Wayne Rooney will play as Manchester United welcome Rangers to Old Trafford. Sir Alex Ferguson dropped the striker for United’s visit to Goodison Park following a week of lurid headlines about Rooney’s sex-life but the manager says he has no regrets despite dropped points for the second time this season.
Manchester will breathe a collective sigh of relief if the match passes without incident. On Rangers’ last visit to the city in May 2008 more than 150,000 fans descended on Piccadilly Gardens for the UEFA Cup final against Zenit St. Petersburg. Frustration with failing city centre public screens and defeat to the Russians descended into chaos and violence.
However, with just 3,500 visiting fans allocated tickets – and forced to visit Wigan Athletic’s DW Stadium before traveling to Old Trafford – few expect the post-match headlines to be anything other than football-related, with the emphasis on Rooney’s return to the fold.
Ferguson says that he did the right thing taking Rooney out of United’s match against Everton, with the player desperate to start tomorrow night.
“I don’t think there’s any need for any encouragement, I did the right thing. I have no concerns about playing him, none at all,” said Ferguson ahead of United’s first fixture against Rangers since 2003.
“He’s a terrific player and I think his performance for England in scoring was a good boost to him. We expect a good performance from him tomorrow and look forward to it.
“He’ll be looking forward to it, all our players look forward to European occasions, we’ve had some memories and great nights at this club. There have been some great memories here.”
United beat the Scottish champions home and away in the 2003/4 competition, with Phil Neville scoring the winner at a raucous Ibrox in the away leg. In-form Diego Forlan scored spectacular goal after five minutes of the 3-0 win at Old Trafford.
Few expect anything other than a comfortable win for United on Tuesday night, with Scottish football largely in the doldrums. Indeed, Rangers is the only Scottish side to have qualified for either the Champions or Europa Leagues this season.
Not that Ferguson will allow his players to be sucked into the kind of defensive complacency that cost the club points in recent matches against Fulham and Everton.
“You’ve got to respect Rangers and with their history you can’t take them for granted,” said Ferguson, who played 41 times for Rangers, scoring 25 goals between 1967-9.
“I know Walter Smith well and just how organised and difficult to beat his side will be. Walter will get a good glass of wine after the match but, hopefully, that’s all he’ll get.”
Smith, previously Rangers manager 1991-1998, briefly assisted Ferguson before becoming Scotland coach in 2004. On returning to his boyhood club, Smith has led the blue half of Glasgow to two successive league titles. His haul over two spells at Rangers comprises nine league titles, five Scottish Cups and five Scottish League Cups.
The fixture could also feature returns for Anderson and Rio Ferdinand. While Anderson is likely to feature from the bench, Ferdinand could start his first match since prior to the World Cup following a knee ligament injury.
Rafael is suspended following his red card against Bayern Munich in last season’s quarter-final second leg.
Meanwhile, Rangers will train at Old Trafford today ahead of tomorrow’s game hoping to improve on last season’s performance when the Scottish champions finished last in their group. The Glasgow club’s results in Europe have hardly been helped by financial restrictions that limited manager Walter Smith’s spending in the transfer market.
Recent signing James Beattie from Stoke City was Rangers’ first paid acquisition in nearly two years. Nikica Jelavić from SK Rapid Wien and Manchester City’s Vladimír Weiss also joined the club during the summer to counter the loss of Kris Boyd to Middlesbrough FC and teenage defender Danny Wilson to Liverpool.
Andy Webster and John Fleck are yet to feature this term after picking up hamstring injuries in pre-season, while Steven Whittaker and Kirk Broadfoot suffered knocks on international duty with Scotland. The latter started against Hamilton only to injure his other ankle shortly before half-time.
United, meanwhile, hasn’t lost an opening day Champions League fixture in 13 seasons. Few expect that record to be broken Tuesday night.
