Manchester United Rumours Archive February 13 2013

13 Feb 2013 21:38:04
Man of the match for me is once again MIGHTY DDG.
OR ELSE score would be 4-1

Rodio17

I thought Jones and Welbeck were immense too.

Thought Evans and Jones were immense too! Rafael looks better and better with every game. Give Welbeck credit where it's due too

Situation

There were a few in with a shout to be honest, jones, carick, welbeck, Rooney totally unselfish again, and Evans all had very good games but I agree d'gea came up with some great saves, that first one especially was world class

Karllap

Rooney was very poor one of his worst games of the season
johndenton

I agree DDG was on excellent form tonight, but form the madrid side I have to say that ozil and di maria were both unplayable for 60 mins tonight. Having said that, Jones did a fantastic job shackling ronaldo, and the whole defence played well, especially Rafa who should real maturity, after his yellow, not allowing himself to get drawn in to rash challenges etc

Jaxer

Has to be DDG for me to and if RVP had scored his chances it could of been 4-1 to us and it was nice to see a more humble side to Mourinho post match although he didn't have much to moan about great game. Katef

If you have read my older posts I have always said I m a big admirer of welback work rate. When last year we lost to city I was crying out loud for welback rather js park.
When fergie removed him got a bit shoked because he was holding the ball well.
Still DDG WAS at his best

Rodio17

Rooney was not poor at all, just doing a different job from normal.

Rafael on the other hand was poor, he is becoming a great fullback, but Smalling's height and strength might be more useful against Ronaldo, and Valencia in front would have given more protection. Carrick looked good when he got the ball.

Thorne

All these posts and no mantion of Rio. He was our stand out defender, his block from CR7 was worth the entrance fee alone. For me it was DDG 9, Rafa 6, Rio 8, Evens 7, Evra 6, Carrick 7 Jones 7, Wellbeck 7, Kagawa 5, Rooney6, RVP 6.
Mik

13 Feb 2013 17:47:07
Lads, just like to advise you to watch Aditya_Reds Introduction to tonights game on Youtube.

Gets the heart pumping, cannot wait for tonights game!

MPez

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13 Feb 2013 14:02:48
Ok tonight is the night are big players have to step up and lift the team to either a draw or maybe even a win.

Rooney, RVP, Carrick, Valencia, Vidic, Rafael and even Evra and De Gea.

This is not the time to make stupid mistakes, we need these players if the play to put in 100% they need to make sure we take the little amount of chances we will obtain.

Rooney in particular, needs to make sure he keep Xabi Alonso on his tip toes, don't try to make stupid flicks and lose possession and RVP needs to make sure he makes every chance worth it.

Games like this are what United are all about, two titans will clash tonight and yes Real Madrid may be a better team overall, but we can still do this.

Expect us to be dominated, but also expect us to make problems for them too.

Hope everyone has a great night, I know I will be!

-JakeW

People always say that Real Madrid are the better team, but to be honest their only players who are better than any of ours is obviously Ronaldo, and Xabi Alonso.

Van Persie is better than Benzema, Rooney is better than Ozil, Carrick IMO is Better than Khedira, Vidic is better than Pepe, Rafael is 10x better than Arbeloa, and although Evra can't defend he is better than Coentrao or Marcelo because tbh they can't defend either. Although everyone doubts De Gea I believe he is already one of the best shot stoppers in the world, and Valencia can be better than Di Maria (shown with his performances last season) although he hasn't shown it yet this season.

13 Feb 2013 08:21:05
Morning All,

I am a long time reader but infrequent poster. I just wanted to wish our team all the best for tonight's fixture. Without a doubt the tie of the round. I hope it doesn't get ruined by any contentious/controversial decisions. I really find it difficult to see us walk away with a clean sheet but equally I think we can score today. I hope we don't sit too deep, too early as it will 1) allow Real onto us by us conceding possession. 2) give Ronaldo plenty of opportunities to shoot on goal. 3) leave RVP isolated.

I have a sneaky feeling that we'll play Rooney on the left to help Evra, with the Rafeal/Valencia combo on the right (as against Everton). Jones following Ronaldo everywhere from a starting position in front of back four. Carrick and Cleverly in the centre. The centre backs is really difficult to pick because of the pace threat that Real have. I'll leave that to Sir Alex, because in the groups Ronaldo was ripping through Kompany for pace. Smalling is probably our quickest defender but I'm not sure he'd be ready for it.

I think two players will end up being key for us (apart from the obvious RVP, Rooney) the first, ok, actual is quite obvious, DDG. In my eyes he's one of the best shot shoppers in the game. Well over the two legs he is going to have to show it to the world for us to go through. The second is Chicharito. He has the pace to cause them REAL problems will only need a sniff of goal to bury a chance.

A lot has been said about our midfield and to be honest I din't disagree with a lot of it but for now we can do nothing about it (as in signings) so let's get behind our team.

We may or may not get over the line with Madrid, but I will say that I remember during the treble winning season, before every game I felt like the opposition needs to score at least 2 if they want to beat us, such was our firepower. The combo of Yorke & Cole was something special and with Ole and Teddy boy we were sharp as hell. Well, I have same feeling now and believe the four boys we got up top are even more technically gifted.

Yeah we are worried about Real, yeah we are worried about Ronaldo and Benzema et al. But they are worried about Rooney, RVP. They are worried about us!

Let's get behind the team and hope for two cracking games!

Can't Wait!

U-N-I-T-E-D F-O-R-E-V-E-R

Good post mate. Agree with your assessment. We'll need another top performance from Carrick in the middle too, and possibly Jones to do a job on a certain person.

Of course they are frightened of us too. Now let's show them why!

Gav

Did I just read that correctly you think wellbeck is technically gifted.
is that why most often or not he falls over the ball

Have you ever seen Wellbeck play live? The guy is awesome and has great work ethics. 1-3 to united tonight! Come on you Reds!

Karni

13 Feb 2013 00:27:17
Today I think David de gea will give a shot stopping Masterclass. Rafael and jones to stop Ronny easier said than done hopefully Rooney who thrives on the big occasion can inspire us and off course robin to finish any chances we create. Could be a great game all I will say is hold on to your hats.

Caolán.