ESPN Soccernet - Correspondents - Manchester United

Posted by Mark Payne on 11/22/2010

If the galaxy is continually expanding, we can only assume this is because it is trying to get away from Sir Alex Ferguson's fiery temper. If there were any lingering doubts about the Glaswegian's ability to terrify mankind, matter and anything in existence, the last week has surely laid them to rest.

The evidence for this can be seen on the field of play. This is surely the most lacklustre and least clinical United side ever to top a league table. Yet up there they are. In the last two matches our side have played, and I’m being kind here, appallingly.

Villa’s Under-12s nearly put us to the sword last week and against a nine-man Wigan side at Old Trafford the side looked like Ann Widdecombe would improve it. But in every game of football something crucial happens at about the 75-minute mark. The players realise that they’ll be in a small room with Alex Ferguson in quarter of an hour. It is clearly not a prospect they fancy without having secured some points for the club.

Will United be swooping for this up and comer in the January transfer window?

I would suggest that the playing staff might be particularly scared of the old fella at the moment after his majestic crushing of Wayne Rooney. Rooney, a trained boxer, player of the year and most important member of the England squad, was reduced to nothingness by one Fergie press conference and can probably count himself lucky to be alive.

Fergie was in Qatar this week to plug their World Cup bid for 2022. His outspoken interview espousing the importance of “the manager being the most important person at the club” was the equivalent of a barbarian striking his chest and calling challengers to battle. The fact that there are serious doubts over FIFA’s selection process in the World Cup could not have passed him by. But are you going to tell him to avoid getting involved? I’m certainly not.

Instead of trying to imagine how a good fist-fight between the manager and Chuck Norris might turn out, I am more interested in how he can get the team to play well, or at least with a bit of dynamism, for the entire 90minutes of a game instead of just the last little bit. If this conundrum can be solved we have a darn good chance of winning the league.

Alex Ferguson in a good mood

With regards to where the £220m came from to service the PIK debts, we can presume that SAF scared the interest payments into submission. Either that, or we’ll find out we’ve been ripped off by the Glazers again next time accounts are published. That will be in the new year and hopefully by then United will have, ahem, scared off the opposition.

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Comments

Posted by David Saxon Jones on 11/22/2010

The point is that there is nobody in the world that can tell SAF what to do. This makes him the legend that he is. He has the total and unquestionable support of 70 million Manchester United fans worldwide. He has seen off so many world stars and yet United are still the club to beat and with all his success, how on earth can you question him. His players all know that he simply will not tolerate rubbish, therefore we have another vital ingrediant in the Utd ethos of success. Every player at OT knows that they only have a few small chances to get it right and even fewer chances to cross horns with the boss. All these little things are vital to his success and unfortunately for all the other clubs in the world, everything perpetuates to SAF being even more powerful

Posted by marcloo on 11/22/2010

Man you're good! I "LOLED" so loud reading this.
Without a doubt the last two performances were below average. I hope Rooney gets back in form. We don't even need the Rooney of last season, the Rooney from 2007-2009 will be enough to get the team put in magical performances week in week out. I also think Berbatov can't wait to partner Rooney because he hasnt scored since Rooney got injured.

Posted by papilo on 11/22/2010

am happy 4 man u and sir alex but till suggest that he go 4 more strickers and would like him to make my dream come true i alway wish to play 4 man u feeders teem i wouid be greatful if my request is given a considerable attention thanks.

Posted by Kenneth M Stynes on 11/22/2010

Its very frustating watching them play this year. I have been a fan since 1958. However it makes me happy t watch Benitz ruin another club, I still think he should be a Maitre'd. kms

Posted by Paul G on 11/22/2010

Of course. It makes perfect sense - can't believe I didn't see it before! Alex Ferguson is Chuck Norris's dad! Or at least his muse.
Anyway, we should have put Wigan to the sword, which is why he threw on Scholes, Roonatic and 'Little P'. I am at a loss to explain why a team this potentially free-wheeling and free-scoring is so lithargic! Hopefully, after the new years party at OT they should be in a better frame of mind(?). And the Roonatic already paid back his wage hike by missing a sitter. Good going!

