box and pass the ball in triangles. Whilst that looks impressive and good higlighting their ball control and accurate passes im a afraid is very ineffective.
Although very lucky, united to deserve to win.
Some people here are over-reacting its only August. Our players are still trying to find form and replace the huge gap left by Ronaldo and adapt to this new ‘system’.
In Fergie I trust!
A Gooner
See your another one who likes to perpetuate myths. Yes, we have spent a lot more than Arsenal, there’s no denying that. But trying to sound like Wenger spends pennies on nobodies (like 99% of Arsenal fans keep claiming) just isn’t true. By my own calculation your squad, which you claim cost around 60 million or ‘less than the combined fees for Berbatov and Ferdinand to sign’ cost more like 95 million, give or take a couple of million.
Nasri, Vermaelen, Arshavin, and Wallcott were all pretty big signings, though not in the Rooney, Berbatov, Rio league. Only ours, Citeh’s, Liverpool’s, Chelsea’s, and maybe Spurs squads cost more, so going on a purely financial setting Wenger should have you around 4th or 5th in the table and not winning anything, which he has.
A Gooner admits arsenal are a small club.
united got their moneys worth spending millions and in return united get
3 league titles
a european cup
2 carling cups
1 world club cup
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1210138/Manchester-United-2-Arsenal-1-Keep-chin-Arsene-Wenger–Sir-Alex-Ferguson-reason-worry.html?ITO=1490
Dazjoe
No one gives a shit about the amount thats spent. In 10 years time people will not think of who spent the least, they will want to know who won trophies. Arsenal havent won anything in 4 years. Thats a hell lot of a time, Instead of changing and doing something about your squad your manager seems to lose his best players and act very stubbornly by not replacing them.
Yes we considerably pay more for our players but surely we owned the right to do that, we already have a championship winning team and luckily have the luxury to spend big on players that will guarantee us trophies, Also ‘lesser’ teams do intend to milk us for more than a players original worth because of who we are. Now stop being so bloody bitter and stop making up excuses for your lack of trophies and look at your undeniably utter wank team which is the main reason you will be trophy less again this season, and not because Arsenal ‘cant compete financially with the other top teams’.
Sketch
Are you pissed mate? I’m UNITED, I’m criticizing the myth that Wenger never spends. I’m pointing out he DOES spend money, and should be finishing 4th or 5th due to the money he’s spent, which he is so he ISN’T doing this wonderful job everyone in the media like’s to make out! Seriously, did you even read my post???
The fact that my second line is
yes WE spend more than Arsenal.
Why would an Arsenal fan write that?
Dazjoe.
Sorry mate. I completely read it the wrong way.
Reading it again i see what you mean. Its just those ‘gooners’ or is it ‘gunnners’
really pissing me off, about how Rooney dived and how he should be punished bla bla bla, and their constant excuse about their lack of money!
Really sorry man. :S
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To all Delusional Arsenal fans.
No one gives a shit about the amount thats spent. In 10 years time people will not think of who spent the least, they will want to know who won trophies. Arsenal havent won anything in 4 years. Thats a hell lot of a time, Instead of changing and doing something about your squad your manager seems to lose his best players and act very stubbornly by not replacing them.
Yes we considerably pay more for our players but surely we owned the right to do that, we already have a championship winning team and luckily have the luxury to spend big on players that will guarantee us trophies, Also ‘lesser’ teams do intend to milk us for more than a players original worth because of who we are. Now stop being so bloody bitter and stop making up excuses for your lack of trophies and look at your undeniably utter wank team which is the main reason you will be trophy less again this season, and not because Arsenal ‘cant compete financially with the other top teams’.
No probs mate, I just can’t handle Arsenal fans, and the media, eating out of Wengers arse. The simple truth is Arsenal have, over the last few years, spent less than United, Chelsea and Liverpool, the same as Spurs and Newcastle, and more than anyone else, until Citeh this year of course. So if you take money spent as an indication of where you’ll finish, Arsenal should have spent the last few years fighting Spurs and Newcastle for 4th. I’d fancy ANY team to finish above those 2 jokers with their long history of failure, therefore Arsenal, with 3 4th place’s and 1 3rd in the last 4 season’s, aren’t over-achieving, they’re doing exactly what they should be doing. If they hadn’t got 4th last season who would have? Villa, who’ve spent about the same in the last 2 years? Everton or Fulham, who’ve spent shit loads less than Arsenal?
@sketch http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1210138/Manchester-United-2-Arsenal-1-Keep-chin-Arsene-Wenger–Sir-Alex-Ferguson-reason-worry.html?ITO=1490
Apologies for the name calling. Talking shit over the internet is retarded, and I hate when I fall into the trap.
