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1st….hehehe.. Anyway, off topic, what happened to wesley sneijder deal?? Why was it called off? Is it cas of his wage demands? Thanx mancunianz P.S: follow me on twitter n I’ll follow u 2…@marshawash
Deal isn’t off.
what deal Zelh?
Thanks for the video links StR!
marshawash – Who the fuck are you? Have you ever posted on RoM before? The only following you’re likely to get with your selfish attitude is shovels full of sand filling in your grave behind you.
Actually it was Rooney and OG’s goals.
World class finish by Rooney there. That got lost among other issues.
Cleverley has already pissed on ‘that’ deal
@Zelh – give it a rest mate. Deal is as good as dead. Moving on with the players we got.
Nice build up to the first goal.
Fuck that twitter shite were here to talk about the reds not each other too many people on here wanking each other off. Any way back to football, just watching the reserves paul pogba is excellent let’s hope he takes that next step,
So, are we not supposed to say “Sniejder” anymore?
@Costas, Yeah, that was some finish from Rooney. I thought it was a great all-around goal. Gary made a great point about Young’s movement as well on Sky. The way he comes up and then within the flick of an eye turns and runs which makes it very difficult for fullbacks to track him. And Rooney’s first-touch reverse was sublime. All-in-all, a great goal.
And the Nani miss was also lost. That move would’ve rivaled our Shield goal had he actually finished. It was a pretty easy shot as well. That is one of my pet peeves – When great moves are not remembered because they are not converted due to poor finishes. Anyone remember the brilliant counter-attack in the CL final in 08 with that amazing Rooney ball to Ronaldo which scarface missed. That is how I feel each time a great move isn’t converted.
When do we get the “quick” reactions.
marshawash,
we don’t need an injury prone mercenary , besides we have a perfectly decent player who is currently playing in Sneijders favoured position. I won’t give you his name, but he has recently had a hair transplant.
Troy
Please give me a hint at least…..
Agreed though mate
Fletcher looks fit, playing for the reserves against Arsenal, half time, score is 1:1
Stephen Ireland?
The deal is as dead as Torres’ career.
@Balaji
Oh yeah, that was a brilliant move too. You keep thinking that the ball is attracted by magnet to our players’ feet. I feel that United’s possesion stats will great improve this season. Hopefully our accuracy will too.
Rooney looks fit thicker in the shoulders. And come on his new hair looks good. The new cut adds 1/2 inch or so as well. The new hair adds confidence, confidence=goals=more wins=20!!!!!
The name of your Island is Steve?
link to the reserves game, anyone?
Instead of talking on Sneijder, just have a look of the joy and enthusiasm of our Rooney while he is celebrating both goals, I must say that shows the boy real love for the club and fans, absolutely fantastic!!! Should always look at the reaction of players and their body language, that pure happiness…
So, tell me something about hair transplants though? Are we going to have to get used to seeing Rooney like a roasted chicken or will his headline have proper growth down the line?
Someone coined a phrase, Rooney and 4 Whippets. One, two touch footy going forward at break neck speed.
Then a 56 yard pass on Tony V’s right foot in stride, nowhere to hide. hehehehehehehe
Excellent goal by Rooney, almost Berba-esque in quality…:)
Anyway, as for the game, surely some of us need to lighten up a little? Three points away is three points away and the positives from the display far outweigh the few negatives, the injuries to Vidic and Ferdinand excepted. Even here, we have the personnel to step in and step up.
Writing off De Gae after just one premier league showing is bordering on the nonsensical, given that the best of goalies – Schmikes, VDS, Seamen – have all made bigger errors at one point or another. I suspect the underlying quality is there, it’s just a few teething problems, although I think David needs to bulk up a bit. Let’s check back in the next four or five games to see how things pan out.
@Ferane, Yeah, whatever Wayne’s past infractions maybe, you can see that when he puts on that jersey and steps on to the field, he is about as red a devil as any of his team mates, if not more. You can see that he wants to be the lynchpin, the leader and the heartbeat of this new-look United side. He wants to take the leadership of the team on his shoulders. He is the most important player in this team. We know it now. The great man knew it in 2010, which is why he went out of his way to keep Wayne at the club. Yet again, Sir Alex is proved right even though it was a move many United fans might not have appreciated at the time.
I don’t think it’s hair, I think it’s a tattoo!
@Balaji Sivaraman Yes, the hair are from the back of the neck, they will only look OK. Rooney is not a good looking man. Not a Shrek, but no Jame Bond.
Chitie in HD on ESPN GO SWANSEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good links here, Devil310.
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=126863&part=sports
Tattoo- Boss, Boss De Plane, De Plane…..
@marshawash
Does it really bother you though? I think 32/35mil + horrific wages is asking a bit much for someone approaching 28 and who is injury prone is asking a bit much considering United’s general trend in transfers.
6 seconds into the match and Swansea seem in control
A little off topic but Ed Chamberlain needs to fuckin stop talking over Super Nev. Disrespectful twunt. There’s no need.
Come on Swansea. Can’t see them getting much here but we can live in hope.
Hey boss!
What tattoo?
Where da plane!
So has anyone got any idea why sir alex decided to start welbeck over berbatov?
Why spend 30m on him, let us all fall in love with him and then restrict him to cameo roles.
He deserves so much better and the question needs to be asked to alex as why he isn’t playing the berb because I for one is clueless.
He may slow our play down you say(I believe this is a myth) but that is not a bad thing when we struggle to hold onto the ball like we do.
All in favour of berbatov starting the next 5 games at least give me a hell yes!
@Balaji Sivaraman
1000% right mate. Last year he was like a new signing for us that won us the league. Whoever scores, he is the first player to run after and jump into the celebration, jumping as fans, holding stewards neck to celebrate or even hug united fans coming on the ground. You feel proud to belong to this club and at the same time you need to have strong heart as well.
COME ON THE SWANS!!!!!
@smartalex – you tha man!
marshawash
Bog off you low-lying waterlogged morass. I re-peat, no moor swamping this blog bayou.
Swansea with 67% posession after 10 minutes. city is so shite..
So, what are City’s live odds for the BPL crown right now?
The shitty bench is full of happy faces, you can just tell how much they love being there
Balaji – Just call it PL buddy, no one gives a fuck about Barclays, unless you work for them of course!
Cedars, Yup, duly noted. You get so used to hearing it all the time that it kinda sinks in your head. One of their competitors is my current client, so it would make more sense for me not to use it.
Praying Swansea can keep this up for 90+ minutes. They look the better team by far. Bitters aren’t making a sound, the Welsh are the only ones singing. COME ON SWANSEA!!!
Cedars, I’d rather people just called it “the league” seeing as it’s what it always has been. Plus it’s the only one that matters anyway!
But yeah, I’m right with you, I hate the banks and there is no need for this U.S. style EPL / BPL stuff.
Citeh playing a 4-6-0 at the moment against a newly promoted side. WTF is Mancini thinking? He won’t finish the season as their manager if he keeps managing like he’s in Serie A.
Neil
Guess its worth turning up the volume on my tele, had it muted to be honest, I cannot stand hearing the names of them mercenaries being called out!
Neil, no doubt Citteh will do absolutely fuck all and then knick one somewhere along the way.
Ferane Mauritius says:
“1000% right mate. Last year he was like a new signing for us that won us the league.”
No he didn’t- you are rewriting the records a bit there, Ferane – for 2/3 of last season Wayne played crud. Ferdinand and Cpt Vidic are our leaders.
