Before this season, the last time we faced AC Milan in the European Cup we were lacking in confidence and self-belief. Despite going on to be named Champions days after losing 3-0 to them at the San Siro, we had suffered a few barren years and therefore it didn’t seem a massive surprised Milan beat us. They had easily knocked us out two years earlier, a 1-0 win in both legs, and United had struggled for success, in England as much as on the continent.
Things are different this time around though, with several more winners’ medals being placed around our players’ necks since then, including the Champions League, after beating the likes of Barcelona and Chelsea to lift the European Cup.
Despite the obvious nerves ahead of our trip to the San Siro, we went in to the game with a team of experienced players, who knew how it felt to win these big games now, and who had the belief to go out and do it.
90 minutes played, the advantage is firmly with us but we need to make sure that counts tonight.
It is easy for fans to get complacent about these occasions, given just how many times we’ve reached this stage in Europe for almost a couple of decades, but this is almost as big as it gets. AC Milan are European giants, with seven European Cups to their name and 17 league titles. However, it is not just their history which is being talked about at the moment, with Milan currently lying second in Serie A just four points behind Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan. Alexandre Pato has been scoring freely this year and is only 20-years-old, Ronaldinho is starting to look like the player who was named the best in the world for two years in a row, whilst still packing their squad full of world famous football names, in Clarence Seedorf, Gennaro Gattuso, Filippo Inzaghi, David Beckham, Alessandro Nesta and Andrea Pirlo, amongst others.
Wayne Rooney rescued us in the first leg, although the hard work of Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher and Antonio Valencia shouldn’t be ignored when looking at their direct influence on us taking three away goals with us back to Old Trafford.
The defence have had another game together which important after having so little playing time as a unit this season. Of course it’s frustrating to hear of Wes Brown’s injury, although it is likely Sir Alex Ferguson would have opted to go for Rafael at right back anyway. Our young Brazilian had a horrible time trying to deal with Ronaldinho in the first leg but he is our only right back who could match Goofy for pace, whilst Brown and Gary Neville would be left for dead.
Fletcher was rested against Wolves whilst Paul Scholes was definitely the one to shine from the midfield after Michael Carrick and Darron Gibson did nothing to enhance their reputations. We could have left with a point after Carrick gave the ball away in the penalty area during injury time. If he does that against Milan, there’s no way the likes of Ronaldinho or Huntelaar are going to do a “Sam Vokes”. Carrick is of course missing for this game though after his red card at the San Siro, Anderson is out for the season, Owen Hargreaves isn’t about, neither is Ryan Giggs, so what is Ferguson plotting? Could we see a 442 in Europe, with Valencia, Fletcher, Scholes and Park making up the midfield, and Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney starting up front? If Ferguson going to find space for Nani, who failed to impress at the San Siro or against Wolves at the weekend? Surely the manager isn’t thinking of a five man midfield with Gibson would be a part of?
Pato is in the squad although after missing the weekend’s game against Roma with a hamstring injury, is a big doubt for Old Trafford. This would mean Huntelaar filled his place, a player who many United fans have shown huge interest in over the past few years.
The talk of the match is mostly revolving around David Beckham though, who chose to leave United almost seven years ago. After donning the Real Madrid shirt, he will enter the Old Trafford pitch for the first time since leaving in the colours of AC Milan. After a disappointing performance from him in the first leg and not starting a game since, our manager reckons that Beckham will begin the game on the bench. He will be received warmly by our crowd, particularly if we are already winning, but whatever he regularly says about his feelings for United, there will no love lost on the pitch and he will want to win. We certainly wouldn’t want an 89th minute freekick on the edge of our box!
Who scores first will be important but it won’t necessarily be match defining. If we score, it will mean Milan have to score three goals. CSKA Moscow managed this in the group stages, although we had a defence of Neville, Brown, Evans and Fabio on that evening. Before then, the last team to score three goals against us in Europe at home was Real Madrid on the night they knocked us out and Beckham played his last Champions League game for us before joining Real.
This is a massive occasion though and I fully expect our players to be up to the task. We have plenty of maturity at the back so they just need to keep their heads, keep Milan out, with the thought that a goal should win it for us, two goals would all but guarantee it.
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Will be a cracker. I myself would have feared complacency creeping in but SAF will ensure we dont take Milan lightly. They are more than capable of knocking us out.Pato is a doubt but Borriello is a good striker.We must not take it easy if Pato dosent play. I am worried if he plays because rio and vidc do struggle against strikers who are quick. Patos finishing is pretty good too.
I would like to see us allow Milan to have a go at us and catch their ageing defence on the break.With Nani, valencia, park and Rooney we are more than capable of hurting them on the break.
Wont be easy but i think we will go through with a draw.
United 1 Milan 1.
Jaysus thanks for that brilliant review analysis of the match preview Scott, just sent my already nervous state up 100%.
I cant post any longer till kick off, just too hyper.
But I just wish everybody on ROM, all the best and hope we secure the necessary win.
On On On We together can do this.
I say we try and kill the tie early, we don’t want allow milan to settle in to the game that would be a mistake. My team, vds rio vida evra rafa, park scholes fletch valencia, berba and wazza.
Good morning all.
Game day is always special, CL game day is even more special and having Milan on this day makes it huge. The match will be a cracker due to the result that we got at the San Siro. Milan cannot, and will not, sit back from the opening whistle. They have to score a couple of times AND not allow any. Those two points are diametrically opposing and can lead to disastrous results.
Put out a side that makes Leonardo cringe, i.e., be offensive minded, and then let the goals come. We get one and Milan has to open it up even more.
AIG may have it right at 1-1 but I suspect that we counter one time too many and the final is 2-1 United.
Come on round of 8.
Willierednut
think it would be too much of a gamble to play both berba and wazza given we are in control of the tie,not chasing it.
Feeling fairly confident (touch wood). I cannot see us going 90 minutes without scoring at least one goal, especially if we play with Rooney and Berba upfront. I hope Berba plays well and gets on the scoresheet (if indeed he does play) to prove the critics wrong once again!
United’s passing game is what got them the result at the San Siro – as soon as they got the ball down on the ground and started to pass it around Milan stood off them. No doubt they are still a huge threat but I would like to see United expose what is probably the weakest defensive line that Milan have had in many years.
Come on United!
I have to disagree Scott. I think Brown would have started today’s game. Anyway, I hope Rafa has leaned his lesson. Onto the predictions:
Line up:
VDS – Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra – Valencia, Fletcher, Scholes, Park, Nani – Rooney.
Meaning Park will play as a central midfielder.
Scoreline:
I will agee with AIG. 1-1.
We going to kill this tie…Come On United… B.E.L.I.E.V.E.
@AIG
Then was the point of paying 30 million for him? We may be in front but we can’t sit back at home, for me Berba has to start.
@willierednut
I will just butt in here and say that it’s best if we rest Berbatov for Fulham. We don’t have any other reliable strikers at the moment, so it’s best if we rest them as often as possible.
Speaking of fit strikers:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_united/s/1197865_macheda_close_to_fitness
@Costas
Do you not think Berba’s had enough rest for the big games? If Berba doesn’t play in these games, he’ll never prove his doubter’s wrong.
I’m just not feeling it for this match though I do hope to be proven wrong. Seedorf can pull the weight for Milan when needed like he did in 06/07 in matches that Kaka didn’t turn up. I hope not for this match though.
Willierednut
as costas says we are short on strikers at the moment.had it been milan 3 united 2 at the san siro playing berbatov would have been a must but given we lead the tie it is best we have berba on the bench and if we kill the game early we can rest rooney and bring berba on.
not too supremely confident about this tie – we really have not been convincing at all this season
but i am cautiously optimistic that we should still scrape through
of course it would be excellent to get the early goal for once – we keep letting other teams get at us, it really does us no good.
i have loads of faith in the fans at OT though! we always seem to turn it up a notch for these games, and of course we have the stretford end!! cmon, we score at that end always!
fingers and toes crossed, no injuries and perfect game by us. for once i would like our team to dominate from start to end! let’s do a roma on milan – that would be unbelivably excellent! it would also buy us loads of confidence if we can do that to milan!
im pretty sure fergie will let the hounds loose on the milan players – fletch and park will be all over the milan boys and scholes will let fly his passes, valencia and nani to run down the flanks and whip in the crosses
im placing some moolah on nani & berba ! keeping the faith that fergie would have spoken to them! watch them
COME ON UNITED!!!!
@willierednut
Normally, I would say that Berbatov needs and deserves to play in more big games. But we are at a fragile state in terms of our squad depth and I would prefer it if he was rested today. He has started the last 4 games for us, not to mention a game for Bulgaria. The big game that he needs to start in my opinion is in 10 days. Liverpool at home.
Besides, I think we can negotiate this game with 4-5-1 just fine. We did the same thing in the home leg against Roma 2 years ago. After we won the game at the Olympico 2-0.
Just to be clear. I don’t mind if Berba starts as long as Rooney doesn’t. I am a firm believer that this game gives us a chance to rest one of the two.
Of Topic, Stevie me not getting charged by the fa, im shocked.
Why am I not surprised! Cunts.
It just had to happen, didn’t it? I wonder what the FA would have had to say had the gesture been made by Rooney or Carrick. ‘Sometimes you move your fingers.’ What a load of bollocks.
@ costa
stevie me is off the hook despite overhwelming evidence? its deja vu all over again
about the tie tonight.
442 attack attack attack. berba has to start. he can provide the class you need in europe.
we need to make the italians terrified of us. at them from the off. they won’t like coming here.
get stuck into them lads.
Let’s not worry about that over-rated dipper anymore, it’s United v Milan tonight! I think the only way to go about this game is to put the first leg scoreline out of our minds and go out and play our normal game and we will be fine. Im going for a 2-0 victory – Rooney and Valencia. Come on United! Cant wait to leave work and hit the bar!!
Over at where I am the match will be broadcasted at 3:45am. I SAY BRING IT. COME ON UNITED
@ Costas
Agree with your team. But I doubt that both Nani and Valencia would start the game. We might just see Gibson starting with Park in his free role, as in the first leg, looking after Pirlo.
