tonights team

[Bob]

**** Me ... Please **** Me ...

If ever there was ever a way to get Richt over here - you've just went and ****ed it for everyone else.

[Red_Al_77]

Tis true. We have some serious problems at the back. The scoring for me isn't an issue as we were always chasing the game because of defensive mistakes. Worrying but a definite wake up call.

[TheStig]

****ing embarassing 4-0. Should be ashamed.

What's going on?

[kurtangle01]

they'd better recover in time for wednesday. at this rate...

[Bob]

I wish I was in the pub

Pub beer - excellent ****ing idea.

[Riddler]

Needless to say it got worse in the second half ,we were poor and the game was boring ( I started a mexican wave at home with the kids) , I know its hard to jugde friendly games but this ended as a joke.

[kurtangle01]

Tis true. We have some serious problems at the back. The scoring for me isn't an issue as we were always chasing the game because of defensive mistakes. Worrying but a definite wake up call.

by the sound of things half the team are going through the motions. they need a wake up call by the sound of things al.

[kurtangle01]

Needless to say it got worse in the second half ,we were poor and the game was boring ( I started a mexican wave at home with the kids) , I know its hard to jugde friendly games but this ended as a joke.

how the **** do i dress this one up to my manc work mates!?

[Jan-Erik]

I know it's just a friendly, but what the **** is going on. 5-0 against Mainz?

[Tom]

last three games (friendlies i'll give you) we've conceded 11 and scored 2.

I'll say that again: we've conceded 11 and scored 2.

[Red_Al_77]

by the sound of things half the team are going through the motions. they need a wake up call by the sound of things al.

Very much so. Its as if our defenders were expecting Mainz to give them space. Doddering on the ball, silly passes. Their team had pace up front and exploited total confusion at the back. Carson had an absolute mare. Sorry but that defensive display ranks up with Charlton away last season.

[Bob]

how the **** do i dress this one up to my manc work mates!?

Perhaps you should wear a dress in some subversion ploy!

[Shaggy]

Oh well, at least the 5-0 has no direct effect on our future. Get a load of this!

ROONEY AND SCHOLES BOTH OFF IN FRIENDLY WIN

Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes were both sent off during Manchester United's 3-1 friendly win over FC Porto on Friday.

The duo had both scored before Rooney was shown a red card in the 42nd minute for allegedly elbowing Pepe.

Scholes was dismissed for a second booking on 68 minutes but United added a third through Ole Gunnar Solksjaer before Porto scored a late consolation.

United had suffered a blow before the game in Amsterdam when Rio Ferdinand had to pull out with an ankle injury.

And United manager Sir Alex Ferguson now faces an anxious wait to see whether Rooney and Scholes will be banned for his side's first Premiership game of the season against Fulham on 20 August.

If Dutch referee Ruud Bossen notes the incidents in his report to the Dutch FA, and they pass it on to their English counterparts, the pair will almost certainly be suspended.

Rooney was also sent off in his last competitive match, for England in their World Cup quarter-final defeat by Portugal on 1 July.

He was being watched against Porto by new England coach Steve McClaren who is preparing to announce his squad for his first game in charge, against Greece on 16 August.

Ferdinand was on the United team sheet but landed heavily on his right ankle during the warm-up and was left out by Ferguson.

The incidents completely overshadowed new signing Michael Carrick's first game for United but he made an impressive debut.

Carrick's corner was rifled home by Scholes on the edge of the area for United's first goal before Rooney's audacious chip made it 2-0.

Solskjaer slammed home a third when United were down to nine men before Pepe's late reply for Porto.

The game was United's first in a four-team tournament that also features Ajax and Inter Milan.

[TheStig]

That's made me happier, but I already knew about that before we played .

[red g]

laughable.....utterly gobsmacked. no excuses. A wakeup call if one was needed!!