Regardless, that was then and this is now, a new campaign, so the best of luck to all who wear the jersey this year.
Something in my water tells me that Jones Captain material.
Smartalex, thanks a lot for that link mate, why watch Citteh when you can watch United?
Also, what a great save from the Swansea keeper
Devil310 and Mes – my pleasure for the links, enjoy!
Arsenal Reserves 1:1 United Reserves
72 minutes
Mr C
No doubt Jones is captain material…… Not much was discussed about yesterday’s game except De Gea sadly…. No one touched on a couple of high class tackles that Jones put in after coming on, superb timing and that for a 19 year old
Arsenal Reserves 2:1 United Reserves
73 minutes
Deflected goal, 2-0 le arse. Kuz had no chance. Comeon United!
Ashley Young is looking a bargain, he is wearing the hell out of our shirt already. Really impressed with him and he’s looking like a star in the making. Gets the ball down, runs with it, plays it, learns how to work his marker, he’s sharp, and he gets more dangerous the more he’s on the pitch. His movement and the Rooney ball to him to link up for the first were sublime.
He’s going to get us a lot of OGs if he keeps firing in crosses to packed penalty areas.
One thing that does worry me a little is that our current strategy of pacey hustle and run attacking play is not going to be particularly effective against teams that don’t open up to us. When West Brom sat deep we were really struggling to create. With us being such heavy favourites we’ve got to expect teams to shut up shop and park the bus. With that in mind I really want to see a lot of Berbatov this season, pair him up with Rooney because he creates stuff, he creates stuff from nothing. I think Welbeck is great mover of the ball, makes great use of space, but I don’t see him as a safe-cracker. I mean if you look at what happened to teams like Blackburn when they came to Old Trafford and tried to shut up shop, the value of Berbatov becomes apparent.
That’s all for the future though. Day one, we made a tough fixture look easy.
The Arsenal goal was a deflection past Kuszczak. Unlucky and unstoppable.
Pogba and Gibson have missed a couple of decent chances.
I’m more then happy with our midfield at the moment. I thought Cleverly was really impressive and won almost all 50/50 challenges. Anderson put in a great shift aswell.
BUT!!! I’m gonna stick with what Costas has been saying for some time and that is: We need another fullback! As much as I like Smalling on the right when you see Ferdinand AND Vida limp off you know we’re a bit light on height in the middle.
I don’t think it’s all doom and gloom but it would steady my nerves with another fullback.
And on another note: De Gea made a misstake… a huge one but I have faith. He needs games, bulk up, help from the defenders and us fans RIGHT BEHIND HIM!
Bring on the rest of the season!
@smartalex
Sorry if you’ve already answered mate, but how many minutes did Fletch and Antonio get under their belt tonight?
Cedars – turn volume on because announcers aren’t holding back criticizing Citeh. Only player worth any praise at all is Silva. They’re incredulous at Mancini’s tactics and how badly Citeh are playing.
Mes – Bitters are playing absolutely disgraceful football. Negative tactics throughout. No wonder they can’t fill up their council house stadium, who would pay to watch this shit? Citeh fans are dying for Kunt Aguero to get in the game, he might do well against Swansea but I have my doubts that he’ll do fuck all against a top team
ha haaaaaaaa Toure you DONKEY!
To be fair Swansea are offering nothing going forward and as poor as shitty are they are bound to fluke one in at some stage
Costas – Fletch is still playing, I didn’t see Valencia go off.
Petrucci and Lingaard just came on, Cole and Norwood went off.
Arsenal Reserves 2:1 United Reserves
83 minutes
Mes – Sort of makes you wonder how the fuck is that donkey the highest paid player in the league..
Seriously just how daft are shitty?
Quite right 2-1 to young gunnars. United not looking likely, but they just brought on Jesse who has been good.
I didn’t see the beginning of the game, but I doubt that TonyV played. Fletch will see out the 90, and still looks fit.
Hey, Alan Tate’s playing for Swansea. He was part of our academy ages ago.
@smartalex
Cheers. Good to know Fletch has played as much.
Doghouse – I’m not so much wondering about Welbeck being the safe cracker. He seems to do a lot of his best work outside the box. Will he be able to get in the box and finish off some of the moves? Because, Hernandez will give us that goal threat. The little pea is a menace to defenders. To me, Welbeck would be my 4th choice atm. I’d have Rooney, little pea and Berbatov ahead of Danny.
Just my opinion of course.
Don’t use the D word!
Zibbie will be overcome, and won’t be able to resist shouting out his famous epithet!
What a colossal waste of money.
@ smartalex you are right about it being a tattoo. Close up there is little rabbits tattooed on his head, but from a distance they look like hares
3rd Injury time corner come on United!
not been on for a few days. watching swansea pass it all around city at the moment.
good goals especially rooney. some of our link up was outstanding.
can’t believe there’s still people on about sneijder still. that deal is gone. inter want it to happen more than anyone else. sneijder apparently starting to budge on wage demands but we still won’t change from our original offer to him. he’s back in milan now and as soon as he is in their official champions league squad it is certain to have ‘died’. it’s a shame, because he is world class.
Union Jack – Brilliant mate! Hysterically funny!
The Swansea keeper is a beast
Arsenal Reserves 2:1 United Reserves
Full time
Like Neil said, shitty are playing 4 – 6 – 0 and without the cunt scar face I cannot see where their goals will come from….. nil nil at half time
@Cedars
“Seriously just how daft are shitty?” – An age old question that has never been answered. Maybe even older than “Which came first – the chicken or the egg?” … And it might never be answered mate…
Btw, how are you? Hope you are doing well…
Flecther 90 minutes, how good is that?!
Mame got the United goal.
Good outting for the reserves.
Cedars, I seem to remember when they signed Toure he was something like 7th highest paid player in the world. However, I think Wayne is on more now and so he bloody should be.
I’m sure Toure’s agent is in negotiations as we speak…
Well done Swansea. Rode their luck a fair bit, and Citeh hit the bar twice but, well done.
Gary Neville at city doing the studio
The dark side rises TM
I don’t see Swansea holding on and getting points out of this match, but the real story here is that Citeh aren’t contenders. They’re showing how mediocre they are. Kettle neck is their entire offense, without him they’re a mid-table team. West Brom looked better than they do. Kunt is not a sure thing either. Dzeko can’t finish a cup of tea. Balotelli scored half of his goals on penalties. And Mancini makes it all worse with his negative tactics. The bitters do not look like a top 4 team unless the troll is playing for them. Nasri won’t help them much either.
City should beat Swansea in the second half but they’ve been exposed tonight and last week.
RMW – Doing well my friend, still happy with yesterday’s win.
Mes – Here’s hoping that the Swans will do more of the same second half. I do hope that Wayne is on more money, sort of brings some sort of sanity to the whole thing!
Where was Tony V yesterday?
FletchTHEMAN & smartalex
Cheers for the updates on the reserve game, great news about Fletch….
Irwinisalegend
What time yesterday? If you can be specific then I can answer!
CedarsDevil
Between the hours of 4 to 6???? I know he was at mass in the morning and he was held up laughing all evening at Robbie Keanes move to LA!!
Come on Dobbie, you fucking house elf!
LOL
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle/post/The-many-dreams-come-true-for-Robbie-Keane?urn=sow-wp4158
BadWolf – Hilarious… “I’ve always been a massive chicken and carrots fan. This is a dream come true.”
