utd vs spurs

[togherfien]

3 nil ron, vid and scholes. 6 pts clear again

[Woohoo_Doh]

3 nil ron, vid and scholes. 6 pts clear again

It got a bit heated there before half time, around the 30 min mark onwards a few penalty decisions went awry for both teams and it got a bit nasty with some hefty challenges and a couple of bookings. It was great.

Vidic's run for the header was brilliant. First half was fairly even but United have been much better in the 2nd half so far.

[raZor]

o shea on goal for Utd, van der sar broke his nose off Keane's knee nast enough.

[storysham]

did ya hear the chant when rio put on the keepers jersey.

"englands no 1, englands englands no1"

Robinson looked sick.

now they are singing irelands no 1

[Woohoo_Doh]

O Shea, you'll never beat O Shea, you'll never beat O Shea, you'll never beat O Shea.

[storysham]

can ya still play with a broken nose.

van der sar is vital at this stage of the season.

[raZor]

stopped a 1v1 against Keane!

[raZor]

can ya still play with a broken nose.

van der sar is vital at this stage of the season.


its more to do with he has a concussion or not I'd say, he was very groggy for a while, suppose he could play with the Peter Beardsley mask on!

[Woohoo_Doh]

can ya still play with a broken nose.

van der sar is vital at this stage of the season.

Think there are protective face masks that can be worn alright. VDS is vital.

[togherfien]

we have the mighty charlton next week so he can rest for that one and come back in threee weeks after the fa cup

[miahp]

we have the mighty charlton next week so he can rest for that one and come back in threee weeks after the fa cup

What part of Manchester are you from ?

[togherfien]

you have a problem with me supporting united.

[STEVIEG]

Thought United were poor enough but defended sufficiently and took their goals well

61 goals now in the league
Bolton have less than half of that and are fifth
(Where are all the goals gonna come from?)

A poor enough game considering the two football sides on offer (Spurs were pretty turgid today but were doing well when it was a scrap) but another good win and United are effectively 7 points clear now (17 clear of the massively hyped Arsenal)

Scholes got man of the match I would have given the award to Carrick or Vidic

Another potentially tricky game out of the way

[togherfien]

can hardly expect middlesborough to do us a favour next week

[STEVIEG]

Boro could get a draw at Chelsea alright they do well against the big teams
Ten more wins and it doesn't matter what Chelsea do which is good

[togherfien]

Utd and chelski both play next week but chelski dont play until the 3rd of mar then in the league . A chance to go a few more points clear

[STEVIEG]

Yes indeed

And Rooney is "injured" and will miss the Engerlund game (good move Fergie:))

[togherfien]

Roll on the 13 of May and the trophy is back where it belongs

[STEVIEG]

Hopefully

One point i forget to mention in the game

Scholes should have got booked at least twice!

[togherfien]

Everybody knows hes a shit tackler (or is he).;)

[Woohoo_Doh]

Scholes got man of the match I would have given the award to Carrick or Vidic

Id second that. Another good goal for Vidic but when doing his defensive duties I dont think anyone has been better than him this season. Respectable shouts to Toure and Dunne but Vidic is an animal of a man. Carrick played an intelligent game today. Think he may have been over-awed at the beginning of the season but he is quickly settling in now and his recent form has been impressive.

[KolaKubes]

Thought United were poor enough but defended sufficiently and took their goals well

61 goals now in the league
Bolton have less than half of that and are fifth
(Where are all the goals gonna come from?)

A poor enough game considering the two football sides on offer (Spurs were pretty turgid today but were doing well when it was a scrap) but another good win and United are effectively 7 points clear now (17 clear of the massively hyped Arsenal)

Scholes got man of the match I would have given the award to Carrick or Vidic

Another potentially tricky game out of the way

Heh, I was thinking in the first half that "if only Scholes would get out of Carrick and Rooney's way"!

