At this stage of the season, I’m not too bothered how we score or how we get the points, just as long as we do. Obviously it would be easier on our hearts if we could grab two goals in the first ten minutes every week but that would be too good to be true.
Today we didn’t have to settle for scrappy goals or scrape a win. Instead, we played quality football from start to finish and after creating plenty of chances, were finally rewarded for our patience.
United had several great opportunities to score in the first half but weren’t clinical enough. Dimitar Berbatov saw a headed chance go over the bar after a good ball in from Nani, before Wayne Rooney forced a good save from Mark Schwarzer. Rooney then wanted a penalty after his shot was deflected in to the raised arm of a defender in the box but the referee wasn’t interested.
Fulham gave us a warning of what could happen if their long balls paid off though, with Bobby Zamora getting on the end of a pass that went high over the heads of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. Of course, this is Zamora, so he fired miles over the bar.
It didn’t feel as though it was going to be ‘one of those days’ though, despite our frustrations at not being able to break the deadlock, so it didn’t come as a surprise that we came racing out of the blocks in the second half and were a goal up after 28 seconds.
Berbatov flicked the ball on to Rooney, who played it wide to Nani, who put in a perfect cross to gift Rooney with a tap in. It was a relief as much as anything. You need to get the first one out of the way before the rest can pour in, right? But we were made to wait.
Nani had the opportunity to smash the ball goalwards but it bounced too high. Rooney kept the move alive but Schwarzer did about everything possible to keep the ball out, throwing his weight all over the place.
Then it was heart in mouth time for us, as Vidic left what should have been a harmless ball roll past him and let Zamora in. It was one of those moments where your stomach tells you that your team are about to concede. But Zamora bottled it, not content with just a one on one with the keeper, but wanting to edge closer, which allowed time for Vidic to get back at him. It was a superb tackle from Vidic and for me, was a stark reminder of how costly our missing defence has been. Jonny Evans or Wes Brown, as much as I like them, would not have won the ball in that situation.
So then came another chance to wrap it up, this time Park crossing from the left but Berbatov again saw his header go painfully close. He clearly hasn’t been doing the same heading training as Rooney, although he was showing signs of working on tracking back and putting in a tackle, which should be welcomed by Berbalovers and Berbahaters alike.
Darren Fletcher then looked to be the man to give us the all important 2-0 lead, but Schwarzer made yet another great save to deny the Scot as he struck from just inside the box.
But finally, our much needed second goal came, thanks to some brilliant skill from Berbatov which showed him at his finest. Firstly, he plucked a 40-yard-ball out of the air and killed it dead first time. Then he squeezed between two opponents, kicking the ball one side and running the other, beating them both for pace. Then finally he pulled the ball back perfectly to Rooney for his second of the game. Whilst not a difficult effort for someone of Rooney’s ability, he did still have to get the ball past two defenders and place it right in the corner to get it far enough away from Schwarzer.
Then to make sure the score reflected our dominance, Berbatov popped up for our third. Rooney played a great ball out wide on the right to Park who crossed it well in to the box. Berbatov dived in to the path of the ball to head in to the back of the net.
There were phoney group hugs or rehearsed celebrations, our players just looked happy. Nani wrapped his arm around Berbatov’s neck before the rest of the team joined in the celebration, with some back slapping for Park too.
Of course all fans see their team through rose tinted glasses but there looks to be a good feeling amongst our lads. They know exactly what is required of them to get this title won and seem totally focussed on going out and getting that done. The 4-0 thrashing of Milan was almost water off a duck’s back as they look to win our fourth consecutive title.
I’ve heard in plenty of interviews from this current bunch how they’re always driven to win more trophies and that is great to hear. They want this title and I have the full belief they will achieve it.
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rooney is very brilliant in terms of scoring goals, thanks wayne, dont leave us
Good win today. I’m happy. I’m sure all you guys who know more about football than me will dissect it into teeny-weeny pieces.
My two cents? Berba was good. Rooney had an average Rooney game. Nani did well.
i want all great manchester united fans around the world to help me settle this argumentative question
WHO SCORED MANCHESTER UNITED MOST VALUABLE GOAL LAST SEASON.
1. MACHEDA, against aston villa 3.2
2.TEVEZ, against stoke city 1.0
3.RONALDO,against totham 4.2
4.VIDIC, against sunderland 1.0
we seem to be playing fantastic at home and indifferent away. we need to sort this out if we are to lift the title
“There was phoney group hugs or rehearsed celebrations, our players just looked happy.”
How true, as has been discussed before I can’t stand all the ‘lets look United’ bullshit the Chavski and Arsenal players come out with. Group huddles and self importance, fuck off!
United are United and long shall that continue.
Good game, a bit slow first 25mins but after that it was United domination. Berba looked nice but he needs a lot of chances to score as usual. But he is looking better and better, Park impressed me with that few minutes he got. Rooney? What can you say, he scores on every chance, just fantastic. Nice to see Rio/Vidic back, it’s feel so much more safe. Just hope we can trash Liverpool next week. It’s time to win now.
Very good performance from the lads it seems we’re hitting form at just the right time. Rooney and Berba where linking up well and Nani kept going, but my mom was Darren Fletcher who drove the team on, now for the dippers.
I just read an article on Berbatov and Rooney. I got to say, he got this match right on the dot. Rooney-Berbatov could succeed just yet. I think it will be a day to fear for the Premiership if Berbatov-Rooney dovetails in.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=755707&sec=england&root=england&cc=4716
I think Berba was class but yes he needs a bit too many chances to score but his overall play is magnificant. Nani was a bit on/off but Rooney was awesome. Park had a great influence when he came on, he’s looking better and better and is a definitiv starter in the high profle games.
Great to see City drop points but fuck… 90th minute Bendtner? Well well… it’s in our hands!
asite- Without a doubt, Kiko.
Hard on me this new design.
I was watching the game with some mates and i understood that Berba is a perfect scapegoat and there is nothing you can do about it.
Rooney. He just can’t stop scoring. Good game, good to watch. Good night.
