Manchester United vs West Ham United - Match Thread

rebel girl 15

Vidic being back is excellent! Made some vital interceptions, best one was the time when the WH striker tried to head the ball down for his partner, Vidic going backwards managed to get his head on it and get it out for a corner - brings much needed stability to the backline!

Paul Tergat

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Great stuff.

Having Nemanja Vidic back was brilliant, he is just ****ing huge.
Scholesy was terrific, dictated the game.
Antonio Valencia has turned out to be a brilliant signing, well done son.
Dimitar Berbatov has one of his best games for United tonight.
Wayne Rooney.

Pretty much this. Job done.

Headshot

how come berba from what I read had a great game and i miss it

bloody conspiracy

anyway Rooney is ****ing awesome

evad_lhorg

Mr Alan wrote: »

if gerrards performances this season aren't improved upon, then yes, he is finished.

insert catchphrase...

_blank_

All those posts about the line up in this thread at about 7.30 or so look pretty foolish now, imo

Spud83

Des wrote: »

All those posts about the line up in this thread at about 7.30 or so look pretty foolish now, imo

Not really Anderson out left was the main concern and that didn't last long.

Mitch Connor

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Vidic being back is excellent! Made some vital interceptions, best one was the time when the WH striker tried to head the ball down for his partner, Vidic going backwards managed to get his head on it and get it out for a corner - brings much needed stability to the backline!

was great to have Vidic back alright, but disappointed not to see Rio there too, wonder if he is injured, yet again.

Was hoping that Rio and Vidic would have had tonight, the Carling Cup final and the Wolves game to get fully back up to speed for the Milan game.

Boggles

Des wrote: »

All those posts about the line up in this thread at about 7.30 or so look pretty foolish now, imo

Not really, The only problems I had were with the goalkeeper and on the left.

Keeper wasn't tested and our left was muck.

Park gave the ball away 16 times at last count. Evra crossed the half way line 3 times.

Headshot

Mitch Connor wrote: »

was great to have Vidic back alright, but disappointed not to see Rio there too, wonder if he is injured, yet again.

Was hoping that Rio and Vidic would have had tonight, the Carling Cup final and the Wolves game to get fully back up to speed for the Milan game.

before the match
MUTV were showing the players about to go into their dressing rooms and Rio like other players was wearing his tracksuit

not sure does that make a difference or not

keane2097

Des wrote: »

All those posts about the line up in this thread at about 7.30 or so look pretty foolish now, imo

Well done you Des.

Weird how you never said it at the time though.

Boggles

Liam O wrote: »

knee jerk much lads? 3-0 United.

Tell me you put that tenner on?

The_Kew_Tour

Valencia was yet again fantatsic.

The boy deserves more credit then he is getting. Set up two goals again tonight and another at weekend.

Boggles

adrian280582 wrote: »

Valencia was yet again fantatsic.

The boy deserves more credit then he is getting. Set up two goals again tonight and another at weekend.

In fairness he is getting nothing but credit.

He is easily the best right winger in the league this season.

Paul Tergat

adrian280582 wrote: »

Valencia was yet again fantatsic.

The boy deserves more credit then he is getting. Set up two goals again tonight and another at weekend.

Solid player with a good attitude. Would still like to see a bit more emotion from him but thats just from a personal point of view and has nothing to do with his play on the pitch.

keane2097

Boggles wrote: »

In fairness he is getting nothing but credit.

He is easily the best right winger in the league this season.

Playing savage stuff alright.

I'm sure there should be an argument about best in the league, but I can't think of anyone even competing with him for some reason...

flahavaj

Valencia already looks a bargain. Excellent first season for him, love the little onfield rapport he has struck up with Rooney.

Headshot

keane2097 wrote: »

Playing savage stuff alright.

I'm sure there should be an argument about best in the league, but I can't think of anyone even competing with him for some reason...

Lennon only for his injury would be a rival

Mr Alan

aaron lennon until his injury was better to be fair.

Mitch Connor

Mr Alan wrote: »

aaron lennon until his injury was better to be fair.

meh, i prefer Valencia. Lennon is trickier, but his crossing is more hit and hope in comparison to valencia, who I feel places and aims his crosses more.

Lennon can hit great crosses, but generally i feel hit is smacking them across goal rather than aiming for a particular spot.

Mr Alan

i'd agree wit you on lennon if we were having this conversation this time last year Mitch, but he'd improved his crossing ten fold this year.

Mitch Connor

Mr Alan wrote: »

i'd agree wit you on lennon if we were having this conversation this time last year Mitch, but he'd improved his crossing ten fold this year.

fair enough, maybe i'll have to re-evaluate next time i see him play.

evad_lhorg

Mr Alan wrote: »

i'd agree wit you on lennon if we were having this conversation this time last year Mitch, but he'd improved his crossing ten fold this year.

sure he hasnt even played this year.

Mr Alan

meant this season smart arse.

flahavaj

In fairness to Lennon and Mr Alan he was more assists than Valencia this season despite his long term injury, 13 to 8.

eZe^

Just watching the match on Sky. fcuking LOVELY first goal by United, I love touches like that...

Necronomicon

Rooney was so unlucky with his half-volley effort. Sublime.

Spud83

Would it be crazy to suggest that maybe Owen has passed on some heading tips to Rooney.

SlickRic

well that showed what all of us know.

utd won, so surely Fergie got it pretty right in the end.

my God, Rooney.

Dave!

Raging I missed this The goals were tasty

Anyone know if it'll be repeated somewhere? I don't have Sky Sports though

Bukman13

alanmurphy83 wrote: »

Would it be crazy to suggest that maybe Owen has passed on some heading tips to Rooney.

I'd say the fact that Rooney is training with Owen everyday, could be a factor into Rooney's huge goal tally this season.

Even though Owen may have lost his a bit of his pace, touch and finishing. His movement and positioning is still top class. I'd say Rooney has benefited greatly from this.

RandolphEsq

SlickRic wrote: »

well that showed what all of us know.

utd won, so surely Fergie got it pretty right in the end.

my God, Rooney.

Sensational. No striker has a patch on him at the moment. The likes of Higuain and Drogba are both playing excellent but just no where near Rooney

Hammer Archer

We were never going to get anything out of this and to be honest I'm not bothered. While it's always nice to beat the Mancs or Arsenal etc., we're not gonna get ourselves safe by beating those teams only.
GFZ made the right call in leaving Parker out with him on 9 yellows. Had he got another, it would be two games out and he'd miss the must win game against Bolton at the weekend. Parker is basically our captain in everything but name.

My only hope is this defeat doesn't destroy any of our players' confidence that seemed to be back in abundance in the previous two games.

COYI!!

L5

goals here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAArI33M06Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYkGUpUzsf0

kryogen

Delighted with the performances from Rooney, Berbatov and Valencia particularly, Scholes was very good, Goibson looked like a professional player and park didnt play badly at all

good day at the office really, great to see Vidic come back unscathed and show us what we have been missing, he was excellent tonight

Bad luck for Anderson, sincerely hope its not a long term injury or he may find it hard to get back in the team again....

West Ham were set up wrong imo, played into our hands thankfully, just what we needed after the disappointing weekend

is it that wrong to be cheering for citeh at the weekend?

Edit: i almost forgot! Foster keeps a clean sheet! had a couple of "moments" but nothing major, good game from him too

delighted to see Owen get a goal, do his confidence good, did you see the look of sicken on Rooneys face when it went in!! i know he was clapping but no prizes for guessing what was going through his head

JPA

Bukman13 wrote: »

I'd say the fact that Rooney is training with Owen everyday, could be a factor into Rooney's huge goal tally this season.

Even though Owen may have lost his a bit of his pace, touch and finishing. His movement and positioning is still top class. I'd say Rooney has benefited greatly from this.

That's an interesting thought. Is Owen helping Rooney score more goals? Seems fairly logical, haven't seen anyone put the 2 together before.

SlickRic

Bukman13 wrote: »

I'd say the fact that Rooney is training with Owen everyday, could be a factor into Rooney's huge goal tally this season.

Even though Owen may have lost his a bit of his pace, touch and finishing. His movement and positioning is still top class. I'd say Rooney has benefited greatly from this.

this actually wouldn't surprise me one bit.

excellent call.

i'd love to know if it's true.

Johner

RandolphEsq wrote: »

Sensational. No striker has a patch on him at the moment. The likes of Higuain and Drogba are both playing excellent but just no where near Rooney

How is Drogba no where near Rooney? Just wondering.

flahavaj

Johner wrote: »

How is Drogba no where near Rooney? Just wondering.

Something about his mood, something, something.

SlickRic

Johner wrote: »

How is Drogba no where near Rooney? Just wondering.

don't go down that road.

as Flah said, if in the mood they're as effective as each other.

the argument in another thread was that Drogba sometimes isn't bothered.

i agree by the way, they're as important as each other. and it's not really worth arguing about.

by the way, could West Ham have played a type of game more suited to Utd?

my God.

Liam O

Des wrote: »

All those posts about the line up in this thread at about 7.30 or so look pretty foolish now, imo

well mine went like this

Knee jerk much lads? 3-0 United

so looks like I'm a superior person to everyone

Nalz

Liam O wrote: »

well mine went like this



so looks like I'm a superior person to everyone

lineup dude

Liam O

Trilla wrote: »

lineup dude

yeah what about it?

L'prof

Archimedez wrote: »

Oh yeah, that guy. Handy little player alright, I predict big things from him.

Rooney > Messi on current form. You'd be a fool to argue otherwise.

Messi's had a dip for what two weeks? Big whoop, I'd still have him as favourite. All this current form lark, it's European Player of the Year, not month. It's far from over!

nkay1985

Was delighted with the performance from United. Never looked in any trouble really. Delighted to see Berba play well. Valencia just continues to get better and better. i love how even when the full back knows full well what he's going to do he just can't stop him! Speed and strength to burn.

Also happy to see Gibson not do badly. His two passes early in the second half were both sublime and almost created goals. Strange to see him pass up one or two shooting chances though; not like him!

Had a small little wager on three scorecasts tonight. Rooney plus 1-0, 2-0 or 3-0. It's getting like when Ronaldo was scoring all around him. Spread it across two or three likely scores and have Rooney as the goalscorer. With the odds you get, you don't have to get it right every time.

grames_bond

Headshot wrote: »

how come berba from what I read had a great game and i miss it

bloody conspiracy

Do me a favour dude....stop watching utd games! we'll definatley win the league then!! :pac:

Nalz

Liam O wrote: »

yeah what about it?

nm

JimsAlterEgo

first goal has to be one of the contenders for goal of the season

RandolphEsq

Johner wrote: »

How is Drogba no where near Rooney? Just wondering.

Inconsistent (relative to Rooney) and has been injured

Johner

Drogba inconsistent this season? Really? And injured? Please tell me when?

RandolphEsq

Johner wrote: »

Drogba inconsistent this season? Really? And injured? Please tell me when?

EDIT: Ugh I was wrong. If anything, Drogba has been more consistent all season even if the ACN is taken into account. Think I'll hide for a while