He's a great little player but, bit like Ruud, I'm not sure there aren't some disadvantages to having him in the side. At least without a "minder" of some sort. His tackling in the first half was woeful, should have at least got booked. Mind you, that ref was all over the fucking place. Hardly biased one way or the other, just incompetent really.

Vidic or Giggs MOTM for me at least.

[KolaKubes]

Id second that. Another good goal for Vidic but when doing his defensive duties I dont think anyone has been better than him this season. Respectable shouts to Toure and Dunne but Vidic is an animal of a man. Carrick played an intelligent game today. Think he may have been over-awed at the beginning of the season but he is quickly settling in now and his recent form has been impressive.

Vidic is shite, Lamps said so. ;)

Ya, that was a big game for Carrick today and he wasn't half good was he?

[xvis]

Good to see O Shea finally finding his niche in the team!


Carrick has been just superb recently, it was good to see the plaudits this week coming from Jol, and also from Fergie towards Rio. This has possibly been Rio's best ever season.

Does any footballer have a better leap in the box than Vidic? ..he's been lethal.

I only saw the second half but thought it was a good game, Spurs were worth a goal or two. But fantastic stuff from United, ...Championship worthy performances such as Liverpool 4-0 and Newcastle 6-2 in '03 that mean more than the actual 3 points.


I can't believe that Arsenal, who are so good at playing football are 17 points behind United and not the other way around. ...as Greavsie said, It's a funny old game.

[MonTheHoops]

Does any footballer have a better leap in the box than Vidic? ..he's been lethal.
.

Larsson.

[xvis]

Larsson.

even better, ..two for one.


Spent the day with the flatmate and his mate who are both from Helsingborgs and have just become avid United supporters obviously in the last month. ....some interesting stories from his youth as he went to the same school as them, ...from what they say he seems an odd kid kid who was known as the most boring fella in the town. ..great player though. ...very likely to be staying on.

[KolaKubes]

Good to see O Shea finally finding his niche in the team!



I only saw the second half but thought it was a good game, Spurs were worth a goal or two. But fantastic stuff from United, ...Championship worthy performances such as Liverpool 4-0 and Newcastle 6-2 in '03 that mean more than the actual 3 points.

Spurs deserved a goal but, ya, we can finally add this to another really serious statement about our championship credentials.


I can't believe that Arsenal, who are so good at playing football are 17 points behind United and not the other way around. ...as Greavsie said, It's a funny old game.

They're just so super, it's crazy really.

[STEVIEG]

I only saw the second half but thought it was a good game,

You did well to miss the first half

United were woeful and got dragged into a stupid niggly game which didn't suit both sides who are much more fluent normally-the ref was crap and should have booked a few more players, but he also booked players wrongly too-had a feeling it was gonna be an Upton Park situation till the first goal-the defense was very good today though

[RonnyB]

It was good to see Saha is still looking very sharp in the build up play when he came on. Has'nt had much game time recently but he's vital during the run in if Larsson is being true to his word & going home in March.

As for the ref I thought he was supposed to be the best young ref in England but the last couple of games I've seen him he's been poor to say the least.

One final thing. Ronaldo's dive yesterday was a disgrace. It sickens me to think the break through came from blatent cheating. Its all well saying 'ah but we should have had blah blah blah' but for me it spoilt the result.

[ho chi feen]

Maggotry from Ronaoldo alright.

4-0 against a team at Tottenham's level away- that would have been unthinkable over the pst few seasons.

[POL]

One final thing. Ronaldo's dive yesterday was a disgrace. It sickens me to think the break through came from blatent cheating. Its all well saying 'ah but we should have had blah blah blah' but for me it spoilt the result.I thought Ferguson ("bestest manager in the world ever") was eradicating that side of his "game". Obviously Not.

[RonnyB]

I thought Ferguson ("bestest manager in the world ever") was eradicating that side of his "game". Obviously Not.

Obviously..

