Manchester United (Part 1)

Evem Sir Alex admitted buying him was a waste of time and money, saw in in some paper somewhere.

I think it was 16mil. Played 39 games in 4 seasons, 5 of those have come in 3 seasons, I think the last two appearances combined would be less than 20minutes.

A shame, good player.

Yeah, he was England's best player at the 2006 WC (not that that is saying much...)

Hindsight...

Masch wasn't even playing for West Ham for whatever reason, so I am sure that some may have sceptical but Hargreaves had about 6 or 7 good seasons with Bayern, a CL winner with Bayern (and Man Utd-took a penalty in the shootout) and a good World Cup in '06.

Nice pass from Carrick! should be 5-1 at HT but it isn't.

Of course, Bull, but how I mean is that we got Masch on loan from West Ham (reserves? lolz) and he was boss; straight away. Anyone who watched the games would have told you that. Only the Sky Twits mocked us. But ANYWAY. enough about that  should be hammering Valencia, although I'm pretty sure United will get that jammy late winner they always do...

Must have been the only one all game. He is the worst passer of a ball I've seen in a long time.
My name for him is 'give the ball away Carrick'

That's a pretty clever nickname.

What did you guys think of Amos? Looked pretty good apart from the goal which wasn't even his fault.

Hard to judge in one game, but he looked OK, and I agree the goal was not his fault.
He is very young for a keeper so we won't know for a long time.

The commentator said he had been with since he was 11. He's now 20.

Oh God, plz draw Inter. Although yeah, he'll probs be sacked by then.

Park, Park, wherever you may be,
You eat dogs in your home country!
It could be worse, you could be a Scouse,
Eating rats in your council house!

Bloody tops. Love beating them.

Looking back through this thread, I think their thread needs to be trolled with silly gif images. Michael2010-12-14 11:11:23

except michael.

Good defence and that was the only positive from either side.  A dull, mediocre advertisement for the Premier League coupled with the usual obligatory penalty for the boys when they're playing at home.

A win is a win. Top of the table with a game in hand, not too bad really.

In regards to the hand ball, despite what the commentators insist on saying, hand balls aren't defined by "intent" or "hand to ball" etc etc. Its whether the arm is used to make the body "wider."

This is why you sometimes see defenders like John Terry defend with their hands behind their backs.

Thats what Jamie Cross told me a year back anyway
Michael2010-12-14 18:31:33

And in the case of the penalty, his hand stopped the ball from going past him. Intent is not in the question. Its a penalty.

Regardless of a missed penalty, over the 90m we were the better side. Twice the shots on goal,more possession and when we broke we looked dangerous. Could have been 3-1.
Tactics were better. 5 man midfield stopped Arsenal playing and a back 4 that for once were very good.
I'm sure that Arsenal supporters are gutted, but I thought they played some very good football in the second half but at the same time never really looked like scoring.
I still would not be game enough to pick the EPL winner.Too many games to go and still four odd teams in it.

Reserves beat Newcastle 5-1 for Ole's last game before departing to Molde.

can't wait for monday morning going to be a cracker of a game. Chelseas form recently means jack, they are going to be wounded and wanting to regather themselves and with the re-introduction of Lampard and playing at Stamford Bridge this a big test for us. If we win this game I'll eat my sock if we don't go on to win the title

The fact the game has been postponed could be a crucial moment in the season. Now was the best time to play them with us in good form and them in poor form with no confidence. Not sure when the game is being played (???) but what's the bet we end up having this fixture when they are on a good run of form and injury free!! 

Totally agree with this.

Sunderland had a few players out but Utd did enough to get 3 points.
Will be watching the Chelsea game in the morning. I'm hoping for a Chelsea win or a draw.

Only managed to watch the first 30 minutes until I got kicked out of the motel - but it looked like utter sh*t.

It was. Over the 90 min it was probably a fair result. We were played off the park in the 1st half.
A good goal in the 54m by Berb, but Birminghams scored in the last few mins.
I thought there was a foul on Rio a second before the goal. Obviously the ref saw it another way.
Still top with game in hand on some and two on others.

funny how most things i've read make light of manU's unbeaten record saying they've drawn too many and are not playing well, no way they'll go the season unbeaten blah blah blah

I'm the same, Man.U going unbeaten would be awful. I was young at the time of that season, but I remember us being down at half-time to Portsmouth on the last day and freaking out.

HF: 1-1

Neville sucking sh*t.

Anderson doing nothing.

That is all.Michael2011-01-02 02:36:00

FT: 2-1

Yes WBA should've had the penalty. But we should've had the blatant handball too, so they evened each other out.

I don't think their other penalty (the miss) was that bad - I think he was going to slot it to his right, saw the keeper dive and tried to readjust.

For me Anderson has again, had a poor game. He's just not consistent enough. Commentator was preaching death for Oberta, but while his finishing was sloppy at least he was making things happen. Fletch and Carrick are easily the best centre pairing.

Really hope Rooney's injury isn't major. He was definitely looking to find a bit of form in that game.

No they don't even each other out.  WBA penalty not awarded was earlier.  Give the penalty for that and there's absolutely no way everything will happen just as it did and you guys get the same penalty shout.  Sure, United could win 3 penalties after that for all we know but really anything after that is no more than pure speculation.

WBA easily the better side all match but some lollable finishing failed them.

Dodged one of the biggest bullets of all time in that one.

Presumably you will apply the same logic to the penalty that Birmingham didn't get at 1-0, yeah right