=D
Off topic but how come all the press are not having a go at Wolves keeper Hennessy for letting in a shot similar to the one De Gea let in…….we all know the answer to that though.
okay i’m impressed with Swansea. look good. As did fletch tonite
Did Valencia play in the reserve match?
Irwinisalegend
Hahahaha, nice one. Sorry, just had to laugh at your original question, I mean who knows where he was. We know he was not part of the squad yesterday. I believe he is back in training so hopefully will be ready soon
Eh, it was inevitable. Still, City are shit
Young with a brilliant assist to OG, glad to see him scoring in the opening match!
Oh God, ROM is in a funny mood today.
Neil – Dzeko can’t finish a cup of tea was classic.
Cedars – Asking the time to provide a specific answer. Ditto.
Bad Wolf – I laughed so hard at that chicken and carrots thing. Thanks for the link.
Oh, and BTW, City make for the best laughs. You only need to be on here on their game night to know that. That shithole of a club is a fucking joke. If their fans think we talk about them because we’re scared of them, that only increases their humour value.
Here’s a toast to City, without whom we’d be lost on jokes.
Neil I take it Shitteh have scored? The Mrs has me watching Britains Next Top Model. Call these models? They’re only mildly better to look at than the City squad…
Hands down the most boring team to watch in the league are shitty, I mean even the dippers provide some sort of entertainment when they lose etc, but shitty are just fucking boring
Mes- Yeah that cunt Dzeko scored.
Mes – I think its time you stepped up and took charge of affairs in your household, be a man, show the Mrs who is boss.
You only really need to start begging after she throws you out on the street ,,,,, lol Until then enjoy the moment!
Silva and Kun scored.
Boring, boring, boring
… come back George Graham, all is forgiven.
As opening fixtures go City couldn’t have got a much easier one so this result was to be expected. David Silva looks a class act as much as I hate to say it.
The most interesting info about Shitty is if wastelands is full or not. Can’t watch them they make me puke and thats just the fans.
Cedars, fair point mate but I can’t fault the lady too much. Every time Eric comes on the tely she shouts out “it’s the KING!” and sometimes if all the lads are away she’ll come down the boozer with me to watch the match.
Give and take you know?
City are still fucking boring.
Fucking blinks on here!
Swans getting plucked apart.
why are people going crazy that citeh is winning against a promoted team that made them look like shite in the first 30m?
i found my “second” team. Swansea play it good. it’d be refreshing if it last and keeps them up
Just seen the score. Bollocks. Whatever. We still totally dicked them for 80 mins.
Sergio Tevez looks class.
According to transfermarkt the combined value of the entire Swansea City squad is a mere 25million pounds.
City have won the premiership
Oh wait 37 games left
Zelh – Possession is nine tenths of the law. Just ask Arsenal fans.
willie
You mean Sergio Diego Carlos Armando Alberto Tevez Maradona Aguero.
Mes – Too right, was a pointless attempt in trying to make a humorous point, which at any given point had no point really!
That cunt ladyman in daily fail will love it city for the quad . Is that twat 1 of the journos fergie bans if not why not.I was going to say i cant believe the fish and chip paper this morning but then again
I found my second team team too, they dress up in all sorts of uniforms, depending on my mood
willierednut – If you have rather posession than trophies the law is correct
that was hot
We’re doomed, how on earth are we going to make up the goal difference on shitty now?
good strike though
MG – Yeah! He scores again! Carlos Augero! Kunt!
CedarsDevil @ 21:50
We can’t, just draw the curtains and start crying.
Fuck City.
I can see the blue moon forum now!
He’s blue, he’s better than Roo!
Cedars, totally cool mate.
As for Citeh, come on, we all expected them to tank Swansea. Top of the league… If they’re there at the end of the season I’ll be gobsmacked. Sounds like the new kettle neck made a great debut. There’s no doubt about it, they have a decent set of players but they’re still miles off being a team if you ask me.
Whatever, I still stand by what I said in my stupidly long post the other night. There will be times when we play such excellent football this season that fans of other teams can only stand back and say wow. I’m not gonna worry about Citeh just yet.
Fuck the bitters too.
Troy
Hahahahaha, only crying is from tears of laughter at those deluded bitter, boring cunts
My second team all contain women
Captained by Hayley McQueen
They scored 4 against a team with Alan Tate in it for crying out loud. Oh and Wayne Routledge. Massive.
MG, quality!
And number 1, was Hayley McQueen.
And number 2, was Hayley McQueen.
And number 3, was Hayley McQueen.
And number 4, was Hayley McQueen.
We all live in a Hayley McQueen world, a Hayley McQueen world, a Hayley McQueen world,
We all live in a Hayley McQueen world, a Hayley McQueen world, a Hayley McQueen world,
And number 5, was Hayley McQueen.
And number 6, was Hayley McQueen.
And number 7, was… Bryan Robson.
And number 8, was Hayley McQueen…
Etc.
Donkey Kun?
If any City idiots start getting ideas above their station, they need to remember what our boys did to them in the 2nd half of the curtain raiser last week.
Sorry E-or.
Pin the tail on the Donkey.
Troy, and 35 mins of the 1st half too.
Doghouse @ 20:29 … yeah, I agree. The strategy of lower-team managers seems to be to open a little when they are home, and close right up at OT. If you recall the relegation battle last season (I think there 7 or 8 teams fighting to avoid the top 2 relegation places, with only 2 weekends to go), then it’s obvious what a difference it can make to come away from OT with a point (or even with minimal damage to their GD). I wonder if they will adopt the same strategy at home this year (instead of opening up)? After last season’s rukus for relegation, maybe. West Brom opened up a little in the first half this weekend (we had acres of space), but were much more conservative in the second half. That could be a ploy too: see if you can score one early on, even if it’s a bit risky, but if you’re level at HT, then close it down.
If so, we might see more of Dimi as a second-half sub, because he’s our best chance at opening up those defenses. Even on Sunday, it was the Berb who got the ball to Young. It wasn’t a great play or anything, and Young certainly did all the work — but great ball or not, it was the right decision.
We all know that Burnstien wanted an easy start for Mankini and shitty. Still liked his mush when he handed Vidic the community shield with Viera sulking on. When it all starts turning sour for the vermin He’ll start banning our players to give them hope.
Heard Villas-Boas was whinging on about Stoke being too Physical. Welcome to the Premier League El Rentboy.Chortle.
Actually Seven was Hope Dworazcyk
With all due respect to Captain Marvel.
I’d have liked to play Swansea first up, too. We get our turns agianst them on Nov 19 at their place, then May 5 at OT — second-last match of the PL season.
Hats off to the Jacks, they gave it a bloody good go in the first half and played some nice stuff. Kun came on when they were tired. yes he looked good, Yes his finishing was class, but wait till Ryan shawcross goes through him at the Britannia, Then we will see what he is made of.
Still all in all, a good weekend for utd. Just not looking foward to the media wanking over city for the next week
Rise of the Lycans!
Starring, Carlos The Jackal Tevez and Sergio the Kunt Augero!
A Blue Moon production.
Man City are proud to announce a bus tour after their epic 3-2 win against Manchester United in the Charity Shield.
Er…
StatesideAussie, I’m not so sure. We had a decent test, away from home and ground out a result giving us some solid confidence but with our feet still on the ground.
Citeh… we’ll they’re going to win the Champs League easily…
Champions elect
After 1 match
Blue Moon Rising
Red Force in tatters
After one match.
MG, having done a quick google, love Captain Marvel as I do, he’s out.
