Wigan V. Manchester United (Setanta Sports 1 - 3.00pm)

Professional Griefer

Happy days. Come on lads!:)

4-0'now?

Mr.Crinklewood

Neat little Brazilian finish, just like one you would see in a porn movie.

seriousfizz

Fabio finally gets his go out on the wing, and scores straight away! Brilliant stuff

flahavaj

kryogen wrote: »

what was the goal like lads? phil thompson had trouble getting his name right so didnt get much of a description!

Probably choking on his bitterness.

dubmick

angerfist2009 wrote: »

Deadly Fabios first for the club???

Think so, deffo his first league goal

double GG

kryogen wrote: »

what was the goal like lads? phil thompson had trouble getting his name right so didnt get much of a description!

Cross from Fletcher, Rooney went to head it. Missed it and it came to Fabio's feet at the back post and a nice composed finish to beat Al Habsi at his near post.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

What was the Rooney incident?

How Soon Is Now

Even when we dont play amazing we still score bout 4 past Wigan how many times has it finished more then 3-0 in this match now??

kryogen

baz2009 wrote: »

What was the Rooney incident?

elbow in the first half?

nullzero

baz2009 wrote: »

What was the Rooney incident?

He elbowed James Mc Carthey in the side of the head off the ball.
Should have been off for it too.

Insect Overlord

baz2009 wrote: »

What was the Rooney incident?

Hit McCarthy a sly fore-arm in the head as he was running past him early on.

double GG

baz2009 wrote: »

What was the Rooney incident?

He got offered 250k a week or something.... or cheated on his wife or something....

Mitch Connor

Man of the match and player ratings links for the Wigan vs Man United game.

As always, open to everyone.

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Lovely nutmeg by JOSH

nullzero

angerfist2009 wrote: »

Even when we dont play amazing we still score bout 4 past Wigan how many times has it finished more then 3-0 in this match now??

The commentators said something like 37 goals aganst Wigan in 12 games, they must hate the sight of us, here's hoping they stay up so we can collect our 6 points next year:pac:

kryogen

angerfist2009 wrote: »

Even when we dont play amazing we still score bout 4 past Wigan how many times has it finished more then 3-0 in this match now??

a few alright, seems to be one of those teams that when we get one the floodgates open

Rooney more often then not scores against them too

9 in 12 or something

Great win today, delighted with the result, performances not as important this time of the season

Headshot

I feel for Wigan, they did not deserve that

They were the better team in the 1st half and utd should of been down to 10 men

Happy with the win but not with the performance

Chico and vds were the outstanding players today

u140acro3xs7dm

Arjun Most Raceway wrote: »

Lovely nutmeg by JOSH

He should have tried to chip the keeper with his left foot in off the back post.

james098

that was just a little too easy I thought:)

u140acro3xs7dm

Headshot wrote: »

I feel for Wigan, they did not deserve that

They were the better team in the 1st half and utd should of been down to 10 men

Happy with the win but not with the performance

Chico and vds were the outstanding players today

Its all about the points now. I cant really see us kicking into top gear this season the way we have before. I hope Scholes can last the Chelsea and liverpool games, I say he played longer than Fergie wanted today.

flahavaj

Headshot wrote: »

I feel for Wigan, they did not deserve that

They were the better team in the 1st half and utd should of been down to 10 men

Happy with the win but not with the performance

Chico and vds were the outstanding players today

Agreed, we were sh*t for long periods. VDS MOTM says it all really. Happy to get the goal difference up a bit.

Still results are all important at the moment.

eclectichoney

Headshot wrote: »

I feel for Wigan, they did not deserve that

They were the better team in the 1st half and utd should of been down to 10 men

Yeah, scoreline does not tell the full story at all. Wigan could have easily put a couple past us in the first half,and having to come from behind the way we were playing, well, who knows?.

RasTa

3hn2givr7mx1sc

james098 wrote: »

that was just a little too easy I thought:)

Wigan were the better team for much of the game.

Essien

Wigan very unlucky to lose by that margin, still though, United doing what they've done all season, do just enough to get the points.

It'll be interesting to see what happens Rooney now.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

kryogen wrote: »

elbow in the first half?

nullzero wrote: »

He elbowed James Mc Carthey in the side of the head off the ball.
Should have been off for it too.

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Hit McCarthy a sly fore-arm in the head as he was running past him early on.

Cheers, I saw McCarthy holding his ear alright, didn't know what happened to him, though.

superfrank

Anyone have a video of the elbow?

dubmick

Headshot wrote: »

I feel for Wigan, they did not deserve that

They were the better team in the 1st half and utd should of been down to 10 men

Happy with the win but not with the performance

Chico and vds were the outstanding players today

Did you see the defending for the last two goals? Absolute rubbish

nullzero

superfrank wrote: »

Anyone have a video of the elbow?

I think you may have to wait for Premier soccer saturday or motd for that I'm afraid.

Insect Overlord

Setanta gave Man of the Match to Van Der Sar. Says a lot about the game, really.

