Re: Manchester United Supporters Thread.
C'mon, how petty is that? How old are you exactly?
But hey, at least you can't accuse him of being a glory hunter like a lot/most United fans eh?
Bloody hell mate, you used to come up with good debate, back up your arguments and be fair-minded. Now you're coming up with shite like that up there.
Anyway. As someone said, you don't have to like United but you have to respect them. Time and time again, when you're in a losing position (or even drawing), you manage to do pull yourselves out and get that win. From what I read, Blackpool definitely deserved that first half and you'd have thought it was over really and you might get a point if you worked.
So fair do's, a great comeback and thanks to Berbatov and the world class form he's in now eh? What's happened to Rooney? How did Adam play?
It's a fair point, I apologised for being petty. I would go back and edit it out, but that'd just make the last few posts really confusing!
As more of an apology, I'll give a quick rundown on the game:
Blackpool played the match as if it were 45 minutes long, whereas Fergie seemed to view the first 45 minutes as an opportunity to try a new, un-tested and non-sensical formation. Blackpool scored off two corners, first being Berbatov's slack marking, the second being off an assist from Nani. Still, both were perfect corners delivered from Adam.
The energy Blackpool pumped into the first half was clearly too much, as by about the 60th minute you could see massive gaps opening up. Giggsy started working his magic (funny how playing a winger on the wing makes us look better - note to Fergie) and creating chances. By the time we'd equalised we could have had 5, Blackpool were practically out on their feet while defending.
As to Rooney - I'm at a loss. He still has moments of utter class (did a mini trick to feed Berbatov between two defenders in the box that was luscious) but spends the vast majority of the game being pretty poor. And the biggest thing for me was the contrast between him and Chicarito. From minute 1 the Mexican was on the pitch he was finding space in behind the defenders. Last season and moreso the one before Rooney seemed to get a 1on1 at least once every two matches - I don't think he's had one this season. I know he's lost a yard of pace, but it can't just be that? Hell, Mickey Owen still gets in those situations. Really worrying.
Moreso when, as the Guardian tweeted, his personal wage bill is comparable to Blackpools. All of it.
Anyway, its bittersweet. Berbatov was excellent once he started getting service and Chicarito could have had a hat trick in 10 minutes if not for some pretty woeful heading. And Rooney played 65 and did nothing. So surely the logical conclusion is to bench Rooney? Mental.
and got a raise of 200k a week.. Good Lord!
Never in doubt. Great game, definitely needed something like that to ignite our away form
How did you escape RAWK?