Bayern Munich vs. Manchester United

adox

Liam O wrote: »

bit of a difference when everyone says oh, typical rubbish Carrick just looking for him to make a mistake so they can prove a point. Usually it's Neville too but seeing as he's been United's best player tonight they've gone full on for Carrick.

NEWSFLASH............ Carrick is ****e!

Liam O

LOL at Jamie Redknapp going on about zonal marking

Spiritoftheseventies

how did your man miss that chance. criminal

Liam O

adox wrote: »

NEWSFLASH............ Carrick is ****e!

oh yeah, I forgot :rolleyes:

eZe^

Very very entertaining match from both sides. United's class will show in the end tbh, say this will end 3-1 to United.

Spiritoftheseventies

ha ha Jose.

Headshot

Liam O wrote: »

oh yeah, I forgot :rolleyes:

jebus change the record liam

anyone see Jose there on sky sports

MIN2511

I really like Nani's boots; anyone else notice them?

Raskolnikov

If I was van Gaal I would make a few changes. Tymoshchuk should have started, think he would have handled the big occasion better than the likes of Pranjic. Other than that, Bayern have a pretty poor bench, although Klose is surely a better option than Olic.

Bukman13

Liam O wrote: »

bit of a difference when everyone says oh, typical rubbish Carrick just looking for him to make a mistake so they can prove a point. Usually it's Neville too but seeing as he's been United's best player tonight they've gone full on for Carrick.

Yep... He made one mistake and everyone jumped on him.

Scholes has given the ball away more times than Carrick so far.

mailrewop

poor jose, he has no friends :pac:

niallk

Liam O wrote: »

bit of a difference when everyone says oh, typical rubbish Carrick just looking for him to make a mistake so they can prove a point. Usually it's Neville too but seeing as he's been United's best player tonight they've gone full on for Carrick.

Carrick has been piss poor since the CL final last year. I've been saying it all season but it's only become popular to say so in the last month or so, when others have started to notice. I do agree that he can get undue criticism sometimes and he won't get much credit for the good things he does, but he deserves that IMO for trying to creep under the radar for so long. He tries to be as anonymous as he can in matches, and then he'll point to distance covered and pass completion stats to defend himself, when really the "distance covered" is running in circles and the "passes complete" are 95% backpasses.

Valmont

Just thought I would pop on to express my undying hatred for tv3's version of Bill O'Herlihy. Who is that plank anyway? Why is he so annoying? Why he is even there? :mad:

v3ttel

I'd get Giggsy on instead of Park. He has barely had a kick, we could use the experience of Giggs. Capable of tracking back and would offer more going forward too. Nani has done well.

Very lucky that Olic missed that chance, but saying that, Rooney has had 2 chances, one very good, and Nani had the left footed shot too.

If we can push on a bit, we are well capable of scoring again. Theres no point in falling back because we aren't looking so secure.

Bukman13

eZe^ wrote: »

Very very entertaining match from both sides. United's class will show in the end tbh, say this will end 3-1 to United.

Yea, I would go along with this. The game has been very similar to the Milan match in the San Siro.

adox

What's Jose saying?(on Sky I presmume)

Liam O

adox wrote: »

What's Jose saying?(on Sky I presmume)

Likes Inter, hates Italy. Basically

Spiritoftheseventies

adox wrote: »

What's Jose saying?(on Sky I presmume)

Jose: I dont like Italian football
Reporter: Why
Jose: Because they dont like me

More to follow later

Raskolnikov

Don't think Ribery is worth the £60 million that they're talking about him going for, but he looks a class above all the other Bayern players.

MagicMarker

UTD need to pull the finger out, it's only a matter of time before Bayern score.

IvySlayer

adox wrote: »

What's Jose saying?(on Sky I presmume)

Liam O wrote: »

Likes Inter, hates Italy. Basically

Spiritoftheseventies wrote: »

Jose: I dont like Italian football
Reporter: Why
Jose: Because they dont like me

More to follow later

Yeah that...