@asite
The first two are equally crucial in my opinion. We badly needed the Stoke win and Macheda’s goal resurrected us. If he hadn’t scored, we probably would have lost the title.
The game was slow at first but picked up after the goal. Rio and Vida were really solid and strong at the back, especially Vidic who was all over the place. Rio almost got himself a Ibra style goal as well. Berba was sensational. I have been hard on his rebuking of other players but he is starting to show his value. I hope Fergie does not over panic and buy an expensive new striker. Give Berba this season before we make or decide to make any purchases. He has earned our patience and proved many of us (myself included) wrong. I hope he keeps up this form because it makes the 4-4-2 a real option in Europe and the EPL.
I am really pleased with Nani. He is playing in good balls, making good decisions, but he is not a final product yet. He is still getting better and improving but I hope we continue to remain patient with him. Valencia was known existent but I am sure he is somewhat tired after a fantastic game against Milan.
Really like how we are playing and I hope we continue this form. We get a week to rest which is fantastic at this point of the year before Liverpool this coming weekend. Every game is important but how great would it be to beat them and go on to win the title for a record breaking 19 times and winning it four years in a row. I trust Fergie to get us there. WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED!
How good was Berbatov today? He was very creative and he always amazes me with his ball control. All the stick he gets is unbelievable, just because he doesn’t always get on the scoresheet or gets the assist he is usually the man behind the attack.
Does anyone know where I can get statistics about individual players that include key passes (the pass before the assist) ?
Maybe today was a lesson for Fergie and Valencia. I wouldn’t be surprised if Park got the nod instead of him after the next European game. Antonio has done very well in his first season, but maybe he is not accustomed to settling down after reaching the highs of the Ch.League.
Had a great day today, fantastic win… Old Trafford loved Berbatov as usual this season…. Are you doubters queing up to admit defeat now? Because we’re bored of proving you wrong week after week.
Now we have a hge decision next week, go 442 or 433. It’s too close to call with liverpools 4231.
fantastic game,
vida should be punished for bullying strikers! lol
wish evra had score, he surely deserves it, most consistent player in the world IMO,
ROONEY, seeing u touch a ball makes me happy,
only a few months before u win the awards u truly deserve
berba, ur touch is class, please score more goals
Man of the match? More like men of the match! Berba , vida, park
there’s a true belief in the ability within the squad n they seem to be boiling at the right time. Berba I didn’t have much patience for u, but ur attitude recently ( fuck me the guy can tackle). Come on lads four in a row !!!!
@Stretfordender
I think it will be 4-3-3 mate. Scholes and Park will probably get the nod over Berbatov and either Nani or Valencia. 4-4-2 hasn’t done us any favours against the dippers in the last 3 games. The biggest dilemma for Fergie will be who to leave out. I like Berbatov a lot, but I think we first have win the midfield battle against the dippers.
@Costas. .
I know you have defended the Berbatov cause in the past too!! I agree in the sense that we have struggled in the last 3 games against them. I think we are playing well now with either formation. The thing today was that everything went through Berba.. But our 433 destroyed Milan. I think it will go VDS NEV VIDA RIO PADDY TONY V SCHOLES CARRICK FLETCH PARK ROONEY. I fancy Wazza to give them the run around, they have had injuries to their backline as well!
i’m glad somebody mentioned Berba playing some defence, that’a one of the main things that makes Wayne such a hard ass his ability and willingness to laid the wood to someone every now and again. By the way espn got a story that the mob in madrid are their words “obsessed with signing Rooney even for 100 million pounds” great
@stretfordender
Yeah they do. It’s possible that they will start with Kyrgiakos and knowing him, I think he will have a problem keeping up with Wayne. Berbatov was very good today. What I like about him in recent weeks is that you see him doing a lot of work even when he doesn’t have the ball at his feet. But for a game against Liverpool, I would keep him on the bench just so that I have a plan B.
Your line up is pretty close to the one I am envisioning too. Just a few question marks here or there. Rafa or Nev? Nani or Valencia. I know Nani hasn’t been as impressive as he was last month, but playing him on the right could be just what the doctor ordered. Giggs is also back, but I doubt he will start. The next two games have their deifficulties and it’s a real bonus to have a week’s rest before them.
Rooney is just superb
i’m happy to see us back at the top, im happy to see berba scoring and perfoming well,,, I hope ROO will keep scoring DOUBLES!!!! Roo will score over 45 goals this season
Good win today despite the first half being a little frustrating.
Rooney will grab the headlines but Berba was different class today. To be honest from what I can tell about the guys character he would prefer that anyway.
I hope Rooney gets more than 42 goals. Or even better, equal Denis Law’s record.
And for the Liverpool game, I hate to admit it, but I feel that Berbatov should be on the bench. Those dippers bring their A-game against us recently for some reason and Berbatov with his knee might not have the impact he had against Fulham.
Let’s crush them like we did against Milan.
The funny thing today was that I missed the first goal. I was posting some comments here and I thought I should take a piss before I went to watch the game. And while I am “doing the business” I hear Alan Parry say “Nani to Rooney…1-0″! And I couldn’t stop what I was doing! Argh…
Good win against a stubborn Fulham who parked the bus second half. 42 goals now between Berba and Rooney. This partnership WILL gel and is doing. Berbatov was superb today as was Fletcher ……………again. Great to see Rio and Vida back to summat like their best . Zamora certainly didn’t find it as easy today. Murphy YSB was getting some stick. Park injected pace and “busyness” when he came on and Nani had a decent second half with a sublime through ball for Rooney in stoppage time. It is worth putting up with his indecisions if he can produce moments of magic. Another good team performance and the lads are really starting to play well now. Valencia had a quiet game . Bring on the dippers.
United have won their last 7 at home scoring over 30 goals and conceding just one.
asite – Macheda’s for me pal.
@King Eric
I think it was the perfect occasion for Emily to watch United for the first time.
It’s one goal conceded in our last 10 home games in the League. Something for the dippers to think about hey? Speaking of them, Murphy got a lot of stick as you said. And I think it intensified after he didn’t get sent off as he should have. It’s amazing he and Valencia ended the game with a ywllow card each!
