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Nice one BruVVVVAA!!!

Nani needs a stint at another club.

Terrible performance Rooney was rubbish, Fletcher didn’t turn up, Nani was useless as usual, Scholes couldnt pass, Vidic was beaten in the air everytime by Jones and Foster OMG Foster, he should never wear a united shirt again…

I don’t think Nani deserves too much flak. We had players shitting the bed all over the place. I have much love for Scholesy but he was having an absolute mare, worse than Nani. Wellbeck, fitted within a team that was not only weaker than usual but also having a shocker, was completely out of his depth. It was a horror show. And Sunderland did their part to make it difficult for us putting in such a hard working performance.

Even with the mares all over the park we still had more of the ball and loads more chances, shouldn’t have conceded the second goal but Foster blew it.

I think it’s a shame that Anton Ferdinand is getting the credit for the draw as well, I noticed they presented it that way on the BBC home page. It wasn’t like he scored a howler, he was holding back the Red Army in full force, marking, blocking, hooking the ball clear, holding the line, then a shot comes in and goes in off him. That’s just bad luck more than anything, with that many bodies in the box. He deserves to be proud of himself and the rest of his club today, not reminded that in one second of the game he zigged when he should have zagged. Also the reason United got the point isn’t because Ferdinand messed up, it’s because they besieged the goal. Something was going to go in sooner or later. Given another five minutes there probably would have been a couple more.

Well said Mancunian Soldier, I too don’t understand the changes! Fergie sometimes ’starts a game slow’ (when he underestimates ‘lesser’ teams) Putting starters on the bench?? It costs us points but I guess he’s trying to bring the whole squad to a level? I have to trust his perspective on squad/season management but sometimes you just have to start strong, thump 3 in the 1st half, THEN bring on the Nanis of this world…

on a weekend when we were supposed to win and hope for a liverpool and chelsea draw, we end up squandering our opportunity. Biggest disappointment today was Rooney, but I have to say I was very happy to see Berbatov’s work rate and magnificent goal. Nani needs to pass the ball quicker and not take too much time with it. Scholesy was not having a great game, but we need to have Valencia not Welbeck. Welbeck is good for carling cup and FA cup games, but today, he needed to have Nani and Valencia on the wings.

Ando looked good too, we need to start using scholes in specific games only. Also Sunderland is such a tall physical team, our players looked tiny in comparison to them. Next transfer window we need to start getting tall and strong Vidic like players.

Good wakeup call today that we cannot take any team for granted this year…

My patience with Foster is running thin. I feel as if he cost us 2 points. After scoring a goal and we were in the ascendancy, it was his mistake that led them ahead again, and made us loose the momentum. Must stop all this rubbish talk about Foster for the future, Foster needs time…..bla bla. He’ll be never good enough. We should look passed him and look for a new goal keeper as replacement for EWS.

Scholesy was having a nite off and nani never got it right..nani deserves a stint in other club such as Sunderland… )

Great teams will have these kind of days. Its very frustrating to watch.

I have supported Foster throughout all of this, putting it down to indecisiveness which can be improved through experience. The second goal wasnt a case of being indecisive – he did the right thing in coming for the ball but should have punched it clear. No foul on him, just a strong contest. Even as a Foster supporter my patience is running very thin. I also have my doubts about his positional play for the first goal. He stood very close to the line which only gave Bent a better angle. It was a good finish but if Foster was more advanced he would have saved that. Kuszack now deserves his chance.

Im a big supporter of giving the young ones a go but Id rather see them play their best position. Its hard enough to come into the first team and perform, let alone play out of position. Im aware that Wellback has played out wide before but give the lad a go up front, we saw even in this game when he gets a bit of space in front of goal he is capable of producing something special. Also I think Gibson needs to be given a run (I dont think this is too far away). Yesterday was a game well suited to him.

Another lad who I wish was available was Possebon – again his composure on the ball would have been handy yesterday. I hope he comes back into the first squad from his loan spell. People say we need to buy, which I agree with to an extent, but there is no doubt that we have exceptional young talent on the books already.