Posted by adam on 11/23/2010

I know united are normally slow starters, however, the seasons moving on and we are playing like rubbish. When are they going to get their shit together????

Ill always support united win or lose, but please play football!!!

watching the game was like getting teeth pulled, sloppy passing and no creativity. As much as i like Park, he couldnt hit a pass all day and he got robbed of the ball on numerous occasions. Carrick was not much better. Whats up with Carrick, he seems to be getting worse each year. His first 2 seasons were good but now hes useless.

If you cant keep the ball you cant win.

If I was watching any other teams I would have turned it off.

The arsenal and spurs game may have lacked some quality at stages, but it was far more entertaining

and notice that even when spurs best players have bad games i.e. Van Der Vaat or quiet games Bale they are still good enough to influence the outcome

i.e. VDV 2 assists and a goal and he was terrible

Bale 1 goal

Posted by sunny nnamdi on 11/23/2010

Sir Elex is best

Posted by JD on 11/23/2010

Its unbelievable that we have played so poorly for 3 months and yet are still joint top of league and unbeaten. Only good performance this season came in the Community shield game. Since we have been given this glorious chance by our rivals' equally inconsistent form, we should take stalk of what is lacking and seriously break away from the chasing pack. No spark in midfield, we need creative reinforcements here in January. What's with bizarre team selections time and again? Why play Obertan (not good enough for premier league) and Macheda (no ready to start for MU yet) from the start is perplexing. Get Hernandez, Berbatov, Rooney on from the start and kill the game off early, rather than chase games. SAF has made some strange team selection this season and the results have not be gratifying. We should send out our best team, kill the game off, then let young subs get teir play-time. Still early, we are damn lucky to be in a lofty position, so we should captalize fully. MU forever.

Posted by Nikinora Luelbai on 11/23/2010

I am a united fan for almost 7 years, I don't even want to say now sir Alex is a good man. He has been good for the last ten years back. United have just been winning titles by chance. I can only say that let Alex go and we get a new manager.

Posted by adeyemi olajide on 11/23/2010

SAF IS THE BEST AND GREATEST COACH IN THE WORLD NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY,HE REMAINS THE ONLY SIR IN THE EPL.MAN U FOR LIFE.

Posted by The Grimace on 11/23/2010

I was at OT last Saturday. I could have fallen asleep. The only funny thing was the pitifully small number of Wigan fans singing 'He's only here for the money' when the Roonster came on. I suppose they think their own players have signed up because they make good pies in Wigan. The biggest cheer of the afternoon came with the Chelsea result.

But young Rafael gets better every time he plays.

Posted by Alex on 11/23/2010

LOL. Simply hilarious. still can't stop laughin

Posted by Shannon Maraj on 11/23/2010

This is great, we are playing absoloute crap and are tied for first. It's not a mystery why were there it's because our competitors are playing worse. Sure there have been some big wins by chelsea and arsenal but none of that matters because were tied at the top. The gaffer is not going to tolerate the aggressively mediocre performances that have been put in as of late, he's taken care of rooney and commited to be there until he's dead, I think his next move is to revive the old manchester ruthless killer squad that will beat teams 5,6,7,8 - nil just for fun. We need to start in the midfield, we need quality midfielders carrick, anderson, hargreaves, park are not cutting it, giggsy and scholes need to go out on a high point and the berb needs to go. I'd like to see Edin Dzeko or karim benzema up front with rooney and bastian schweinstager in the middle of the field with fletcher holding in front of the defense. We have everything else we need to dominate the EPL and Europe.

Posted by christian on 11/23/2010

Adam - Did you watch the game? Park didn't lose every ball. Not even close. In fact he was one of few players who were actually running at defenders with the ball. Sure there was a couple of times he was tackled while dribbling at the defenders, that happens to all players, but you never mention Nani, or Obertan. Obertan did absolutely nothing...once again...and Nani unless he's scoring is always giving the ball away or dribbling himself into a corner. Your analysis of Park and Carrick mimics those who search for a scapegoat when "things aren't going well". Tied atop of the table with Chelsea after injuries and illnesses and here you are looking for someone to place blame on for a slow start. Once again we find that a "Man Utd fan" has placed blame on Park and Carrick because they aren't the glamor boys that you want like Ronaldo.