I see the most common dress code at the UNITED STADIUM at Wasteland was, once again – PLASTICSEAT-BLUE!
Mes is the man
The FA are proud to announce that Manchester City have been given the freedom of Abu Dhabi
And David Bernstein has been given the freedom of the Emirates.
A Manchester United XI claimed back-to-back wins over Welsh Premier League opposition. A youthful, inexperienced United team beat Llanelli and BangorCity during a short tour of Wales.
United XI v. Llanelli: Amos; Cole (Leao 85), Vermijl, Fornasier, Fryers; Pogba, Mamam (Morrison 58), Drinkwater, Lingard, Petrucci (Giverin 58); W.Keane (Cofie 46).
United XI v Bangor: Johnstone; Lingard, Giverin (Vermijl 69), Fryers (Leao 80), Fornasier; Drinkwater, Petrucci, Pogba, Mamam (Cole 57), Morrison; Cofie.
http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s237/st170395.htm
I’ve seen the future. And it’s blue. City to dominate English football. And they still won’t fill the wastelands.
‘Kean was breathalysed after his black Mercedes was pulled over by police near Knutsford, Cheshire on the evening of May 14 after speeding past a marked patrol car at 90mph. Kean admitted drinking two-and-a-half glasses of red wine with Sir Alex Ferguson after the game.’
http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/blackburn-manager-steve-kean-gets-18-month-driving-ban-and-fine-for-drink-driving-conviction/story-e6frf4a3-1226115654777
So Citeh already champions after 1 league game like chelsea last year?
Ladies and Gentlemen
The Oscar for Best Picture goes too…
Blue Moon Rising: The Swansea Protocol.
Producers Bernstein Cook Mansour Summerbee
“A few days after we arrived in Germany for the 2006 World Cup, I walked past the snooker room in hotel and Wayne was having a match with John Terry,” Walcott writes. “It was close but when JT sank the winning pot, Wayne lost his rag and snapped the cue with his hands. It put the fear of God into me.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/8703044/Theo-Walcott-faces-reprimand-from-England-manager-Fabio-Capello-for-revelations-in-autobiography.html
Can someone help me here, what are the three stars above citys badge on their shirts. What are they for? For every 10000 they get in the ground? Buy three shirts get one and a season ticket free? How many times Terry fucked Bridges girlfriend? Charity shield triumphs? Samantha Fox? The age of the owners wife?
smartalex
And people as thick as Walcott get paid for writing fucking shit whilst real writers struggle on
Someday…
Sam Fox big tits? Three stars and shes yours Goat.
Mancini, Tevez and Mansoor are the three starfish on their shirt.
Goat – haha that cracked me up.
Standby for City wankfest, just because that Kun Aquero looks fckin awesome , scoring two and an assist in his debut and only 75%fit, they already think they will win the PL. Also how will Nasri fit in then? they will have some B I G problems mark my words! We’re doomed, all doomed i tell yer….
MG – It’s a travesty of literature. A moron writes twaddle, and sells tens of thousands of copies before he’s even started. Very sad indeed. It’s difficult enough for us to get a reply from the publishers, without even even being considered for print.
City’s three stars represent the following.
One star
Richer than Manchester United
Two stars
More fans than Manchester United
Three stars
Bigger trophy cabinet than Manchester United
Fuck me I have surpassed myself I’ll laugh myself on this one
@smartalex… Just seen your rude reply.. I asked a genuine question, and u go all smart on me, I’ve been following this blog for yrs, reading most comments from fellow united supporters. I rarely post on here cas u guys pretty much cover all topics. An appology wud be in order cas I never offended u. I repeat, it was just a comment from a fellow united supporter, so no need to get carried away. This blog is for ALL UNITED fans wheather u post or just read!! (Man utd. Fan since ’95, fan from capetown,south africa) nyt fellow reds! 19! To 20..
Just want to congratulate Manchester City on winning the Premier League and securing it by buying Aguero who will be like Maradona and Messi rolled into one.
With a spaniard in goal we are fooked cause he is white and as we all know great spanish players have a nice tan and are short and round and not tall and slim.
4-0 tonight was just the start of an era that will be prolonged by Dubai money and pure hate.
Walk over and roll on season 2021/2022!
smartalex
Like I said mate – one day.
I’m all for footballers to make their money but take someone like Walcott
He has achieved fuck all in life has been through fuck all in his life and has experienced fuck all in his life much like that plastic fucking Jordan
Yet idiots are prepared to pay them money for just bullshit gossip that sells
With what happened last week that is a sad indictment on a society that has lost it’s fucking moral compass.
marshawash – You are rude, and a liar.
I wasn’t rude, I was truthful.
Right, fuck this Sneijder deal, I think Cleverley can step up, and we would all prefer a local lad to break into the team, let’s be honest. That’s what I was thinking whilst seeing Aguero scoring. City fans idolise this player, and no doubt he has class, but City have nothing to do with the fact he’s class. Whereas if we stick with Cleverley we know that most of his footballing talent came from us. It’s a small detail but it makes me very proud when I see our kids coming through. Whilst it would be nice to buy Sneijder, I just can not be bothered with it now, getting a bit silly and boring like the Fabregas deal. And as already stated, I reckon Tom can step up this season along with Ando. And am I the only one who thinks we have got a potential steal of a transfer with Ashley Young? I’ve always liked him, and I thought if he ever came to us his apparently “cocky” and “arrogant” (words of a Chelsea bastard, not mine) attitude would be ironed out. I think that he is absolute class, on and off the pitch, and he seems to have struck up a nice understanding with Wayne. Exciting times ahead. Also forget all this De Gea criticism. It’s an absolute joke. People started saying he was only just 6 foot (he’s 6′ 4″ by the way), not tall enough for a keeper, clearly not skilled etc. I even had one of me mates say to me “He seems shortsighted”. What the inexplicable fuck? He’s a young lad who just moved to a new country and a much more physical intimidating league. And it’s not like he’s joined some run of the mill tosspots like City, he’s joined the biggest club in the world. Leave him alone for gods sake. The media in this country make me sick. Although speaking of that, Red Nev is the best pundit I have ever seen, even if I’m not being biased. Makes me actually want to watch analysis of the match that’s on. To sum up my entire post, everything and anything to do with Manchester United is the best in the world.
P.s – Loving the Manchester la la la chants at the match and the Ashley Young song!
MG – The moral compass is stuck up David Cameron’s ass! As for Walcott, he has won the Emirates cup mate. Don’t diss it, It’s a trophy!
The stars are purely decirative because the scum wanted to feel more “continental”.
What an embarassment this club is to football.
willie
Okay it’s not everyday I get it wrong mate
Walcott gets to speak because he’s won the Emirates Cup.
MG
Sensational shite spawned by an irrelevant youth. He tells stories about his team mates to make a few bob. What a dirty little rat! If he played in my team he would never write again.
How big is a moral compass and does it vibrate?
Personally, I want Citeh to keep Tevez, buy Nasri and Sneijder (if we don’t get him) and get Kolo back to speed so that they have NO EXCUSES when they finish 5th. I don’t rate them or their shit manager and they’ll be exposed this season.
Let’s see how the little Kunt plays after his shins have been kicked off. His presence on the squad means less minutes for that nutter Balotelli. Imagine the shit he’ll stir up when he’s not making the first XI? And then there’s Tevez, whom nobody wants. I’m sure he’ll keep his deformed mouth shut, too. At least Silva and Kunt are the only two on that team who can understand what he’s moaning about since he only speaks Spanish.
smartalex
Get this then from the Telegraph article you posted up
“The England manager has always believed in a sense of omerta for his players, insisting that private events should not be made public in order to protect team spirit.”
Fucking Capello doing our Godfather routine!
i think we need a world class midfielder
What you get at a 3 STAR Hotel these days:
- Always a free room
- South american hockers at the bar
- A Kunt by the small pool
- A guy doing his community service as a janitor, claiming he used to be the receptionist
- An owner in Saudi-Arabia
@smartalex.. U win then, let’s have it yo way! Side note: Ramadhan Kareem to all UNITED muslim supporters.. Funny thing happened this weekend (after futari in the evening) we were 1-1 with few minutes to go, so we turned off the telly to pray maghrib.. And when I turned it back on..let’s say my prayers were answered. UNITED!!
Fucking groundbreaking news from Walcotts masterpiece
“Rooney may also want to ask Walcott about his decision to publicise the incident in 2006 during which the Manchester United striker lost his temper at losing a game of snooker.”
The mother of all snooker games and all this time I always thought it was Ronaldo that fucked Rooney up with his winks here and winks there.
I think both Anderson n Cleverley did great but we looked so exposed defensively. Smalling didnt impress me; others covered for him a lot. Rooney is careless with the ball most of the time, but it seems none of u see it. Berbatov adds so much to the team in all ways but even Welbeck keeps him out of the team just because he runs all over…he is class though but no where Dimi yet. Aguero makes Shitty a real threat cos the guy is an unbelievable talent. I give credit where its due. We need a world-class CM.I think both Anderson n Cleverley did great but we looked so exposed defensively. Smalling didnt impress me; others covered for him a lot. Rooney is careless with the ball most of the time, but it seems none of u see it. Berbatov adds so much to the team in all ways but even Welbeck keeps him out of the team just because he runs all over…he is class though but no where Dimi yet. Aguero makes Shitty a real threat cos the guy is an unbelievable talent. I give credit where its due. We need a world-class CM.
marshawash – What I said was actually a play on words.
9 of the 15 words I used in my 20:09 post mean ‘marsh’
marsh, bog, low-lying, waterlogged, morass, peat, moor, swamp and bayou.
You never, ever contribute anything to RoM, yet your first comment completely ignores the thread, brings up the same very-old Sneijder conversation, and asks us to follow you on twitter. You are selfish. There are thousands of people on RoM, hundreds of them contribute regularly, and none of them are completely selfish.
Did I say none? Hopefully you’re not reading this any more, then that will be correct.
“There was something very stiff and starchy about Mr Capello’s regime before the 2010 World Cup,” Walcott wrote. “I found it difficult to be myself.
Players split up along club lines. There was an Aston Villa group and a Manchester United group and the staff weren’t very relaxed. It all felt a bit tense. Everyone was a bit too serious.
What happened to the Chelsea group after all they were the champions?
Something smells fishy here.
when u compare de geas debut with the likes of van de sar, casillas, kahn debuts try to think of taibi, caroll’s debuts and where they ended up. Am just saying that you should look at things from another angle and not always being biased towards united. Fergie should give the lad a couple of games in the reserves to adapt as from the fact that he was picked on by west brom players and fans during the second half imagine what will happen in stoke etc! Also another point. I just cant understand why everybody praised cleverleys debut. Our midfield yesterday was all over the place and was dominated in many parts of the game by a midfield of a relegation battling team! All i am saying is that barcelona are further investing on an already world class midfield. It doesnt mean that because fergie managed to succeed by bringing young players in 94 it will again have the same effect. Times have changed. We need to invest on bringing world class players in the team in order to become the top team in europe again.
MG – Capello would be a lot more successful if he was the Godfather! At least the players would listen to him, and probably die for him. I must also say that I agree that the players should never reveal any private issues in the squad.
If your team mates don’t come first, it’s not a team, it’s a group of individuals.
Something smells fishy here. A cunt can smell fishy.
Ha haa, Walcott. Straight Outta Compton muthafuckers. He’s hardcore. I’m sure he has plenty of amazing stories about life from the other side of the tracks. Erm, yeah maybe someone should point out NWA were talking about another Compton.
Seriously, who gives a fuck what the little no mark wannabe rude boy has to say? Can’t believe there is enough to even half fill an autobiography. I mean, the exclusives in that Telegraph article are pretty emotive stuff huh?
Sadly, probably plenty of people will buy it.
“When he named his 30-man provisional 2010 World Cup squad on May 11, I was in it. We headed out to a training camp in the Austrian Alps before we left for South Africa. Something happened out there that shook my confidence. It was the second day, and I made a run inside from my position out wide on the right.
“Suddenly Mr Capello started screaming at me at the top of his voice. Training stopped and everyone stared at their feet and looked embarrassed.
“‘Theo,’ he was yelling, ‘I will kill you if you come inside like that again!’ Despite his outburst, I never quite knew what was required of me. I was confused.
“I had been injured so much that season that my confidence was fragile, but no one ever helped me. If you are the boss, surely you want everyone playing well and you want to encourage everyone. It killed me and I felt it wasn’t fair.”
Ladies and Gentlemen the Man Booker Prize goes to:
Theo Walcott –
A dark and at times painstakingly written portrayal of a world class young footballers decent into hell
Looks like a clam, smells like a fish and all straight men want some? What is it?
There was something “stiff and starchy” about the Springboks in New Zealand in 1981.
forget WS ……..just get coetze…and develop fletcher as a CB n make smalling a permanent RB…….phil jones may be good but he is just 19…and u cant play a 19 year old in a tense UCL away leg against barca/madrid/bayern/milan……..we need some1 with experience at the back…..and who better than fletcher……..he loves the challenge and has all the qualities for it……GGMU…:)))
My women up stairs laughing in the kitchen, my heart is warm, with my stomach soon to be full.
smartalex
I agree with you their mate 100%
But I must now refer you to the arrow
Manchester United
England.
A Walcott autobiography? He is 22 for fuck sake! What is it about? Who was his favorite Power Ranger?
What clam looks like a horse cock?
Did Walcott leave out the bit, were he got bummed by JT? I guess he would.
Wall-cock Mrs Bobbits mount.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/8702827/Manchester-United-cook-up-a-plan-to-beef-up-their-frail-new-goalkeeper-David-de-Gea.html?
Ha ha. All the talk today on here about DDG needing to beef up lol.
Fergie has a spy!
Costas
Walcotts fave Power Ranger
Fucking best joke of the day
Hell, let me send DDG some kebabs! He’ll reach Schmeichel’s weight in no time.
@MG
Lol, poor Theo. What a horrible life he’s led. I bet there’s an entire chapter devoted to the first time he masturbated.
I second MG’s 23:30 finding!
I really did laugh out loud at “(Walcott’s) favorite Power Ranger”
AVB already winning people over.
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/transfer-news/Chelsea-Nicolas-Anelka-wants-transfer-following-opening-game-snub-just-weeks-after-saying-would-see-out-contract-exclusive-story-article785971.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
willierednut, I see that Arsenal are not “disputing Gervinho’s red card and they have not appealed against it but against the punishment, a three-game ban, which they feel is too severe for what was a petty slap. As they are not appealing against the decision, there is little chance of Gervinho being suspended for an extra match for making a frivolous appeal.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/aug/15/arsenal-alex-song-gervinho-bans
Not that it affects us, we are going to thrash them either way.
