Manchester United vs Arsenal [8.00pm Sky Sports 1]

greendom

baz2009 wrote: »

You said look at the league table, as of the live league table United are top.

That was in response to "your team are ****" - Doesn't the league table disprove that ?

Eirebear

Deleted User wrote: »

90 minutes in a game. when ye seal the points ill be the first to say well done but until then keep it in the pants

lol, im no Utd fan....just pointing out what the table is looking like as things stand.

amacachi

baz2009 wrote: »

You said look at the league table, as of the live league table United are top.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/table/default.stm
http://www.premierleague.com/page/LeagueTables/0,,12306,00.html

"Live" league tables don't mean an awful lot.

Ordinary man

doc_17 wrote: »

Two footed? Must have missed that tackle......

Arsene, is that you?

dfx-

The Muppet wrote: »

The two top teams in the league are bound to cancel each other out somewhat, They are seldom the one sided games you can get with mid to lower table sides.

Not being able to pass the ball 10 yards in a straight line?

CR 7

@LiterallyJamie:

HT; Heartwarming scenes as #MUFC and #AFC play 45 mins of turgid football to show their solidarity for the cruelly sacked Allardyce.


:pac:

killwill

Liam O wrote: »

winning the ball with studs up and very close to being 2 footed

Or worded slightly differently, NOT a two footed challenge.

cson

mike65 wrote: »

Those Chilean miners must wish they'd gone to see a La Liga game instead.

They're probably thinking they should've gone to St James last Saturday tbh.

Johner

United deserve to be ahead, horrible from Fletcher running after Webb Ballack style though.

KittyeeTrix

Liam O wrote: »

winning the ball with studs up and very close to being 2 footed

Close but no cigar............:)

DOC09UNAM

cson wrote: »

Two footed though. Deserved the yellow imo.

Chamakh did have kick at Nani too and it was a yelloe tbf and well Nani is Nani, you don't expect him to get on with it anytime soon when he gets hit.

We're under pressure here; Arshavin is playing piss and Nasri hasn't been in it. Created nothing and second best to everything. Need to get Cesc and RVP on and maybe Theo running off RVP. Play like we did in the first half again and United will win this at a canter.

On the subject of tackling; can everyone quit being bitches? Its a tough game from both sides. Nothing malicious in it so far.

Epic post with no tinted specs, I salute you.

Dolph Starbeam

The Muppet wrote: »

The two top teams in the league are bound to cancel each other out somewhat, They are seldom the one sided games you can get with mid to lower table sides.

Did you not see Barca v Real a couple weeks ago?

doc_17

It's crazy how many premier league players have a horrible first touch.

dfx-

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

Close but no cigar............:)

Have you not seen the "nearly more dangerous than it actually was" offence in the rule book?

ShamoBuc

I always enjoy reading threads like these - an inordinate amount of pettyness.
I hope the second half has a few more incidents - needs a bit more controversy.
Standard is only fair - alot of mis passes, especially by arsenal in the last third.

TouchingVirus

TouchingVirus wrote: »

I got one look at it, the live one. And it sure as hell looked jammy to me. Will catch the half time replay I hope

*Eats words*

Class

Galvasean

doc_17 wrote: »

It's crazy how many premier league players have a horrible first touch.

A few nervous players perhaps? Some shocking first touches from both teams, but moreso arsenal IMO.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

doc_17 wrote: »

It's crazy how many premier league players have a horrible first touch.

Ah here, would yeh stop spouting shíte. Its a poor game, thats it.

Liam O

MOG7 wrote: »

Did you not see Barca v Real a couple weeks ago?

that's a one off, like when United beat Arsenal 6-2 a few years ago, guarantee next time they play it will be a different story.

look at the 2 games they played last season and get back to me

amacachi

Just in case anyone missed Sky's half-time analysis the gist of it was that they think whichever team has scored the most goals by the end of the match will probably win.

cson

Liam O wrote: »

that's a one off, like when United beat Arsenal 6-2 a few years ago, guarantee next time they play it will be a different story.

look at the 2 games they played last season and get back to me

It was 6-1

That was a tough Monday in school.

