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UCL: Villareal C.F vs. Manchester United [P+R]
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That was a very entertaining game.
1) Rooney's red card was dumb but it could have happened to any of us (I would have prob done the same thing out of reaction to the yellow)
2) I was really happy to see Rio and Forlan shaking hands and laughing at the end. (can anyone find a pic of that)
3) Besides the 1 **** up (that was a hard ball IMO <and it rained>), Viera had a great game <That save in the 18th minute was just ...wow>. The ESPN announcer was praising him every time he got the ball. LMAO....except for when he screwed up "We'll guess his rating is going down a notch" :Funny:
Great game
1) Rooney's red card was dumb but it could have happened to any of us (I would have prob done the same thing out of reaction to the yellow)
2) I was really happy to see Rio and Forlan shaking hands and laughing at the end. (can anyone find a pic of that)
3) Besides the 1 **** up (that was a hard ball IMO <and it rained>), Viera had a great game <That save in the 18th minute was just ...wow>. The ESPN announcer was praising him every time he got the ball. LMAO....except for when he screwed up "We'll guess his rating is going down a notch" :Funny:
Great game
The first yellow Rooney got was for nothing at all. A stupid decision by the ref. Players with Rooneys temper will always get pissed for things like that, so he clapped, boo-hoo. He got the second yellow because the wankeree has a ego bigger then the whole stadium. Rooneys reaction was pure frustration. He is being played out of position for months and still he is always one of the best players on the field, I feel sorry for him.
Ben, you can't say much about Giggs' performance, he's only played about 30 minutes of first team football this season. Scholes indeed doesn't look anything like the player we've come to love. But you can say the same for the rest of the midfield.
I never was a fan of Fletcher and even though he's surprised me with one or two performances, I would still not pick him over Park or Giggs. The entire midfield is disfunctional, it's just not working. There's no flair, no passion and for some reason Ferguson is determined to put Smith in midfield. He's a passionate, good player but it's just not working.
Why don't we put Ronaldo on the right, Giggs on the left. It worked so well in many games, these two on the wings, interchanging, they can break apart any defense. But no, Ferguson is determined to have his little bell boy, Fletcher in there...at all cost.
What's wrong with 4-4-2, it's a proven formation for United and with the players we have it would seem the logical thing to do. Play Rooney and RVN up front, together, or at least have Rooney drop off slightly into midfield but all these 3-1-3-1-1 type crazy formations, it's just not working but somehow Fergie can't see that...or he's too stubborn.
The defense isn't playing bad. I quite like O'Shea, he had an OK game. Ferdinand looks solid as a rock and with Silvestre alongside him, they're building a good partnership. Add Heinze's warrior spirit to that and the defense is sorted. Van der Sar has added so much more confidence, it's amazing. He's the goalkeeper who finally looks like being able to fill Schmeichel's boots...or gloves.
It's not hard to see that the midfield needs to improve because when we'll face the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and, dare I say it, Liverpool we'll be in big trouble. We look a better team than last season but we still don't look like a team that's capable of beating the best teams, we lack that fighting spirit, that never-say-die attitude of old.
I never was a fan of Fletcher and even though he's surprised me with one or two performances, I would still not pick him over Park or Giggs. The entire midfield is disfunctional, it's just not working. There's no flair, no passion and for some reason Ferguson is determined to put Smith in midfield. He's a passionate, good player but it's just not working.
Why don't we put Ronaldo on the right, Giggs on the left. It worked so well in many games, these two on the wings, interchanging, they can break apart any defense. But no, Ferguson is determined to have his little bell boy, Fletcher in there...at all cost.
What's wrong with 4-4-2, it's a proven formation for United and with the players we have it would seem the logical thing to do. Play Rooney and RVN up front, together, or at least have Rooney drop off slightly into midfield but all these 3-1-3-1-1 type crazy formations, it's just not working but somehow Fergie can't see that...or he's too stubborn.
The defense isn't playing bad. I quite like O'Shea, he had an OK game. Ferdinand looks solid as a rock and with Silvestre alongside him, they're building a good partnership. Add Heinze's warrior spirit to that and the defense is sorted. Van der Sar has added so much more confidence, it's amazing. He's the goalkeeper who finally looks like being able to fill Schmeichel's boots...or gloves.
It's not hard to see that the midfield needs to improve because when we'll face the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and, dare I say it, Liverpool we'll be in big trouble. We look a better team than last season but we still don't look like a team that's capable of beating the best teams, we lack that fighting spirit, that never-say-die attitude of old.
PhiLLer said:
I totally agree. Brilliant post
Today the midfield was so poor it made me laugh. At some point we had 4 wingers (Richardson, Giggs, Park, Ronaldo) on the field and none of them on their right positions. For the last 10 minutes there were'nt any pure fowards on the field, it looked like some sort of a 3-6 formation...
Hopeunited
Starting XI
RIGHT ON THE BALL!!!hopeunited said:
unfortunately...
ericstarkid
Reserve Team
remember to take the time to diss MU whenever you can! cuz you dont have many chance to do it!rony31 said:
TheBlueBalla
Starting XI
Yet his point still stands, doesnt it? One day, if he doesnt tone it down, that temper of Rooney's is going to cost this team in a big game. Fortunately for himself and the club, he has plenty of time to get some dicipline in him.ericstarkid said:
I prefer how Man Utd are playing so far this season in comparison to previous seasons. In the past we have been to cavalier now we seem much more resolute. We play a more patient game which will work well in Europe.
Look at Chelsea no one can say they've had an outstanding performance so far - yet they are getting the results and at the end of the day its results that count.
Last night's game was looking good - we were just getting to grips with the opposition and with Villareal starting to open up more we had the players to hit them on the break.
But rooney had to mess it all up. I'm sure we would of scored if Rooney stayed on the field.
Anyway a draw at against last seasons 3rd placed La Liga away from home with 10 men for a good 20minutes is a fine result. But if rooney doesn't sort himself out he will cost us big time one day.
Look at Chelsea no one can say they've had an outstanding performance so far - yet they are getting the results and at the end of the day its results that count.
Last night's game was looking good - we were just getting to grips with the opposition and with Villareal starting to open up more we had the players to hit them on the break.
But rooney had to mess it all up. I'm sure we would of scored if Rooney stayed on the field.
Anyway a draw at against last seasons 3rd placed La Liga away from home with 10 men for a good 20minutes is a fine result. But if rooney doesn't sort himself out he will cost us big time one day.
what a crap performance.
in the first half we looked even worse than fc thun who played v arsenal.
except from set pieces we failed to threaten them.which is so ulike unioted.
i dont understand why fergie not getting the midfield right.
he could have played :
giggs-fletch-scholes-ronaldo in midfield.
smith had so many passes going astray and attempted certain unjudged tackles.
ruud never got good service although he should have scored one chance.
we started to show up good in the second half and rooney messed it all up. .the guy really needs to learn.
so what of he is 19?he has 3 years of football experience in the top flight now and is regularly repeating his actions. great footballer but he's walking on the path to become gazza.
0-0 pleased me but like someone here said,we did not attack in the end and sat back uncharacteristically.
we'll go through easily in the group but the main concern is seeing the last 2 performances,having heinze injured and keane too we may face trouble vs pool on sunday.
in the first half we looked even worse than fc thun who played v arsenal.
except from set pieces we failed to threaten them.which is so ulike unioted.
i dont understand why fergie not getting the midfield right.
he could have played :
giggs-fletch-scholes-ronaldo in midfield.
smith had so many passes going astray and attempted certain unjudged tackles.
ruud never got good service although he should have scored one chance.
we started to show up good in the second half and rooney messed it all up. .the guy really needs to learn.
so what of he is 19?he has 3 years of football experience in the top flight now and is regularly repeating his actions. great footballer but he's walking on the path to become gazza.
0-0 pleased me but like someone here said,we did not attack in the end and sat back uncharacteristically.
we'll go through easily in the group but the main concern is seeing the last 2 performances,having heinze injured and keane too we may face trouble vs pool on sunday.