Berba oozed class, quality and cool today.
I really hope we line up 4-4-2 against them scouse bastards and give their lot a proper beating. Berbatov and Rooney linking up well now, let’s keep it coming.
Cheers lads.
Great win.
Now, let’s whipe out those ugly Scouse bastards next week!
liverpool is not showing prosperity in terms of this seasons play…
so i think it would not be a tough job to beat liverpool in OTF..
i think an early goal will boost the gameplay to some extent…
no matter how we play gigs or nani could be the main men of that game….
Good result today – all round play is getting better all the time and we are noticably growing in confidence.
Green & Gold!!!!
today we played good game.wazza will overtake that cristy’s goal ratio.i bet u my head!
matty james screamer vs Forest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMqh63MqqFg
3rd goal
I though Rooney was not his usual best but I was glad to see him adding yet more goals to his tally. His finishing is top notch. Berbatov meanwhile is pure magic. He creates and Rooney finishes. At the beginning of the season I was convinced their partnership was going to go nowhere. But how wrong I was; they have started to develop an understanding with eachother on the pitch which is fantastic.
What did you guys think of Hangeland? Could he be a potential target for us in the near future? He is about the same age as Vida.
what was the park song being sung 2day in the stretford end…. 2 the tune of achey breaky heart???
good performance 2nd half!
@Costas
Hangeland didn’t look that tough when coliding with Valencia. Hes tall but hes hardly got a barrel chest, I personally think hes a bit of a lightweight. Brown and Evans are much better so i don’t see where he would fit in.
How come there is only 30 odd comments post match? There are usually hundreds.
Costas – Yeah I agree the atmosphere did pick up around the time Murphy was bitching and moaning. It was like a practice game first half you could hear a pin drop. You could cut the atmosphere with a knife when it was still nil nil by half time. Was it gonna be one of those days? It was really tense which has been the theme at many home games this season. I think earlier on it was the performances weren’t great and we were conceding for fun and struggling to score. How that has changed eh? Everytime we come forward we look likely to score. The team really is gelling and I love the new look. Pacy wingers, best striker in the world and the bulgarian genius floating around creating things. Not to mention Scholes in the best form of his recent career and Fletch and Carrick building up a much better understanding. Not to mention a “proper” back 5. The future looks good with Giggsy and Sheasy to come back and hopefully Hargo on Thursday. Just out of interest mate how many goals have we scored in all competitions please, it must be over 100 just? Or nearly. I know we have scored 70 in the league already.
@ asite
Macheda’s goal against Villa made us believe our name was destined to be on that trophy again.
On today’s performance; I think we are privilieged to follow the greatest club in the world – I think in years to come we will all look back at this time and say: “that was the greatest United team there has ever been!”
We’re living through history-in-the-making – United continue to amaze me!
@GoatinaUnitedShirt
Ok. Just checking because I haven’t seen him a lot this season. And to be fair, we already got the Fulham defender we wanted for this hunting season.
@King Eric
I think everyone is too bored trying to write their email every time! Today the comments split into 2 threads. Most of the matchday comments were at Giles’ thread which was a brilliant piece by the way.
The reasons why I wanted us to score 3 today mate were two: 1) Get revenge for the first round defeat. 2) Reach 100 goals for the season. That’s where we stand now. Berba got the 100th for the season. In the next few days, I will search who’s got the 100th for us every season. I just remember that Hargo got it in 07-08 against Arsenal.
I sensed that the atmosphere was tense. And when Zamora broke through, I had Torres flashbacks from exactly a year ago. Thakfully, Zamora is no Torres and Vida today meant business…
@Costas
I wouldn’t want Hangeland mate, think we’ve more than enough cover at the back for next season. The sunday papers where linking us with Rodwell and Gosling, will be an interesting Summer.
@willierednut
Yeah I saw that this morning. 20 million for the both of them? I am afraid it’s going to take more than that. Needless to say, it will be a very good piece of business if we do manage to get this duo.
Sad news for Becks.
http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/story/0,27032,12016_6027576,00.html
I don’t really care for England. I just feel for Beckham because it was his last chance to go to a World Cup. That twat Piers Morgan jinxed him.
Thats bad news about Becks but it does open the door for someone else, Adam Johnson maybe.
Adam Johnson scored a real cracker today. It was a Solskjaer goal in a way.
Capello does have options on the right like Walcott, Lennon and SWP. And Joe Cole is an option for both wings too. A left wing spot(for back up more than anything) is a toss up between Downing, Ashley Young and possibly Johnson. We will see. I don’t think that Capello needs to call more than 4-5 of these players.
We seem to be without some key players for the liverpool game, right now it seems Neville will start again. rafael, evans, brown, O’shea, anderson, giggs, scholes are injured. Hope that scholes and at least giggs can come back to that game. A couple of times today, Vidic was also looking uncomfortable about something.
I thought we were over our injuries, but right now it could be bad if rio or vidic have to sit out for some reason.
@ King Eric “Pacy wingers, best striker in the world and the bulgarian genius floating around creating things”
Totally agree with you. I’m actually enjoying watching the United games this year (more than I imagined) because they are playing football more akin to the united way. Pass and move. Width. Good crossing. A real team thing. In the Ronaldo years, it felt like it was the trickery and skill of one or two players that got us the result most of the time. But it’s just IMHO.
Berbatov – class act. Enuf said. If excellence can be defined by doing the best with what you have, then I think Berbatov is an excellent footballer and contributor to the team (taking into account his somewhat lanky build, the threshold of acceleration and speed that he has to work with)
Park – Becoming more and more legendary. Like having another new signing the way he’s been deployed for the team in the last few games.
Rooney – goals really are piling up! Here’s to him setting a new record past Ronaldo and Law.
Nani – gotta say I like his boots. Might have given him the extra inpetus to play well.
Dudes, no problem.
yes… United for 19 and 4th straight title…go2 United..
@ King Eric
“Pacy wingers, best striker in the world and the bulgarian genius floating around creating things.”
loved tat…..
What happened to Rafael? Not even on the bench today.
