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[amodien]

lol brilliant. Has one good freekick and he deserves it, plays pretty mediocre all season and not a word til he does a freekick

Yep 2nd top scorer in the premier league really mediocre that isn't it.

Only idiots thought he would be able to repeat last season.

But what is mediocre is Arsenal 17 points behind us lmao.

 

[Corran]

Ronaldo was never going to reach 40 goals this season.. to be fair reaching 30 goals would be a hell of an achievement.

It is still possible for him to reach last years tally, however it would take him scoring a couple of goals in most the games. Something he is capable off however i think this year he getting frustrated too easily and it putting him off his game.

 

[soze]

But what is mediocre is Arsenal 17 points behind us lmao.

Whats mediocre being £700mil in debt and only having £300mil of assests But at least your top of the league

No idea if them figures are true they are off a septic website and they dont even really know what football is.

 

[megadave]

What a freekick from Ronaldo, deserved world player of the year.

Deserved to have been sent off by then really.


Come on Man City xd liverpool have a pretty average team out, they should be beatable if mancity aren't rubbish.

 

[leviathane]

more dropped points for livurpooooooooooooooooooool.

 

[Ch3tan]

7 points!

 

[Litmus]

Man City won the prem for Man Utd xD

 

[cHodAX]

Rafa's cracking up!

 

[leviathane]

Everton played pretty poor today, no attacking threat w/o cahill or arteta, reminded me of us at times. Passing around the box hoping someone else will shoot.

 

[cHodAX]

Forget Everton, if you don't get your arse in gear that 4th spot will drift away from you. Concentrate on what is above and not below. 17 points off the top and 22 goals behind on goal difference is not something be pround of and please don't start harping on about how little money your lot spend, it is getting old. You have a squad good enough to be top 3 but they are performing nowhere near at that level at the moment, at least Everton are outdoing teams who have spent 5 times as much and have a deeper squad.

 

[cHodAX]

But at least your top of the league

Yes we are, does it grate? Your tone suggests it does, envy is a terrible thing.

 

[Lucius]

lol brilliant. Has one good freekick and he deserves it, plays pretty mediocre all season and not a word til he does a freekick

Well, 15 goals so far isn't bad for the season I except a brace from him towards the end, that's where he scored most of his goals in 07/08. He is still the best player in the premiership, that is for sure.

 

[Turamber]

I may live to regret this but ... I think the battle for second through fourth spot is pretty wide open to Liverpool/Chelsea/Villa/Arsenal. I don't think Everton have the players to get above sixth this year.

Good team, but too many injuries. Buying Saha was always going to be risky ... almost in the buying Jimmy Bullard stakes.

 

[soze]

Yes we are, does it grate? Your tone suggests it does, envy is a terrible thing.

I was struggling to find something to moan at you about so yes Baring something massive happening like the yanks asset stripping you befor going bust i cant see how this debt will crush you. I dont think you will have trouble finding a bank that would bail you out.

And imo our squad is not good enough to be top 3 or we would be there? Our team i think is but with the players we have out our squad is not. Our squad as a whole is good but we clearly lack in central midfield with Cesc out we seem lost i think the talent we have in the wide areas and upfront is imo great but Denilson is not picking up as fast as i would like if he is to be our long term DM.

 

[Lucius]

Agree with Turamber. Once again Chelsea are creeping up the table (remember last year? They came out of nowhere) I would be tempted to go for Chelsea to come 2nd as long as Hiddink works his magic.

 

[leviathane]

Well, 15 goals so far isn't bad for the season I except a brace from him towards the end, that's where he scored most of his goals in 07/08. He is still the best player in the premiership, that is for sure.

very subjective, i'd say vidic/ferds or vds are far more crucial/ better imo. If divaldo doesn't score then theres always scholes/giggs/rooney/tevez or berbs.

 

[Lucius]

very subjective, i'd say vidic/ferds or vds are far more crucial/ better imo. If divaldo doesn't score then theres always scholes/giggs/rooney/tevez or berbs.

I said he was the best player in the premiership not United's most important player. I would agree with you that Ferdinand and, more so, Vidic are more of an asset at the moment to United.

On his day Ronaldo is the best in the prem and his freekick was class. You won't see Lampard or Arshavin do that.

 

[cHodAX]

Agree with Turamber. Once again Chelsea are creeping up the table (remember last year? They came out of nowhere) I would be tempted to go for Chelsea to come 2nd as long as Hiddink works his magic.

