Man Utd vs Wigan

Dave!

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

What's the password do you know as I can't access it?

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Anyone know what time (if at all) the match will be repeated on MUTV tomorrow?

Terrible news about Rooney

3 points though

Skud

bramble - 3
cattermole - 2
rooney - 1

bonus points on fantasy premierleague site. crazy crazy decisions... Vidic was unbelievably good tonight. I don't think I can say another utd player played well. Not to standard they should have. Wigan destroyed us in centre midfield

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Dave! wrote: »

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Anyone know what time (if at all) the match will be repeated on MUTV tomorrow?

hey dave theres one at 8.00 am ,10am,12.pm,2.pm,4.30pm
its called wigan athletic -home 2008/2009
full coverage
so i presume thats what you want
also at 7.30pm theres highlights of the match on MUTV too

sky sports are showing another replay at 3.00 am tonight

MisterAnarchy

ShooterSF wrote: »

Even with us off the pace up front I don't remember a United side I have ever felt so comfortable watching at 1-0.

This side has barely gotten out of 3rd gear this season.
They are becoming far too dependant on winning matches 1-0 .
They are struggling to create decent goalscoring opportunities.
In all fairness a pretty strong United should be putting sides like Wigan to the sword easily enough.
Powerhouses like Wigan and Derby in the last week have made the so called best team in the world look very poor .
United still need a prolific goalscorer,Eto would be ideal.:(
I think Utd need a good hiding to wake them up or else Inter could mug them.

DSB

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

This side has barely gotten out of 3rd gear this season.
They are becoming far too dependant on winning matches 1-0 .
They are struggling to create decent goalscoring opportunities.
In all fairness a pretty strong United should be putting sides like Wigan to the sword easily enough.
Powerhouses like Wigan and Derby in the last week have made the so called best team in the world look very poor .
United still need a prolific goalscorer,Eto would be ideal.:(
I think Utd need a good hiding to wake them up or else Inter could mug them.

1 nil wins are graaaaaaaaand. When they needed to step it up a notch on Sunday, they did easily.

Smegball

That has to be a lot of games we've gone in the Prem now without conceding?

9

Insect Overlord

many, many minutes of clean sheets

Smegball

Anyone know the record of consecutive games without conceding?

Unearthly

Smegball wrote: »

Anyone know the record of consecutive games without conceding?

The record is 1025 mins by Chelsea

To beat it, just need to keep clean sheets against Bolton and then West Brom

If we do achieve it, it should be called the Nemanja Vidic record tbh

Nalz

Skud wrote: »

bramble - 3
cattermole - 2
rooney - 1

bonus points on fantasy premierleague site. crazy crazy decisions... Vidic was unbelievably good tonight. I don't think I can say another utd player played well. Not to standard they should have. Wigan destroyed us in centre midfield

FPL bonus is rigged. Serious money in that me tells ya.

No joke.

PHB

United struggle massively when they are missing Rooney, massively. No other player has the influence that he has on the team. Terrible cost if we miss him for 3 weeks.

Mitch Connor

PHB wrote: »

United struggle massively when they are missing Rooney, massively. No other player has the influence that he has on the team. Terrible cost if we miss him for 3 weeks.

Will be 3 weeks, could be longer - based on what Fergie said last night.

He never confirmed it was just a 3 week injury - just that it was a hamstring injury which means at least 3 weeks, though he hopes no longer.

MisterAnarchy

PHB wrote: »

United struggle massively when they are missing Rooney, massively. No other player has the influence that he has on the team. Terrible cost if we miss him for 3 weeks.

I'm not so sure about that.
Ronaldo is more influential in my opinion.He won United so many matches last season ,he can do things no other United player can.
Rooney's form over the last few years is very hot and cold,more often cold.

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MisterAnarchy wrote: »

I'm not so sure about that.
Ronaldo is more influential in my opinion.He won United so many matches last season ,he can do things no other United player can.
Rooney's form over the last few years is very hot and cold,more often cold.

wrong.

