Barça v United

[Shaggy]

Agreed on all counts. What makes me laugh is how when Anderson plays everyone at Sky and ITV expect him to be buzzing about the midfield getting stuck in. He has done this once in his whole career, against Gerrard when they beat us at Anfield, I think.

He has and always will be more comfartable on the attack.

Yep. He was supposed to be a genial, in-the-hole type, pulling the strings with his intuitive passing and skills around the box.

Now his limitations have been exposed he's suddenly widely labelled a Mascherano-type destroyer/harasser! Love it!

He's wank.

[red g]

Well I think United planned to do their stifling job. The team was picked and set-up to do that. Mr Ferguson pointedly said afterwards "Giggs did some good things but we wanted more protection in deeper areas". I just think the players got carried away by a good first few minutes (Barca often take 5-10 mins to get their passing going) and got a collective hard-on. They thought they could beat Barca at their own game and that was never going to happen. The goal changed things, Barca clicked and United barely got the ball back.

Ferguson was rash in bringing Tevez on at HT. Too keen to prove how attacking and decisive he is. Believing his own hype. They should've kept it tight and stayed in the game, but instead they got carved apart and chased shadows for long periods, and found themselves out of the game with 20 minutes left, and it could've been over much earlier. They were naive. Amateurs.

agree completely with this, anderson may not have played well but at least he was a man in the middle, definitely believe ferguson was a victim of his wn hype...they didnt have enough of the ball so they swap a midfielder for an attacker with 45 mins to go. back to the bottle for that old cunt me thinks

[DannyMan2006]

Messi did play well i thought, xavi was fantastic and iniesta on a different planet but they were allowed time on the ball and scum gave it away cheaply. Park looked second rate, giggs was a pedestrian and thought ronaldo looked good in patches but just cant be arsed tracking back.

allegedly scum played well for first ten minutes ( didnt see it ) but all i saw was them chasing shadows and they found gaps in there midfield becuase it was non existent

They came flying out the blocks and Barca did what Man Utd did for the rest of the game, kick the ball out or to the opposition.

[Leyton388]

Gotta love the manc supporters. United were going nowhere until Fergie took over and now he has lost their first european final they are giving him **** on sky LOL

[DannyMan2006]

Yep. He was supposed to be a genial, in-the-hole type, pulling the strings with his intuitive passing and skills around the box.

Now his limitations have been exposed he's suddenly widely labelled a Mascherano-type destroyer/harasser! Love it!

He's wank.

Jack of all, master of none springs to mind. But even that is far fetched. He shouldn't even be considered as a destroyer. Maybe it's because Man Utd have no one else in their greatest squad ever that could fill in.

[Joe King]

Well I think United planned to do their stifling job. The team was picked and set-up to do that. Mr Ferguson pointedly said afterwards "Giggs did some good things but we wanted more protection in deeper areas". I just think the players got carried away by a good first few minutes (Barca often take 5-10 mins to get their passing going) and got a collective hard-on. They thought they could beat Barca at their own game and that was never going to happen. The goal changed things, Barca clicked and United barely got the ball back.

Ferguson was rash in bringing Tevez on at HT. Too keen to prove how attacking and decisive he is. Believing his own hype. They should've kept it tight and stayed in the game, but instead they got carved apart and chased shadows for long periods, and found themselves out of the game with 20 minutes left, and it could've been over much earlier. They were naive. Amateurs.

One thing Benitez doesn't get credit for is Liverpool having the ability to play in two different styles. Tactically in Europe, we are outstanding - very few teams are better. In England, we are now understanding what it takes to win the league. Ferguson and United only know one way of playing; against teams with better technique or tactical awareness, they will get caught out.

[DannyMan2006]

Gotta love the manc supporters. United were going nowhere until Fergie took over and now he has lost their first european final they are giving him **** on sky LOL

Fair play if he'd done **** all this season as times change. But that is just daft. Bit like the idiots at Arsenal calling for Wengers head. Mind at least they could point at Wenger not winning ought for four years!

[Joe King]

Caller: 'I want to talk about Alex Ferguson...'

Gary 'The Cunt' Newbon : '...Sir Alex'

Talk about having friends in the media. ****.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHH

BWAAAAAAAHHAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAHAHAHAH!!!!!!

[Fowler_God]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Magic magic night!

And whats with this young squad bollox Taggart spouted?

Van der Sar - dead

Neville - Dot cottons MOTHER

Scholes - Chris Evans great great grandad

Giggs - Tom Jones' auntie

Plus Ferdinand is 30, Hargreaves 28, Carrick 28, Evra 28, so they arent a youthful inexperienced team! They have been ****e for most of the season and sooooooooo sucking jammy!!!

The powerhouse that is LFC is coming to take over!!!!!!

[Leyton388]

Caller: 'I want to talk about Alex Ferguson...'

Gary 'The Cunt' Newbon : '...Sir Alex'

Talk about having friends in the media. ****.

Phone up and say that then when he says Sir Alex turn round and say no Gin soak LOL

[lickedlollipop]

So.. Giggs will get award for best player in CL. Wanna bet?

[Shaggy]

"Matching Real Madrid will possibly not happen in my time, but it is something to aim for. We have never retained the European Cup and it's never been done [in the Champions League era]. We are good at doing things for the first time, though

"It's unusual that no one has defended it since the Champions League started [in 1992]," Ferguson said. "If you look at the history, through the 1960s and 1970s, it was done regularly, teams winning it two or three times in a row and cycles of great teams like Bayern, Ajax and Real Madrid. I can't give you a reason but we have an opportunity to change that and I just hope we can take it. Real Madrid have won it nine times Possibly not in my time," he said, "but it's something to aim for."

"To be considered a great team, you have to win this competition. It's a *prerequisite, as far as I'm concerned, and it's something I've repeated many times, that we should have done *better in Europe. This *[winning] would put us alongside some of the great clubs in Europe. And this *particular team has that kind of future – it's a young team with the right kind of experience that could very well [win it more] in future years."

[Leyton388]

Originally Posted by Mr Ferguson
"Matching Real Madrid will possibly not happen in my time, but it is something to aim for. We have never retained the European Cup and it's never been done [in the Champions League era]. We are good at doing things for the first time, though

"It's unusual that no one has defended it since the Champions League started [in 1992]," Ferguson said. "If you look at the history, through the 1960s and 1970s, it was done regularly, teams winning it two or three times in a row and cycles of great teams like Bayern, Ajax and Real Madrid. I can't give you a reason but we have an opportunity to change that and I just hope we can take it. Real Madrid have won it nine times Possibly not in my time," he said, "but it's something to aim for."

"To be considered a great team, you have to win this competition. It's a *prerequisite, as far as I'm concerned, and it's something I've repeated many times, that we should have done *better in Europe. This *[winning] would put us alongside some of the great clubs in Europe. And this *particular team has that kind of future – it's a young team with the right kind of experience that could very well [win it more] in future years."


EPIC FAIL!! HAHAHAHAHAHA

[Tee]

Man Utd...

At least we will not hear that ****in anoying song next year!!