You're welcome. Thanks over there

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v3ttel

Valmont wrote: »

Just thought I would pop on to express my undying hatred for tv3's version of Bill O'Herlihy. Who is that plank anyway? Why is he so annoying? Why he is even there? :mad:

Mr. Super-cynical himself. He is very annoying. "Oh come on now, how could a professional football miss that?", the same reason a rugby player knocks a ball on, or an F1 driver crashes, its a bloody mistake because they are only human too :mad:

Come on lads, get it together. Not a great start to the half to say the least.

manutd

WhAt the Fu*k Is Nani at, close there

Raskolnikov

Did a bug fly into Nani's eye there?

Headshot

id be amazed if bayern dont score

we are playing absolute ****e

our midfield doesnt know the mean of holding up or passing the ball

im getting my shotgun ready for nani

Liam O

niallk wrote: »

Carrick has been piss poor since the CL final last year. I've been saying it all season but it's only become popular to say so in the last month or so, when others have started to notice. I do agree that he can get undue criticism sometimes and he won't get much credit for the good things he does, but he deserves that IMO for trying to creep under the radar for so long. He tries to be as anonymous as he can in matches, and then he'll point to distance covered and pass completion stats to defend himself, when really the "distance covered" is running in circles and the "passes complete" are 95% backpasses.

That's your opinion and if that's what you believe then I'm probably not going to change your mind but I think he does a very good job as the anchor of the team and allows his midfield partner(s) to be assured going forward and is quite capable himself going forward.

In the Arsenal game he neutralised Fabregas and played some great through balls to set up attacks and was arguably United's most important player that day. After Nani of course...

bernardo mac

Munich could score soon.Utd need awakening!

Quandary

good defending from rio - Utd midfield need to get in the game

monkey9

Embarrassing stuff from Nani.

Liam O

i think this is the type of game where we need Berba to float between midfield and attack to fashion out chances.

Headshot

that should of been a simple pass by carrick to nani but of course he ****s it up

Spiritoftheseventies

United giving the ball away way too often

Raskolnikov

All this pressure from Bayern.

United sure to score.

manutd

Take Nani off, please, how did they not score there

kmart6

Wake up United!!!!

joepenguin

MagicMarker wrote: »

UTD need to pull the finger out, it's only a matter of time before Bayern score.

Been a bit complacent alright what with the early goal and bayern playing cr@p. In truth we've been alseep, few players tuned in but VDS way more actvie than he should be.

Dancor

Great save from VDS

Quandary

I've never seen Fletcher let someone breeze past him so easily :mad: - what the hell are they at??

Liam O

Rooney's passing has been rubbish today...

MagicMarker

Game is crying out for valencia and giggs!!!

Mr Alan

how many times is that now that a bayern player picks up the ball in their own half and waltzes through united midfield to the edge of the box unchallenged?!

Liam O

manutd wrote: »

Take Nani off, please, how did they not score there

Your Nani hating is sooo 3 months ago.

Pro. F

Nani with some disgusting cry-baby play-acting there a little while ago (clutching his face when he'd been touched in the chest). That's the single reason I would have Valencia over him a million times, he's just far more honourable. It disgusts me having people like Nani representing the club tbh.

manutd

What is Rooney playing at, that's twice in this game he did that.

adox

Awful from Evra, he's having a poor game. Shocking from Nani going down holding his face.

Parks barely had a kick all game and isn't contributing much going backwards either.

racso1975

i'm really worried about rest of this match never mind sat! Some very tired players out there already. It's a very laboursome performance. Fergie needs to make changes and soon. Plus is rio looks fairly sharp though

Raskolnikov

Nani has done ok tonight, don't know why you're all ragging on him.

quad_red

Where is the midfield gone?

This is brutal. This does not bode well for Saturday

rebel girl 15

United seem happy to sit back and leave Bayern come at them, very dangerous - VDS has seen way too much ball for my liking, united need to defend a bit higher and stop leaving Bayern waltz through them

Midfield seem non existant

Peyton Manning

As much as I've defended him, Michael Carrick should be fúcked out of the club in the summer given his last 2 months worth of performances.