Pato. Couldn’t give a shit about him to be quite honest.
Rooney. Berbatov. Valencia. 3-0.
dont forget how good some of their players are…
it won’t be a walk in the park against this crowd. if we don’t put in a good solid performance milan are quite capable of ripping us to shreds.
we need to make as musch noise as we can, right from the off. i can’t wait. i haven’t been at a european game in ages. i lost my job and cant afford the ridiculous ticket prices but i managed to put some away for this one. it should be fantastic.
vds
evra terminator ferdinando rafael
park fletcher scholes valencia
berba roo
442 attack attack attack
we need to intimidate them. old trafford is a scary place to come when we get going. just ask roma…
kinda nervous since yesterday for tonight’s game. can’t wait for it to start now, so i can go back to my usual daily lifestyle.
Come on United! Bring us safely to the Q-Final!
Well said Edge, sick to fucking death of hearing about that cunt. He did fuck all in the San Siro. We have Rooney. Fucking 1-1 and so on, get positive for once lads. Right off for the coach. COME ON UNITED!!!
come on boys!
I will buck the trend and say start Rooney/Berba & Diouf!
As AC will be trying to put the heat on us, we need speed up front to counter their aging defence. I’d say start Berba & Diouf and bring in Wazza at about 60-70mins to shore up the team.
The closing stages of this game will be very important! and having a fresh Wazza all over the park would ease my heart worries!!
Diouf is a finisher. Strong, bullish and most importantly FAST! He won’t set the world on fire (Yet!) but I feel he can do that job & possibly get an early goal or at least knacker out their defence for Wazza to mop up later?
UNITED 2 – 1 Milan!!
some fantastic usernames on here today!
We will do our usual shakey shit 1st half & end up conceding…..I lay my house on it!!
I think with Carrick out and Nani & Gibson’s no-shows on Sat, it does point towards a 442, provided Wayne is fit.
My worry about this is that this will provide Pirlo with more space than he had at the San Siro and if Seedorf plays and Ronnie bothers to turn up too, they could definitely cause us some problems. If that is the case, SAF should not be scared to change it to 451/433 to stop their creativity in the middle.
I’m confident however that Valencia, Berba and Rooney can create enough for us to score at least once and I don’t see them scoring 3! Still it will be a nervy affair. Need a big performance from Fletch tonight!
I’m expecting a 4-5-1 (4-3-3) formation like Costas posted, I even posted that at an older thread. But knowing that the 4-4-2 is really possible, specially with Berba’s form nowadays.
In the 4-5-1,Park will be getting to Pirlo once again, and the real catalyst will be Ronaldinho. Don’t get me wrong, Seedorf is a huge threat, but Dinho is the one to look for. Hopefully Scholes is going to continue with his worldclass act and give Gatuso a world of trouble.
As long as we press them we’ll be fine, the defense is really shaky despite Nesta and Thiago Silva, and their FB are horrible, Valência gonna be man of the match, and Rooney, with no doubts, gonna feel the benefits.
Don’t Forget, You Heard It Here First!
Altonian @ 13:59: “I hope Berba plays well and gets on the scoresheet (if indeed he does play) to prove the critics wrong once again!”
As a BerbaSceptic, I hope that you’re doubly-right – that Dimmy plays AND scores (twice).
But, equally, what does it mean to you – and the other BerbaFans – IF Fergy starts this guy on the bench (again !) in a big game ? C’mon now, be honest.
@arijc
Gibson? It would suprise me a lot if he strted a game of this magnitude. But you never know. Stranger things have happened.
Please, no predictions….
… I feel another Berbatov debate coming on …
my only fear is rafael will he be able to handle ronaldinho. just make sure we score first
Hi all
I’m not too confident about winning comfortably, but then again who is?
Our 1st half performance is gonna have to be good for a change, we can’t afford to concede in the first 15 min otherwise its gonna be a game of nerves.. I’m expecting a draw here, but if we play badly this time we could be punished as milan will start with a stronger team seerdorf and maybe gatusso to do what fletch does..
Hope rooney plays so we can hit them on the counter cause no offence but berbs won’t help us to score a goal on the counter if we play 4-5-1.. and we gonna rely on the counter a lot i feel
C’mon Tony V plant a couple on the head of rooney!
Berba to come on for 20 min to piss the milan players off with his skillful hold up play
@denton davey
Why even bring Berbatov up? There’s no point. You know what we will say, and I know what you’ll say. It’s an endless cycle.
@Costas
I agree, I cannot see Gibson starting, but again, like you said, stranger things have happened.
@Giles Oakley
I’m with you on the predictions. By the way, hope your health is improving, mate.
@King Eric
If your in Platts bar give Durham abuse for all right thinking united fans.
@redevilforever
Well, there’s always Park to help him close down in Dinho. But that leaves a gap.
I must be alone in this debate but I think the bigger game is saterday, yes the milan game is a big game but for me winning the premiership title is the ultimate holy grail for united this season. There was a time between 2000 – 2003 the champions league was the holy grail but the premiership has become way to important especially now united can relegate liverpool’s history to the dustbin.
Just read on goal.com that both Nesta and Pato are out…
one thing fergie has never done is complete enough missions, he completed one and half missions by overtaking liverpool has the club to beat, but for fergie he knows he has 3 more missions that he can complete by overtaking liverpools 18 he has matched it now its time to finish the job off. match liverpools 5 european cups which can be done, and be the first club in english football history to win 4 league titles in a row.
@Sanj
That’s good news. Especially in regards to Pato. But we must not slip into a comfort zone,
@Sanj
Thats great news though it doesn’t matter for me, i think we gonna run all over them. @RTNK This game is the most important because its the next game, win tonight then worry about Fulham on Sunday.
willierednut – I am more nervous saterday than tonight
I think that since we did as well as we did in Milan, we have to see this through. And after that, it’s Fulham. A team that I would love to thrash after our last two meetings against them.
i won’t believe it until i see it.
you are forever hearing about key players supposedly missing for crunch games, only for a miraculous recovery to kick in, just on time for kick off.
Can’t see us losing. That scares me.
saturday is big but milan tonight is huge.
i don’t agree with the league being the holy grail. nowadays europe is where its at.
for a club our stature to only have three european cups is a joke. we should be up there with milan and real.
this is what its all about.
Premier League title doesn’t depend on one game, if we don’t get a result on Saturday we won’t be out of the title race, but if we don’t get a result tonight there is no second chance – in that sense tonight is bigger… but I would without any doubt sacrifice the Champions Cup for the league if there was a choice…
come off it mate – if the european cup is that great to win how come average teams like milan porto and liverpool won it when they were nowhere near winning the league. the premiership is over 38 league games its your whole season and add the fact this could be the season where we make history by overtaking liverpools 18 league titles and relegate liverpools history to the dustbin and be the first team to win 4 league titles in a row makes the league title the holy grail. I just dont rate europe that highly anymmoe, it has its prestigue.
You can watch this game here: http://redlog.pl/2010/03/10/wideo-z-meczu-manchester-united-ac-milan/#live just scroll down for the free streams.
Here is the report I mentioned earlier. They reference Sky Sports Italia, but it still seems fishy to me:
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1716/champions-league/2010/03/10/1826502/milan-defender-alessandro-nesta-in-doubt-for-manchester
@RTNK
Im not nervous about tonight or Sunday mate, im very confident, our players are used to these big games now.
Is it true that Nesta is out. Top player he is.
willierednut – united is their greatest enemy.
damn I ment to say it has lost its prestigue
VDS ; Rafa Rio Vida Evra ; Valencia Scholesy Fletch Park Rooney ; Berbat . Rooney pushed to the right to handle Pato .
I’m getting a bit nervous.
The match kicks off on my birthday, so I’m pretty happy I’m turning 16 and all, but still, we need to get through.
Last birthday too we played a team from Milan. We raped them, but there were no goals in it.
Hope your health is good, Giles, and I agree with you, NO PREDICTIONS PLEASE!
COME ON YOU REDS!
@theboogeyman
Happy Birthday man. I would also be happy if I was turning 16, considering I am almost 27….
It’s not yet my birthday, lol. It’s one more hour to go.
And you are an old man, mate! Only joking mate.
@theboogeyman
Happy birthday pal, no need to be nervous we’re gonna do em.
I feel old too Boogeyman, lol! I just said the wishes now because I won’t be here during the game.
I just checked out all the times United have played during my birthday (useless Costas stat
):
The Ch.League final in 08 ended during my birthday.
The FA cup final win over Millwall in 04.
The FA cup final win over Newcastle in 99.
These are pretty good stats! And just think that the Ch.League final this year is on my birthday. Ok, I will stop clowning around now.
willierednut- Thanks mate, still another 54 minutes to go, though.
I’ve just made a slap bet with my friend about the result, and I don’t wanna get slapped, lol.
The 08 final started on your “name day” or something no? So that would’ve been a great double gift!
I share my birthday with Drogba though. That’s sad.
Go united go!!
@theboogeyman
Exactly. Good memory. If I lived in England, the entire C.L. Final would have transpired during the nameday, but Greece is 2 hours ahead. And Moscow is 3 hours ahead. Terry missed that penalty around 1:40 am!
That is sad. And AIG’s birthday is the same day as Walcott’s. You guys are unlucky!
I could predict that the score will be 2-2……..
………But I wont………..
I just saw that the only player I share my birthday with is George Best. No wonder we’ve had so muych success on that day.
enjoyable as it is reading everyones opinion on berba, diouf, gibson, the merits of the league versus europe, what the lineup should be and, dear god no, not predictions, i must leave here now for a better place (boozer) to talk to my mates and get even more worked up before kick off.
nerves, f**king hell. i cant wait.
get stuck in lads.
well I share my birthday on the same month has rooney but not quiet the same date but age is the same
im really looking forward to itv’s top notch punditry…………
Ulster at least you dont have to listen to The Great Eamon Dunphy… *sarcasim*
From Henry Winter’s Twitter page :
‘Good banner for Becks from anti-Glazer Man United fans…”Welcome Home Green-And-Goldenballs”
Good one.
Ulster at least you dont have to listen to The Great Eamon Dunphy… *sarcasim* on rte
LunG420
never even heard of him mate!! but itv is dire
@costas
George Best FUCKIN LEGEND… Was at his funural…soo sad.
3-2
c’mon boys
@Ulster
Trust me mate you dont want to hear of him, Talks like Jamie Red…looks like Harry Red.
My Birthday matches with Benjamin Foster. Ha ha
@LunG420
That must have been emotional. I managed to get an autograph from Best(through a mutual friend) and I lost it when I moved back to Greece.
Im in Spain studying for the week in the middle of nowhere. Went down to the local bar earlier to see if they had the match on tonight. No. just the overpaid, overpriced wankers madrid. Havent been able to get a good site for streaming. Any suggestions?
LunG420
lol he sounds right for itv though, my dad was at georges funeral aswell in tears, best is my dads idol
My Birthday is the same as Robin Van Persie
Beckham on bench. Flamini starts.
i share by birthday with…no one lol..maybe im destined to be a famous player born on the 10th of janurary
I have this painting in my house, it has the best of the 7′s its Cantona and Robson carrying Best. Its “signed” too…but i dont think the signatures are real. Still its something i dont think i could ever get rid off.
i only have the best fiver framed in the room it looks well
Shame Becks isn’t starting. I think he will play at some point though.
Am so bored of the media hype surrounding brand Beckham! It’s days like today when I’m pleased we got rid of Beckham and the publicity that surrounds him.
Will he get a good reception returning to Old Trafford? Of course he will but, after listening to the media, anyone would think it was Cantona’s return or Sir Matt Busby’s reincarnation!
I’ll be happy when the game’s over, we’re through to the quarter finals and I can switch on SSN without hearing about Beckham returning to Old Trafford!
VDS – Neville, Rio, Vida, Evra – Valencia, Fletch, Scholes, Park, Nani – Rooney
That’s the official line up.
Squeaky bum timeeeeeeeeeeeeee
i want Beckham to play…they way he played last match you could really tell he wanted us to win!
Bench:
Kus, Berba, Obertan, Gibson, Rafael, Evans, Diouf
Apart from Neville, I got it correct.
Neville up against bugs bunny, should be interesting.
bchilds – I think if ronaldo returns to OT to face united this year the hype will be justifyed. And no nesta or pato
Neville v Ronaldinho should be interesting. I wonder if Park will play on the right in order to help out.
@LunG420
Lol yeah. But apparently Leonardo realised it and dropped him to the bench!
Team news:
Van Der Sar
Neville
Vidic
Ferdinand
Evra
Fletcher
Park
Scholes
Valencia
Nani
Rooney
Pato and Nesta out.
MIlan line up?
Costas – milans midfield now looks a lot stronger and more compact with flamini in there
@RTNK
Yeah it does. It’s shaping up to be an unpredictable game. There are a few weaknesses in both line ups.
Yea, fingers crossed Ronaldinho doesn’t have a game like he did in Milan otherwise I can see him murdering Neville on the flank!
Hopefully Valencia will help out Neville defensively. He’s usually good at that. And Nani has to up his game again. His form period didn’t last long. But I don’t know if we can expect anything from him when he plays on the left. Seems like it just doesn’t suit him.
Pato not playing is a massive blow for Milan, i really think we’re gonna tank em, come on United.
Costas – I am still so frustrated we dont enough in strength in depth in attack, saterday still shows we are so thread bear in the striking department, and I dont think having park in CM is a good move by fergie when he is a natural wide player.
Nah I’m with you on that RTNK, Park is central midfield and Neville up against Ronaldinho are two major concerns!
bchilds – well seeing uniteds backline and it is at OT we got to think we can get through this game. shame we did not have that 3 1 lead arghh
We should not be too negative. Attack is the best defence.
Sorry for Berba not to play, but it looks like Fergie does not want to take unnecessary risks.
@RTNK
I think the biggest blow tonight, is Anderson’s loss. That’s what has forced Park in that position. We would have started with one striker anyway. But it is frustrating that we have to go through the rest of the season just with two recognised strikers.
I just hope Giggs will be back soon. He is not a striker, but he is a threat.
Anyway, I am off lads. Enjoy the game and come on United!
christ!!!!!!!!!! neville starts
With Valencia on the right i think he will have to track back quite a lot to help Red Nev with Ronaldinho, or maybe park drifting back? Although park will probably play the same way he did in the last leg, just off rooney, and harrasing pirlo.
Abbiati
Abate
Bonera
Thiago Silva
Jankulovski
Pirlo
Flamini
Ambrosini
Ronaldinho
Borriello
Huntelaar
No Dida, Nesta, Pato,
Seedorf on the bench.
There back line should be there for the taking, just gotta keep an eye on ronnie and we should be ok
AC Milan: Abbiati, Abate, Bonera, Thiago Silva, Jankulovski, Flamini, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Huntelaar, Borriello, Ronaldinho. Subs: Dida, Gattuso, Inzaghi, Seedorf, Zambrotta, Favalli, Beckham.
Would be very disappointing if we went out to this AC Milan team after a 3:2 away win.
Fuck me I’m nervous
It’s a good team, Neville vs Dinho will be interesting.
I have faith, and I think we can do it.
Come on United!
RTNK
Oh yea I’m confident of us progressing and we have a good team out but I am concerned about those two areas!
no Nesta for them right ?
Get in United.
costas – anderson is a big blow fergie is partly to blame for not starting him sooner like the pompey game at home a perfect tonic to bring him back. we have got through with 2 strikers with rooney and tevez but ronaldo could play has a striker so it was 3,and with news that aguero could be gone has been rumored in the press I think in the summer he would be perfect in a 433 system with valencia rooney aguero starting the attack.
@Drew, your nervous! am fucking shitting maself, I should have a nappy/diaper on.
bchilds – nothing suprises me with united this season so any crazy thing could happen in this game tonight.
We need a real big game tonite from Nani, i just hope for the lad he can step up to the plate and deliver.
Neville??!?!?
arrrggggghhh!!!!!!!!!
Park isn’t playing out of position. He typically drifts in from the left and plays centrally a lot for S. Korea. He is very intelligent with his movement and really works well with Rooney, so should make for good support.
Valencia/Fletcher will help on the right as needed but, Neville is Neville – he will show up for a big game like this.
Nani and Evra should be able to handle the left side (their right wing).
Rio and Vida will contain Boriello.
Rooney will score a goal or two for us and Scholes will control the middle of the pitch, pinging balls to a wide open Valencia because Ronaldinho won’t track back.
doncobaino – exactly. let’s hope Neviller will remind us of his glory days.
quite nervous and excited. i think Nani needs to show his class today. he could really make our play make statements and ask questions during the match. anyways COME REDS!!!!!!!!
@ slim well said mate, Applauds
Come on you Reds.
Fuck I’m so excited. Just wana say good luck to the team, ROONEY FOR HATRICK!!!…i hope Man United make fools of AC…Imagine we drew Arse for the semi’s
LunG420
lets get to the 1/4′s first lol
sry…stoner moment lol
GAME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m stuck in the blasted office working late so will have to stick the radio on.
Come on lads, get stuck into them.
LunG420
lol trying to relax?
Glory Glory Man United Glory Glory Man united and The Reds go marching On On On, I wish I was there singing that!
thesavage
Shit, that’s a bummer!
A quick goal to settle my nerves please – Go United stick it to them
Ulster
haha its a hobby not an addiction
COME ON UNITED!!!
@ the savage, Just tell them you installed a new water bed in your house last night and you havent recovered from the Sea sickness, eg thro a sickey
Good attempt by Rooney but he had Nani and Scholes as options.
A great start – nearly got one
Oooh fuck!
Great effort Rooney!
Need to keep it up there!
Ronny has scored for RM – all square
CHRIST!!!!!!!! NEVILLE
Ohhhh Red Nev!
You dont see them from him often!
Oh shit so close
Oh come on! What is going on at the back!
Always happens to us – we a killing them then the opposition gets one chance and its nearly in
ROONEYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brilliant
1-0 Come ON UNITED!!!!
tie over. fucking majik
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS!!!
ROOOONEEYYYY!!!
rrrroooooooooooooooonnnnneeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy another fucking header!!! great ball gazz
Rooney is fearless now and so full of confidence. Great ball from Nev to
brilliant cross from red nev
Rooney just Rocks my world.
they have to make the Golden Head Award and give it to rooney
Bye Bye Milan.
Roooooooooney!
great cross by red nev…..well done rooney.
WAYNE FUCKIN ROONEYYYYYYYY! I LOVE U!
come on now lad’s It’s Arsenal style, keep ball, let’s not get carried away and try to thrash them.
Nani is giving the ball away way too many times. Has to do better to keep the ball
nani is losing the ball too much.we cant have milan having so much possession….milan can hurt us
Need to get another one…
Have liquids that need a good home? No idea what to do with all that sauce?
Call NANI: The only bottler around!
If we didn’t have all the injuries, Nani would be working the turnstiles
well played there 3 lungs park, fuckin energy of that Man….. Immense
Nani is atleast covering back well . That was a good ball to Evra as well. His great form came on the right, he is back on the left. Stay behind him!
careful scholesy
Manc down under, shut the Fuck up ye eedjit. support the lads or go boil yer heid
Milan have had possession but at least we are winning the 50s in the final third and pushing them out. We are closing down well making it difficult.
Come on Gary, haha!
@ kevin exactly m8…. it’s drawing the time down
Is anyone else failing to look at Christian Abbiati without thinking he’s Jaap Stam’s twin!
Another nani lover redscot. If he can’t play on the left then why not start Berba, obertan, gibson or the ball boy u wanker
lmao @bchilds. fucking brilliant
We are playing a little to far back for me. I realize it is a 2 goal cushion we are allowing to much space and we need more possession. But we are waiting for the end of the half.
@downundermanc……we’re united fans.not chelsea or loserpool fans who criticize their own players…..in fergie we trust.
redscot
He does pal! “Are you Jaap Stam in disguise!”