And King Eric, spot on once again dude
I am absolutely disgusted with that Daily Mail article. It’s shite like that that confirms that the press hate us. For fucks sake, Fletcher was absolutely immense. And yet, this whole quote sums up the article for me,
‘Just as it was nonsense for Sir Alex Ferguson to dare suggest that Darren Fletcher was the best player on the pitch and the better team had won.’
I’m so infuriated that this nobody reporter has written about Sir Alex like that, it’s such bollocks that somebody who only writes about football can pass judgement on the most successful manager in English football. My question is, if Fletch wasn’t the best, who was? And to be completely frank, despite the abysmal first half performance from the lads, it was a fairly even game in terms of chances created. In fact, we should have won 4-1 with Berba and Nani missing two glorious chances (although I do sympathise with Berba’s missed chance). And how typical of the Dippers to win with the rentboy scoring in the dying minutes against 10 men. The press in this country is a fucking joke.
‘Our history makes us strong, your hate makes us stronger.’
the game, for me, summed up the fact that although winning games while playing average is the sign of champions, it’s not gonna work every time.
We were lucky end of story. it’s gonna be a long season ladies and gentleman!!!
^^^
But i’m confident we’ll do it!!
daniel – Fucking cunt’s at the Mail. Mocking the fact that Sir Alex said Fletch was the best player on the park and banging on about how Diaby is the new Patrick Viera and how we “just couldn’t cope with his power”. Is this the same player that headed a screamer into his own goal and then missed a sitter moments later!
Neil Ashton from the notw said Rooney’s was as bad as Eduardo. As I said on an earlier post do these cunts even watch the game?
Off topic – Did anyone see the Wayne Rooney documentary earlier tonight? Fascinating. The boy absolutely LOVES the club. Really rates Carrick. Said I would rather him be supplying me with goals than Ballack or Shevchenko? Best mates at the club are Fletch and Wes.
I really can’t fathom how they compare the two. With one the keeper makes absolutely no contact what so ever, and the with the other the keeper slides directly into a players legs.
we were fortunate to win the match, rooney was a definite penalty and so was arshavin’s.
fletcher was amazing, wonder what would have happened to him if hargreaves had been fit the past two years.
wenger on the stands? didnt deserve it but what a memorable moment. unbelievable.
http://wdkf.co.uk/2009/08/29/arsene-wenger-on-the-stands/
Idiocy of the Arsenal fans
It’s hard to agree with the Arsenal fans – including the press – when they say Arsenal were denied a penalty when Fletcher brought down Arshavin in the box.
What they don’t realise is that 24 seconds after the alleged foul, Arshavin scored Arsenal’s first goal. So had Arsenal been given a penalty (and scored) then Arshavin wouldn’t have scored that first goal and Arsenal would still have been 1-0 up. So its wrong to suggest that by NOT giving the penalty the ref. cost Arsenal a goal. He didn’t. And by scoring immediately after the incident, then justice prevailed.
The ref. failure did not cost Arsenal the game. They lost because they were just not good enough.
well it was not our best perfomance, be we sure watched fleth and wazza gave their best..fletch was everywhere and tried to win everything while rooney’s tenacity sparks the team’s energy.. ( remember the diving header ???…:P really love that moment )
they both deserved the MOTM
without any of those performance, i think i would loose the match..
wazza is always humble, so does fletch..always being an unsung heroes..
glory glory ManUtd
clangers and daniel
yeah u r right our midfield is a bit average,but it doesnt mean that we cant win any trophy.
daniels i dont care whether u r the biggest fan or not but u say they were above us doesnt signify as a true fan.
when nistelrooy left our squad was even worst not a proper striker.
ronaldo and rooney were very raw and we didnt expect them to do wonders.
Apologies for name calling and getting a bit heated also…Just love united and was giving my honest opinion!!!!
I hate how gooners go on about how they play the best football, out preform us but never have anything to show for it. If there football was so great why can they not win the league?I personally think gooner chat is the worst from any of our rivals. To hear about Rooney ‘ diving’ is disgraceful! do they not remember Toures superman save?..I am glad that we do not play this ‘ great’ football because it does not seem to be a winning formula…
GGMU
Scott have you seen wengers anti-footballing comments about the game on Saturday you not got any stats on the game for fouls,yellow cards etc even arsenals horrible disiplinary record
Wayne Rooney is premiership top scorer with 4 goals.
And he sometimes dives to get the result for the TEAM, not for himself.
