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LIVE BLOG: United 3 - 1 Celtic FT

July 17, 2010

Scott is the editor of RoM and has a season ticket at Old Trafford. He started The Republik of Mancunia in March 2006. Follow @R_o_M on Twitter or @R_o_M7 on Instagram.

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TheEvilDog July 17, 2010

Nice goal from berba!

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irishredmufc July 17, 2010

Good touch and finish by Berba, maybe this is his year.

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RedScot July 17, 2010

Hello and me sitting here with 8 tattie munchers, am gonna get ma heid kicked in.
Cmon UNITED. Believe

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TheEvilDog July 17, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH_KY8Le_uw Berbas goal!

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Joero July 17, 2010

Can't remember the last time I watched a United game at 1AM!

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xol July 17, 2010

Looking good. Catching Celtic out with those early through balls and loads of pace in the side. Got a dodgy stream but I think I just saw Giggsy run faster than when he was a nipper.

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jamiemufc1974 July 17, 2010

red scot good evening mate. how the hell are ya? got in just in time for the 2nd half. streaming it right now! get in! lol so far so good haha :-)

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RedScot July 17, 2010

Hi Jamie nice to see you, two see you nice. Long time mate why?
I think he got put off with my 8 super streghth lagers as a breakfast on a SUNDAY.
OFFSIDE.

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Kev Kev July 17, 2010

My stream is so bad its lagging about 20 mins behind haha! So thanks for running this live blog scot. You know the season is truly back when you see a live match blog on here :D

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rachelreddevil July 17, 2010

watchin it on american tv its hilarious to hear yanks comentating. obertans had a good game same for smalling

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rachelreddevil July 17, 2010

just i say that pen

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vidic will get ya15 July 17, 2010

is 1-0 the latest score the live blog wont work as i am at work and its got a block on it
:(

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irishredmufc July 17, 2010

get on to simplyreds lads, decent quality and MUTV commentating.

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Xyth July 17, 2010

I think we continued as we ended last season - poor play on the final third of the pitch.

The match should have been won by now, yet the score is 1:1.

Anyway, it is only our first pre-season match, so plenty of time to improve. Berba looking good.

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jamiemufc1974 July 17, 2010

@redscot
i just dont post very often, its not a conspiracy mate, i'm just reserved in r.o.m is all.

"I think he got put off with my 8 super streghth lagers as a breakfast on a SUNDAY."

hahaha see, thats bollox kidda, i use that as gravy on my sunday roast! lol

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united.george July 17, 2010

In Maui, Hawaii on vacation and what am I doing? I'm in my room watching united. Berbatov is looking sharp.

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TheEvilDog July 17, 2010

Cleverley looks like rubbish, hope he gets better..

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vidic will get ya15 July 17, 2010

oh fuck it changed to 1-1 after i posted:(

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RedScot July 17, 2010

@ jamie mufc 1984, glad u responded you should post more at 26 years of age. I wont take the piss all the time mate.
Cleverley scored 1 goal in three last season for the stats

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RedScot July 17, 2010

Cmon you Reds

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jamiemufc1974 July 17, 2010

get in welbeck lad!!!

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RedScot July 17, 2010

Unslefish Dimatar thats what we have

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united.george July 17, 2010

Smalling has some learning to do. Nearly another penalty given.

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portugueseprincess July 17, 2010

Goaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllll :)

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jamiemufc1974 July 17, 2010

get in there tom! watch out cos this lad will be knockin on the door of the first team this season if the gaffer doesnt loan him out.

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RedScot July 17, 2010

Not that I care to gloat Tom Cleverley. STAR*

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jamiemufc1974 July 17, 2010

nice to see some green and gold in the crowd there dont you think? :-)

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jamiemufc1974 July 17, 2010

those yank commentators have been hilarious! brings a whole new perspective to "soccer" lol what a pair of cunts lol

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NotoriousRedDevil July 17, 2010

If Berbatov can play like that on a regular basis next season a lot of fans will have to eat their words. He was outstanding today as was Scholes in the first half. Good to see Cleverly play I thought him and Welbeck were going to miss the start of the season. Nice to be proved wrong.

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Dela July 17, 2010

Man Of The Match: Berbatov, without a doubt. Scholes sharp as ever with some of those sweet first half passes.

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shallowgroove July 17, 2010

Gotta love these yank commentators! Kept stressing about Berba getting narky about the quality of his supply. To be fair after the season he had to endure last season im well happy to see the bulgarian more lairy, great performance, 2 assists and a wicked goal to boot!

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vidic will get ya15 July 17, 2010

sooo happy to hear that bebrba played well :)

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BajanRedDevil July 17, 2010

@jamiemufc1974: telling me. was waiting for one of them to yell touch down!! that would have done it for me!!

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xol July 17, 2010

Rafael and Obey1 looked lethal down the right.

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IFECO 4 UNITED July 17, 2010

Please i need to know d goalscorers in this match

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zigoo July 17, 2010

well played lads!
altho cleverly looked rly poor,maybe not match fit,but berba was gr8 n so was scholes...

but nots strt countin our chickens,as i remeber last yr berba scored so many gols in pre season n looked like a world beater but we all kno how he ended up after tht,so im nt judgin till the season gets underway....

smalling looks good,needs a bit more work tho,but tht willl come with experience....

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zigoo July 17, 2010

still think a midfielder is needed tho,as wen scholes went off we were dire in the middle of the park :(

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ZnakeY July 17, 2010

First goal, Berbatov http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH_KY8Le_uw
Second, Welbeck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHS--CsGrbM
Third, Cleverly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfCHbfc2qDY

Great to see they are posted this early ^_^

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Boris Hooligan Macedonia July 17, 2010

Nice game from the lads !
Berba looks fantastic , if he plays like this game all season , we dont need anyone else !
Also good game for Smalling and especially Obertan!