Otis Driftwood

Crap first half,some nice second half play.

Rooney though,uggghhh,what an idiot.

Surely he will get at least a one or two game ban.

That petulant streak that I thought he had grown out of rears its head again.

:mad:

Ordinary man

Missed the rooney incident but this one went unpunished so a precedent was set already this season

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Mitch Connor

Otis Driftwood wrote: »

Crap first half,some nice second half play.

Rooney though,uggghhh,what an idiot.

Surely he will get at least a one or two game ban.

That petulant streak that I thought he had grown out of rears its head again.

:mad:

The FA have ignored similar incidents in the past so there is a decent chance Rooney could get away with it.

Dave!

Vida MOTM for me, couple of mistakes but in general a rock.

Towards the end, Nani gave away a silly ball, Vida charged about 20 yards and if the Wigan attacker didn't bottle it, he probably would have died from the resulting challenge

killwill

Otis Driftwood wrote: »

Crap first half,some nice second half play.

Rooney though,uggghhh,what an idiot.

Surely he will get at least a one or two game ban.

That petulant streak that I thought he had grown out of rears its head again.

:mad:

Stupid of Rooney alright, however, Chico upfront with Berba is not going to be a huge difference to Berba/Rooney. Hernandez is just something special and if he features against Terry/Carragher he will make chances, and more often then not, he scores!!!

Liam O

Ordinary man wrote: »

Missed the rooney incident but this one went unpunished so a precedent was set already this season

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ziggyman17

Otis Driftwood wrote: »

Crap first half,some nice second half play.

Rooney though,uggghhh,what an idiot.

Surely he will get at least a one or two game ban.

That petulant streak that I thought he had grown out of rears its head again.

:mad:

Hopefully not.. Steamy G always gets away with sly elbows, hopefully Rooney gets away with it too.. Besides the ref had a word after the incident so that should be that..

Essien

Fook, I never seen that Gerrard incident :eek: He got away with that?

However, 2 wrongs don't make a right, precedent or not, Rooney should be banned for 2 games, as Gerrard should have been.

daveyboy_1ie

Essien wrote: »

Fook, I never seen that Gerrard incident :eek: He got away with that?

However, 2 wrongs don't make a right, precedent or not, Rooney should be banned for 2 games, as Gerrard should have been.

I agree, but it will be interesting to see which one will be punished.....it's not as if united are singled out for punishment or anything:p

Otis Driftwood

The BIG difference with the above from Gerrard and Rooney is that Gerrard could argue that he had his eyes on the ball and was using his arms to get better elevation.

Rooney was nowhere near the ball and came from behind and swung the elbow which luckily didnt connect all that much.Its a pretty scummy act in fairness.

One thing I will say though is fair play to the Wigan player for not making a meal of it.He could have went to ground and stayed there.He showed a serious bit of class there IMO.

Liam O

Was in work for the game but looking at the highlights now and Scholes could have cost United 2 goals early on, if Carrick or Gibson did that they would be crucified, really bad from Scholes.

flahavaj

Showing the incident again on Premier Soccer Saturday. Clear intent from Rooney. Thuggish behaviour, he should be banned, I don't care who he plays for. Ref bottled it the red card.

I am sick of Rooney and his attitude, he was exactly the same the other night, constantly on the brink of doing something stupid.

BERBA

Banker he wont be banned for tuesday night though

flahavaj

BERBA wrote: »

Banker he wont be banned for tuesday night though

Logistically it'd be amost imposible. Hope he's dropped anyway, he was terrible today yet again.

lordgoat

BERBA wrote: »

Banker he wont be banned for tuesday night though

Course he won't. Ref saw the incident and dealt with it. Wither it's right or wrong that's how things are done in the FA. Right?

Unless the FA change the rules yet again.

lordgoat

flahavaj wrote: »

Logistically it'd be amost imposible. Hope he's dropped anyway, he was terrible today yet again.

He wasn't terrible flah, scored one, assisted one and involved in another. Call him many things but terrible can't be one of them.

BERBA

lordgoat wrote: »

Course he won't. Ref saw the incident and dealt with it. Wither it's right or wrong that's how things are done in the FA. Right?

Unless the FA change the rules yet again.

FA should ban him for it , its a wait and see , they might turn a blind eye seeing who it is , wouldnt surprise me

cson

Whatever about the ins and outs of banning him, anyone else think it was an absolute brain fart moment? I mean there was no need whatsoever to even challenge McCarthy let alone elbow him in the head - I really thought Rooney had gotten rid of that side of him.

flahavaj

lordgoat wrote: »

He wasn't terrible flah, scored one, assisted one and involved in another. Call him many things but terrible can't be one of them.

For long periods he was terrible. The goal he got was the simplest tap in you'll ever see, an act of charity from Berba more than anything. He was petulant, his first touch was sh*te, he seems to have lost that bit of zip in his pace.

He improved in the second half and he looked a lot better when the game was confortable but I'm not really interested in guys who only look good in such circumstances.

He's been infuriating now since March really in terms of his attitude and his considerable drop in form.