And I think Park has been fantastic lately. For me, he must start against Pool. But its going to be fun this week debating between going with a 433 or 442. It would be awful to be SAF and have to make these kinda calls every week.
Oh, and good to see some young lads get on the bench today like Gill and Cory Evans. That was cool to see.
absolutely fun to watch. we created loads of chances but missed quiet a few. 1st half was frustrating but 2nd was better.. Luved the amount of work done by Berba throughout the game.
Berbatov setting up Rooney’s second was great to see, and I was relieved that he scored one himself in the end. He deserved a goal at least after such a fine performance.
Another thing that makes me really happy is that Park seems to be in fine form! Hope everyone in the squad continues to play well
Vidic’s tackle on Zamora won the much for us,i reckon.if he had scored,it would hv turned the momentum upside down. Berba put in a good shift & for some strange reasons i’m not extremely comfortable until i see Ji Sung Park on the pitch. He’s play &positional awareness reminds me of christiano. He’s the creative spark that was missing from our play earlier in the season.
Brio the Red says:”Vidic’s tackle on Zamora won the much for us,i reckon.if he had scored,it would hv turned the momentum upside down.”
I have to agree.
Just how good was Berba??!!! His assist was sublime, simply out of the world stuff. To control a ball like that, to have the vision to send the ball one way and the defender the other, and finally have the strength, speed and poise to beat the 2 defenders and pick his pass to Rooney was nothing short of genius.Same for Rooney’s pass to Park and Park’s cross to Berba. Park really had an impact on the game. Another guy who I thought had a screamer of a game was Pat Evra. He absolutely terrorized their right-back!
After months of swinging this way and that, the whole thing now seems to be coming together. Rooney is doing what we always wanted him to do, Berba is tracking back, the midfield is firing on all cylinders, Nani seems to be largely sorted out and Rio and Vida are back. Most importantly, the whole team is playing like Man Utd. – the only way we love! COME ON YOU REDS!!!
That was awarning for liverpools.
Did vds even make a save ??
Ghtt….. we are all wondering …..How did Little Em enjoy her first game at OT….hope she saw all the goals and hope you and her had a grand day out.
AIG not here yet? I wonder if he got lost with the new design.
More controversy! Surely this can’t be true…?
http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2010/03/manchester-united-employee-sacked-after-wearing-anti-glazer-scarf/
Interesting AlphaRS. And if it is true, Jerry Vyse = Legend.
Costa, I think AIG left the site. Or stopped commenting.
@theboogeyman
Really? That’s a shame. I hope he will change his mind.
@Jeet
Well said fella, i agree with everything you said and i have no need to post more…
Good work
@Costas
Would he have been sacked if he was wearing a red scarf though.
It’s ridiculous he can’t wear a green and gold scarf.
Costas
i don’t think aig quit. it’s just that he changed his username he is either……Rohit varkey…Or….Munish gupta
There are gonna be lots of usuals stop commenting unless the fuckin comments box gets sorted. Why the fuck can’t it remember a fuckin username, e-mail, it’s own fucking website name.
@Edge
Does it not remember through auto fill?
All I have to do is press down in the box and my user name and email come up.
I don’t like the way you can’t see every comment though. Only the latest ones.
The edge
thought i was the only one with the problem.It’s annoying that you have to write the username and email all over again after a single post !!
Scot you could have done better.
Alpha
not everytime we are near a computer mate. sometimes we use handsates which most dont have autofill option.
You mean you cant see the older comments link
?
@RED SAM
I see what you mean now that the handset does not autofill.
I can see the older comments link when I load up a page I just prefer to see the complete history of comments rather than just the latest one. Imagine on a match day their will be many comments in a short period of time so the lastest comments will not show all the comments.
Mourinho implies Ancelotti’s players use performance-enhancing substances:
‘Of course I think Cech could play,’ Mourinho said. ‘I don’t listen to those reports that he’s out for a month or more. Dr Needles can get him healthy enough to play — and play well.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1257933/Martin-Samuel-Jose-Mourinho–just-stop-needling-Chelsea-come-clean.html
Samuel has hinted at this before: http://www.theshedend.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=8729&view=findpost&p=143209
Berba was absolute magic. Definitely assist of the season. His first touch was just exquisite and the move to leave the defenders for dead was brilliant. Perhaps some of you who brand him ‘lazy’ will realize that he does have a change of pace- one that is even more effective because of his reputation. He also was constantly pressuring defenders and tracking back. Someone had said it wasn’t even assist of the match, which is absolute bollocks. Nani’s ‘assist’ should be credited more to the hapless Fulham defending than it being a stellar pass- I can’t even remember how many Fulham players just watched it go by. It was also the first good ball he sent in after 45 minutes. Then again, Berbatov cannot be given credit from certain sections of our support, so I understand where the comments are coming from. As for Wayne Rooney, what more can I say that hasn’t already been said? Nothing would make me happier than seeing Wayne shatter Ronnie’s record the first year after he is gone. What happened to all those talks of where will the goals come from? Funny how that whole talking point has been shattered to pieces by El Blanco Pele. Fletch, Park, and Carrick were also outstanding. Rio and Vidic at the back just makes me feel assured- and what a tackle by Vidic on Zamora. Everyone was saying that he hesitated- would you hesitate if there was a Serbian beast chasing you down like a wild animal? I would be!
United have their destiny in their own hands.
Win all the remaining games and it is ours.
That is a good position to be in as we dont have to hope someone else loses.
Nice new layout Scott!
Could have done with some green and gold though
Good stuff mate
I do not like that I have to type my email and name for EVERY post.
This is meant to be fun but is starting to seem a bit like a day in the office.
Anyone else prefer the old set up ? What has improved that you changed this Scott ?
Has aig left the site because of big bad King Eric? Oh bloody hell mate don’t be daft. As you said on Saturday everyone is entitled to their opinions but don’t let a couple of remarks from me put you off pal. I enjoy a lot of your comments its just when you start waxing lyrical about how good the gooners are and Barca and Robben and Inter and Boriello, Pato, etc etc. I could not give a flying fuck about anyone or anything but United .
King Eric, you’d better find AIG and bring him back.