Regards from Macedonia !

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Red Typhoon July 17, 2010

Hey guys...so good to see the lads win their first pre-season game of the season. I did not get to watch it though..can someone please let me know who the scorer's are...i only know that berba scored the first..and saw the video too...what a beauty...if anyone have more videos of the other goals, pls by all means..put it on here..:-)

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RedevilzAdvocate July 17, 2010

@ Ifeco
Berbatov, Welbeck and Cleverly/own goal? lol. Excellent game from Berba

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obertanthenewstar July 17, 2010

my name says it all lads!!
p.s berba was class!!!... smalling looked good but silly decision to peg back..
thought brown coming on made a impact on his game.. lets face it.. brown plays much better at right back... but obertan looked really good!!! all he needs to do is work on his finishing

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zigoo July 17, 2010

actually i thought obertan was pretty good aswell,altho his decision making and finishing definetly needs to be worked on!

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Red Typhoon July 17, 2010

Ok..guys..i got it..just went thru the live blog..and saw who the scorers were..thanks

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Torontored July 17, 2010

Was at the game - Obertain needs a large amount of work on his game - way too "hasty". The twins ok - Smalling definately needs to improve his skills - looked way too tentative. Delaet - not a winger should stick to full back. Cleverley will be decent given a chance - Gibson has matured but still waits for things to happen versus making it happen. Evans good solid and read the game. Fletcher always working and looking for the space.
Berbatov made it happen and maybe playing deeper will become worth the $ spent
Class of the match still Giggs and Scholes - how can we ever replace the quality, skill and vision of these two. No Valencia or Nani and the wide part of the game was lacking as a consequence.
Crowd billed as 40,000 but at $115.00 for the cheapest seat and most at $150.00 not surprising - would have been nice to have seen more kids.
First game - wait and see.

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mancreds July 17, 2010

to joero, watching united in the early hours is a every weekend experience here in new zealand, but goddam it's worth it...........

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denton davey July 17, 2010

Torontored @ 3:15: "Class of the match still Giggs and Scholes – how can we ever replace the quality, skill and vision of these two"

Paul Scholes was majestic - as he usually is when the opposition don't pressure him; the skill and vision are still there but he's slowing down

Ryan Giggs was just fine, thank you very much.

Dimitar Berbatov showed his usual deft touches but what can one gauge from this match ? - the oppostion were just terrible in the first half and were being shredded by UTD's faster, more skilful play.

For me - watching on Setanta - the twins were the story of the first half. They are both fast and skilful in providing support for the attack but still somewhat naive in defence. Their willingness to go for the jugular at every opportunity was great to see after enduring a month of tippy-tappy from the World Cup.

My other impressions were that Tom Cleverley has been over-hyped. He looks to me like another guy in the Kieran Richardson, Frazier Campbell, Chris Eagles assembly-line of "close but no cigar".

Sadly, I was not overly impressed by the play of either Danny Welbeck or KikoTheKid - again, "close but no cigar". The forwards who did catch my eye were Mame Biram Diouf and Gabriel Obertan - Diouf, especially, The guy is "raw" but he will be, I think, a splendid emergency back-up for WayneRooney (although I am hoping that that is never required). Like WayneRooney, Mame Biram Diouf is pro-active, he makes things happen rather than waiting and reacting. Obertan's speed and close-control at speed are impressive weapons - the Celtic defenders simply couldn't deal with him. But, then, they were Celtic defenders and they are not EPL-calibre or CL-calibre.

Chris Smalling looked very much out of his depth when he was challenged for speed - playing next to Jonny Evans showed the gulf in experience and ability between the two.

Ritchie De Laet looked like a new version of John O'Shea - a useful journeyman. Darron Gibson looked a bit lost with regard to subtlety and vision.

To me, it looks like the promised work-in-progress is going to be a rather rough ride for some of these kids. But that's hardly surprising since very few of them progress from prospect to player; most go from prospect- to-suspect when they step up and play at a higher level.

Overall, of course, it's too soon to tell much from one exhibition game but since it doesn't look like SAF is planning to spend much money - after buying Obertan and Chicharito and Smalling "for the future" - a lot of UTD's success in this next year is tied up in seeing better performances from the youngsters. And, I suppose, one must keep in mind that there were a lot of veteran professionals who were not on show - WayneRooney, Nani, Valencia, ThreeLungPark, Anderson, Carrick, Owen Hargreaves (!), Rio, RedNev, Vidic, Evra and Kuszczak (practically a first-eleven !) Still, SAF has invested a lot of hope (and hype) in a number of these kids and his track record is certainly better than mine so I am hoping that we'll see improvement from them.

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Ash July 17, 2010

@denton davey says
'My other impressions were that Tom Cleverley has been over-hyped. He looks to me like another guy in the Kieran Richardson, Frazier Campbell, Chris Eagles assembly-line of “close but no cigar”'
First game of the season and you are indirectly saying cleverly as a flop.I seriously get irritated when i see this kind of thing being said.Be patient guys.THey all are raw players need some time to settle.
But i agree with you about the da silva twins.I know rafael would be a regular starter this season but i also hope that fabio starts.I know he wont be picked ahead of great evra but how about he plays in a left winger position.Dont forget that fabio was the top scorer in 2007 u-17 world cup so i wont mind if he plays in a more attacking role.

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supamann11 July 17, 2010

Just saw my first United game ever and wow! I can't even imagine the atmosphere at the Theatre of Dreams on United games. I must say berba was impressive today lovely touches and the speed of obertan was eye catching. Glad to see a United win... lets keep it up and bring the title back!