Anway, lets hope for a draw between chelsea and liverpool.

wow really didn’t deserve a point today bar the last 20 minutes, but then that’s the mark of champions, getting results when you play awfully

@cantona7 Nani second half performances impress me a lot. His crossings all looks good and dangerous. If he can perform like this all the time, i bet he got plenty of chance to play first team.

@Cantona7,
Foster’s mistakes however were all too costly. Some people said that you couldn’t blame Foster for the second goal. I beg to differ though. He should have punched the ball, that’s it. But he did not. The first goal might not be his fault but he could have done better.

I agree with Nani though. I thought he looked very dangerous on the second half. Unfortunately Rooney is probably not too tall and Berbatov is a bit too slow.

NBI Red Onion – Have you even seen much of Tosic play for the reserves? If you had you would realise him and Macheda have been relatively poor and would have offered fuck all yesterday.

Blame it on luck also, their two real attempts went into goal but the team did show character to be patient and that led to first goal, which was pure class from Berba
But the team needs a real leader, Rio was missing, so was Giggs and Rooney was so back to his childhood days, he needs to show maturity of a leader now.
Time to move on and concentrate on our next game.

PS: How many of you we feel we really need a playmaker, I really missed Giggs, Berba is too front to create any attack.

@Sharath Yes a playmaker. Giggs is our playmaker but he was not there yesterday. No one in our team is except berbatov but like you say he is too front. Maybe silva might be our choice next summer.

I have always liked Foster, but he has done more bad than good

bring on PIG as number one!!!!

@the scottish wonder : VDS will definitely start after the international matches.

I’ve just watched the game and I’m mystified about the press comments. UTD were poor by UTD standards, but they were so much better than Sunderland. The stats prove it. UTD were all over them in the 2nd half. So why did UTD not get the 3 points? They never controlled the MF until Anderson came on. This lad’s improved a lot this season – his long ball passing caused their defence a few problems. Nani looked better after the break. Rooney needs a rest against Bolton – give Macheda a go lets see what he’s made of. Two puzzling ref. decisions went against UTD. A penalty should have been given shortly after UTD’s first goal. The attacker came down but the defender never made contact with the ball . And who else thought Foster was fouled for their second goal? Most refs would have given a foul against the Sunderlad player.
But never mind, ‘Pool visit Sunderland soon and quite frankly I cannot see them getting a win there.

yesterday was shocking.looks like the players took them too lightly.apart from berba and evra and anderson when he came on the rest of them should be given a whack on their backside.sunderland got stuck in and did not allow us to monopolise the ball and we fucked .up big time.this is a long problem since last year.when teams get stuck in and try to be physical we fuck up big time.people criticise berba so much so why not slate rooney and vidic and the rest now.rooney has been doing nothing but showing his frustration in the last 3 games.why does he have to say big things after every game like i want to be the main man etc etc. has to do well himself.he wont be be a world class player like ron messi or kaka until he can save the team when we have a bad day like yesterday.sorry to say this but vidic is looking poor.i dont know wat the matter is.whether he wants to leave the club or maybe something else.i will be wasting by energy typing anything about nani and foster.absolute shit.please get VDS fit or play O shea as Gk.even he will do better than the 2 fools we have.now if shitty win their 2 games and chelsea win today(which i think they will) we are booted to 3rd in the table. had this performance been away from home it may have been acceptable.but to be outplayed for majority of the game at OT is shocking.what a shame.We still need a 36 year old giggsy o ghalvanise us when we are struggling.

please improve the performace and toughness of the team.otherwise we will be murdered at anfield and Stamford bridge in what will be a physical game

@aig

mind anfield or bridge…with last night display OT not a fortress no more…
hate to say this Torres will have a fun day terrorising us if that performance continue…
and Nani…wtf…he cannot even get past Bradley…come on…show some class Nani…wake Up..want to success like ronaldo,…train harder than Ronaldo

Nani did what he could first half
he played well united didnt
second half nani played better cause the team played better
I seen a lot wrong with united yesterday
but breaking it down I seen nothing wrong about Nanis gam
and Im always on this guys case
I have kinda started watching how Nani plays games over the way anyone else and yesterday was a great game out of him when everything else was falling
oh and Berbatov is magic

Not sure why people are mentioning Nani as the prime offender when there were at least 4 other players yesterday who were absolutely dreadful. Nani for what it was worth came back and showed some fight in the second half. Ok, his crossing is still suspect but everytime he did lose the ball he would track back and try to win it back (and a few times his hustle did pay off). We didn’t lose the battle on the wings, we lost it in midfield…first half, Scholes and Fletcher just could not assert any kind of rhythm in the middle and Cattermole and Cana were all over them. In the second we came back for periods but Rooney was having a nightmare. He was constantly moaning about the service from Nani, Welbeck and Anderson but when he did get the ball he did fuck all with it. His spark was missing and except for that one shot which he dragged just wide never looked like scoring.

And we can’t mention names without talking about Foster, who once again proved what i’ve believed from the very start. Not good enough. Not fucking good enough by a long stretch. First goal, ok…lets give Bent credit, though Foster was late on the dive. Second goal…fucks sake Ben, come out and dominate your box. Punch the BALL! Take out the ball, defender, and everyone else in the area. Instead he elects to catch the ball knowing fully well that Jones is big unit in the air. Result…like citeh, like chelsea, like every other good team that will face Foster. They score and we’re back to square 1 trying to get something from the game.

Not good enough Fergie. Surely you can see that now…

So yeah, enough with the Nani bashing. There were plenty of shameful performances yesterday, and Nani was actual one of the better one’s.

ghtt

is the maturity levels that are lacking in him.how can a player not improve in 2 years.he has gone downward.atleats you should know how to cross the ball after 2 years and should know when to pass and when to shoot

agree though.BERBAGOD IS CLASS

Why are people saying Sunderland was the better team! They played above standards but created only 3 chances in the game . I have had it with Foster . Give PIG a chance . Hope Vandy returns for the matches at Anfield and Stamford Bridge , Nani was not half as bad as the other players . Oshea gives the ball away too often , i get pissed when he just boots the ball for a throw in with his right foot , his fucking strong foot . Valencia is too one dimensional , Rafael would make a better winger than him . Berba was quite brilliant in the second half . And some guy here saying Torres will slaughter us , watch some liverpool games , idiot , they are struggling more than us . If we can stay 3 points behind the top team come the start of christmas , we should be fine . With hargreaves , Ljajic , Obertan and carrick will get into the game . I remember Nani had a great game against Johnson in the community shield last year . Hope he starts against pool .

Still early days.
Nani reminds me of Babel. Obviously really talented but flatters to deceive in terms of applying that talent consistently.
Someone has mentioned that it’s strange that Tosic hasn’t had a chance. What’s going on there? A bad buy?
Wes Brown’s omission is a mystery too. Can’t understand that one.
Could do with getting a freekick threat back – apart from Giggs.

@CraigB- gtfo. not even going to dignify that with a proper response.

Rooney wasn’t bad per se but he made no impact. Might as well have had Park on the field.

@cav. you reckon the team selections are correct every week?

A.i.g.
can you show me whre he said he’s like ronaldo
They only think I have seen him saying was
‘Ronaldo was a very important player for us but now my opportunity has come,’ Nani said to Portuguese sports newspaper O Jogo. ‘The time has come (for Manchester United) to put their trust in me.’

Hes not Ronaldo and as soon as people stop saying it the more they’ll see what he can do and it take the added pressur off him
look at the way 32million The next Eric Cantona Berbatov was greated by most fans last season
as soon as thst “the next” shit stops and people just put there faith in players then Nani will be Nani

8 out of 10 times when Gigs started he made the wrond desision with his final ball
but he had all the tools to be ……well …. Sir Ryan Giggs

Tnt Said,October 4th, 2009 @8:57
We need to get the next Schmeichel/Casillas/Buffon/Cech/VDS
Why cant united just go full hog for Buffon
there was strong rumours about it in the summer

Mezza
34 seconds into the game yesterday a piss poor sunderland shot was tracked by vidic who could of controlled it but he just watched it going into fosters hands
but by the time the ball got there foster paniced swung his ams and ended up booting it away all flustered
vidic shouted at him because there was noone near foster apart from vidic
and from there the faith in the keeper fell apart 2 hours later united somehow get a point due to an OG
Thanks bruv

Good morning.
I hate international break. I truly hate it.

@corea.good morning

right mate.now we have to wait 2 weeks to get revenge.and we wont even be top probably going into the break.ahead of anfield and the bridge i frankly expected us to win all our games.sunderland and bolton at home are games we should win

@Craig B
You can’t be serious right? You, some nobody fan, slagging of one of the greatest managers of all time for his team selection.
First of all, he “cost us two trophies last season”: You spoiled brat, how many has he won??!!
Second of all, Nani’s a right footer, so obviously he can’t cross with his left as well.
With “supporters” like you, who needs rivals?

ghtt

doing well in training is one thing and showing it on the pitch is another.nani is not able to express himself that well on the pitch.thats the problem.he and SAF seriously have to work out something.Otherwise it will just be difficult to defend him every time.

@dakota.

hi.1 bad game.stoke,wolfsburg and sunderland thats 3 in a row now.he is seriously getting affected by this baby talk and not being able to concentrate

@AIG

hello..i get your frustration mate but i think he gets frustrated a lot when we go down by a goal..he constantly kept on screaming at everyone last night..but thats wazza and thats his commitment to united..there is no question about the fact that he will bounce back..lets face it, everybody had a poor game last night and we still managed to score 2..even evra was embarassed by that teenager when he skipped past him and if it was not for carrick..jones would’ve slotted the third for sunderland..and foster couldve hardly done anything else for the second goal..the impact was so much that he couldnt keep a hold of the ball..

evra & berba good yesterday, rooney needs a rest…
And I start wondering for how long fergie is goin to let foster unsecure the defence.. He’s a good keeper ok, but is he really the man who fits VDS gloves? I’m not sure about that… have a good day mates, and thank you anton ferdinand…

MY THOUGHTS ON YESTERDAY…
Nani improved as the game went on, got more and more confident. Ginger prince was shockingingly bad, cause for concern, Berbatov + Evra were magic, Carrick was better when he came on, Fletch had an off day (I hope), Rooney was awful and petulant as he wasn’t getting any service, Foster was nervy and had no chance with the first and was fouled for the second (Jones led wih his elbow and fouled Foster). Vidic seemed out of sorts . Overall team performance wasn’t that special. Need to start games off as we finished yesterday at 100 miles an hour and blow others out of their stride instead of seeing what unfolds in a game.
I think that SAF got his team selection wrong again but hey who am I to question God.
Does anyone else think that the 80mill we got for Ronnie has gone quietly into the Glazers bank bill instead of being made available?

craigB

i’m not a fan of foster either, but how was that 2nd goal embarassing? fair enough he had the option of punching it away, but from what i saw in the replay, he got both hands on the ball right before the massive elbow to the head.. an obvious foul that is!

with that being said, kuzzkackzkzk looked more in control than the last 2 seasons maybe he should be given a chance once in a while(i still have bad memories seeing him between the sticks, so i am not gonna suggest him as a replacement)

.. foster’s far too quiet and without rio, there’s no one to knock some sense into the defence via means of verbal barrage!

vds vds vds!

Pressure paid off in the end, doesn’t excuse that woeful first half, and much of the second. We looked stale. I have run out of patience with Nani too, he fannies around when he should cross it, crosses it when he should beat a man, tries to beat seven men when he should pass it. I don’t think the issue was with Roo so much, he worked hard and did well when he had the ball, but for vast periods of the game he was not getting the support. Berba again was excellent, even running hard and tracking back, and what a goal!

Manchester United – Rooney Sir Alex Fergucson etc owe me nothing
Chelsea played shit last week end and lost so badly the lost there goal difference advantage and Manchester united went top
Manchester united played shit yesterday and came away with a point

Honestly speaking.. I think this will be an off season for united.. No player other than sir ryan giggs is up for the challenge.. I know it’s too early but after Ronaldo our team is very slow and the defence are letting in easy goals.. Foster out.. Never in his dreams he has the ability to be uniteds goalie.. Ferdinand is going to be like Nesta.. We need a quality defender.. Evans is the perfect sub.. Midfield.. We need very creative players that can pass and score.. And a quality striker or fwd so Rooney and berbatov will be challenged for the starting eleven.. The differece between a great player (Ronaldo, giggs, messi) and a very good player ( Rooney) is that great players in every game never give up even if the team was very bad.. And hopefully next time sir Alex will start with Anderson and Valencia along side Fletcher and giggs.. Welbeck is a striker putting him on the left proved that he is no good player on that side.. Last we need a quality goal keeper.. United won with Peter schmicheal and vander sar.. They challeneged with those two in goal.. Never with bosnich or van der gouw or baritez we as fan felt comfortable.. We can’t afford more mistakes from foster..

@aig

agree mate…you have the talent…u train with giggsy scholesy…u even train with ronaldo in club and international level…u have simao train with you…fergie to manage u…and solskjaer sometime coach you…why oh why can you prove something Nani…come on…Prove all the doubter wrong …Prove that you are capable of some magic

The biggest problem with United is that they are missing a ‘world class’ player.

As a squad they should cope with the league this year but Im struggling to see how we can rely on Rooney for match winning performances, he’s no goalscorer ( a scorer of great goals) hes a worker and a provider for a ‘finnisher’ like ruud, saha and ronaldo.

Sir Alex played him in his best position for the team (not necessarily for rooney) in the last two seasons and we benefitted from it.

With the team we have we will struggle against the likes of Real, Barca and Bayern in Europe. 80 million in the bank wont help us there!!!!

There will be noone decent in the January transfer window either. Fergie should have had a replacement for ronaldo already sussed in the year he knew he was leaving.

concerns for the year ahead:
Ferdinands fitness?
Vidic’s desire?
Nani & Anderson failing to step up?

Yes we’re top. but where’s the entertaining free flowing football?

Improvement seriously needed, we are losing our way and have been gradually since the champions league win in 2008, but knowing fergie, he’ll silence his critics like he always does!!!!

Thought Nani did reasonably well-plenty of dangerous crosses particularly in the second half.
We looked quite poor as our usual dependable players (Rooney, Scholes, Fletch) all went missing. Particularly disappointed with Rooney-maybe it will be the best thing for him to not travel to Russia and get a rest before the dippers game

what about berbas goal..pure magic, could watch that all day long..cmon the draw today with chelski v dippers..

Anyone see Fergie’s comments re Alan Whiley being a fat f@#k….quality stuff

Nani was good second half and delivered some top top crosses and corners, i think he is within his rights to think at least one of them should have been met and finished properly.
But, at the end of the day we weren’t at it yesterday, Scholes and Fletch were awful. Defending was farcical. Think playing Welbeck was a gamble, and it didn’t pay off.

Also the ref seemed to be allowing Sunderland to perform as many two footed tackles from behind as they liked, Richardson should have walked in the first half but escaped as did others. As bad as United were yesterday, the ref was worse.

valencia- how the fuck did you make it to pro when your so one footed? try practising on your left foot yeah. needs to really work on his shooting too, if he had a decent shot you could play him leftwing so he can beat his man , turn inside n shoot. just as nani should be doing more, i used to play for boro n darlo at youth level and i used to have a football at my feet gaurenteed if i wernt asleep! i am better with my left foot than valencia could dream to be, not just him tho,a lot of pro,s the same. i know your thinking, why didnt i make it yeah? well a father who used to smack fuck out of me for a bad game and make me run miles round the streets with all my pals watching and shaking their heads. bastard. so i took off from home at 15 and started my own life, really annoys me to see SHIT football, yeah started smoking skunk and ciggarettes and that was my downfall.
i would b more pissed if i never made anything of myself but am a successfull builder and earn good money, and have 2 gorgeous girls which i wouldnt turn back now but 100 grand a week-FUCK IN HELL!
just gonna start playin sunday league and take it from there! im just approachin 24 so theres time to get fit again isnt there!
valencia if your ever in my area i will teach you a thing or too about using your left peg!
SHIT PERFOMANCE- LUCKY TO GET A POINT.
WHY DO WE TURN THE INTENSITY ON WITH ONLY TEN MINUTES LEFT?
WHY NOT START EVERY GAME LIKE THAT? AND WHEN YOU GO 2 NIL UP YOU SHOULD PLAY AS IF YOUR 2 DOWN, THATS MY MENTALITY!

i have to agree with ghtt on nani
he was better, he put some tackles in in the first half and won us the ball a couple of times, 2nd half put in some good crosses.
the only problem with nani and foster is there decision making thats all

I will say it now and I hope I end up eating my words. Ben Foster is not good enough. He dealt with that kenwyn jones situation very poorly and cost us a goal. He looked so shaky through out the game and for our defenders to have too worry about a backpass everytime they need it is a big issue. All great sides start at the back and the keeper is the bedrock of a defence. He is not providing that for us…I really hope he proves me wrong…Think AF is going to start playing kuscak more from now.

Well done to Ando for his impact! He was a breathe of fresh air when we needed it most! oh yes and well done to Anton aswell

Foster, Nani, Fletcher, Scholes, Wellbeck let the team down more than the others yesterday.

I believe that Edwin would have saved the first goal as well, let alone the second.

The play in the final third of the pitch was pretty awful. Times and times again the wrong option was chosen.

Why are we starting matches so slowly. We used to push and keep away teams in their penalty boxes until we’ve scored.

Let’s hope this is a timely wake up call and thankfully EvdS will be available fr next match.

Everybody seems to be saying Nani was shit yesterday,well alot of people,
I seen a very goog Nani yesterday
so instead of saying Nani was shit
can someone tell me why he was shit

@Gotta hate tiny tears

His final ball, has been consistently bad most of the season. To be fair to him he improved a bit later in the match, but his deliveries are far from required standard.

@reDalerT. Its all bout confidence bro. Timing as well. Even if you have to take out your own player, you do it. If he had hung back a little longer and waited for the ball to be at the right hight, he could have gone through both players to claim it. When you not timing your jumps and not strong enough to take players out in the air, you more than likely gonna come out second best. And trust me, if it were VDS, even though he is taller, you would have seen the technique. VDS hangs back longer before making his run and jump. Watch Foster, he makes his move very early when the ball is crossed, and then has to basically jump from a standing start. And a hand in the face or elbow will happen when you not showing the attacker that you in control. If he had done what VDS done then he would have towered above the two and taken the ball easily and maybe have gotten an elbow in the chest.

yeah but i know and forever write about his final ball
but as i also said giggs ronaldo etc final ball used to be shit
scholes didnt always complete 76 out of 78 passes in derbygames
Im livng in bazaro world here
Im usally all over Nani but yesterday i taugt he did very well

Hello everyone. Was Nani the problem? He was a part of it. Just like Wazza is whenever he stops having good games. And he hasn’t had a good one for the last 2 weeks.I said this before. With out attack going through a transitionap phase, we needed our defence as tight as ever. And no, i won’t blame Foster completely either. Not when Rio and Vida’s form has left a lot to be desired. For the record, in any other country i think Jones’ goal might have been disallowed as a foul on the goalkeeper but that’s another story.

So rounding up, lets just call this a bad day at the office. You get them once in a while after European games. One time we beat Rangers at Ibrox and Fulham beat us 3-1 at OT 3 days later. Bolton are in for a tough game in 2 weeks. Our lads have to correct these wrongs asap because trips to Anfield and the Bridge are looming,

Reminds me of the Barca match

It’s just plainly sad to see United did not turn up for the game.

Still ringing in the ear how the TV commentaries on my side of world said : “Man United has not got a single goal on target for the entire first half”!!!

And that Foster fluffed the two chances Sunderland had…

When Fergie can substitute out Scholes at half time, when he JUST praised him getting almost all his passes right the earlier match, u just know how badly United played last night…

ghtt i to like nani, fort his corners and crossing yesterday missed one thing?? someone attackin the ball? its starting to do my head in, i was at stoke the other week and the lad had a bad game there, straight after everyone says sell sell sell. think he’s having a solid season. yesterday played out of position and did well. he crosses with both feet but shoots with his right, playing on the right became predictable coz he always wanted to go outside and cross.

Again,I will say that Nani played well yesterday.Him,Berba and Evra were our best players.Rooney needs to be taken aside by Sir Alex and told to relax instead of getting pissed off when the ball doesn’t come to him because not everyone is as good as him.And he should be told to PUT HIS BOOT THROUGH THE FUCKING BALL,instead of curling it,or chipping it,or whatever crazy nonsense he can pull off.Sometimes power is better than placement.

As regular readers will know,I back Nani a 100%.Him and Valencia need to somehow just become consistent and then we will have a nice pair of wingers.
One direct and and a crosser,the other can beat a man and take a shot.Both track back a fair bit.

Anyone who slates Sheasy needs to check their head,because he is one of our most important players.Seriously.

And most of all,we should support Foster,even if we don’t mean it,just to get his spirits up.Why?Because Sir Alex has put his faith in the boy.

We had a bad day yesterday,it happens.Better it happened now than against the dippers or the bitters.

Chill out,we’ll recover.Everyone knows we don’t get into second gear till mid-October.

Just sit back and enjoy the ride this football club takes us on.

nani doubters watch the dvd season 07/08 its surprising to see how well nani played as a young lad, and how often he starts. lest remember ronaldo 3 seasons in was dubbed a show pony with no end product!!!!! lets back the lad coz i believe alot of humble pie might be on order at the end of the season

Costas – Hi mate. I too thought Carrick should have started, he did well when he came on, getting the ball off the end of the strikers foot otherwise we would have been 3-1 down. Showed composure as well.

One thing I am sick of our corners, we offer nothing at the minute.

funny chelsea lose at wigan- their fans still favourites,
united draw to sunderland(bloody good side) SOME we miss ron, am well pissed off there were boo’s at ht

chelsea fans still think they are^^ (long weekend lol
)

Is Wazza out now till November (birth of child, international break)?

The corner kick situation concerns me too. Again, it seems like we need Giggsy taking them. I think we should be taking them short for now.

One good thing has come out of the last 2 games where we didn’t play particulary well: The emergence of Berbatov. His goal deserved much more yesterday…

HOW GOOD IS BERBATOV
and what the fuck was up with the boo’s

You all know I’m a Nani fan – so no apologies! I must say to the observant ones on this blog, that I agree Nani had a not too bad day at the office. On two of his often very good corners – Johnny Evans only just tipped one he connected with over the bar, and on another Vidic connected with Sunderland defenders just kicked off the line. If those two fractional connective strikes had gone in, Nani would have had 2 assists for his efforts, the lad was unlucky. So it wasn’t like he wasn’t getting good crosses in to players was it? Also to notice, that when he moved over to the left, Evra played much better. I love SAF and respect his great achievements, but even the great man has flaws. Evra and Nani were developing a real good little partnership on the left side, complimenting each other in games this season, then SAF puts a striker out on the wing, and Welbeck is not ready for 1st team yet. It showed. No wonder our play can’t flow as it should, when in stead of a couple of changes, we change half the bloody team – keep that up and we will lose more than we will win.

