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VIDEO: Valencia and Welbeck Goals vs Arsenal
January 22, 2012 348 Comments
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i really hoped we wouldnt concede…
First?
How could we let them do that to us. It’s like we had them wrapped up and the then the man, the only man who can score for Arsenal, does.
Van Persie >>>>>Rooney
Come on now Utd!
We let those cunts back into the game, but finished them still. Job well done and hope that the injuries are not too serious. Rooney was shit again and we still won. Credit to the rest pf the guys. Welbeck should have had more though. Well it was a tough game and we did great to win it.
Yaaaaaay…. We sealed those three points, a bit hardly but still we did
But once AGAIN there are injuries: nani, jones and you can tell Rooney was collapsing by the end. He got too many hits: on his back, his foot and he already has broken fingers!!
Well Done Danny!!
Rooney >>>>>> RVP
A great win , how many chances do we need, never easy watching United but there’s nothing better . Well done Lads.
Welbeck really needs to get a new contract with significant pay rise , the boy has earned it so far this season. Important win.
Holy cow!!!
Why the fuck did they noit make it secure before that!!!!
Wellbeck could and should have had a lot more than one Goal
And at what cost in Injuries.
Jones
Nani
Rafael again(to be expected)
Rooney
Jesus at this rate we will have to get Robson keane back as it would appear we can’t buy anyone
Who is opa wim?
Played with fire there. Performances like this should lead to comfortable wins. Not how we ended up winning today.
Nonetheless, top performances by almost everyone out there. I just wish we weren’t so wasteful. Or that Rafa kept his head and didn’t go that far forward before their goal.
Both goals were top draw and Tony V is on fire at the moment.
Rafael was not injured. It was either a tactical substitution (more likely) or a punishment for attacking when we lost the goal. A great lad, Rafael, love hit to bits. Welbeck is gold, too.
@Red Harry4Life
Was Rafael injured? I thought he was taken off because Fergie wanted to change his tactics. Not so worried about Rafa and Rooney. It’s Jones and Nani I am worried about.
Opa wim is rvp’s grandpa who was sitting in the box tonight.
Lots of injuries again. Hope they all get fit for the next game.
massive win today after citeh stole the win.
On another note, I’d like to thank the Arsenal fans for turning on their manager and creating turmoil within their team. It really helped us get on top of them again. Wankers.
Costas
I totally agree but I do think that Rooney will be rested… he needs it. Chico or berba might get a chance then, and it did turn out that Ferdinand was injured
We were FUCKING excellent. Just SO good all over the pitch i can’t fault anyone’s performance. Jonny Evans should keep playing the way he did today he was STUNNING. if i have anything to say the only thing would be for welbeck to finish off his opportunities a bit better but I thoroughly enjoyed that performance. Thanks Wenger and Arshavin AHAHAHAHAHA.
Well deserved win for us. Giggsy the man. Really a great sight to see the local lad score the winner! Roll on, United!
Injuries always proving to be a blot in our matches.
@Lebomanc
Don’t know. It’s a pretty massive game next Saturday. Fergie might opto to play Rooney in that one and rest him against Stoke 3 days later. He definitely needs a break.
Tony V scores one and makes one, why wasn’t he man of the match anyway?
BTW, as for the City game, I’ve got a question for Vincent Kompany… who were the “moral winners” of that game, city of spurs???
3 points to the good guys.
AND THE REDS GO MARCHING ON ON ON!
Glory Glory……….
Honestly thing we should have done better. Did Arsenal actually have any recognized full back on the pitch or on the bench? Wasn’t that Arshevin defending Valencia for the second goal? Don’t recall anyone defending Giggs for the first.
Very good win indeed away at arsenal regardless of form is not an easy three points.
I’m glad parry got motm as he was superb today, along with Carrick he will not be the headlines but fuck me can that boy read a game.
Rooney and wellbeck are looking fantastic up top together, I would rest both next week and play chico and berba.
Costas
Ya maybe, but sir Alex has to come up with a great plan to be able to replace the jones and nani spots! At least Valencia is still ok… Btw so ferdinand turned out to be injured right? And do you think sir Alex will put DDE instead of lindegaard in the next game?
Always feel after we win that we could’ve done better in terms of goals. We are just keeping up with City, hate the idea of that.
United made HARD work of that. Arsenal should have been dead and buried by half time.
Gave the ball away too cheaply at times which invited Arsenal on to us.
Shame about Nani and Jones. Can’t really afford to lose them with the games we’ve got coming up.
MUFC
Nice performance from d lads…just wondering when arsenal started being so rough….i hope nani & jonesy ll b ready against d scousers……
Thank you Arsene for a lovely birthday present…..
WOW! No respite until 10th March when we play Wolves at home. Till then it’s meat-grinding time each game.
@Lebomanc
Yeah I realized Rio was injured for real when I noticed that he hadn’t tweeted anything in 3 days.
I think it goes without saying that we need another defender, but I doubt Fergie will bring in anyone. It’s really disappointing. We have players like Antonio and Carrick playing superb and we will end up playing them back there again.
As for the goalkeepers, I don’t see a reason for another switch. Linde was ok I thought.
injuries injuries we keep getting them despite that great win
motm valencia by a mile
Rooney was shit ? He had the shit kicked out of him , he never moaned got on with and worked his bollocks off for team . He made so many runs into the box but they did not come off . Well done Wayne . Valencia is a great player and what an athlete he is so strong . Danny leading the line like an old pro, we are starting to click now just at the right time.
@dannysoya
Yeah, Danny’s gotta be more instinctive about pulling the trigger when gets through like the three times in today’s game. He’ll learn that eventually. There’s a lot to come from this kid and I love it that he’s a Red in Heart.
Valencia were mom imo. Wenger properly messed up takin chamberlain off but think we were good for win. Think Rooney needs resting at min, he’s not at his best n sick of the ‘scoring in patches’. Rafael needs to learn somd discipline if he wants to exceed, but he’s young so might learn.
Good result tho ain’t it? Need to keep the pressure on the bitters, they’ll crack for sure
Have to say Evans and Smalling were as steady as rocks today, Evans in particular.
Giggs ran out of legs predictably in the second half, that’s when the Arse came back into it.
Just when we naively thought the injuries were easing we are facing a crisis again:
Rio
Vida
Anderson?
Nani
Jones
Rafael
Rooney?
Cleverley
Young
Owen
De Laet
Wellbeck – limping at the end.
Anybody I’ve forgotten?
Time to trigger the buy-back clause on Shawcross.
Made hard work of it? We’re playing away at Arsenal ffs. Great result. United never do anything easy. You all should know that by now….
Danny was hectic! Outshone Rooney for sure. Who was lackluster again. Over the moon with that win. Don’t forget, City scoring late on would have a blow. With our backs against the wall, we produced the win needed. Well done lads! Valencia and Welbeck were right on it.
matos
you are an idiot.who know s anything about football.let s stop it now
lindgaard,great peter said when we bring him from norway,that he will never make it at united,last minutes of our match against shity and today,make me think that he is our second choise for sure,we admire him cause he is funny,we should rate him on his performence
Willie……spot on
Michael Carrick is just too sexy as a footballer. Coolness personified.
We really cant afford to rest rooney with the run of games we have. Incredibly tough for us. NO CLUB,mark my words,NO OTHER CLUB IN THE WORLD,will be able to compete right at the top with the amount of injuries to their key players like us right now.
Costas
Hahaha, I don’t think sir Alex will buy anyone either. So lindy it is…
Happy birthday tonybee
Later ROM
iced earth …why have you come on here looking for a fight….. i think you had better keep your silly comments to yourself …
Wouldn’t be a United game without the annual injury crisis! Don’t think Rafael was injured though. He was on a Yellow card. Made sense that sub.
Come on people…We should be congratulating the lads instead of complaining abt how “we lost control of the game, could have buried it,etc”. The guys showed determination and guts as well as good football (for lots of the game) and we won.
Yes, there are things to be fixed but, my, my, did we need a win after the City result! And we got it!
Professional, yet at times very frustrating performance. we should have won this match by half time.
I wonder what has happened to that killer instinct that we used to have?
Quite a few times today we gave the ball needlessly, or were too selfish [I cannot remember a more selfish United player than Nani, as good as he can be, sometimes he does silly things] . I hate it when we start passing the ball back towards our goal without a great need to do so, or when at times out of two or three available passes, our players choose the worst one and run themselves into trouble.
Anyway, we are still in hunt, and it is a shame that Tottenham could not hold on at least for a draw.
Bring on scousers!
@Red Neville
Yeah, Bebe.
We’ll see about some of these injuries. Ando should be ok this week and Rafael wasn’t injured at all I believe. It was a change in tactics. Rooney and Welbeck’s were probably dead legs.
Rio, Jones and Nani are my main concerns right now.
Special mention has to be made for Jonny Evans who has stepped up his game after Vidic went down with injury. With him out there, we’ve conceded 12 goals in 20 games. You won’t find a better ratio among our other defenders, including Rio.
@willie
I think the correct term mate is “year long” injury crisis. Not annual.
We won it the hard way, but who cares. Always a danger if you don’t score a 2nd goal.
Important thing is we kept pace with City, who should have been down to 10 men after Balotelli literally stamped on Parker’s face.
We got away with a few things too, like Van Persie doing a Torres, Ramsey & Cham. missing by centimetres, so I’m not complaining.
For the guy who said Rooney played badly, go watch the game again and count the number of times he got taken out. He might not have scored, but he was brave and showed his maturity.
TonyBee – Cheers mate. Happy Bday!
Jesus Christ what is with some of the negativity? Didn’t we just go to the Emirates and win? Another good away win and people are complaining. Saying we made hard work of it, so did fucking City earlier on today.
Was a very good performance from the team. I fucking love Danny Welbeck. Should have more, but he got the winning goal so lay off. Patrice Evra is looking back to his best and Antonio Valencia you beautiful man.
We had to win today and we did. Well done lads.
@Costas
I forgot Fletcher – but he’s not injured…
@Iced earth
I don’t think lindy did anytin wrong today,he should be our first choice for now,i think d lad is got d potential….
All the love shown by some on here towards l’arse did any of you watch the game? As soon as they got their equaliser were simply on a mission to injure our players. Nani and Rooney especially. Cynical as fuck. Thought Welbeck should have had a penalty he was about to skip the keeper and follow the ball in before he got taken out by Chest-knee. L’arse always been a bunch of dirty cunts, fine should be coming their way after half their team picking up yellow cards. Disgraceful behaviour.
Got the 3 points which is all that mattered, Rooney practically was plying in midfield today (not a criticism btw) but our decision making in the box was appalling at times. Welbeck should have pulled it back for Nani when he got the ball off their keeper. None of that matters but we need to play a lot better against the vermin in the cup and chelski the following week.
Got a sky feed and G Nev and Sousness have torn into the klingon and bottojelly so hopefully 3 match bans are coming their way. What with the Toures and Kompany out that might destroy them over the coming weeks.
Hans
Nani has talents nobody else in our squad possesses. If you want him to utilize those talents on the field, he’s gonna need the ball at his feet and he needs to be a bit selfish in order to keep it at his feet. The dividend comes when he regularly beats his marker and gets inside the box. Name a winger outside United that does that so effectively every single game??
United can afford to let Nani be a tad bit selfish. The returns are worth it.
By the way Happy Birthday Tony Bee!!!
Rooney was piss poor today.Nani and Valencia was our best players along with Welbeck,this boy is making me so proud!I LOVE MAN UNITED!!!!
NRD
I wouldn’t go as far as saying that they were trying to hurt us. I think it’s simply a matter of Gooners not knowing how to tackle for shite.
@ Costas our injury crisis has been going on longer for a year now and don’t think it will ease up between now and the end of the season. No reports on Nani, Jones and Rooney. Nani’s looked bad and was delibrate. Don’t think he’ll make next week which gives us a problem for the cup game. Win or lose that one don’t fancy a replay. Although its been a while since we’ve had one of those.
Everytime I see a player go down, I cringe. But when carrick goes down, I panic immediately.
His form right now is so excellent. He is all over the pitch breaking up plays. I almost think he is our most important player right now. I just don’t know anyone else that can come off the bench to replace him.
Happy birthday tonybee….
let’s go 49ers!
Gotta say, we’ve really missed out on this Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Kid’s got game, serious game.
Theo who???
The commentators were reporting that Jones had a badly twisted ankle. Hope he didnt break a bone. But as it is, he could be out for a week or 2 at best
games was very epic… Lved it though i ddnt rly get wat happened to phil jones
and roooney certanily needs a rest …nani and welbeck shone 
mufc for ever
@ Saad. Massively disagree. Koscielny put in a great tackle to stop Rafael. His challenge on Nani was cynical and deliberate. After it went 1-1 they targeted our best players, Nani and Rooney and succeeded in one, not sure about Rooney hopefully he’ll be okay . More worried about Nani, if he’s out only leaves us with one winger
united.george
I feel your pain, man!
Axel Oxo-Chambermaid – remember the name!
NRD
Koscielny’s tackle on Rafa is misleading given that Rafa really made it easy for him to get back and make the tackle.
He’s hit-and-miss, this Koscielny. He’ll either get it really right or really wrong. Only Le Arse could pick a central defender as hapless as him. Vermaelen’s the only real deal in their defense.
Jones, it was like you never returned. Sorry guys, just trying a little humour at our torrid curse of injuries. Fantastic away win, i loved it actually, a nice 2-1 victory with the winner towards the end. Wasteful winners or losers who can’t even create. We’ve done both quite a bit this season, and i’d take the former anyday. It’s not like we ‘should be winning’ Arsenal. They may not be as strong as they used to be, but it’s still Arsenal. Cos, if that’s the logic, why do we always find it difficult against liverpool. Now, if we manage to do this for the next 6 games, we’ll be the ones at the podium come May.
Just a few things:
1. I love the way Patrice Evra celebrates a goal. Just love it.
2.Welbeck is the number 1 choice atm, yeah, he could have finished the game off a few times, but his movement off the ball and with it is fantastic and brilliant to watch. Rooney’s great to watch when he’s on top of his game, but what Welbeck gives is different.
3. TonyV is tearing people apart. And i love it. Chuffed that he’s totally back to his best.
I said it yesterday, but happy birthday TonyBee.
@Notorious
Oh yeah, the injury crisis is here to stay.The minute we breath a sigh of relief, 3-4 more players get added to the list. Lets not forget about Rio. And yet again, I have to shake my head at how these injuries happen. Too easy for my taste.
There are only a handful of players that stay fit no matter what. Valencia, Carrick and Evra. Thank God they were around in the last month and they’ve given us some solidity. Nani was also injury free until today.
Twisted ankle means 3 weeks until he’s back. You gotta give the ligaments time to strengthen after healing. Remember Rooney’s ankle injury against Bayern. We rushed him back and that’s it…Wazza’s form dipped for the next 8 months coz he never really fully recovered from the ankle injury.
There is no sense in rushing players back from injury. If we’ve suffered the misfortune of losing a player out to injury, might as well bite the bullet and give him all the time in the world to get better before throwing him back on the field.
our second goal was totally wicked the firrst one was in such a time 1 min b4 half time ;D
Whats the problem with Anders? Missed that one….
Happy Birthday TonyBee!
Also Happy 91st to Opa Wim!
@united.george
i read your post, and then i panicked. Nothing’s wrong with Carrick right. Did i miss something!
Our lads are falling down like flies. I don’t know, we’ve been through the worst already this season i think, so much so, now I just wait patiently for updates on United’s website.
Princess Jasmine is here! Now I’m in a whole new world!
Scholesy made the pass out wide to TonyV to start the play that resulted in the 2nd goal. Let’s hope he’s getting his groove back.
What a player Danny Welbeck is going to be for United and England for years to come, I think!
Today was nerve wracking watching that at times, we do need to be more clinical in away games. I’d start Hernandez in one of the next 2 games in order to keep Welbeck fresh for chelski. We have their northern branch to play at home first but if we can beat stoke and chelski that will be a huge step towards the title. We will have a massive gap till we play spurs. Exciting times. Hopefully the vermin lose a few players mid week.
Problem with Anders?
None, but lot of people rate Big Dave higher, me included.
We could have done with his distribution in the end insteat of hoofing the ball forward.
He’s short, he’s stout, he’s Pauly Scholes
The hardest man, in all the land
With orange hair, beware!
Come and have a go if you dare!
well done lads
king of stredforend i think i will disagree with u on that…. We have achieved great accomplishments this season though stumbled upon few logs we r not falling back our experience is growing and making us stronger
I’m glad that we’ve many who appreciate Carrick here. I’d say he’s pivotal to us. Cos when i read the comments from ‘United’ fans on other websites, i just feel like punching the screen. Idiocy to the maximum.
I wonder why Lindergaard’s been chosen for quite a while over De Gea. Not complaining about Lindergaard, just wondering only. Wonder if it’s that eyesight problem of De Gea’s that’s being reported and him needing a surgery. But surely it’s just long-sightedness and a laser surgery, nothing too big a worry. Unless Sir Alex doesn’t want to take a risk. Cos it would do a tad bit of damage to De Gea’s confidence.
Good will come Danny’s way. He’s not self-destructive like Ravel. Danny’s got a level head on those big shoulders of his.
Zellie baby, I’m with you all the way. To paraphrase Willy Wonka, Andy is dandy but DDG is quicker. The Spanish superkid would have pushed that RVD shot around the post, NQAT.
@jasmine_MUFC
Eh, i don’t get your reply?
When i meant falling like flies. I meant injuries. You know, like fly swatting.
Not often that we do the league double over Arsenal.
10-3 United.
Cedars will probably hate me for this, but today proved why RVP is no Henry. Yeah he scored, but other than that, he wasn’t influential at all. Just kept sulking and sulking. To put in perspective, I was always worried about Henry getting mad, from a football perspective. The same doesn’t apply to Van Persie.
Carrick slight hamstring strain, Jones ankle ligaments 2 week . Rafael tactical Fergie said he was not pleased great attitude.
Rooney shit and piss poor? He ran his socks off was great in pocession and won countless headers to keep the pressure off. He provides the platform for Danny as he did for Chico last year. There are no negatives today it was a quality performance with a squad stript bear with injuries.
Jones could be back for Chelsea then…
@dazbomber
Cheers. Anything on Nani?
great win today lads Tony V was fucking outstanding! anyone see that skid mark head ballotelli stamp on parker?dirty cunt
Phil looked devastated on the pitch when he got injured, the same kinda reaction when Vida got injured at Basel. Now I’m hearing it’s not as bad as feared.
Praying…praying…praying…
Solid, professional performance by the team. Admittedly we could have easily scored more, but we equally could’ve been in more trouble had RVP actually scored that sitter he missed. It was a sloppy game at times but United came on top, just like we needed and most of us expected. Those who thought Arsenal were going to roll over are delusional. Show some respect ffs. They are a good side that have taken points of us, remember last year at the emirates?
Very happy with the points.
So happy to see Evans and Smalling playing well. Valenica stepping up, and most importantly that huge smile on a local lad like Welbeck who knows all about united when he scored that winner.
Worrying number of injuries at the moment. Don’t want to dwell on the negative though
Costas – no offence, mate, but if RVP is the chump you’re making him out to be, what does that make ya boy Berbatov?
king of stretfordend
i guess i understtod u wrong… Like thought u meant the preformance of the players was decreasing
@ Costas – When RVP scored I instantly thought of Cedars, thought he would be the only United fan not hating this….well him and the my mates who have him in their dream team.
Yep, he’s in a few of my dream teams too, as is Welbz.
Thank u wenger bringing off chamberlen won us the game he was the best player on the pitch in the second half we need to look at ourselves a bit because we died in the second half after a great first and I’d just like to say fuck u ledley king and bollextellie is a dirty cunt
i think we’ll see a quick return of Clevs. The injury to Jones might not be serious but i’m sure the gaffer wouldn’t want to aggravate it . We know Tom is running now so lets see what this weeks brings. Fantastic 3 points, got careless atimes and the criticism that we should be controlling the game more is valid. The gaffer said so himself so anyone that doesn’t like their happy parade being pissed on can take it up with the gaffer.
Trying to win a title with the injury debacle we’re witnessing this season is near impossible. Doesn’t sound daft to have introduced those young lads bit by bit now does it. I bet no one would be worried if Ravel/Pogba had clocked 5 maybe even 10 appearances over the course of the season. Ravel because Nani does my head in sometimes, and Pogba to help out with the old legs we’ve got in the CM. As long as Rio is out we’ll never see Jones in the midfield.
Loved the way the lads allowed themselves to settle prior to dominating the match. As many say , its the best club in the world to support. I feel delighted with t he win . Well done United. Glad to see Evans is getting a share of the praise .
@The truth
That’s the truth you’ve typed.
It’s delusional to think that we were going to thrash Arsenal. I hate them, but they have my respect. I hate chelsea and the scouse, i don’t respect them, but i acknowledge them as rivals. As for shitty. That says it all.
@Fred
There’s a difference. The media don’t suck on Berbatov’s dick as much as they do Van Persie’s. He’s overrated for me. Besides, I never said he was a chump. Just that he’s no Henry. Escpecially in games of this magnitude.
@Notorious
Lol, I thought of Cedars as well. Especially when Van Persie missed a Torres…I mean a sitter.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is going to be some player, Barrel chested, quick, good touch and control of the ball. Fucking Theo Walcott is flash in the pan.
I wonder if the arsenal supported were booing Wenger’s substitution choice, or the fact that Oxalede ( i can’t type the whole thing) came off, or that they wanted Walcott to come off, or that Arshavin came on.
Nevertheless, as a player, it would be torrid to be arshavin at that moment.
Slim – I don’t think Cleverley will play at Anfield at all. Can’t risk him in what promises to be a very volatile game. Scum like Bellamy, Spearing, Adam, Gerrard, Carragher etc will think nothing of “sticking one” on Tom to test out those freshly-healed ligaments of his. Bunch of sharks, mate.
where is the arsenal fan matttwat? said he would be back after the game?
@gaz
He meant after Arsenal beat United on Fifa 12…
Fred
Yeah, put it that way and i can’t see it happening either. But you never know.If i was a betting man i’d bet on Scholes or Giggs starting against the scouse vermin. Predicted one of them would get the nod toaday but i guess that was because grand pa Rio hurt himself. On paper we have enough defender but the reality is we may have to dip into the transfer market next year
Cheap dig at Berba that was.
Funky Fred’s cage is rattling!
@ Costas You thought of it as a Torres as well lol. Great minds think alike.
Have to agree with Fred here, can’t play Cleverly until he’s 100% fit. Anderson is already missing but he was supposed to be out till Feb anyway plus he’s pissed me off so don’t miss him. Any reports that come out regarding injuries will probably be BS anyway and we won’t know the truth until next week.
zelh – I rate DDG higher too. Don’t think Anders had much chance with RVP’s shot. Evans should have closed him down quicker.
and for the umpteenth time if we’re going to play 4-4-2 Rooney can’t be a shoe in. I’m not suggesting he started today on the bench, obviously he’s our inform No 10(although his form is pretty gash if you ask me) but maybe just maybe a better rotation of the front is needed. On second thoughts scratch that, the injury situation just makes a mockery of any formations or tactics. Oi Costas, do you still have the hair on your head on or you’ve yanked out a fist full anger
Costas- He never mentioned Nani
I don’t think Nani’s one would be as bad as it looks. I hope. He managed to hobble off on one leg all the way. That’s encouraging.
Slim – haha, no chance we’ll ever see that midfield pairing (combined age: 75.) The midfield will undoubtedly be Carrick and Giggs again, imho, then Clevz might get his return against the clodhoppers of Stoke at Old Trafford the following Tuesday.
Where is mattcunt? Want to ask him what he thought about his manager pressing the self destruct button by taking off Oxo Cube and bringing on Arshavin. l’arse fans are classy the entire stadium booing one of their own substitutes which Wenger made (In Arsene We Trust and All) when he come onto the pitch.
I pray Manchester United fans will never be as classy as that
@Saad
Agree that sometimes players need to be selfish, but then they must get results. Nani, at least this season, most of the time only frustrates us. Only today, he tried to score twice from almost impossible positions, when a simple pull back would have presented team mates with a better opportunities. his crossings are simply not good enough and consistent. Ronaldo was [and still is] also quite selfish, but he got results more often than not.
Hans Christen Anderson?
Think i must of been watching a different game than most of you lot….To me that was one of the best performances of the season today.Good in every department.
nani plays worse when he’s on the left that’s for sure. maybe he knows he doesn’t cross well on his left, and so went for goal instead. if he’s lucky, his teammates will get the rebound too.
Can You hear the Gooners sing?
What a great result Utd, Valencia again MOTM and who needs Sniejder when we have Carrick. Just going to read the comments now whith a sigh. Or maybe a smile.
Oh and Fred on the last Thread. A cold Planet really does sound like a certain sachu.
Costas – Smalling had RVP in his pocket all day.
He’s barred.
gret77 – I think we were totally dominant and if we’d been more ruthless we could have won by more goals.
@slim
It’s like getting punched in the face repeatedly. You get used to it after a while. I was actually looking forward to this back 4 getting a run out of 5-10 games in a row. Didn’t even last 10 minutes.
@Notorious
Haha, good point about the “classy” Arsenal fans. They proved it again today. Both at half time and when Ox got taken off.
sachu + proxy = iced earth
Tony Bee
Happy Birthday mate.
If Carrick has a hamstring strain, that could mean Scholes and Giggs in CM against the scouseholes. That’s the same CM we had there last season in the league, they made the game very high tempo and over-ran us in centre midfield. Not a good prospect.
Apart from the time scored zelh?
James – Some moany cunts on here mate. We should walk these games, of course.
Hans
i don’t see him getting results for Madrid. Speaking of Nani, he nearly cost me my sanity this evening
I really cannot believe some people are being negative on here. I was TOTALLY satisfied with that performance. We pegged arsenal back ON THEIR OWN PITCH. In the second half they got back into the game themselves AS THEY SHOULD since it is their home ground. We did not “let them back into it”. they are a good side you know they are capable of getting back into games.
And this thing with Rooney. Ok rooney was no spectacular but honestly Rooney did not play badly to my eyes today. I cannot recall being pissed with rooney at any point in the game.
Welbeck was EXCELLENT. we gotta tie him up at this club for a long time. He’s gonna be brilliant. he’s going to Euro 2012 for England surely. Our midfield was also brilliant which was kinda surprising considering they had Song and Ramsey i though they were gonna dominate proceedings in the middle for a long time but to my surprise THEY DID NOT. please stop being negative we just beat a top 6 side on their home turf. BE HAPPY FOR ONCE.
how bad is nani’s ankle .. Did he break anything?
well deserved result. well played United. Love beating Arsenal the most!! side note – wish Wellbeck had put away that chance near the end, but he finished his goal well so nuff said.
btw. we outpassed arsenal at their ground.
Arsenal out-passed at home – 479 (367 successful) vs. 501 (383 successful) – can’t be often that happens
I didn’t realise how low we’re running on midfielders. Time for Quinton to dust off his boots?
Saw this on BBC Sport page:
“Arsenal are now as close to Wolves in the table as Man City. Oops.”
Think Patrice deserves a mention today too. Fantastic
dannysoya
i totally agree with u…
@Red Neville
Carrick was playing as well in that game. Mind you, even if Carrick’s fit for next Saturday, I am still concerned about their physicality in that area. Could have used Jones in CM…
@slim
Yeah, Smalling was impressive as well. I loved how he and Evans coped in an environment like this.
Fred
Thats the thing, we’re running low. Carrick will play against the dippers and again during the week? Thats asking a lot? So what are the alternatives? None as far as i can see.
Get the fuck in, great win and top performance…. Tony V is a fucking beast….Willie pretty much summed up my views on the match
Happy birthday TonyBee you old fart! haha
Fred
Could it be? I think you may have a case here
Sack Wenger, hire McCarthy. http://www.offthepost.info/wp-content/uploads/Mick-McCarthy-gif.gif
Willie
If a Dog moaned as much as some on here they’d put it down. My only regret is not getting a ticket, our ballots suck.
DannySoya
I’m just opening another beer in your honour.
Where’s the Devil? East stand>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Stretty
Rooney>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>RVP
@Costas:
My mistake, for some reason I thought Carrick missed that game.
Fergie will probably rotate between Carrick/Giggs and Anderson/Scholes for the next 2-3 games. Until Jones returns and (hopefully) plays in midfield for a while.
I don’t really want to compare fixtures at this stage, but like I said earlier although nervy thats a difficult away fixture out the way. A ground cit-eh have to come to and by that time l’arse will more than likely fighting for their lives to make europe let alone the Champions League. I’ll start comparing stuff once the we get chelski and vermin league fixtures out the way.
I’d say cit-eh will find it hard vs Everton at goodison but they have an entire week to prepare for it being out the FA Cup and all. We will have Stoke at home but that fixture will be tricky depending on how many players we lose in the cup tie next week. If l’arse IMO deliberately tried to injure our players the vermin will stop at nothing see Carragher on Nani last season.
Costas
Indeed, Evans got his concentrations levels up no doubt and smalling is just continuing his upward trajectory. The way our luck is going thank goodness none of those 2 came of injured. Just going ot say it now Carrick is the player of the year for United. Funny thing is Capello won’t pick him for the Euro’s . Which is a bit daft if you ask me. Stevie Me ain’t shit these days, Frank Lamps is alternating between adding 10kg one week and losing the next only to put it on the following weekend. Parker seems to be the only one doing anything about it. Big decisions for the England manager, at least he has Phil Jones who can play there as well
Wow, just seen this for the first time: http://i41.tinypic.com/1417a86.jpg Got to be 4 games at least. What a fucking scumbag. Of course, the media will laugh it off as “good old Mario, up to his wacky antics again.”
@ James21 – Had no joy with ajax away or the vermin league game so waiting on 2nd ballots. Ajax looks unlikely got less than 3000 for that game, should have more luck with vermin they always release more tickets in build up towards the game.
Hoping Anderson is back for next week. Not sure parryheid will agree though lol.
James – I don’t mind people moaning when we lose badly. Like at Newcastle. That’s a great win today. Away at Arsenal is always a tough game.
Slim – yeah, I had forgotten Carrick’s hamstring strain when I posted my thoughts on who will play midfield at Anfield. I’d much rather see Rooney partner Giggs or Scholes than have both the old timers play together.
Soy Sauce
Well said my friend……….
James – I am right here and just to set the record straight…
Evans’ little toe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RVP oh and
Stretty >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> East Stand of course
NRD
Vermin in the FA Cup? I’d kind of given up on that one. Ajax away was too expensive, pity that I’d like to have gone but the tax man comes knocking in January for us self employed.
Arsenal fans are eating their young. Not pretty. Best to leave them be.
I realize I will get a lot of abuse my way when I say this.
But I think we should drop some of the key players for the Liverpool match, I hate Liverpool just as much as every true red but the Premier League is priority and with huge games coming thick and fast we should rest Carrick,Rooney and not gamble by playing Nani.
I think we’ll stlil have enough to beat the scouse with this team:
GK: Lindegaard or DDG
DR: Rafael
DC: Evans
DC: Smalling
DL: Evra
MR: Valencia
MC: Park
MC: Scholes
ML: Fabio
ST: Berbatov
ST: Hernandez
slim – Nothing better could happen if carrick does not play for Ingurland in the summer.
I agree with twatter Willie, thanks mate
@ James21 – Won’t be about for the Fa Cup game vs vermin was talking about the game on 11th Feb, got a message on Facebook from my mate telling me the score. No worries about ajax, I just want to go there for the sticky icky!!! Back on 4th Feb so will harrass the club for tickets that week if 2nd ballot brings me no joy. worked last season.
Why is everyone saying Carrick is injured? Is He?
Hernandez is due a start. He’s played 2 game at the dump and scored twice. Maybe him and Berba will get a run out? No point risking Rooney from the start. Not with the so many hard games coming up.
Scholes pretty much summed up Carrick ‘He is the Rolls Royce of the team’
Good performance overall today, would have been easy for the lads to get pre-occupied with the city- spurs result. Job well done. Just need these injuries to ease off.
crikey our squads getting stretched. Fuck.
Wish vida didn’t play that CL game. seeing we’re out of that competition. Thats a bit selfish i know, but the blow wouldn’t be as severe if he was around.
On the bench: Keeper,Fryers,Carrick,Pogba,Rooney,Welbeck,Diouf,Keane
G’day lads! I didn’t get to see the match because I am still not fixed up with proper TV
but I am chuffed as hell with the win. Lots of negativity on here but I have to think that anytime we beat one of the bigger teams, we must have done something right!
Gutted to hear about the injuries. I wrote an end-of-year update to my injury article. Scott hasn’t published it (which is his right) and it was done in a hurry just as I was leaving the US for Oz (so maybe it wasn’t very well). But the updated stats included a breakdown of injury rates per match (based on all matches played in last 10 years by us, the Dippers, the Arseholes, Rent Boys, Spurs and Shitty) and conclusively show this is by far our worst injury season in a decade. However, I also correlated our injury record each season against our final performances, and the good news is that there’s very little correlation. We have had very good seasons in injury-blighted years, and poor seasons in relatively injury-free years, leading me to the conclusion that the most important thing of all is our fighting spirit and ability to overcome adversity.
So despite all the doom and gloom about injuries, we should never give up hope! Cheers, lads!
@Fred
Fucking filth. How many decisions are City gonna get their way this season? You can tell by teh way he tumbles down afterwards that he knows exactly what he’s done and is trying to avoid punishment. What amazes me is that Webb was standing right there and did nothing. Oh well, at least that means the FA are free to get involved. They’d fucking well better.
oops, i meant “maybe it wasn’t **written** very well”.
carrick seems to have a “slight” hamstring strain, played during the second half with the injury.
My concern is that the way he plays, breaking up plays and stretching his legs to poke the ball away might make it worse? Dunno really, I guess I just dont like any of the hamstring injury scenarios. Seems one minute it is a small issue, the next, your are out 4 weeks.
Pogba to start next week. yhihf
the only signing that we need.. desperately need is a really good doctor and physio!!!!!! Are man utd players made of glass or something? i blame the physio team… some sacking is required as i dont think they are doing a good job on keeping the players fit. most injuries can be prevented. Ask any good physio, they will tell you that.
Stateside
Typos are catchy pal, just ask Costas……. Personally I have spread the virus here!
Great win indeed and like you I am upset with all these injuries, its like we are fucking cursed
Agreed that TheBerbaBoy and JavierThePea should start at Analfield. They have form against the wallpushers.
NRD
Not heard anything on Carrick. Heard at half time Jones was just a precaution and should be ok, but we’ll see tomorrow. Not heard anything about Nani or Rooney injuries, if any. Mind Games from the master. Be good to see you get one for the Job Dodgers.
LOL izzy. Good point well made.
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2012/Jan/sir-alex-ferguson-hails-reds-positivity-and-belief-after-emirates-win.aspx?pageNo=1
SAF is happy then so am I.
So is this Carrick injury true or not? Midifeld if he’s fit: Carrick & Giggs. Midfield if he’s not: Rooney & Giggs.
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2012/Jan/injuries-mount-for-united-after-win-at-arsenal.aspx
Bollox. Just saw this.
@stateside
Mate I have no idea why there is negativity we were absolutely class today. Paddy had his best game in two years, Evans and smalling bar the odd little mistake were fantastic together. Carrick, Giggs were as good as they were together last year. Tony v is back to his best, roo and wellbeck fit better together than fish and chips and we dominated away from home.
Our passing and interchange play was superb, we totally dictated the pace of the game bat 15 second half minutes.
The media would have you think city are out of this world and united have declined quicker than northern rock yet 3 pts.
City look vulnerable and will lose points this will be out sweetest title yet.
I’m getting fucked off with the fans wanting us to be like barca or Madrid. We are current champions, we have an evolving team and Fergie is doing it again.
I’m fucking buzzing over this result and all the moaning fuckers nit picking can fuck off and support Barcelona for me.
Fred – Fergie said that his harmstring is dodgy.
Fred
according to the article Carrick felt his hamstring.
I was gonna post that Jamesy! Beat me to the punch….
Team at racistfield will be interesting?
Giggs12Gerrard0- Spot on we were brilliant
Giggs12
I pretty much concur with your views pal
zelh
nah i don’t agree, he’s missed out on one European competition this year don’t want him missing out on another. People always waxing lyrical about this Spanish player and that Portuguese player. What we forget is these guys took part in these championships and honed their skills even further. But i get where you’re coming from, the England set up is a like a cesspit. Apologies if i’ve offended anyone. But the level of mismanagement and daft decisions beggars belief
Jamesey? Its Willie.C.Nesbit. Beat It!
Thanks for the articles, James21.
Just seen Lescott taking out Kaboul: http://i.minus.com/iXPifFVsseHKP.gif Unbelievable! What a bunch of snide twats this City team are.
Great result, we got the points and that 1 out of 4 toughies out the way.
Disapointed with Injury news. How soft are some of the boys, its getting embarrasing, at first it felt like bad luck but even now Sir Alex has to consider whether or not he can rely on these injured lads.
Rio – This ones finished for sure, he’s walking on thin ice injury wise and his careers over.
Vidic – Really unlucky, but he also had nerve injuries, calf strains, collar bone etc before this.
Rafael + Fabio – They can’t last 60 between them, soft as marshmellows.
Fletch – Well he’s sick.
Cleverley – Davies is a cunt, then returned early to dispear for another month WTF.
Young – One day his toe is fine, as in he says its fine, plays like shit and now out for 2 months.
Nani – Always limping or crying, man up get off the bench and go clinic.
Owen – R.I.P, Joke but seriously thanks + Farewell.
Out with Rio,Fabio, Young,Mame,Owen,Macheda .
I Tink Evans,Evra,Carrick,Giggs,Welbeck, Rooney & Valencia did awesome.
Too bad for Nani I think he was missing Djouroo so he went in to have a chat.
Rooney is getting stick but he was pretty great for a attacking mid.
Dodgy hamstring? Sounds like a Eastend gangster!
Fuck it, gonna say it. Fucking glad we saw the back of that twat Ronaldo, pisses me off to no end. thinks hes better than he actually is. funny, he thought Spain would suit him, instead his own fans turned on him. Prick
Fred, 2 red cards that should have been for lescott and balotelli, yet nothing was shown, not even a yellow.
Anyway, at the end of the day, defoe, what a miss, could have won the game….
Hopefully something wil be reviewed especially balotelli’s stamp, one thing to stamp on someones arm or leg, but his face?
Giggs … cheers, mate! Wish I had seen the match. Shitty will slip up. Their charmed run of luck will run out sooner or later. We just need to dig our heels in, keep doing the best we can, focus on our own game and not worry about them. just make sure we are well-placed to take advantage of any slip by them (it will happen eventually).
Team for Klanfield:
Lindertron
Rafael, Smalling, Evans, Evra
Valencia, Rooney, Giggs, Nani
Berbatov
Hernandez
Slim
Don’t worry mate I’m English and couldn’t give a fuck about the national side and I won’t until we get some pride back and terry has retired.
Slim – Ha! Ridiculous attitude. We may never see a player like Ronaldo again at Old Trafford in our lifetimes. Phenomenal player, will go down as one of the all-time greats.
Losing Carrick is out of the question at this point. Just play Ando and the 2 oldies against the scum.
@izzy
Agreed pal. Just like anyone else at the club, the physions or the doctors should be accountable if they are not doing their job properly. Sadly, that hasn’t happened for 3 years now and they’ve been getting away with murder. I would have no problem surrendering the title to City if they are the better side. But the truth of it, is that if they win the title it will be because they didn’t have 5-10 players out every week of the season…
Berbatov travelling to a see German doctor (just like Ando went to see a Portuguese doctor earlier in the season) says it all really…
slim
All i’ll say on Ronaldo is He’s the greatest player I have ever seen at Old Trafford. A true match winner and I’d take him back with open arms tomorrow.
Rednation – is that post real or a joke? Hope that latter or I’m voting that the worst post year to date.
Having watched the 2 Shity thugs’ actions again, it’s pretty safe to assume that they’ll claim they were losing their balance and they didn’t mean to make contact. And then Bernstein will clear them of all charges
Fred
sorry, i disagree, we will see such a player. Phenomenal layer you say? Again i respectfully disagree. Phenomenal stats yes but i know hat i see. The boy’s got some technique but he fails to tick the boxes i look for when looking at a special player. I swear. Endow Valencia with a couple of step overs and presto you have the same player
Giggs12Gerrard0
i reckon that’ll happen soon, hard to see Terry playing beyond 2012
Costas – Ogden tweeted there now? He’s looking at a 4 game ban. We’ll see though….
Giggs12
He’s just a WUM pal
“Endow Valencia with a couple of step overs and presto you have the same player”
Get out of here, you must be on a “wum”. 
Fred / James
I agree but I also understand slim. Ronaldo was the best player I have seen at old Trafford imho better than Cantona but the ronaldo circus has not ensured his legacy.
The kid for me is the best player in the world but the way he left, used the media, and celebrated on his own was a joke. He missed a penalty Rooney scored the rebound and Ronnie was pissed off. If that was the other way round Rooney is going mental like he does every goal the team scores. Ronaldo only celebrates ronaldo.
@ James21 – Ditto on Ronaldo. Whether people believe me or not its up to them I said in 2004 when everyone including a few United fans called him one trick (a trick most English players still can’t perform) he’ll be the best player in the world took that bet on with a few of my student pals. 4 out of 5 still haven’t paid up. One of them is getting married this year so they should all be there collect it all then!!!
Thats horrible news about Carrick, save him from Analfield. Is Ando fit? If so I’m with Costas on playing him alongside Giggs and Scholes. If not them 2 certainly ando, Giggs and Park. Tony V on one wing stick Welbeck on the other and have Berba and Hernandez up top. If there is any injury with Rooney do not start him, not worth the risk. He played a blinder at both games at the bridge last year and we need him for that.
@Red Nation. How old are you mate? Please tell me still in your early teens because thats how that post comes across.
NRD
Our friend mattcunt must be chuffed to bits right now eh?
Fcuk Balotelli the cunt!!!!!
Throw the book at him for stamping on Parker
Another grind out win for United. As previous posters have said, the game was televised in the US on Fox 5 which is equivalent to BBC1
Webb was once again horrific today
I’d like to see Paul ‘Poggers’ Newman and Van Morrison start at the dump.
James21
Yuck,
i wouldn’t take him back. I’d be lying if if i said i wouldn’t be temped. but he’s to much of a prima donna i get the feeling he needs to have the whole team play for him and that is asking too much for me. United have had to go cold turkey because we were addicted to him and it showed. We’ve made great strides since then and i’m proud of the lads and the Gaffer. They don’t get enough recognition of the fact that we haven’t caved in after selling the “world’s greatest player”. Yet Arsenal crying because they lost that prick Nasri and Fabregas went back “home”
@ Cedars – Yes mate, itching to see him back here. Especially after how he called us classless. Can’t remember 76,000 fans booing after Fergie makes a substitute. I suppose thats what l’arse fans call class being a small club and all.
Fred
hahaha nah mate i fucking serious. The boy is all about speed and that about it. A couple of leg overs, pretty boy looks and voila. You have Ronaldo. Not much different to the Valencia we see is it? Okay maybe exaggerate a bit. but it isn’t that far fetched. The boy’s more of an athlete than a footballer- if you get my drift
slim
We’ll have to disagree. There is nothing wrong with the team and I have said so on here when fans bore on about signing Sniejder. We have some great players and some still developing their game and the future looks good to me.
Great win against a side more than capable of beating us today. The way some people go on you’d think “Fergie” has played no role keeping us on top of the English game? There I was thinking he was a footballing genius, turns out all he had to do was show the fearsome United badge to our rivals and the 3 points were ours! United is no place for complacency and Victory isn’t the birthright of our Club, it never has and never will be. Still… that won’t stop some supporters downplaying our important win today, after all, Arsenal are really shit, init?.
True, we did have Le’Arse on the ropes today and should’ve finished them off, but they also had us on the ropes and THEY could’ve finished us off just as easily. RVP missed an open goal, Ramsey shot over the bar when it was easier to score, and Evra made a last gasp block to save Lindergaard’s blushes. Overall Arsenal even finished the stronger team ffs so we did well to only concede one. Can’t understand anybody “expecting” victory when theres a world class striker like RVP on the pitch. all it takes is a split second to create an upset, as he aptly showed with his nutmeg/goal.
Having made the OBVIOUS point that our victory wasn’t guaranteed, this 2-1 is a top response after City’s undeserved extra time win. Ours was always the tougher fixture anyway so collecting full points was even sweeter. Valencia put in another motm performance, Giggs was class, Carrick gave us confidence to build up play and Evra posed problems the entire match.
Nani wasn’t even at his best on the left today and he was still class. Must admit im baffled why he isn’t played more centrally like Silva is for City? Somebody tie that blue fairy’s foot to the touchline and lets see how good he plays pinned to the flanks by 2 defenders. Nani works miracles from wide considering he’s more than a “winger” so I really do wonder how long competition from Rooney will keep him from playing centrally, as imo thats where he needs to be in a number 7 shirt, thank you very much!
Hopefully I wasn’t the only one backing Welbeck as most likely to score anytime? Not a sentimentalist so I have no problem saying Danny’s gone from 2nd to 1st choice striker with this game. He’s having as big an impact as Hernandez last year (without the same fanfare, mind) and God knows thats been the case long before today. Since before those goals he scored against Basel actually. Danny’s big, strong, fast, has good feet, brilliant in the air…. wins penalties, doesn’t complain when they’re missed, hasn’t said our manager lacks ambition, doesn’t smoke, hasn’t lost 2 yards of pace, doesn’t have a first touch like a rapist, doesn’t shy away when the game isn’t going his way, doesn’t look like he’ll burn out before reaching 28…
So give the lad his new contract and pay him his fucking money! Christ, if we were reliant on Wazza for a goal or even a goal THREAT today we would’ve lost the match. I don’t usually get on Wazzas back online but he was fucking woeful today and didn’t look anything like a star man, talisman or white anybody, he just looked like a English Arshavan – lazy, disinterested and shit. Thats the objective truth unfortunately (imo anyway) so its just as well the other lads had a belter and carried him today. Def a top team effort from the Squad, and against a very handy Arsenal who could’ve taken all 3. Needless to add, hats off the the Manager for picking the right team in the first place.
I hope Wazza sorts his form out, I always do, but more importantly these days I just hope Danny stays fit and starts taking his own penalties. It is quite odd I must admit, as I know bitters who rate Danny more highly than some of his own supporters and you’ve got to admit it IS a bit daft that a young Manc scores the winning goal for Manchester United against Arsenal but quite a few are weeping over a Scouser’s form instead? Im not one for undroppable players, so tbh I can’t see how Rooney is keeping Berbatov out of the team at the moment. I thought Berb was still here for Rooney’s shit periods of the season and we are clearly in one now so where is he? More to the point, the old complaint was Dimmy slowed down our attacks but Wayne ain’t doing too bad with his wayward passing and shit first touch is he? Still, I’ll happily leave the team selection to the manager as he knows what he’s doing with our Strikers – just wanted a quick rant about the “ever expectant” brigade and the “look a gift horse named Welbeck in the mouth” brigade. They both piss me off no end!
That aside I am absolutely fucking DELIGHTED with that win. I’ve even got a top article by Giles Oakley to read tomorrow along with coverage of the win. Doesn’t get much better on a monday!
Laters RoM.
hello mate,good result but not great performense,need to do more,if we don t bring new faces i doubt we can win titels,we have jones out few weeks,hope not the same story of tom,nani carick,the list is so long,and rio never make 2 match in row,the twins if fit can t finish a game!please fergie bring 1or 2 player,valencia wellbek evra great today,evans and smaling our next great cb,despite few mistakes from evans,shawcroos or hummels of dortmund,off topic i doubt messi is from earth he is from another planet he destroyed malaga
Fred
And he stayed on the pitch to earn the winner!! Cunt of the highest order.
Great win for the lads and 3 points won. How we are coping with these injuries I’ll never know but I just accept them now every game and hope they won’t be too lengthy! I’ll tell you this much, city will be more pissed off than us tonight. All the city fans I know were confident of a win for city today (as was I to be fair) and they were all pretty sure we’d drop at least 2 at the emirates. Regardless of league position, our trip was the more difficult and they’ll be gutted we got the win!!
James
No dram. and you hit the nail on the head. i see a bright future ahead and proud the team has moved on. Other clubs would have been moaning about it. When people were saying where is the Ronaldo money we were neck and neck with Chelsea, those fuck nicked it with a point at the end.We’ve been to a final since he left wand we’ve won a title since then.
Paul Parker telling it like it is.
Great crucial victory today. I felt united needed at least two or three goals because van persie does inevitably get his customary wonderful strikes.
Antonio valencia has really shifted into top gear in the last few games. Driving past players with devastating pace and power, creating goals and also scoring them, can’t ask more from a winger. In this form, even his one dimensional style isn’t a problem. Here’s hoping he continues like this.
Danny welbeck was superb. Work rate, drive/determination, menacing pace and power, great movements, can drop deep and link up too. An all round potentially top class player that has now added ruthless deadly finishing to his game. I see only one way for danny and it’s towards the world class ranks hopefully. The other strikers have an unenviable task of trying to displace him and i’m delighted.
Bar a slip, smalling was an absolute rock at the back. A centre half that has pretty much everything to be amongst the best. He has time to improve too and will displace rio.
Evans had a solid game too. Didn’t give van persie a sniff, i hope now he has the full belief that he can also be dominant at the theatre of dreams.
Evra looks back to his best. Owned the left position against a tricky walcott.
Another efficient game for michael carrick. elegance personified, keeps it ticking along and that is a nightmare for opposition teams.
Shout out to giggsy for rolling back the years yet again, hope that continues.
Rafael disappointed me at times today. Thought he’d have learnt the art of playing fullback by now. Bombs forward which is great but never neglect your defensive duty, he can still improve but Fergie won’t like the petulance from him. hope he’ll learn because he’s very talented.
I hope jones will be okay, i really do. Nani isn’t injured too i hope.
Interesting blog post about Kyle Walker’s tweet.. got deleted afterwards
KYLE WALKER TWEETS WHAT WE’RE ALL THINKING
http://thebusbyway.com/2012/01/22/picture-kyle-walker-tweets-what-were-all-thinking/
Lovely, just lovely..
credit to the whole team, though i honestly Nani is 50 percent of what he can be..
Never is a happiness better than a Mancunian scoring the winning goal against one of our rivals..
U cant beat that and money cant buy that..
sexy interchange between Val-Par-Val-Danny the lad..
matter of time before wasteland will go weakland…
Manchester United – built on philosophy that will never doom us..
Any chance you could get a one way ticket to Messi’s planet?
Paul Parker on Top form.
@ Fred
“Just seen Lescott taking out Kaboul: http://i.minus.com/iXPifFVsseHKP.gif Unbelievable! What a bunch of snide twats this City team are.”
what a bunch of dicks.. they should have had two reds!!
lets see if this one gets to MOTD
Tony V is really motoring! No handbrake slide now….
In honour of Zibbie stardust:
What a team! What a club! What a gaffer!
Kyle Walker – nice one, pal. Got you in a couple of my fantasy teams too.
What a team, what a gaffer, what a blog! Go Rooney!
19
clearly accidental.A travesty if he gets a retrospectve ban for that.
http://i41.tinypic.com/1417a86.jpg
Willie
Tony V MOTM for me. Poet
@Willie
Well said re @Zibbie ….. I miss the @him, probably still nursing his @back problem
Go @ United great win against the @ Arsenal
That tweet by Kylie Walker – I just can’t get it out of my head!
Parryheid – too right. Scotty Parker should be banned for headbutting Mario’s foot.
What a player! The boys a genius! Who? DW!
James – Imagine Arsenal scored a goal like our winner? The Red tops would explode!
hi everyone great win 4 united and i hope Jones in not out 4 a while big games coming up 4 united still brilliant win anyone know when is young coming back rooney played well in the first half second half shit man of the match 4 me is giggs or smalling Anyone agree or disagree
Quality celebration after Welbeck’s winner btw.
3 point is all we need and we got it bigg ma men of unity
Willie
You’re right. Our winner was class but how underwhelmed were the comentaters??
I agree, I agree!
Boochy – disagree. MOTM for me was Mr. Luis Antonio Valencia.
Rumors that Rodwell has put in a transfer request and that we are in. Fergie is supposed to be a fan.
Mike Kelly – if you mean Martin Tyler on Sky, he is an admitted Arsenal fan and has even written books about them. His co-commentator Alan Smith is of course an ex-Arsenal player, and seemed pretty biased to me. Funny that Sky don’t let Neville commentate on our games but they let Smith do Arsenal games.
Mike – Alan Smith co commenter, no surprise there. Didn’t hear Tyler, as I was jumping up and down like a lunatic!
Welcome to Old Trafford, JackTheLad.
Denton Davey, I’ll let you use that one pal, free of charge.
Boochy baby Tony V by far.
Motd2 should be good. Hope Lee dead eye Dixon is on.
M19ke
Hows the heart?
Fred
Don’t believe it for a minute myself. But at least this is a lad who Ferguson has praised and commented on.
I think he might be injured as well and hasn’t even made the bench for a couple weeks. Still, only god knows eh?! Cheers.
When Fergie talks about not acting in the transfer market unless a long term target becomes available – does he mean Rodwell?
Red Neville – I hope not. Can’t understand why everybody is rating him that high. Give Tunnicliffe few years and he will eat that guy for breakfast.
Tyler has a history of being “underwhelmed” by our goals. A good example is Ronaldo’s superb, dramatic late winner against Fulham in 06/07, which was greeted not with a cry of “RONALDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!” or something similar but with Tyler somberly noting that: “Manchester United have got their noses in front.” Noses in front? WTF?
Fred – you could hear how these ABU fuckers were moaning after Tonys goal. haha. made me laugh. makes the goal even sweeter.
I prefer Bonnie Tyler.
thanks to all you on here today wishing me Happy Birthday…..
had me present …3 points
Gooners were totally eclipsed today
I couldn’t hear them. Them United ear muffs I got for Crimbo are fucking mint!
Funny, I always thought Tyler was a Liverpool fan. I must say that he’s kept his real feeling hidden well. Most of the time anyway. He’s the best out there for me.
And I miss Andy Gray.
Where will I tuck it in? My disappointment I mean. 
Willie
Liv.
Mikekelly12
The commentators were probably as deflated as the Arsenal fans were. Truly gutted they were, wouldn’t give any credit to Valencia or Danny
Never a better happiness than a Mancunian scoring the winner
Good night lovely Red Devils around the world,
my post match drink celebration has almost hit 4 AM here
Good night
Danny Wellbeck will gradually bulk up, he has too, then we shud see him putting away more of his chances.He shud have had a hattrick.
Our 3 top striker positions have been filled. Rooney,Chicarito and Wellbeck.
Rooney,he needs to improve, he is much better than this.
So when Carrick is not fit , u saw what happened, he soldiered on and the midfeild well got overun.
I sincerely hope he is back for our next battle.
Nani ,brilliant ,can open up defenses but times like this , u think what else can the Boss do.
His final third decision making ,is a letdown. He cud have scored 2 today.
What is going on with our injuries, every game we have to see who is ok. This is like war,fight a battle, pull out the strecthers, then send in the reserves.
Rio , what are we going to do with u? Its 3 years already ,the same problem,do u have something serious like Darren ?
We won, I am happy but worried about the injuries and the way we played in the second half.
Honestly, if we put away our chances, this shud have been Manutd winning 5-1.
Before the game I was happy every result had gone our way, and shitty 2-2 spurs. Then i saw lescott and balo do what they did , in front of webb.
WTF?
Anger ,man I need to manage my anger .
Then ledleys mistake, toasted.
At least we are 5 points ahead of spurs, but still 3 to shitty.
We need some medical mojo here to heal our wounded ,and to protect them from further problems.
@smartalex: Put on yer kilt , make some magic.
Arsene Wenger on Oxlade-Chamberlain substitution;
“I have to stand up for the substitutions I make. I don’t have to explain every single decision. I’m 30 years in the job, I have made 50,000 substitutions. I do not have to explain myself to you.
Smalling said in the post match interview that his injury ia not serious he twisted his ankle and left emirates with his boots and not protected boots so i hope he’ll be available next week.
Good night united
The way the club is treating Berbatov is depressing. Bench Bench Bench Bench Bench. Comes out and plays without any match fitness: Scores 1 v fulham. Scores 3 v wigan. Scores 2 against blackburn. (Even if he hadn’t scored any in these games his performances were superb considering his overall match fitness). Scores none v newcastle. Bench Bench Bench Bench… till end of season?? This guy is one of the best in the game and we are missing out every single time we are not playing him. It’s a shame Ferguson’s prioritiy number one is work rate.
Goodnight Sandeep!
83684 – Is that your lottery numbers?
James
My heart rate is fucked!
83684 – Ferguson’s number 1 priority is the continued success of Manchester United, not pleasing Berbatov fanboys.
I got bored half way through reading yet another berbatov loving rant.. …
Ah, glad to know Smalling also got injured today. I was starting to worry that someone ended this game fit.
M19ke
Could you imagine if we failed to win the amount of posts on here, it’d be double.
I felt 60 after that game today. Keep watching the goals up top and wondering where all the Doom and gloom mongers are, although 1 or 2 about.
Combination on his/her match luggage. Fair points though I also love Berbatov but SAF can’t leave Rooney or Welbeck out, so no place.
No need to worry about Berbatov. He’ll probably play get a run of games as a defender pretty soon.
Arsenal left their mark on our battered souls.
*probably get a run*
@James
That’s definitely fair enough. Especially looking at Danny’s form. My complaint at the moment would be Hernandez getting picked ahead of Berbatov. On current form I find it baffling for the lack of a better term.
Nani’s wearing a protective foot brace. Rooney was limping coming off the train apparently.
James
I had heart palpitations!! An away win is an away win. Our win was far more impressive than city’s in my opinion. How they won that game I’ll never know. Gonna watch match of the day to see what shit they come out with this week!!
Costas
He’s a big lad probably do well in defence. Welbeck may do well with Berba, he’s unselfish and would get some good balls in. Chicharito just needs to time his runs, probably do better with Cleverly back who’s more quick thinking than Carrick. Can’t leave out Rooney, no way if he’s fit he plays.
@willie
Awesome. And games against the scousers and Stoke is just what the doctor ordered.
@Mike
City stamped their authority on this game and that’s how they won…
@James
I feel that the way Fergie is looking at it, Welbeck and Hernandez are fighting for one spot and Rooney and Berbatov are fighting for the other. And that’s why Berbatov has to wait for Rooney to get injured in order to start a game. I’d like to see him play with Welbeck, but like you said, when Rooney’s fit, he plays. That’s a no brainer. As for Javier, yeah, there’s the issue with his timing. But he also has to improve his all around play. One of the main problems for anyone in their second season is that his opponents have figured him out. And that’s what’s happened to Hernandez. Welbeck is more unpredictable in that sense. And much better with the ball on his feet.
The cracks are appearing at Cit-hey aka the new Barcelona hahaha
Lee Dixon being a total cunt. Says it was accidental!!
M19ke
Lee Dixon is a shitty fan .
Defoe you cunt… Lost your team 3 points with that miss!!
Great win.
Fred. Think Tyler is a woking town fan or summat. He was a cunt today. Gutted when we scored.
You couldn’t make it up with City fans. Calling five live and saying that everyone got it in for them as they are jealous. Oh fuck off United have had it for two decades. Said that nobody mentions Scholes tackle last week where he caught someone in gut. Fuck off. Balotelli was scum. Disgusting tackle. Anyway one bitter said we witnessed the two best teams in england in the early kick off. Said spurs could win all their remaining games. Yeah course they will. Funny last time I looked we were five in front of Spurs despite horrific injuries. Fucking bitter cunts.
Well done lads. A win was vital today.
Costas
Yes getting very excited about Welbeck, saw him score his 1st goal cracker against Stoke but thought he’d be another who just didn’t quite make it. Thanks to Steve Bruce taking him to Sunderland, did him wonders. He just keeps scoring.
It wasn’t an accident. The Spurs player’s head hit Balotelli’s foot intentionally.
Yeah, Danny is real fly!
He’s got pea and the Berb, perturbed!
Oh suffice to say four City fans referred to Balotelli as “coloured“. Fucking cunts. Saying the media are whipping up a shitstorm because its City. Ha. Imagine if that stamp had been Rooney.
No cunt has give us credit for not just our injuries but the fact we have won at both City and arsenal in a fortnight. Didn’t realise in the league we had only won one in six at the Emirates. Great result today. Smalling and Evans should start every game now.
Regards the dippers I seriously think we will do them. Won’t be easy but they tend to be more physical when Lucas plays. We can just play around the immobile henderson and Adam. Fuck all threat up top either.
Fuck off Dixon! Give mad Balo the fruitnut, the benefit of the doubt.
King Eric
Hi mate. We’re Man Utd and we don’t need their London Wankfest credit. Fuck Shitty their fans are Hypocrites, been slagging us for years for what they are doing and saying now. These injuries may cost us and all you’ll hear is theres a power shift in Manchester and nothing about our injuries.
Just seen Bollocktelli’s stamp on MOTD 2. Lee Dixon says give the cunt the benefit of the doubt, WHAT?FUCKIN WHAT? You’re beyond specsavers you myopic gooner prick, you are definately a case for a white stick and a fuckin Labrador. If he doesn’t get a 3 match stretch for that, it’ll stink worse than Platt’s armpits when he’s spent twenty minutes shaftin Mancweeny’s poo chute.
Rooney was ram shackled!
Ballotelli and Lescott should both get bans! Defoe should be shot.
These 2 games today is why i love the premiership. End to end craziness!
@ Costas
‘I feel that the way Fergie is looking at it, Welbeck and Hernandez are fighting for one spot and Rooney and Berbatov are fighting for the other. And that’s why Berbatov has to wait for Rooney to get injured in order to start a game. I’d like to see him play with Welbeck, but like you said, when Rooney’s fit, he plays. That’s a no brainer.’
Why is it a no brainer? Wayne was pretty poor today. Again. I can’t see why he or anyone else should get a free pass regardless of form or consistency.
cheers lads. I should probably put that in perspective.
We deserved to be one nil up but we nearly pissed it up the wall giving the ball away cheaply. Rafael looked at fault for the goal but we broke with Danny on the Left Rooney through the middle and Raf on the right. Wayne went for a hollywood pass to Rafa when he should’ve just played in Danny with a simple pass as it was 3 v 2. Thats why Evans had no cover for the goal, Rafa was being played in to take a shot! Just pissed me off that Rooney’s biggest contribution today was a daft pass that nearly cost us the game. NOT that it takes away from the 3 points or anything, just fucking frustrating to watch and I’d rather not see a half-arsed Rooney v LFC in a fucking Cup competition thank you very much! A 100% performance would be grand tho!
Anybody listen to Hansen saying we’ve played the worst football in the top 4? What a dumb twat – he pulls up our best movements in todays match and credits them all to “appalling Arsenal defensive errors”, but when Rafa ran miles out of position for no reason at one nil he says its all “brilliant Arsenal play splitting our defence”. Gotta love Motd.
Going to bed now but one last observation. Arsenal fans were a disgrace today. The venom and bile they directed at Wenger and Arshavin was disgusting. Boo your own player when he comes on lads, that will make him perform….. You fucking morons! Night folks.
All this Balotelli talk has taken the heat of the real culprit in the City game: Defoe. His misses were truly awful. The guy is an absolute waste of space. Shame, as I think a draw or a Spurs win would have been better for us in terms of bursting City’s bubble. Whatever. We did our job at Arsenal. Overall it was a decent team performance. Hopefully the demons that have plagued us recently in the EPL have been exorcised.
@Mr C
Didn’t think he was particulary bad today. He was just trying to cover 2 positions it seemed. Anyway, the point I was making was that certain players are automatic selections because they have a reputation for being leaders or matchwinners. Rooney is one of them. I don’t like any player feeling secure about their position either, but players like Rooney (or Evra for that matter) play no mattter what because they can offer that something extra. For me, Berbatov’s reduced game time in the last 12 months wasn’t a result of Hernandez or Welbeck’s emergence. It was because Rooney’s future was settled and he regained his form.
Mr C
indeed. thats exactly what i get worried about. I mentioned that if Fergie’s going 4-4-2. Roo shouldn’t be or anyone else for that matter be a starter. I feel he could have done a better job rotating the front 4. Then again injuries in the middle of the park and defense – having Phil Jones flirt with both areas doesn’t help. Not to sound like a wet blanket or anything but i’m not impressed with wayne wonder. Gave Carrick stick early in the season when i was calling out the senior players but he’s shut me up big time – all ready voted him player of the year for United. A Welbeck Berbatov partnership looks tasty too. Shame we haven’t seen more of it
On Defoes miss which was ahem “”unfortunate” i actually think Bale could have played him in earlier his touch leading up to the final ball was always going to make it a stretch. spurs players were gutted at the end, felt sorry for them even
Costas
Unfortunately i wouldn’t accord Rooney that status,because all i see is some extra hair and a few pounds- okay not fair. he does some pretty hard running during games but thats not the issue here. Assuming for a minute that Berbs been fit and rained well, would it have been so bad for him to start a few games, come off for the second or come on for Roo or welbz in the 2nd? Its the gaffers decisions i’ll leave it to him but its almost as mind boggling as Wenger taking off Ox in the second half. Why take of the bet player you’ve got on the pitch. Only he can answer or justify that
Fergie’s done a great job rotating players. Maybe over doing it at times. He prefers Rooney with Welbeck. Hernandez and Berba could be partnered up next week. Those 2 need some game. Liverpool away in the cup is the perfect opportunity.
WillieRedNut
With the way the lads were limping , i wouldn’t be surprised. We’ll see what the chemistry is like when we slot in 2 players who’ve hardly had a sniff
Sir Alex please buy us a defender Please.
Jones out, Vidic out, Rio out, Rafa is glass and fabio is like tissue.
We are really short only Evans,Smalling,Evra. Tony can’t play RB now, its not fair on him or utd.
We need to sign a defender, ANYONE, Rodwell, Nathanial Clyne, Samba, Alex, Dann, Hummels, Rami….anything on loan if we can’t buy !
Asking for a midfielder is now a lost cause, we don’t have the resources,man-power or scouting sense for this position just look at Veron,Djemba,Kleberson,Smith,Anderson.
But in defence we have struck gold, we need one.
How I miss John O’Shea, even Wesley would have saved us now.
CMON Sir Alex !
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Imagine our line up next Sat if the worst is confrimed on Friday:
Linde
Rafael Smalling Evans Evra
Valencia Ando Giggs Pak
Welbeck Rooney
Subs; Gea, Fabio, Fryers Scholes, Rio , Chiccha, Berba
slim – Berbatov has started games recently. Wigan, Blackburn and Newcastle spring to mind. We’d all like to see more, but the boss has went with Rooney/Welbeck axis last couple games. Not sure Wayne dropping so deep into midfield is helping his scoring instincts either. Many runs did he make into Arsenal’s box? Remember the goal he scored at Arsenal 2 years ago? It was Danny making those runs. He was a menace to them all game.
WillieRedNut
tell you the truth mate, i couldn’t give a toss about Roo’s scoring exploits. i see the lad as much much more than that, i’m more concerned about what he brings to the team and i’m afraid i’m simply not impressed with what i’ve seen from him so far
slim – He brings alot to the team, when in form. He just ain’t in the groove lately. I think Cleverley’s return will help Rooney in that regard. Help the whole team, in fact.
WillieRedNut
that my friend i think we can both agree, can’t come soon enough
Lets all calm with the pressure placed on cleverly. He’s only just breaking into the team himself.
@Lebomanc
I don’t think DDG is coming back to the pitch soon enough. He’s short sighted according to reports and has to undergo eye surgery but Lindegaard was good in that game.
However, United’s really picking up on the injuries. I mean Jones out, Nani out and Rooney after an elbow to the back. Clearly 3 injuries in one game is something of the odds. We’ll just have to hope that their injuries aren’t serious and they can start playing the next game.
Giggs cross toward Valencia was sexy man. The way the ball curved away from the post. Shit It was awesome.
I’ve always battered Rooney when he hasn’t performed but against arsenal, to be fair to him, he was kicked off the park and pretty much got marked out of the game. Didn’t get to be influential and i’m sure he knows he can do better.
Great win. Rooney has played 3 different positions this term. His best season was when he played lead striker consistently. His versatility may not be helping him make a position his own and completely master it.
Great to see Scholes back our best CM (Carrick is a DM). Cleverly learn from the master. Scholes and Cleverly together would be the closest we get to Xavi an Inesta.
Valencia MOTD. Evra back to his best. Rafael miles better at RB than Jones positionally though both bomb forward a bit, Rafael is far more aware most of the time and a damn quick nipper.
Smalling is our next generation defensive star. Can’t see Rio’s back letting him go on to much longer but he has been a great great servant, the best in the world when fit.
Why do people have to come out with sob stories for dimitar berbatov?. Oh boo, he hasn’t started a lot of games, our hearts must shatter. He’ll have to play now because he looks “Down and upset”.
Surely berbatov knew what he was signing up for when he joined united?. There is intense competition at united, he was a large fish in a small pond at spurs but he’s playing with the big boys now, even a young player like welbeck will push him to the breakable max. Berbatov will have to play his skins out to be a starter again. I actually have no problems with him, i’ve declared my admiration for his ability but sometimes you gotta wonder if he was ever actually going to blend into United’s fast paced style of play.
He seems a luxury player to me. A player we have no idea where to fit into, he barely performs for the real big crucial games (although the supposed smaller games count as wel).
I honestly see another juan sebastian veron situation happening again, fabulous player but never quite adapted to United’s style, this probably is another case regarding berbatov. His fans will weep but united comes first, not the happiness of berbatov.
I still think he should stay for the season, his quality will be needed at some stage (last thing united need is a cut in the striking department) and if he does get a new deal then great for him. Has he lived up to the 30+ million? probably not as well as he’d have liked but he has shown in many moments, his undoubted brilliance. Berbatov has won two titles, couple of cups, two champions league finals (should have been on the bench instead of owen for the wembley showpiece but that’s irrelevant now). If another striker steps up next season (will keane or another quality purchase?) then berba can move on if he wants but i would want him to stay.
25 minute highlights – arsenal v United
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnwwoe_arsenal-v-manchester-united_sport
Sir Alex post-match – 2½ mminutes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/16673487.stm
I guess that I just likevto rain on other people’s parades – Antonio Valencia was NOT man-of-the-match today. He had a very inconsistent game – crucially involved in both goals BUT he also shanked a great chance in the 55th minute when he just would not use his left foot AND he was at fault for not covering for Rafael when the little dynamo was brought down/flubbed-his-chance in TheArse’s penalty box. So, two goods and two bads !
UTD’s two key players were, in my opinion, Chris Smalling and Michael Carrick. Honorable mention to Nani (who gave Djourou “twisted blood”), Jonny Evans, Ryan Giggs, as well as the two forwards (TheWayneBoy and DannyTheLad) who played according to SAF’s game-plan. Patrice Evra was also very good and very dangerous in partnership with Nani, down the left wing. That’s just about everyone -a very, very good team game against a team that was made to look decidedly-ordinary.
One other thing – completely off-topic – isn’t Jermaine Defoe a lousy player ?
A source said: “He’d parked down a side street but unfortunately it was parked right next door to a well-known Man United pub. Loads of fans were in there watching the later Arsenal game and they must have come out and seen his car.”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4078509/Mario-Balotelli-car-pelted-hours-after-Scott-Parker-stamp-row.html
Only Wayne Rooney (366) and Nani (282) have made more passes into the final third for Manchester United than Evra in the Premier League this season (216)
Former United player Manucho scored the winner in the AFCON group game against Burkina Faso, one of the dark-horses of the tournament. Good for the lad.
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Arsenal-1-2-Man-United-Daily-Mirror-match-report-Alex-Ferguson-side-grinds-out-another-win-article856582.html
anybody read that by Lipton? The most biased paper I’ve read in years. Seriously what the fuck is THAT?!
sixfeetunder – he’s long sighted and the surgery would cost him 3-4 days. Besides that he’s gonna be operated in the summer.
@slim
Hi mate. Not sure if I can explain it, but in Rooney’s case, his presence in general helps motivate those around him. Just look at the game against Bayern. He didn’t do a lot on the day, but those around him elevated their game that day. I agree that he hasn’t been at his best recently, but Fergie rarely benches him during his bad periods anyway.
I’d also like to see Berba start more often, but if he’s in a straight battle with Rooney for a starting berth, then things aren’t looking good for him. Like I said recently, what pisses me off is how we rotate the strikers at times. When Berbatov is in form, he shouldn’t be 4th choice striker. Or when we are playing at Newcastle and Rooney is underperforming, Berba shouldn’t come off first. I’ve said it before, but if I was him I’d find a new club for next summer before United extended my contract.
What I said about Rooney applies to Evra as well. There’s a reason he’s never dropped even when Fabio is fit.
United were allowed to close the gap on city without playing particularly well.
Wenger and SAF have been arch rivals for 16 years. This was a gift from wenger.
Wooly’s verdict
The star
What a cunt
Wooly’s verdict
morning ROM! What a great result for us yesterday! Fuck all those media bitter fuckheads “we scraped a win” seems to be the general concensus around laughable it really was the only thing as laugahable was Duncan Ferguson Mark 2 (Andy Shitall) hilarious stuff from the Dippers on Saturday! Stevie me didnt do a fucking tap. Saving themselves for the their cup final Saturday i bet! Where is that Cunt Goon who was here on Friday “Matt Twat”??? In Arsene we trust was it??? LOL!
Two Manchester United and England legends were the toast of the football writing world on Sunday night as Paul Scholes and Gary Neville became the first double recipients of the tribute award of the Football Writers’ Association.
Sir Alex Ferguson described their respective personalities:
‘I think that Gary is a very forthright guy and speaks the truth and is prepared to say it and he has always been that way. There is no grey area with Gary, it is very black and white, whereas Paul doesn’t say much but when he says something it is worth listening to.’
Sir Bobby Charlton believes United will never find replacements for the duo.
‘Paul and Gary are irreplaceable and the highest compliment I can pay them is that their legacy is as good as any who have played for this club. Gary was a bit different. Even at a young age he was inspirational. He was the captain, a leader, a talisman. Gary has been a real bonus for United because of his depth of feeling for the shirt, but I am proud of all of them.’
Scholes said: ‘Obviously Gary has had a big impact. He has been a fantastic right-back, not just for United but for England as well. I have grown up with Gary and known him quite a while and I know what a good player he is, how much he has done for the club and how big a fan of he is of Man United.’
Neville said of Scholes: ‘He is a great player and the best I’ve ever played with; to be fair most players who have played with him or against him say the same thing. You can think about people who played for the club for three, four or five years and had a great impact, but Scholesy and Ryan (Giggs) have played for the club for 20 years and had an impact season after season. You see him getting mentioned in the same league as (Zinedine) Zidane and Xavi, which he constantly does, not by me but by people who know much more about the game than me and who have played against him.’
Sir Alex told Sky Sports:
“We created an amazing amount of chances and to only score two is a bit disappointing. We should have rammed home our advantage in the first half, and in the first 15 minutes of the second half they had three great chances and missed them all, so we rode our luck.
“When they put (Per) Mertesacker up and kept tossing the ball into the box, you never know what’s going to happen but we coped well with that. (United defender Chris) Smalling was fantastic in that period and we managed to see it out. Winning after City had won (the league leaders earlier nicked a 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur) was the important thing but we’ve done it in the right way. We were really adventurous, positive and had a great belief in ourselves.”
Captain Patrice Evra added:
“It was a good performance – we want everything perfect and in the second half there were 15 minutes when Arsenal played very well. We kept strong, had a good shape and scored a nice goal. We got the three points and that is really important if you want to win the title.”
“United have been woeful for the past 18 months. I can’t recall Sir Alex Ferguson’s team being so bad for two successive seasons.” Hansen told The Daily Telegraph.
“At times, they have been at the bottom of the scale, but United are United and they are still just three points off the top, having been so unimpressive at times this season. Despite being so bad, their experience of winning has seen United win the title last season and reach another Champions League final, so they can never be overlooked. I cannot see any way that they will not improve next season, so that is the challenge that Spurs face.”
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woeful – causing sorrow or misery; very bad; deplorable
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I was heartbroken when we won our 19th. Miserable and sorrowful, I felt deplorably bad.
NOT!
Hansen is a woeful pundit. Twat!
Welbeck’s recent form should remind us fans of how fortunate we are he chose to play for England and not Ghana. If he hadn’t, he most likely would’ve been lining up next to Asamoah Gyan rather than Rooney this time of the year.
@sixfeetunder
That point about DDG being short-sighted could explain why he saw Dzeko’s shot so late in the Community Shield. If that’s the case, then things can only get better for DDG and I hope he doesn’t lose hope or confidence in himself.
As for Lindy wanting to keep the No.1 jersey for the next 10 years, I admire his self-confidence and enthusiasm but he’s gonna have to bring a LOT more to the table and be nothing short of outstanding to keep a bona fide talent like DDG on the bench.
@Saad
DDG is, as far as I know, long-sighted. He wears contact lenses during games so he should have had no problems with seeing Dzeko’s shot.
Yeah Hansen emphatically stated on MOTD that we’ve played the worst football out of the top 3 sides. I can see that arguement regarding City, but worse than Spurs? Really?
Can’t believe the balotelli’s debate is still going on. He nearly chopped parker’s head off with a stamp and dixon the twat can only come out with “it isn’t clear cut, maybe he was just landing”. LANDING? BLOODY LANDING?, is that how people land now?. One of the most biased rubbish i’ve heard for some time. Balotelli should get a 5match ban for that and so should lescott. Come on FA, you spineless city supporting imbeciles, do something about it.
@’slim: “‘Why do people have to come out with sob stories for dimitar berbatov?. Oh boo, he hasn’t started a lot of games, our hearts must shatter. He’ll have to play now because he looks “Down and upset”.
It’s not a question of sob stories. It’s a squad game and we are luckier than most in that we have 4 top strikers, including Berbatov. So if Rooney or anyone else is playing poorly or inconsistently its a reasonable expectation that he make way. To prevent him, to borrow your words from getting ‘down and upset’ and offering himself to City? Why should Wayne be given a shoe in regardless of whether he’s playing crap? Therein lies the route to ruin; it’s ‘small club’ thinking. All this talk of ‘Wayne works hard and tackles back’ (i.e. roams out of position when his game is off) or ‘encourages’ others (he doesn’t btw but that’s another story) are just gyrations totted out to excuse duff forward play. Every player will have ups and downs in front of goal form-wise and Wayne is no exception.
Anyway, the main think is three points away at Arsenal are three points away at Arsenal – a very good result that should not to be sniffed at. Overall, a very good team performance by us- never looked in danger – albeit a bit wasteful upfront. Special mention to Evans, Carrick , Smalling and Valencia all of whom were excellent. Shame Spurs (Defoe) let themselves and us down yesterday, but hopefully Ballotelli will be getting a ban.
Saad:
Using contact lenses doesn’t affect a player’s game at all. I use them all the time when I play and I have only had a problem with them once, and that was when on off them popped out of my eye. When the vision isn’t getting progressively worse anymore one can have laser surgery, which is a very common thing to do. Since DDG is still young I think until now he hasn’t been able to do the operation.
Why he has been dropped I really don’t know. Lindegaard seems to make quite similar mistakes to DDG but people don’t jump on his back about it. Lindegaard has the same unwillingness to come out for some crosses (see late in yesterdays game when the ball luckily bounces off Evans’ chest into his hands) and his distribution is nowhere near DDG’s.
Fuck that hanson fucking captain scarlet cunt should learn how to speak the english fucking language the little fanny. Linekar is another cunt, permatanned shit face diarrea head, speaking of diarrea lee dixons verbal diarrea stank out the BBCUNT last night fucking nonce prick.
Smalling is gonna be at United for years to come!His growing in leaps and bounds.Along with his cellphone,he also had Van Persie in his pocket.
Welbeck was never choosing ghana. Did all his football schooling here, doubt he’d pack all that in to play for a ghanian team that are talented. It’s funny how his great form has brought up rumours of him moving to madrid. Although the virus are always up to no good, i couldn’t help but chuckle at that. Welbeck will sign a new deal when the time is right, not in the middle of the season.
As for those idiots estimating bale to be worth at least 100 million +, don’t make me laugh. He’s a good talent but definitely not worth that amount. England love to over-price players, only in england will a player like bent move for 25 million.
@gaz says:
‘Fuck that hanson fucking captain scarlet cunt…’
Classic. Top quality abuse!
@Mr C
Its a pleasure to abuse that cunt hanson its all from the heart!
It’s not about rooney working harder or not and i have lambasted wayne for not turning up in crucial games at times but whether you approve it or not, he fits into the manchester united way of playing, berbatov doesn’t.
If berbatov is playing his skins out and Fergie feels he can blend into the style He wants then of course berba can start more/displace rooney but Fergie clearly doesn’t feel he wants to start him now, moaning continuously will not change that. The team comes first, the best players do not always make the best teams.
The sad thing in professional football is, someone has to be dropped. Fergie won’t play someone because you’re a big fan, united come first.
Good evening lovely Red Devils around the world,
Nani Ankle/Foot Injury no return date
P Jones Ankle/Foot Injury 5th Feb 12
R Ferdinand Back Injury no return date
R De Laet Calf/Shin Injury no return date
Anderson Knock no return date
A Young Ankle/Foot Injury 11th Feb 12
D Fletcher Bowel Condition no return date
N Vidic ACL Knee Injury Jun 12
M Owen Thigh Muscle Strain 11th Feb 12
T Cleverley Ankle/Foot Injury 11th Feb 12
T Bebe ACL Knee Injury 5th Feb 12
Sandeep, cheers for that list ^
I once bought a Bonnie Tyler satnav.
It was rubbish.
Kept telling me to turn around, and every now and then it fell apart.
Samuel … “moaning continuously will not change that.” True. But let’s be clear that it isn’t Berbatov who’s doing the complaining. His supporters may do plenty of it, but there’s no evidence to say he does. SAF has had nothing but compliments about his attitude and professionalism. I just wanted to clarify that.