Wayne Rooney is ready to “take off” and fire Manchester United to the Premier League title, says Sir Alex Ferguson. The manager is backing 25-year-old Rooney, who scored twice against Aston Villa on Tuesday, to find some long-awaited consistency in the final months of the season.
Rooney is included in United’s travelling party for this weekend’s fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux, with the Reds protecting a five-point Premier League lead. Ferguson is likely to pair the former Everton striker with Dimitar Berbatov in attack; the Bulgarian, who has 19 goals in all competitions, was yesterday named Barclays Premier League Player of the Month.
Indeed, Ferguson can call on an almost fully fit squad for the trip – Rafael da Silva returns after suffering a concussion at Blackpool and Darren Fletcher is fit for selection despite coming off against Villa. Park Ji-Sung is available but is unlikely to feature after the South Korean played six matches at the Asian Cup.
“Rafael should be OK,” Ferguson said on Friday.
“He has trained. He should be available against Wolves. I don’t think we’ve got any other injuries from Tuesday night. With Fletcher, we’ll assess him today. What happened is that his eye closed and he couldn’t see the ball properly. So we had to take him off. I’m sure he’ll be OK.”
Ferguson will also be without Gary Neville, who retired on Thursday, although there is no guarantee that the defender would have made the Scot’s squad anyway. The United manager was effusive in his praise of the 35-year-old this week and hopes that the defender will stay part of the “Old Trafford family” in a coaching capacity.
Anderson could come into the side, with Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs rotated, and Gabriel Obertan is in contention for one of United’s wide berths despite rumours that the Frenchman put in a transfer request this week.
Yet it is Rooney to whom Ferguson now looks, with the striker scoring just his fifth and sixth goals of a frustrating season against Villa. Win or draw at Molineux and United will complete a club record 30 games without Premier League defeat, in a season of unusual mediocrity from both team and star player.
“Hopefully – and there’s every chance with scoring the kind of goals he scored the other night – that he’ll take off,” said Ferguson of Rooney.
“Goalscorers are like that and hopefully that’s what we’re going to see with Wayne. He’s got 14 league games, European games and FA Cup games – he could easily get a good average.
“What Wayne has always had is a fantastic energy to play in a game. He’s always committed to doing his best. The bonus is, as we saw the other night, he got two goals.
“Last season he was very consistent, but in the previous years he has scored in clutches of five or six games. But if he can get the consistency of last season then we are going to benefit from that.”
The Irishman is hardly aided by injuries to key players, with Stephen Hunt suffering from a calf strain, and Michaels Kightly and Mancienne out with knee trouble. However, Jamie O’Hara could make his début for the club after joining on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.
Indeed, complacency could be United’s biggest threat against the Midlanders, who lost heavily to Liverpool last week. And with a Champions League double-header to come against Marseille before games against Chelsea and Arsenal in March, United’s players will be wary of focussing elsewhere this weekend.
Still, Rooney says the United squad is aware of the renewed Chelsea threat, who strengthened with £70 million worth of new talent on transfer deadline day. Despite making similar losses in the past financial year the Londoners’ owner Roman Abramovich appears to have rediscovered his lust for the club over the winter.
“Certainly we haven’t written them off,” Rooney told MUTV.
“They’re a strong team and we know if anyone’s capable of going on a good run, it’s them. But we know we have to just do our job and we can’t really look at what they’re doing.
“We just have to concentrate on what we’re doing. It’s really up to us now where the title goes, and hopefully we can win that back.”
In that is the rub. Unbeaten in 29 domestic league matches – 24 of them this season – the title is surely now United’s to lose. Five points clear of Arsenal, eight of Manchester City and ten ahead of Chelsea, Ferguson’s team head into the Spring in a commanding position.
The side is in good form too, playing some of the best football this season against Villa.
Ferguson says that just 30 more points 14 games will win United the title. That United has won the last six matches against Wolves since a 1-0 Premier League defeat at Molineux seven years ago only bodes well.
Opposition
Wolves – 451 – Hennessey; Elokobi, Berra, Stearman, Zubar; Jarvis, Henry, Jones, O’Hara, Hammil; Doyle. Subs from: Hahnemann, Craddock, Ward, Milijas, Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher, Mouyokolo, Vokes, Edwards.
United
United – 442 – van der Sar; Rafael da Silva, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra; Nani, Carrick, Fletcher, Anderson; Rooney, Berbatov. Subs from: Kuzszazk, Evans, Brown, Gibson, Owen, Bébé, Lindegaard, Fabio da Silva, O’Shea, Scholes, Obertan, Hernández, Smalling, Giggs.
Officials
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistant referees: Dave Bryan & Mick McDonough
Fourth official: Mike Jones
Form
Wolves – LWLLLL
United – WWWWWW
0-2 united – Rooney to start the title run-in with Berbs in support. At least one assist for Nani.
0-3 for man u. Rooney,Rooney,Berbatov.
I fear Taggart will use O’Shite and Gibson against a “lesser” team today… but it does seem that around this stage he’s settled on the 1st XI he trusts for the run-in. I think today’s squad especially will say a lot…
I’m expecting a 1-3 for United.
With Rooney scoring a hat-trick.
wolves work bollock hard, we’ll faff
we’ll flunk it 2:2
will ginsoak taggart cunt continue with his standard unbalanced shitehouse 451 away bollocks
1 Man Utd 24 32 54
2 Arsenal 24 27 49
3 Man City 25 17 46
4 Chelsea 24 25 44
wolves will play as a bunch of demented unclefuckers
grab the 1st goal and their knobs will start to droop
well the arse have already scored 4 goals at newcastle after 30 mins…
arsenal 0-4 up after 30 mins and barcodes are already leaving
GREAT MINDS – i bet you have a massiv cock too
ManCunty and Spuds all up after 30 mins too, ffs.