On Ronaldo, with regards to his football, he has finally realised its the quailty not quantity of stepovers that count. Great show of pace & skill for Scholes' goal.

[Actin The Sham]

Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe's girlfriend Charlotte Meares has treated herself to a new £200,000 kitchen complete with six ovens and two dishwashers - despite the fact she usually only makes pot noodles.

[KolaKubes]

I watched umpteen replays yesterday and am still only 60/40 that he wasn't touched. Perhaps some were at the game or have access to angles I've not seen but I'm not sure how you'd be any surer than that.

It was either the best "dive" I've seen in a long while or there was some contact essentially because Malbranque's foot was only in there for an instant.

[STEVIEG]

Hard to call i thought it was defo a pen but he went down way too easily

Not as easy as Berbatov mind you........

[RonnyB]

I watched umpteen replays yesterday and am still only 60/40 that he wasn't touched. Perhaps some were at the game or have access to angles I've not seen but I'm not sure how you'd be any surer than that.

It was either the best "dive" I've seen in a long while or there was some contact essentially because Malbranque's foot was only in there for an instant.

The way he fell portrayed that he was touched. Still as far as I'm concerned the fella has perfected the art of diving and its the only aspect of his game I truly hate. The way he plays he bound to give the ball away from time to time but why cant he stay on his feet?

The best example of how his diving can cost United was Clapham's goal for Birmingham last season. Butt fouled Ronaldo but the ref played on with the man who was marking Ronaldo free to break & ends up scoring. If Ronaldo had'nt his rep, United would have probably been awarded a free.

[legend76]

Does any footballer have a better leap in the box than Vidic? ..



Ronaldo

[POL]

Ronaldo is a cheat.

[legend76]

Mark Clattenburg

Mark Clattenburg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Clattenburg

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Mark Clattenburg (born 13th March 1975) is one of many referees in the FA Premier League. He is based in Birtley, which the FA deems County Durham. He trained as an electrician and is of part-Canadian ancestry.

Clattenburg refereed his 1st football league match at the age of 25, possibly the youngest ever Football League referee and certainly the youngest in the post-war period. He had served only one year as an assistant - again a joint record shared with Steve Baines - but his promise led to rapid promotion. It was between Chesterfield and York City and Chesterfield ran out 4-1 winners.

He became a select group referee in 2004 and a FIFA referee in 2006 at the age of only thirty. Once again he reached this distinction earlier than any English referee in living memory.

He was the referee for Alan Shearer's testimonial match on May 11, 2006.

He was the referee who failed to award Pedro Mendes goal at Old Trafford, when the ball had clearly crossed the line, and he also failed to see Cristano Ronaldo dive when the sides met in 2007 and wrongly adward a penalty to United

In the 2005 - 2006 season, he refereed 24 competitive games, issuing 81 yellows and 4 reds.

[STEVIEG]

Shit ref in fairness Scholes should have got booked about twice at least

[KolaKubes]

Shit ref in fairness Scholes should have got booked about twice at least
Yerra, his leniency on Zokora was as bad. I can't for the life of me understand why refs do that. Let a bad tackle go. The whole idea of the yellow card before was that it was a warning that your card (literally) was marked and another bad challenge and you're gone.

That fuckwit Blatter has forced them into a corner though, because there's all these technicalities (like kicking the ball away) that are manditory yellow cards there'd be reds following all over the place then.

Missing the point like, it's the violent, dangerous play that should merit yellow cards and only serious technical violations should get the same treatment.

[STEVIEG]

And Rooney is "injured" and will miss the Engerlund game


maybe i was too cynical :)

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=44620 9&CPID=219&clid=114&lid=4161&title=Wayne+gets+go-ahead+to+face+Spain

[Langer Dan]

thought this might be a tough one but Spurs fell apart once Vidic's goal went in.

Impressive performance.

[RonnyB]

thought this might be a tough one but Spurs fell apart once Vidic's goal went in.