If you think for 1 minute I am going to get into a debate on the merits of Nani on a night like this you are a basket case. As for calling me names”wanker” its a tad lame yes? What would you like me to do, hit you with my Handbag.
Chufffed as fuck for all the Team. If you aint United yer lost
Nani’s best fit is the right and he finds it hard on the left. He is not playing at a really high level but give him some time. First of all of the three players you listed I would take Nani on the left over them to start any day of the week. Obertan is not polished at the moment, Berbatov is and can’t be a winger, and Gibson is not ready for an AC Milan second leg champions league draw. Not yet at least. I think your as much as a Nani hater as RedScott is a Nani lover. His up side is better then the three you listed as a left winger. He is not playing like he did vs. arsenal but he might not be capable of that game in game out. I am not saying love him but let him the finish the game before you pass judgement and give up hope.
HT
Got the early goal we needed. Must not under no circumstances get complaacent. I trust Fergie to get that message across.
Another goal would be very nice as well.
I know bechilds I recognised and recalled when u said it. lol
Ronaldinho is a joke in this match. How can he not even make an attempt to track back and allow us SO much room on our right side? This is all going according to the plan. We’re just better than them and a much more fully realised team.
so far so good. Parl unsettled in the center, Nani modest. Rooney scored another consecutive goal with his head.
How much of a difference do Ferdinand and Vidic make?.They really make the defence look solid. Vidic is looking great
the 80 on the back of ronaldino is his age right? cos he’s behaving like a grumpy old man boy. i m sure park is on drug (not!) cos he’s juz immerse in the last few games. impressive. if rooney is still ot 100%, we can pull him off for a rest on 60-70 min. we need him fully charge for the title run in.
spot on kevin on your post Nani is deffo right sided, but there is threat there, trust me m8 he is Class.
Colbert right on the Button a lazy cunt, but a very dangerous cunt.
@DEVILisRED
lol. Thats because he is born in 1980 and wanted no 10 but Seedorf has that
Ronaldinho isn’t playing like a joke. It’s Neville using his experience, countering his pace with mind pages. Nipping at him time-to-time to let him know that he’s always watching, little Ballack-like-non-bookable smart fouls, getting in Dinho’s head cuz he knows how Dinho gets frustrated when fouls don’t go his way. He’s starts complaining, loses concentration, and it affects his game.
I though Nev would get steamrolled by Goofy, but Neville’s more than coping so far.
Seedorf on. He is a good player and makes things happen. We will need to be sharp in the defense.
My friend allowed me to use his laptop.
A good first half, but some nervy moments. AIG makes a good point. Rio and Vida have made a big difference.
COME ON UNITED!!!!
Back again redscott wasn’t it u who initiated the personal insults. Plenty of United supporters on this blog have roundly critised Nani in the past. His performances over his united career have been 99% piss poor Hit a raw nerve
Rooney is a legend
HOW ABOUT THAT DOWN UNDER!!! STICK TO AUSSIE RULES!
THATS why Nani needs to play
Rooneys closing in on that 42 goal mark!!
Fucking great work by Nani. Well done! More of the same please!!
ROONEY!!!!!!!!!!!! i told all of you rooney for hatrick
beauty from Nani
PS Nani got one right or is that left – well done
YESSSS!!!
What a player!!
Congrats Rooney!
30 and countin!!
did you see the pass, glory glory man united On On On
Pure beauty in the through ball from Nani there. Well done lad!
great ball my nani…..was there someone here saying something about nani…
Rooney is just in a different class now. It has been a pleasure to watch him mature.
If Nani just did what Valencia just did, 90% of this blog would be down his throat.
At least Nani CAN play on the left (how well he plays there… umm yea) but valencia is so one footed its ridiculous, he definitely needs to work on that part of his game
Great assist from Nani, I forgot Rooney can also score with his feet! Time to lay back, relex and actually enjoy a game
If i was SAF i would pull Wayne off now, keep him Fresh for Foolwho. But in the Maestro I trust.
Nah redscot. Lets push for a couple more before resorting to that.
Welcome home Beckham. From Manchester with love.
I dont mind u coming on now.
redscott – not so fast. This is Milan and they are capable of goals. I say let him try for his hat trick for 15-20 more minutes and then take him off. Berba could use a night off and then we can throw on Diouf and give him some experience. But as you said in SAF we trust!
Mr Offside might come on.
Ah feck Huntelaar chance…
bring on berba for rooney on the 60th min. need to keep those feet & head fresh for fulham
Anti Glazer chants really coming across loud and clear on the ITV coverage….and the commentators keep talking about the green and gold……keep it up lads!
Thats the stuff Nani Lad!!!
Keep it up!! Keep it up United!!
PARK 3 LUNG~~~~~~
paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark….cmon..yes
Park gets a rare one – well done 3 lung
Ok NOW we take Rooney off.
PAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRKK!!!
What a pass Scholesy!!
Park Park wherever you may be!!!
told u guys he’s on drug. fucking brillant.
Alright. Now I want eight.
lovely wee pass through to park and great control and finish
Am in heaven, 3 lungs park, pass bye the Man of moment, ginger prince, fucking just delirous, and what the fuck do i know, i wanted the game closed down.
fucking brilliant nite
great pass by scholes….now we can rest rooney and get on berba or diouf.we need to give scholes some rest.he’s been playing a lot recently.carrick will be back this weekend.
Becks to come on. Standing ovation.
@ edwin want 8…. pmsl
Beckham shed a tear or two there, didnt he?
Berba and Rafael on.
Well played Rooney!
Lets have some revenge for 07 boys!
COME ON UNITED!!!
i hope the spanish virus are knocked out.its 1-1 agg in madrid.well done rooney.c’mon berba.well played red nev. Arsene wenger said get on united. He wont like what he’s seeing…..
newton
Agree with that, bye bye virus!
Love it.
The fans are in Abbiati’s head!
Gibbo for Scholes.
Well Played Scholesy!!
@ manc down under. All I meant mate, dont slag the players off during the match, it helps no cunt, leave it till after the match when tension’s and adrenalin is lower and everybody can be more rational.
I hope you enjoyed the Game it was a superb nite for us.
after all buddie we are together.
You gotta believe
He may not be a cristiano but what an excellent player valencia is. he defends, he attacks and has loads of energy. Looks a bargain to me for 17 million
ooh. What brilliant technique by becks.
Beautiful from Berbatov.
Great shot of the Love United Hate Glazer flag on ITV, exactly what we want! The more exposure the better.
Yessss Lyon! Stick it to the Fascists!
Lyon have equalised 1-1 in Madrid, fuck off virus!
I’m stuck with watching ESPN desportes – in Toronto I could be watching TheLads but, hey, I’m stuck in Mexico for one more day.
But, be that as it may be, that CR9 is one fucking great player but it’s still a team game and, good as he is, he’s just one of eleven. He scored a beauty in the 8th or 9th minute – we’ve seen it before: sent off down the left, beats his man, cuts inside, and drives the ball – left-footed – through the keeper’s five-hole (as we CanuckleHeads talk about such things). Higuain missed an open goal, hitting the post, and Kaka ran fast but did sweet-fuck-all [and then got taken off for Raul, aged 48]. Otherwise, the first half was men against boys as TheVirus’ defence looked like Meeelan back in their glory with Baresi, Maldini, and Costacurta (waaaay back in time from what I’m reading online !).
Whatever the French is for hair-dryer – cheveux sec – it seems to have worked as the Frogs have just gone ahead with Lisandro Lopez laying it off the Miralem Pjanic. This is huge because Lyon now have an away goal. How sweet would it be for TheVirus to come up short – AGAIN ! – in the round of 16. My fingers are crossed, very tightly – 12 minutes to go and TheVirus need two goals. let’s hope that this referee isn’t bent because it looks really, really, really bad for TheFascists.
Oh, yeah, Karim Benzema is playing even less that Dimitar Berbatov.
Fascicsts need another two goals in last 10mins to progress now, another great shot of two Lond United Hate Glazer flags hanging from the Stretford End!
Go on Lyon!!!!!! knock out those cunts
‘Kinell Gibbo! Get it on target!!
bchilds….the night is getting better.lyon have 10 mins to finish the virus.c’mon.gibson should have scored.
what a night! welcome beck-ham! utd thru! awesome!
ronnie must be ragin lol…im not as i had lyon 2 go thru on the bet!! great night all round
Well done Fletch!
YES!!!
Fletch!!
7-2 Aggregate!!
What a ball from Rafael!!
Made IN Scotland, i came in my undies lol
Fuck the hell off AC Milan.
We now have our sweet revenge for 07.
Virus are their way out!
This is fucking a unbelievable display. And for the shit that try to drive the club down as cheapskate’s and penny pinchers. ARE YOU WOTCHING!
Abbiati makes Foster’s distribution look half-decent!
Guardiola are you listening?
Can you keep the trophy glistening?
’cause we’ll be back in May
to take it away
walking in a Fergie wonderland.
the commentator just said ”united have got 4,1 less than arsenal vs porto,but this is milan we’re talking about”……..brilliant…the virus are almost out.i doubt they will score 2…
FT!!!!
Glory Glory Man Uniiiiited!!
Revenge for 07!
Well played lads!!
Great result, 7-2 on aggregate is a hell of a result against Milan! Brilliant! That result will make Europe take notice.
A great result, plenty of green & gold coverage on ESPN. Real Madrid out, what now for Ronny???????????????
Hahaha fuck off you Paella eating cuntbags!
Madrid can suck shit and die!
@ Ulster Red
nice one, looking forward to see ronnie crying @ the end
fuck the fascists
Fascists OUT!
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
VIRUS OUT…YAY!!!!!! Are you kickin yourself now ronaldo hahahahahaha
lyon are through…hahahahahaha…its getting better….lyon could have made score.they missed some easy one on one’s with the keeper…i wonder how ronaldo,kaka and benzema are feeling….
becks clapping the crowd. touching moment. he’s a real devil inside indeed.
fuck….bring tears to my eyes. he really still can whip in the cross like 10 years ago.