Chelsea have already played United twice this season though, 10 points is going to be mighty hard to make up when they can't take 3 points directly from us themselves. I think they are very strong candidates for second though, I can see a Liverpool collapse if things don't go thier way in Madrid and then they drop even 2 points against either Boro or Sunderland in the next 12 days.

One thing is for sure, Rafa is cracking up and if he drops 3 points before the 4th of March he will be falling apart like that other fat little fucker Humpty Dumpty!

 

[Lucius]

Yea I said I think Chelsea could come 2nd I don't think 1st ...

 

[megadave]

Something would happen to happen for Manchester United to not win the league. I still think we'll come second above liverpool, although if they lose to real madrid maybe not. I also think Arsenal have it in them to sort themselves out and finish 4th. The heavy fixture list will take it's tole on a lot of teams like Villa.

 

[Aoami]

In the big game of the weekend we were 3 up against Preston at half time. And for the first time in recent memory we didn't throw away our 3 nil lead to lose 4-3 (Norwich & Leeds a couple of years back) or draw 3-3 (Birmingham a couple of years back).

Premiership... bah.

 

[amodien]

Can't wait for the 14th March when we beat those bindipper smug twats, I have no doubts the players won't need a teamtalk that day, all they have to do is pin up on the board the picture of those 2 ugly pricks Gerrard/Carragher celebrating they won the league after beating us earlier in the season.

 

[Corran]

i wouldnt be so confident, yes united should win the league but there are so many games to go still. With the fact we in 4 trophies still (luckily one them out the way in 1 more game) we are going to be having to go through the whole period using the entire squad. The game against blackburn showed that without a couple of key people we can be exposed.

I would love to win the quint, but to be honest the fixture pileup puts so much pressure on the prem run in... but i got faith in the squad, i just wouldnt say it a foregone conclusion yet even if some bookie is already paying out on united winning the domestic treble.

To be fair, Inter are looking good at the moment, so i wouldnt count on being in the CL much longer. We need to be tight in the first leg but without 2 top centre backs it going to be a long night.

And against liverpool. By that time i can see it being a fully fit gerrard and torres. That will be a tough game and we really could do with wee anderson fit for that to keep gerrard out the game

 

[megadave]

Who is going to pair Rio in defence against Inter in the first leg? Vidic suspended and Evans injured. Could play a big part over the two legs.

 

[Ch3tan]

defensive options for united: BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | M | Man Utd | Man Utd ponder defensive options

 

[Turamber]

I also think Arsenal have it in them to sort themselves out and finish 4th. The heavy fixture list will take it's tole on a lot of teams like Villa.

Arsenal have just been *so* poor though, and putting all their trust in players to come back from injury and show some form is hoping for a lot.

In all likelihood Villa will be out of the UEFA Cup come Thursday night which leaves us with just the League to think about. Sure we have a thin squad but, with MON's talents for motivation, I think you'll see us put some results together in the last dozen games.

 

[Corran]

Who is going to pair Rio in defence against Inter in the first leg? Vidic suspended and Evans injured. Could play a big part over the two legs.

Talk is possibly james chester.

with a bit of luck evans or o'shea will be able to play, but it is certainly going to be problematic. Neville, brown, o'shea and Evans - all possible centre back cover, all carrying injuries at a time Vidic not available. Typical

Definately could play a part. But as long as we dont lose by more then 2 goals we in with a shout. Hopefully we get an away goal as well. A 2-1 defeat would be acceptable if we perform badly and have a makeshift defense.

 

[Hawkwind]

Arsenal have just been *so* poor though, and putting all their trust in players to come back from injury and show some form is hoping for a lot.

I don't really think Arsenal have been that poor. Against teams that want to play football we have have good games. Where we fail and do it epically, is breaking down teams that just sit back and defend for 90 mins. We just don't have the class up front to take the few chances on offer.

On Saturday had RVP taken that excellent chipped chance in the first half it would have changed the game totally. Sunderland would have had to come out and play and that would have created more space to allow Arsenal to play their natural game.

The big problem is we do not have a class striker. RVP is good and getting his form back. Ed' should be fback again very soon and if he can stay fit we stand of chance of 3rd or 4th spot. Without him I doubt we'll do it.

I still think they can get in top 4 for Euro places. Fingers crossed.

 

[leviathane]

ye, bedtner is too unreliable for my liking, Adebayor has the first touch of a rapist, really need RVP to start firing the goals in. That or arsehavin to make a big impact, he did look quite impressive of what i saw of him when he had the ball.

 

[Lucius]

Inter will never win against a full strength United, but without Vidic I am not so sure....