Mitch Connor

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

I'm not so sure about that.
Ronaldo is more influential in my opinion.He won United so many matches last season ,he can do things no other United player can.
Rooney's form over the last few years is very hot and cold,more often cold.

Rooney helps dictate the tempo and shape of the team a lot more than Ronaldo. Ronaldo will win you a match by scoring more than Rooney, but he doesn't influence the overall performance of the team to anywhere near the same extent.

SlickRic

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

I'm not so sure about that.
Ronaldo is more influential in my opinion.He won United so many matches last season ,he can do things no other United player can.
Rooney's form over the last few years is very hot and cold,more often cold.

as good as ronaldo is though, rooney sets the tone for many of utd's performances.

if i was playing with him, I know I couldn't help but feed off his will to win.

i might not ruthlessly kick as many people as him, but you know what I mean :rolleyes:

edit: beat me to it mitch

Theresalwaysone

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

I'm not so sure about that.
Ronaldo is more influential in my opinion.He won United so many matches last season ,he can do things no other United player can.
Rooney's form over the last few years is very hot and cold,more often cold.

Wow. I actually cant see the sense in this at all.

Also, I think Evra is just as important as Rooney for the team in a general sense.

Smegball

This next three weeks is going to be a major test of Tevez's future now I'd say, he has the next 3 weeks to step up and prove he's worth the money.

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Smegball wrote: »

This next three weeks is going to be a major test of Tevez's future now I'd say, he has the next 3 weeks to step up and prove he's worth the money.

lets see how bad the injury is first

he may be out for 3 weeks;)

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Smegball wrote: »

This next three weeks is going to be a major test of Tevez's future now I'd say, he has the next 3 weeks to step up and prove he's worth the money.

excuse me but that such unbelievable short sighted bollox.

Tevez proved himself last season, and to say that he now has three games is utter stupidity.

He has been fúcked around so much this season that it is unsurprising that he is performing below par.

Iago

Des wrote: »

excuse me but that such unbelievable short sighted bollox.

Tevez proved himself last season, and to say that he now has three games is utter stupidity.

He has been fúcked around so much this season that it is unsurprising that he is performing below par.

I think the Tevez problem has far less to do with his ability and far more to do with the fact that United as an entity are a little uncomfortable when faced with the reality of handing over €25-€30m to a middle man for his services rather than a club.

To pick up on the point about Rooney v's Ronaldo, if you watch the united games closely you'll see that what Rooney does off the ball is far more important that what Ronaldo does on the ball. Rooneys biggest strength, imho, is his positional sense. When he plays, United always look like they have options in the final third of the pitch. When he doesn't you get the sort of stale disorganised performance we saw last night. Plenty of position, Berbatov & Tevez dropping deep but whenever someone looked up to pick that final pass there was no easy option available. We run out of ideas and end up not really doing much at all.

When Rooney is on the pitch he draws defenders out of position and leaves gaps behind him, when he's not doing that he ends up with a couple of yards of space within range of an easy pass from a teammate. When united don't have the ball, the opposition defenders have no time to settle because they know that Rooney is hunting them down.

All of that is why Rooney is such a vital player for the team, regardless of how many goals he does or doesn't get.

Des

Des wrote: »

Why the hell would I care?

I couldn't give a shiney shíte where the title ends up.

Des wrote: »

eh?

I never said anywhere that I didn't.

Also, I love Anderson

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Deleted User wrote: »

hang on, this proves nothing.

I don't dislike the EPL, in fact I like watching it, but I don't care who actually wins the thing.

I do love Anderson too.

Des

Des wrote: »

excuse me but that such unbelievable short sighted bollox.

Tevez proved himself last season, and to say that he now has three games is utter stupidity.

He has been fúcked around so much this season that it is unsurprising that he is performing below par.

Agree 100%

Super post.

Des

Des wrote: »

hang on, this proves nothing.

I don't dislike the EPL, in fact I like watching it, but I don't care who actually wins the thing.

I do love Anderson too.

I know, i know......'twas all in jest. :cool: