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CONFIRMED LINE-UP: UNITED vs Schalke

May 4, 2011

Van der Sar, Rafael, Evans, Smalling, O’Shea, Nani, Gibson, Scholes, Anderson, Valencia, Berbatov.

Scott Patterson

Scott is the editor of RoM and has a season ticket at Old Trafford. He writes for The Mirror, Paddy Power and Red News. He started The Republik of Mancunia in March 2006. Follow @R_o_M on Twitter.

Ahead Of Our Game Against Schalke…

VIDEO: Valencia, Gibson and Anderson Goals vs Schalke

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bchilds May 4, 2011

@Vishal S says:

Quick Reactions
1) Anderson can shoot
2) Gibson is iniesta in the making

Gotta lol at number 2 pal! He had a good game though!

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sirgiggsalot May 4, 2011

wonder if gibbo wud quit twiter tonight lol

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kev e May 4, 2011

Brilliant. Awesome. C'mon united! Some really good performances from the second string. Gibson, ando, Evans, smalling all played brilliantly. What can you say about Valencia!!??! We would have smashed the league if he'd been fit. Can't wait to hammer Chelsea. Rock and roll!

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FletchTHEMAN May 4, 2011

@MG you just keep tellin' it like it is mate. To right you are.
The crap said by pundits you can almost take because they are paid to shovel sh*t. But from fans? Deary me.

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CedarsDevil May 4, 2011

Malcum

No shit smart ass

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90+Until We Score May 4, 2011

I dunno what's wrong with Ray Wilkins, can't say good things about United bloody mofo....Valdes might make a mistake and probably the only way United to win....ya right......rant over

What a good game....Tony V was awesome and Sheasy had a really good game too...commentators calling Manutd reserves....right in ur face....when Gibbo went down after that kick in the stomach.....I thgt this might be his last chance...but what a bloody good game....go on Gibbo....he's no world class...but he's far better than what people here think of...absolutely loved the whole team thanking fans and everyone after the game.....

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Vishal S May 4, 2011

@bchilds
he actually did better than iniesta isn't it. A Assist and a goal!! ;-)

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captaink9 May 4, 2011

Delighted 3 finals in 4 years,saf must be doing something right

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fergie is the boss May 4, 2011

I do think united now in the final will give the side a new sping in their step for the game against chelsea. You do not become a bad side overnight when you are in a 3rd final in 4 years

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redrider May 4, 2011

maybe the clue behind keying up gibson during games is to kick him in the stomach.

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Saad May 4, 2011

ABU media can fondle themselves all they want watching Barca play but ask Xavi and Pep which player made their eyes water...it's the Ginger Ninja with his heat-seakers out to Valencia.

Priceless!

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aimanunited May 4, 2011

Will Cristiano Ronaldo sit on the bench at Wembley?
Yes, the spectator's bench to be exact...

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fergie is the boss May 4, 2011

if we dont win the CL final, oh well has long has united win title no 19 that is all I care about

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Saad May 4, 2011

Gibbo should get back on Twitter with this message:

"What? Fucking what? WHAT???"

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FletchTHEMAN May 4, 2011

Gibbo had a good game. Just saying

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DohaRed May 4, 2011

Lads, its 1 in the morning here, but I'm so over the fucking moon I've got to give you the benefit of my wisdom (haha).

1. GIBSON - SUPERB - I FUCKING LOVE HIM - THE MORE GAMES HE PLAYS THE BETTER HE GETS, MADE ONE, SCORED ONE, GREAT WORK IN MIDFIELD AND DEFENCE - FOR ME HE WAS MAN OF THE MATCH, JUST SHADING VALENCIA, ANDERSON AND SMALLING. YOU WANKERS WHO KEEP HAVING A GO AT HIM, YOU CAN FUCK RIGHT OFF.
2. Berbatov - I absolutely fucking love him - he's got Manchester United tatooed on his heart. So fucking unselfish
3. Van der Sar - magnificent every time he has to be - if we can't sign anyone we need to persuade him to do one more year
4. Who had a bad game? I'll tell you who had a bad game - fucking no-one, that's who had a bad game.
5. SAF - I'm gonna write to the Pope and demand a sainthood.
6. Fuck me - I'll remember tonight for the rest of my life - we are there in the Final again. just need to get a ticket now.
7. I was watching on TV coz not in the same fucking continent. Dunno what you lads thought but I thought the crowd were really quiet until it was obvious we were going through - didn't get behind the lads very well in the first half.
7. Goodnight lads - love every fucking one of you dyed-in-the -wool REDS

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Ferane Mauritius May 4, 2011

All mates here, come on gibbo has created his account since 5 mins!!!

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Balaji Sivaraman May 4, 2011

Please, all I am asking for is some fucking respect.

Barcelona - 2 finals in 4 years and 4 consecutive semi-finals.
Man United - 3 finals in 4 years and 4 semi-finals in 5 years. (Should've been 5 in 5 and 4 in 4 mind you)

Barcelona - Goals Scored - 27 ---- Conceded - 8
United - Scored - 18 ---- Conceded - 4 (An own goal and one today's game should not count because our first choice did not play). Essentially we've conceded only two proper goals in 12 games of football this season.

How are Barcelona going to FUCKING murder us when we have the meanest defense in all of Europe and have done so for the past few years. We've not conceded a goal away from home all season. That has never been done in the history of the tournament so far.

Manchester United UEFA Coefficient - 151.157
Barcelona UEFA Coefficient - 139.351

Guess UEFA's own ranking system must lie then if it ranks United so much above Barcelona.

All of the above are FACTS. If anyone with half a mind as much as went through them, they would realize Barcelona have it as much difficult as United do. IF and only IF Barcelona can beat the best defense in world football at the moment will have they have any chance of winning this year's Champions League.

I don't expect any fucking pundit to analyze those stats because it is a pre-determined conclusion that United is going to lose. Oh well, it will make the victory IF and WHEN it comes all the more sweeter.

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portugueseprincess May 4, 2011

@CedarsDevil, hhahahahahahahahhhahahaha :)

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shakshamboo May 4, 2011

Those who were trashing players before the game and those who are raving after the game and comparing Gibson to Iniesta are two extremes.

We played well. Well done to the team.

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CedarsDevil May 4, 2011

Still have doubters here ? Please piss the fuck off.... Just read posts written by MG you fucks

portugueseprincess

Pleasure darling

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bobbycharlie1968 May 4, 2011

Anyone doubting the club, FUCK OFF, we're in the final, good performance from the lads, and if you want to be miserable and mope go on then, in the meantime I will soak up the wembley sunshine (hopefully) and join in the atmosphere around the ground, whilst being ripped off by cockneys with their overpriced drinks. Can't fucking wait! WE'LL NEVER DIE!

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Vishal S May 4, 2011

BREAKING NEWS
Jst heard the barca team trained the SEALS ARMY TROOP, before they were on their mission, as to how to DIVE so that you put the opposition in trouble and NOT TO HURT yourself

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bobbycharlie1968 May 4, 2011

Not to mention Ando was class tonight! And Gibbo was pretty fucking good as well! AND WE'RE IN THE FUCKING FINAL! FUCKING YES!!!!!!

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fergie is the boss May 4, 2011

aimanunited - ronaldo def be there, if united win this it would be epic of ronaldo even joins them in the celebrations after the presentation

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reDalerT May 4, 2011

@fergie is the boss

sarcasm, mate. seems that you missed the memo.

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Malcum May 4, 2011

@CedarsDevil

LOL

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FletchTHEMAN May 4, 2011

CedarsDevil. Me, weak hearted? WTF, where did you get that? I am a steely eyed United fan. Taking the league by goal differential would be good enough, and losing it by the same as well. I am a United fan come rain or shine.

You need to be looking at those posting doom early in this blog if you want to have a go. As for me, This was a very very good day. Start to finish.

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Kings May 4, 2011

Good performance, pleased with that. Thought Gibbo and Anderson were superb tonight. Roll on Sunday and hopefully batter those rentboy bastards.

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Costas May 4, 2011

Really entertaining game. Glad to see the team click a lot better than I thought they would.

As much as I enjoyed Ando doubling his goal tally for us, this night belonged to Gibson. Well done lad. Some of his passing reminded me of Scholes. Proved the Championship Manager supporters wrong. ;)

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TheGreatSirAlex May 4, 2011

Well i said before the game i hope that Gibbo and Evans have a great game, which they did . So freakin happy no bashers around . Myself never bashed any united players and never will..

Bring on chelsea,lets seal the 19th and in 3 weeks time we will be ready to whoop spain's national diving team. Glory Glory Man Utd...