Theatre of Dreams. That’s where dreams happen baby.
Madrid are out. Wonder how the dream is working out for Ronnie. Love the guy but, went to the wrong club.
Virus OUT – some top-class time-wasting by Cris at the end; the score could have been embarrassing since Lyon missed two sitters when their strikers – Lisandro Lopez and Delgado – were one-on-one with SaintIker. Alas, they choked and kept it close so that the time-wasting strategy came into play – Cris deserved an 11 out of ten for his rolling about, as if he were suffering from some sort of terminal nerve illness.
Haha, have that you fucking fascists! Knocked out in the last 16 for the SIXTH time on the trot!
Becks put on the Green and Gold!
Well in Becks!!
Big well done for Beckham drapping the green and gold scarf around him when leaving the pitch!
What a great night. First we piss on Milan and then that joke of a football club gets knocked out!
I was immensely proud of the team tonight. Everyone worked their socks of for 90 mins. Rooney is a prince, Fletcher is the best box-to-box midfielder in Europe and Valencia looks like a proper United player. Park is in real form as well. Hope we can build on this and with Vidic and Rio back in the side be more stable from now on.
BECKHAM WITH THE G&G SCARF!!!
FUCKING EPIC!!!!!!
I told ya we would bash them, the lads where brillant form start to finish. Madrid out haaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Beckham put the green and gold scarf on at the end of the game
What a night guys!
4-0 against Milan!
The fascists are fucked out of the Ch.League
And Becks in Green and Gold!
Fergie sign him up!
I couldn’t have scripted this – 4-0 over Milan (Rooney getting two) and RM getting dumped out of Europe! This must be heaven! Ronaldo and Benzema must be crying their eyes out now.
And, boy does that lad beckham have a half decent right foot on him or what?
@Costas
Easy mate don’t care who we get now, and how good was Darren Fletcher tonight.
@Mahesh
He sure does. I loved the reception he got.
The thing I liked about us was how clinical we were. No mercy. The journos were wanking about Arsenal, but this is were the big boys play.
Top comment KevKev, couldn’t agree more on the epic front. Great game to watch, Milan are a shadow of what they were in 07, but we gave them a pretty good hammering, hopefully we’ll keep up the quality to blow the Scousers away in a couple of weeks.
Did Ronaldo cry? Anyone know?
Jandsdad
just chelski barca seville and bordeux to go mate…i feel for ronnie….do i fuck lol
Haha, Ronaldo! Where’s your GOD now, Kaka?
And special appreciation for Valencia and Nani. Valencia especially is fucking world class already, and its scary to think he’s got a looott more in him.
What an outstanding performance from the lads – everyone was just magnificent, there is no MOTM to be honest. Every single Utd player deserves praise – what a exempelary team performance. Milan on the other hand were just atrocious; even after Scholes and Rooney were off they couldn’t score.We have finally got revenge. This just feels so sweet!
While we were beating Milan 7-2 on aggregate, Madrid were getting knocked out by Lyon. And after all that money and hype! Just why did Ronaldo leave this club – to win the Champions League with Real? This is priceless. I wonder where he will watch the final. At the Bernabeu, or at home?
Now for Jose’s mob to stuff it up Chelski, icing on the cake
Ronaldo’s gonna cry himself to sleep on his big bag of money tonight. The path of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. We’ve proven once again that we are the best. We smashed Milan. Fucking shattered them! Bring on the gooners!
Well so much for Operation Rooney, eh Ronaldinho?
@willierednut
I was watching both games at a friend’s house. After Rooney’s first, the goal I celebrated the most was Lyon’s. It’s not because I am afraid of Real. I just hate them.
What I would like now, is for Chelsea to go through and face Arsenal, so that they can beat the hell put of each other.
Fletcher was fantastic today. He and Park run the show!
If Arsenal was men against boys, this was men against really really old men. Anyway, swatted them like a fly, feels great. Icing on the cake was Madrid getting knocked out. Can’t express how good it feels that two of the world’s three best players won’t take any further part in Europe’s elite competition. Now the road is paved for Rooney versus Messi.
Who is up next any idea? Or will it be a draw again?
If it is one of Arsenal, Lyon and Bayern, I would say we should be pleased.
great result tonight also DELIGHTED that Ronald McDonald’s dream club went out tonight! I’m going to watch the highlights just to see him crying at the final whistle……..Love it
There is no doubt now about Rooney being world class, Milan just couldn’t handle him. Again Madrid out haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
The only thing I saw from Ronaldo was that he walked towards the tunnel shaking his head. He really has to feel bad today, but who cares?
Becks still has that never say die spirit and Utd enthusiasim in him; and that deadly right foot. Loved seeing him wearing the G&G scarf at the end. The atmosphere sounded great – the LUHG chants were belted around OT repeatedly and the fans were in full voice. What a great night this is; this will be a great memory to savour.
empathic.
Glory glory Man United
Love United Glazer OUT
As for the game itself, WOW. Ok Rooney was terrific, but what about the other guys? Scholes, it seems, can’t put a foot wrong if he was made to. I am not going to mention the card though.
Nani was hit and miss, but when he hit, it was stunning.
Valencia loves playing Milan almost as much as Rooney I think.
Fletch was brilliant, Park didn’t let Pirlo breath, and Neviller rolled back the years. Great to have the trio of Vida, Rio and VdS back together again, good times!
Pat was great, though he hardly had much to do, had it easier than Gary anyway!
@Costas
I agree, Park and Fletcher were two of our best performers. I was a bit worried about Park playing in a central role but he certainly proved me wrong. Well played Ji-Sung!
I thought Evra the least good (to put it that way) tonight. Too often he let Milan play the ball in behind him. But in truth it was a great team performance so that’s perhaps a bit nitpicky.
So Did Madrid deserve to go out or what?
Milan certainly did!
Rooney now just 12 goals away from Ronaldos 42 Goal Tally. Will he do it??
btw, Beckham with the G & G scarf has just made the ITV news headlines
@Anon
Yeah the Scholesy yellow was a bit frustrating. I hope it won’t be costly later in the tournament.
@bchilds
I don’t like living with “what ifs”, but I think we missed an opportunity by not playing Park centrally in Rome last May. But we didn’t know he could pull it off back then.
any videos/pictures of Beckham wearing the G&G scarf ??
Chelsea have now got to continue the trend and score 4/5 goals and beat Inter. I fancy the rentboys to win; they’re a stronger side – I want them to so they have as many games as us and Arsenal have. But there are always surprises in the Champions League – Jose’s men could well do the job tomorow and knock them out.
Gary rolled back the years. Easily still the best right back of Premier League.
Rio was superb. Composed and calm.
Vidic was tenacious and brave. Forms the perfect partnership with Rio.
Fletcher, i dont know what to say about him. His goal at the end of the game says it all – never stops working. He has the best concentration in the world.
Mahesh @ 22:50: “Valencia especially is fucking world class already, and its scary to think he’s got a looott more in him.”
YEAH. I think that he’s just scratched the surface – Nani, too. Both of them need to work on their left-sided shooting/passing. That should come with specialized training. Clearly, these two – plus Rooney – are at the core of the attack that SAF has been planning to take UTD into the near-future.
the result that made my night was madrid going out, even with ronaldo they still get knocked out fuck you fascest, and if rooney can drive united to untold success he should win european and world player of the year and tonight showed united are not a one man team the link up play between valencia nani rooney and park were special add the fact VDS ferdinand vidic evra are back together, with rafeal and neville fighting out at RB united have great qualitys in mother areas of the pitch. With aded bonus of rooney subed was the cherry on the great cake. No queston rooney is the worlds best player.
SUPERB!!!!!!!
what a night!
DownUnderManc @ 22:52: “Now for Jose’s mob to stuff it up Chelski, icing on the cake”
Be careful what you wish for – it would be better for UTD if the RentBoyz were engaged on three fronts (EPL, CL, and FACup) – and won none ! I doubt that losing at Stamford Bridge would dent Jose’s ego much, either.
What a night. What a performance.
@RTNK
Its scary to think how good Rooney could become.
@rooney the new king aaww that hurts.. “the result that made my night was madrid going out” i couldnt be bothered by what ever the other results are because i am thoroughly enjoying our win.
Costas @ 22:53: “What I would like now, is for Chelsea to go through and face Arsenal, so that they can beat the hell put of each other.”
I’d second that.
I don’t think there’s a hope in hell that Inter will knock Chelski out, I can’t see anything bar a comfortable win for the rent boys at the bridge.
Fuckin AMAZING. That was the best fun I’ve had in ages. Was up for it the moment it started and never doubted us for a second. 7-2 against opposition like that folks. Bloody brilliant. Wasn’t that they were shit either. We just dicked ‘em. Defense was proper solid all night. Vida and Rio being back and in that sort of form make all the difference. Great performances all round. Three Lung bothered them constantly, Valencia was ace, Fletch – immense, White Pele what can you say? Bloody brilliant all over the park. Stand up and take notice Chelski, we’re hitting form.
Sat with two mate in a boozer in Camden shouting for Wayne as Pele, Fletch as Socrates, Park as Parky (as in Michael) and Nev simply as Super Nev and cheered every touch he had. Rollin’ back the years was Super Nev. Fuckin loved it. Every minute.
LUHG
Costas
It probably will. Hopefully if there is any case for a suspension, Scholesy should just get suspended for one of the legs in the quarters or semis (say we make it). If we are playing the final, I want Scholes, Fletch and Park to be there. Yeah Park, ahead of Carrick. Thought he was brilliant tonight against Pirlo, and you don’t get em much tougher than that. If we played these three against say Xavi, Iniesta and whoever Guardiola throws in with them, we should be alright. Esp with our back five intact and Valencia, Nani and Rooney on board.
Glory Glory Man United, that’s how true champions do it, now bring on Madrid, oh wait… Ah well, we’ll make do with Liverpool, oh wait…
@denton davey
Yeah I agree. The quarter finals are before and after the United-Chelsea game on April 3. It would suit us a great deal if Chelsea also had to play that 7 day period. And if it is against Arsenal or Chelsea, all the merrier.