Posted by Yoav on 11/23/2010

It's not just the last 2 games, it's the whole season. Maybe a few good spells against spurs and pool, but beside these games, it's the worst united side for the last 20 years or so.
The main problem is, of course, our midfield. Look at the players we have in midfield, and you can be sure that no one (except Nani, perhaps) will find a place in the starting 11 of any of Europe's top 10 clubs.
In my opinion. we have a squad that should be around 6th place in the league, and the fact that we're up there, is strictly because of Fergie. All credit for him, no doubt about that.
But it is his fault that we have such a weak squad, full of players who normally would be no more than fringe players, and this season have become substantial.
It's time to say goodbye to all the mediocre players we have (Park, Fletcher, Obertan et al), and bring some quality in.

Posted by odili mbagwu on 11/23/2010

Manchester United are still unbeaten this season.This is the hallmark of a potential champion.The English Premier league belongs to Manchester United this season.

Posted by Yusuf on 11/23/2010

Yes, we maybe playing below standard and not the typical United free flowing way. This will come as the team gains in confidence. I vouch for Obertan as a near future bright star. Only recently we were writing off Nani and look what he has done.

Let us give the boys time. The beautiful football will come.

On top (well almost) and loving it..

Glory, glory Man United.

Posted by hopper on 11/23/2010

This side is simply not good enuf. Thankfully Red Rom's ego has crippled Chelski and Arsenal are exhibiting the kind of heart you would expect from the French. But seriously a midfield of Carrick, Park, Obertan (?!?!?) Fletcher and Nani. Good grief, I can name 5 midfields in England I would rather have. No questions asked. The new buys over the past couple of seasons with Chicharito the clear exception have been terrible. Bebe, Owen, Obertan, Smalling. Not good enough, this is UNITED not Leeds. At this point I am not sure it is the Glazers or Fergie trying to prove that he is smarter than everyone and trying to build one last dynasty before the end. The man can manage but the man is also stubborn. But good news, Evans is playing tomorrow so that should be another disaster in the making. Need midfield coverage now and a proper CB to cover for Rio.

Posted by aussiered on 11/23/2010

ive said it before on this blog and i will say it again. SAF knows what he is doing, We are not playing pretty or well, but I could forgive a season of poor play if come May we are on top of the pile. A decent run of 12 -15 games will sow it up for someone
And if we dont finish top hopefully we will lose some more Man U fans to Shitty across the way. We dont need the crap that seems to emit from every whiner this said of Calcutta.

Posted by Olumide Olama on 11/23/2010

Really alot of our players are not good enough for Man United.They should go and book places in other clubs.Rooney may be arrogant but i think He was right when he said our players arent good enough to contend for EPL.CARRICK is weak and i dont think He can improve,Fletch is trying but needs help of a good play maker,Scholes is old needs replacement.
Let make good buys in January.Still believe in United!

Posted by paschal charles magandula on 11/24/2010

man united is good enough to win the EPL this season.Just wait and u will see what will happen until the boxing day. viva man united.

Posted by Jay Nair on 11/24/2010

SAF is the man that he is. But with every blip, every not so entertaining game, we have this bunch of so calleed MANUTD fans rubbishing the not so glamorous players. are u saying Park and Carrick's had a bad season? Who lifted us in the game against Wolves? We just arent scorin the goals. Except for that we are doing pretty ok. We just need to be patient. if the club can be patient with a man for 24 years, supporters like us very well tie our knots togethr and be patient.
UTD for life!! Stick with the squad and get some goals goin. We'll be up there soon!

Posted by gemma aktinson Hotstuff on 11/24/2010

I understand that alot of our fans are concerned about the midfield area. The likes of nani, carrick, feltcher, park seems weak when compared to the likes of chelsea's, barcelona's, real madrid's, or even perhaps man city's midfielder's. But I do trust SAF, and I believe that our midfield will be competent enough to win the epl. However, wining the champions league again will be another question. I reckon that we will never win the champs league again unless we have someone of the likes of Ronaldo, Tevez, Pique, Forlan, Rossi in the club. So its time to step up Macheda, Hernandez, obertan, smalling, evans, rafeal, bebe!!

Posted by XxSaberxX on 11/24/2010

I'd wanna ask fergie though - why are you keeping the likes or Nani, Gibson and Carrick around? I've never liked Nani, and I'm not gonna start anytime soon. His performances are way too inconsistent to be a key figure in united. Gibson is basically nothing compared to the likes of Scholes or Fletcher, or even Hargreaves. Carrick is past his prime, even though he isn't 30 yet. I don't quite understand what is preventing SAF from selling them - or maybe it's because no clubs want them at all.

In fact, Obertan, Chicharito, Macheda, Welbeck look far better in terms of potential. Zoran Tosic and Ljajic were okay too. I'd prefer Tosic over Nani any day - he might not have the flair, but at least he accomplishes what is needed of him, instead of someone shooting his mouth off, saying he is 'one of the best in the world' after just a few good performances. What's worse - he actually went back to the old Nani we all know ever since he made that proclamation.

Posted by XxSaberxX on 11/24/2010

Park's been tremendous for us this season so far. The under performing ones are Nani, Carrick, Gibson. SELL THEM!!! I would say that Berba's gotta go too. It's not like he wasn't given a chance. He had a good start to the season, but now, like Nani, he's back to his 'old self' again. Obertan was actually effective the recent match the moment he switched to the wings. I don't think he should be played behind the striker - he's got speed and tricks. Just needs to work on his crossing. I think he's better than Nani by far. We don't need goals from Wingers - we need good crosses. Goals are secondary. Nani is trying to be the person that he isn't - C.Ronaldo.

Posted by Haji Hamid on 11/24/2010

No players is bigger than the club. I like what SAF is doing with players with big headed. show them the door out of OT. But we need good MIdfield general in Cantona Caliber......fast

Posted by tonl8 on 11/24/2010

Sir Alex is one of the greatest managers in the world of football. The fact is that he has been at the top for the last 2 decades is even more astounding. Constantly churning out one championship winning team after another.

But perhaps the old man has mellowed so much that it has reflected on the way this current United team is playing. Slow, ponderous, pedestrian, almost geriatric. Its as we were watching the game sometimes in slow-motion.

Someone said that watching United play is like pulling teeth. Darn right. What has happened to the slick one-two passing, up-tempo, constantly pressing game they've always played and is famous for. Its alright to slow the game to walking pace but they kept losing the ball, passes going astray, mid-field often not giving much protection to the back four.

Scholes is not going be around long. We need someone with presence in the middle. A snarling Roy Keane or Bryan Robson type maybe. Someone to steady the ship, keep the ball.

Posted by Phillip Okonji on 11/24/2010

is this person (Nikinora Luelbai)truly a MANUTD fan, to utter that denigatory statement? Anyways, this is the worst start to the league i have seen from a united side in years which is totally sickening, please SAF, should quit playing with fans emotions with his bizzare team selections. i believe NANI needs to warm the bench for at least 8 matches to bring back the spark or face the exit door. I ask: is Carrick playing for MANUTD or himself, he seems out of sort. i believe we need a younger creative midfielder to aid Scholes and Giggs, one highly creative and strong (like Bayern's Bastian ). please, i implore that MANUTD should bring back the spark...but its better we play this way and win the league other than play well and not win.

Posted by DALLAS on 11/24/2010

Bebe would not make my under 12 team, a poor touch, poor vision, poor footwork, lack of poise and poor or no experience, wats SAF thinking? Wen would u get a replacfement for scholes, took united years to get Fletcher playing close to Keane should we gamble and experiment with Anderson, Gibson and an erratic Carrick b4 we get Marco Marin or Diego? how did SAF allow Van d vart go 2 tottenham, I feel he is gambling and prays Cheski and Arsenal slip up every other week, That aint gonna happen.

