Real Madrid v Manchester United

Professey Chin · 13-02-2013 8:27pm

Evans, De Gea and now Carrick. Whos next

13-02-2013 8:28pm

recylingbin wrote: »

For all the talk about Ronaldo and who will man mark him, etc, denying Alonso space will ne the key to a decent result for Utd tonight.

Dortmund did it brilliantly

markc1184 · 13-02-2013 8:28pm

Does John Giles like anyone?

bmcc10 · 13-02-2013 8:28pm

Giles just please stop these are ridicilous.

Luckycharms_74 · 13-02-2013 8:28pm

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Forget that overly professional and sterilized Sky build up, here come Bill and the boys.

I turned on rte to hear what they say.
Brady " I wouldn't pay much attention to all the goals messi & ronaldo get in Spain. Teams give up when they go a couple of goals behind. This wouldn't happen in england"
Wtf is he on.....lol

Looking forward to this. Lets hops its a great game and may the best team win

inmyday · 13-02-2013 8:28pm

Chinpool wrote: »

Evans, De Gea and now Carrick. Whos next

But they are right.

Rezident · 13-02-2013 8:29pm

Fair play to utd for the attacking lineup. If rvp gets a few chances they might have a chance.

inmyday · 13-02-2013 8:31pm

markc1184 wrote: »

Does John Giles like anyone?

Yes, he makes sense. And is 10 times better than anyone on telly. He gives his opinion. He might be right but at least he says whats on his mind.

Maybe you prefer Ray Wilkins, who just loves everyone, and everyone is a good lad.

prettyboy81 · 13-02-2013 8:31pm

RVP at 7/1 is just too good a price to turn down for 1st Goalscorer, I'm on! But fancy Madrid to grind Utd down & win 2-1

Rezident · 13-02-2013 8:32pm

Rte obligatory "great player" chat.

klose · 13-02-2013 8:32pm

Tbh their piece on de gea was fairly correct, excellent shot stopper but suspect under crosses and needs bulking up. Fairly standard.

ShooterSF · 13-02-2013 8:32pm

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Considering utd will only have 30% possession or less starting with kagawa is very odd.

When you get the ball it helps to have players on the pitch who can keep it and use it wisely under pressure or you just keep hoofing it back and losing more possession.

IvySlayer · 13-02-2013 8:32pm

I swear Bill says Man U just to piss people off...

Liam O · 13-02-2013 8:33pm

Didn't take Dunphy long to bring out the legends.

ShooterSF · 13-02-2013 8:33pm

Cienciano wrote: »

I can picture it already if united lose
"Carrick. Not a united player. Kagawa. Not a united player. Phil Jones. Not a united player."
Then he'll list off a few united greats that apparently if you're not as good as, you're not fit to play for the club.
"Bobby charlton, george best, roy keane, bryan robson...."

He's so predictable!

Ding ding ding ding

Kerrigooney · 13-02-2013 8:33pm

inmyday wrote: »

Yes, he makes sense. And is 10 times better than anyone on telly. He gives his opinion. He might be right but at least he says whats on his mind.

Maybe you prefer Ray Wilkins, who just loves everyone, and everyone is a good lad.

Can I have some of what you're on?

doc_17 · 13-02-2013 8:33pm

Mr Ferguson looking relaxed. The gums will be fair flapping shortly

recylingbin · 13-02-2013 8:33pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

Dortmund did it brilliantly

It was a masterclass in how to play against Madrid. Not only did they nullify the architect of most of Madrids' attacks, but they won the ball in midfield and 50% of the time they found themselves beyond the Madrid midfield line when they did so.

uncleoswald · 13-02-2013 8:35pm

I'm watching the most inane coverage in North America and I would kill to be watching Johnny Giles go on about moral courage and scowling at Bill's purposefulness mischievous questions. We don't know how lucky we are to have them.

13-02-2013 8:36pm

uncleoswald wrote: »

I'm watching the most inane coverage in North America and I would kill to be watching Johnny Giles go on about moral courage and scowling at Bill's purposefulness mischievous questions. We don't know how lucky we are to have them.

