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05 Nov 2011 23:33:34
Isn't that what Champions do? Grind out DIRTY 1-0 wins? We all want pretty football, but if we win games playing like a Championship side, it won't bother me! As every manager has said at least once in his career, "we're in a results business"!
#ags 19
05 Nov 2011 21:38:04
Did you know that after 11 games last season we were on 23 points and in 2nd position, this season we are on 26 points after 11 games and in 2nd place. And to be fair our first ten games have been very difficult fixtures this season. We are playing poorly at the moment, but importantly we are grinding out results, lets just hope we can snap out of this slump in time for the Swansea game. Hopefully Young, Rafael and Cleverley will be back for then and we will have both Cleverley & Jones as midfield options. Have faith lads, we will be back firing soon and City still have to play three teams that beat them last season, Arsenal, Liverpool & Chelsea.
Sydney!
05 Nov 2011 20:13:48
cant belive my eyes , after the drivel that lpool and utd have played on the pitch lately , watching man city - they are on a compleply different level , if we dont improve its closer to midtable for us , and if your luck runs out , which it surley will , it will be outside the top four for you , telling the truth as always............lfc
05 Nov 2011 20:01:55
I have many a favourite moments being a United fan while under Sir Alex ferguson. The Treble in 99/00, Beating Chelsea in the Champions League Final, Beckham's Wondergoal against Wimbledon etc etc but what i wanna know is what are your favourite ever moments?
Mine has gotta be the treble, specially the come back we mounted against Bayern that special night. :) Cried at 1 nil down, picked myself up at 1-1 and cried again at 2-1.
RedDevil92
05 Nov 2011 19:41:33
Ok poor again, but 3 points on the table is nothing to be turned down.
Hopefully we can get midfield sorted now that the backline are all pretty much fit.
As for the rest:
Chelsea struggled to beat the worst team in the league, so i think they are struggling as much as we are at the moment. Whats their excuse?
City only just edged QPR, if teams have a go they can score.
Arsenal beat West Brom no surprises.
And our dear Scouse friends struggled to beat Swansea, wait sorry i got that wrong? They drew? At home? To Swansea? A championship team? What do you mean Swansea deserved to win? Swansea were they better team? Well i never. Really? O dear. Not so close to us after all then eh.
Rincewind
05 Nov 2011 19:39:48
Utd are set to buy PSV youngster Andreas Pereira in January.
The player has also confirmed it in his twitter.
M_goa
05 Nov 2011 19:37:56
British gas wish to say there is no gas leek in the merseyside area
The hissing sound is the dogleash scouse balloon slowly deflating
05 Nov 2011 19:22:35
So liverpool drop points at home to norwich and swansea...thats title contenders right there ;)
EJ19
05 Nov 2011 19:14:06
Well the only positive thing we can take from today is 3 points. It was once again a woeful performance with every player dropping far too deep and inviting the other team on. All you clowns who criticised Carrick might now be seeing what Fergie sees in him and what he brings to the side. We looked far more composed when he played. I feel very sorry for Mad Paddy but he played as though his thoughts were with his brother and not on the pitch i don't know why he played. Now let me get on to the wonderful irony of Rooney criticising Ravel about his attitude to the club. I think the words pot and kettle come to mind. We are in desperate need of a leader at the moment as when the pressure builds up and opposing teams come at us no body stands up and galvanises the team. All it does for me is just make me realise how very special Scholes was as even now he is better than anyone playing in that position at the moment. I can't believe that liverpool supporters are coming on our site to talk about their results. What do they think their page is for? In Dogleash we trust. RAINFISHTROMBONE
05 Nov 2011 19:09:14
Anyone think Hazard would be a hugely sensible choice, a natural left footer to replace Giggs with some real world class talent. And also he can play behind the striker - would give us that Ronaldo threat back! Thoughts please?
05 Nov 2011 18:08:48
I don't want to be negative but personaly i think we didn't have an impressive performance but I can say that few players are getting their games back. Nani looked lost sometimes, but lack of confidence of the whole squad is scary. We need to who convincely in order to boost our confidence and start showing again who's UNITED.
We really need a creative CM and DM, and maybe try a 4-2-3-1 to really combine the attacking and defence properly. We suffer to much to keep the result. But we're changing. Hopefuly with some new players, I mean the right ones to bring something new and more quality.
Rooney is a WORLD CLASS DUDE ON THIS GAME. I'd love to see either Gotze, WS, Hazzard or a good and creative AM just to see Rooney in front again. Since he start playing in the CM we've been struggling to score goals. I hope to have Clev, Young, Rafa and Smalling back.
3 pts in the bag.
Yes we can. I do believe...
HolyUnited
05 Nov 2011 18:06:49
Does anybody know anything about this Andreas Pereira? Has anyone seen him play? What position does he play in?
#ags 19 {Ed002's Note - He is only about 14 or 15.}
05 Nov 2011 17:50:30
Congratulations Sir Alex! 25 years is some achievement. If you take a step back and look at all he's achieved, it's scary. Performances haven't been fantastic lately, in the league or in Europe. And yes, midfielder(s) are needed. But it would be nice to have a day without the usual bickering. Sir Alex's milestone is more important than the team's performance today.
Matthew...
05 Nov 2011 17:19:49
Was anyone else as disappointed with that performance as I was? It felt like there was no conviction,enthusiasm or passion. Althought Nani looked a bit better for about 10 min in todays game. His performances of late have been non-existant. I know I'm being very negative but it was such a boring game and I'm just very disappointed even though we won. I know its a bad patch and we will improve ( hopefully with a couple of signings in january ), just really want to see us playing some decent footie.
CDS
05 Nov 2011 17:15:24
Wayne Rooney has taken to Twitter to publicly rebuke Ravel Morrison, the youngster billed as Manchester United's next home-grown star, following the youngster's angry reaction to being an unused substitute in Thursday's reserve-team clash with Everton.
Attacking midfielder Morrison, the stand-out performer in United's FA Youth Cup triumph last season, made a 20-minute cameo appearance for the first team during the League Cup victory at Aldershot last month.
But the 18-year-old aired his displeasure at being left on the bench during the 2-0 win against Everton, tweeting: "P**s take" and "I can not waite (sic) till the end of the season" shortly after the final whistle.
United team-mate Rooney hit back at Morrison by tweeting that the end of the season "might come sooner than u think!!!"
Morrison replied to Rooney by tweeting: "What do you mean :/" after appearing to backtrack on his earlier tweets by insisting that "end of season means holiday time." (© Daily Telegraph, London)
Irish Independent Nwspaper
05 Nov 2011 17:12:03
if rvp does not sign a new contract at arsenal. and keeps fit... would love to see him sign in the summer....
quality player when fit.....
a front 4 of
rooney
rvp
herdandez
wellback
and keane.... AS backup...
also if we were to play 4-3-3 with rooney either injured or suspended then he would slot right in and be a better option the the others we have at present for this role...
oxred
05 Nov 2011 17:08:12
lpool - were bad , utd not much better , so quit your giber , a og says it all ............lfc
05 Nov 2011 17:07:44
well 3 points and a clean sheet again but please... pleaSE PLEASE fergie sort out the middle of the park...
from the 75th minute apart from one surging run by rooney (our best player by a mile again) it was wave on wave of sunderland attacks.......
seriously we are at home against a mid table team......we should be doing more...
the sooner everyone is fit so we can see the real team that fergie thinks will win the league the better......
oxred...
05 Nov 2011 16:58:47
great result today! against such a strong swansea side....
05 Nov 2011 16:58:04
Good team performance today imo. Lacking Rooney's conviction and work rate up top. However he is really looking good in midfield, hope he doesnt play there permanently. Really think we need him up top with Chicha or else Chicha just ends up isolated. Park played well today, good to see vidic playing solidly. Evra wasn't too bad either. Still dont see why we bring berba on, he does nothing for us.
RedDevil92
05 Nov 2011 16:51:09
Chicharito seems to be suffering without Rooney along side him, if thats the case then I hope we get a midfielder as opposed to a striker
05 Nov 2011 16:42:00
anyne else noticing the reaccurring trend of chances for Sunderland and they are ALL comingdown our left. hmmmmm.
Jono
05 Nov 2011 16:34:50
Rooney's performance in midfield reminds me of the legend that is Scholes. Could Rooney be the new 'Bobby Charlton' ?
Mancunian Red
05 Nov 2011 16:14:39
Watching this game so far shows we need an Irwinesque type of LB coz Evra can't defend, can't attack + Eds when will Young be back?
Mancunian Red {Ed004's Note - Am not sure, I think it is a bruised toe so shouldn't be too long before he is back hopefully}
05 Nov 2011 16:09:17
Why is PP not even on the bench?! Disgrace. Wouldn't blame him if he was to leave to be honest. I don't think he will, but at the moment, you could see why he might be thinking about it!
#ags 19
05 Nov 2011 15:59:46
No skill, no flair, no passion! our midfield is non existence! we have been poor for the last month! what is goin with our great team! {Ed004's Note - Every team goes through these spells during the season, don't worry, we will bounce back}
05 Nov 2011 15:59:27
nice to see rio along side vidic, rio might not be as good as he used to be but him and vidic are a great partnership, and id rather see him with vidic than evans {Ed004's Note - I would rather see Smalling with Vidic}
05 Nov 2011 15:57:54
As a measure of Manchester United's success under Sir Alex Ferguson, by the way, they have picked up over 200 points more than the next most successful team in the Premier League era, which is Arsenal. United have amassed 1597 points to Arsenal's 1395.
Oxred
05 Nov 2011 15:56:17
"25 years ago today, when Alex Ferguson took over at Manchester United the bottom 4 clubs were Chelsea, Man united, Newcastle United, and Man City. The top 4 today? The same."
Now THAT is a cracking stat
oxred
05 Nov 2011 15:50:39
The great Wes Brown scores for United!
05 Nov 2011 15:48:28
Brown scores... YES..
oh... sorry wes forgot you moved clubs.....
Wellbeck scores YES
oxred
05 Nov 2011 15:43:12
So the North Stand has been renamed
05 Nov 2011 14:39:26
i was watching the highlights from the cl final again today
and watch evra for pedro and villas goal
for pedros goals hes will outta position
for villas goal messi runs at him and he just stands there and lets him past when he could easily have got teh ball
05 Nov 2011 14:28:45
Team for today-
Lindegaard, Jones, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Fletcher, Rooney, Park, Welbeck, Hernandez. Subs: De Gea, Evans, Fabio, Carrick, Valencia, Diouf, Berbatov.
Anderson not in the team, probably because of rotation but possibly because of his awful performance on Wednesday. Rooney in CM again and Welbeck and Hernandez up front so no complaints there. Defence the best we can have with Cleverly out and De Gea being rested. Hopefully we Fletcher a more defensive midfielder than Anderson in the team Rooney will be able to push further forward.
Welsh Dragon
05 Nov 2011 12:18:35
A few guys were talking about Pogba's contract and why we've left it so late to sign him on a new deal, well i thought I'd give my take on it.
1) Regardless of what people say on here Carrick, Fletcher, Anderson, Cleverley, Park and Giggs are all good footballers, who are all CURRENTLY better than Pogba, so to say that Pogba see's our poor midfield and would wonder why he's not being played is just stupid.
2) Who's to say we're not currently talking to him? The way I see it is Pogba will be given more chances between now and the end of the season, from those chances we'll see just how good he is and I think that's what we're doing, I think we're all so sure he's going to hack it at the top level, but for some reason he may not, so I believe we're just playing it safe to see if he's ready yet. I think he is and I think he'll get given the contract he wants.
3) Now I'm assuming that Pogba is on pennies at the moment, so what if both him and his agent believe he should be on the sort of money which players such as cleverley, Anderson and the Twins are on even though he hasn't earnt it?
There's a lot more to think about than just, we haven't got him on a new deal so we don't care. He may be greedy, we might be fearing for his future, etc. to be fair, the way he's being spoken about in the papers you start to get the impression that he thinks at the tender age of 18 that he has the god given right to play in our first team, now I don't know if that's his attitude or not and maybe one of the posters who's spoken to him personally may give insight. but if the papers are portraying him how he actually is then it's an awful attitude to have.
The Moon.
05 Nov 2011 12:01:10
Hi, my question is to syd as he seems to be a big admirer of pogba. So syd, why exactly aren't we playing pogba because i think this is the most appropriate opportunity for him to play as our midfield is full of injuries, and do you think he's eventually going to sign a new contract with us or leave just like pique or rossi did?
05 Nov 2011 11:51:02
Best Fergie Utd Team:
Schmeichel
Neville Stam Bruce Irwin
Beckham Keane Scholes Giggs
Ronaldo RvN
It's hard to leave out Robson and Rooney, and even harder for me to leave out my main man Cantona. Damn, we've had some good players.
MD
05 Nov 2011 11:45:41
If we can't see a pogba or Morrison as a sub today I won't be happy
KingE {Ed002's Note - Perhaps you could start some sort of "Fergie Out" campagn. Get some flags made up, perhaps a Facebook page, little bit of twittering ...}
05 Nov 2011 07:40:20
What's the reall Pogba situation? If the guy is a really promise y we waited to renew the contract till now, that alot of interest from other clubs are really coming on?
We didn't bought a CM because the younger guys could get opportunities to play, but we always play with same stupid and poor players at CM and I'll not judge Pogba if he wants to go for more first-team play, because at United he'll be a promisse till next season with few games only again. We end up with Carrick, Ando, Park, Fletcher and Pobga and Morrison won't have reall opportunities again next season. Doesn't matter how good they did in the past, if they can't be usefull let them go give this guys ao opportunities for at least see what are they worth on more competitive games, because is the only way for him to gain experience. Done.
HolyUnited
05 Nov 2011 06:16:35
Anybody knows how the brazilian kids that we bought are progressing ? (i'm not talkin about anderson and the twins)
MUMBAI_BOY
05 Nov 2011 08:05:08
this is my ultimate utd team
Schmics
neville stam vida irwin
Ronny keane scholes giggs
cantona
giggs
Subs
Vds solksjaer johnsen(v underrated) becks butt {Ed025's Note - no rooney...but butt on the bench?....strange.
05 Nov 2011 00:07:30
I'm surprised that i haven't seen anything on here today about the Mail's spot on us apparenty watching Kwadwo Asamoah. I know it's paper talk but i was just wondering what people think of him. He's a powerful strong in the tackle midfielder who has great control and composeur and a kean eye for a pass, he can also play on the left.
From the couple of times i've seen him he has caught my eye but i don't watch much italian football so i've only seen him no more than 4/5 times and am wondering if anyone else has seen enough of him to have a more informed opinion.
From what i've seen he could be an excellent midfield partner for Cleverley, he seems to have the Steel we've been missing in the centre since Roy Keanes departure.
So what do people think of him?
Shappy