Dhruv
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Post by Dhruv on Nov 22, 2006 7:05:45 GMT
Towards the end of last season RvN missed that penalty against already relegated Sunderland, and that effectively ended our title challenge to Chelski. RvN was dropped after that, and sold at the end of the season. I always thought that was the last straw as far as SAF was concerned. If we don't qualify for the next stage, I'd hate to see Saha put through the same, but he should realize that he needs to get his act together and not miss absolute sitters. The stupidest thing a striker can do is to stop playing the ball cos he THINKS that he'll be called offside... atleast get the ball in the net or play it properly. The flag will come up if its offside... That just pissed me off... And the worst part is that I really like Saha, he's very important to our scheme of things.
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Post by andoverred on Nov 22, 2006 7:43:24 GMT
As one of those Man U supporters that lives in the SOUTH of England, I'm glad we lost!!!  The Benfica game, for which I got a ticket, should now be competitive. On a serious note however; what was Saha thinking when one-on-one with the keeper? I could sense as the game went on that it wasn't going to be our night. The dodgy free kick and penalty miss summed it all up really. Onwards and upwards. Bring on the chavs on Sunday. Hopefully, both Saha and Ronaldo will have their scoring boots on.  BTW What's the best way to get from Didsbury to OT (taxi, horse and cart, mine shaft etc)? |
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Post by mufc2911 on Nov 22, 2006 8:58:58 GMT
horribly disappointing. we should have had this group wrapped up with at least 4 wins by now. disastrous final balls all night long. ronaldo can run down the wing as much as he wants but if his final balls suck, then there's no point. i dont understand why rooney was played out left. its been proven before this season, that that's NOT his best position. why try to fix something that isnt broken? ref was a real genius as usual...if that was a free kick, then i'm gisele bundchen. fair play to nakamura tho, his free kicks are sublime and i had an inkling when he stepped up that it was going in. ronaldo keeps kicking his free kicks at the wall, its getting a tad annoying but he's been our best player this season so i wont complain too much. saha was nowhere to be found last night.bad penalty and bad finishing all night long. i'm really gutted that we dint win this one. judging from the first half, we should have steamrolled them. hope the boys can pick themselves up for chelsea and benfica.
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Post by stonecarver on Nov 22, 2006 10:04:43 GMT
My head hurts.......! What a night.....did we really loose  Dominate side looses to a set peice.....shit happens. Still, beating Chelsea will make up for it EDIT Orkney Skul Splitter does exactly what it says on the tin ( well bottle ). Think I'm gonna die.......  |
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Post by bettsybonus on Nov 22, 2006 10:20:36 GMT
Obvious that Jarosik was a former Chelski player, he must have attended some of their diving training sessions!  It ain't over and we will avoid defeat to Benfica at Old Trafford. Beating Chelski on the weekend will heal any wounds still felt from the game last night! |
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Post by Carlito's Way on Nov 22, 2006 10:55:06 GMT
I CANNOT believe we lost. The ref was a disgrace all night long. Did anyone see when Rooney got absolutely nailed by Sno (I think) and then got up and fouled their player and he got the free kick given against him. WTF? Saha was fouled all night long as well and never got anything. And then there's the free kick. Not too displeased with the players though coz we played some good football and by rights should've raped them. I feel sorry for Saha but he ought to improve his finishing really.
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Post by Sky Sports 1 on Nov 22, 2006 13:38:06 GMT
Could be a blessing in disguise and wake up the team before Chelsea, make them work harder etc. as it had to happen sometime. At least our fate is still in our own hands, that's not a bad thing at all especially when at Old Trafford on a European night. Personally i find more comfort in being pesemistic after losing for at least a day or so  I think it's wearing off now. If we lose against Chelsea though.. I just hope this makes Fergie see what we need in January, whether it's using the loan players or strengthening by signings. |
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SuperVidic
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Post by SuperVidic on Nov 22, 2006 15:26:28 GMT
Towards the end of last season RvN missed that penalty against already relegated Sunderland, and that effectively ended our title challenge to Chelski. RvN was dropped after that, and sold at the end of the season. I always thought that was the last straw as far as SAF was concerned. If we don't qualify for the next stage, I'd hate to see Saha put through the same, but he should realize that he needs to get his act together and not miss absolute sitters. The stupidest thing a striker can do is to stop playing the ball cos he THINKS that he'll be called offside... atleast get the ball in the net or play it properly. The flag will come up if its offside... That just pissed me off... And the worst part is that I really like Saha, he's very important to our scheme of things. Don't players get carded if they play the ball after the ref blows the whistle |
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Post by Red Yank on Nov 22, 2006 15:59:14 GMT
Don't players get carded if they play the ball after the ref blows the whistle The whistle wasn't blown if I remember correctly. He knew he was offside and was anticipating the whistle which is why he stopped. |
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Post by danishred on Nov 22, 2006 16:12:33 GMT
attackers should always keep playing the ball, particularly in clear goal scoring oppurtunities! If it were offside and saha would have scored he would have gotten carded i think
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Henke
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Post by Henke on Nov 22, 2006 17:02:21 GMT
Utd dominated the 1st half with no goal
Ref was an idiot all night
Jarosik dives for free kick ,giggs dived for the pen at OT and scholes dives for the freekick that led to the goal
if you dont score you dont win
Saha should have scored the one he kinda stopped becos he thought the whistle was going to go
Naka scores another cracker of a free kick to send the 2000 or so man utd fans mad
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Post by Vidic's Bitch ! on Nov 22, 2006 17:20:40 GMT
giggs dived for the pen at OT and scholes dives for the freekick that led to the goal giggs didnt dive he fell coz he pulled his hamstring.....giggs never dives |
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SuperVidic
United Reserve Player
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Post by SuperVidic on Nov 22, 2006 21:14:48 GMT
Don't players get carded if they play the ball after the ref blows the whistle The whistle wasn't blown if I remember correctly. He knew he was offside and was anticipating the whistle which is why he stopped. Well i read somewhere Saha thought the ref had blown the whistle. So I'd think its fair to assume he didn't want to get carded for playing the ball. |
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Post by Busby Boy on Nov 22, 2006 21:18:00 GMT
Please don't say Scholes dived...did you see the tackle by Baldé on him?...potential leg breaker there.
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Post by Red Yank on Nov 22, 2006 21:35:32 GMT
Utd dominated the 1st half with no goal Ref was an idiot all night Jarosik dives for free kick ,giggs dived for the pen at OT and scholes dives for the freekick that led to the goal if you dont score you dont win Saha should have scored the one he kinda stopped becos he thought the whistle was going to go Naka scores another cracker of a free kick to send the 2000 or so man utd fans mad Now you had to go spoil it dalbhoy...just as I was trying to forget that silly banner they hung of the leprechaun you had to show up with it...  Giggs did not dive, he's not that kind of player and I think most can vouch for that. The ref didn't do the best job but the match wasn't lost on just bad officiating as we didn't score in spite of having the advantage of possession and the penalty. Fair play to Celtic, they scored a great free kick but let's not get carried away with all the "who is Man United" talk. Had it been a match where Celtic was dominant then I would agree they were the better side that evening, but with the way things went it was our game to lose and that's what we did. |
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