Posted by Prateek Raje on 11/24/2010

I THINK THAT IN THE RUN OF EVENTS SURROUNDING OLD TRAFFORD OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, THE EFFECT CAN TRULY BE FELT ON THE FIELD. THERE IS NO DESIRE TO WIN THE BALL FROM THE PLAYERS, THERE IS NO FAST MOVEMENT. OUR PLAYERS AREN'T DICTATING THE GAME AS THEY USED TOO, WE HAVE BEEN REALY LUCKY TO ESCAPE FROM COUPLE OF LOSING SITUATIONS. SIR ALEX HAS DONE A GOOD JOB I FEEL, HE HAS A YOUNG SIDE AND A FAR INEXPERIENCED SIDE , BUT THEY HAVE WHAT IT COUNTS, THEY ARE JOINT TOP OF THE TABLE AS FOR NOW.IN EUROPE THEY ARE NOT CAPABLE TO MATCH REAL MADRID'S OR BARCELONA'S PEDIGREE BUT A FAIRLY RESPECTABLE SIDE WHO SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND ON THEIR DAY CAN BEAT ANY SIDE. WITH ROONEY BACK AGAIN, RESULTS SHOULD FOLLOW, IF HE PLAYS WITH BERBATOV AND HERNANDEZ WITH SCHOLES AND PARK IN THE MIDFIELD. USUALLY UNITED PLAY BETTER AFTER CHRISTMAS SO LETS WAIT AND WATCH!!! HOPE UNITED WINS EPL THIS YEAR AND ADD ANOTHER TROPHY TO ITS DREAM CABINET.

Posted by chan on 11/24/2010

I can't believe it after reading a lot of the posts here. When I first supported Man Utd we haven't won the league for 20 years. It will take another 5 more years till we finally win it. And now we are even equal with Liverpool on the number of league titles won. Who's responsible for this success?

Sir Alex. I believe he has only signed two players who isn't a United-class player, Ralph Milne and Massimo Taibi.

Park made the cross for Evra to score in case you weren't watching the last game. Sir Alex knows his worth and said that his hardest decision was to leave Park out for the finals in Champions League after his man of the match performance against Barcelona.

Players like Obertan, Macheda and Gibson are all young players. Give them a chance.

Alan Hansen said of Man Utd greatest crop of youngsters ever that "You don't win anything with kids" after they lost to Aston Villa in 1995. We won the double, treble, double and more.

How can they be great players if they don't play?

Posted by augustino on 11/24/2010

the only problem i have with our manutd is the midfield. i can honestly say our midfield players maybe with the exception of scholes and fletch are just not good enough. we need a strong holding and creatave midfielder like schweinstiger if we want to go far in the champ's league. otherwise, i see manutd being knocked out in the 1st knock out round in champ's league.

Posted by Ikerebe A. on 11/24/2010

I've gotten tired of united fans despising some of their less glamorous but committed players, I know Park and Carrick were not in good form at the beginning of the season but in the last couple of games, they have really improved. Let’s stop admiring big names players of other teams (that are highly over priced). Let’s have faith on the young lads coming through. Football is about having a good team with chemistry and commitment, not a group of overvalued players. In United, we make superstars and that is exactly what SAF is doing. The season is long, I have no doubt we are improving. United forever!!

Posted by omphz on 11/24/2010

SAF, u are the man. u deal with your players and we will give them support, that is our position as man united fans. end of story

Posted by Darren Ng on 11/24/2010

just my two cents. man utd should strengthen up in midfield; we needs a playmaker and a defensive midfield! man utd sure lacks creativity when scholes/giggs are out of the games!

current man utd side lacks the hunger to win the match! we needs whole hearted player to wear our famous jersey! carrick are too laid back to impose his presence on opponent or dominate the midfield. i really miss roy keane.

i hope glazer do provide SAF transfer fund to strengthen up the squad this coming january or next summer!

GLORY GLORY MAN UTD!

Posted by Dapuma on 11/24/2010

Author: Chuck Norris pic was hilarious, nice one

When Nani was in his good run of form he was getting crosses in early and not trying to dribble too much, he is back to his dribbling and late crosses and his performance has gone down considerably

Carrick has been fairly poor last year or two, he got a run in the side and still isnt really producing, i feel we should ship him off and get Bastian...he has moved to the center for Bayern and Germany and plays very well and has a burst as well since he is an ex-winger...also can play wing if we have injuries

If chicartio is playing in training more with macheda leave those two as a pairing and rooney and berba as a pairing...so they are used to each other