Lets start the second-ing
I second Costas
Send DDG our kebabs and the boy will be fit as a fiddle!
Though we must be careful he doesn’t get addicted to them…
We wouldn’t want a Homer Simpson on our hands now would we?
smartalex
That was brilliant by Costas – truly I’m still in stitches
Don’t send DDG Kebabs! We don’t want him spiking himself!
MG – Perhaps you should write your son’s biography now. Make a fortune!
smartalex
Can’t do wishy washy writing mate
Their is so much to write anyway
Need to go off to bed
Goodnight Reds…
ROHANalwaysRED
- Who is coetze?
- ‘develop fletcher as a CB’ – That is ridiculous, especially for the reasons you give.
Are you actually joking? I hope so!
smartalex – Well, as you say mate, we’re gonna give em a pasting anyway. With or without Gervinho. Shocking haircut by the way! What the fucks going on there? Lol.
MG – Of course!
Gervinho has the worst fitting wig I’ve ever seen! Unbelievable!
I think the media has the Barton/Gervinho spat all wrong.
I believe it was over the haircuts.
Joey looks like an extra out of Bladerunner
Gervinho looks like Venus and Serena Williams sister
Guilleme Balague on Twitter
“People doubting David de Gea? Seriously? No, no, seriously?? Hahahahahahaha… it will be a feast of eaten words at the end of the season.”
Legolas – firstly, why you repeating your lines, and secondly, who scored the first goal I rest my case
Gervinho isnt he the dozy looking crack head from the black eyed peas.
Goetze better not sign for United. He may be an excellent player but Im not having anyone on here calling themselves GoetzeinaUnitedShirt. I mean which one would I be way too confusing.
Gervinho Williams needs to work on her forehand! Although the twat did swat Joey Agassi without too much hassle.
I seriously believe Arsehole Whinger has lost the plot. They are rapidly becoming a mid-table club. Funnily enough, his justification for not buying players is somewhat similar to Sir Alex’s over the last few years (no value!). And, much as we sold our headline player CR7, so have they. But that is where the similarities end.
Because when we sold CR7, we got a shit load of money. Whereas the Arse have affectively valued Fabregas the same as Andy Carroll. Excuse me? That’s funny.
And, when Sir Alex was refusing to go into the market, he was meanwhile working overtime on different fronts: using the rotation system to perfection to get the most out of our aging players, whilst simultaneously giving younger first-team players bucketloads of experience, whilst also continuing to develop the next gen youngsters “off the radar” to make damn sure that by the time they’re needed, they’ll be ready.
While The Arse have done fuck all. They allowed senior players to go (actively got rid of them!) but only then brought their own young players through, with no mentors, no-one to learn from, just thrown into the deep end and told to swim. Which of course they fucking can’t. Result? Sir Alex keeps piling up the trophies while rebuilding the next world-conquering team and looking after the club’s cash reserves; while The Arse … well you know the story there. What a bunch of sorry fuckers they are. And none sorryer than Arsehole Whinger.
I am sure they will be out of the CL next year. Quite likely, they won’t make it through their qualifying this year. I’ll be surprised if they finish in the top 6. And of course, a team can’t be rebuilt just like that. The Arsholes are the only remaining club never to have been relegated out of the top dvision. The way it’s going, I wouldn’t be surprised to see it happen in the next few years. They’re falling apart.
Fletcher at centre back
You sir are a rom legend for that
Doesn’t that count as an OG rather than Young’s?
Best omen to give me confidence about DDG, the famous, or rather infamous Alan Hansen questions DDG’s performance on the opening day. We all know how it went down the last time
Arsene wenger according to rumors does the job of 6-7 people at arsenal and in 5 of those roles he has performed fantastically and will receive a performance related bonus for his contributions in the fiscal year.
However as football manager he has secured CL, but gone trophyless for 7 years which is poor for a club that was successful from 1997-2005. He has also underachieved as director of football/strategy because he has failed to keep the likes of Henry,Cole,Hleb,flamini,adebayor, kolo-toure, gallas,clichy,cesc, and now nasri. Also by failing to strengthen positions like keeper,centre back,striker and a experienced centre mid like van bommel etc. He has also given opportunities to players like fabianski, almunia,kocielny,djourou,eboue, denilson,diaby,bendtner to drag on their pathetically poor performances week in week out and to somehow form a football career.
Arsene will not strengthen on the pitch but will encourage and achieve great financial success and stability . Therefore he should step aside as football tactician/manager to a desk job at arsenal where he produce his most best results. The next manager should be a guy like pep guardiola or arsene’s understudy Dragan Stoijkavic, who he has personally recommended .
Fucking hell so off topic !!!
Sorry
Frick on a stick…for Frick sake, fricking whinger pissed me off fricking wine gargling corpse fricka.
Why are we talking about city? Are we going to start taking there approach and become fixated with our rivals? Well I certainly won’t be, this is a UNITED blog i want to come here to see other UNITED fans insights into sundays games as well as all things UNITED forget about them bitters . Now come on lads we’ve got more things to worry about lets get behind De Gea, the team and the gaffer worry about Tottenham and win ourselves league title number 20. UNITED TILL I DIE!
@smartalex you need to relax and just ignore the so-called United fans who seem to be tossers and spout rubbish whenever they pop up every now and then.
It’s getting ridiculous, the number of “fans” that appear nowadays who, going by their comments, seem almost like an ABU.
Just watched our game again on the replay – middle of the park changed whenever Rooney dropped deep. Welbeck had a stinker v his game last week – only looked in it when he dropped deep, htf he missed the header in the first 5 minutes only he knows. Thank SAF we have Berba on the bench – and should he have been on after 55 minutes or not. Game changed.
Likewise Nani htf he bolloxed his two chances is a mystery
Smalling is limited going forward – takes the ball, stops and always passes inside, or back, with his right foot. Watch this space for a breakaway – his game read, quickness and speed still needs work – still a massive improvement from the nervous boy of this time last year (message is keep on improving)
TC and Ando – very good – Ando very, very good. Even better when Rooney drops back or nani pulls inside. Options look limitless. When it goes to 442 – goes flat
Young – game needs a lot of improvement – on the down side he let Fabio run like a twat at least twice into the space and did not give him the ball and then fucked up the cross. His first 10 balls meant as crosses went either to a defender in the middle or did not get past the first defender (think I counted 8 of 10), or his shot/cross went several feet wide – now on the plus side when he went to beat the man (goal!!!) – he did and well and he did have Rooney available to take a square pass for the first goal (more work than necessary for WR though- the ball was behind him but WR did pick the corner)
Hope he gets it (Fabio did tell him at least once) – cos if he don’t then the full back stops running. He also let Cleverley take a foul – also has to get his skates on quicker for tracking back.
Oh and who was running to far to the far post when he got the goal – Fabio!
De Gea (Foster makes De Gea look on par on the respective goals) – the kid will be alright – got smacked a few times and at least two fouls not called – made some good saves – still someone was MIA, for their goal, or not covering defensively – looked like someone slow getting back – maybe Nani? TC was covering two positions (and was in between both when the shot came in) and Ando was covering the middle.
Jones did impress – he will be better than good
See a few folks are commenting on Aguerro’s debut for the SHITHEADS- did not see the game. Did see him here a few years back in the Under 20 – all raving about him and Maxi – but the one player who stood out for me and was the best player of that tournement was a player called Ever Banega – plays now in Spain for Valencia via Boca. When we played them last year he held their midfield together quite well.