@Anon . m8 you are witnessing a rising Star* in Antonio. He is gonna be just better that Ronaldo. trust me, I am very carefull of my runner’s and rider’s. This lad has got it all.
And thats not said on Columbian crack!
That was Milan’s biggest defeat over 2 legs in the champions league. Fletcher > Pirlo
Arsenal or Barcelona I meant.
I hate to rain on anyone’s parade but some of you LUHG nutzoids might want to consider what it means that since the Glazers have taken UTD to private ownership TheLads have not done badly.
cantona7 – united were half way through anyway seeing that lot who said they were destined to win it because it was at the bernebeu stadium and all we heard from the spanish muppets was that la liga would overtake has the powerhouse they have fallen flat on their faces. Remember they said with ronaldo we would win everything look what has happened, we have gotten further than ronaldo’s madrid and thats what makes tonight madrids exit has made my night.
cantona7, yep second that mate. The Madrid result matters little in light of our win. If we had been knocked out along with the Fascists I would have been gutted. The real result was ours. Madrid getting knocked out was like finding a quarter on the sidewalk.
great night, well done utd.
did anybody beckham leave the pitch with a green & gold scarf………………..still a red!!!!!!!!!!!!
are you watching fucking glazier?
WHAT A MATCH!!! It feels really good, i mean FFS Gary Neville shut out Ronaldinho, who would have thought. Everybody was immense today, the good thing is we can step up even more!
With park playing like a midfielder with purpose, energy and dangerous intent. Please by all means fellow REDS praise his work rate but please marvel at his ability on the ball. Absolutely fantastic, this is exactly what we need from an attacking midfielder. Not going overboard but he’s playing a lot like David Silva at Valencia, Top Class form him, Top Class from Vida & Rio, Gary, Rooney, Valencia, Evra, CHRIST!!!!!! the whole team
exciting performance and a great great result, Thanks Guys
@ REDDEVIL @ 23 .11 And dont it feel fuckin great.
Wildly off-topic!
Just read this little tidbit:
“Reports from the time of his eventual release in 2001 suggested that (Jon) Venables, a fan of Manchester United, had even been taken to see a United match at Old Trafford. The thinking behind the visit was to get him used to large crowds and try to reduce his fear of being attacked.”
Fucking dirty scouser.
denton davey
Got fuck all to do with eachother. We’ve done well in spite of them, not because of.
willierednut – it is scary prospect, and thats why my username rooney the new king is the right name and the perfect name for rooney. Forget using that idiot statement rooney the white pele, the banners should be called rooney the new king because he is now king of old trafford not the white pele crap, what I think has benifited rooney why he is scoring all the goals is 3 things.
- rooney is geting the service from carrick scholes valencia nani park and sometimes berbatov
- fergie is now playing rooney right down the middle he not being rotated
- he is the vocal point of the team, the team is built around rooney and with rooney now playing off the shoulder not right or left r a fluid system taking him away from the goal.
redscot
you know, i always suspected that! He beats his man more efficiently and regularly than Ronnie ever did, is probably as quick, dribbles and passes well too. The only aspect of his game that lacks in comparison is his left foot. On the right side of the pitch, considering a 64 million pound profit and a loss of a trademark free kick taker, I would say we got the better end of that deal.
Now lads, wait for the abu’s to say that Milan team were old men.
That was one of the best performances in recent years. Such a good feeling after that game. Almost would have given becks that volley but a clean sheet was the icing on the cake.
Following the game, seeing Beckham putting on the scarf and then the virus’ getting chucked out. Ronaldo must just be ragin’ seeing how Rooney is going to overtake him as Player of the Year. Shows that it wasn’t Ronaldo who made United great, but the team!
for me this game finally prove that park can play with big boys. when he first came to united there always talk of commercial reason.i dont know why he always play well in euro game compare to league. maybe because of continental tactic suits him more than robust league style. well done park and go on to cement your place in united history.
what a boost beckham wearing the green and gold scarf I wonder if beckham will be part of this revolution to get rid of the glazers.
Men against Antiques
Johnny
Great point. Ronaldo benefited from the team being set up to get the best out of him and to cover for him when he didn’t want to track back. No way would he have gotten 42 goals in THAT season without the hard work of Vidic, Hargreaves, Tevez, Rooney, Evra, Rio and so on. So frustrating that people thought he was the sole reason for our success.
Colbert – PPL forget that side was such a powerful outfit with so much strength and depth and a defence that had no injurys what so ever.
@ anon, ronaldo was a show pony, for at least 2 year’s this lad deliver’s for the Team.
And like of the other Assoles that left the Club. Going no where.
I think if we has Rio and Vida for the majority of the season, the league would be over.
park I am so getting you some fresh dog you beauuuty
rooney the new king
Absolutely. I loved the power and drive of that side. It seemed like we almost always had an extra gear when we were in trouble.
@redscot
Spot on mate, he’s a drama queen always has been.
anyways i am away to wind up the cunt’s( landin based) on Sly sports.
The main reason why Rio and Vida looked solid and comfortable today was because they played together against Wolves. Had Fergie rested one of them and played Evans, they wouldn’t have been as formidable tonight. Their partnership against wolves – playing together for the first time in months – was just so vital. If they do stay fit then we have finally got back the best defensive partners in Europe.
Rooney deserves to win all of the allocades he deserves this year. Every one of them.
Gotta love Beckham… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/7416852/Manchester-United-v-AC-Milan-David-Beckham-departs-in-green-and-gold-scarf.html
Still a true Red at heart
Rooney the new king
It’s brilliant yes. But I take it you ain’t heard Collybore on TalkSport. Saying that Beckham put the scarf on just so he got his picture in the paper and that it would detract from the UTD performance. Beckham LEGEND. Collymore CUNT.
Park, Fletch, Rio, Vida. Fantastic performances. Rio was impeccable.
People saying 1-1 before the game and that they were nervous. Fuck sake be positive and believe and WHEN the team delivers, it feels better than it normally would.
P.S get in there Lyon.
Colbert – propably because of the tactics we had and it looks like united are getting that with park nani valencia interchanging around rooney. nani still frustrates me but I was delighted how nani drove to get that ball and cross to rooney that was breathtaking. but did that side double winning side of a phew years ago have this amount of injuryswe have had at the moment I doubt it
Seeing Milan’s front three tonight just setting up camp in our half and dandering lazily back when they lost the ball reminded me of Ronaldo too. Look at the difference in this team – even Berbatov has started to change to become a team player. We had 11 men behind the ball in the 90th minute to defend that clean sheet – that’s what will cause ripples across Europe.
42?
I will have him down to beat Law’s 45 this season, the way he’s goin!
Edge – I was not nervous well I did take a shit was nerbous because united have this nack of shooting themselves in the foot, but that collymore is he nuts saying guys like scholes giggs fletcher rooney can all wear green and gold scarfs, I was delighted beckham was wearing the scarf and it shows he is disgusted how the glazers have treated our club and becks is no mug. Beckham is now on my list of united greats again and he is a united legend
here’s the link someone asked for showing Becks with the scarf:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2887692/Beckham-backs-Glazer-demo.html
If we crash out at the quarters/ semis, and fail to win the Champions League then the team I will be wholeheartedly supporting is Lyon. Legends.
rooney the new king
Agree with what you said there. No, from what I recall we didn’t have a lot of injuries that season. Certainly not to the extent we’ve had this year. The lack of stability has really hurt us but now hopefully we can keep our most important players fit and build on this great performance.
Fze123 – well I think we can do something great, I really hate to tempt fate but when players have special special seasons the team has a special season. I will jinx united if I say those oh well, we saw ronaldinho 2006 barca do the double, ronaldo 2008 united did the double, beckham 99 was one of the driven forces proving everyone wrong helping united win the treble 1999, messi 2009 help barca do the treble I just now sence it add the fact VDS ferdinand and vidic are back together the steal is back.
If Park had an extra half-yard of pace he would be f’ing incredible…
He was my MOTM this evening.
Oh, and was Ronaldinho even playing? GNev had him in his pocket! I will now ask forgiveness for doubting you/saf
RTNK – it does give me confidence when you put it like that, lets hope that United will win the league and CL. That’d be really great…I’ll be greatly satisfied with the league alone, but when we play as well as we can, we are a good bet to win against anyone.
Lets enjoy a great night, make no mistake, old men or not, beating Milan 7-2 is a great result, one that will give our players like Fletch, Valencia, Nani and Rafael and the likes good confidence. I was glad to see that Fergie’s post match interview, he very coolly said with this team, I’m ready for anyone. Loving it, Fergie.
Looking forward to who we get in the QF.
BTW – Ha ha ha ha @ Madrid.
@ RTNK
We have had some outstanding performances this season, and atrocious ones. I am not tarnishing the great performances but I feel we have not been consistent enough – we will see the real power and flair of this current team next season. We are now adjusting to the return of crucial players. Injuries and bans have stood in our way many times this season, and although we have our first choice defence back I feel the only thing which may prevent us from progressing further in the CL would be because of a injury/ban to one of our players. Bayern and Barca are major threats too, the are the teams we have to be wary of, which is why I will not make us favourites. The PL title is much more realistic as we are the best team in the league – but as much as any fan I’d love it if we do win the double.
I know what you mean though – this is a very special team indeed. Rooney, Fletcher, Valencia, Park, Berbatov and Nani are exceptional talents – but most importantly they are team players. As I watched highlights of the Real match, I noticed how every Madrid player was just shooting wildly at goal instead of building up play, creating or passing to a teammate. Higuain and Ronaldo wanted to win the game on their own. Forgot to mention the great spirit within the lads at Utd; you cannot buy that. Next season, with Hargo and O’shea back adding versatility, experience and freshness to the team, we will see the real Utd. We will see performances like tonight more often. We will never die.
Rooney is just so modest and humble after every great performance in his interviews. And an exemplary role model; a devil on the pitch, but a saint off it.
http://img.skysports.com/10/03/800×600/Man-United-v-AC-Milan-David-Beckham-yellow-an_2429360.jpg
Becks: LUHG
Cool as fuck. What a night!