Opposition
Rangers – 4-5-1 – McGregor; Weir, Whittaker, Papac, Bougherra; Edu, McCulloch, Davis, Lafferty, G Naismith; Miller
Subs from: Foster, Broadfoot, Webster, McMillan, Perry, Cole, Scott, Fleck, Weiss, Bendiksen, Shinnie, Stirling, Wylde, Ness, Hutton, Dick, McCabe, Beattie, Little, Loy, Campbell, Hemmings, K Naismith, Wright.
Officials
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (POR)
Assistant referees: Jose Cardinal (POR), João Santos (POR)
Additional assistant referee: Artur Soares Dias (POR)
Additional assistant referee: Carlos Xistra (POR)
Fourth official: Vasco Antonio Moreira Dos Santos (POR)
Form
United – WWDWD
Rangers – WWWW
Might be tighter than most people predict, but will depend on the side Fergie puts out. 3-1 United
We’ll play 442 and they’ll get chances
But we’ll win
It’ll be piss
We should be winning this comfortably. I’m not sure about a midfield combo of Gibson and Fletcher though, but I guess we don’t have many other options with Scholes likely to be rested.
If Gibbo doesn’t play tonight he never will. Think the only places up for grabs are Nani or Valencia wide right and Owen or Chicho up front with Rooney
vds
brown
smalling
rio
fabio
valencia
fletch
gibson
park
rooney
hernandez
anderson on bench
United’s official site has Kuszczak in goal, VDS on the bench. I don’t like our midfield at all. Park is shit on the left, and Gibson is too slow. Are the Rangers really so bad that this lineup should beat them?
Streem anyone?
just seen that team sheet
interesting to say the least
not sure about that suicide defence at all – smallknob just scares the crap out of me with his lack of awareness – another silvestre in the making as opposed to a rio
the whole defence hasnt played in a long time, fabio has probably played the most football. madness
saf doing his mate a favour perhaps – fucking bollox to that – should get a decent win in this competition before any sentiment
From the BBC web site –
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson on why Rangers might be difficult to break down tonight: “I know more about Rangers than any other manager in Europe. Their temperament will be good, their commitment will be terrific, and their fitness is great. We will have to be aware of all of that.”
so why the wholesale changes to the team????????????????
stan fuckfac collymore is on the radio saying fergie has disrespcted rangers and the champions league.. i hate that cunt
liverpol in mind maybe han. who know, still hould be enough
ive got a brilliant stream
http://www.tvoo.eu/ch2.html
Streeeeem?
look up spike
http://atdhe.net/24091/watch-manchester-united-vs-rangers
actually that stream screwed up
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck him!
Mine is working fine.
that rangers defence is all over the shop
come on reds
Good stream, cheers
unlucky sweet pea
Might be all over the place, but the bus is well and truly parked.
This might have been a game better suited for Scholes… or Cleverly.
ffs..the streems are fooked, watching Dutch..ffs
Good to see one of the twins out there, snapping and snarling.
Why O’Shea or Neville is preferred… is a complete fuckin mystery.
scholes not even on the bench
cleverley probably sold before kick off
better to have scholes against shitpool – the old man can’t take 3 games in 9 or whatever days it is
cleverly has gone out to get “game time” – which apparently he cannot get at United.
That steam I posted is fine.
bumshafters, Sopcast Channel – 82153
Fox or something but in english, well andy gray, the cunt
valencia 1 up against the turkish team
Finally some balls shown by SAF.
I like this line up.
Anderson for Gibson at some point will be great.
wtf shrek?
Rooney……….. what a rubbish effort.
good counter, shit pass, much better
@justin – apparently Gibson is playing
this is akin to watching paint dry
well done smalling, tighter than a nun’s cunt on that defender – he looks awesome, his play isn’t that awesome yet but he could be Rio II. smalling evans sounds tasty
wait til smalling is up against a decent striker – then watch him poo his pants
sorry , my 3rd world english…
I want your favorite player Anderson to come on in place of Gibson at some point.