Well I still reckon Fergie has got to take blame for some recent results. i think he is a legend just like everyone else, but that does not mean he is immune to blame. He is human after all. And he does make mistakes. Rooney, Scholes etc had a bad game yes, but some choices lately have bemuzed me. And its those games when the selection choices were beyond odd, that we got it handed to us. Dont always rag on the players, rag SAF if it is derserved. And personally I reckon a few results in recent times have been because he has gotten it wrong. So, if I reckon he has gotten it wrong, I will say so….And King Eric, ‘lost his marbles’ is tongue and cheek mate….

Sorry for cocking up the last post comment. I meant United fans were boo-ing the Sunderland fans banter and jeering at half time – that’s what I thought anyway. Although you got to admite our lads were PISS POOR performers in the 1st half. It galled me when Sunderland fans were giving it the Spanish ole for a good while, as our lads couldn’t get the ball of Sunderland players for a good while. Their fans were the more deflated at the end though!

off topic.did anyone watch the dutch league last season?

who is thomas vermalen? i mean he plays as a CB and scored 8 goals this season including a brilliant one today.our CB’s have yet to get of the mark.Common rio evans and vidic do better on those set pieces.get 12-15 goals between you.

There were a few components that contributed to the draw yesterday.
Firstly though we must congratulate Sunderland for their perfomance.
They came with a game plan and it almost worked.
But SAF changing the team around a bit too much and I felt that affected the flow and fluidity of the United team. It was almost disjointed.
The team just didn’t seem up for it and similarly as against Wolsberg is took a goal to wake us up. A lack of motivation or taking the opposition for granted was apparent.
The defence coupled with Ben Foster seem to lack communication.
Ben Foster has let some cheap goals in against Arsenal, City, and again Sunderland. He either needs to step up his game or continue sitting on the bench. This is the best chance he is ever gonna get with VDS being injured and he hasn’t taken it as say Johnny Evans did in central defence.
O’Shea is a very good utility player but I don’t think he is a first team starter. Neville isn’t good enough anymore and Fabio isn’t quite there yet. For the second time I saw O’Shea stand off a player for them to put a ball in. He let Bellamy run across him in the derby to score a stunning goal and again let the ball go in for Jones to score. That goal was a legitimate goal too by the way Foster should have palmed or punched out. Brown is better than O’Shea at right back. Even the goal against Wolfsbery came in from the left wing again.

United to our credit did not give up and as true champions didn’t give up without a fight. The referee didn’t allow time for the United goal in added time. But in the end this was a good opportunity to pull away from the pack hoping Chelski and The Bin Dippers draw.

But this is why we support United. Because they put us through days like this. One Love One United.

DanS Said,

Is Wazza out now till November (birth of child, international break)?

– think he’s been out for a couple of weeks already! (only kidding people am not havin a go!)

A ludicrous performance that could have cost us the title. Where was Giggs, Fergie? Next week there’s only internationals and Giggs wasn’t even on the bench! So why bother rest him? And as for starting Welbeck! Do you realise that every time you change 7 players you lose points? That was the case against Burnley and now Sunderland. And as for Foster, he should be shown the door.

When is Obertan going to play?? I have had it with foster. i think this game will mark the end of his united and England carreer. We missed Michael Owen YEsterday.. Anyways, United alll the way… We gotta kill it in the remaining games and I think Sir alexs hair drier will Do the needful.

welbeck not good enough in wide areas??? because of one game???? his been brilliant on the wings before for us like v spurs in the fa cup last season its 1 game where the team played shit so ya cant expet a young boy 2 play on his own

hey hi guys,im from maurtius and i’m a great fan of manchester united and r.of mancunia of course……. berbatov was the best on the field again