Fletcher is the rock in midfield - but with scholes only every other game we need some recruitment right there - also need a true left winger...nani doesnt play as well on the left and valencia will come back at some point

Posted by Harris kaliwa on 11/24/2010

As someone who once played football though @ a lower level and who has once felt the pain when ur own sopporters seem not 2 appriciate ur effort i think,despite the fact we need creative midfielders and replacemennts for the aging Scholes, Giggs and Gary, it's good if we stop admiring players from other club and dwelling much on the past. Lets give the lads a chance, compare Nani & Ronaldo when they had just arrived. 2 me i think Nani was better than Ronaldo @ their arrival, we complained that Ronaldo was childish but with a passage of time he became a face of united. We can not tell who will the next face of united. Injuries reduce players performance ie the case with Carrick, Rio etc. But Berb is another case. We just need an eye for the goal!!!!! M A N U. F O R L I F E!!!!!

Posted by adam l on 11/25/2010

Should get replacement for our midfield,it's such a shame to see how we play even against the minor teams. our passing rate is so terrible,and our players keep goin down esp..nani..come on be a man. I kow this season going to be close,but we will persevere..MANU FOREVER..

Posted by Maverick on 11/25/2010

It is either Man United of United
not MANU

Posted by atenz on 11/25/2010

It's too soon to judge whether what SAF's doing is right or wrong. So far, he has led MUFC to a lot of success,both English and European Trophies. At least SAF has done much better than any other MUFC manager that we have ever had in the past. And I don't think in the near future,10-20 years,there will be anyone able to fill in his shoes.
In fact,one has to understand that,sometimes, a trophy can come along with an enjoyable game, but with limited resources we have to choose between to please the fans or to win the trophy.
People can say whatever they want to in order to show how much they love the team, Mark, but don't forget that up to the present day who was behind all of MUFC's pride and success. In my opinion, it's obviously not any expensive soccer stars. Without SAF, perhaps what we are talking about right now could be how to survive in the second division!!!

Posted by avi on 11/25/2010

Every 1 complains that the midfield is weak, United is broke no money to buy any players. Forget all the big name players all the fans want and start supporting the likes of Carrick, park etc cos united will have to keep them for seasons to come till all the debt is cleared. Why do you think Fergie is giving all the youngsters a run out cos he is trying to build a team on the cheap, it is fergies biggest challenge yet, let see what happens.

Posted by anthony mbah on 11/25/2010

wow am short of words what i want my club to know
is that any decisions they take as a team am solidly behind them,my coach am one of your biggest fans and am praying for you all i love u all.
manchester for life till i lose my breath

Posted by VeryRed on 11/25/2010

Sorry Mark, this post wasn't particularly mind stimulating, you are better than this. I like Chuke Norris though..!

Posted by Helmuth on 11/25/2010

I luv man u i hope chelsea loss the next game an man u win the next game so that we can be to,alex: i thing alex is a very good coach and we the red devil fans luv and respact him mr ferguson:we are counting on u and hope that we the red devils win.and rooney good luck with ur retern good luck guys.

Posted by SAYTARCON W. TIPAYSON on 11/25/2010

I think what the TEAM needs is total encouragement from our 70million fans worldwide.come on UNITED!!! Let try Sir Alex magic as we did to Arsenal and piped the Title from them. bravo.

Posted by Bernie on 11/26/2010

Avi, you struck the nail on the head. With coffers empty any fan suggesting swiping off everything on the table and starting with new pawns is deluding himself. The midfield has to be changed from inside , with the personnel we have, SAF has to roster his players to get more of his older players and blend in the new ones.
The fact that MU is still top is due to sheer luck that no one has taken the bull by the horns and run away with the league

Posted by David Smith on 11/26/2010

99 percent of the posts on here are absolute bollocks. Everyone's got a gripe and a complaint and everyone's got the solution and answers. Why on earth Old Trafford hasn't sacked Sir Alex and hired one of you genius' is beyond me. Joint top of the league (after drawing 7 league matches already); unbeaten in 28 games; top of the group and through to the last 16 in the Champions' League (with a game to spare and without conceding a goal); at West Ham on Tuesday in the quarterfinal of the League Cup and Wayne Rooney signed up for 5 more years. Bloody terrible, eh. What you people fail to remember is that this past summer was a World Cup; the Rooney saga was a bigger distraction than anyone ever knew about; Rio missed the W.C. and start of the season because of serious injury and Valencia's suffered a devastating injury since. Throw in the fact that we're notorious slow starters anyway and there you have it. Nothing to do with SAF losing it or whatever else you muppets are trying to sell.

