Valencia v Manchester United Match Thread

jesus_thats_gre

super_furry wrote: »

Valencia are a team made for Peter Crouch. They're putting great cross after great cross into the box and there's no-one there.

Crouch plus the ability to head a ball

starbelgrade

Rafa's playing pretty well.

niallo27

starbelgrade wrote: »

Rafa's playing pretty well.

Ya doing well, 2 nil up, eto with both goals

Le King

super_furry wrote: »

Raphael will need a lot of help. I can see Valencia putting him under pressure early.

Why? He is a great little right back. Just needs to sort out his indecisiveness at times which I'm sure SAF sorted out over the Summer. Then again your talking about a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Rafael will be a great RB IMO.

Liam O

niallo27 wrote: »

Ya doing well, 2 nil up, eto with both goals

lawl :rolleyes:

me-skywalker

Carrick dive.. see English players do it too

3hn2givr7mx1sc

The one man wall or row Z.

EDIT: Didn't get past the first man. What a surprise.:rolleyes:

Insect Overlord

baz2009 wrote: »

The one man wall or row Z.

Close enough!

Nemanja91

What a sh*te performance so far!

starbelgrade

niallo27 wrote: »

Ya doing well, 2 nil up, eto with both goals

He's great at taking over other people's teams all right.

Mr.Nice Guy

Carrick looking dodgy every time he gets the ball.

DOC09UNAM

Wow, berbatov practically dragged him to the floor there :rolleyes:

sprinkles

Carrick needs to learn how to show for the ball. Nani has been left on a couple of occasions with no option but to try and run it.

Le King

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Wow, berbatov practically dragged him to the floor there :rolleyes:

Typical Spanish football tbf.

There all a bunch of Nani's.

NickDrake

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Carrick looking dodgy every time he gets the ball.

Carrick having a shocker. The poor form continues. The lad needs an age on the ball.

me-skywalker

Both teams struggling to get out of 2nd gear. Second half will be a stonker after both hairdryers will be unleashed!!

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Carrick's once good passing ability has gone to shíte.

Bodhisopha

United need to inject some of that famous EPL intensity into their game. Trying to play football with these classy Spaniards is a dangerous game.

NickDrake

baz2009 wrote: »

Carrick's once good passing ability has gone to shíte.

Hasn't been good for 18 months now. Long time

DOC09UNAM

Wow, carrick hasn't played a pro game of football in months, probably best give him a game or two before everyone starts slating him again.

Rob113

Carricks not the only one playing sh1te. Park has the worst first touch ive ever seen. Nobody can string a couple of passes together. Very frustrating to watch

ReacherCreature

baz2009 wrote: »

Carrick's once good passing ability has gone to shíte.

Agree somewhat, he's completely off although I'm not much of a fan of his. Needs to improve in this game at least.

NickDrake

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Wow, carrick hasn't played a pro game of football in months, probably best give him a game or two before everyone starts slating him again.

We can't say he is having a poor game? What are we expected to say? He is having a great controlled performance with great passing?

Liam O

i await all the comments saying how well Carrick did there...

Peyton Manning

Park has the strength of a 12 year old girl.

DOC09UNAM

NickDrake wrote: »

We can't say he is having a poor game? What are we expected to say? He is having a great controlled performance with great passing?

He's not the only one playing shít, why dedicate all of your resentment towards one player??

"Man United can now counter at pace with Park" has to be the most bullshít comment I've ever heard.

I lawl'd at it.

fish fingers

Park very poor tonight lads

Gonzovision

Albelda running the show

NickDrake

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

He's not the only one playing shít, why dedicate all of your resentment towards one player??

"Man United can now counter at pace with Park" has to be the most bullshít comment I've ever heard.

I lawl'd at it.

He is a focal point of our midfield. This is where games are won and lost in Europe. Therefore, it is such an important position for us.

That is why people talk about him.

starbelgrade

I can't see our dodgy record in Spain getting better any time soon in this game. Our passing has been atrocious & we've been lucky not to be caught out with crosses in from the wings.

smokedeels

park ffs (during United's last attack)

ReacherCreature

Why is Park playing up there? I seriously believe he should be playing back in the midfield.

DOC09UNAM

NickDrake wrote: »

He is a focal point of our midfield. This is where games are won and lost in Europe. Therefore, it is such an important position for us.

That is why people talk about him.

Yeah, it's all carricks fault, not any of the other midfielders also playing a shocking game, just Carrick.

Nemanja91

Pablo hernandez looks like a right twat!

Rob113

Carrick is playing just as bad as a lot of them out there. There's nobody getting on the ball and making things happen

mike65

One could suspect a draw would suit both teams, but it would suit Valencia much more.

Rangers 1 - 0 Bursaspor

Quandary

Fergie will be happy with that scoreline considering how poor we've been.

Nani, Park and to a lesser extent Carrick have been very poor.

On the plus side Ando hasn't looked too bad at all, if a bit quiet towards the end of the half.

Better 2nd half hopefully!

NickDrake

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Yeah, it's all carricks fault, not any of the other midfielders also playing a shocking game, just Carrick.

Give it a rest. We all know he can do no wrong in your view.

Our midfield is poor but Carrick is the worst by far.

starbelgrade

Archimedes wrote: »

Park has the strength of a 12 year old girl.

He could do with a few lessons from Hit-Girl all right.

fish fingers

That was painful lads:(

Rob113

For me parks been the worst out there tonight.

Rob113

Anyone catch Dunphys slating of nani before the game? Tore him to shreds.

Bodhisopha

Nemanja91 wrote: »

Pablo hernandez looks like a right twat!

Fine contribution. More of this please.

OPENROAD

"United just hanging on in there"

fish fingers

Rob113 wrote: »

Anyone catch Dunphys slating of nani before the game? Tore him to shreds.

Dont be listening to that eejit, hes full of sh1te. Always has been and always will.

OPENROAD

Rob113 wrote: »

Anyone catch Dunphys slating of nani before the game? Tore him to shreds.

"The pundits that tell it like it is" ?

lordgoat

Carrick has been the best of the midfielders for united. Anderson started well, done nothing since. Fletch has been decent but not on the ball enough. The two wingers, park seems to have forgotten how to play football. Nani having a shocker of a game. Berb needs more of the football.

I'll gladly take a 0-0.

DOC09UNAM

NickDrake wrote: »

Give it a rest. We all know he can do no wrong in your view.

Our midfield is poor but Carrick is the worst by far.

We all know that do we?

When have I ever said he played good tonight?

Park is by far the worst tonight, with fletch not having a great game either.

You seem to have a vendetta against Carrick it seems.

Rob113

Who do you reckon can make a difference from the bench

ctrl-alt-delete

Terrible game for the neutral, United dare I say it doing what Rangers did to them at Old Trafford, it is clear they would be happy with a draw.
Valencia looking the more creative, as you'd expect with United missing their most creative players.
Berbatov playing the impossible role on his own, being let down by the fact there are no 'attacking' type players to support him. Park has been terrible, and once again Nani's delivery is very poor.
Hoping the 2nd half gets better, but there is just no creativity in the United team to help Berbatov.