Nothing like a good side shuffle to get Danni in the mood
Fuck sake Rio… don’t be putting us a goal behind, ya twat.
faffing straight from kickoff?
pretty piss poor knobhead
LOL – I just think it’s unfair that we are playing with 10 men; apparently we have someone called Gibson on but as usual fletcher is doing the work of two players. Come back Anderson, all is forgiven!!!
get up u scottish twat
With orange hair bewaaare
Come and have a go if you dare
Gray is right… we’re never going to score against this lot with bog standard crosses… maybe a corner or set piece if we’ve got Rio and Smalling in there… but not Rooney and Chico.
he is really young but what he does have is rio and vida to learn from but his physique is unreal. surely he is almost as tall as VDS – the cunt his huge, as the Uncle says, he should be Massiveling.
that was close from the g man
With one player off the pitch, they’ll only have a flat back 9
I take it back, he’s on the pitch!
djemba djemba had keane to learn from but he still remained a pile of poo
gibson you mong!
no he learned from Kleberson and Colin Miller
To
To be fair, Gibson looks like our best chance of a goal.
Where is nani?
need to score ffs soon
wheres O G when u need him?
Barcelona2-1Panathinaikos
Benfica1-0Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Bursaspor0-1Valencia
FC Copenhagen0-0Rubin Kazan
FC Twente2-1Inter Milan
Lyon1-0Schalke 04
Man Utd0-0Rangers
Werder Bremen0-2Tottenham
poor passing
ffs does fletcher have to always do the running from front to back.
fucking hell Gibson you fucking cunt, love the shots but fucking hell put a shift in and hepp out
nani and giggs for some zip – rooney is getting fuck all service; he will be back in defence soon
Fuck… Rooney’s crocked.
rooneys ankle fucked.
no he looks ok
but he has had a shit game so it wouldnt make much difference if he didnt come out for the 2nd half
where the fuck is berbs?
fletcher running the midfield, not seen gibson attempt a tackle yet let alone win it. disgrace of a player. rooney has done more in midfield that Gibbon
valencia needs a horse’s knob up his arse for the crap he’s served up tonite
keane’s done more in midfield than gibson tonite
boooooooooooooooooo
distinct lack of flair in the middle of the park and the wings meaning rooney has had fuck all service
pretty frustrating stuff
am i the only 1 missing berbatov?
so we were shite ??????
We need more invention in the middle.
Giggs, Scholes, Berbs… somebody with a clever idea.
This direct shit won’t accomplish fuck all.
turks 2 down
lol – he is so great at being Mr. Invisible – it’s a talent.
apparently he is not creative …
He may be proved right, and Ferguson will look a right fool if we don’t win.
to put it in perspective, Smalling has made his first United start and UCL debut and looks really good with Rio. a big positive and Kushshshshakak has had f-all to do.
fletcher is doing the job of two midfielders as usual and has been dominant in the middle which actually shows how crap rangers are.
this should be over if we had a player who knew what to do with the round leather thing called a ball – someone should tell Gibbon who apparently feels that the job of a middle fielder is to look moody, shuffle the ball backwards, avoid physical contact with opposition, if the chance presents itself smack the ball, look moody, shuffle backwards, and finally look moody.
Wow
John Barnes on local tele analysing the game.
Quite unbiased.
this must be the most xfactorless midfield we’ve put out
what use is park in a game like this, him and fabio might as well swap positions
we should wait after the shitpool game until we make that judgement; this will just be a warm-up for rooney cos it will be volcanic against the bastard shit eaters – we need scholes, roo, berbs, nani, vida and rio on tip top form – I’d take the draw so long as we do the cunts next weekend.
john barnes is not jamie “i still suck off scousers” redknobnap
did you understand anything that cunt said?
ya Park is restricting Fabios attacking threat.
I would still take off Gibson.
Besides the odd shot from outside the box , he has done fuck all.
I love the Inter score… I’m so hoping that Benni bombs in Italy.
