Manchester United vs Athletic Bilbao Match Thread. K.O 8.05pm 3e & Channel 5

TheTownie

Bout time..

kryogen

Well done, fair play to Bilbao, fully deserved, should be winning this game tbh

shadowcomplex

Not good enough and that is it

rebel girl 15

Damn!

Mr.Crinklewood

Buggerfu€k

kmart6

Could see that coming...they deserved it!

Nuri Sahin

Golazooooo! Well deserved, Llorente was excellent there.. 1-1

Al Capwned

that is no surprise whatsoever....

Much the better side, playing some lovely stuff - no more than they deserve,

ffs

markie29

Deserved goal...united giving them too much space in midfield

kryogen

Jones is supposed to be a central defender, how the hell can he let his man go that easy if he wants to be a central defender

Copper_pipe

beast of a player

Kylo Ren

Brilliant from Llorente.

eagle eye

What a beautiful team goal from Athletic. Imo Llorente is one of the best strikers in the world.

Al Capwned

-Ade- wrote: »

Golazooooo! Well deserved, Llorente was excellent there.. 1-1

Eh man, rooney got one as well

:D

curse your ninja edit!!!!!

cson

He's a joy to watch Llorente.

Real traditional frontman.

kryogen

shadowcomplex wrote: »

IF United dont sign 2 worldclass midfielders in the summer my Jersey is going into the bin

I'd say you may aswell save time

G.K.

Evra is a joke of a defender

adox

Deserved. Jones has been shocking.

Will I Amnt

-Ade- wrote: »

Golazooooo! Well deserved, Llorente was excellent there.. 1-1

Ha,nice ninja edit Ade.
I seen ya

daithijjj

Take a Bilbao son!!!!

TheFullDuck

Bilbao fans so animated compared to the home crowd, I know they just scored but they were like that after Rooney scored too

Your Airbag

kryogen wrote: »

Can't speak for "we" but I certainly get pissed off at any player who does that, climb down off the horse now lad!

Park let a ball bounce that he shouldn't have, that wasn't anyone else's fault in that particular instance, why blame someone else? He is not above criticism.

What horse? You responded to my post and I responded to yours. This is an internet forum for discussion, if every time someone disagrees with your opinion your first reaction is to snapp order them off their high horse you don't have the capacity to discuss things rationally and maybe should give this whole thing miss.

I used the word we instead of you to avoid singling out anyone and to generalise. You seemed to have missed this.

Balls bouncing in the box happens most games, not a hell of a lot but it does happen and will probably do so again tonight. Park is not the new hot property and his name is not in vouge so when he does it its criminal.

Ignoring his contribution and effort to this club is extremely short sighted.

Mr.Crinklewood

Best opposition at Old Trafford this season.

shadowcomplex

The commentators are saying united need to wake up, the thing is they are very limited and they dont have many levels to go up. this team needs serious investment in the summer

cson

shadowcomplex wrote: »

IF United dont sign 2 worldclass midfielders in the summer my Jersey is going into the bin

I hear City have a new one out this summer anyway, sorted.

Jax Teller

Jones just let Llorente run past him .

Get Jones and Chico off for Carrick and Anderson and try keep hold of the ball .

Warper

Really shows the superiority of La Liga over the EPL. A mid table La Liga team that can come to OT and totally outplay Utd. They should be a couple of goals up.

cson

G.K. wrote: »

Evra is a joke of a defender

He really has steadily declined over the past couple of years.

MD1990

MD1990 wrote: »

i expect Bilbao to control the game tonight
i think it will finish 1-1 or 2-1 Bilbao

the game going as i predicted
ppl thought i was trolling in saying that comment as well lol
La Liga is far superior to the EPL btw

Mars Bar

Bloody hell, what are we at?

kryogen

Your Airbag wrote: »

What horse? You responded to my post and I responded to yours. This is an internet forum for discussion, if every time someone disagrees with your opinion your first reaction is to snapp order them off their high horse you don't have the capacity to discuss things rationally and maybe should give this whole thing miss.

I used the word we instead of you to avoid singling out anyone and to generalise. You seemed to have missed this.

Balls bouncing in the box happens most games, not a hell of a lot but it does happen and will probably do so again tonight. Park is not the new hot property and his name is not in vouge so when he does it its criminal.

Ignoring his contribution and effort to this club is extremely short sighted.