Fze123 – I did not say the current team is special we will have to wait and see what happens after the season ends then we can judge if this team is special. But I have said this before we are 2 players short of not only a special squad but a squad full of strength in depth and the ability to rest players. If united in the summer sign a CM and a striker this summer we will have such a powerful squad, but what fergie has finally done with rooney is fergie has grown a brain and realise play rooney ridget throught the middle, not left not right but upfront.
I would not worry about bayern and barca especially barca yes they are threats but united now have a comfy system if rooney is kept fit to make the system work, barca have lost the weapons and the system that made them great, the loss of etoo, the loss of form of henry, iniesta is playing out of position and their squad is tired, add the fact ibrahomivic is so static he has slowed down barca and they have lost their fluence they had last season.
check this article out interesting
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/7417347/Debate-Was-Cristiano-Ronaldo-was-wrong-to-leave-Manchester-United.html
Hi all
Sometimes History repeats itself
Sometimes History is made
Sometimes History is dawned upon
Sometimes History gives time to reflect
Today everything happened
AC milan did not beat us – we finally beat them and knocked out a great European opponent.
Wayne Rooney is the best player in the world
David Beckham and Scholes reminiscing together whilst Gary ran through sharing a laugh – whilst Giggsy watched on – The nearing of an end of the greatest United players that the club has produced since the Busby Babes – and Becks finally had his moment – he said he would show no emotion but his tears fell.
Ronaldo walked for his dream and in true fashion his time was up today for now – he will never be loved or admired like he was here – surely time will reflect that emotion upon him too
The club roared – the players righted a wrong from three years ago and 52. The fans payed homage to one of the club’s fondest players and then put him in his place when he touched the ball with the appropriate response in boos.
The fans told the Glazers that it is us who binds this club – not them – the bank managers or hedge fund managers or bonds etc…
We will all come to an end. But this club will never die.
It never did – it never will
Pointers from this match:
1) Park you beauty, had pirlo in his pocket. Quote of the day, Where Pirlo is, Park is, but when United have the ball, where Park is, Pirlo is a mile away.
2) Wazzzzza —
3) Revenge from the San Siro humiliation.
4) Old men cannot win anything.
5) Fletcher, footballing Genius.
6) Love United, Hate Glazers. The fans were brilliant, i was watching here in States, and enjoying the fans singing every minute, except for a period of 10 min when suddenly everything was so silent after the third goal
7) Bring it on says SAF
and LAST, Beckham is a Legend. What a support, an outstanding ovation, putting in his traditional crosses, wearing the G&G, in the interview he was asked, are u crying?, he said, “well.. errm.. i don’t know”.. What a legend.
Yeah, what was that about? First we cheered Beckham (like I expected) but the first time he touched the ball he was booed. Why?
Very philosophical and soo true MG
The booing of Beckham’s touches was tongue-in-cheek after the amazing reception he received when he came on.
Can’t stop laughing about Real Madrid, or FAIL Madrid as they are now known. Oh Ronnie, what have you done?
Hi guys. Just got back from my mate’s house. A truly wondeful night on all fronts.
All in all, the OT reaction to Becks made me proud to be a United fan. Seeing him at OT again, rolled back the years for me. One of the very first United games I ever saw was a 4-0 win over Galatasaray with Beckham scoring his first goal for us. I have practically grown up watching with the guy.
As far as Ronaldo. I also love this guy, but tonight he is reeping what he sew 9 months ago. His wages won’t suffer one bit, but his football ego(which he always had) was dealt a big blow today.
@Colbert
I thought it was just a message that we love you, but we have to beat you. What I didn’t understand was the “Fergie sign him up” chants. Were they ironic or just nostalgic? Tyldesley(sorry for the spelling) thought they were ironic.
Not sure if anyone already posted this up top but good read here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1257051/How-Cristiano-Ronaldo-s-exit-turned-Wayne-Rooney-real-deal-Manchester-United.html?ITO=1490
On another note, does anyone else get slightly moved seeing Gary Neville, Scholes and Giggs play? If ever I want a picture taken of who embodied the United spirit over the last two decades, it will be of Fergie, Scholes, Giggs and Neville (there are others, but these four because they are still here and still gracing the pitch for United)
Report about Hargo pulling out of the reserve game…hope it is not something too serious and more precautionary. Just go to Serbia, rub some horse blood or something on your knees and lets be done with it!! Watch Forrest Gump for inspiration, but for the love of god, come back already!
what a day! United win and annihilate Milan. Ronaldo walks off the Bernabeu shaking his head….can the day get better??
It can if you tell me that the affair that Tevez had was with John Terry:)
Another member of the Class of ’92 had a memorable night, Robbie Savage who was the emergency goalkeeper for Derby.
Just got in. Immense second half performance. The back 5 were bang on. Fletch , Rooney and Valencia and Nani were superb BUT the real man of the match for me was Park. He was outstanding tonight. Probably couldn’t see it on the telly but he NEVER let Pirlo out of his sight, not fucking once and capped his game with a goal. Everytime United attack now I expect a goal, a far cry from early season. The pace going forward is the best we have had in years. Great, great European performance.
Loved to see Becks get that reception, excellent stuff. Some things never chance though he just could not resist the green and yellow scarf photo opportunity and he is guaranteed front page news.
A fantastic night. Loved the “Fergie Fi Govan” banner. U-N-I-T-E-D!
I wonder how Ronaldo feels? Couldn’t give a fuck, he chased the “dream” and now Madrid won’t even be appearing in their own ground come May. People need to fucking realise UNITED ARE THE BEST.
Goodnight lads.
Fred – Did he? ha ha.
One thing I found bizarre tonight was the amount of fans in green and gold that clearly had no fucking idea why they are wearing it coupled with the fact they were laden with fucking mega store bags. It is turning into a fucking “fashion accesory” now.
“David Beckham and Scholes reminiscing together whilst Gary ran through sharing a laugh – whilst Giggsy watched on”
Yeah I noticed that near the halfway line.
MG – Great post fella. Where have you been recently?
@united.george
Shame to hear about Hargo. It was too good to be true I guess. I hope it’s only a temporary setback.
@King Eric
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Park was my man of the match too. He was fantastic. Goodnight.
Yeah… We are also winner in twitter… http://twitwinner.com/which.popular?q=Manchester+United_+Ac+Milan
a bit bleary eyed so apologies if i am spelling wrong and making typos.
but this was awesome. i don’t mean awesome in the cheesy american, hey dude, thats awesome sense.
i mean literally awesome. i am in awe.
and beckham with the green and gold. how much legitimacy does that lend? fucking shiteloads. the green and gold is a fantastic idea. who came up with it? genius, just like fergusons love child fletcher
i love man united.
FYI for all you reds; World football daily interviewed Andy Green of MUST. Not sure if it’s on the free section of the show, but it’s a little more news on the story (not sure if its much more than we already know).
Apologies for not having read all the earlier comments, and I daresay this has been mentioned, but in case any of the ABUs come out and say that we won because Milan are an old, tired team, here’s the facts-
Ages of outfield players:
Man Utd:
Neville (35)
Ferdinand (31)
Vidic (28)
Evra (28)
Fletcher (26)
Scholes (35)
Park (29)
Valencia (24)
Nani (23)
Rooney (24)
Average age: 28.3
AC Milan:
Abate (23)
Bonera (28)
Thiago Silva (25)
Jankulovski (32)
Flamini(26)
Pirlo (30)
Ambrosini (32)
Huntelaar (26)
Borriello (27)
Ronaldinho (29)
Average age: 27.8
Apologies if this has already been posted, but figured it was worth adding.
Also GET IN!!!!!
Also probably worth a mention that (1) they’ve picked quite a fight and have suffered some serious serious harm by scouse scum , (2) sounds like they’re giving off a decent amount free atm to drive subscriptions and it might be possible to get a month free (+ Redknap is on there tomorrow).
Also… figured I should mention… That boy park.
Another thing about tonight. Gary Neville has received a lot of critisism from United fans, but I think we should acknowledge that he is far from washed up. All he needed was a good run of form and a clean bill of health.
spot on ric dont know what thay are buying. it’s like a wank site. lol
Well said, Costas. There’s life in the old dog yet.
MG
Fucking goosebumps with that post. I fucking love this club.
Becks and Scholesy having a laugh was special.
I cant be fuckin fried the nite, it was a Cl WE 1. Simples burAND my gorgoues burd in United home kit. bang bang bang durty rich.
fuckin great result.
Nite lads keep it Red
Was disappointed to see some get on to Nani early in the match while talking on these comments. He is beginning to find his feet on the right and showed real class when it mattered most for Rooney’s second. We were able to get Rooney off because of a fantastic performance by United tonight. We were fantastic from kick off to final whistle. We held the ball, we defended as a unit and individual when neccessary, we attacked as a team and came up with individual brilliance when it was needed. We were fantastic!!!!!!!!!! COME ON UNITED!!!!!!
pay back for 69 and every game thereafter
JSP our new midfield one on one
Rooney – what is there to say
SAF is getting Europe right or are we now that far ahead – 15 years ago where would we have been
Nani needs to go behind theStretford End and and pratice his left foot
Thank you my Reds – Glazers fuck off
oooof
Just brilliant. Felt like the team did just enough without burning out, with the weekend in mind.
Valencia looks like a seasoned Champions League player already.
So Avram Glazer was in attendance? They kept that quiet. I wonder if he got away from the ground ok.
Please read this. Absolutely the most far off the mark report regarding the G&G I have seen. Awful. Do the poll though, please. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/360552-yanks-to-manchester-united-fans-youre-welcome#poll
hala United
haha Madrid
Apparently, they’re selling fewer shirts than the Chavs and Dippers (according to Adidas).
They’ll be selling even fewer after tonight’s result.