Well, I won’t say we were miserable during the Arsenal game, but yes we were patchy…I think Brown looked rusty at times, Foster is always sooooo undependable (I cant believe we cant get asomebody better -why not somebody like Friedel, Asquilani, David James, Given…come on!!), Carrick was obnoxiously inept to say the least, Giggs didnt have that bad a second half – I still think he can create impact with his passing in some of the big matches like he did on Saturday, Valencia was erratic and predicable at the same time and Rooney was simply cut off in the first half. I also believe that we are missing too many sitters since last season…However, we were NOT dominated….I think it was evenly poised for most of the match and of course, in Diaby we trust:)
Summary – team looked rusty, unsettled – it was a scrap, and we scrapped to win. I think with Fletcher being in the form of his life, we might start playing Ando/Giggsy as the attacking CMF. Instead of holding back Ando’s natural instincts , give him his confidence and a license to roam upfront….he has the potential to be a quality supplier to Rooney and Berba. While we stand a very decent chance at winning the EPL, I do find it hard to believe that we will win the CL unless we get a settled formation, a class attacking CMF, and a sharpshooter striker in the RVN mould ( I am assuming that EVDS will carry on for this season after returning from injury)….
http://www.tribalfootball.com/arsenal-boss-wenger-tirade-against-mystery-man-utd-player-287941
I can understand his disappointment but it’s not fair. In the back of his mind he knows all of his tackles were fair. But, anyway. It is a closed topic. They moan we move on.
good morning everyone.
Arsenal really are poor losers.i mean wenger is talking as if vieria was a very good tacler and never made any fouls.what abt gallas shamelessly kicking out at nani in the fa cup match last year wen their team was battered and humiliated.well arsene learn to be tough and accept that your side loves to self destruct.
That’s why i love Manchester United ans think they play the most attractive football in the league. Because of the mixture. Arsenal want to play ballet ? Who cares.
But last 2 seasons weren’t perfect for us in terms of the free-flowing football. I hope this season we’ll see some improvement in that department. Unfortunately 4-51 doesn’t help much.
@Corea
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Nobody moans more than Arsenal, NOBODY. If you tackle them and make an effort to press you’re anti-football. Nevermind that they are constantly diving, nevermind that Arsenal foul lots (particularly when the wind is against them: Think back to FA Cup 3rd round game in 2008 where they put a contract out on Nani) anyone who shows any resistance against the Gooners is anti-football.
Sad…
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE
WE ARE BEEN LINKED WITH ABOUT 46 MIDFIELDERS ON NEWS TALK IN IRELAND
I CANNOT SEE USE BUYING ANYONE
ALSO EMILY HAS A NEW CHANT ABOUT OUR LATEST SIGNING
MAMA MIA TUNE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC2B0JwSYik
I heart Rooney… very sportsman like
i think it’s coz of his constant moaning arsenal haven’t won anything. They have ready made excuses for their failures. I think wenger has lost the winning mentality. He wants teams to play against him without a midfielder who can tackle! No skin off my nose, i’m more interested in how fergie continues to improve and remould our team- although still not fan of 451 at home, start to feel like bolton ha! And that was comedy moment from wenger getting sent to stands.
Morning guys. After 13 years in England, Wenger should know that it’s a man’s game. Darren Fletcher was hassling the Arsenal players all throughout the game. What’s illegal about that? Exactly when did putting pressure on the opponent become “20 fouls without a yellow card”? Does Wenger think that teams are expected to roll over and wait for Arsenal to come at them with their ballet football(nice one Corea) and their divers? It’s not happening.
hi costas.
spot on mate,wenger is just making excuses.to win the league you have to pass all sort of tests and beat all teams who play different styles of football.the stokes,blackburn and proper footballing sides like Arsenal.we and chelsea can do that arsenal cannot.that is why they dont win the league.
Exactly. And if they don’t get off their high horse soon, it will be 5 more years before they win anything. When you say that your side is the only one that tries to play football, other teams will eventully resort to playing anti football just to spite you.
also another thing wenger has ignored is that because we have smeone like fletch and chelsea have essien we are sucessful.that explains why arsenal have failed so miserably after the departure of vieria.when he was there they had a good defensive player who got stuck in.it has been a different story since he has left.although they still play attractive football they are rattled easily agsinst the physical sides.
note to every premiership manager
if you want to beat asrsenal
then just take the game to arsenal
you’ll have to put up with a week or 2 of this “ITS NOT FAIR” crap
but at least you’ll have 3 points
Anyone else think that Nani is starting to become a menace on the wing?
I’m loving his speed and skill…he really is one of the few of our reds thats willing to show off a bit of his skill and dangles…Love it!!
His link up with Evra is becoming quite troublesome for opposing defenders and his crosses are lasers….that outside footed slice to Berbatov at the end was pure class!!