Anyway we are 300% points wise better this year for 1 away game than last year after 3 away games – points win the league .
Bring it on.
UNITED 20/4/12 – 2012
Great post torontored, good analysis of welbeck-Rooney -berba, brilliant observations of young and enjoyed the TC and Ando part. They work well when Rooney or nani go central or narrow.
Keep it red fellow.
Keep RoM Red – Red Nation – its gametime come 6days time
whats so funny about fletcher as CB????………cant a player for once sacrifice himself for the team????….isnt mascherano and busquets doing it for barcelona………and defensive midfielders in the past have become great CB’s……….plus if we get another midfielder when will every1 play…we already have anderson,cleverly,carrick,giggs,pogba…………i would rather see fletcher behind the ball when messi ,ronaldo,ribery,eto is running at us rather than a 19 year old jones who will just get bullied…….we do have jonny boy but still darren is not a bad option…plus it will help us keep a high line and dats what sir alex wants.
Good day Fellow Reds!
I have seen quite a few people panicking about City and to an extent. I can understand tha.tCunt Looks good but would be simply a replacement for the argentinian whore.
But in the end they just scored 4 goals against a team which is pretty much the weakest in the league on your Home ground. And I think what we learnt from the last season is that you can’t rate teams on a few games. Chelsea last season in the first 2 months were banging in goals for funand pretty much everyone had given the title to them. Look how that turned out.:D
The spurs match should be good although I am a bit concerned about smalling. I don’t know if he can match Bale’s speed.
I am. Really excited about the rooney young and nani triplet. Nothing but dynamite
P.S: @Costas-LOL. One of the best jokes on this site. Will keep me smiling while I watch the newspapers wank about cunt.
And can’t actually wait to chant Kunt at OT!!:D
19 year old Jones getting bullied? Have you actually seen Jones? The kid is built like a brick wall and will hardly get bullied by anyone, unless Duncan Ferguson comes out of retirement but even then I believe Jones will hold his own. As for switching Fletch to center back, its not so much a laughable idea its plain stupid, he is our midfield enforcer and to an extent a general when on top of his game….
Even the mighty Roy Keane failed miserably when played at the back……
ROHANalwaysRED, Both your posts are way off the mark of any level of footballing sense that one cannot help but laugh at them. I’m going to address all your points one by one.
just get coetze –
I know this was more off-hand, but Coetze will not be sold first of all. And Sir Alex has stated that there will be no more signings. He is happy with what he has, and after seeing Tom’s performances, most of us will be the same as well.
and develop fletcher as a CB n make smalling a permanent RB –
Smalling as a permanent RB – Costas will not be too happy with it. Smalling is just about the perfect replacement for Rio in world football ATM. He has all the qualities that made Rio so good in his heyday and he has displayed all of that before his 22nd birthday. To ask him to be turned into a RB just smacks of ignorance to his best position and natural qualities. In fact, he looks lost sometimes attacking as a RB as torontored pointed out.
And Fletcher as a CB ahead of Jones is just piss-take. You would rather play two players out of position than play both of them where they belong. Fletcher is the best game-breaker in the league when fully fit. And you want to turn him into a CB. For what?
phil jones may be good but he is just 19…and u cant play a 19 year old in a tense UCL away leg against barca/madrid/bayern/milan
This is another one of my pet peeves. As per Sir Alex’s policies, If you’re good enough, then you’re old enough. And, by God, Phil Jones is more than fucking just good enough. He is a beast, a marauder, a one-in-a-million young defender who has just about every quality you would expect from a United player. As people have stated, he will be Captain of this United side one day, no doubt about it. He is ready to play in the CL final if necessary.
Rohan – you’ve lost it lol, barca can afford to play mascherano or busquets at centre back because they keep the ball so well that it becomes a form of defence, put busquets in another team’s backline and he’d be exposed badly along with mascherano, i remember fletch playing as a centre back at fulham and zamora ran him ragged, so definite no.
We ain’t got enough midfield player’s anyway so fletch will be taking his original role, he has experience and we got big games coming, he is needed in the engine room.Rohan – you’ve lost it lol, barca can afford to play mascherano or busquets at centre back because they keep the ball so well that it becomes a form of defence, put busquets in another team’s backline and he’d be exposed badly along with mascherano, i remember fletch playing as a centre back at fulham and zamora ran him ragged, so definite no.
We ain’t got enough midfield player’s anyway so fletch will be taking his original role, he has experience and we got big games coming, he is needed in the engine room.
anyone thinks hernandez might be on the bench for the spurs game?
fletch as CB ahead of smalling and jones ??
put that crackpot away fella
Samuel – United WE Stand~ SAF says that he will be back in training in 10 days tiime , would guess at 3 weeks to a month before we see him
Young is very good when he goes provoking ball to feet towards goal, unfortunately, until that 2nd goal, I saw him less inclined to do this, and kept trying to cross the ball towards the box, often blocked. May be he must be encouraged more often to run at the defence, as he is quick and can beat defenders easily as well. Cleverley has potential too, but may be needs to play with someone like Fletcher or Carrick to get some more experience
Fletch @ right back?….there is no logic in that
FUCK BARCA…who cares about them….we have jones and smalling..the new ferdi and vida then we got the 2 nut jobs at left and right(da silvas)wat an awsome defence we gona have.oh sorry i forgot to throw de gea in there(he will come good)
did i mention FUCK BARCA
and as for people sayin we were to exsposed..did u see how young the team was in the 2nd half, not only that it was the 1st game of the season and guess wat we won..chelsea couldnt manage that with a full team..stop knockin the next generation we have to get behind them that includes de gea..poor boy has had to listen to the press talk utter shite already…………….and as for sneidjer..if he wants to come so badly why is he holding the club to ransom..
anyway we have pogba the new viera only better looking and better in every way come to think of it..
God im so excited about the future…
Fletcher playing occasionaly at RB just so Smalling can play at CB? Maybe. The other way around? No way. Smalling is a natural centre back. Fletcher only played there for 2 games as part of a 3 man defence and didn’t look comfortable at all.
Loved Young’s performance & it’s no coincidence he scored the winner. There will be many more MOTM performances from Young in away matches. Cant wait to see him give service to Chicharito that will be a lethal combination. I think Smalling struggles at rightback he is clearly a central defender. For the rb you need a player that can run with the attacker and put a foot in much like what Fabio did just before the goal came in from the other flank. He made the initial mistake but he tracked back ran and closed down the attacker and froced them to change flanks. If the same had happened at the other flank De Gea would have been spared the blushes.
Berbatov should start over Welback nuff said there.
Forget Snieder, Coetze or whatever his name is. Isnt anyone listening to what SAF is saying we have Cleverely, Pogba & the lads that won us no 19. Scholesy did put in some outstanding performances but many crucial games we had to go without him. And we might have Fletcher back so keep your scouting results to yourselves at least until January.
Who knew the Daily Fail were such big Lindegaard fans hey?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2026535/Anders-Lindegaard-wants-Manchester-Uniteds-No-1.html?
Stayed up late at night to watch the game. Good work by the lads. Kind of felt sorry of De Gea but I am sure he will bounce back in no time. Couldn’t help but notice most of our play went down the left and this limited the amount of time Nani had on the ball.
Off topic. I just read an article in The Sun regarding Cleverley begging a fat b*&^h for sex. Surely that can’t be true considering his hot girlfriend. Any news on this?
Can see Young getting us many penalties with those surging runs into the opposition box. In fact Brunt almost gave one away on Sunday.