P.s. Fuck off Haters..

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fergie is the boss May 4, 2011

reDalerT - I think I was also, but it still would be hilerious has it is about time someone put these spanish pricks in their place

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markynorbs May 4, 2011

WELL DONE LADS.
Great performance from the whole squad over the two legs.
Now lets beat these fuckin rent boys on sunday.

UNITED! UNITED!

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FletchTHEMAN May 4, 2011

VishalS Bang out of order mate. Don't think you can compare any sports man, no matter how high or low, with lads who put their lives on the line to protect you and me mate. Bombing the compound and wiping out 3 families without knowing that OBL was there might have been comparable to "taking a dive". But these guys did it in a way that should bring eternal honor to their squad. Not one uninvolved family member killed. Bet the local police were pretty f*ckin impressed, and rightly so.

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aimanunited May 4, 2011

FITB - what i said is sarcasm but of course Ronnie will be delighted if we destroy those diver's cunt.
CL final take place after PL finished so everything should go towards no 19 for now, lets start by trashing chelski!

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james21 May 4, 2011

Cedars
U tell em pal. We're there and in a one off game 90th minute Rooney Penalty cos the ex Scouse diving prick dived in the wrong box..... Who fuckin Knows. Come on Reds!
Were we not under dogs in the Cup Winners cup in 91. Believe.
Just had my text from Man Utd, Tickets go on sale Friday.

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MG May 4, 2011

Good Evening Fletch

Still fighting - still going remember August ? You me Costas Willierednut RTNK : ) FITB - here we are - here we are Gentlemen and you ladies - here we are all - good friends we have made on the way Cedars Stateside smartalex - so many more - so many old friends have come again on this journey - so many new friends - so many missed friends GHTT Suhayl - I could carry on - Everyone knows who they are - I saw Brett come back after a long time - Giles Oakley is still here - you know the whole gang is back - what a privilege - this is what it means to be Manchester United - it will never be the same without any one of you - you make this team what it is - every one does - Emily Jane Best does - My son does - the greater privilege is for those that breathe Manchester United

We are here - Manchester United is and forever will be the captain of it's own destiny

We never thought we'd make this far - that's the beauty of it - yet here we are - still standing - that's what no one understands - and now before we get there to that final we have already been beaten and been thrashed - been beaten and been bruised.

Doesn't matter - we are still here - Manchester United is alive and kicking - no one can take that away from us.

Every Goliath needs it's David - so be it - we'll do David - as long as the real Manchester United turn up against Barca I won't ask more than that - because that will mean that something else happened than United being thrashed.

But first we have another destiny waiting - there is a title to win and we have to win it - it's destiny the gaffer said - we're going to give it everything.

We are here and still standing and for those who do not understand that then do not understand why this club is why it is.

You know this is more than a club - this is more than unique - this is a family - and yet most of us will not know one another personally - yet here we all are.

We are here United are here everything else is a bonus.

Come on United...

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fergie is the boss May 4, 2011

Costas - LOLS championship manager fans is an understatement. I stopped playing that shit last year lols. The game I was proven right, the form of united at OT and the european game, they slowed the play down, and played 2 their tempo and hit sckalke hard either on the counter or just played triangle's through the sckalke midfield. It was quiet freakish how united were able to bypass their midfield and get at their defence at such ease. It sometimes took 2 passes to get at them. If united had their best team it could have been 7 0 2day

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james21 May 4, 2011

@Costas
Good call. Thats why I don't call players, SAF Isn't normally wrong. Got to give Gibson and Anderson credit both played well. Now we know what makes Anderson click... A goal or 2.
Valencia is again a class buy, gets the job done and learn't Neur can't handle Low and Hard shots.

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bigred85 May 4, 2011

WHO THE FUCK ARE MAN UTD?
AND THE REDS GO MARCHIN ON ON ON

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Clint-IamYourPapii May 4, 2011

SomeThings Wrong Here...Enough Of The Valentines Messages !!!

1- Berbatov was aweful, his touch and passing is as good as messi is crap which is saying a lot.
Maybe He'd suit at a bigger club like Arsenal We're they play "Winning?" Football.

2- Gibson Was As awesome as Titus Bramble is Crap. Trying to move like iniesta and passing like Scholes. Its A Sad Day when one of our best players was so terribly consistant through 90 mins.

