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LIVE BLOG: Wolves 0 - 1 United FT - Red Perspective

  • March 6, 2010

Scott Patterson

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.

PICTURES: United Beat Wolves
VIDEO: Scholes Scores 100th League Goal Against Wolves

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Costas March 6, 2010
Here's an interesting debate about Scholesy guys. How is it that he gets into more goalscoring positions when we play 4-4-2 rather than 4-3-3? It's supposed to wok the other way round...
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Costas March 6, 2010
Lets give Diouf some time guys. He is far from the finished aticle. Good thing Kiko is returning!
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Corea March 6, 2010
Berbatov can't play on the road in a 4-5-1 formation. He lacks speed. But a very solid display from him. Tried his best, good effort, Dimitar. Sadly he hasn't got into double figures.
Ugly win, a game to forget, we are on top just as i started to think again we just can't take advantage of Chelsea's slip ups.
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hurr March 6, 2010
The players really need to man up now. Unlike the Gooners who only have easy fixtures ahead, we still got Fulham, Dippers, the Chavs and Shitty ahead...
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eleventh heaven March 6, 2010
A new striker next season ?
MO is an old horse, but yet very useful to us.
Berba, it shows just now how 'capable' he is to lead our attacking force.
Diouf, practice makes perfect son. Be a Drogba, i woudnt mind that.
Young Macheda & Welbeck, nothing to shout about this season.
We only have Rooney, we can only depend on him to get us goals from the strikers position. regular goals i mean.
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Anon March 6, 2010
TOP OF THE LEAGUE, AND THAT'S A FACT!
Lovely win. The only team in the league who could have won the way we did! Proves why we are triple champions, going on quadruple!
Chlesea played as badly, WITH Drogba, against the same team. And without Fletch and Roon, we still managed a decent win. Gibson was decent, Berba was on and off, Scholesy was brilliant, and not just co of the goal. I was surprised at how shaky the defence looked in the second half, despite Rio, Vida, Evra and the Neviller. Neville's clearances were excellent, bar one.
All in all, a very important win, like Stoke away last season. And who better to get the winning goal than a midfielder whose been the best in the world at what he does. Take a bow Scholesy. Not far from 150 goals now!
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willierednut March 6, 2010
These are the kind of results you need if your gonna win the league. I thought the ginger prince give a master class and yet again saved the day.
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aig alex is god March 6, 2010
@Costas

exactly. Valencia and nani are proper wingers. No disrespect to them but they dont get in the box enough. We need rooney to play with berba, Berba lacks the pace to get quickly in the box unlike Rooney. However he was everywhere today and held the ball really well and made some good runs in space

The less said about diouf the better it is.
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aig alex is god March 6, 2010
@Corea

Long time mate. How are you?

Nice to see you back
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Costas March 6, 2010
@AIG

Berba run a lot of miles didn't he? And he also had a game in midweek. As far as him playing 4-3-3, as Corea said, he lacks the pace too. I actually think that the Milan game might suit him a bit more, but we will see. Hopefully Rooney will be fit for that.
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Harry March 6, 2010
Should have been at least 3-0 to United easily......., and wtf Diouf.... He neither passed the ball nor scored a goal. How did we get this win??? I am still really surprise.
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Drew Vader March 6, 2010
Fuck me that was nerve wracking
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Fred March 6, 2010
@RED SAM - Yeah but at least we won today, so the result may gloss over Diouf's "contribution" in Fergie's eyes.

In Diouf's defence I will say this: he's not as bad as Dong. :-D

I don't think that's the last we'll see of him though. His finishing has been very tidy for the Reserves, as it was at Molde.
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Costas March 6, 2010
@Fred

Dong? Lol, that's a good memory you have. :P
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Shabadu84 March 6, 2010
Hardly a convincing one but a win's a win and we are back on top. Nani and Gibson both were shite today, trying to do too much on their own in Rooney's absence. Diouf's misses were pretty terrible but he did, at the least, make some good, proper "striker" type runs. Time for him to really work on his finishing though, that header was simply awful. Berbatov was decent but he really should be doing more to get shots on goal, I don't think he had even one today. Good to see the back 5 working together like they did - the chances the Wolves had were more of their own doing than glaring mistakes on our part. Hopefully that group will get a chance to put in an extended run together and settle in. Scholes...just class, our MotM. Valencia was solid, though he's someone I'd like to see take more chances at goal, especially when he doesn't have his favorite target, Rooney, to aim for.
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Fred March 6, 2010
@hurr - you are right, but let's not forget we were without Fletcher and Rooney today. With those two in the team we are a different animal.
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aig alex is god March 6, 2010
@Costas

SAF said Rooney is a doubt for Milan. Hope he recovers

Pato is a major doubt for Milan too. their physios are working overtime to try and get him fit for wednesday. Isnt there tonight for Milan
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Drew Vader March 6, 2010
Lets not focus on the negative today friends, we're top of the league ffs!

Positives:

--100 for Scholes

--Berba looked hungry

--More quality from Valencia

--The return of the Rio Vida partnership

--An away clean sheet (cheers Vokes!)

--Park looked good when he came on

--Rest for Fletch so he can run himself into the ground against Milan
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Corea March 6, 2010
@aig alex is god - hi. i'm fine, just a little bit busy at work and took some time off.

@costas - was it 4-3-3 ? i actually thouпре it was 4-5-1, so isolated was Berba today. i actually stood by idea that Berba was a bit tentative but last few games he has been mister effort and determination. Good to see him having taste for the game.
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Fred March 6, 2010
@Costas, how could you forget the Chinese sensation Dong Fangzhou? Without question the greatest Chinese player ever to play for United.
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Corea March 6, 2010
@Drew Vader - Berba has been hungry for quite a few games, mate.
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Corea March 6, 2010
Fred - perfetc spelling, i wonder if you've actually checked google :-D
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willierednut March 6, 2010
No Pato for milan, not even on the bench. Berba was hungry, he's was eating a bargin bucket coming of the pitch.
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Costas March 6, 2010
@Fred

And the only one if I can recall. :D

@Corea

Yeah friend. It was more like 4-5-1. I often get them mixed up. I hope we could have had someone counting the ground Berbatov covered...
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aig alex is god March 6, 2010
Dong Even got a reception from the chelsea players after we won the league despite not playing a single game that season.Some achievement that
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Fred March 6, 2010
Vokes = United legend.

Only nine games left now

Fulham (h)
Liverpool (h)
Bolton (a)
Chelsea (h)
Blackburn (a)
Man City (a)
Tottenham (h)
Sunderland (a)
Stoke (h)

Piece of piss, imho. :-)
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Costas March 6, 2010
@AIG

Lol exactly. What a masterstroke by Fergie. Having tiny tears give a guard of honour to Dong, Kieran Lee, Richardson and Eagles!
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Corea March 6, 2010
Eagles is easily the best player for Burnley these days. No chance but i would have liked to have him back..
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willierednut March 6, 2010
We'll win all them games Fred, the red army's on the march.
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KVN March 6, 2010
Excellent result. This game was a potential banana skin. Wolves were up for it
And SAF had one eye on the Milan game @ OT. Resting Rooney, Fletcher and Park
Was a big big risk and gamble. We needed these 3 points, and had to give
Rio and Vidic much needed game time. A lot of things could have gone wrong.
But now we pull away by 2 points having played a game more. SAF will be
Telling his players win the next 9 games and we are prem league champions.
As for the Milan game we just need to play sensibly and put pressure on them
To kill the game off and progress to the next round.
From there its another league game at home and 3 points are a must again.
We can beat Milan and Fulham. This will give the lads confidence to win all their games
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Costas March 6, 2010
It's important that we go to the Chelsea game with 3 wins out of 3.

@Corea

Call me crazy(you probably will :P), but I liked Richardson more!
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Fred March 6, 2010
Corea, I always liked Eagles too. I also thought Lee Martin and Kieran Richardson deserved more of a chance. All three are arguably as useful as Nani, and certainly better than Obertan!
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BrianBL March 6, 2010
Very hard earned 3 points today, but we kept the pressure on and in the end it went in our favour. I thought Diouf was alittle cheeky seeming to complain and then spilling his chances himself. That said though, he isn't afraid to ask for the ball and maybe given a starting place or some more minutes in the field would grow in confidence and stability for us.

Park really shone too, my admiration for him has really grown over the seasons he's been with us. Shame Nani had a poor game, but all the same.. if he's not being played on the right.. I'm tempted to give him sympathy. I dunno.

Anyway... I'm on ease now until midweek. :)
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Corea March 6, 2010
I'm shaking ahead of the Milan game. Still not convinced at 3-2.
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NBI Red Onion March 6, 2010
@ Fred - I agree, you put it well Berba tries he is just not good enough, all fancy foreplay and no end product. He is more Italian league. We really need a torres style flying striker. Villa please come in.
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willierednut March 6, 2010
@NBI RED Onion
Villa wont come to united and i dont think saf would pay silly for him.
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newton March 6, 2010
good 3 points.having rio and vidic together is a big bonus.hopefully we can finish the season strong.we being top of the league is a miracle.chelsea have been shit.
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Costas March 6, 2010
@willierednut

I agree. It's not likely that Villa will be signed at his age and his transfer fee. Not sure if we can even splash out that amount of money.
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kel March 6, 2010
Guys, what matter most is the win. We can't always play a good game you know. Berbatov was alright and quite better than before. He seems to have urgently in his play. Nani just came back from suspension and you should give him some time as his confidence might be low. I won't say anything bad about the team as i feel this game is won and all that matters.
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sprite March 6, 2010
Oh is this the SAF advisors sitting here discussing berbatov? lets ship him out for villa or torres.. he tries very hard but no end product? thank god SAF will be around some more years
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rdurango March 6, 2010
breaking news: SAF signs Vokes as new central defender
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rooney the new king March 6, 2010
sprite - shut up berbatov had a good game today to be fair he was along with scholes and valencia was our best player, I have been a massive critic of berbatov but he had a good game.

I am just relieved that game is over bring on milan, and another point the protests against the parasites is starting to get into overdrive.
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rooney the new king March 6, 2010
anyone giving berbatov a hard time today should really just piss off and I will stick up for berbatov there if anyone gies him a hard time today, yes he did not score but his hunger and the way he was a predator like player hunting for the ball the way rooney has done. Carrick is the one who should get the battering from the united fans today because he almost cost united the game did that idiot see that one, also gibson was poor again today but oh well we won thats all that matters.
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Costas March 6, 2010
@RTNK

Fair play for today. I actually thought that Berbatov kind of faded away in the second half, but overall he worked his socks off. And that's on the back of a busy last 2 weeks for him. I still feel that he is better off with Wazza as a partner. Speaking of Wazza, here's Fergie's assesment:

"Wayne is very doubtful for Wednesday," said Ferguson, who has publicly aired his disappointment at seeing the 24-year-old play 86 minutes for England against Egypt in midweek.

"The Wembley pitch has killed him."
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denton davey March 6, 2010
I'll be home in Toronto next Sunday to watch Fulham at OT. It cannot be worse than today ! I sure hope that they were trying to lull ACMeeelan into a false sense of security because if that was what they have to offer when the chance to go top-of-the-table is before them then it's just plain worrying.

TheLads were dire - only VDS and Scholes should have been excused from the half-time hair-dryer. I thought that Evra, Nani, and even Valencia just weren't with-the-program today. Vidic/Ferdinand/Brown were awful and gave away a lot of half-chances against weak opponents. Carrick was not just invisible but truly atrocious - almost giving the game away in the 92nd minute after doing sweet-fuck-all.

Yet again, I was also very under-impressed with what Berbatov brought to the party. The guy on GuardianOnline was cumming in his pants about his "exquiste skills" but, really, he is the center forward and did squat in that role until the very end when his exquisite skills were useful in wasting time. Sadly Diouf did nothing to create confidence that he's not the second coming of Dong or Manucho - he's sure fast but the game is about playing with the ball with your feet and head INTO THE GOAL and he failed miserably in that regard.

Today's result was, well, a good result but a terrible performance. It happens but it sure better not get repeated on Wednesday or else Meeelan will have a field day and SAF will disappear into a purple haze.
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Paul H March 6, 2010
Fred Said,March 6th, 2010 @20:49 @Costas, how could you forget the Chinese sensation Dong Fangzhou? Without question the greatest Chinese player ever to play for United.

Now that's a blast from the past. Dong (and his mum) was my next door neighbour for over a year until Fergie sent him packing. Nice guy, but lacked in confidence on the field. Actually, now I come to think of it, he blocked me in a couple of times in his girly VW polo GTI (at least it was Red)

I wonder who he's not scoring for now....?
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Drew Vader March 6, 2010
Denton -- Thats a bit pessimistic dont ya think dude?
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curtis March 6, 2010
Well I'm happy tonight, won't judge any of the players cause as a team we were all atrocious, however scholes stood out with a rating of about 6.5 or 7 out of 10.
I'd happily take that performance for the rest or the season with the same end result (a boring 1-0)..
Top of the table and thats a fact. at this time of the year its just about winning esp since we on the verge of making history.

just a bit curious, people saying berbz looked hungry and good, but as a striker why was he never anywhere near the 18 yard area on the rare occasions we got our wingers to the byline .. not slating him because this to me was his first poor performance for a long while. just find it odd people should have to defend him when he wasn't as good as against west ham for example?
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LunG420 March 7, 2010
Little off topic... But can anyone tell me what happened to Zoran Tosic...?
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Paul Parker March 7, 2010
Bloody Excellent Result, there really is nothing like a scrappy 1 goal win away from home. Good to see Vidic and Rio back together without incident. Berbatov continued his excellent League Cup Final form today, he played well and linked up alot of play. He worked hard, thats all I can ask for. In the final he played with the ENERGY we've all expected of him, and after being involved in a successful Final I think we'll continue seeing the same hunger and COMMITMENT. Absolutely great, because we KNEW he could give us more and he still can, thats what makes him so divisive. Scholes took his finish like a wiley old striker, and its a priceless 100th for us all. Without a shadow of a doubt we all know Nani def plays better on the right, but he played well enough on the left today and its clear Alec wants to continue sending him out there when its needed. But less then amazing performances were expected today - it was always going to be a tight scrappy affair away from home with Rooney out PLUS the whole club thinking forward to Milan. On the whole I think our players played well. We remained patient and didn't panic. Diouf played well too, lol, yes I know he missed a great header and he let the ball bounce of his shin... but no need for any doom and gloom aye? He's done well just to make space for himself to miss those chances in the first place. Considering his last game was for the reserves I think he's just lacking that all important first team sharpness. Perhaps as fans we're too spoilt and expect too much too soon sometimes. Diouf has my confidence because he has Solskjear's confidence, really good to see him get some minutes under his belt. But more to the point WE'RE TOP OF THE LEAGUE LADS!!! Top of the table going into our Milan game!!! Lets just hope Rooney recovers in time aye?
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