Has anyone noticed that the Dundee United kit is very similar to ours from two seasons ago? Here’s a link:
http://www.scotprem.com/content/mediaassets/images/united%20kit%20jun%203%20h.jpg
Well seeing that we are discussing putting players out of position, here is my idea…. Do not hurry up and call me a genius, I know I am.
To be the unbeatable team I say, play Rooney at left back, Valencia at right back, Ando & Nani as center backs, in the middle I would have Rafael & Fabio with Rio & Vidic on the flanks in a 4 – 4 – 2… A striking partnership of Jones & Smalling….. As for goal keeper I would stick Evra in there….
Genius
@Cedars Am I glad you are not SAF lol!!! Ando centerback with Evra goalie LMAO!
Speaking of goalies. In that fateful game how did we choose Ferdinand to go between the sticks. He is the least agile utd player. I would have thought someone like Evans or Nani would be a better choice.
torontored – young needs too improve his game allot LOL, set up the first goal and basically scored the second.
bayobuya @ 9:18: “Berbatov should start over Welback nuff said there.”
I don’t understand the scepticism regarding Danny Welbeck’s performance on Sunday. If you take the time to look at the match – 20th minute – you’ll see Danny setting up the chance that Nani fluffed. Is it Danny’s fault ? What else did he do wrong ?
Dimmy did pass the ball to Ashley Young for the second goal but take a close look at their positions on the field and you’ll see that Young had all the real work to do – and he did it. What else did Dimmy do right ?
C’mon attack me – and call me names – but, please, provide some evidence for alternative views.
Not trying to find faults with young Danny, I just rate Dimmy above him as the third striker (after Chicarito & Rooney) wont go into why Berba should be playing coz there have been enough arguments and all has been said.
bayobuya – well done for not rising to the obvious bait! His incessant attacks on Berbatov prove only that he is not able to discuss the issue.
denton davey – I do prefure berbatov over welbeck, but I do think some fans do tend to overrate berbatov’s quality to the team over the 4 years he has been here. He is a good player, but overall he has not been a great signing, but he did have a good season last year so he still will play a huge role in united’s quest for title no20
durham really is going beyond losing the plot now
City’s performance last night was better then Barcalona!
-Best performance he’s ever seen in the Premiership!
-United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal are all scared.
-It was ONLY the community shield!
The funny thing is, swansea had better possession at times than shitty. King Eric may have his 16th heart attack listing to this clown
SmartAlex @ 17:07: “well done for not rising to the obvious bait! His incessant attacks on Berbatov prove only that he is not able to discuss the issue.”
I asked questions about the relative performances based on the evidence of Sunday’s match – it was not “obvious bait” and my “attacks on Berbatov” was not part of some “incessant” neurosis but, rather, in response to the kind of non-analysis of evidence that was – errr ! – evident in BAYOBUYA’s statement.
In his reply – @ 16:09 – BAYOBUYA said that he “rated” Berbatov more highly than Welbeck which seems to me to be a step-down from his earlier statement 9:18.
I’m not too bothered about personal preferences that differ from mine but I do think that there is a burden-of-proof that should be addressed when making those personal preferences equate with evidence that clearly contradicts them.
What you might find “incessant” – perhaps even neurotic – has been my unwillingness to let go of the counter-argument which I have advanced against those who profess BerbaLove. I really don’t know why I bother to do so because BerbaLove seems impervious to empirical evidence.
denton davey
Thank you for your sensible reply. I guess it’s true that many or most Berbatov lovers are automatically on the defensive when any comment appears to be targeting the Bulgarian. I think that goes more towards showing that he has been grossly over-criticised, than proving some strange contra-indication of such love.
Discussions on forums such as RoM are easily led astray by the changes in tack that typify a multitude of contributors with vastly differing views and a range of personalities.
We need to find a way to discuss the issue of Berbatov without emotions ruling our thought process, and where the thread can be broken down into salient aspects that can be argued and then agreed. So often I am lost trying to pay due attention to comments that refer to numerous facts not clearly in evidence.
Perhaps we can start by agreeing that both sides show more concern towards ‘winning’ points than reaching fair conclusions. I would suggest that we shorten our comments in this regard, limiting them where possible to concise aspects of the debate that we may reach consensus slowly, but surely.
Once a fair quantity of agreed basics have been reached, we can then expand the debate.
SmartAlex @ 22:39:
I’m in complete agreement with your comments about “emotions ruling our thought process”; that’s why I’ve tried – maybe not always successfully – to substantiate my comments/scepticism/criticism with evidence drawn from the games that have been played (and, in my case, televised since I live in Toronto and am not able to watch matches first-hand at OT or Carrington or elsewhere).
I’ve often speculated on other, related matters but I’ve tried to be clear that these speculations are just that – guesses. I have no inside information – nor do I claim to have had any – but I think it’s worthwhile to throw out conjectures if they’re relevant to the issue under discussion. But, of course, that’s just hot air.
Unfortunately, I’m not sure that we can reach any sort of unanimity on “agreed basics” since personal preferences come into it. And, without a doubt, a lot of our opinions are based on sentiment – and sentiment isn’t the best gauge of “what have you done for me lately ?” which is a key component of the way that professional managers look at the evidence. We’re all on the outside, looking in with lousy optics. So, in the end of it, personal preferences are bound to intrude in this kind of discussion.
I look forward to crossing-swords with you, KingEric, StateSideAussie, WillieRedNut and some of the others from whom I have learned a lot, even while disagreeing with some of what they have to say. For me, the joy and the pleasure of ROM is the opportunity to discuss matters of neurotic fascination with a community of guys who share my neuroses.
denton davey
We have already progressed. Even if we don’t see eye to eye, at least the gouging stopped!
Debating and discussing issues that mean so much in our relatively trivial lives is one of the
main reasons we are here on RoM. We learn, and our love and understanding of United and
each other grows.
To our 20th league title we journey together, United.
Im a fan so, Im allowed to be sentimental. So rating Berbartov highly may be biased by me worshiping him in certain unforgetable performances like his Liverpool hatrick. However you would have realised that I refused to criticise Danny. Beleiving Berba could have done better in a certain match does not imply I mean Danny didnt turn up. However I’m not gifted in the advanced technical analysis of football matches to be able to slug it out with Denton so I express my opinions on ROM and if those who are gifted in analysis correct me I learn bt then I will continue expressing myself on ROM coz I’m red.
BayoBuya @ 8:59: ” I’m not gifted in the advanced technical analysis of football matches to be able to slug it out with Denton so I express my opinions on ROM”
Wowser – that’s the first time anyone has suggested that I am “gifted in the advanced technical analysis of football matches”.
I’ve always thought that I, too, have “opinions” but not much more than that. I’m delighted to share my “opinions” with you and to accept the banter that comes back my way from someone with different “opinions”.
Really, that’s what ROM should be all about because not one of us has any insider-information and if we really had “advanced technical analysis” then we’d be posting somewhere else and getting paid for it – errrr, considering what gets “posted somewhere else” that might not be true !
Not trying to find faults with young Danny, I just rate Dimmy above him as the third striker (after Chicarito & Rooney) wont go into why Berba should be playing coz there have been enough arguments and all has been said.
@Cedars Am I glad you are not SAF lol!!! Ando centerback with Evra goalie LMAO!
ronny and young two of my fav players
Can see Young getting us many penalties with those surging runs into the opposition box. In fact Brunt almost gave one away on Sunday.