3- SAF should retire, the man has no idea how to manage a team, he sure is up there with the worst.
shankly, Cloughie, Sir Matt RIP.

Rant Over Enough With The Red Tinted Glasses, The City is Blue? During 12 degrees on a normal summers day.

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FletchTHEMAN May 4, 2011

MG. Fine words sir! Cheers.

Now over to the new blog to revel in some fine goals and a very very fine win.

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fergie is the boss May 4, 2011

I have no idea why everyone who had their nickers in a twist over the team selection when united were 2 0 up, allot had sence the locals on ROM and a phew others. But playing against a sckalke side who leave a gapping hole between their defence to midfield and united 2 0 up, why was anyone worried.

This a new ferguson over the past 6 years, who has schooled himself on the new arts how to set his united side's up in europe and balance how we play in the premiership. He is the most dynamic manager in buisness, who is nothing short of a tactical genius. For me maybe fergie should have changed the way we play after the 99 final, like with luke who knows the way of the force, fergie also knows the way of the force of football, every tactic in the book he has, so I have full confidence in how he sets up sides. He has a plan A B C D E F G H I J K all the way to Z

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Wakey May 4, 2011

@Vishal S

You are going a bit overboard with "2) Gibson is iniesta in the making". He had a good game but even today against a poor midfield his positioning was often suspect.

Mind you perhaps his best 2 performances this season have come when playing with Anderson beside him and his shortcomings while still present in both havent seemed as problematic. Both games have been against teams who haven't really shown up so it's hard to say for certain but it's as if Andersons energetic box to box style covers for Gibsons positioning issues and knowing he has that cover allows him to play more free. Perhaps with the likes of Carrick the style of play does see his weakness exposed more and he then plays tighter and with less ease. In turn Anderson has played great the two games in question so perhaps Gibsom also let's Anderson play more naturally and better also

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Wakey May 4, 2011

@Alpha_RS

Grognard really is an idiot isn't he. Sadly he has the support of the admins who let him do what he wants. Anyone puts in a dcent argument to his opinions he gets all abusive and then reports you to the admins who will instantly put your posts on moderation.

After the whole Huntelaar thing I moved over here too, he really did have a hard on for him. I pointed out every time his record in Holland meant little as the Dutch league was weak these days. He went to RvN and Bergkamp as his proof and even when I listed ever Dutch based striker who did well in more modern seasons and failed in the English league he wouldn't accept that his dutch record wasn't proof he would be good in England and got abusive and reported me for disagreeing.

It's also sad that the regs all encourage his behaviour too

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willierednut May 5, 2011

Red rants is full of retards. It's a shame, because there is good posters on that site. They get shouted down by cunts, who are full of their own self importance. I noticed one or two, who used to post on RoM. No one give any credence to their posts on here, hence, they moved to a different blog. One such cunt who posted on here for a while, before disappearing, was laying into Evans, Gibson and O'Shea before the game had even begun. Saying, that we can forget about reaching the European cup final, because these 3 lads were starting. Fair weathered fans.

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Vishal S May 5, 2011

@FLETCHtheman
Yeah. No arguements there in comparing any sportsmen wit those who fight those real battles. But such was barca's skill of diving, i guess they'd hav so much expertise.
@wakey
Just sarcastic about it pal. With so much negativity around a few of our players from those fickle plastic bunch of united fans, lets start praising our lads with any extent we can. MARK IT. BEBE IS A DROGBA-ESQUE BEAST IN THE MAKING.

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Sheasy Baby May 5, 2011

well done by the lads today great to see some of the players like gibbo and evans who have had a harder time get a chance and really do well....anderson showed how importnat he can be if he plays well and valencia is woithout a doubt the catalyst of our team

happy to see sheasy get the armband and have a stellar performance as well

think neuer wants to come to OT now?haha if he doesnt then hes a fool

time to get revenge on the catalans and bring the trophy back to the place it belongs! come on you reds!

we'll keep the red flag flying high!

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Sheasy Baby May 5, 2011

QUE SERA SERA

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parryheid May 5, 2011

A lot of people around me left early in the South Stand Upper and I'm pleased to say the Four twats directly in front of me who stood up every time we got in a threatening position on Schalke's goal.so much so that I knew Tony V was going to shoot for goal and didn't see it as they jumped up, same thing with Gibbo's goal. The three cup display was impressive and the support was great,top display with a much changed team congrats lads The Final's going to be something else.

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