Impressive performance.

I wouldnt say it was impressive but it was clinical in the way they opened Spurs up for the 3rd & 4th goals. Like the Watford game, the 1st half left a lot to be desired.

[KolaKubes]

I wouldnt say it was impressive but it was clinical in the way they opened Spurs up for the 3rd & 4th goals. Like the Watford game, the 1st half left a lot to be desired.

No, I watched a chunk of the first half there again and Utd played some lovely stuff in the first half as well. Spurs just defended better in that period.

[RonnyB]

Some of it might be lovely but some of the touches in the final 3rd were fairly poor. A goal early would have settled them & it could have turned into the performance of the season. Must say I was most impressed by the way in which they killed the game off. If only they had gone for it like that after going a goal up 2 weeks ago.

[Woohoo_Doh]

Shit ref in fairness Scholes should have got booked about twice at least

Ya he should have been. Vidic was unfortunate to get booked for his challenge though. Not saying it balances out, just that Clattenberg feen is retarded.

Michael Dawson looks a fantastic player. In years to come I'd say he will be a big game player and first choice alongside Terry for Engerlund.

[KolaKubes]

Some of it might be lovely but some of the touches in the final 3rd were fairly poor. A goal early would have settled them & it could have turned into the performance of the season. Must say I was most impressed by the way in which they killed the game off. If only they had gone for it like that after going a goal up 2 weeks ago.

I think Spurs looked like a side that weren't far off Arsenal last year. Utd looked far more confident than they did against Arsenal though, that was the main difference. Looks like they fell for the hype too on the day! ;)

[KolaKubes]

Michael Dawson looks a fantastic player. In years to come I'd say he will be a big game player and first choice alongside Terry for Engerlund.

I don't think two ponderously slow centre-halves is the way forward for England.

[citdjsociety]

can ya still play with a broken nose.

van der sar is vital at this stage of the season.


true he is a big loss but i have every confidence in kuzeck , he had a great world cup with poland

[RonnyB]

true he is a big loss but i have every confidence in kuzeck , he had a great world cup with poland

Do you even know what you're on about?

[Langer Dan]

No, I watched a chunk of the first half there again and Utd played some lovely stuff in the first half as well. Spurs just defended better in that period.

yep and anyone that doesnt really consider 4-0 away from home as impressive is following the wrong game.

[RonnyB]

yep and anyone that doesnt really consider 4-0 away from home as impressive is following the wrong game.

The finishing was yes but Spurs didnt seem to give a shite once they were 1 down & it took a penalty that was dodgy to get the lead. It was no where near as impressive as the win at Bolton by the same scorelines.

[Paddy Wagon]

true he is a big loss but i have every confidence in kuzeck , he had a great world cup with poland

LMFAO, christ there's always one....

[RonnyB]

LMFAO, christ there's always one....

and the funny thing is he still does'nt know his error.

[afeencalleddan]

I think Spurs looked like a side that weren't far off Arsenal last year.You have got to be joking. Spurs looked like a side that would struggle in the AUL 3rd division. They were fine for a while but King's absence was made plainly obvious again. Dawson is OK but like all of the other Spurs players he lacks real presence. I'm disappointed that Davids and Jol couldn't see eye to eye. I thought Davids did as well as could have been expected of him last season and I'd take his crazy temperament over the temperament of the faggotts that took to the pitch on sunday.

[legend76]

I think Spurs looked like a side that weren't far off Arsenal last year.

did you mean, Last year Spurs were a side that weren't that far off Arsenal.
ahead of them in the table from December until the last day of the season??

[afeencalleddan]

did you mean, Last year Spurs were a side that weren't that far off Arsenal.
ahead of them in the table from December until the last day of the season??No, I think he's actually comparing Spurs now to the way Arsenal were last season. Madness. Arsenal had some bad performances last season but this Spurs side is a very poor man's version of that Arsenal side.