Man U v Arsenal

Couldn't give a toss.

What garyi said.

I don't care what happens - so long as Arsenal don't drop any points ...

Giggs will tear Arsenal apart.Serious Rooney will do the job for us today.

to AlexG. As a United fan, I am thinking positively and am hoping for a win. I think if we can play as well as we have the potential to do, we have a very good chance. I am seriously keeping my fingers crossed that we will come out of the blocks with a rocket up our behind and really get at them, like the FA Cup semi final in April. I think Smith may start as he is superb at hassling people.

Richard that whole passage of your sounded like losers talk.

Sorry.

Siiiiiinging in the rain...

Ruud scores a pen, there is Justice...




Caption competition for the lower picture??



Regards

Mike

Spending money I don't have on things I don't need.

[This message was edited by mike lacey on Sun 24 October 2004 at 20:32.]

well the ref either bottled or was conned by the players over at least 2 of 3 big decisions.

The penalty awarded wasn't, then Roanldo's turned down appeals was (although would that have ever have happened if it was 0-0).

Then again would either have happened if Ferdinand had been sent off for bringing down Ljunberg early on when he was the last man...

Speakig as a neutral (I hate them both) I would say two things:

1) I'm glad the whole unbeaten run thing is over as the way it has dominated everything has becoming so boring.

2) I was struck by how much better than Man Utd Arsenal are. Ferdinand and Rooney apart most of United's players looked a level below their Arsenal counterparts.

Matthew

I wasn't nervous at all when I saw Mike Riley was ref, just resigned to the inevitable - that's 8 pens on the trot to Man U at Old Trafford from Riley.

So, 49 games ago we lost to some other Northern tossers containing Alan Smith. The next game was against Southampton. . .

I agree with Matthew. Unbeaten runs do get rather tedious after a while.

VanNasalhair at it again - a seriously cynical foul on Cole.

Nice dive by Rooney.

Ronaldo should have had a penalty.

Ferdinand should have been sent off.

Nil points for Mike Riley.

Mike

pwoud, very pwoud. Weffereeing supwemacy.

Well, the unbeaten run had to end sometime, so at least it's over with. Shame it had to be against the unmentionables, but it might serve to instill a good dose of reality into the Arsenal squad.
Simon

Fergie to team: "kick the crap out of them, wind them up and get in the face of the ref and moan about every decision".

Very effective but a clear admission they weren't going to win at football. I'll stick with my heart-over-head prediction that ManU will be 4th behind Liverpool this season. They can't have Mike 'Red' Riley every match.

I did enjoy the irony that the Arse run was ended by a dive for a penalty. 'Arry Redknapp must have laughed his head off.

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I did enjoy the irony that the Arse run was ended by a dive for a penalty. 'Arry Redknapp must have laughed his head off.

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That, plus a Rooney goal, plus what should have been a stone cold penalty against Cole who just chopped down the Boy Renaldo.

Evens in the first half, Man U shaded it second. The defence looked surprisingly solid.

Regards

Mike

Spending money I don't have on things I don't need.

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That, plus a Rooney goal, plus what should have been a stone cold penalty against Cole who just chopped down the Boy Renaldo.

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Come off it Mike, they wouldn't have happened if Arsenal haddn't thrown everone forward to try and get the equaliser. A draw would have been fair.

Sure, Arsenal are bottlers who don't like it up-em. However, next week, if a Southampton player tries a 'Gary Neville' on Reyes they will get booked.

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Fergie to team: "kick the crap out of them, wind them up and get in the face of the ref and moan about every decision".

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You gotta be kidding me. Viera was so close to Mike Riley for the vast majority of the 90 minutes, you have thought that Arsene Whinger had told him to mark him.

As a neutral I felt it was an even match. Whichever side won at the end the others could not have complained.

Both sides bate the referee constantly in an appalling, petulent and frankly embarassing manner so please at least stop accusing eachother of that please.

Jonathan

This is all irrelevent when the real issue is whether the soup thrown at Imperial Lord Ferg was Tomato (Daily Telegraph) or Pea (The Guardian) flavour or, indeed, if this hateful and disgraceful attack was, as it were, the full enchilada and consisted of "food and Pea Soup" (Daily Mirror).

Bet it's not the first time Rooney's birthday descended into a foodfight.

Matthew

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or Pea (The Guardian)

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Shurely Lentil?

Regards

Mike

Spending money I don't have on things I don't need.

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Fergie to team: "kick the crap out of them, wind them up and get in the face of the ref and moan about every decision".

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You gotta be kidding me. Viera was so close to Mike Riley for the vast majority of the 90 minutes, you have thought that Arsene Whinger had told him to mark him.

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Well he was ManU's best player . He was obviously having a hard time getting his point across what with Rooney, Nevilles, Horse, Giggsin the way. It was so obviously orchestrated because it happened every single time for the most insignificant incident. At least Vierra as the captain has some slight justification for opening his gob. Anyway, how does the culpability of Vierra and his fellow bad-losers invalidate my observation?

I read it was pea soup, sandwiches _and_ Pizza. The ManU players couldn't retaliate because Wayne Slobb had eaten all theirs already.

Pizza? I thought in this post-Wenger era the players were all on grilled broccili and the like?

Matthew

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Pizza? I thought in this post-Wenger era the players were all on grilled broccili and the like?

Matthew

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It all makes sense now. You can picture Ashley and Sol quietly munching cold pizza and tasteless soup, too British to complain. Then the French lads troupe into the dressing room after congratulating their worthy opponents. Then it all goes wrong - "What is zis crap you expect me to eat etc." and it all goes off in the corridor. Nothing to do with being a bunch of bad losers.

I reckon they served up Pot Noodles which probably explains the confusion about what was allegedly thrown over Sir Alex. as they are largely indescribable as well as inedible.