I get a terrible feeling about the Wolves game…
We’ll lose our first game FFS
saf just needs to show the lads the scores from massive and arse
that will gee them up no end
rip the black country fucks to shreds
Depends on what formation Wolves play. 4-5-1 = 1 nil win. 4-4-2 = 3-0 win
Bollocks!
Even a poor performance from us will be enough to beat this collection of duds… no matter how hard they work.
Rooney has found his scoring boots… McCarthy won’t know whether to stick or twist… over mark Rooney, and Berbatov will do ’em… concentrate on Berbatov and Rooney will tear ’em up, and if they’re not careful Nani will slip in… we simply have too much threat… and McCarthy will play to NOT lose… but he will anyway.
all the shit teams are getting raped – we need to professional performance and not got out and try and fuck them up like cunts
when we try and do a professio nal performance it results in 451 faffing us getting battered and rooney going mental
batter em and work as bollock hard as they will
Is Giggs fit and available?
true
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9384148.stm
Decent side named. Should be a win.
barcodes have equalised!!!!!!!
1656: FULL-TIME Newcastle 4-4 Arsenal
what a comeback – simply brilliant – come on united – we could be seven points ahead in a couple of hours time.
let’s fuck em up
The United players will be made aware of the score at St James’s Park.
It’s rape time.
I’m not sure I can let “Irishman” pass…
spastic scores!
1656: FULL-TIME Newcastle 4-4 Arsenal
1654: FULL-TIME Wigan 4-3 Blackburn
1654: FULL-TIME Tottenham 2-1 Bolton
1653: FULL-TIME Man City 3-0 West Brom
1653: FULL-TIME Everton 5-3 Blackpool
1652: FULL-TIME Aston Villa 2-2 Fulham
By the way, there’s a problem with posting on that ‘other teams’ results’ thread, so I will post here:
Arsenal
no Gibshite and Anderson dumped to the bench = we have a good chance to fuck em
01 Van der Sar
03 Evra
05 Ferdinand
15 Vidic
21 Rafael
11 Giggs
16 Carrick
17 Nani
24 Fletcher
09 Berbatov
10 Rooney
Substitutes
29 Kuszczak, 22 O’Shea, 23 Evans, 08 Anderson, 18 Scholes, 07 Owen, 14 Hernandez
ANYONE GOT A GOOD LINK PLEASE?????
getting well up for this after that arse result
come on united
shame no commentary on radio
instead have to wait for updates on bbc or else watch a dodgy stream which is 10 seconds or more out of sync
NO LINKS!?! I find that hard to believe!!
sopcast 90521
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=103738&part=sports
try that
commentary is on talkshite han you smelly fat rapeface cunt shitehouse prick anal fuckwit bender
cunt coaches fuck up the warm up, rio now out evans in
stop looking in the mirror tied to your aunts balls knobhead
cheers anyway tiny penis
fuck that rio out in the cocksucking warm up?
what a cuntish piece of news delivered on here by the complete cunt that is uncle ffs
wolves will knock long balls in to test evans no doubt
still, vidic is there
come on united, hi Han.
A big win for us would absolutely crush Le Arse
hi mad red
good to see you made it
fuckinell. Ace goal from Nani
naniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
terrific play by Nani, let’s thrash this scum!
What kind of thick cunt picks Huth for their fantasy team?
“Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don’t need badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabrón and ching’ tu madre! Come out from that shit-hole of yours. I have to speak to you.”
0-1 Nani great start.
Right… hope that’s not too soon to score.
u lost me there alf
Strong line up it seems. Am at work and will follow via the bbc. Looks like Nani is in the mood.
Come on United!!! We need to make Wenger and his crew weep today and make Chelsea give up. As for City, they are already talking up next saturday. We shall see…
its about picking up points , and he does.
not a thick cunt , stupid twat is better,
Pffft…
Lucky cunt!
rooney should have made it 2
fuck
fuck 1-1
1-1
cunts
FUCK SAKE!
I NEED A LINK every fucking one I open goes to a blank page!! FFFFFFFFFFFFFSSSSSSSSSSS
Sopcast 90521 is working well.
Mate I can’t get soap to work?!? goes blank? I’m on grome?
fucking asleep at a set piece
come on u cunts get a grip
Carrick & Fletcher in midfield again FFS
come on united
is park on the bench?
Saying offline mate?
Just seen 4-4
Typical Arsenal this time of year
hmmm… working for me.
come on berba
http://kiwi300.yolasite.com/
both strikers having to come back to help the bollockless cunt and taggarts bastard son
Thanks cumbucket
nani close with that free kick
To be fair, Wolves are running themselves into the ground… they won’t be able to keep this up for 90.
but whilst they are level, they will think they can alf
if we don’t get 3 points here it will be a disgrace. What are the lads playing at?
I said they’d work their bollocks off, its as if these fuckin cunts weren’t expectingit
Not working now!
ffs – must be your welsh computer, mine is fine – stop downloading clips from http://www.manaction.com, it will help the speed
come on united
carrick is an utter cunt of a human – FFS PUT A FUCKING SHIFT IN
ffs rafa
** Sniggers **
Our smiley’s are shite on here!
ffs raphael – same old shit
LOL annoying isn’t he
our midfields being done over by ohara and mijitas
oooff…
do u mean doofus?????
our midfield is non existent – no power or bollocks – Wolves are walking through us – and we dont give a fuck
send on scholes for that waste of space carrick
We’ll concede next..ffs
That was great defending.
2-1 deserved ffs
ultimate faff job after taking the lead
see the way Rooney ran the whole of the pitch – that is bollocks
the squad should get in the dressing room and kick the fuck out of carrick for being a bender
FFS
fuck sake..
FFS
ffs u cunts
84 points isn’t gonna happen because of the away form
No control in midfield. Should have been sorted out in summer/Jan
Cunts
COCK!
evans is such a shit head but WHAT THE FUCK IS OUT MIDFIELD DOING
Taggart you fucking pissed up wino, sort it out. Same old shit.
Fucking wankers another get out of jail job ffs
has someone paid carrick and evans to play for Wolves – why the fuck are they giving them the ball – this is so infuriating
YET ANOTHER PISS POOR PERFORMANCE!! NOT GOOD ENOUGH
yep – at best a fucking 2-3 – wld take a fucking draw and hope the scousers fuck up the chavs tmr
The worst thing… Spike is going to show his fat, curry and piss stained face here, saying, “I told you so”… as if he really predicted it… when in fact, he says the same fuckin shite, every week.
FUCK!
sort it out saf
shit away again.
tbf I did too! had an upset all over it…
nani close again
nice one Taggart, get off your fat arse and get involved
ref is a cunt
FFS
need a big performance from the front 2
sweet pea on
every game scholes has to come on yet we keep leaving em on the bench and playing this bland spineless shitehouse midfield two that can’t pass score tackle protect or compete with ohara and milija
scholes on half time
Spike is a shithouse!!
Rooney getting frustrated… never good.
agree – this is a joke, a fucking disgrace
OK… not a problem that can’t be fixed… Fergie… sort it out.
scholes and anderson on for the total shite carrick and fletcher
every fucking away game ffs.
its a well known fact spike embarrassed the country in the falklands
the word ‘carrickesqe’ was used
Told ya so
ffs
scholes on for mr cunt (carrick)
sweet pea on at 60 if shit all happening
wld take the draw – the pitch is utter shit – fucking black country, cheap skate shit eating cunts – Wolves, more like pussies
hairdryer time no doubt
that was faffing awful
made those cunts look decent with the non existent midfield at the mo
Same old shit away from home. It’s gonna take another heoric performance to beat the mighty Wolves
All these draws are a sign of bollocklessness and averageness
Fuck Evans. Why is he still around. How many points has he cost us
leave my kid out of it
hairdryer. make no mistake, Ginsoak shld get an axe and shop Carrick’s leg off.
I bet when he showers, he has a fucking pussy instead of a pair of balls, the fucking transexual pussy bra wearing cunt.
carrick wears women’s underwear and a fucking bra. he is a pussy – a gutless teenage school girl that likes Justin Bieber
With Evans in the side we’re always going to look liable to concede goals. That was fucking pathetic defending for their 2 goals. He literally just stands there staring into space. It’s like playing with 10 men.
Midfield is shit as usual.
We’ve been reduced to playing long balls from back to front because Carrick and Fletcher are too shit to do anything decent with the ball.
If we fuck this match up, we should be questioning whether we deserve to win the title at all. A gift wrapped opportunity to take a 7 point lead ahead of some huge games.
We daren’t fuck this up. Not now.
carricks meant to be a geordie ffs
I bet he don’t even have the bollocks to take his top off in public cause of his doughy physique
Carrick’s CV:
Favourite artist – Michael Bolton
Hobbies – Hopscotch, weaving and knitting
Favourite film – Ghost
Fav instrument – Kazoo
Fav music video – Right Said Fred (Deeply Dippy)
Ambition – to grow some bollocks
need to start the 2nd half with more interest than that 1st half
wolves will not tire so easily with a lead to defend
Could you imagine Carrick in the army? He’d be the rent boy, poking the other soldiers’ anuses with his bayonet.
its not only carrick
fletcher is gonadless too and berbs and shrek haven’t done enough when they have had the ball
mccarthy has more of a brain than holloway – can you believe that we are being wanked on by the bottom side in the prem. pathetic.
see i give Fergies Lovechild the benefit of the doubt – he maybe chasing shadows and running around like a mad cunt but at least he is putting a shift in and not shuffling around like he has a pram in front of him and he is shopping at mothercare
Yep Evans and Carrick showing that they are squad players only.
ok they wanked on united 1st half
now its their turn to be shat on
come on united.
LMAOPMASLOMGFAF
scholes on for carrick
no way, he is deffo a taker.
he would wear a pink dress – power his cheekys – shave his arse – put in some Issey Miyake – and walk around in the barracks with a carnation in his hair – the fucking pussy.
Scholes on for Carrick. Has to be an upgrade.
There are no brains in midfield other than Giggs, and Wolves are dealing with him
We can win this 3-2 if we move up a gear
scholes on
Gayboy Wilshere on Twatter
“[After Newcastle 4-4 Arsenal]. Inconsistent refereeing needs to stop. It’s killing the game. If Diaby is sent off, what’s the difference between that and Kevin Nolan’s challenge on our keeper!??”
so that’s him fucked, the little fart
Carrick off
Hope the cunt got a boot in face
what’s everyone eating tonight?
just sorted myself out with a take out – chicken tikka, channa masala, dhal makhni and some rotis. DE-LISH.
Currywurst hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
You eating Asian food…shocking… LMAO TXTL8R BABEXXX
I’m just eat a big fat lasagne.
You eating Asian food…shocking… LMAO TXTL8R BABEXXX
I’m just eat a big fat lasagne.
is Bri visiting?
Wolves are just going to defend this lead… we’ll need a bit of Scholes magic to open ’em up I think.
This ref is shit
wolves have parked
need to open the doors, take the tyres off and leave them on a pile of bricks
come on united
sausage and mash, gravy, nice
come on – some decent pressure now – come on UNITED
come start turning the screw –
Evans mate it’s over, fuck off
o ya fucker, that’s a good one
fucking long ball shite
I’m longing for oshea watchingrafa and evans
We ain’t scoring again tonight…. get Rooney off and bring on little pea..
