Liverpool v united (title changed to protect the innocent)

county

come on united

MrJoeSoap

Kewell was favourite to have the first foul on Neville, and delivered! My money was on Gerrard at 14/1...


4/1 H Kewell
9/2 P Crouch
5/1 J-A Riise
7/1 M Sissoko
14/1 S Gerrard
25/1 J Carragher
33/1 L Garcia
50/1 S Finnan

- Ronaldo's "crap cross" counter: 1

damienom

They have Neville rattled - he's not on his game at all today!

****e - Kewell just wide...go on the Bean pole 1-0

Chong

Oh Well,

super_furry

YEEEEEEESSSSS!!!! The seven foot Pele strikes!

county

No

MrJoeSoap

1-0! The big man!

PHB

woeful defending from united for the goal

mike65

Mike.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Thats man marking for you, he would never have had that chance in a zonal system. Twice the ddefence carved apart, man marking v zonal, lets see how it turns out eh.

If zonal can be exploited by good teams, how easy is it to expose man marking with strikers who are poor by man u fans accounts.

Gwan the crouch, he bent down to score that one.

Davei141

Edited.
That was a nasty one.

galwaydude

well done big crouch, finally he scores a goal

Davei141

:d.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Davei141 wrote:

Get up sissoko you bloody baby.

He was elbowed in the face, are you even watching ?

Davei141

I edited when i seen it, you even quoted the edited part .

Rollo Tamasi

anybody got a stream?

galwaydude

moro is playing well today

county

united have`nt turned up yet

Davei141

Theyre scheduled here in 60 minutes .

Davei141

How the hell is giggs complaining?

Thanx 4 The Fish

Decent shout for a pen there.

Will prob give a free at the edge though.

And finnan exposes the Man marking system again.

Dr Galen

vidic looks half decent. about the only one who seems to be playing much.

county

ha ha what a miss

super_furry

Liverpool are totally dominating midfield - United aren't getting a look in. Ferguson's going to have to go five in midfield.

galwaydude

another close one for utd with finnan nearly scoring

Davei141

county wrote:

ha ha what a miss

Bet you soiled yourself when you seen the net move though.

Thanx 4 The Fish

county wrote:

ha ha what a miss

I would imagine the pool will have plenty more chances...

zAbbo

county wrote:

come on united

Maybe you didnt notice but its Liverpool v ManU, or have you done a PHB and assumed its at Old Trafford.

1-0, should be 2-0

galwaydude

haha offside

HashSlinging

great game! Liverpool all over them, just like I predicted. Whats the story with that bally dancer C.Ronaldo.. should be in a russian dance troup or something.:D

county

Davei141 wrote:

Bet you soiled yourself when you seen the net move though.

big time:D

Thanx 4 The Fish

Nice trickery by Ronaldo but as usual no end product...

county

liverpools in total control of this game

Jimi-Spandex

Haha. Rooney kisses the badge. Classy Kop fans throw stuff at him.


United lucky to be going in only one behind. Lack of Rio and a midfield is hurting. Look a bit better now we're back to 442.

PHB

Firstly, this has been a woeful match, and its due to the ref allowing the first foul on Neville as not a yellow. There is a foul from both sides about every 2 minutes, because theres no incentive not to. Ronaldo has been fouled 6 times, and the game has absolutely no flow.

Liverpool have dominated in midfield, but not created many chances. It is actually a lot like the game before, where Liverpool dominated, and pushed from set pieces, and this time they scored, because of terrible defending from Vidic. Neville btw should be subbed for this preformance.
Rio is quite clearly being missed in this game, nobody to organise the defense.

I have no idea what Fergie can do to turn this around, Richardson needs to come off, maybe Smith on just to get a physical presence in midfield. Maybe push Rooney into midfield, take off Richardson, bring on Saha. I don't know, but midfield needs to be fixed. It isn't a threat to us, but it is totlaly stopping out play, and we can't score unless something is done.

mike65

Man Utd look like half a team. The Pool midfield is so quick, so snappy in the tackle and pass. I thought the Hamann/Sissoko axis would work well, Smith must come on for Fletcher.

PHB you are truly a dillusional fan, 'your midfield is not a threat to you'?, its your main flaw!

Mike.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Was waiting for the excuses, and here they come already..

Gerrard, Hamann and Kewell are not a threat.

Kewell Running Man u ragged and they are having alot of trouble with him.

United lucky too not to concede a pen too for giggs in the box foul on Harry K.

Green_Martian

Utd need to sort out the midfield.........they are doing nothing out there

Richardson or Fletcher, or even both, need to come off...........

have to say was a litlle worried when i seen rooney getting treatment

Dr Galen

what are you talking about.... that was an excellent tackle on neville by kewell.....;)

now although i'd rather he wasn't fouling people but isn't it good to see Kewell having some passsion in the shirt. tho not the player he was at least he is starting to come good for the team. is this the rafa influence coming thro?

county

you cant make any excuses for that first half performence

Green_Martian

it was Giggs who made the tackle

Tusky

Liverpool are all over them. They are winning 90% of the balls in midfield and keeping the ball well. Thus far Im really happy with how they are playing, specially in midfield. Morientes is also looking good!

Thanx 4 The Fish

Well it was a shoulder charge with the ball already away, ref is doing an ok job. Kewell deserved a yellow, Pool deserved a pen.

Davei141

PHB wrote:

Firstly, this has been a woeful match, and its due to the ref allowing the first foul on Neville as not a yellow. There is a foul from both sides about every 2 minutes, because theres no incentive not to. Ronaldo has been fouled 6 times, and the game has absolutely no flow.

The ref had a decent game, just because fergie started crapping on about the ref, doesnt mean its his fault that united are playing ****.

Liverpool have dominated in midfield, but not created many chances. It is actually a lot like the game before, where Liverpool dominated, and pushed from set pieces, and this time they scored, because of terrible defending from Vidic. Neville btw should be subbed for this preformance.
Rio is quite clearly being missed in this game, nobody to organise the defense.

Havent you said "where did people get this idea that liverpool dominated?". Agree on the Rio and Neville points though. Liverpool have it easier this game though, the players arent backing off like last time.

Agree with the rest.

Green_Martian

How come your not at the game Thanx 4 The Fish, i thought you were over there???

zAbbo

Green_Martian wrote:

How come your not at the game Thanx 4 The Fish, i thought you were over there???

Tickets wouldn't be the easiest to get hold of, preference going to previous FA Cup ticket purchasers and season ticket holders as well as ManU using the full 15% allocation.

Green_Martian

zabbo wrote:

Tickets wouldn't be the easiest to get hold of, preference going to previous FA Cup ticket purchasers and season ticket holders as well as ManU using the full 15% allocation.

Yeah, but usually someone knows somebody who get get you a ticket, especially being over there.....oh well

carpothepunk

What a woeful match,no flow to it at all

Fletcher needs to be taken off,as does Richardson,and how is Saha not playing on recent form?Disgraceful.

The 'Pool midfield are controlling the game,it will be won and lost there

Davei141

Saha for sylvestre?

Green_Martian

Saha is coming on for Silvestre

Thanx 4 The Fish

Tried to apply through my fancard but could not get through, were sold out quite quickly too and did not get to general sale.. There are 1200 less seats available too since man u have the bigger allocation.

Silvestre off and saha on

I would imagine that will be 3 4 1 2 With rooney sitting between attack and midfield.

Wright made a good comment there, "They might bring Ronaldo on in this half"