Liam O

dfx- wrote: »

Have you not seen the "nearly more dangerous than it actually was" offence in the rule book?

fine then, it was two footed but not malicious, happy now? jesus christ :rolleyes:

deisedevil

Liam O wrote: »

that's a one off, like when United beat Arsenal 6-1 a few years ago, guarantee next time they play it will be a different story.

look at the 2 games they played last season and get back to me

FYP

Professey Chin

amacachi wrote: »

Just in case anyone missed Sky's half-time analysis the gist of it was that they think whichever team has scored the most goals by the end of the match will probably win.

Damn sky idiots. We all know its settled by a relay sack race through a kiddy pool of custard

Dolph Starbeam

Liam O wrote: »

that's a one off, like when United beat Arsenal 6-2 a few years ago, guarantee next time they play it will be a different story.

look at the 2 games they played last season and get back to me

It was a joke. This game has been very poor so far though, hopefully the 2nd half will pick up a bit.

doc_17

THFC wrote: »

Ah here, would yeh stop spouting shíte. Its a poor game, thats it.

yeah why is it a poor game? poor passing and some awful play. watched one player there take 3 touches with nobody around him and he still couldn't control it. And I'll spout whatever I want thank you very much:D

FortuneChip

amacachi wrote: »

Just in case anyone missed Sky's half-time analysis the gist of it was that they think whichever team has scored the most goals by the end of the match will probably win.

I also think they touched on Park's "Individualism"

More profound insights from Andy Gray

Liam O

cson wrote: »

It was 6-1

That was a tough Monday in school.

damn wasn't sure, got mixed up with the 4-2, i searched it into google and 6-2 returned a video...

The Muppet

MOG7 wrote: »

Did you not see Barca v Real a couple weeks ago?

I did, Did you see the word "seldom" in my post?;)

cson

Right; the luck of the 7,000th post goes to a second half turnaround from Arsenal for a 2-1 win. :cool:

Dolph Starbeam

The Muppet wrote: »

I did, Did you see the word "seldom" in my post?;)

I didn't.

amacachi

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Damn sky idiots. We all know its settled by a relay sack race through a kiddy pool of custard

Worst of it is that this is an actual quote from a Sky commentator maybe 4 years ago, I've not forgotten it since:
"Spurs have found recently that in order to beat their opponents they've had to outscore them." Really wish I was making that up.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

doc_17 wrote: »

yeah why is it a poor game? poor passing and some awful play. watched one player there take 3 touches with nobody around him and he still couldn't control it. And I'll spout whatever I want thank you very much:D

Ya, but just because their touch isnt great today dosent mean it isnt great in general. Nasri's had a few poor touches, but how would you rate his in general??

dfx-

Liam O wrote: »

fine then, it was two footed but not malicious, happy now? jesus christ :rolleyes:

Not really, but kind of..a foul, not a yellow card..

Rojadirecta tells me Bendtner, Van Persie and Walcott all on the bench:eek:

doc_17

THFC wrote: »

Ya, but just because their touch isnt great today dosent mean it isnt great in general. Nasri's had a few poor touches, but how would you rate his in general??

Absolutely class. But for every Nasri there seems to be a donkey whose second touch is a tackle.

cson

Arshavin :mad:

Take him off AW!

Liam O

Rafael playing too deep for my liking...

cson

Man Woj, top drawer.

Quazzie

In all fairness. How is Rooney allowed win so many headers against a defender who is nearly four inches taller than him

Gonzovision

Good save, lucky it was Anderson though.

amacachi

Why did he wait!? ARGH!

Liam O

\huge sigh of relief/

cson

Gah, chance!

ReacherCreature

Great play from Vidic.

TouchingVirus

Christ, next time Van Der Sar should just present and take it

MagicMarker

Can't believe I'm missing this

Dolph Starbeam

Great 10 minutes for Arsenal, they are going to have to make it count soon though.

OPENROAD

cson wrote: »

Arshavin :mad:

Take Sell him off AW!

cson

Coming back into a bit thank ****.

Liam O

NANI! :mad: