Man Utd v Chelsea (Match Thread) KO 4.00 SS One

whatawaster

roryc wrote: »

United deservedly ahead at half time... two penalty shouts ignored and a goal correctly disallowed... hopefully they won't take their foot off the gas


Need Ronnie to get on the scoresheet for FF

FYP

Mitch Connor

whatawaster wrote: »

United fans have a twisted view of justice if you think that's what that goal was. Not saying they don't deserve it.

Yeah - Rooney takes corner short - Giggs collects, crosses it in and Ronaldo scores. Yeah - never should have been a goal....

Y2J_MUFC

YES COME ONNNNNNNNN!

Its not been great stuff so far. Ronaldo needs to get involved, Rooney needs to calm down a slight bit before he does something stupid. A goal today would do wonders for Berba, he's snatched at that chance. If he could get one today, it would give him the confidence to kick on, just like Carlos had a poor start last season, and the goal against Chelsea set him up for an outstanding season.

I'm always worried when I see both Park and Fletch in the starting lineup for a big game. Fletch usually does well in the bigger games, but I still have my doubts. I'd much prefer to see Carrick in there.

Ballack's dive was laughable. Surely worth a booking. Wazza's been terribly luck not to get booked.

Ruskie4Rent

mormank wrote: »

1)

2) giggs = utds best player in first half.

+1
He's still driving me mad with some of his passes but his attitude has been immense so far.

Theresalwaysone

Couldnt be more happy. What a man to score too. wheres that Caf gif with him running?

delija_sever029

Vida you madafecker marry me:pac:

bennyx_o

All in all, a decent enough first half. Neither team played well IMO. Impressed with giggs and Fletcher in the center. not exactly dominating but not playing bad either. Need to make sure we don't give away any stupid free kicks near the box with both Lampard and Ballack playing.

singingstranger

From the BBC stuff:

1652: "I just do not understand it. I go on about it all the time, but why oh why do Chelsea not put players on the goalposts from set-pieces? You are trying to make your goal smaller - why don't they do it? It's just cost them a goal."
BBC Radio 5 Live's Graham Taylor

Have to say, QFT. United fan but Chelsea do themselves no favours. Scolari needs to remember he's not managing Brazil any more.

whatawaster

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Yeah - Rooney takes corner short - Giggs collects, crosses it in and Ronaldo scores. Yeah - never should have been a goal....

neither the ref or Chelsea were ready for it.

singingstranger

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

Couldnt be more happy. What a man to score too. wheres that Caf gif with him running?

Mitch Connor

whatawaster wrote: »

neither the ref or Chelsea were ready for it.

chelsea being ready is not relevant at all.

titan18

Omg, what a **** game.I'm falling asleep trying to watch it.And Webb cant ref at all

Villain

I think the problme may be that Rooney never took his foot off the ball it was all done in one movement could be the linesman saw it as a rolling ball, not sure??

Y2J_MUFC

whatawaster wrote: »

United fans have a twisted view of justice if you think that's what that goal was. Not saying they don't deserve it.

Who f'n cares? We got the goal, end of.

bUILDERtHEbOB

cRonaldo's goal being disallowed is irrelevant seeing as Vidic wouldn't have scored if it was counted and it would still be only 1-0.

Chelsea's passing moves have been incredibly slow for a team who supposedly play great football though.

eagle eye

Interesting first half, on the balance of play United deserve to be ahead imo. However Rooney as much a I like him should not be on the pitch at this stage. I predict he either gets taken off of gets sent in the first 20 mins of the second half.

I hate goals like that, first off they take a corner which was clearly outside the d and then take another and score with it legally. There was nothing wrong with the second one but Chelsea were a bit dishevelled after the first effort and when a goal goes in like that it feels like they were cheated to me. On the goal and as much as it pains me to say it, Berbatov deserves the credit there. He has done very little at United since his transfer and if he got a career ending injury I would not feel one bit sorry for him, with the way he treated his previous employers, but that assist might just at the end of the season be worth a huge chunk of his trasfer fee.

Anyways looking forward to the second half. Oh and yet again Evans looks the business playing with Vidic. He looks terrible with Ferdinand, further evidence of my point from a week ago.:)

I reckon you could put a lot of players beside Vidic and they would look good, because he is class.

adox

whatawaster wrote: »

or Chelsea were ready for it.

Are you serious?

Ruskie4Rent

Mitch Connor wrote: »

chelsea being ready is not relevant at all.

I'd have to agree. it was a bit too clever for their own good. Sure the linesman was right beside rooney and he didn't even know he had took it.

It reminds me when sneaky free kicks are taken to catch defenses off guard, but usually they are cleared with the official before it happens

citytillidie

Mitch Connor wrote: »

chelsea being ready is not relevant at all.

Its called unsportman like behaviour like Gearred getting booked last night for trying to take an early freekick

delija_sever029

Our commentator said Drogba commented "he was sorry for not beating up Vidic when he had a chance in Moscow",sentence of the year and give that man a prize:pac:

jesus_thats_gre

Out of curiosity, do you have to wait for the whistle to be blown when taking a corner kick?

Chardee MacDennis

pretty sure the goal was disallowed because the ref was talking to johnny evans while rooney 'took' the corner and giggs played it. watch the replay again and look at what the ref is doing. correct decision imo...

citytillidie

delija_sever029 wrote: »

Our commentator said Drogba commented "he was sorry for not beating up Vidic when he had a chance in Moscow",sentence of the year and give that man a prize:pac:

Yea he said that after been sent off for slapping him in Moscow

Theresalwaysone

LoL at someone thinking Chelsea being ready for it should have an effect on it.

Y2J_MUFC

citytillidie wrote: »

Its called unsportman like behaviour like Gearred getting booked last night for trying to take an early freekick

Telling the linesman your taking the corner quickly and him not saying no is unsporting behavior?

Get real, would ya? Anyways, stupid and pointless argument.

We got the goal, thats all that matters. Whatever you or I say is irrelevant. And no, you can not have any complaints about that.

adox

eagle eye wrote: »

He has done very little at United since his transfer and if he got a career ending injury I would not feel one bit sorry for him, with the way he treated his previous employers,

Classy, real classy:rolleyes:

Aquos76

eagle eye wrote: »

I hate goals like that, first off they take a corner which was clearly outside the d and then take another and score with it legally.

I take it you missed Rooney taking the touch before Giggs swung it in.

delija_sever029

citytillidie wrote: »

Yea he said that after been sent off for slapping him in Moscow

I am not sure who would finish beaten up.....

Headshot

Ruskie4Rent wrote: »

+1
He's still driving me mad with some of his passes but his attitude has been immense so far.

yap totally agree

his tracking back has been brilliant put some passes have been awful like the so called pass to Ronaldo

Soby

mormank wrote: »

1) how has rooney not been booked yet for his attitude towards the ref.

+1 twice hes thrown the hand up to basically saw fcuk off ,he hacked bosingwa and walked away from ref after that..no card???
Big Phil needs to get into his head.. put man on post you stop goals..i mean its not as if Ashley Cole is gonna reach up and fcuking head anything away so why not put him and bosingwa on the post..sigh ah well roll on a draw hopefully..all we can hope for

On a fun note the scared face of the linesman after the disallowed first goal was priceless

citytillidie

Y2J_MUFC wrote: »

Telling the linesman your taking the corner quickly and him not saying no is unsporting behaviuor?

Get real, would ya? Anyways, stupid and pointless argument.

We got the goal, thats all that matters. Whatever you say is irrelevant. You can have no complaints about that one :rolleyes::rolleyes:

The ref had his back to it so did not see Rooney take it all he seen was giggs start with the ball outside the corner kick area.

there you go Rooney did not tell the linesman what he was doing so goal was disallowed correctly

ntlbell

mayordenis wrote: »

Showing your class as always.

Your contribution has been noted

Ruskie4Rent

delija_sever029 wrote: »

I am not sure who would finish beaten up.....

I'm not sure who would finish alive:eek:

whatawaster

adox wrote: »

Are you serious?

Almost always. I was once called the worst audience participant Cirque de Soleil ever had. i did not find their bufoonery amusing.

Aquos76

Vida's goal

mayordenis

whatawaster wrote: »

Almost always. I was once called the worst audience participant Cirque de Soleil ever had. i did not find their bufoonery amusing.

I will duck behind that bin

Kiith

I love watching the crazy amount of bitching and moaning that goes on during these matches. Much more entertaining then the games themselves.

whatawaster

mayordenis wrote: »

I will duck behind that bin

what a pro

ghouldaddy07

adox wrote: »

Classy, real classy:rolleyes:

Abit harsh alright. He did treat spurs like **** and I could understand their supporters saying that, but it seems abit mental saying that about a player playing for your team.

mormank

eagle eye wrote: »

Interesting first half, on the balance of play United deserve to be ahead imo. However Rooney as much a I like him should not be on the pitch at this stage. I predict he either gets taken off of gets sent in the first 20 mins of the second half.

I hate goals like that, first off they take a corner which was clearly outside the d and then take another and score with it legally. There was nothing wrong with the second one but Chelsea were a bit dishevelled after the first effort and when a goal goes in like that it feels like they were cheated to me. On the goal and as much as it pains me to say it, Berbatov deserves the credit there. He has done very little at United since his transfer and if he got a career ending injury I would not feel one bit sorry for him, with the way he treated his previous employers, but that assist might just at the end of the season be worth a huge chunk of his trasfer fee.

Anyways looking forward to the second half. Oh and yet again Evans looks the business playing with Vidic. He looks terrible with Ferdinand, further evidence of my point from a week ago.:)

I reckon you could put a lot of players beside Vidic and they would look good, because he is class.

i really hate comments like this. utd couldve payed 32m for peter crouch and he couldve gotten THAT assist easily, be shiittt the rest of the season but then justify his price tag with one measely assist..give me a break..the fact that keano was and is under so much pressure and berba isnt is a joke. berb hasnt been 50% better than keano this season. played most games and produced very little

bennyx_o

According to Sky, Rooney never told the linesman what he was doing, hence the goal being disallowed.

Thanx 4 The Fish

bennyx_o wrote: »

According to Sky, Rooney never told the linesman what he was doing, hence the goal being disallowed.

Yeah, they spoke to Giggs about it at half time.

bennyx_o

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

Yeah, they spoke to Giggs about it at half time.

My dad turned it off at half time so I must've missed it

Thanx 4 The Fish

Shot went for a throw These are supposed to be pros.....

Chardee MacDennis

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

Shot went for a throw These are supposed to be pros.....

ronaldo just ran straight into Mikel and took a dive - and these are supposed to be men :rolleyes:

Chong

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONEY

bennyx_o

ROOOONEEEYYY!!!!

2-0!

Aquos76

Rooney I fcuking love you son

2-0

Insect Overlord

Rooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go on ya legend!
Come on United!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mmcd

Yeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!1!!11!