I was on redcafe just now and someone posted a blog that the RTE idiots were bashing united with the debt, one said that drunk dunphy or better name to call him dumphrey said that uniteds era was coming to an end and we would have a simuler fall has what happened to united in the 70s, anyoen enlighten me what was said because this is not only hilerious, but pethetic and a complete joke who employs the arsenal cock suckers.
xol – that article must have been taking the piss, it has got to be sarcasm article not to be taken seriously
It certainly riled me. Almost spoiled my evening
U.S fans could play an important role in all this, I’d hate to see them misled by Glazer propaganda.
First, I’ll get the bad out of the way…Hargo, were you ever real or just a figment of our imagination?
Now, onto the gloriousness that was today’s game. Fan fucking tastic display. We’ve seen more cohesive, attacking football from the team this season but I don’t know that we’ve seen the team any hungrier than it was today. Everyone was up for it and it showed. The defensive 5 was, barring 1 or 2 WTF moments early one, was very stoic and calm throughout which really allowed everyone from the midfield on up to do their job without worrying about covering up mistakes or dropping back. Milan had a moment of inspiration here and there but that was it. They never felt like they were in the match and we never relented. That’s what we want to see from the team at this point of the season, at this stage in competitions like this. Proud to be a United fan.
And on top of all that, Becks got the cheer he deserved which he returned with the G&G scarf. Once a Red…
Fuck milan, Fuck barcelona, fuck chelsea, fuck arsenal
after the display we put in tonight, it makes me prouder to be a united fan than ever
and im incredible proud at the worse of times
what a night. watched the game outside, and some people i had gone with (NOT united fans) were saying, after rooney scored the 2nd goal, “come on, utd’s won already, let’s leave”. and i was like “hell fucking no! not missing a moment of this”. could never stop watching a utd game whether we’re winning, losing, drawing. and why on earth would i not want to witness the massacre at OT?
couple of days ago, after the wolves game, i had commented on a friend’s fb status about united. some twat commented and wrote “the real question is, can united win the champs league without ronaldo”. i saw that and thought to myself “i can’t be stuffed to reply to yet another ronaldo lover”. i guess the REAL question is, “can ronaldo win the champions league without united”? fuck those overpriced, overhyped cunts. would personally love to see chelsea knocked out as well, but don’t really think that’ll happen. would love for barca to get knocked out as well, but it’d be even sweeter if utd knocked them out. the whole team played brilliant and with their hearts out. ronaldo said “real are going to win the treble”. gerrard said “this is our year”. fat frank or jt or some other cunt said “united are not as formidable without ronaldo and tevez”. WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY NOW????????? we’ll never die…
Really delighted by the performance of the lads yesterday. The way we hassled and harried them when not in possession was excellent. Park was excellent as he always is in games of this magnitude.Fletch never stopped running.Scholesy was excellent too. Glad becks got a really good reception. He had a tear in his eye when he came on.
Rooney was excellent again as was Valencia. He never stops running too. Loves going forward, defends as well. Looks a bargain at 17 million.Nani was poor in the first half but was brillliant in the 2nd half.Vidic and rio were brilliant too. The backline looks very comfortable when those 2 play. They won nearly all the headers.
Special mention to Gary Neville. Rolled back the years. He had Ronaldinho pinned in his own half for most of the game. Didnt give Ronaldinho a sniff going forward
1) I guess No AC Milan players are ever going to South Korea on vacation…..
Pirlo and Ronaldinho especially must be sick of the sight of Park breathing down their necks…..no more korean sushi for them ever!!
2) Gary Neville: Life still left ….. he’s red, he hates scousers….
3) Rooney: anybody notice the lung bursting run he put in to cover for Antonio when he was caught out upfield after a Nani cross even when United were 3-0 up…..
4) Beckham’s ovation….real class from the best fans in the world…seeing him in green and gold: PRICELESS!
5) Rafael: future superstar…got on Ronaldinho’s nerves so much in just about 20+ mins that he got him booked trying to tackle back….cross was just brilliant….nuff said
6) Ronaldo: doesn’t feel very good does it lad….dream over so soon??!
Don’t you find it strange ?
Still not sure about the Milan team, but we looked really good.
Finally Park has finally got some recognition. For how long ?
And Scholesy. Awesome to have him in the squad.
Red Devil – don’t forget, pal. As long as you play for youк dream club it doesn’t matter if you win trophies or not.
corea
ronny is trying to deliver for them but they just can’t help themselves.i remember last night after scoring he was trying to urge the fans to raise up their tone like he did in last season against spurs at OT.that’s where the difference btn us and them is the madrid fans are just so poor they prefer to be spectators and boo the team off than get behind it.
am i only the one to notice that ,whenever the facists fails to deliver,the spanish sticks it out on ronny and tends to forget that he ain’t the only galactico. or what was kaka,benzema,alonso bought for ??
As for Madrid going out it is good for us because they would have been a threat.
Felt bad for Ronaldo. He was excellent throughout the tournament.Some articles stating wheteher he is regretting leaving United are crap. This is just his first season., he has many more years and will win the Champions League again at some stage. To build a team capable of winning the CL you need time, dosent happen overnight.buying quality isnt it. You need players like park,fletch,valencia who may not be the best in the world but give more than 100% every game and get stuck in
Just noticed something interesting.
Checking up Park’s profile on wikipedia, he has scored 14 times in his career with us. That is not a very amazing fact. But if we count his goals against the big teams, that is quite interesting.
- 3 times against Arsenal (2 in EPL and 1 in UCL)
- 1 time against Chelsea
- 1 time against Milan
It means that out of 14 goals he has for us, 5 is against a big team. 2 out of 2 of his goals in UCL are in the knock-out stage against big teams too. It means that Park does not score a lot, but once he does, 36% of a time it will be against a big team!
Plus his contribution is not just goals in the big matches. I think he has won a lot of MOTM awards in a big game.
Funny to remember how the media said that we bought Park only to improve our image in Korea. And funny to think that among 3 of our best upfield players for big matches (park, flecth and rooney), one came for a amazingly cheap fee, one is homegrown.
for those who didn’t watch it here you go…….http://vodpod.com/watch/3211024-man-utd-ac-milan-4-0
I think fletcher also has the same kind of stats for big match goals. He has a total of 17 goals for us. But I did not remember all of his goals though. Just remember he has scored at least once against chelsea, 2 times against Arsenal, 2 times against Shitty (i would count a derby a big match), once against Milan. Not sure if there is more. But that would make 5/17 goals in a big match.
Damn good stats.
With Park and Fletch’s stats, who can deny that they are big match players.
aig
thought i was the only one who saw it that way. no matter how poor madrid may be, they will always raise their game against us and am not in the mood to face kaka/ronny this season.
I tell you what guys, I am really pissed off. King Eric talked about the rags wanking over Arsenal’s performance, but I am afraid that it doesn’t only happen in England. Arsenal’s win over Porto madce the headlines in yesterday’s sports pages. Our emphatic victory over Milan? No. There is even someone who has written a piece about Arsenal: “How they keep losing their best players and keep playing the most attractive football”. Oh do fuck off. Adebayor was never Arsenal’s best player. What about Man UNited’s life after Ronaldo? Morons.
aig – Morning mate. You feel sorry for Ronaldo? What the fuck? One day sticking up for Stevie Me now saying you feel for Ronnie. I feel absolutely FUCK ALL, he made his bed let him lie in it.
Actually you said you feel “bad” for him not sorry so there could be a difference. If there is my apologies.
Costas – All they are talking about now is Beckham and his green and gold scarf wearing. A publicity stunt from the media whore if ever I saw one. Great to see his reception though last night and him talking with Scholes and Nev.
@King Eric
Hi mate.
I mean he was let down badly by his team mates. Was good throughout the tournament. People must remember he did not go to real to win more trophies, he was just chasing a dream that he wanted to play for Real. Unfortunately for him he is surrounded by players who dont care much about the club as much as United players do and did when he was at United.
@King Eric
Good morning. And it’s the Greek press I am talking about as well. What’s with the Arsenal loving? I saw their goals and there was a comedy of errors by Porto in most of them. Not to mention that they were creating chances for fun.
@ Corea
Lol….
Hi mate, nice to see you back!
@ Costas
Seriously, its Porto vs Milan….NO CONTEST…fucking ABU’s
I think Martin Tyler summed it up perfectly in his commentary when Fletcher scored yesterday saying, ” I know the media is going on about Arsenal’s 5 against porto yesterday BUT this is MILAN we are talking about here…”
the press mostly love fawning over every team, cept for united. i remember them waxing lyrical about liverpool last yr, and then chelsea beginning of the season. but when united plays well, it’s all about how utd are a “one-man team” and own goals. fuck ‘em. let them think arsenal play the most attractive football, chelsea have the deepest squad, city has the best players…and let united win all the trophies.
@Red Devil
He said that? Good for him. I’ve always liked Martin Tyler for being a reasonable journalist. Not to mention that he is the best commentator in England.
I just have one question about Tyler: Is he a Liverpool fan? I have my suspicions.
aig – hello. Ah I see what you mean mate.
Costas – hello pal. Oh I know you menat the Greek press, fuck em. As for Tyler I think he supports a “small club” like Woking or summat. Definately not a dipper.
I thought Leonardo showed a bit of class when he congratulated Wazza, the special 1 could learn a thing or 2 from Leonardo.
@King Eric
Yeah, I have stopped paying any attention. At the moment, the majority of Greeks who follow the Pemierhsip are Liverpool fans. But the generation that started following it in the 90s is just starting to grow up and we will overtake them in numbers! Arsenal followers are like men drooling over Jordan. They like them because they are the flavor of the day, but like Jordan, Arsenal’s character has no real depth.
I asked about Tyler, because I remember Yorke getting his hat trick against Arsenal. Tyler mentioned that the last team to do that was Liverpool and Andy Gray teased him by saying “I knew you were going to say that”!
Jellybean @ 6:10: “i guess the REAL question is, “can ronaldo win the champions league without united”?”
Spot on.
Thanks for the comments regarding last nights post
@King Eric – not been well – but better now
Thanks for asking
MG – Hope it wasn’t anything serious, I like to read your comments mate.
@King Eric
Thanks for the words mate : )