It was the fact that you seemed to think I single out Park, I clearly don't.

Didn't say anything about his contribution during his time at the club either.

Mikeyt086

G.K. wrote: »

Evra is a joke of a defender

And to me it seems glaringly obvious.

Honestly, I think it must be pushing 20 goals this season that have been conceded from crosses down his wing. He just puts his arms behind his back and sticks out a leg like a dog who needs a piss.

Turtwig

Love the job Bielsa has done with Bilbao since he took over. Hopefully they'll be in the UCL next year. Really, isn't that hard to see why Guardiola holds him in such high regard.

kryogen

Mars Bar wrote: »

Bloody hell, what are we at?

Same as we have been at in most games.

Glico Man

Warper wrote: »

Really shows the superiority of La Liga over the EPL. A mid table La Liga team that can come to OT and totally outplay Utd. They should be a couple of goals up.

Mid table? Fcuk off... they're 5th for crying out loud. Come back when you know what you're on about

shadowcomplex

is scholes on the bench, if not himself and carrick need to come on at halftime

kryogen

aaronh007 wrote: »

Mid table? Fcuk off... they're 5th for crying out loud. Come back when you know what you're on about

He will only be here on a wind up, don't respond, it will go away.

TheFullDuck

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

And to me it seems glaringly obvious.

Honestly, I think it must be pushing 20 goals this season that have been conceded from crosses down his wing. He just puts his arms behind his back and sticks out a leg like a dog who needs a piss.

Haha great description, dont forget he also tries to stick his head in the way like some sort of seal :rolleyes:

Kerrydude1981

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Best opposition at Old Trafford this season.

Playing without fear,Bilbao could have a struggle to hold on a few players this summer they have a couple of quality midfielders

thegreengoblin

I hope Fergie is kicking Jones repeatedly up the backside in the dressing room. Unforgivable stuff to let a player escape from you like that.

kryogen

shadowcomplex wrote: »

is scholes on the bench, if so himself and carrick need to come on at halftime

Na I'd rather Scholes kept fresh for the weekend

eagle eye

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Best opposition at Old Trafford this season.

They've been coming for a while now and I think they are getting better. So long as they hold onto Javi Martinez and Llorente they will do really well I think. Went over to see them last month against Malaga, great game and I love the people over there too. They didn't have Llorente or Javi Martinez that night and looked in trouble early but they just destroyed Malaga in ten minutes halfway through the second half. They play a classy style of football and when they have the two men above I think they are capable of beating anybody at home and everybody in Spain outside the top two on the road.

cson

Warper wrote: »

Really shows the superiority of La Liga over the EPL. A mid table La Liga team that can come to OT and totally outplay Utd. They should be a couple of goals up.

And a struggling Chelsea team flogged 3rd place Valencia 3-0 at home when they needed a result.

You can pick any game to suit that theory.

The reality of it is that Barcelona and Real Madrid have a certain superiority over the EPL.

adox

1-1 after 45 minutes and we've now concluded La Liga is better then the premier league. :pac:

kryogen

thegreengoblin wrote: »

I hope Fergie is kicking Jones repeatedly up the backside in the dressing room. Unforgivable stuff to let a player escape from you like that.

Judging from recent second half performances in Europe particularly, nothing changes. Either he isn't, or its lost its effectiveness from him.

Mars Bar

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

G.K. wrote: »

Evra is a joke of a defender

And to me it seems glaringly obvious.

Honestly, I think it must be pushing 20 goals this season that have been conceded from crosses down his wing. He just puts his arms behind his back and sticks out a leg like a dog who needs a piss.

Please don't ever leave us mikey!

Glico Man

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Playing without fear,Bilbao could have a struggle to hold on a few players this summer they have a couple of quality midfielders

Thing about them though is that they're all Basque born. Not only would it take a colossal offer to take them away, it would take a very big offer to tempt them. Bilbao players aren't all that likely to move.

m83

Having to watch this on mute because I can't F*CKING stand these commentators on 3e. Could they possibly be more droll?

Nuri Sahin

cambo2008 wrote: »

Ha,nice ninja edit Ade.
I seen ya

alproctor wrote: »

Eh man, rooney got one as well

:D

curse your ninja edit!!!!!

:P

They should be winning though.

shadowcomplex

Real Madrid were as bad as this a few years ago, remember when Liverpool hammered them 4-0?. And how did they get out of it? HARD CASH