Manchester United Banter Archive September 14 2011

14 Sep 2011 23:32:10
fergie gambled in resting several players tonight and luckily it paid off! was not impressed with our performance tonight, but if you watch the game again u will see that benfica defended tactically well off the ball.park and giggs tried tucking in to find space but got no joy.carrick and fletcher were never going to take the ball forward and thats why giggs roamed in between the benfica defence and midfield.only problem was that benfica gave us little space to feed rooney. rooney can no longer play the role of striker up front, as since his injury in 2009/10 season he has lost some pace.this is why hernandez plays just in front of him in our strongest XI.

14 Sep 2011 22:41:35
Really poor in midfield tonight.

Benfica are not a top side.

Only worthwhile attempt in first half was Giggs.

Poor distribution from defenders all night.

Evans is just not good enough.

Rooney ineffective as lone striker...we are missing a dominant creative force in CM.

Lindegarrd will be our 1st choice keeper by end of October.

14 Sep 2011 22:16:10
How micheal carrick has played in 3 champs league finals is a mystery he is to s**t for words. Roonbest

14 Sep 2011 22:01:21
1.1 is a decent result away to a tricky Benfica with a makeshift second string, but I have to say it wasn't hard to spot the weaknesses in the team and the players who are holding us back. I think Carrick has been a good servant to the club, but is he afraid to pass the ball forward? Every single pass of his goes backwards, even if the easier option is to pass it forward. Giggs scored tonight, but was pretty horrific and kept losing possession. You can forgive Valencia, Fabio & Fletcher for being a bit rusty due to injuries, but Evans & Carrick should have been better and must say that they are the two weakest links in the United squad at the moment. Lindegaard was great, Rooney & Park were starved of service, Smalling decent again, as was Jones when he came on.

Cannot wait for Vidic & Cleverley to return. Cleverley & Anderson is our best midfield partnership, mainly because they are not scared to pass and move forward. People may call Carrick safe, but I disagree, by being so negative I think he puts our team in danger as the ball goes back to Lindegaard and when kicked up field we will lose possession. This is certainly Carrick's final year at the club, he's too inconsistent for me. We have some great youth and now is the time to blood them ready for next season. Berbatov not involved again, you have to say that if he doesn't face Leeds next week, then he is getting punished by the manager. Dragging him to games just to leave him on the bench.

Sydney!

14 Sep 2011 21:59:51
nice to see sir alex being his usual gracious- self when telling off kennys daughter kelly for asking a simple question ,naturally one would ask the question as its not like de gea is a great keeper, and your keeper tonight looks a better keeper, it one thing picking a argument with a man or other manager, but picking on his daughter is totally unacceptable and alex better watch as kenny is a few years younger than him and will be hitting him a slap...........lfc

14 Sep 2011 21:54:12
So can any one tell me what "The White Pele" did tonight for in the game i watched he gave the ball away time after time and just dropped deeper and deeper. Of course the media daren't say a word against him but loads of idiots will come on here and criticise Carrick who tidied up all night and made the most passes in the game.

What disappointed me was the sight of us falling back into last years tactics and the long ball being pumped up again and again.

Hands up who believes that midfield can cope with quality opposition. RAINFISHTROMBONE

14 Sep 2011 21:06:23
I find it so frustrating when we play rooney as a lone striker. His game is all about dropping off people and I think he's wasted hanging off the last man. Also I think that a lot of our pace and movement is lost in midfield as we seem to have to wait for support for rooney. That's why I love chico with him.
And evra is having another shocker.

Jamesmack8

14 Sep 2011 20:52:46
Anyone see Keano and Southgate noticing Evra zero effort to run back 5 yard and help out Evans?

I wanted to mention it at the time but couldn't be bothered stirring it up mid game.

I've changed my mind haha.

Jono

14 Sep 2011 20:47:03
Is Michael Carrick a crab???

CRAIGY!

14 Sep 2011 20:28:09
Giggs made me eat my words but Carrick is useless today.

14 Sep 2011 20:20:04
Anybody else think this is a frustrating watch?

We're needing better movement off the ball from the midfielders.

Jono

14 Sep 2011 19:56:46
to everyone that answered earlier about pele, thank you ,as apart from mavis it confirms that utd fans have a total lack of knowledge about football , by the way in no particular order
pele
cruyff
best
maradonna
messi
have been the best players over the years, from lfc, who always helps you out with your footie........lfc

14 Sep 2011 18:43:54
The fifa 12 demo isn't very realistic. Manchester Citys stdium is full.

14 Sep 2011 18:10:36
I love it how Mancini is calling this a special day and all the s**tty fans are getting excited about there debut in the CL whereas we are just calling it another CL group stage match and discussing what the best team will be when considering other matches. Proof they'll always be in our shadow.

14 Sep 2011 16:18:53
i see sir alex has been drinking the strong lemonade too much, i mean comparing wayne rooney to the great pele , yes rooney is a good player but he would not even get into a world 11, ridiculous..............lfc

{Ed002's Note - When he was a kid, Pele used to be known as the black Ed007.}

14 Sep 2011 14:43:35
Soo.. I'm getting a little interested in who ever can and will replace AF efter he gets to where he will step back from the manager position? I rally cant see who.. Im thinking maybe Giggs, and maybe AF was really angry because of all the fuss around giggs this summer, because he has the same thought? But i dont know maybe is just because i really like giggs id like to see that.. Anybody got a suggestion? Dont want to hear about the special one! {Ed007's Note - Neil Lennon ;-)

14 Sep 2011 12:09:35
Well come on united, had arsenal to mess up like they did, barca to draw, swindon and luton to win and waiting for us and inter for the bookies to take a hammering ! Hoping fergie starts the same team as sat with fletcher in for cleverly.
How good did gotze look last night though. The boy looks a real talent. Only really saw bits of him on youtube......
Speaking of youtube has anyone seen the angel of death on it? The guy who gets a boot to the head? Freaky.
(You can tell I'm bored. Might try and venture to the pub on my crutches tonight)

Come on united

Jamesmack8

14 Sep 2011 11:31:21
morning guys, what does everybody think the starting line up will be tonight?

i have no clue but gonna take a shot:
--------------------de gea--------------------
------------jones-----------evans-----------
smalling------------------------------fabio--
------------fletcher------anderson---------
valencia----------rooney-----------young-
-----------------hernandez------------------

more than likely will be evra at lb, but would like to see fabio get some game time, and sneaking suspicion berba may be involved. hopefully not though.

GDHRedDevilTilIDie

14 Sep 2011 09:43:41
i want to get my head round this this russian team anzhi makalakakakakakaka.

wil the make a move for vidic or not?

will vidic move there from the epl to russian league?

they have shown the will pay above the odds for a player and i cant help but wonder if united should cash in on this and se if we can push for 40 maybe 50 mil... cuz they will pay that for one of the best CB in epl.

jaf the squaddie