Follow Mourinho and suck!
yeah he seems ok.
We had him during the WC2010 as well.
He is alright
inter have equalised
ha ha – me too; 2-2 and the Dutch are going nuts, check this out!
Barcelona3-1Panathinaikos
Benfica1-0Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Bursaspor0-2Valencia
FC Copenhagen0-0Rubin Kazan
FC Twente2-2Inter Milan
Lyon1-0Schalke 04
Man Utd0-0Rangers
Werder Bremen1-2Tottenham
Yeah but this is a home game Danni… you HAVE to win your CL home games.
gibshite and valencia need a good horse whipping
about 15 mins ago Han.
Get MadRed off your cock and pay attention
saf came out with the scottish twats this half – is he trying to tell us something?
is the right answer!!
thats a good point justin – wheres monkey disappeared to?
just downed a bottle of Scotch – cue Alf masterly impression of SAF <hiccup>
gibson is such a drama queen
What use is Park?
Period!
up Han’s crack
what technique by Gibson! :O
did he wear utterly ridiculous shirts, suits and ties – I mean like fucking 70’s shit.
yeah where is Mad Red and Red Dread and Bri
FFS
now thats just being silly danni……
gibshit just ran away from a tackle !!!
he had on a suit and tie during WC2010 but he pulls it off.
besides the 70’s look is cool
devoid of any creative flair still ffs
yeah, he’s black so that helps
what happened with our wing play? ffs
Bremen 2-2 Spurs
Spurs waste 2 goal lead
amazing pass by gibSpunk to the rangers goaly.
rangers will start to fancy this
our only hope is if those cunts decide to come out a little if they sniff a possibility of a goal and then expose the cracks in their rears – oh u know what i mean u homos
true
how many profanities can we name gibson?
gibshite
gibcunt
gibtoss
Game opening up some… that’ll suit us.
berba on, there defence will get knackered but so can see fletcher already blowing bubbles – we are gonna get bummed in middlefield
gibspunk
gibtwat
gibspack
valencia definite broken leg
too slow Chico – mecheda then
valencia fuckkkkkkkkkkk
Oh fuck… Valencias leg is well fucked.
oh shit, my god
i hate looking at this, minimise now
thats nasty for valencia
at least saf can use that as an excuse for the shit performance to come in the rest of the half
Leg facing one way, foot pointing the other.
Fuck… that’s his season gone.
Must be a broken leg
The way the Rangers players called the physio over
let me know when done, i genuinely hate this, refuse to look
Wenger would but not Ferguson.
i feel pretty fucked off watching that
rooney has balls of steel as he was the only player standing nearby to valencia
win it for him lads u shower of spunk bubbles
He might just have lost half a yard
If he ever walks again like…
come on giggs, do it for valenencia
guess that puts Obertan in the frame – talking of which, what happend to that EIH 2 cunt
if only all the other young players break their legs fergie can use the old guard all the time
fuck was it that bad – Eduardo style
FUCK REF YOU CUNT FUCKER
went to live on the island cos 1 of their statues got damaged
predict tomorrows headlines
‘United in crisis on and off the pitch as squad players broken ankle compounds 700m debt’
come on united
cue another article on Glazer finance by the Ed, ffs, and seventy emails in your fucking inbox even if you stop emails on your profile
Desperation starting to set in
genius
thought it had set in a long time ago tonite
has gib cunt/shit/spack/turd/wank done anything
how can we expect to win anything with 10 men?
Wayne Rooney will score after the match in the Bridal suite of the Lowry
actually i just remembered why i hate alan greene so much
SAF does nothing.
Is he watching through 3d glasses that he got in a cereal box.
FFS
Bring on a sub.
now we are gonna get overrun in midfield since fletcher will start to tire out big time
Bit pissy from Rooney there.
A better team would have done us on the break tonight
evans coming on?
ffs
Owen coming on and Macheda looks pissed.
That was probably a penalty
He kicks the Loyalist cunts leg and dunt get the ball
Taggart is fucked, he necked half a bottle of Teachers with Walter at half time
turks being gang banged at home by the spaniards
Owen? Why not Mecheda, you bacon faced jock?
owen on
come on reds
because the club has always had a strong youth policy…
blah, blah, blah
Evans on for Fabio?
What the fuck kind of a substitution is that?
Fergie taking substitute lessons from Benitez?
Baffling.
just got in from work, why is it still 0-0 ?
owen of liverpool
come on lads
smallknob has a lot to learn ffs
Don’t look like scoring
hey mad red
long time no see
shite game
valencia out for 6 months
saf drunk at h/t
gibson is shit
valencia broke his ankle
park wasted on the wing
and fergie subs fabio who was doing well
fletcher should have fallen over
see what’s happening? because gicunt has done fuckl all fletch is too whacked to control midfield so more spaces for ranger which means more pressure on the defence – cue rangers goal or equaliser (when we score).
gibfuckshitwankcunt losing possession
Gibcunt gives ball to Edu. A truly shit player – Fletcher forced to run back and foul to break up play.
if that irish cocksucker actually scored 1 with all those attempts, i’d be ok with him
one more of them and gibscum will score
turks have had a good fisting at home by valencia
Cause you’re a cunt!
ally fucking mccoist sucked sue barker’s dirty hairy ginger cunt
what a fucking state of affairs we rely this much on fucking bollockless berbatoss
lol
our 1st corner after 85 mins
what a bunch of cunts
it’s incredible that with rooney, owen and chcicic we resort to pop shots from a lazy fucking irish cunt
WTF was that for a corner
oi
dont start on my monkey u homo
leeds getting bummed 5-1
so every cloud etc…
anyone gonna have a wank tonight – I just downloaded best of boobangers. looks good.
fucking hell brown is playing as well!!!
United are on the slide. Very average players these days.
We need ideas and a proper footballer in midfield
see how the shit midfield is slowing putting pressure on the defence …
6 mins added
we couldnt score even if we had 60 mins added on
We need a manager who still represents the fans.
into added time, standard oppoition late goal coming
Gibson average, he’s not good enough for the PoundShop League, ffs.
Hey bollockbreath hows it hanging ???
it was important owen came on, he needs games to gain his match sharpness
nope VDS is not playing and Rio has got the bollocks to organise the back even though Fletcher is totally fucked and we have no midfield
come on UNITED!!
ffs, the legend that is Giggs has been reduced to asking for a handball against a numpty from rangers, my fucking god
woeful
shit shit shit
GIBSON IS SHIT
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
0-0 shite.
look on the bright side lads we played some of the yooooof
pathetic
long range pot shots from a 2nd rate cunt is all we have to show
disgracefull
Grim
credit the jock twats
they had a game plan
and it worked
we were bollock less and devoid of any spark
the whole team should hang their heads in shame
and gibshite should just hang
Yeah still hanging to my knees!
United have absolutely fucking no chance of competing for the Prem this year….massive lack of flair/creative players, an Fergie can fuck off with his “no value in the market” bullshit…fucking sellout!
shamefull.
i wll never be able to work out what fergie was thinking…
United First choice XI can beat most sides, but when we go squad rotation problems occur. Not much different from last season really.
Where the fuck was Rooney’s creativity? I tell you where it was, it was stuck in midfield where the cunt was playing where Gibson was.
It is shocking that no one realises how utterly shit one workshy cunt can make the rest of the squad
carrick
anderson
gibson
workshy cunts who put pressure on the rest of the team to do their dirty work meaning that they loose focus on their own jobs
thank fuck for Rio, captain is back – clean sheet – and massiveling looks fucking good
Because your irish not scottish
that 1/2 bottle of scotch he didnt down at h/t
remember when we were the best team in europe, it was0 only two years ago, fuck me we’re falling fast
Long way off the 2008 team
But there were a lot of changes tonight because Fergie understimated the opposition/overestimated our riff raff, as expected
Agree. Very average squad. Fergie has sold out.
And after that showing Valencia will probably rip us a new one, you can make all the excuses you want, for all the attempts on goal only a couple were on target.
danni
smallknob nearly gave a pen away
he is a car crash waiting to happen
yes he is young but he has a lot to learn and the jock cunts hardly put him under any pressure
play him in a game when the striker is on his arse and you will see the shit decision making and crap awareness he still has
what a load of old dick that was.. 4 centre backs on, still dont know whty evans came on for fabio, owen is less than useless in this type of game, the subs bench made no sense
all of it made no sense
never a truer word…
rangers will continue to play that shite and their fans will continue to applaud them
whenever saf makes wholesale changes we struggle but to be fair that team should have beaten that opposition tonight
anyone remember exeter in the fa cup…….
true he has a lot to learn but he has all the tools to be really good. come on, first UCL game – he did well with Rio
my point is that Rio as captain brings stability and organisation even if Taggart doesn’t have the sense to sort out midfield,
basically, a top class Rio is 1.5 players which compensates Gibcunt who is less than 0.5 players – he is that bad he makes Rooney play shitter as he has to come into midfield
wankfactor midfielders such as carric, anderson and gibcunt are the scourge of our squad – they make defenders have to work hard and attackers having to work in midfield – people get tired and BANG its a last minute equaliser
WE USED TO HAVE A MIDFIELD WITH ROBSON, INCE, KEANE, SCHOLES – fucking hell that is scary shit, and now we have pussy cunts like carrick, anderson and gibson – someting has gone very wrong somehwhere
valencia looked awesome in turkey tonite
we look so fucked
what was that they used to say about scottish goalies?
we were so shite he didnt even have to make a difficult save thru out the match
how long do u reckon valencia will be out for?
3 months?
yeah strange substitutions, couldve done with Macheda and Anderson on maybe.
6 MONTHS
We are very poor at the moment! we’re going backwards!
valencia is suppose to have a fractured leg and a dislocated ankle, he may be out for the rest of the season
Injuries like that… healing the bone is only half the battle… then you have to heal the spirit.
I wish I’d stayed at home for this one as those who normally sit near me did. £100.00 (for 2 tickets) to watch that shite. Thieving cunts.
I feared the worst when I heard that Fergie had made 10 changes but even then those spineless muppets who did play should have shown some ambition to win the match. That performance was as bad as Leeds last season.
Why can’t he rest players when the points are on the board FFS?
I hope Valencia is OK.
I hate to say it… but though the Glazers might be parasites on the club… Ferguson is the weight around our neck at the moment.
It seems to me that he’s convinced himself that he’s such a fantastic manager, all he has to do is set his will to the task and the team will win. Seriously, it’s as if he thinks he can win the title just because he says so… no matter what the quality of the players he has to work with… if he says they’re good enough, then they’re good enough.
Well… they’re not fuckin good enough… they’re not half good enough!
When United bought Nani, and Anderson… I thought we were on the verge of building something very special… even Ferguson reckoned he had the makings of his best ever team.
We had Rooney, and Ronaldo… 2 of the best players in the world… Vidic, Rio, Evra, and ?, to make one of the best defenses in Europe… Carrick looked like half decent, Fletcher was excellent backup, Scholes future was covered by Anderson who looked the business, and Nani was going to give us down the left, some of what Ronaldo gave us down the right.
All we needed was a top keeper, a partner for Rooney, and Keanes replacement… and at that time, I honestly thought we’d get them sooner rather than later… what a team we were going to have… we were going to compete at the highest level for years to come… maybe even a couple of Champs League titles…
WTF happened?
But the really frustrating part is Fergusons daft reasoning and stubborn defense of both the situation and the Glazers.
This man had United and it’s armies of fans in his pocket… one word from him and they would march on Old Trafford and throw those yankee fuckwits out on their arses.
Instead… he’s climbed right into bed, spooning with the fuckers, and turned his back on the fans…
So discouraging.
defo a fergus issue and what happened last night has f-all with Glazers, it’s just simply putting a shift in right
as Sheesh says the cunts don’t give a fuck or fergus’ substitutions and squad selections are crazy
agree with you about fergus being more of a problem. cunt was defo pissed last night.
Completely agree with Alf. When we signed Nani and Anderson we looked like an almost complete team on the verge of European domination for a few years. After Anderson’s first season we were sure we have found the replacement to Scholes. Its been all downhill since then.
Our overall play has been getting worse for sometime now. Apart from some bright performances like against Bayern we are usually shite.
We might even be in contention for the League by the end of the season, but I don’t think teams would fear United anymore. Even our best midfield is not going to instill that fear. Midfield,Wings,Striker, Goal keeper…. we have massive rebuilding to do.
How we have ended up like this is beyond belief.
wonders when the first is S.A.F past it thread will come.
i think on the striker front, we are genuinely top class but that doesn;t mean shit if we can’t get the ball to them because our midfield is so rank.
rooney was cock yesterday not because he is shit but because he has to help out in midfield – a shit midfield forces our quality to drop deep, same with berbs
I’ve banged on about the goaly issue for ages so that needs some serious investment but evans, smalling with vida and rio, is still very competitive.
carrick, anderson and gibson (with old timers, scholes and giggs) is a sorry state of affairs. fletcher is the only one who is genuine quality and even he can’t do the work of two players all season. ffs jon oshea in midfield, is SAF serious?
anderson and carrick better fucking do something because it’s clear that there is no hope for gibson at this club.
sure long term rot, blame glazers but fergus has to take the blame for not spotting blatant gaps
spending money on a vanity purchase street kid striker jsut cos RM and Chavs are interested when the midfield is like a seive, ffs, fergus sort it out
Fuck me what an over reaction from some people on here. Oh noes we didn’t win!! What a bunch of spoilt cunts you sound like.
They had 9 men permanently behind the ball and we struggled. It’s not the first time it’s happened and we’re not the only side that it’s happened too.
fuck off, the point is not that we did not win. it’s the performance, what it bodes for this season and fergus’ culpability in serving up shit.
how many corners did we win, free-kicks, saves by their goaly, did we hit cross bar or post. was it a fighting draw or was it just drab, dull, souless and featureless offal?
make no mistake about it, this was not a draw that “we were robbed of a win” or “we were unlucky”, our energy, application, enthusiasm was utter minge.
fuck off with your spoilt brat soundbite cheap shot “I’m gonna take the moral high ground”. I’d take the defeat if 11 lads put a fucking shift in and the manager though all he had at the opposition to break down the door but yesterday we were void of ideas except if you think a few pop shots by Gibcunt were the highlights
Oh no, twice you told me to fuck off. You must be well ‘ard.
Where did I say we played well? Or deserved to win? Or any of that shit. We were shit and should be beating opposition of that standard quite comfortably. I’m not denying any of that. It’s the pathetic digs at Fergie throughout the thread by a bunch of key board warriors that think they can do better.
Once he goes you’ll all be begging for him to come back.
Some Utd supps. are that we abhor about the Bindippers, namely delusional twats!
We will frick all this season and if you do believe winning the Micky Mouse Cup is something to write home about…well fook you!
Oh and by the way…Horse Van Nistlerooy is still banging them in for Hamburg and the Argie at the Blue Mooners will have a belter of a season….mark my words!
Robbo..Fergie has lost the plot, but hey, I’m preaching to the Pope here.
I remember “fans” making similar brainless comments about 6 years ago, then look what happened.
Some fans have very short memories.
the team selection was weird, but on paper, we should still have been able to win
problem was we created nothing. our midfield was neigh on useless. gibson had a few nice shots, but you expect that from him. and like trap pointed out, he needs to develop the rest of his game. fletcher, park and valencia (before his horrible injury) struggled to create chances. giggs gave us something different when he came on, and before that we were relying on fabio’s runs and crosses, which begs the question, why was he taken off.
we are crying out for a midfield playmaker. have been for a while. and watching fabregas on the weekend, and barcelona yesterday, just makes me green with envy.
we bought a player who ended up being the best player on the planet. now he has fucked off, so what is fergie gonna do about it? oh yes, buy a street kid with dreads
This is Rant, Fergie gets stick
It’s probably the only United forum on the internet that isn’t dominated by FERGIE IS A GOD, HOW DARE YOU CALL HIM A CUNT pseudo Top Red bollocks. He’s not free from criticism. If you don’t like it then you’re probably best off retreating to the Caf.
Listen, right, people are disappointed because 5 games in to the season it appears fuck all has changed from last season; still weak in midfield, still making silly defensive mistakes, still not seeing out games, still faffing etc.
The reason we needed a playmaker in summer was for games like this one when Scholes isn’t on the pitch
You’re absolutely right, and those who complained were proved wrong.
But 6 years ago, the complaint was only about the football,… it’s much more than that now.
Ferguson is NOT God!
If he proves the fans wrong, and wins, then that’s one thing… but he’s no right to treat the fans with the same contempt as the Glazers do.
Some fans are gullible twits that believe whatever they’re told… but a lot of fans are more cynical, (understandably so) and have every right to question what is being done to our club… if Ferguson wants to remain THEIR manager of legend, he’d be well advised to NOT side with the parasites bleeding the club dry.
It’s all well and good him trying, and failing to make the best of the limited resourses the Glazers give him… the fans would actually forgive him the poor football, putting the blame wholly with the Glazers… but don’t then come out in the press, “givin it the bigg’n”, telling the fans a pack of lies, and staunchly defending the cunts, that anyone with an ounce of intelligence can see are crippling the club.
Last nights game was’nt just a lost 2 points… it was a vivid display of our weaknesses… the very weaknesses that we had last year, the weaknesses that we all hoped would be addressed over the summer… instead Ferguson gave us a load of crap and excuses about no value in the market, and did nothing but sign a couple of investment players… players that will be groomed and sold on at a profit… not players we actually need, which might cost a few quid, with no future value except what can be recouped on the pitch.
Defend Ferguson if you like… if he represented me and my United, I’d defend him as well… but everything I’ve seen so far this year, says that for some incredible reason… he only represents the fucking Glazers.
alf
well put
i hate pointing the finger at saf or certain players and ranters who know me over the past 4 seasons will know that i rarely criticise the team or manager – but call a spade a spade – we were served a plate of steaming shite yesterday and nothing can change that.
and as for that fat irish lard arse ……. don’t get me started ffs
Park looked about as threatening as a rape victim and…Rooney? How many times did Rooney or 5 Rangers players on his own before running into trouble?
We were like a poor man’s Arsenal last night…only with shitter passing. Pass, pass, pass, run into the box before losing the ball *AND REPEAT*.
So what should we have done? Spunked the cash on an established player? Is that all it takes to ease your needs?
I’m happy with Valencia as a direct replacement for Ronaldo. No he’s not as good, but he offers something different and allowed Rooney ro flourish.
Fair enough, that’s a good post.
For the record though, I never said Fergie was God or exempt from criticism. It’s the brainless comments that irk me that basically just slag him off. It shows a complete lack of respect for someone that has given us all so much.
I’ve no problem with proper criticism. Yes he got it wrong and his substitutions left a lot to be desired. That’s a debatable topic. But just slagging him off saying he’s lost the plot and doesnt know what he’s doing is retarded. We’ve heard it from fans all before and it was Fergie that was proved right. There’s a very small part of me that wouldn’t mind seeing the club go through a dry spell, just to get rid of some of the dead wood hanger onners.