Fred – I am on the case!
COME BACK AIG!!!!
Anyone know how long Scholes is out or was it just a precaution resting him please?
I see the little fucking ponce Walcott is saying bring on United.
AIG, King Eric has spoken! Come back and he will behave!
Really pleased for Dimi getting his goal, his performace deserved a goal, great assist for Rooney too.
Park is turing into an even more important player for us. I can see him starting against the bin dippers in a 5 man midfield.
LUHG
@King Eric
Nothing yet on Scholes. I hope it was just a precaution because Fergie will probably start him instead of Berba on Sunday.
The only thing Fergie said, was that Rafael and Evans would be ready for Liverpool.
Fuck, this season is going to be too close! With the tough games we have left, its going to be one hell of a ride! CMON BOYS!
Cool layout scot… Though would have prefered seeing all comments at a time. That aside, great, exquisite piece of concept and execution. On topic… This was the very 1st of our match i missed watching for d season. Did all i could to watch but just couldn’t…was feeling very weird for d duratn of d match. Just had to make do wth following it thru live mobile commentary on bbc. Great result, and general play from wat i heard was really emphatic.
Bring on d scum!!!
Lets rip them scouse bin dippers to shreds
@ REDSAM
I definitely aint aig!!!
I never feel good after a goalless first half simply because we need to win every game. Nani is a revelation of late and but for him we might not have the extra ingredient to win trophies. Glad Rooney scored to keep up his rate and Berbatov if he gains some belief from an albeit belated late effort.
Good job by the team. I just don’t get the fans. Where the fcuk is this green and gold going. The media comes up with some story that united is going down in a debt mountain and everyone goes into a panic. United is better run at the moment and the debt has been restructured. Red Knights are a bunch of know it all financiers who can’t run a club. We MUST not be fooled
Hello everyone.
Just 2 days but i missed you guys.its like one big family and even a single day i am not on ROM i miss you guys. How hard you try just cant stay away from ROM
@King Eric
Hi mate. Hope you are good. I get your point. the thing is i love United of course but i love football and when is see somebody playing well i mention it.here because this is the only blog i visit. You see it differently and on some things we have to accept that our thinking is different.You like to have a optimistic point of view i am quite the opposite when it comes to United.the bottomline is we love United and that is all that matters. Sorry if anything i said was wrong
Fergie must be annoyed at Wazza and Nani. This is the second game in a row that they combined for a goal before he even had a chance to sit on his bench!
Welcome back AIG.
@Costas
Hi mate.how are you?
I wont leave ROM till you are there. You need someone who thinks ‘not so optimistically like you’ to share your opinion, dont you?
Thanks Costas
@AIG
Hi mate. I am doing well, thanks. Just trying to get used to the new ROM design. I hope you are good too.
Lol of course I need another pessimist here! I can’t carry the load by myself. Although recently I saw someone who posted with the username “World’s most pessimistic United fan”! He can give us both a run for our money.
aig – Hello mate. Have you fuck said owt wrong. You are entitled to your opinions as I am . Don’t change those opinions either mate just to appease me (which I am sure you won’t). Its what the game is all about and I have just had a right ding dong with a mate of mine who supports Leeds and says that Rooney isn’t in the same league as Henry. You can imagine my anger at this. Good to have you back pal.
@Costas
Thanks mate. i am good
I did read the comments on the new design and though i like some improvisations can be done which have been mentioned in the earlier thread
Who is this fan who can be more pessimistic than both of us?. would love to see him post again
Who the fuck do these 2 bit clubs think they are? Hull sacking their best ever manager , the permatanned Phil Brown.
@King Eric
Thanks mate. Agree with you , we think differently had hence our opinions are bound to be different on certain topics
i agree with your mate though. Rooney is in a higher and different planet to henry. henry was good at his peak but what rooney is achieving and about to achieve in the coming years is something possibly no player has ever matched or will match.
Decent game, controlled the match from start to finish. Every game we just have to tick off and countdown to the finish.
Come on United!
I’m back to the old layout of RoM. What’s happening Scott?
Sanj @ 16:15 – You’re just plain wrong about Nani – he laid on a perfect ball that Berbatov headed over in the 26th minute (which I only remember because it was on the game-highlights I watched earlier this morning and took note of it). He also did other stuff but I’ve not noted those actions – like too many of our supporters your “frustration” with Nani’s indecision seems to cloud your view of what you have just witnessed.
But don’t get bent out of shape about this – we all do it and most of us don’t watch the game (or even the highlights) over again to check-and-compare with our memory of what we saw. Apparently, in court cases eyewitness testimony is usually NOT considered very strong because most people can’t remember what they’ve just witnessed !
@AIG
Glad to have you back, mate. If you weren’t here, who would tell me that I shouldn’t bother responding to the Berbadoubters?!
Is it just my computer, or has everyones RoM page back how it was. Comment details auto remembered too. If so thank god.
The layout was smart but there was never gonna be as many comments as there usually is.
@denton davey
You are correct, Nani did provide a perfect cross that Berba should have converted. However, I don’t think it’s too much to ask for the lad to be able to provide more than 2 good crosses a game. There is no question that he has talent, but his inconsistency is maddening. My frustration has not clouded my view, I merely forgot about one cross. I don’t believe anything else I said about Nani was ‘plain wrong.’ Besides the ONE cross you’ve mentioned, he did nothing positive in the first half. He was better in the second half, but only slightly. I don’t think providing one cross is evidence to say I am plain wrong. And if you want to talk about clouded views, I could mention everyone who has slagged the sh*te out of Berbatov, but then have gone missing recently… I wonder why?
@King Eric
Hull fans are deluded, Phill Brown done a fantastic job with Hull and even getting them in to the premiership was a great achievment. Rooney > Henry
I have the new layout on my laptop…
@AIG
I have only seen him post once. After the Milan win last week. I would like to hear more of him!
I was actually sad for Phil Brown. The Arsenal game wasn’t a terrible result! They were fighting with 9 men and Myhill for 50 minutes!
I will miss his half time talks.