Rte player?

Your Airbag · 13-02-2013 8:36pm

Anyone else have a few bob on the game?

Just put 30 clams down. 10 each respectively on UTD to win, RVP and Rooney to score anytime.

djfitzerjnr · 13-02-2013 8:37pm

I cannot wait to just watch Xabi Alonso play!

It's gonna be a massive game for Rooney if he is the man gonna be marking Alonso. He didn't do so well when tasked with the role for England v Pirlo in the summer.

doc_17 · 13-02-2013 8:37pm

Hopefully a classic to come but I think it'll be a bit of a stalemate

MisterAnarchy · 13-02-2013 8:39pm

recylingbin wrote: »

denying Alonso space will ne the key to a decent result for Utd tonight.

To deny him space Utd would have to play a high pressing game and I dont see that happening.
Alonso is not having a good season and he generally plays very deep ,in some matches he was almost like a centre back.
There are rumours he is carrying an injury too,I wouldnt be too worried about him.

Drexel · 13-02-2013 8:39pm

doc_17 wrote: »

Hopefully a classic to come but I think it'll be a bit of a stalemate

This is my fear. Away from home in Europe fergie always tries to kill the game, quiet the crowd. Hard to see a bad game with the players on the pitch tho.

inmyday · 13-02-2013 8:40pm

Kerrigooney wrote: »

Can I have some of what you're on?

I know you are going to say Neville. But he showed us all on MNF. He wouldnt say anything negative about everton, maybe cause he was afraid of Dave Moyes standing beside him.
He went through the defending of the Utd v Everton game and the worst he said was "it was poor", "he should have been in a different position".
But Neville wont say what (Im sure) he was thinking, about Liverpool on Monday. He doesnt want to annoy anyone.

Im sure Utd Liverpool and Arsenal supporters hate the rte panel cause they do slag them on champs league nights.
I think the rte lads are very entertaining. I dont always agree, but they make good watching.

ShooterSF · 13-02-2013 8:40pm

Your Airbag wrote: »

Anyone else have a few bob on the game?

Just put 30 clams down. 10 each respectively on UTD to win, RVP and Rooney to score anytime.

0-1 and VP to score at 100/1

Cantona's Collars · 13-02-2013 8:42pm

8 nil to United,well it's good to be optimistic.:D

Off to watch the game,hopefully I'll come back to a happy thread later.

Liam O · 13-02-2013 8:42pm

inmyday wrote: »

I know you are going to say Neville. But he showed us all on MNF. He wouldnt say anything negative about everton, maybe cause he was afraid of Dave Moyes standing beside him.
He went through the defending of the Utd v Everton game and the worst he said was "it was poor", "he should have been in a different position".
But Neville wont say what (Im sure) he was thinking, about Liverpool on Monday. He doesnt want to annoy anyone.

Im sure Utd Liverpool and Arsenal supporters hate the rte panel cause they do slag them on champs league nights.
I think the rte lads are very entertaining. I dont always agree, but they make good watching.

You think if Moyes was in the RTE studio Giles would have a bad word to say about him or Everton?

adox · 13-02-2013 8:43pm

This could be the night Kagawa really arrives for Utd.

Nailz · 13-02-2013 8:43pm

The smirk on Rafael, fearless fecker!

At least I hope so here...

uncleoswald · 13-02-2013 8:43pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

Rte player?

Watching in work, where we have telly's all over the office for the games so I really shouldn't complain...:p

Professey Chin · 13-02-2013 8:43pm

Crapping it now

13-02-2013 8:44pm

uncleoswald wrote: »

Watching in work, where we have telly's all over the office for the games so I really shouldn't complain...:p

Sweet!

inmyday · 13-02-2013 8:45pm

Liam O wrote: »

You think if Moyes was in the RTE studio Giles would have a bad word to say about him or Everton?

Of course Gilesy would. And Dunphy would lay into Everton big time. Moyes would hate him.
But then they would go out for a gargle after the football, get geeeyed, and Moyes would love the whole panel!!!!