Evans….ffs
berbs and shrek are not doing it tonite
owen and sweetness to come on
Evans is going to get the hook… Smalling.
That will hurt.
come on united
why is raph’s finger all fucked up??
They’re not getting the chance… our midfield is doing nothing for them.
Why couldn’t it have happened to Evans
There is no justice
May Evans never play again… he’s fucking woeful
shouldve been fletchshite off
as if taggart would do that
need to start pushing these cunts
come on united ffs
guys – we are really in the shit here.
time for these guys to start growing some
We won’t score in a million years. Their keeper could sit down and read a book. This is why I think we need a playmaker, someone who can do something with the ball.
come on united
wheres the spark, the urgency gone?
this is wolves ffs
we’ve still got emirates anfield and the bridge, were completely fucked becuase of taggart
Still no urgency and no arsedness
We’ve settled for a draw because Arsenal fucked up earlier
Why is rafael cutting inside at every opportunity? There’s no width at all.
nani you TWAT
Rooney is shocking
back to shit passing and moving – both sides are crap now
They’re running out of gas… we just need a bit more composure… the chance will come.
nani has been brainless as ever today.
we can’t even get the ball to the front men without a crap long punt – its shockingly shit – and the pitch too
FFS THIS IS WOLVES
come on united.
Nani was excellent in the first half… this half, he’s been rubbish.
I cannot believe how shit we are, even by our performances this season
Links gone down FFS
sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/90521
come on guys, just one fucking chance
get the midget scouser on
Fuck sake… great defending.
lol handball from Scholes
What a save.
scholes you daft bugger
lol scholes
What is it going to take for these idiots to wake up this season. Far too many matches where we have blown cold.
cunting chavs are gonna be up for tmr now
get the midget on ffs
on come ebank blake to wrap it up
Pundits were speculating who would trip us up this season. Nobody thought we would get taken down by wolves. arsenal have not had that bad a day as they had first feared then.
It was only a matter of time to be honest…we’re very average at the moment and it was going to catch up with us…
I’m glad because I don’t want Ginsoak deluded any longer
5 mins added – come on – wake the fuck up
awful
Could add 5 weeks today wouldnt help.
Ferguson will blame the pitch… you watch.
fuck it – wld rather have the kick in the bollocks now – Taggart will slap them up in training and get these cunts playing again
Yeah, and not the fact the cunt didn’t bring in more quality when he had the chance
Fergie will say that it’s a monkey off their back finally losing…
I say Carrick, Evans and the rest of the cunts are to blame!
oh well
we fucked up
simple
Rubbish from United… but to be fair, Wolves defended very, very well.
utter useless useless cunts
fuck off you cunts
congratulations Wolves
Fuck fuck fuck. I can’t believe it. I thought we would take full advantage forgetting that we have these donkeys in our team.
shite, been coming all season.
Rio is the new fucking Woodgate!! fucking glass twat! Evans you’re a Tin-Tin looking cunt, Carrick if I ever see you out I’m going to twat you so hard you spineless, gutless wankerfuck!!
Rooney…. you wanted a pay rise? fuck off you’re SHIT!!
Start with Javier from now on.
you are a good soothsayer my son, now f,off
Alf
I was wrong…. and you can f,off as well fatcanadiantosser
OK – we needed a kick in the arse – hope Taggart knows how shit we were.
evans was a useless – why not smalling first, what the fuck did rooney do, carrick should be shot, there shld be a full inquest
when is cleverly coming into the squad?
and we have to play Citeh next? jeeeeeez
Chavs will smash cuntpool tmr.
need to start the run again
fucking citeh cunts to come
wolves will still go down – good fucking riddance
Dominated away from home again
The league is off unless they get it fucking sorted. 7 away games left ffs
It could and should have been sorting out by kicking Evans in the head and getting rid of the cunt, and bringing in some proper proven quality in midfield
I don’t get how Foster was axed for being shit and costing us points, and Evans hasn’t been. The Irish cunt has cost us fuck knows how many points this season
fuck wolves
this was their world cup final
raised their game as we knew they would
shame our cunting players didnt know
Danni. We have been waiting for these players to take their kick up the arse all season. What makes you think that things will be any different now? Bottled the chance to go 7 clear. You have to wonder whether that will prove to be a costly turning point in the season. City next week ffs. Now we have hardly any margin for error.
this may wake them up a bit, something has to .
evans
carrick
fletcher
hand back ur wages
and rooney can go and fuck a whore with his
abject
Prob will go back to 4-5-1 after that souless performance.
just seen the replays – evans was a fucking ass
this was a Taggart fuck up – its as plain as day that Smalling is a gazillion times better than evans
did you see his Zidane spin through 2 Wolves players – he shld be investing in Smalling not this fucking excuse for a defender. he can’t handle it – he has no bollocks.
never thought I wld say it but
PARK YOU DOG EATING CUNT, COME BACK
this sort of result has been coming all season. The warning signs have been there for all to see. Now we are under pressure not to fuck up for the remainder of the season. With champions league games coming up, I think we will fuck it up as we are always shit after a european game.
A kick up the arse won’t change the away form. We are being tactically outplayed and outmanuvoured
West Brom, Wolves, Sunderland, Fulham etc are better than us with the home advantage
Add on top of that inept defensive displays from every cunt in our team, but most consistently Johnny fucking Evans who should have been axed last year after he fucked up his second chance. Fuck giving him time to adjust and all that bollocks when a title is at stake. He should have been dealt with in the same way Foster was. Not get rid entirely, just keep the cunt away from the 11 – the squad – the training ground and kick the cunt in the face a couple of times for being a prick
nothing will change after this result dannii you can’t suddenly make shite players into good ones,
we need top quality instead we signed some 3rd choice ladygaarden cunt
the title will go now, we’ve got nothing away from home
Taggart is for blame for not putting on Smalling for that shithead Evans.