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Posted by DT on 11/27/2010

what are ppls thoughts of dropping DB to midfield as her has the charisma of EC and can hold the ball well

Posted by DAVIDS BRAVO on 11/27/2010

Alex can never cry and he will never cry because he has strong believe on his team.

Posted by kassim maulid on 11/27/2010

man united is simply the best team in the world,sir alex fugerson is da best manager around.we need young players 2 come out and show what they can do on the pitch.macheda,bebe,chicharito,anderson,rafael da silva-fabio, sir alex pls play them always,ah i just cant wait 2 see the cup where it belongs-old traford!

Posted by Jon-marc Sinclair on 11/27/2010

Guess what Sir Alex got the team to play well with more than enough dynamism for the whole 90 mins looks like he read this article :)

Posted by Sam on 11/28/2010

Gee looking back at some of the comments above...I really wonder how many true 'Man United fans' out there who need to eat their words. Those who were criticizing Berbatov, Carrick, Park, Nani, even Rooney are gonna lie low for a while yea?
All I'm saying is, everyone gets their games, some more often than others. You can't be an fan of a club without being a fan of their squad. Harping on individuals based on rough patches is just short-sighted. I'll admit I wasn't Nani's number 1 fan before this, but I never lost faith in the likes of Berbatov, Carrick, Park, Anderson and Rooney.
The best is yet to come. Lets all hope Manchester United will continue their resurgence till the end of the season! MAN UTD forever. Peace.

Posted by United on 11/28/2010

As a Manchester United fan, i am shame to say that i actually dislike SAF, as a man. But, i do respect and appreciate what he did for the club, and i truly believe that he can build yet another dynasty before retiring.

I think that the club seriously need a world class signing in the middle of the pitch. Carrick, for me, well over-rated. Fletcher is a vital part of the team, comments suggesting that he is not good enuff is totally rubbish.

Nani, recently said that he is one of the best in the world. Well, i believe he can make it 1 day in the future, but not now. However, without Nani in the squad we're not going to score.

Scholesy not goin to b around any longer, so is Giggsy. Obertan's performance in last few games showed himself a promising young talent in my opinion. Park has been doing great, but i believe that he is not the class to play for Manchester United First Team.

Rarely see ManUnited playing with great flow ever since Tevez and Ronaldo left

ManUnited 4eva

Posted by Chelsea fan on 11/29/2010

man united is crap and chelsea will win the epl... once drogba steps up his game and we get lampard back we will be 1st. forget rooney and that old crap you call your manager.

Posted by TheJepit on 11/30/2010

Mark,
Are you too stunned to write after the 7-1 win?

I thought Anderson was brilliant, his awareness during the game sets the tone.

Posted by biggie smalls on 11/30/2010

to the Chelsea fan - its easy to be bitter when you lose the top spot. especially since united havent played the best season so far (minus this weekend and maybe game 1 against newcastle) go follow your own blog and continue to cry about your fall from grace.

to the United Fans, dont be like Yankees fans. stop complaining about how we need a better midfield, rooney drama, SAF and his squad selection, etc, etc. We are UNITED and we need to be UNITED. Debt is the biggest problem we have, signings would be nice, but like others have said, our young talent have tremendous quality. has anyone forgotten about Danny Welbeck? Tom Cleverly? and stop talking smack on Darron Gibson, I would like to see any one of yous with the balls to rip shots from outside the 18 yard box and MAKE them on WORLD CLASS goalies.Get over yourselves and remember, NO ONE is bigger then MANCHESTER UNITED.

LUHG from New York.

Posted by ASHABA PRICE on 11/30/2010

i think Ffergie is a stern man bt all he does is 4 the good of the team man.. Btw i thank the team 4 beaming more hope in us 4rm its last play..

Posted by chris united fan on 12/01/2010

Fletcher is a quality player. I convince you to actually watch United games and tell me that he is bad. Complete rubbish. You don't know a thing about football. Also Berbatov is not a bad player and his a high quality player. People think because he is not a leading scorer he is bad. The hold up work he does is amazing. Please I convince people to watch soccer before they bash on United's players.

Posted by johanzul on 12/01/2010

Dear SAF, great manager indeed! won 7-1 and got hammered 4-0 after, regardless whatever excuses thrown, win or loose is part of the game but to loose with that goal margin, unacceptable, don't blame the players and throw lame mental game excuses, I blame the manager who chose the players to be on that particular game.

Posted by MUfan on 12/01/2010

Guys,
seriously am not carried away by 7-1 win or stunned by the 4-0 lost.
1 thing our MU need to focus is how many games they score goal rather than how many goals they score in a game.
i will be happy if at end of season we can see report Berba have scored in 11 games rather than Berba is highest goal scorer. same goes to our other strike force Roo,Hernadez and Macheda.
Hope with rooney(i still hate him) is back Berba and him can work together for better.

Posted by Mohamed Dumbuya on 12/01/2010

fergie is to be blamed for the lose to West Ham on Tuesday night. players like O'shea, Evans should have been replaced long since, infarct after conceding the second goal. it was just silly defending that made us conceded those goals. O'she and Evan should have been replaced with Refeal and Brown.
Giggs was just terrible with Obertain playing with the ball unnecessary when his mates are waiting for passes.
the goalkeeper was just out of his mind, not passing back passes accurately, moving unnecessarily away from the goal when should be there, and all that nonsense.

Posted by Ogesa von Charls on 12/03/2010

Guys,
Michael Carrick has been vital to the back four of ManUTD, its sad that people dont see this. Remember when Rio was out injured and Evance stepped in so well to a point we nearly forgot Rio?
There was a time Evance and Brown were centre backs when Rio and Vido were both injured out and they played so well with fews goals to concede!!! CARRICK was the reason why, pls undestand me!

Man U started the season with throwing away the wins with a hard fought draws but all that time CARRICK wasnt playing!

Look; now we top the table and i dont rembember throwing away the wins with Carrick in the midfield! please Sir Alex, bring anybody in the midfield but Carrick must be there so that we keep flying n flying at the top of the table!!!
I believe Capello questions too the importance the poential CARRICK has but I can tell U, ENGLAND CANT DO NUTHING MAJOR IF CARRICK IS OUT because BARRY runs and runs while buid up starts frm defence througt the midfield...

Posted by manu 4 life on 12/06/2010

plz stop makin comments about the team's performances.we all know that they are not playing to their full potential collectively but look at our position in the EPL table.we're not the only team playin bad football but still we're unbeaten in the league.i sumtimes dont enjoy the football they play but wat we the fans must rally bhind the boys.i understand we get impatient with their performances but with time they'll get to grip. We cant jus critise every player afta a bad game come on nobody is perfect not even cristiano cud've work his magic against the ruthless barca and he still wudnt hav done it even if he was at OT. stop critising the young players like obertan,macheda,nani,bebe, etc this will only put more pressure on them to perform so instead as fans lets show them we hav faith in them n trust them. lets not mention giggs,scholes and van der sar are ageing n we need replacements for them and these players are already there anderson,gibson,carrick.jus trust them. manu 4 life...

Posted by MUFC since 1978 on 12/24/2010

As a United follower, I thinks it's nice that your team is at the top of the league while playing at 3rd gear performance, cos you can only imagine the devastation it will leave the rest of the clubs in when we play at 1st gear. SAF has to be what he is, in order for the club to accomplish what it has for the past two decades. No one is compelled to be a Man Utd fan. Its a choice we make. And I made that choice back in '78 when the team was languishing at the bottom half of the table. Glory Glory Man Utd - GGMU!

Posted by Olive Chizyuka on 01/19/2011

I see most of the people commenting are men. Now tell me how many of you have 'FIRED' or divorced your wives for a couple of poorly prepared meals? Lets stick by our team everyone is dropping points the league is stronger and tougher than ever. Viva THE HAIR DRYER

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