I dont know about old or new layouts, i couldn’t get on ROM wtih opera i had to use my old browser.
What is more annoying is not being able to see all the comments at once in one page only.
That’s what I like about the bloggers on here….you can argue like fuck about everything on here but if you don’t post for a while you get missed….. and if some sad deluded fucker from other teams gets on here dissing United we all band together and tell them to fuck off back to wherever …
Good to see everyone agreeing not to agree but still communicating their own individual thoughts………
I have to say I was one of Nani ‘s biggest doubters but of late he has proven me wrong. I agree with denton that the ball put through to Rooney in the dying minutes was sublime. He made a number of telling balls and crosses second half yesterday. I like his attitude too. Reckon he will do well at United now. As I said yesterday it is worth putting up with a moment or two of indecision if he can provide match winning balls and play like he has done since the Hull game. MUCH better on the right.
TonyBee – Yeah spot on mate.
could do with a g bigger font Scotty me old lad…just for us old fuckers with four eyes….. part from that new layout aint bad
anyone ever hear from Suhayl ?
King Eric…… i also agree with your comments regarding Nani…… Jesus, has his game improved since he got his bollocking and time with the reserves it is hard to choose who is the most improved between Nani , Park and Berbatov. all are playing better than ever SAF is one hell of a motivator.
@Sanj
Thanks mate.
yeah it is fruitless trying to convince them. Some people have already made their minds about them. and are not ready to give him more time. He has been excellent in the last 2-3 months. I can rarely remember him having a bad game. berbatovs game is more than scoring goals. Admit he has to finish better but his creativity and vision is excellent and with rooney there to finish those chances we dont have to worry much
@TonyBee
I think the whereabouts of Suhayl along with Hargo’s recovery are the two biggest question marks of the season!
I hope he is ok and he is taking it easy.
@King Eric
I agree 100% about Nani. I too was one of his doubters and my criticism of him is only because of what he has shown to be capable of this season. If he were in the same form as last year, I wouldn’t even bother commenting because it had almost become expected. However, this season he has been somewhat of a revelation- and because of that, I think we tend to expect more from him- I think he is more than capable of delivering the goods. I would just like to see him be more consistent. Some of his service has been wonderful and sometimes he leaves a lot to be desired. I fully support his development, just seems like sometimes he’d rather attempt the impossible than make a cross.
@Costas
Suhayl is probably in squeaky bum time mode awaiting the Dippers…
@TonyBee
Though I am an avid Berbalover, I think I would have to say the most improved would be between Park and Nani, though it’s almost easy to forget Darren “Anti-Football” Fletcher. I think his passing and movement forward have been absolutely outstanding this season- seems like more and more he sprays out some Scholeseque balls… perhaps that is what happens when you spend so much time with the Ginger Ninja. I think Fletch is just as important to our team as Wazza.
@Sanj
Ha! Since the Barcelona game last May? I think he hasn’t been here since.
@Costas
I could be wrong, but I thought he made an appearance after that… thought maybe before the Rentboyz or Gooners. Either way, his ‘good/bad’ analyses are sorely missed.
Yeah Suhaly made a fleeting visit earlier in the season.Reckon he will rear his hedd for Sunday. I also miss the comments of those from a couple of years ago like :
East Stand Manc
Red Manc
Jake
Failsworth Devil
North Stand
Where are you lads, I know ESM was here a couple of weeks ago.
Sanj – hello mate. Yeah could not agree more about Fletcher. He is fucking immense but much more than just graft. Like you say he sprays balls about and even does that little 360 turn on the spot like the Ginger prince. His passing is now top drawer but the thing I have noticed the most is the way he always gets into the box when we attack. He could have scored yesterday. Best midfield player in the league for me away from United.
Ok, my first comment on the new design look.
1. I think I prefer all comments on one page with borders for each, more easier to read. May be because I was much used to it.
2. What’s with the red color? is it just me or is the red more like looserpool red than ours? Ours is much brighter, isn’t it?
Can someone check the red % and get it sorted please?
About the game itself – we played well. That Vida’s mistake might have been costlier against a quality side or a striker than Fulham’s. But all’s well that ends well.
Ji Sung Park – keep up this performance level until the end of season. Park Park Park.
I was very glad to see Berba score, he deserved it. I think the public support from Fergie and Rio is paying off. He seems to be more into it now.
And Rooney – what else is there to be said… go for the record.
@Sanj
Yeah I miss tose too. I think he, me and AIG would have made a very good Trio Pessimists!
@King Eric
Good thing you mentioned Red Manc. I miss seeing him here. He was one of the first people that talked to me when I arrived here.
Speaking of old faces, I wonder what happened to that hillarious dipper Jon! Haven’t seen him since we made it 18 league titles.
@King Eric
Just Fletcher’s ability to get a shot off yesterday (with his weaker foot) is a testament to his improvement in the box. Incredible save from the keeper- credit to him. His perfomance against Citeh was top class as well, we all remember Mickey’s injury time winner, but it wouldn’t have meant anything without Fletcher’s two headers that he fought for like a striker. His desire is second to none. I cannot wait for him to boss the Dippers. Think this sums it up quite nicely :
“I watch how good Lampard, Fabregas and Gerrard are but when we play them I think ‘Right, I’m going to see how good you really are!’ I’m going to get against you and see how you like it. And when you’ve not got the ball I’m still going to get about you and see how you like it.
“I’m going to ask you ‘Do you fancy it? Do you like getting kicked? Do you like the fact I am going to be at you for the whole 90 minutes?’
“As soon as you get the ball I am going to be in your face. You are not going to like it one bit. Are you ready for that because that’s what’s going to happen.”
GET. IN.
@Sanj
I also look forward to Fletch vs the dippers. In our last 3 games(aka defeats) he hasn’t played in any of them. He hasn’t played against them in 4 years.
Is this ROM or a lonely hearts club, come on lads cheer up lol.
on the new website design I am never a big fan of change, the only annoying thing about the site I have to keep on writting in my username so I dont write on here much, for me the one player that has to stay fit or we could be shitting bricks is fletcher because he is the reason why united are agressive in midfield and if he was available in the final last year united would have beaten barca. The one stat many that will suprise a phew, this is fletchers first game against liverpool at OT
sorry I got that stat wrong fletcher player against liverpool at OT in the 06/07 season when united beat liverpool 2 0
@willierednut
HAHAHAHA
@Costas.
Wow, interesting stat. I also know he has only been part of 2 losses in the past two seasons or something ridiculous like that. You are the stat man, so correct me if I’m wrong!
I know someone mentioned this earlier, but Mourinho’s “Dr. Needles” comment is just too funny. That guy is just non-stop entertainment.
I got to say this it has pissed me off all day, but who in the fuck do the madrid scum think they are, do they have this green eye monster that when ever a player comes good and becomes the worlds best player they have to buy them and only they can have the worlds best player. so what if anderson becomes the best midfield mistro he will win the ball score about 20 goals a season they will buy him, what happens if nani turns out to be one the best wide players in world football they will buy nani, it comes to a point where we should take a stance and say fuck off and leave our players alone and why dont we tap their players up for a change
@Sanj
Yeah, that was the stat earlier in the season. Now he has played in 7 out of our last 13 defeats. That’s in the last 2 seasons. But, one defeat was the super cup game against Zenit and in two others, Fletch played as a right back. Needless to say, he is an intergral part of our engine.
dippers 3 up at the break. i am getting the goosebumps ahead of sundays game watching their excellent performance today
Costas – Yes I certainly do remember Jon. There was another dipper called Cally as well.
aig – ha. They have been shit it is just Pompey have been disgusting. Have given up and who can blame them? The good thing is they will probably beat no marks Lille on Thursday and get in a comfort zone for Sunday when they will be facing much different opposition. As long as we turn up, which I am sure we will, this current United team should win comfortably. Haven’t conceded a league goal at home since Villa on 12th December.
Gandalf – Yeah I have to agree the red is more like the dippers.
@King Eric
just kidding mate. I fully expect them to go through on thursday and then get a wee bit overconfident on sunday. Not to mention they will also be tired because they will have to give everything on thursday. I think Gerrards long range shots and torres’s direct ruuning at rio or vidic are the only threats. If we can handle them we should win the game.
@King Eric
just kidding mate. I fully expect them to go through on thursday and then get a wee bit overconfident on sunday. Not to mention they will also be tired because they will have to give everything on thursday. I think Gerrards long range shots and torres’s direct ruuning at rio or vidic are the only threats. If we can handle them we should win the game.
King Eric – scott needs to add more of a glamor like put the trophys on to the site because united are far more colourful and brighter than the scousers, like a type of red to the site thats got more life to it and I would add more colour like gold and white to the site because the united badge is red gold and black
wow i go away for the weekend and everything has changed lol!! must say i like the design, big week for united lads, we are in great form and the dippers not in any sort of form (pompey doesnt count) but i feel that them cunts will step up their game 110% on sunday, it will be like a cup final for them as they cant afford any more defeats, as do we really..heres hoping that we do them well n good
Just seen Gerrard forearm smash Michael Brown – fucking horrible cunt. Shock he got away with it. Not saying that Michael Brown is saint, far from it, but that was appalling. Joe Royle the fat potato head bastard had the gall to defend it.
Gerrard has immunity from getting sent off, sticks 2 fingers up at the ref last week and now he gets away with a forearm smash on Brown.
Fucking Scouse cunt’s siding for each other. Fat Joe Royle just defending the thug for a blatant off the ball elbow on Brown. So blatant the fat waiter removed him instantly. Royle referred to it as an “old fashioned clunk”. It was a forearm smash you scouse cunt. When he left the pitch he called him “talismanic captain”. Cunt. To think that thug bastard is captain of Ingerlund in Rio’s absence says it all. laughable.
They have laboured over a Sunday pub team.
Says it all really. the last 3 posts all at roughly the same time all refer to it as a “forearm smash”.
Kings – gerrard is immune from getting sent off he is the media and pundit darlings, dont forget he is the biggest diver on the planet he even dived when ronaldo tackled him in the world cup 2006. And I dont expect the FA to charge and ban him, But brown I have no time for dont forget he tried and almost broke ryan giggs leg in august 2006 when united beat fulham 5 1
@Kings
Stop stealing my posts lol.
Fuck Portsmouth didnt do any favors anyway… Last i saw it was 4-0
gerrard always gets away with being a thug. can’t believe the people say refs are biased towards united! campbell should’ve been sent off in the last arsenal game as well…fuckin dippers. turning it on now. hope vida stays calm and doesn’t get sent off….
Surely Gerrard’s got to get a ban this time. He shouldn’t have been playing after his two finger salute the other week. If it were Rio or Wazza ……
I had them for a 4-0 win. Course just like City they never do me any favors when I back them! 4-1 with a last minute Pompey goal!! Torres look hot. Wish it was him who risked a ban.
Rooney and Berba are the greatest “balding” partnership in the world today!!
I wonder if the FA could review Gerrard’s actions today, especially after banning Rio for 4 games!
@King Eric.
Did the ref see the Gerrard / Brown incident? Not that it matters really, FA probably won’t do anything about it.
Wouldn’t mind seeing that f***er get a 3 match ban, he surely deserves one, he’s dodged the bullet too many times.
Is it true? Gerrard lashing out at another player again? Oh why haven’t they made him a Sir already.
Don’t expect any bans guys. That would be the joke of the decade.
@Costas
Just a forearm smash this time, but we all know the fa don’t have the balls to charge him.
The referee gave a freekick and then talked to him after but didn’t pull out any cards. The commentators on ESPN said it should have been a red, but Stevie Me walks away with nothing and I bet the FA will have nowt to say about it… also, he was quickly subbed right after it happened. Coincidence? I think he was having a rubbish game at that point anyway.
@willierednut
Thanks. You are right. Especially now that his status in the England team is elevated.
Sanj @ 19:29: “Nani did provide a perfect cross that Berba should have converted. However, I don’t think it’s too much to ask for the lad to be able to provide more than 2 good crosses a game.”
Well, on Sunday that was two more “perfect crosses” than Valencia provided. If those two crosses were all that Nani did then you might have a point but – be fair – he did a great deal more and don’t forget that he’s still playing on the left to accommodate Valencia. I’m hardly going to suggest that Nani’s performance was “perfect” but you seem to be holding him up to a different standard than is the case for other players. From my vantage point, Nani did a really good job on Wednesday and Sunday.
My vantage point is that IF a winger can make a perfect pass (or two) that lead to goal-scoring opportunities in a game then he’s doing a good job. The guys who play in defence for ACMeelan and Fooolham aren’t pub players yet against both groups Nani carved them open. That’s plenty-good for me.
Excellent Mourinho quote from the guardian ahead of tomorrow’s game:
“I feel sorry but I look forward,” said Mourinho. “I feel sorry because when I look at the big four teams from when I was in England, the managers are all still there: Sir Alex [Ferguson] is there. [Arsène] Wenger is there. [Rafael] Benítez is there. I did more than enough to be here. But the decision was made. Chelsea looked forward. I look forward. They move on. I move on. I keep winning important things. They keep winning … something. They won an FA Cup.
The special one is back for a day:)
Gudjohnsen – Yeah he blew for a free kick mate.
I will be watching the outcome of the forearm smash carefully. He MUST get a 3 game ban in line with what Rio got and if he doesn’t then its time summat was done with the cunt. As sure as night follows day I just knew the dippers would be deluding themselves after tonights result. I watched the phone in after the game and the fat cunt Jon Bradley in the studio who must commentate on their games was saying they “were a joy to watch” and “we played some beautiful football”. Which game was I watching? It was a fucking embarrasment and a sad indictment of what has come of the Premier league. Playing a team in administration at the end of their tethers having completely given up after the first goal. It was like a practice match. Pompey were like a pub team, not closing down and giving Aquilani acres of space. They were banging on about him who I thought was average. Comes to summat when the dippers cheer him for kicking the ball out of play instead of finding the pass. It was THAT bad tonight. They honestly think they are gonna come and turn us over. Saying how if they get into our defence they will win. A defence that hasn’t conceded at home since December 12. They think their “season starts now” again lets make sure it doesn’t and we hammer the bastards.
God I hate them
How can you call Beckham a “failure”? The only reason alot of these journalists don’t like him is because he did well for UNITED.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/david-beckham-england-legend-ndash–or-a-vain–failure-1921879.html
I notice the Gerrard incident isn’t getting swept under the carpet looking at tomorrows papers.
Scott – can we have all tyhe comments in one page? Please? I got crazy trying to connect back the reponses to the original comments on previous posts. Also, why are you wasting so much space on the right hand panel? The old design was simple, but really user friendly. This one is realy cool, but takes some time to get used to.
Video of the Gerrard forearm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtksxQSNmYU
A hit like that is, and I am 100% serious, worthy of a DQ in a UFC match. But since Gerrard simply had a foul called against him, that may prevent the FA from taking any further action. Unbelievable…
Gutted for Beckham – was hoping he’d get to play in the World Cup
regarding the new layout,
Like it in general but like most comments about it so far, would prefer being able to view all comments on the same page but i suppose that’s up to you, Scott
Hello all……was away for a few days………and lo….!!
I come back and find ROM completely changed…..good work Scott…….I must say, but I think they’re right about the comments thing…it’s easier if we could read all comments in one page…
As for the re-typing of email address and username problem, it doesn’t occur if we use the google chrome browser………I am using it and it just saves the user-name and email and you just have to type one letter for the whole address to appear by itself….
@ King Eric
That Cunt Steven gerrard OBE will get away with it surely…..the wanking FA cunts are not gonna want to take him away from the United game next weekend for sure……..besides you said the referee saw the incident, in that case they cant do anything in any case because the referee did not deem it fit enuf to take any action….useless piece of shit referee!!
Also, have you heard about the college boy being fired from United because he was wearing a G&G scarf while serving at the kiosk…..disgraceful…..the lengths these Glazers will go to…absolutely ludicrous!!
Stevie Me should get banned for that. Upon watching it, it was blatant and unprovoked. I don’t see how it’s any better than Rio’s elbow.
@Red Devil
Hi mate. Yeah, firing a student. Really macho of them hey?
@ Costas
Good morning mate…..
Saint stevie can do no wrong it seems….I have no doubt at all he’s gonna get away with it…the FA fools will say that the referee saw the incident and only deemed it worthy of a free-kick!! just like the other day when the referee saw those fingers by Stevie and thought he was referring to the number of times his house has been burgled by the scousers……
As for firing the young college boy….it was absolutely scandalous…..here’s the link
http://www.unitedrant.co.uk/sacked-for-being-anti-glazer-ii/?
Isn’t is amount to restriction of freedom of speech…I mean cant the club be taken to court over this kind of thing on grounds of discrimination and suppression of fundamental right…..? absolutely shocking
for whoever asked, the ref did see it, blew for a foul n ‘warned’ gerrard, which i wasn’t aware was the correct punishment for elbowing someone in the face. Anyway, from previous incidents seems as the ref saw it he probably won’t recieve any further punishment which is an absolute travesty but what i’ve come to expect.
Scott,
I think it would be worth to put an article about SteveMe incident yesterday in comparison to Rio`s. nothing will change at the FA loosers` decision however there must be voice to highlight this at least. maybe for the future? I do not know if he does need to murder someone to get punnished for a game or so….but this is absolutely unaccpetable….all fair play principles are broken here, not just this season
What about this sacked student eh, what a joke. Although I feel sorry for him and wish him well, I want to get sacked for wearing the g&g too. Let’s all apply for jobs and perform a mass erm, sacking by wearing the Club’s colours. If only his supervisor could have applauded him and put on his own g&g, then his boss and so on. Expose this folly for what it is.
Where did Berba get that burst of pace from? unbelievable. Has anyone noticed Scholes’ tackling lately?
Of course did he get the sack for wearing green and gold at work for Man Utd.
Just like it is with stewards trying to get people to sit on West Stand Tier 2. They know they’ll have no chance, but they try anyways.