Although I’m the only supporter of Park on here, just fucking hope that when he comes backs – his zip and confusion factor will add more to our game. Also we have Valencia to come in.
Even though Rooney did shit – at least he put a shift in, so did Evra, Nani, Giggs and Raf but its SPASTIC errors that cost us.
Without Rio we have absolutely NO leader – and it shows.
I’ll say it again, and I will keep on saying it. Rio is not just a genius himself but he makes others play much better – Vida and VDS; I’m fucking furious with Ginsoak for putting on Evans, we he had Smalling.
I hear you but Rooney is not shite, he can fucking deliver – it’s just not clicking.
You can go on all you like about Park but that dog eater is a better option than Carrick. We also have Bellendcia to come back as well so Giggs can play in middle if needed.
We also need a leader on the pitch and that man is Rio. Even Vidic’s distribution today was a bit shit. they are fucking clueless at the back without him.
all I can say is thank fuck we have 4 points cos we are gonna need it
fkin ruined a great motd tonight
lol – deffo not watching it with that smug cunt Hansen, that cunt of a man Shearer talking about Man Yoo and that pussy magnet Liniker
Definitely shows that without Rio we are in trouble. Smalling wasn’t even on the bench before Rio got injured, that is probably why Evans played.
I think this season has proved the Smalling is our 3rd best CB. He also is as close to Rio as we have on the roster.
No urgency at the end was really irritating!
It’s been confirmed that Ferdinand will be out for 2 weeks. Well that’s the title gone, then.
I don’t understand why we look like champions at home (ok, purely in terms of the points we’ve accrued if not by the performances) but relegation battlers away from home – with these exact same players.
Both Rooney and Berbatov were equally as bad as each other today, by the way. Taking one or the other off was not the answer.
teams cack themselves at ot thinking we’re a good side when we’re not, they’re up for it at their groundss and show us up for what we are
city won’t cack themselves and will play for and get the 0-0
After that performance a draw v. City will be a good result. Go 4-5-1 with Rooney up on his own.
VDS
RDS
PE
NV
CS
RG
OA
DF
PS
LN
WR
Subs:
AL
WB
FDS
MC
JSP
DB
JH
Fergie needs to sober up if he thinks that 84 points will be enough to win the league. Not with this side it won’t be.
arssenals next six are wolves stoke sunderland at home, west brom away blackburn home blackpool away
then they’ve got liverpool home and bolton away
then us
must be title favourites
fair enough Bill. still fuming.
Yeah, and don’t forget that they’ll be out of Europe soon enough.
I ‘assume’ we will get past Marseille. More Champions League football for us means more league matches where we are shite after European football.
I think we’ve blown the league today, irrespective of the 4 point lead we have right now. I think we’ll beat City but get caught out against Arsenal and Chelsea.
Had we won today, the game at the Emirates would have been one where we could afford to draw. Now I see it as a ‘must win’, I genuinely do. If Chelsea win tomorrow, we will surely have to take at least 4 points off them.
City now is absolutely a ‘must win’.
Carrick had to go off, and not before time. The guy is totally ineffectual. I fail to see how he has survived so long. Surely today will finally convince people that Chicken tikka is just another Olly. Berbatov should never have come off. He’s the outlet, He’s the brains behind the operation regarding getting the ball up there and keeping it there. When he went off we had no plan B. Their keeper never had one single save to make in the 2nd half. The midfield is fuckin dreadful. That today was not about ability, it was about bottle, and Wolves shown us what its about.
a lot of truth in that – but they will get whacked by spuds, shitpool and chumpski – they have a lot of grudge matches too – all wide open
dont think we have blown it per se – see today was telling for Arsenal as well
basically its squeaky bum time for Chavs, us and Le Arse – all of us will drop points but perceptive re; UCL – that has got to be impt
Yep maybe its because we haven’t lost in the league for so long, or its a dark winters evening but I’ve not been so depressed about a game of football for a long time!
Taggart@
“We are disappointed. It’s been a long run for us. The players have done us all proud but in the second half we didn’t really get going. They are a handful at the set pieces as it proved today. It was an opportunity for us to continue our great run but today was a great disappointment.”
This sort of result has been coming for a long time. We’ve played the odd game where we’ve been decent such as Blackburn at home and Liverpool at home, but on the whole the quality of our football has been poor.
We have too many passengers in the side. How Fletcher got picked ahead of Anderson today, when he has been utterly abysmal all season, is beyond me. Yes, Anderson has been inconsistent but playing matches breeds confidence. I feel a bit sorry for him in that respect.
I put down the lack of investment in our midfield last summer due to the fact that there was a World Cup – but we must sign proven quality this summer. Fergie’s acceptance that what we already have is acceptable is actually starting to get very worrying, though.
We’ve ridden our luck for much of the season. One look at the comments of mongs on Red Cafe tells you that even some of our own fans still can’t see this.
danni arsenal have already played city twice, they’ve only got us and liverpool aat home and spurs away left in terms of big games, and they’ll be buzzing after winning the carling cup
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In all fairness Bill, its been coming. Just a bit embarrassing that yet again we drop maximum points to a team thats already relegated. We have a terrible habit of repeating our own history. Its just annoying that we have to continue relying on Scholes and Giggs to get us out of the shit. When everyman and his fuckin dog knows the likes of Carrick and Anderson should have been shipped out 2 seasons ago. They are clearly not United players. Our midfield is as bottleless as iv’e ever known it to be.
Well they’d better find some and quick, cozz our season now suddenly starts to get really difficult.
chelsea twice as well
I agree this could have happened in many of our away games this season. I think Anderson has potential and at least he puts a shift in. Carrick just looks like he is on morphine half the time – wake up son!
If Arsenal dropping points today wasn’t going to be enough to incentivise the United players to go out and perform, I don’t know what else could have done the trick.
We will pay the price for shooting ourselves in the foot. I really think we will regret today’s result at the end of the season. You can never expect to get a result against the other title rivals but you can expect to get 3 points against relegation fodder who lost in mid-week (if you turn up).
I wonder what our players are thinking half the time.
ok mate – fair enought but they still have the Chavs – i hear you though but am not giving up yet
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There’s too many in the squad who squat to take a piss, thats the problem. Would Robbo, Incey, Bruce, :evil:Keane have lay down like that? “NO FUCKIN CHANCE”
shit if that is true, then …
too right mate – no bollocks
i hope saf shoves that bottle of wine up carricks arse tonight
and once he’s done that, pull it out and shove it up evans arse too – sideways
fucking awful motherfucking performances
u really shouldn’t come out of your homes this week – bollockless feckless twats
the last time we lost to those cunts was in 2004
united top and those cunts were bottom then as well
well played the lads anyway to keep the run going – now just hammer city next week and all will be forgiven
Ferdinand also got injured that day and another ‘Celtic’ striker scored the winner: Kenny Miller!! And guess who went on to win the league that season? Arsenal!
I had a bad bad feeling about this game that I tried so hard to shake off. I did not see it so I can’t really comment on the performances. We have too many passengers and without Valencia, a lot is being asked of Nani. But how come Elokobi beat Vida to that header from the pictures all over the internet?
You are right about Ince, Bruce and co. Strong characters are few and far between now its all about step overs and hairstyles!
Tevez is obnoxious but he is definitely a winner in that kind of old school mold.
Match-fixing. Thats the only way I could see United losing this game.
United lost because the cunts were to complacent again and because that ginsoaked Jock cunt played spastics like Evans.
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Its a wonder the FA don’t haul Fergie in.
For giving Carrick another game.
I don’t agree with a lot of the shit being spouted here.
We weren’t very good, that’s true enough…. but it takes 11 to win a football match and we were playing a couple men short. Carrick and Evans might as well have stayed in bed. We didn’t have much defending to do, but when Wolves DID attack, Vidic was on his own… and Carrick… fuckin hell… did he do even one fuckin thing today? Seriously, name just one thing he did… just one… did he even touch the ball once?
Our midfiled was so useless, that there was nothing between defence and attack… no bite, and no support for Rooney and Berbatov, who I thought played fairly well, but they were consistantly surrounded by defenders… with no threat at all from the middle, McCarthy was allowed to focus on those two… Nani was great in the first half, but then turned into an idiot in the second.
Scholes helped when he came on, but by then we were already doomed… Fletcher has gone back to the player he was 3 years ago… and Scholes needs a help now… which he just didn’t get.
I still think we’ll win the league, because Arsenal, Chumpski, and the Bitters are just as likely to drop points as we will.
Too bad as well, because it seems only a full blown collapse will show Ferguson, what everyone else seems to know… our team is full of fuckin holes.
“Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don’t need badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabrón and ching’ tu madre! Come out from that shit-hole of yours. I have to speak to you.”
what a cunt phelan is
there are not many times in my life that i have wanted a scouse win…but tomorrow is definitely 1 of them
why is he a cunt?
just because he didnt come on motd and slag the players off on air?
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Fuck that and some. I hope Bruno bags a hatrick, and Essien snaps that twat Gerrards legs. Come on Chelsea, murder them fuckin horrible bin dippin filthy horrible twats!
pointless player pointless in front of the cameras
saying ‘at manchester united’ and ‘its very disappointing’ over and over again don’t cut it
29 games unbeaten in the league is a fantastic achievement
credit to the team
as long as carrick, evans, gibson and to a certain extent fletcher stay away from the team for the rest of the season, another decent run will come
Arsenal have easier fixtures remaining and I think a relatively early exit from Europe will help them.
I said before the start of the season that I didn’t think we would win the league simply because I didn’t think we would be as consistent as our rivals (although I thought this would prove to be the case with Chelsea, and not so much Arsenal).
We’ve played shite all season and, by some miracle, have managed to reach top spot. I don’t expect this to last until the end of the season. A result like today’s has been coming for some time.
A kick up the arse was long overdue before today. I don’t see how today’s result will change things in that respect. Even if Fergie reacts, will the players up their game? Are they good enough? The away form suggests otherwise. If they’ve played shit for several months why should we pick up our performances all of a sudden?
The team is full of holes and SAF just can’t see that!
Today he said how good Wolves were with their set plays.
Wolves are on the bottom of the league heading to the Championship league. SAF also blamed the defence. Poor excuses coming from the manager. Wolves scored 2 so United should have scored 5 or 6. Look for example at the Everton game. Blackpool scored 3 but Everton scored 5!
The midfield has been a problem but SAF just overlooks the problem and places the blame somewhere else. Does SAF really have any money to spend on players? I wonder.
Do you know that if we had a couple of world class midfielders, we would be so far ahead in points from the rest of the teams! We would have wrapped up the league already.
Clearly the defence hasn’t learnt the lessons from the Blackpool game.
Back in that game,we conceded both our goals from set pieces and yesterday against Wolves the situation was no different.
No quality in the Market?..I saw fookin quality even in the Wolves side compared to our midfield!
I fear for the worst case side scenario now…….Doomed and Potless
Hairy ass smeller.
Surely there is no hiding place for Cuntrick and Evans…
sure there is
the toilets at OT
fuck it, feel shti today but what we gonna do bitch and moan about it.
taggart has got us in the mess, the piss head can get us out of this.
some players need to start showing some bollocks – rooney and fletcher. evans and gibson should be sacked. however crap anderson is – at least he can run.
massiveling, vida and VDS have a huge game against shitty and so do Roo and Berbs.
lets look forward, ain’t fuck all we can do now – even so I hope evans and carrick got the shit kicked out of them last night – cunts.
Fuck off happy chappy!!
Watched the goals again today an I want to smash Carrick for the first… he LOOKS at the guy then is to fucking much of a pussy to put his body there!! fucking cunt of a man…if you can call him a man!
Second well let’s just blame Evans cause he’s a cunt
If there is a silver lining to Fergie retiring, I would like to think that we will bring in a manager who isn’t afraid to make bold decisions and who won’t need to rely on a strong assistant to point out the blindingly obvious…and hopefully the new manager will flush out the shit in our side as a priority.
Danni’s right in that all we can do is look forward – but I personally think we’ve already thrown away the title. I hope I’m wrong.
I have so little faith in this squad of players that, push come to shove, I’d rather forego Champions League and FA Cup if it meant that we could concentrate our minds on winning #19 and not fucking it up. We have played that shit this season. You couldn’t count the number of decent performances we’ve had in double figures.
No, no, no…
God forbid that Ferguson leaves before the Glazers, Sheesh… I refuse to believe that Ferguson, and his ridiculous assertion that “there’s no value in the market” are the reasons for our weak midfield… the Glazers hold the purse strings… Ferguson has NEVER shied away from splashing the cash before, and he’s never been so stubborn in his defense of our failings either.
Fuck knows why Ferguson defends the Glazers and our new financial model, the way he does… but he does… still… I’d rather Ferguson was the buffer between United and the fans, than a lackey specifically appointed by the Glazers.
Fucking cunt.
The last time I wanted to smash Carrick’s face in was Bayern at home.
I wanna do it again.
How dare he wear No.16.
Fucking cunt.
i just don’t see the point of ruining my whole fucking weekend and week cos of this shit.
we had a great run, rode out luck – and now these cunts know what it is like to loose.
did you see how giggs was being a cunt at the end, smashing the fuck out the wolves lads. the old grandad showed bollocks, that’s what I’m talking about.
carrick and evans are dead in my eyes.
come on Sheesh, we have not thrown it away – some positives in that Valancia, Park and Rio are coming back.
arsenal bricked it yesterday and who knows maybe the chumps will today.
even so, we will all drop points and – for once – I actually agreed with cunto Shearer, Wolves did play a blinder – as if it was a cup final for them; its not an excuse but fuck it.
am not giving up until its mathematically gone. we have won it on last day of season, and we have also lost it too. just too many unknowns. stay positive – i know its hard ….
THeyve been wrecked by the Scousers
I’m gutted about evans he’s fucking shite aint he,
I have been too gutted by this result that I have not watched motd. Stupid lads ruined what am sure was a cracking weekend for the neutrals.
Anyway, many of you are crying out for a creative midfielder. I think we need two proper ball winners and I will say it again: Lass at Madrid and Cattermole will fit the bill nicely. We do not have anyone in this team that strikes fear into the opposition midfielders when it comes to 50-50 balls and therefore we seem to be outmanouvered there. I am very very disappointed in our manager here cause this is a man who has had Keane and Ince, Keane and Butt and knows how much we were able to win at tough away grounds with these combos. So why not go look for these types of players? Barca have Busquets and Kaita for goodness sakes. It is impossible to try to win the league without ball winners and that is why we seem to be suffering in that area.
Someone to win it regularly and give it to Rooney, Nani, Berbatov and valencia so they can go do the work.
If we do not win on saturday we might as well forget it. City will come with at least TWO ball winners and so have their backline well protected.
No, no, no…
That’s the sort of tactic you use if you’re a poor team up against a good team… two ball winners and no creative spark… all muscle and bluster… no finesse.
Diarra isn’t good enough and Cattermole is just a thug… if that’s what you want, you’d be better off with Barton… he can actually play a bit.
Cal… if you’re a midtable team, you accept these tactics, because this is the standard of talent at your disposal, and you’ve got to make the best of your limitations… top teams, (United are suppoed to be a top team), can attract and afford the likes of Keane, Robson, Essien, Mascherano, Gerrard, etc… players that can scrap, AND play football… these players are rare, and worth their weight in gold, but we’re supposed to be such a GREAT club, with GREAT ambitions, and it never should have happened that we weren’t ready to replace Keane, like for like… our midfield hasn’t been right since.
“Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don’t need badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabrón and ching’ tu madre! Come out from that shit-hole of yours. I have to speak to you.”
with all due respect that has fuck all to do with why Wolves were allowed to play the way they were; Carrick, Gibson and Anderson are wank, Rio was injured, Hargo is fucked and VDS is about to retire.
it’s the same old excuse with you and Ed isn’t it – blame finances – but are you gonna blam ethe Glazers for Nani being fucking awesome this season, Vida being regarded as the best central defender in the world at this time or are we to blame the Glazers for keeping on Rooney on 250k yet he has mut in one match winning performance.
Guess we are going to blame the Glazers for Evans too.
fucking hell Alf, I’m all for making global and strategic observations and agree with you on a lot of them but things like picking Evans before Smalling are Taggart and Phelan fuck-ups, not anything to do with the PIK or Glazers.
Why are the Glazers blameless?
Unless you believe that Ferguson has just become a different manager since they took over… he was never shy about spending the readies if there was a weak spot in the squad before.
My point about yeasterdays game, was that Evans and Carrick were useless… completely useless… even against the worst team in the league, you’ll struggle with only 9 players… and I’m asking the question… Why has Ferguson not fixed a midfield that everyone knows is not good enough?
I’m thinking that Ferguson talked the Glazers into splashing large when he bought Nani and Anderson… and now he’s having to get his moneys worth from Anderson.
“Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don’t need badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabrón and ching’ tu madre! Come out from that shit-hole of yours. I have to speak to you.”
Alf, I agree that we’re clearly not spending as much as we used to because of the Glazers but let’s be honest about one thing. When Fergie has had money, he’s pissed it away.
Carrick was a signing post-Glazer takeover as was that £17 million piece of shit Hargreaves. Obertan cost £3 million and Diouf cost £2 million. Do they have what it takes to stake a long-term future at United? These small amounts add up. Alan Smith cost us £7 million and we sold him at a loss of a million pounds. We signed Tosic for £5 million and never played him, then got rid of him after a couple of seasons. I defended Bebe’s signing at the time we purchased him but he’s not what you’d call a priority signing, irrespective of whether we think he will come good or not.
I agree with Danni about placing blame here. Having a formidable home record but showing relegation form away from Old Trafford has everything to do with Fergie and Phelan. I see Phelan and Fergie in the same way as Phil Neal was regarded as an assistant to Graham Taylor. He’s just another yes man. We need an assistant to show Fergie how things really are, as it appears that Fergie cannot spot the blindingly obvious.
whats queiroz up to these days?
he knew how to line the team up
phelan is a nice chap but saf needs someone who calls a cunt a cunt – and isn’t afraid to speak his mind
also he is much better looking than phelan so obviously his post match interviews will be worth watching
what was saf thinking when he signed bebe?
1 for the future? in the same vein as doofus, pique, rossi and all the other promising guys we let go of cheaply?
evans is young and low on confidence so understandably he kacks his pants every game
carrick is a seasoned pro – has no excuse for his cuntish showings this season
Han, Carrick has always been a cunt. I never understood why we signed him right from the outset. We needed one of a bollocksy midfielder who can grab opposition midfields by the bollocks and another midfielder with the nous to unlock defences and score goals.
Carrick does neither.
sheesh
carrick can and has done what is required but what is annoying me is that he is woefully crap on most occasions when he needs to step up his game
instead he behaves as if he is invisible – i put it down somewhat to that penalty miss at burnley last season as the starting point for his decline in performances
we had senna in the bag for 6m then called it off and got carrick for 18m,
ginsoak tosser
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Good shout Noblets. Senna was allegedly the done deal, then for some strange reason we ended up with carthorse Carrick, who was’nt even on our shopping list at the time.
I heard a rumour a month or so ago about Carrick taking his shin pads out of his boots and slumped himself on his bench with his head in his hands expecting to be subbed. Fergie fucked him and told him to get out there and stop feeling sorry for himself. In the 2nd half he was fuckin worse.
Senna’s been the rock of Villareal’s midfield for donkeys years, good solid pro.
Don’t kiss your granny when she’s shaving!
Alfie,
this is where I just get properly tired of sparring with you. In football these days there are few Robson/Keane/Gerrard/Essien/Butt/Vieira types of midfielders around. Mascherano is an absolutely NOTHING player and frankly I will not even want in our team. Barca apart, very few teams play these days without proper ball winners and that is what we lack badly.
As Knobby said Senna would have done it for us as he did for Spain at Euro’08. You say Lass is not good enough for us?? How on earth can you even say that? Wenger and Mounrinho have both bought this youngman and he plays for Real now. Yet he is not good enough for a team that has the spineless Carrick? You are joking right? Cattermole is a thug? Well, he will do for us currently. We have NO backbone fellas!! That is the biggest problem we seem to have. No one to win balls. Chelsea have Essien and Ramirez who you can guarantee will run around and crunch into tackles. City have many. We have NONE!!! And yet someone is saying that it is only lower teams that set out like that. I disagree strongly.
I have always maintained that Phelan is no use to us and time and time again it shows.
“Alfie,
this is where I just get properly tired of sparring with you”…
Same to you Cal, cause it seems you can’t fuckin read.
I agree with you that every team needs a ball winner… but my point is, a team of Uniteds status deserves more than just any old midfield dogsbody… we’ve already got one of those in Fletcher… but other than running about harassing opposing players, he does little else. Talking about Diarra…(“Wenger and Mounrinho have both bought this young man and he plays for Real now”)… that’s great Cal… not good enough for Wenger, and only a squaddie for Mourinho… but you want him.
I mentioned Keane, Robson, Gerrard, Essien… because these are the standard of player that United SHOULD have… aggressive, hard fighting midfielders that can actually play, and play well… I even agree with you that, yeah, they are rare… but that only emphasizes how valuable they are, and why you can spare no expense when you need one.
Cattermole… you’re havin a laugh… a team like United shouldn’t be settling for “the” Cattermoles of the game… we should be scouring the fuckin planet, with our supposedly world class scouting network for the new Robson/Keane/Essien… and then breaking the bank to sign him… not whinging about no fuckin value…
“Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don’t need badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabrón and ching’ tu madre! Come out from that shit-hole of yours. I have to speak to you.”
What ever happened to Bebe? 7 million of wasted money. You see Liverpool made a couple of January signings and now they are close to the top four. I do not believe one word Fergie is saying about not finding quality players to buy in January. There is got to be a money problem at United and Fergie needs to come clean and admit it.
I agree fully. But who would you target, money permitting, to transform our midfield? Schweinsteiger would have fit the bill, but I think he just renewed his contract, so he’s off the market.